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Post by Gaz on Jan 8, 2017 22:33:30 GMT
I feel as though a big chunk of my youth has gone after the passing of Rick. I mean us Quo fans considered ourselves very lucky to have had all 4 members of original Quo still alive with obscure hopes that they can still reform to give us more of that sound...that chemistry. Here we were, I guess most in our 50s (who saw Quo live back in the 70s), acting almost like teenagers still pining for more of what we saw back then and from what I saw, in the reunion videos, although the energy was lacking...the chemistry between them was alive and well. letsrock Now,that Rick has passed on....(and I STILL can't believe those words even as I type them)...I feel that Quo has now joined the other long list of rock bands or entertainers that are just memories in our minds now.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Jan 9, 2017 0:04:57 GMT
Those gifs that Geoff posted have given me another "Life On Mars" moment.
The excitement back in the 70's from the first time I saw this amazing stage movement fusing with driving raw boogie sound was something that has never been matched again to my eyes. The movement of both body and music so incredibly synchronised
A groove of total and mesmerising power. It was impossible to be in the crowd facing all that going on and not to rock and groove back in unison. That in itself was a buzz that could never be surpassed again.
It just didn't/doesn't get better than that. Sublime. letsrock
Time has long since moved on though the reunions gave a glimpse of that greatness in an older and slower stage version (no surprise) So I knew that level of awesome greatness would never be seen again even before we lost Rick, but that realisation has only really hit home now that he has finally gone
I'm stuck well and truly in the 70's and will never leave...I was incredibly lucky I was there to be part of it. I fully realise now what a massive Quo fan I really have been - that at least is one consolation that can not be taken away
quorp quojc quofr quoal Beautifully put catlady ... and I know ... this is weird ... that I am lucky that i did not become a fan until the 80s, when they still had much of their true power. In a way they came along and rescued me from what I had lost in the 70s ... it was like a new start. So what I had missed of Quo in the 70s did not matter. I had found them now. Now here we are in 2017, 35 years later. I know that the Quo that is now gone, has been almost gone for some time. They had been fading for a while. A bit here and a bit there. It's still fading gently, I am used to that, I don't resent it. But like many others here I am sad that Rick won't get the chance to try the other things he wanted to try, not to mention see his kids grow up. We can re-start, but it gets harder as you grow older. But I believe that rock will go on, and for the younger fans here, there may never be another Quo, but the rock will come back. You will know: I remember Status Quo! And this isn't bad, either. It may take 5, 10, 20, 30 years, but their heirs are out there somewhere, and will honour them. (They'd better! Or face an old lady with a sharp umbrella!) Because of this, I too know that it cannot genuinely be taken away, if we remember.
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Post by madtom on Jan 9, 2017 1:16:05 GMT
I think I blocked it out over Christmas ... Had just walked the neighbour's dog and got a text from my mate..sat on the sofa stunned...been a bit difficult over Christmas as we kinda live separate lives so was just trying to get through it whilst doing some food for the teenagers..it has sunk in for me now..I don't feel like playing Quo recently for some reason. The thing I keep thinking about was seeing Rick bashing out Caroline for the FF in 2014..how much power he had..and even created a thread about it...then Davy said take a look at the power in Blue Eyed Lady..clip from FF tour in 2013 with Rick in the leather jacket..now only a few years later he has gone. Would love to see Quo again but without Rick is not Quo so won't go. I might go you know if they called it Francis Rossi Quo that way I could try to enjoy but still not sure. Last gig Hammersmith 2014 at the Distillers with Stated Quo gig beforehand..not a bad way to remember Rick. Peace and love to all. Hammersmith 2014 was the last time I saw him too. I definitely won't bother seeing Quo anymore either, but will probably go and see JCQ at some point, especially if Alan ever does anything with them.
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Post by Gaz on Jan 9, 2017 11:17:58 GMT
Has there been any information about Ricks funeral yet?
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Post by gav on Jan 11, 2017 7:17:05 GMT
It's just too bad that he didn't go out in an appropriate blaze of glory, but rather faded away...his health seemed to be on a gradual decline, the FF was denied him, he'd quit Quo, his marriage had failed, and he seemed pretty sad and lonely. Granted, he'd been perfectly in control of his destiny I he'd wanted. But to me, he was a humble, honest, easy going guy who deserved more happiness than he seemed to get near the end. Then to go like that...it's all a little underwhelming for someone with such stature and passion. Sorry Rick, hope you genuinely knew how much we love you, as much in life as we do now.
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Post by Victor on Jan 12, 2017 18:17:28 GMT
I still am not really able to say much about it... it's just too hard to find the right words There is one thing I can say right now...and to most it may be a small thing or even a childish thing but I could care less... I am now more happy then ever that I managed to catch a plectrum from Rick during one of the gigs in Denmark in 2008. It has now become a big time treasure to me cos it's at least a memory I can touch and feel and brings just wonderful memories
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