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Post by frozenhero on Oct 21, 2016 9:56:28 GMT
I can understand him saying they couldn't afford to cancel,with contracts and people on the paylist and all.I still hold him high,always had,always will.Someone has to keep fociús on stuff after all,imho.But Status Quo as a band is no more,for me it ended when Matt left as I have stated elsewhere.Rick decided not to come back,people have to accept that.Regarding his history with wifes and all.there's nothing new under the sun there either. *Waiting for my execution* Still think it odd how Matt left so suddenly, he had no gig to go onto, no 'solo projects'(some stuff was invented layer to cover the tracks), one minute he's happy happyand giving interviews in ftmo etc. ..., the next he's gone?!.. I think it tells you that was a very sudden decision on bands part to get let him go with no planning, as they were left so high and dry, constantly touring at the time. they had to ask him back to play at end of that particular tour. Just Doesn't smell right in any way to me(and I'm no looney conspiricy theorist by the way😄) I agree that Matt's departure was, particularly in hindsight, a sort of breaking point. It seems that the spark that had reinvigorated the band with Heavy Traffic left with him...
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Post by Quoincidence on Oct 21, 2016 10:32:20 GMT
Let's be serious, how many songs have they actually changed in the set within the past sixteen years? cause it's always been the same format of ROLD, DD, WYW and RAOTW... opener is normally Caroline, The Wanderer, SBYBIL & DWMT... the odd time Paper Plane was 2nd in set. CUOY and the Oriental have been in the set for a good 10 or more years. All Stand Up was in the set up until 2006 or 07, replaced by BOTE which is still there. TPAOY and Belavista Man was in the set for a year or two then they was scrapped. Proposin' Medley has been in the set for 11 years or less, Mystery Medley was taken out of the set in 2012 replaced with Mystery Song (minus solo). Anniversary waltz was taken out in 2002 maybe 2003. Hold You Back, Rain, ITAN and Burning Bridges have been in and out of the set for a while now. Have I missed anything? Pretty sure the Mystery Medley was gone earlier. And when was Mystery Song ever played as such? Then there were the QPQ songs, of which Let's Rock and Two Way Traffic went pretty fast, but Rock'n'Roll'n'You had a bit more staying power. ah yes... Mystery Medley went around 2007 or 2008 until 2011 when it was brought back with Spinning Wheel Blues
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