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Status Quo weren't always crap
Just wondered if there were others here who can't stand their repetitive drivel from from the 70s onwards but like their early stuff, in particular their first album, Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo?
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Nope, it's the opposite for me. I really like their 'repetitive drivel from from the 70s onwards' (up to Red Sky/Rollin' Home, anyway). 12 Gold Bars is probably one of my most listened to discs. I actually used to get taunted at school in the '80s for admitting to liking their music!
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12 Gold Bars encapsulates very nicely the repetitive drivel I'm referring to
. Just my opinion though - each to their own.
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12 Gold Bars encapsulates very nicely the repetitive drivel I'm referring to
. Just my opinion though - each to their own.To appreciate Quo at their best you need to see them live. Bob Geldof asked Quo to open Live Aid for one reason, he knew they would get the crowd on their feet, which is precisely what they did. Quo might not be to your taste, but to dismiss it as "repetitive drivel" shows a remarkable ignorance. |
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Just wondered if there were others here who can't stand their repetitive drivel from from the 70s onwards but like their early stuff, in particular their first album, Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo?
Give it a try, then tell me a track like "Someone's Learning" is 'repetitive drivel'. I am a massive Quo fan and I don't care who knows. Try these other tracks. 4500 Times. Whatever You Want. Down Down. Now try playing them on a standard tuned guitar. |
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Just wondered if there were others here who can't stand their repetitive drivel from from the 70s onwards but like their early stuff, in particular their first album, Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo?
I had heard Pictures of Matchstick Men over the years, but it was only a few years ago that I found out it was by Status Quo, which really surprised me. It's really strange, but weirdly brilliant. I don't think you could listen to it too often though because that guitar would get very annoying. |
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Have you tried listening to "Dog Of Two Head".
Give it a try, then tell me a track like "Someone's Learning" is 'repetitive drivel'. I am a massive Quo fan and I don't care who knows. Try these other tracks. 4500 Times. Whatever You Want. Down Down. Now try playing them on a standard tuned guitar. I don't play but I know quite a few professional musicians and they have all told me that Quo's music is deceptively "simple". |
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Or something like 'Slow Train' from Quo.
I don't play but I know quite a few professional musicians and they have all told me that Quo's music is deceptively "simple". That would make them, by my definition, more difficult as you've have to write them originally in a different tuning. Slow Train is more like a 'basic' 12 bar, but it's a rollicking tune! |
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Or something like 'Slow Train' from Quo.
I don't play but I know quite a few professional musicians and they have all told me that Quo's music is deceptively "simple". ― Charles Mingus From an old jazz man... |
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How many of their albums from the 1970s have you actually listened to? I'm guessing none.
To appreciate Quo at their best you need to see them live. Bob Geldof asked Quo to open Live Aid for one reason, he knew they would get the crowd on their feet, which is precisely what they did. Quo might not be to your taste, but to dismiss it as "repetitive drivel" shows a remarkable ignorance. A rather sensitive Quo fan. Unfortunately I had to endure virtually all of their 70s output (teenager then). You may disagree with my view but it's based on being subjected to many hours of their cacophony, not ignorance.Quote:
Yes, I agree.
I had heard Pictures of Matchstick Men over the years, but it was only a few years ago that I found out it was by Status Quo, which really surprised me. It's really strange, but weirdly brilliant. I don't think you could listen to it too often though because that guitar would get very annoying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFR22NRVic Even then they weren't averse to a little repetition (the famous track you mention and the first track of the album have a VERY similar riff) but it's still an excellent album. |
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A rather sensitive Quo fan. Unfortunately I had to endure virtually all of their 70s output (teenager then). You may disagree with my view but it's based on being subjected to many hours of their cacophony, not ignorance.Have a listen to the whole album I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFR22NRVic Even then they weren't averse to a little repetition (the famous track you mention and the first track of the album have a VERY similar riff) but it's still an excellent album. However if you are going to be so dismissive of a band's work, perhaps you would care to enlighten us as to what you consider is better....... |
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Have a listen to the whole album I mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFR22NRVic Even then they weren't averse to a little repetition (the famous track you mention and the first track of the album have a VERY similar riff) but it's still an excellent album. Nothing like their 70s heads down boogie output. |
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Someone in my teenage 'gang' in the late 60s bought 'Pictures of Matchstick Men'.......after a while we got bored with it and decided that the B side 'Gentleman's Joe's Sidewalk Cafe' was better.........
![]() https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBh97yB-HXI Playing that takes me right back...........
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Francis Rossi wrote POMM whilst on the toilet.
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are they crap
Thanks for that I have always though they were carp but I have never heard any of ther early stuff
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Have you tried listening to "Dog Of Two Head".
Give it a try, then tell me a track like "Someone's Learning" is 'repetitive drivel'. I am a massive Quo fan and I don't care who knows. Try these other tracks. 4500 Times. Whatever You Want. Down Down. Now try playing them on a standard tuned guitar. The thing about Quo is that the older they got the more they became rocks answer to Chas and Dave than anything else. Perhaps a few too many party style covers. I do have soft spot for a song called Rock and Roll from 1981. |
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Just wondered if there were others here who can't stand their repetitive drivel from from the 70s onwards but like their early stuff, in particular their first album, Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo?
Like Ice In The Sun from 1968, Gerdundula from 1972, In My Chair from 1970, Whatever You Want, In The Army Now and Everytime I Think Of You are just a few examples that demonstrate more than enough versatiliity within this band. However their fans demand their boogie stuff live, so that's what tends to get played.the most. And of course one of the greatest live bands of all time. |
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Always found them to shite to be honest. Hundreds of derivative albums no-one gives a shit about, greatest hits staple of pub jukeboxes all over the land....urg. Like an even more shit version of Queen.
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Always found them to shite to be honest. Hundreds of derivative albums no-one gives a shit about, greatest hits staple of pub jukeboxes all over the land....urg. Like an even more shit version of Queen.
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Given that they've sold over 118 million units, I'd wager there's a fair few people who 'give a shit about' Quo.
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Ah yeah sorry I forgot this is the DS forum where everything always comes back to units sold...
This sums them up as far as I am concerned. Great beat nice soloing from Frame, solid Rhythm from Rick, Spud and Nuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr3JO0MhFTY |
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Well they must have done something right to still be around. Fair enough people don't like them it's a free country. Me I love them great music and fantastic live.
This sums them up as far as I am concerned. Great beat nice soloing from Frame, solid Rhythm from Rick, Spud and Nuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr3JO0MhFTY |
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They started out as a psych band called the Spectres in the mid 60's - they did a song called You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet which is pure class
The also did a song called You're Just What I was Looking For Today around the time of Matchstick Men which is lovely ballad there is far more to them than meets the eye |
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They started out as a psych band called the Spectres in the mid 60's - they did a song called You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet which is pure class
The also did a song called You're Just What I was Looking For Today around the time of Matchstick Men which is lovely ballad there is far more to them than meets the eye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5m5V_ESHAE |
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The last 3 tracks I mentioned are all played in a different tuning from a standard EADGBE and/or make use of a capo to transpose the key.
That would make them, by my definition, more difficult as you've have to write them originally in a different tuning. Slow Train is more like a 'basic' 12 bar, but it's a rollicking tune! Whatever You Want is even easier, predominantly 2 chords (D and A) |
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. Just my opinion though - each to their own.
A rather sensitive Quo fan. Unfortunately I had to endure virtually all of their 70s output (teenager then). You may disagree with my view but it's based on being subjected to many hours of their cacophony, not ignorance.