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Post by taximan2002 on Feb 18, 2017 3:39:13 GMT
It does make sense, I understand what your saying but there's just something different about those two tracks, to my ears anyway and it's been like that since I first heard it in 76/77.. On a side note, my highlight of the FF tour in 2013 was in Glasgow, I was leading against a barrier on a slightly raised area so could see the whole of the audience on the floor in front of me. That same bit you just mentioned when they all joined in the crowd went absolutely mad, all bouncing up and down, was like being transported back to the Apollo the 1st time I seen them in 1979. It was a magical moment...
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Post by Railroad17 on Feb 18, 2017 7:53:40 GMT
I always hated this album with a strong passion apart from Backwater. It was just to raw and it just sounded like noise to me for many years. Then, an hour ago it struck me... It's fucking brilliant. The rhythm section on that album is quite possibly the tightest it's ever been. Spud's drums are loud and hard, as is the bass. Rossi's solo's are simple but genius. Parfitt's rhythm is... well... Godlike. The crunch of their guitars on that album is immense. Slow Train? If people can do a PHD regarding the Klingon language or The Force then I should get a grant for Slow Train.The "Came here in the morning" part actually rumbles on like a train.Parfitts playing is his best ever and the Rossi solo is,for a change words fail me. Lancaster and Coghlan shovel the coal into the boiler and the fcukng thing can't be stopped.There's part during the end of the solo when Parfitt does this thing that actually sounds like a train going over the points at speed.Coghlan does this clapping sound on the drums,Lancaster is doing some fcuking thing on the bass that is indescribable.For this section,that is about 2 minutes or so,Status Quo were the best band in the world.
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Post by Railroad17 on Feb 18, 2017 7:58:51 GMT
5 of the 9 songs they wrote together on this album, which is probably why it's Quo's most "rock" album, but Alan & Rick never wrote together again - perhaps that's why, too much "rock" for some people ...... Aye..anyone who prefers another album over this one, needs their bumps felt. I tend to go for everything from Piledriver to BFY being one big album culminating in what I now see as the quirky end of Mystery Song being a very apt "Goodbye"
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Post by markquo on Feb 18, 2017 8:13:04 GMT
The best Cheers
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Post by vivfromcov on Feb 18, 2017 9:05:22 GMT
I love Fine Fine Fine and indeed the whole album. I never got it when people said the album was too heavy... It had such different styles but all perfectly Quo to my mind. I don't think the album is too heavy, although it is heavy enough (!), but there is also a certain rawness to the sound of the production which, to my mind, makes this album more "in your face" than any other album they recorded. I must admit I was quite taken aback the first time I heard it & had to play it again to really appreciate the songs properly - the first time I just felt somewhat overwhelmed by the sound! I love the rawness of it! I love the fact that you can hear on some of the songs that they are all playing live together in the studio. Like on DTIM when you hear Alan's appreciative moan during the solo.
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Post by Whoppa Choppa on Feb 18, 2017 9:12:50 GMT
Love from first sight... And the remix with the enhancing of the drum sound.... I just discovered the whole thing once again! They were unbeatable. And imagine that album from '74 ignited a young Metallica-fan in 2014.... My colleague thought it was an excellent album and still raves about it... Good music just matures, it doesn't become obsolete.
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Post by dennis on Feb 18, 2017 10:08:31 GMT
I don't think the album is too heavy, although it is heavy enough (!), but there is also a certain rawness to the sound of the production which, to my mind, makes this album more "in your face" than any other album they recorded. I must admit I was quite taken aback the first time I heard it & had to play it again to really appreciate the songs properly - the first time I just felt somewhat overwhelmed by the sound! I love the rawness of it! I love the fact that you can hear on some of the songs that they are all playing live together in the studio. Like on DTIM when you hear Alan's appreciative moan during the solo. Aye, but I should imagine it seemed a bit full on for those buying it in sequence, after the previous run of releases. Just consider how much more of a slap in the face that sound is for those who were going back to discover it from first listening to the slicker & smoother production sounds of the later albums!
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Post by dennis on Feb 18, 2017 10:10:58 GMT
I don't think the album is too heavy, although it is heavy enough (!), but there is also a certain rawness to the sound of the production which, to my mind, makes this album more "in your face" than any other album they recorded. I must admit I was quite taken aback the first time I heard it & had to play it again to really appreciate the songs properly - the first time I just felt somewhat overwhelmed by the sound! Love the album but never been keen on the production of Backwater and Just Take Me. Don't know why or what it is but they sound different from the rest of the album... The whole album has a slightly different sound to any other Quo release, imo, but I've never considered those tracks to sound different to the rest of the album - good excuse to play the whole thing again!
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Post by gav on Feb 18, 2017 10:13:45 GMT
I don't think the album is too heavy, although it is heavy enough (!), but there is also a certain rawness to the sound of the production which, to my mind, makes this album more "in your face" than any other album they recorded. I must admit I was quite taken aback the first time I heard it & had to play it again to really appreciate the songs properly - the first time I just felt somewhat overwhelmed by the sound! Love the album but never been keen on the production of Backwater and Just Take Me. Don't know why or what it is but they sound different from the rest of the album... Same. I think they are over-produced. They have a different ambience, too much reverb, and as a result aren't as inyerface as the rest, a bit syrupy, considering how raw they were live. I expect Alan spent a LOT of time on them and they became a bit overcooked in the end. I just can't listen to them when the Apollo 76 versions are so superior.
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Post by viking55 on Feb 18, 2017 10:48:13 GMT
Best Quo album ever. Always loved it. Lonely man is majestic. If it was on Zep 4 it would be classed as a classic ! Every song I love. I like fine fine fine on there as it's a bit of a breather if you get my drift. The solo is Suberb in that. And the cover just double stamps it for me !
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Post by gav on Feb 18, 2017 14:12:26 GMT
I've been an OTL guy for decades, but recently have been edging towards this one as a solid favourite. I don't listen to "Where I Am" whereas i like every track on this album, so i guess that confirms it. Still just prefer the sound on OTL though. And LL as the ultimate Quo, powerful opener.
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Feb 18, 2017 14:30:05 GMT
...and the Waalloper is using a sunburst Tele. Richard was using a sunburst Gibson. I hadn't seen that vid before. That Gibson, Richard used to use for Little Lady and MOTT in the 70s. That Sunburst Tele became the WYW later DD Tele. As it has the cut down Bigsby bridge plate.
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Post by 4th Chord on Feb 18, 2017 14:39:29 GMT
...and the Waalloper is using a sunburst Tele. Richard was using a sunburst Gibson. I hadn't seen that vid before. That Gibson, Richard used to use for Little Lady and MOTT in the 70s. That Sunburst Tele became the WYW later DD Tele. As it has the cut down Bigsby bridge plate. Guitar nerd.
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Post by Quoincidence on Feb 18, 2017 14:45:48 GMT
That Gibson, Richard used to use for Little Lady and MOTT in the 70s. That Sunburst Tele became the WYW later DD Tele. As it has the cut down Bigsby bridge plate. Guitar nerd. He beat me to it you can still see the screw holes on the body where the Bigsby was
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Post by freewilly on Feb 18, 2017 14:56:57 GMT
Simple post..
The best
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