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Post by Victor on Feb 6, 2017 22:21:21 GMT
Agree with you there. I really think those sort of remarks about being "stuck in the seventies" are a bit much. Like you I listen to lots and lots of sorts of music and many of them don't even have anything to do with the seventies. He is a difficult man to read that's for sure. I can only assume that by the "Stuck in the seventies" remark. he means everything being dnr dnr dnr (Fast or slow Quo boogie). Which while Francis likes some of it he does not want everything to sound like it. Which I can understand, I think it would have been Alan who wanted that would not budge on some of Francis country songs. Then you can see how tensions would rise again. Rick you could not read at times on one had he said he liked MT and the band needed colour to survive. Then on the other hand he said he was a rocker so who knows which way he wanted things. It does seem though if a song does not have a catchy melody Francis is not interested. I can see what he meant about QPQ being unbalanced, it's a fine album but there is no light and shade. Fourth Chord had a better balance of light and shade. Interesting how things are different for everyone...personally I think quite different about QPQ then many others do, I really like the album and prefer it over ISOTFC
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Post by dontquoteme on Feb 6, 2017 22:31:44 GMT
And rightly so...it was his (and Andy's) bloody song
Things like this remind me of why I started to take a real dislike to Rossi, behaving like a dictator.
TCTTG is one of my all time favourite tracks as well, I'd have loved to have heard it with RP's vocal.
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Feb 6, 2017 22:40:41 GMT
And rightly so...it was his (and Andy's) bloody song Things like this remind me of why I started to take a real dislike to Rossi, behaving like a dictator. TCTTG is one of my all time favourite tracks as well, I'd have loved to have heard it with RP's vocal. That's what Coke does to you, turns you into a raving babbling idiot.
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Post by curiousgirl on Feb 7, 2017 11:39:04 GMT
And rightly so...it was his (and Andy's) bloody song Things like this remind me of why I started to take a real dislike to Rossi, behaving like a dictator. TCTTG is one of my all time favourite tracks as well, I'd have loved to have heard it with RP's vocal. Mine too. And I've just checked who wrote and it was Rick. It does sound more like a Rick song too. But as The Lord F says - I think its what coke does to you - apparently. I think its part of being creative though - this ego stuff and not simply the drugs talking.
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Post by 4th Chord on Feb 7, 2017 12:25:31 GMT
And rightly so...it was his (and Andy's) bloody song Things like this remind me of why I started to take a real dislike to Rossi, behaving like a dictator. TCTTG is one of my all time favourite tracks as well, I'd have loved to have heard it with RP's vocal. Mine too. And I've just checked who wrote and it was Rick. It does sound more like a Rick song too. But as The Lord F says - I think its what coke does to you - apparently. I think its part of being creative though - this ego stuff and not simply the drugs talking. I had a sniff of tipex once in an English writing exam. Passed with flying colours.
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Post by 4th Chord on Feb 7, 2017 12:30:44 GMT
I had a sniff of tipex once in an English writing exam. Passed with flying colours. I find that hard to believe, as you can't spell "Tipp-Ex".....
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Post by gav on Feb 7, 2017 12:52:51 GMT
And rightly so...it was his (and Andy's) bloody song Things like this remind me of why I started to take a real dislike to Rossi, behaving like a dictator. TCTTG is one of my all time favourite tracks as well, I'd have loved to have heard it with RP's vocal. Mine too. And I've just checked who wrote and it was Rick. It does sound more like a Rick song too. But as The Lord F says - I think its what coke does to you - apparently. I think its part of being creative though - this ego stuff and not simply the drugs talking. It was an old Andy Bown solo track rewritten. I can't remember which one though, sorry.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 14:11:09 GMT
Mine too. And I've just checked who wrote and it was Rick. It does sound more like a Rick song too. But as The Lord F says - I think its what coke does to you - apparently. I think its part of being creative though - this ego stuff and not simply the drugs talking. I had a sniff of tipex once in an English writing exam. Passed with flying colours. I remember the original Tipp Ex thinner being banned as it was such a dangerous solvent and could cause death if it was inhaled too much, like glue sniffers back then. Some schools went the whole hog and even banned Tipp Ex, though most people in the rock world had white nostrils for an entirely different reason back then, not from correcting the spellings on lyrics.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Feb 7, 2017 15:04:52 GMT
Mine too. And I've just checked who wrote and it was Rick. It does sound more like a Rick song too. But as The Lord F says - I think its what coke does to you - apparently. I think its part of being creative though - this ego stuff and not simply the drugs talking. I had a sniff of tipex once in an English writing exam. Passed with flying colours. Surely nobody wastes perfectly good Tipp-er-Ex in an exam
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Feb 7, 2017 15:06:01 GMT
I had a sniff of tipex once in an English writing exam. Passed with flying colours. I remember the original Tipp Ex thinner being banned as it was such a dangerous solvent and could cause death if it was inhaled too much, like glue sniffers back then. Some schools went the whole hog and even banned Tipp Ex, though most people in the rock world had white nostrils for an entirely different reason back then, not from correcting the spellings on lyrics. They used Tippex in schools?
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Feb 7, 2017 16:01:39 GMT
I had a sniff of tipex once in an English writing exam. Passed with flying colours. I remember the original Tipp Ex thinner being banned as it was such a dangerous solvent and could cause death if it was inhaled too much, like glue sniffers back then. Some schools went the whole hog and even banned Tipp Ex, though most people in the rock world had white nostrils for an entirely different reason back then, not from correcting the spellings on lyrics. Didn't one of the Monkees make millions from Tippex.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 16:08:48 GMT
I remember the original Tipp Ex thinner being banned as it was such a dangerous solvent and could cause death if it was inhaled too much, like glue sniffers back then. Some schools went the whole hog and even banned Tipp Ex, though most people in the rock world had white nostrils for an entirely different reason back then, not from correcting the spellings on lyrics. Didn't one of the Monkees make millions from Tippex. Yes! Mike Nesmith's mother invented Liquid Paper .
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Post by gav on Feb 7, 2017 16:26:57 GMT
Didn't one of the Monkees make millions from Tippex. Yes! Mike Nesmith's mother invented Liquid Paper . Wasn't it called whiteout originally?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 16:06:40 GMT
The further we have progressed into this new millennium, the more and more "stuck in the 70's" I have become
Instinctive understanding and spontaneity breed creativity and freedom of expression. The FF combo had that gift, such that at one time at their peak, they were hard to match anywhere as a live British rock institution.
Seeking mechanical perfection c/o going through the motions within safe and restricted parameters has been a conscious choice over the raw instinct alternative that briefly had a chance to further prevail with the reunions
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 16:12:25 GMT
I preferred freshly grown grass and used it in baking - only back in the day of course It was much easier to 'consume' on its own as well, because I hate the smell and taste of tobacco
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