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Post by Whoppa Choppa on Feb 7, 2017 22:00:28 GMT
News from Mr. Ling: "It's now 9pm and having spent the entire day in 'stop-rewind-play' mode, I've just completed the editing process for the notes for 'Blue For You', 'Just Supposin'' and 'Never Too Late'. Phew, talk about a labour of love. I did the first of these interviews (with Rossi) way back in September. They include quotes from Francis, Rick (RIP), Alan, Spud, Andrew Bown, Bob Young and co-producer John Eden. I like to be meticulous. What an honour to have been involved."
And further down.... : " Much of today was spent transcribing Mr Rossi's interview for the final set of vintage-era Status Quo re-issues. I knew there were serious problems, of course, but had no idea how close he came to quitting whilst they were in Dublin recording 'Just Supposin'' and 'Never Too Late'. "I was enjoying working with [backing vocalist and co-writer] Bernard Frost so much that I just wanted to get out of Quo," Francis says on the tape. "I suspect the rest of the band looked at me and wondered: 'What's going on?' Maybe they were right to have done so." There was also some silliness, of course, and at one point he interrupted a perfectly serious answer with - "One of these nights I'm gonna come round and cut your hair off while you're asleep, then next time you see me onstage I'll have stolen all of those white bits" - only to plunge back into the conversation right where he'd left off! What a strange fella!"
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Post by freewilly on Feb 7, 2017 22:06:49 GMT
"Maybe they were right to have done so"
The more time passes, the more things come to light, the more quotes that come out, I start to think Alan wasn't the only one he had issues with. Whatever the issues were. Starting to think it's all been in his head all this time
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Post by dontquoteme on Feb 7, 2017 22:39:18 GMT
Pity he didn't carry out his threat and gone off and done his 'Flying Garbage' thing earlier with Frost. Ok, we wouldn't have had LiveAid, or the EOTR tour as a result but I reckon Rick, Alan and Spud would have taken the time off that they desperately needed to jack in the powder, dope and booze...then come back refreshed and really got their thing going as a trio. And of course our ears would have been spared from Marguerita Time.
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Post by freewilly on Feb 7, 2017 22:40:45 GMT
Pity he didn't carry out his threat and gone off and done his 'Flying Garbage' thing earlier with Frost. Ok, we wouldn't have had LiveAid, or the EOTR tour as a result but I reckon Rick, Alan and Spud would have taken the time off that they desperately needed to jack in the powder, dope and booze...then come back refreshed and really got their thing going as a trio. And of course our ears would have been spared from Marguerita Time. Flying Garbage
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Post by cactuspete on Feb 8, 2017 19:06:33 GMT
Had they taken time off,taken a breather or had quality time with their family.
Nothing would of changed.
They had some years at the top.
And they were so bloody good.
Enjoy what you remember,saw and heard.
They are older now,as are we all.
Don't castigate them for changing.
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Post by 4th Chord on Feb 8, 2017 19:11:46 GMT
Make no mistake, if Rossi/Frost had been a hit, Quo would have been over, but there would definitely have been a reunion. 90's? 00's? Who knows, but the past 30 years would have been very different.
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Feb 8, 2017 19:18:58 GMT
Pity he didn't carry out his threat and gone off and done his 'Flying Garbage' thing earlier with Frost. Ok, we wouldn't have had LiveAid, or the EOTR tour as a result but I reckon Rick, Alan and Spud would have taken the time off that they desperately needed to jack in the powder, dope and booze...then come back refreshed and really got their thing going as a trio. And of course our ears would have been spared from Marguerita Time. Maybe but unless they had got a seriously good lead guitarist/vocalist/writer in. They probably would have been like Slade is now without Noddy. They may have been capable of doing some great rock stuff that would have suited the Rock crowd. However without the commercial/poppy music. They would not have survived the 80s, all the big rock bands from the 70s suffered chart wise in the 80s. Unlesss they had some more pop orientated big hits. Queen survived because they went down the poppy route, AC/DC had America to fall back on. Eventually they would have begged Francis to return and he would have needed them as well. I suppose he could have had some solo success with MT and ITAN but that would have dried up as well no doubt.
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Post by wolfman on Feb 8, 2017 19:30:56 GMT
lots of fall outs are creeping out of the woodwork these days.....the quo camp has not been an happy one for many many years..
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Post by freewilly on Feb 8, 2017 19:51:13 GMT
Had they taken time off,taken a breather or had quality time with their family. Nothing would of changed. They had some years at the top. And they were so bloody good. Enjoy what you remember,saw and heard. They are older now,as are we all. Don't castigate them for changing. Them? Pretty sure Alan, Rick and John have and did always remain the same
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Post by dontquoteme on Feb 8, 2017 19:56:38 GMT
Make no mistake, if Rossi/Frost had been a hit, Quo would have been over, but there would definitely have been a reunion. 90's? 00's? Who knows, but the past 30 years would have been very different. I agree things would've turned out very differently, that is a given and I assume that the 3 would have retired the Quo name rather than carrying on with it, and rebranded themselves. I don't think that the butting of heads over control and/or musical differences would have continued though with Rossi out of the picture. Fans would have had a choice in who they wanted to follow- the grittier, more traditional Quo style preferred by Rick Alan and John or the more pop oriented stuff that Rossi wanted to do with Frost. You only have to listen to 'his modern romance' track to understand the direction he wanted to go in. I guess a FF reunion would also have been on the cards, albeit about 15 years earlier than it happened! I just think it would've been interesting that's for sure as the original Quo style would have carried on instead of being left to die like it has done.
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Post by 4th Chord on Feb 8, 2017 19:59:38 GMT
Make no mistake, if Rossi/Frost had been a hit, Quo would have been over, but there would definitely have been a reunion. 90's? 00's? Who knows, but the past 30 years would have been very different. I agree things would've turned out very differently, that is a given and I assume that the 3 would have retired the Quo name rather than carrying on with it, and rebranded themselves. I don't think that the butting of heads over control and/or musical differences would have continued though with Rossi out of the picture. Fans would have had a choice in who they wanted to follow- the grittier, more traditional Quo style preferred by Rick Alan and John or the more pop oriented stuff that Rossi wanted to do with Frost. You only have to listen to 'his modern romance' track to understand the direction he wanted to go in. I guess a FF reunion would also have been on the cards, albeit about 15 years earlier than it happened! I just think it would've been interesting that's for sure as the original Quo style would have carried on instead of being left to die like it has done. Yep. If they'd managed to do their own thing and ride out the 80's and 90's I definitely think they would have been able to reform 10/15 years ago as a 'musically credible' band.
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Post by dontquoteme on Feb 8, 2017 20:19:47 GMT
Agree - credible is exactly the right word. How many bands from the 70's & 80's have split and reformed years later? I've lost count...A lot have done ok and some have disappeared without trace. I suppose Quo's longevity is due to them not having constant lineup changes like Deep Purple have. I think this has actually been to the detriment of Quo as an act, and perhaps if they had taken a 10/15 year hiatus, things would have worked out better for all.
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Post by Quoincidence on Feb 9, 2017 18:16:20 GMT
I don't think Rossi and Frost would've been quite the "catch" at all and more than likely would have struggled...
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Post by azza200 on Feb 9, 2017 18:40:30 GMT
I don't think Rossi and Frost would've been quite the "catch" at all and more than likely would have struggled... vomit_100_107 vomit_100_107 vomit_100_107 vomit_100_107 vomit_100_107 vomit_100_107
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Feb 9, 2017 19:17:51 GMT
Pity he didn't carry out his threat and gone off and done his 'Flying Garbage' thing earlier with Frost. Ok, we wouldn't have had LiveAid, or the EOTR tour as a result but I reckon Rick, Alan and Spud would have taken the time off that they desperately needed to jack in the powder, dope and booze...then come back refreshed and really got their thing going as a trio. And of course our ears would have been spared from Marguerita Time. It's a nice thought, but I think we'd have lost Rick a lot sooner if that had happened. He threw himself into the band when he lost his daughter, and he nearly died in 85 when the band wasn't working (didn't he nearly drown in the Thames?)
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