|
|
Post by snakelady on Sept 22, 2017 7:05:54 GMT
I know it was never a single but I really like this song/this type of song.
Heavy Traffic has everything that I like about the band. Driving guitars, great melody, great lyrics and a great band performance too.
I like the lyrics too. Especially "Every time I see a red light burning, Don't it always make the air turn blue". Clever. Don't know if that's one of Rhino's but I think we've all been there.
snakelady , I shall cast the second the vote for Address Book. I like a song that has a little story in it as opposed to words just to fit the tune.
Francis still had a lot more hair in that one .. I love the song Heavy Traffic ! It was so fantastic to hear it played live along with Solid Gold the year I finally returned to gigs. And such a shame both were dropped after just the one tour. Well, the set was still exciting and new back then for me and I admit I had taken part in the campaign on the mb for The Oriental ..  The title song song is one of the reasons why I mentioned the HT album in the remixing/remastering (?) thread. Quite a few good songs on it and not necessarily from the first half. mortified - it were the FF. They never sold their soul, merely the new line-ups have been doing that. Per definitionem.  |
|
mortified
Administrator 
This is no' gettin' the bairn a shirt
Posts: 5,617 
|
Post by mortified on Sept 22, 2017 8:19:02 GMT
Heavy Traffic has everything that I like about the band. Driving guitars, great melody, great lyrics and a great band performance too.
I like the lyrics too. Especially "Every time I see a red light burning, Don't it always make the air turn blue". Clever. Don't know if that's one of Rhino's but I think we've all been there.
snakelady , I shall cast the second the vote for Address Book. I like a song that has a little story in it as opposed to words just to fit the tune.
- it were the FF. They never sold their soul, merely the new line-ups have been doing that. Per definitionem. I was quoting Mr Rossi himself from Do It Again. Although he didn't write it. But someone has a small twinkling of regret  |
|
|
|
Post by smokie on Sept 22, 2017 12:42:56 GMT
@inna,
The lady doth protest too much, methinks  |
|
|
|
Post by smokie on Sept 22, 2017 12:54:23 GMT
This whole 'Quo on light entertainment TV' thing appears to be a topic in itself. It also appears that we all have our own hide behind the cushion experiences. Inna's right; an interview in the 70's was a rare treat, especially on TV. There were more on radio (although not much) and I used to try and listen in if I knew they were on. But knowing was the difficult part. I do remember Rick and Francis on Noel Edmunds' Multi-Coloured Swap Shop one Saturday morning where they were giving away a video of their hits and I was desperate to win it! Video was new technology at the time so it was probably the early 80's. I didn't win by the way and had to wait till 1986 when the official video came out. But this was pre Des O'Connor/Cannon & Ball. They hadn't yet sold their souls (now I'm in deep?). I remember that appearance on The Multi Coloured Swap Shop too (even although I was a Tiswas fan). One of the prizes was a Whatever You Want grey t-shirt with the penguin logo on the left side of the chest which I thought looked tremendous. It's funny how certain things stay with you, isn't it?
Re the whole appearing on light entertainment thing, well, I think some were OK, some were entertaining and some were just downright embarrassing, IMVHO of course  .
The interviews on the bus and backstage at Glastonbury I enjoyed, Rick looked to be good company in those.
The worst, in my opinion, by a country mile was the appearance on the Les Dawson show when they promoted Not At All. At some point in the performance, Les appeared with a pneumatic drill and proceeded to turn it on. The point of which was? Hilarious seemingly. The band all laughed, the canned laughter went through the roof and I just sat there watching it and cringed. Really cringed.
|
|
mortified
Administrator
This is no' gettin' the bairn a shirt
Posts: 5,617
|
Post by mortified on Sept 22, 2017 13:33:41 GMT
This whole 'Quo on light entertainment TV' thing appears to be a topic in itself. It also appears that we all have our own hide behind the cushion experiences. Inna's right; an interview in the 70's was a rare treat, especially on TV. There were more on radio (although not much) and I used to try and listen in if I knew they were on. But knowing was the difficult part. I do remember Rick and Francis on Noel Edmunds' Multi-Coloured Swap Shop one Saturday morning where they were giving away a video of their hits and I was desperate to win it! Video was new technology at the time so it was probably the early 80's. I didn't win by the way and had to wait till 1986 when the official video came out. But this was pre Des O'Connor/Cannon & Ball. They hadn't yet sold their souls (now I'm in deep?).
The worst, in my opinion, by a country mile was the appearance on the Les Dawson show when they promoted Not At All. At some point in the performance, Les appeared with a pneumatic drill and proceeded to turn it on. The point of which was? Hilarious seemingly. The band all laughed, the canned laughter went through the roof and I just sat there watching it and cringed. Really cringed.
Now THAT'S the sort of thing I was talking about It's a bit like Christmas. The 3-month long lead up to it seems interminably endless with all manner of tat and repetitive music aimed at you. Then when you moan, some righteous smart ar$e will say " oh, don't be such a stick in the mud; bah humbug" and all that. Which will probably be some store manager missing the point entirely. Quo on light entertainment affects me like that. Their response would be " oh, don't take yourself and life so seriously; it's only a bit of fun". Maybe if these things made me laugh and were so hysterical I'd need a hernia operation I might agree. Alas, they're about as funny as, oh I don't know; Bula Quo. |
|
|
|
Post by snakelady on Sept 22, 2017 16:59:58 GMT
The worst, in my opinion, by a country mile was the appearance on the Les Dawson show when they promoted Not At All. At some point in the performance, Les appeared with a pneumatic drill and proceeded to turn it on. The point of which was? Hilarious seemingly. The band all laughed, the canned laughter went through the roof and I just sat there watching it and cringed. Really cringed.
Maybe if these things made me laugh and were so hysterical I'd need a hernia operation I might agree. Alas, they're about as funny as, oh I don't know; Bula Quo. You've never watched the German version .. It's kind of Laurel and Hardy style, German Laurel and Hardy style !  Afterwards you'll appreciate the masterpiece that is the original English version |
|
.
sorry I mean 64 
