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2014/04/02 08:27:14 (permalink)

Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie!

 
Yours truly, my lad and SidStrummerUK will be headbanging in the moshpit watching from a comfortable distance in Wolverhampton Civic Hall tomorrow evening
 


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    paulo
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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/02 08:36:02 (permalink)
    I'm sorry to hear that you have to go to Wolverhampton old boy, but I guess it will be worth it as you'll never get the chance to see this last ever tour ever again.................well not until the next one anyway.

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/02 11:26:37 (permalink)
    I hope they sound better than they did on that recent documentary..great with John 'Rhino' Edwards etc but pretty ropey when Lancaster & Coghlan joined in.

     
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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/02 12:10:34 (permalink)
    jamesg1213
    I hope they sound better than they did on that recent documentary..great with John 'Rhino' Edwards etc but pretty ropey when Lancaster & Coghlan joined in.




    I suppose it's more a nostalgia thing mate. But then again, I'm not a big fan of much anything they released after Rockin' All Over The World, so I'm going as much for the material they'll play as for anything.
     
    I saw them in 2007 and, although they were quite excellent, I didn't even know a lot of the stuff they played. The only real nod to the original 'Frantic Four' era was a rather pitiful medley they played of songs like Little Lady, Don't Waste My Time and Big Fat Mama. Why they don't play gems like these in full yet they do with abortions like The Wanderer is beyond me I'm afraid

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/02 12:16:56 (permalink)
    Have a great time. 

    Should auld acquaintance be forgot--hey, who the hell are you guys?  
     
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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/02 12:24:51 (permalink)
     
    Thanks Jan
     
    I bought my lad a ticket for his 17th birthday, and this is his first 'proper' concert. It'll be really cool to share that experience with him.
     
    James, I forgot to mention that I am a little pissed off. You remember I mentioned to you that Wilko Johnson was listed as one of the support acts - well, apparently that's only the case in the various 'extra' dates Quo have added due to demand.
     
    I got our tickets for tomorrow's show long before they announced an extra date at Wolverhampton (April 10th), so it would appear I won't get to see Wilko after all
     
    Rather annoying that

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/02 13:25:56 (permalink)
    SteveStrummerUK
     
     
    James, I forgot to mention that I am a little pissed off. You remember I mentioned to you that Wilko Johnson was listed as one of the support acts - well, apparently that's only the case in the various 'extra' dates Quo have added due to demand.
     
    I got our tickets for tomorrow's show long before they announced an extra date at Wolverhampton (April 10th), so it would appear I won't get to see Wilko after all
     
    Rather annoying that




    That's a great shame, I'd love to see Wilko just once more. He's hanging on in there eh?
     
    I suppose it's more a nostalgia thing mate. But then again, I'm not a big fan of much anything they released after Rockin' All Over The World, so I'm going as much for the material they'll play as for anything.

     
    Yep, love the early stuff from 'Piledriver', 'Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon' 'Dog of Two Heads' etc. 'Mystery Song' is probably my favorite still, great stuff.
     
    I did buy 'Heavy Traffic' a few years ago tho, and was pleasantly surprised.
    post edited by jamesg1213 - 2014/04/02 13:27:36

     
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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/02 14:47:33 (permalink)
    Have fun Steve!  Hopefully any Traffic you run into on the trip isn't bad. 

     
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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/03 03:48:13 (permalink)
    have fun! the quo were my first gig, aged 10, at deeside leisure centre in 1980 (i think it was)

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/03 08:11:18 (permalink)
    lawp
    have fun! the quo were my first gig, aged 10, at deeside leisure centre in 1980 (i think it was)





    Cheers Paul!
     

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/03 08:32:36 (permalink)
     
    Here's the setlist from last Saturday's show at the Hammersmith Apollo:
    1. Junior's Wailing (Live! ~ 1977)
    2. Backwater (Quo ~ 1974)
    3. Just Take Me (Quo ~ 1974)
    4. Is There A Better Way (Blue for You ~ 1976)
    5. In My Chair (7" single ~ 1970)
    6. Blue Eyed Lady (Hello! ~ 1973)
    7. Little Lady (On the Level ~ 1975)
    8. Most Of The Time (On the Level ~ 1975)
    9. Rain (Blue for You ~ 1976)
    10. (April) Spring, Summer And Wednesdays (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon ~ 1970)
    11. Railroad (Dog of Two Head ~ 1971)
    12. Oh Baby (Piledriver ~ 1972)
    13. Forty-Five Hundred Times (Hello! ~ 1973)
    14. Gotta Go Home (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon ~ 1970)
    15. Big Fat Mama (Piledriver ~ 1972)
    16. Down Down (On the Level ~ 1975)
    17. Roadhouse Blues (Piledriver ~ 1972)

      Encore:
    18. Caroline (Hello! ~ 1973)
    19. Bye Bye Johnny (On the Level ~ 1975)

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/03 19:02:53 (permalink)
    Too bad you don't have a fancy-schmancy USA made one-of-a-kind shirt to wear.
     
    You'd steal the show.

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/03 19:58:51 (permalink)
     
    AWESOME!!!!

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/04 03:27:37 (permalink)
    I have never forgiven Status Quo for their version of Rockin All Over the World - a true aberration if ever there was one !
     
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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/04 08:38:53 (permalink)
    SteveStrummerUK
     
    Here's the setlist from last Saturday's show at the Hammersmith Apollo:
    1. Junior's Wailing (Live! ~ 1977)
    2. Backwater (Quo ~ 1974)
    3. Just Take Me (Quo ~ 1974)
    4. Is There A Better Way (Blue for You ~ 1976)
    5. In My Chair (7" single ~ 1970)
    6. Blue Eyed Lady (Hello! ~ 1973)
    7. Little Lady (On the Level ~ 1975)
    8. Most Of The Time (On the Level ~ 1975)
    9. Rain (Blue for You ~ 1976)
    10. (April) Spring, Summer And Wednesdays (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon ~ 1970)
    11. Railroad (Dog of Two Head ~ 1971)
    12. Oh Baby (Piledriver ~ 1972)
    13. Forty-Five Hundred Times (Hello! ~ 1973)
    14. Gotta Go Home (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon ~ 1970)
    15. Big Fat Mama (Piledriver ~ 1972)
    16. Down Down (On the Level ~ 1975)
    17. Roadhouse Blues (Piledriver ~ 1972)

      Encore:
    18. Caroline (Hello! ~ 1973)
    19. Bye Bye Johnny (On the Level ~ 1975)




    Now THAT, is the good stuff

     
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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/04 09:25:13 (permalink)
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    Here's the setlist from last Saturday's show at the Hammersmith Apollo:
    1. Junior's Wailing (Live! ~ 1977)
    2. Backwater (Quo ~ 1974)
    3. Just Take Me (Quo ~ 1974)
    4. Is There A Better Way (Blue for You ~ 1976)
    5. In My Chair (7" single ~ 1970)
    6. Blue Eyed Lady (Hello! ~ 1973)
    7. Little Lady (On the Level ~ 1975)
    8. Most Of The Time (On the Level ~ 1975)
    9. Rain (Blue for You ~ 1976)
    10. (April) Spring, Summer And Wednesdays (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon ~ 1970)
    11. Railroad (Dog of Two Head ~ 1971)
    12. Oh Baby (Piledriver ~ 1972)
    13. Forty-Five Hundred Times (Hello! ~ 1973)
    14. Gotta Go Home (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon ~ 1970)
    15. Big Fat Mama (Piledriver ~ 1972)
    16. Down Down (On the Level ~ 1975)
    17. Roadhouse Blues (Piledriver ~ 1972)

      Encore:
    18. Caroline (Hello! ~ 1973)
    19. Bye Bye Johnny (On the Level ~ 1975)




    Now THAT, is the good stuff




    That's the same setlist that they played last night mate!
     
    Mind you, I reckon they've missed a trick to be honest. Aside from the running order, it's exactly the same songs they played on last year's tour, and hence appear on the BACK-2-SQ-1 live release. This duplication is bound to limit the appeal of the inevitable live DVD/CD packages they release later on in the year.
     
    I can think of a few classics I'd have liked to have seen included, the trouble is, the material they played was so good, it would be difficult to choose what to drop. Maybe there's a case to be made for:
    • Roll Over Lay Down
    • Break The Rules
    • Don't Waste My Time
    • Mystery Song
    • Paper Plane
    I had a good laugh afterward though James, Sid told me that in a break between songs about half way through the set, the bloke stood behind him turned to his mate and bemoaned, "Aren't they going to play anything after 1976 then?"  Er...... duh!!
     
    Mind you, you get the feeling that they were so comfortable playing together, they could have played anything from that period if they'd been taking requests. I'm guessing that most of the rehearsal time they put in was needed just to finalise the arrangements more than anything else.
     
    Francis produced the usual complement of mistakes in his lead work, which is kind of cute in a way. LOL - if he can't get 'em all right after all these years, a few rehearsal sessions isn't going make a blind bit of difference! And as I've been telling Sid all these years, when I play the er...... *occasional* bum note, I'm actually faithfully replicating Mr Rossi's performances. Far from my sloppy playing, it shows how accurately I cover their songs
     
    One thing's for sure, I don't think I would go and see the 'current' Quo again. I may be wrong, but I'd wager most Quo fans would be more than happy if the Frantic Four stayed together permanently. I'm guessing with Lancaster's influence in the songwriting process, they might even be capable of writing new material of the standard they produced last night, instead of the more poppy and schmaltzy output they've been guilty of releasing since he originally quit.
     

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/05 00:12:26 (permalink)
    These are the legends who livened up the recording session for Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" with a large bag of cocaine. Apparently. According to Wikipedia. 

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/05 00:16:13 (permalink)
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    Francis produced the usual complement of mistakes in his lead work, which is kind of cute in a way. LOL - if he can't get 'em all right after all these years, a few rehearsal sessions isn't going make a blind bit of difference! And as I've been telling Sid all these years, when I play the er...... *occasional* bum note, I'm actually faithfully replicating Mr Rossi's performances. Far from my sloppy playing, it shows how accurately I cover their songs
     

     
    I remember reading an interview with Francis Rossi years ago in which he said that his son's shredding skills had inspired him to start learning scales and technique afresh and that his guitar playing had improved as a result. Didn't both his sons form a band or something?
     

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    Re: Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie! 2014/04/05 00:29:42 (permalink)
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    These are the legends who livened up the recording session for Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" with a large bag of cocaine. Apparently. According to Wikipedia. 




    Obviously they were dreaming of a white Christmas. 

     
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