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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 18:08:11 GMT
@catlady Re: One Step At A Time released in 2010 - I think by this point, he'd had significant singing lessons to improve his range and abilities. It certainly showed
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cooliquo
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Favourite Quo Album: Quo
Favourite other bands.: Ramones, Social Distortion, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rolling Stones..
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Post by cooliquo on Aug 7, 2017 18:37:05 GMT
Restless and a B-side they did called Beautiful.
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nino
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
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Post by nino on Aug 7, 2017 19:28:54 GMT
Heart on Hold (simply the worst and most cringeworthy thing they ever, ever did!) That one was quite hard, as there are about 5,6 songs I can't stand to hear....but my vote goes to: Mystery Island!
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Post by kachunk on Aug 7, 2017 19:54:35 GMT
The original Restless, written and sung by Jennifer Warnes is a beautiful ballad. But you do need a good voice for ballads to cover it. I think its interesting that no-one told Francis he shouldn't do it. paradiseflats Thankfully I wasn't there but it must have sucked the energy from the room when they played it in the encore. Restless was included in the set list for the '94 and '95 tours at the behest of Mr.F.Rossi. Somebody once posted about a particular gig on the second tour and the audience's virtually nil response after Restless had been played. This prompted Francis to say to the fans,"I thought that was what you wanted from us now". Cue the buzzer from tv's "Family Fortunes".
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Post by kachunk on Aug 7, 2017 20:14:36 GMT
Tommy Address Book
I Love Rock And Roll has godawful lyrics but I really like the bass line and there's some nice guitar playing on it. The Oriental is musically very good and very interesting but it's saddled with lyrics from a Benny Hill sketch circa 1976.
And sorry Rick,but Let's Rock from QPQ is on the sub's bench.That is simply dreadful.
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Post by bridsparegular on Aug 7, 2017 21:18:20 GMT
Tommy & Tommy's In Love, still can't believe they could possibly have thought they could do anything to improve that unpolishable turd!!
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Post by rockonquo on Aug 8, 2017 2:58:04 GMT
1000 Years Someone Show Me Home I quite like both of those I can understand 1000 Years being a typical Quo fan antithesis but I think its a nice song which Francis sings well in a way in which he fails badly with Restless. I quess it depends what mood i'm in. At this moment I've changed my mind & go for 'Looking Out For Caroline' & 'Reality Cheque'. But, 'Tommy' is a definte as well as 'Digging Burt Bacharach'.
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Post by quomaster on Aug 8, 2017 2:59:05 GMT
Stones and Big Man.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 8:16:23 GMT
I quite like both of those I can understand 1000 Years being a typical Quo fan antithesis but I think its a nice song which Francis sings well in a way in which he fails badly with Restless. I quess it depends what mood i'm in. At this moment I've changed my mind & go for 'Looking Out For Caroline' & 'Reality Cheque'. But, 'Tommy' is a definte as well as 'Digging Burt Bacharach'. Tommy certainly isn't the greatest song by any means, but while I understand the reasons it is hated, I don't find anything to despise about it the way that so many do. The RTYD version with the outro solo makes me smile - Francis is having a bit of a laugh with fans with that one
Why else would he pick a song that is unpopular with fans and stick it on the next album and treat it this way
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Post by dennis on Aug 8, 2017 8:45:40 GMT
Most of these later songs are just names to me & don't bring anything to mind at all [lucky me, eh?!] but one that I sadly do recall is The Oriental which sounds like a song from a pantomime in the '70s - before such lyrics would have been deemed offensive. Utterly cringeworthy
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