sincity
Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 367
Favourite Quo Album: Hello
Favourite other bands.: Blackberry Smoke, AC/DC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Iron Maiden
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Post by sincity on Oct 25, 2016 19:38:10 GMT
So why did he not include all these "classics" in the live show? .... just saying like
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Post by gentlemanjoe on Oct 25, 2016 19:39:35 GMT
Think the term the music press coined was actually "QUOASIS", and there were actually mock t-shirts on sale at the time. Now there's an idea for Porter to ponder for the next covers album if/when AQ2 bombs... Not sure if was the press or Damon Allbarn of Blur who first coined the phrase. Quo made a mistake that year of not capitalising on the Britpop era. Many Oasis songs had the Quo rhythm to them, Quo should have released an album like Heavy Traffic in 1995 instead of Don't Stop. Granted DS was a big seller but it sowed the seeds of the end of the Pier stuff they ended up doing around 2000. The whole embarrising Radio One debacle might have been avoided if they had done something with a bit more credibilty at the time of Britpop. I think this was the song that coined the Quoasis term. And the famous 'Roll with It', could with a little tweeking could have been Quo(ona good day).
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Post by Tʰᵉ Wᵃˡˡ Oᶠ Dᵉᵃᵗʰ on Oct 25, 2016 19:52:36 GMT
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Post by kachunk on Oct 25, 2016 21:04:08 GMT
I don't think that the FF could have been as successful in the mid-'80's if they'd have stayed together. Rock music was passé by the mid-'80's where as Metal wasn't.Guitar music became huge again around 1992/3 and had the FF kept on going and stuck to their principles,they perhaps would have had a rejuvenated reputation and certainly some credibility amongst the younger crowd. RAOTW & IYCSTH were done in that style and produced that way largely due to record company pressure to break America. From 1+9+8+2 onwards,it was a deliberate decision from the band,or one of them in particular,to become a soft rock/M.O.R band,mainly because one insecure show off was desperate to show the public and other artists that he was so much more than that bloke who does the songs with three chords. Even before the end of the '80's,Quo's record sales had paid the price for this decision. Hi All, K, I dare say you are correct with what you say but I stand by what I put as my opinion. At the end of the day after all the crap that happened it was the record company who waved the contract into the bands/FR's face. If the band hadn't been contractually obligated I think Quo would not exist, they had to fit in somewhere and Metal was not their niche so obviously FR took the band a different route. Like he has said we the fans do not affect the bands decisions in their material so it's goes without saying he means everything else whether we like it or not.
At the time because they had lost so much ground between the EOTR tour,Court case and the release of the album ITAN, mixed with FR pop-rock and other influences (Country ?) he was certain it was the way to go. That's aside from everything else going on with band politics, never mind what he thought at the time RP should have manned up and said what he thought instead of just going along with him if he had I think we would have had a less pop-rock orientated band.
Another thing to think about is it must have been like trying to catch up with the other runners after the starting gun went off half a lap earlier, even in the relatively short term between EOTR tour and ITAN the music industry had moved on quite a bit. Quite rightly you point out that FR was the main instigator of the change in direction, I would say that having read various posts on the forum it's evident that RP just went along with what FR said for an easier life and the new members at that time just nodded in agreement as they obviously never had a say either way while not wanting to upset the applecart so that gave FR free reign for the most.
Add to the mix Management problems/Drugs/Booze/Personal relationships (Wives or girlfriends) let alone between themselves making a recipe for bad decisions etc.etc.etc. despite all this whether we like it as fans they have had some success even if a lighter version of the Quo we love the rest is history, at the end of the day you either like them or not in whatever line up or era...
Geoff.
Some fair points Geoff. The thing about that record contract has always baffled me.Rossi now says that it was untrue and that the record company were trying it on. Why did they not release the Milton Keynes gig as a live album?.Wouldn't that have counted as an album on their contract?.
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Post by clonesydney on Oct 25, 2016 21:45:47 GMT
Not sure if was the press or Damon Allbarn of Blur who first coined the phrase. Quo made a mistake that year of not capitalising on the Britpop era. Many Oasis songs had the Quo rhythm to them, Quo should have released an album like Heavy Traffic in 1995 instead of Don't Stop. Granted DS was a big seller but it sowed the seeds of the end of the Pier stuff they ended up doing around 2000. The whole embarrising Radio One debacle might have been avoided if they had done something with a bit more credibilty at the time of Britpop. I think this was the song that coined the Quoasis term. And the famous 'Roll with It', could with a little tweeking could have been Quo(ona good day). It was actually Noel Gallagher who came up with the term "Quoasis" in an interview around September 95. This was at the height of the animosity between Blur and Oasis, and Noel was responding to Damon Albarn having referred to Oasis pejoratively as "Oasis Quo" Noel's point was that Damon despite his superior education and supposed gift with words had failed to see that the more pithy insult ws "Quoasis" and of course he was right and it stuck although ironically it's more often than not attributed to Damon. It's also ironic I think that despite being somehow drawn into the ultimate battle of the bands the "I Didn't Mean It and Thirsty Work era Quo of that time were a total musical irrelevance which they have been since 1985 except of course for a few glorious and unforgettable weeks in March/April 2013/14 .
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2016 22:08:38 GMT
Quo were more interested in being Wet Wet Wet than Oasis. Could've worked had Rossi been able to sing.
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