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Post by paradiseflats on Dec 6, 2017 23:19:25 GMT
The period 77 to 81 is not their best by far. But there was still plenty of great music. Rockers Rollin One of the few really great songs on Rockin all over the World. Lyrics to me are top draw. Four rockers rollin and a poet in the wings... Andy didn’t get a mention lol.Someone show me home Should have been a single. Could have been a big hit. One of their few ballads that I really love. Breaking Away The last great extended song from the band. Great song. Great ending. Would have been belting live. Over the edge Perfer it live to on the album. But one of Alan’s better songs from the later period. An insight to what could have been. Mountain lady Loved this from the minute I heard it. Great melodic rock. Francis really delivers the vocal. The ending. Well no, it’s dreadful. Tried something new, didn’t work. Francis claims it is Alan’s ode to Stevie Nicks. Those lyrics are not from the song Rockers Rollin' but from another of your choices in Breaking Away Of course my mistake. Breaking away a real classic to.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Dec 7, 2017 0:12:30 GMT
I like lots of stuff "after the Frantic Four" (which didn't exist as a concept in the band, it's one of those things that has been make important long after it happened). The Quo sound on album did not die till after 1982 (album and year). It was getting a bit thin by then, and missed quite a lot of songs and most of IYDSTH to my ears, but it was still there, in songs like Get Out And Walk and (oddly) "Doesn't Matter" ... mm yes Quo sound wise that album is a bit thin, though I liked other bits of it. In some ways ITAN was a better album ... but the Quo Sound had gone. I remember sitting in my car in a layby thinking about this, and being baffled.
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Post by Railroad17 on Dec 7, 2017 1:56:25 GMT
Too Far Gone You Don't Own ME Gonna Teach You To Love Me
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Post by per on Dec 7, 2017 8:04:20 GMT
Although Andy had begun playing keyboards on stage with Quo and also had his name credited as a song co-writer on some of the tracks on the IYCSTH and WYW albums, the band continued to promote themselves as a four-piece unit until after Pete replaced Spud...when Andy became an 'equal' fifth member. Below are the rear covers of Quo's 1980 and 1981 studio albums - each showing just four members. (Andy is pictured with the rest of the band on the rear cover of the band's next album - see here) Maybe so but as any purist knows the Frantic four period came to an end with Live. As Andy was there on tv performances following the release of WSOL onwards. And his song writing contribution and how that changed Status Quo are more important in the context of the band than whether he was legally a member. And in '82 he did not become an equal member as his voting rights were less than the other three. And when those words were written they were still a four piece probably in their minds. I agree with DublinQuo here, to me they were a four-piece (later known as the Frantic Four) until Spud left. "Number Five" were actually Bob Young and Andy was "number six", both of them wrote songs and appeared on stage and on recordings, but none of them were actual band members, not until Pete arrived and Andy became a regular on photos, videos etcetera. The end of the classic FF-era came when Spud left (IMO of course)
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Post by musiktruhe on Dec 7, 2017 8:32:43 GMT
Again And Again Rocker´s Rollin´ For You Take Me Away Carol
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Dec 7, 2017 12:09:20 GMT
Maybe so but as any purist knows the Frantic four period came to an end with Live. As Andy was there on tv performances following the release of WSOL onwards. And his song writing contribution and how that changed Status Quo are more important in the context of the band than whether he was legally a member. And in '82 he did not become an equal member as his voting rights were less than the other three. And when those words were written they were still a four piece probably in their minds. I agree with DublinQuo here, to me they were a four-piece (later known as the Frantic Four) until Spud left. "Number Five" were actually Bob Young and Andy was "number six", both of them wrote songs and appeared on stage and on recordings, but none of them were actual band members, not until Pete arrived and Andy became a regular on photos, videos etcetera. The end of the classic FF-era came when Spud left (IMO of course) Andy is named on the SBYBIL video. Theres a small scene with pics of each member and their name. Plus his signature appears in the vid "Picture" at the end. I don't think there's any promo's post 1977 and pre 1982 that he is not in. He's even in this one from 1976.
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Post by poetry1 on Dec 9, 2017 12:14:07 GMT
There are a lot of great songs from after 1976, quite a few even after 1985 in my opinion... I The problem is the albums as a whole are nowhere near the quality of the FF era. Never listen to them. Only select songs.
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Post by 4th Chord on Dec 9, 2017 13:01:51 GMT
There are a lot of great songs from after 1976, quite a few even after 1985 in my opinion... I The problem is the albums as a whole are nowhere near the quality of the FF era. Never listen to them. Only select songs. Welcome to the forum!
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