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Post by snakelady on Nov 25, 2017 14:07:18 GMT
The first impression you used to get from vinyl albums was formed when you saw the cover. And this was the first time I didn't like a Quo cover straight away. In fact I was at a loss what I was supposed to see there, if there was a hidden meaning or people to recognise. If there was any such thing though, I didn't find it.
I know many consider the album a return to form - I didn't. While it was better than it's predecessor, I still didn't like most of the songs, including the title track. Radio DJs had been joking about Again And Again, that Quo were doing the same song again and again, but WYW provided all the ammunition they needed to really rip the band apart mercilessly. That was when you no longer dared to admit you were a Quo fan. It did chart rather lowly here as well and definitely wasn't a big hit. They did get positive critics for LOAI though, but fans were less convinced, so that didn't chart well either.
All in all another disappointing album and for me a pattern started to form which caused my drifting away from the band.
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Post by snakelady on Nov 25, 2017 16:22:34 GMT
You did it again, Kathrin!!! What ? *aufleitungsteh*
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Post by snakelady on Nov 25, 2017 16:26:52 GMT
You failed to put High Flyer on your list of tracks. Had forgotten all about that. I simply copied the list from the Quo homepage ..
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Post by snakelady on Nov 25, 2017 16:31:03 GMT
As nobody else had voted so far I've deleted the poll and have put up the correct one now.
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Post by ant on Nov 25, 2017 18:14:05 GMT
Very good album. Love Shady Lady and Rockin' On/Come Rock With Me
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Post by Rick Roper on Nov 25, 2017 18:27:41 GMT
Excellent song selection on this album for me - including Living On An Island! The only thing I didn't really care for was the very "toppy" sound, which I have always thought was a throwback to 1977 and the idea of recording a USA-friendly album in terms of sound - The album was released as "Now Hear This" in the USA... A fatter bass sound would have been spot-on!
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Post by mortified on Nov 26, 2017 10:14:43 GMT
I've actually gone for skipping none. My first hearing of the Whatever You Want single - unlike many it would seem - was one of wonder. I absolutely loved it. I'd bought it not long before going on holiday, maybe a week, and couldn't wait to get back to play it again! I also kept an eye on it's chart progress and when I got home it had shot to no.4 from practically nowhere. The album I liked as well. Not quite as much as those from between '71 and '76 but certainly up there. Living On An Island is a funny one. I've never been mad on the edited single version; in other words the main part of the song! But the longer album version has an outro that is a masterpiece. Had that melody formed the basis of the whole thing, I think we'd have been looking at a monster hit. Those final couple of minutes are amongst Quo's finest ever in my opinion but it's always overlooked because of the 7" version. A real shame. Breaking Away is in my top ten Quo tracks easy. So, all in all, a huge return to form after the disappointment of it's predecessor. But why on earth High Flyer is missing from the track listing on the official site is anyone's guess
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Post by snakelady on Nov 27, 2017 17:37:44 GMT
.. But why on earth High Flyer is missing from the track listing on the official site is anyone's guess Maybe they put it up going by the Back2Back series track list ? Note to self: Don't forget to include The Wild Ones, when we've reached that album ..
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Nov 27, 2017 17:41:09 GMT
But why on earth High Flyer is missing from the track listing on the official site is anyone's guess Maybe the person who did the website just copied it from the Back2back series CD release (not the album of the same name), where High Flyer was omitted, and forgot about it or wasn't a Quo fan! The Wild Ones is on there though, from Just Supposin!
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Nov 27, 2017 17:47:34 GMT
I don't skip or dislike any on this album. In fact I love this album, definitely in my top five. I find Runaway (Quo by numbers, & similar to Lies) and High Flyer mediocre, everything else I love. I agree with mortified , Breaking Away is awesome....they once again finished with a classic longer song. I might even love it more than Slow Train! The grooves in Breaking Away, Come Rock and Rockin' On, are something else....something Quo didn't do enough of IMO. Fantastic album!
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Post by mortified on Nov 28, 2017 8:49:39 GMT
.. But why on earth High Flyer is missing from the track listing on the official site is anyone's guess Maybe they put it up going by the Back2Back series track list ? That's certainly the obvious answer. Yeah, let's look at a 1990 release instead of the more recent remaster. That's a good idea As "I Ain't Complaining" says (I can't seem to tag that name), the Just Supposin' album is correct. Up to 1980 anyway
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Post by snakelady on Nov 28, 2017 9:03:18 GMT
Maybe they put it up going by the Back2Back series track list ? That's certainly the obvious answer. Yeah, let's look at a 1990 release instead of the more recent remaster. That's a good idea As "I Ain't Complaining" says (I can't seem to tag that name), the Just Supposin' album is correct. Up to 1980 anyway Must be by chance they got the others right .. . .. and you can tag I Ain't Complaining: Move your cursor over the displayed name "I Ain't Complaining" and you can see the name under which he has registered. With most members there isn't a difference, but in Neil's or Loz's case i.e. there is ..
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Post by mortified on Nov 28, 2017 11:19:43 GMT
That's certainly the obvious answer. Yeah, let's look at a 1990 release instead of the more recent remaster. That's a good idea As "I Ain't Complaining" says (I can't seem to tag that name), the Just Supposin' album is correct. Up to 1980 anyway Must be by chance they got the others right .. . .. and you can tag I Ain't Complaining : Move your cursor over the displayed name "I Ain't Complaining" and you can see the name under which he has registered. With most members there isn't a difference, but in Neil's or Loz's case i.e. there is .. Ta for that. I never knew that. I Ain't Complaining There. He'll be inundated with 'tags' now
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Post by kursaal75 on Nov 28, 2017 12:10:35 GMT
I haven't played this album for a while, so a need to give it a spin, but I probably skip the last 2 tracks.
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Post by whoaskedyou on Nov 28, 2017 12:29:32 GMT
Don't post much on here but I do like to defend this album..probably because it came out when I was seventeen and I played it to death over and over.
I still think WYW is a classic..never mind this return to form nonsense...get up early tomorrow drive out into the countryside with this belting out..it should bring back all those feelings of Quo at their best...cannot understand how it would not be in your top five Quo albums.
The first three tracks are simply the best three openers on any Quo album to me.
You all need to dig this out and give it a blast..distance yourself from the Argos advert with the title single and get back to rockin out.
Even High Flyer which was brought to life at the Distillers Pub in Hammersmith by Stated Quo has become a favourite.(Perhaps someone can dig it out).
Anyway be boring if we all saw the same thing in music.
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Nov 28, 2017 17:46:18 GMT
That's certainly the obvious answer. Yeah, let's look at a 1990 release instead of the more recent remaster. That's a good idea As "I Ain't Complaining" says (I can't seem to tag that name), the Just Supposin' album is correct. Up to 1980 anyway .. and you can tag I Ain't Complaining : Move your cursor over the displayed name "I Ain't Complaining" and you can see the name under which he has registered. With most members there isn't a difference, but in Neil's or Loz's case i.e. there is .. I never realised that!! That will be why I could never tag Ive as W.O.M.O.R.R! I should really get rid of my full name, eh! Edit: No idea!
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Nov 28, 2017 17:57:38 GMT
I haven't played this album for a while, so a need to give it a spin, but I probably skip the last 2 tracks. You skip the last track! :oo:
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Nov 28, 2017 18:02:36 GMT
Don't post much on here but I do like to defend this album..probably because it came out when I was seventeen and I played it to death over and over. I still think WYW is a classic..never mind this return to form nonsense...get up early tomorrow drive out into the countryside with this belting out..it should bring back all those feelings of Quo at their best...cannot understand how it would not be in your top five Quo albums. The first three tracks are simply the best three openers on any Quo album to me. You all need to dig this out and give it a blast..distance yourself from the Argos advert with the title single and get back to rockin out. Even High Flyer which was brought to life at the Distillers Pub in Hammersmith by Stated Quo has become a favourite.(Perhaps someone can dig it out). Anyway be boring if we all saw the same thing in music. No need to defend it.....it is awesome! Slightly different than the classic era, but better than some of them in my opinion. No Quo album since 1979 has come close to this for me. I'm not sure what it is, although it could be the laid back grooves on this album, but it just does something for me. However overplayed WYW is on tour, the intro will always sound sublime!
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Post by frozenhero on Nov 28, 2017 21:26:41 GMT
.. and you can tag I Ain't Complaining : Move your cursor over the displayed name "I Ain't Complaining" and you can see the name under which he has registered. With most members there isn't a difference, but in Neil's or Loz's case i.e. there is .. I never realised that!! That will be why I could never tag Ive as W.O.M.O.R.R! I should really get rid of my full name, eh! Edit: No idea! You can change your screen name but not your registered name (PB admin speaking here). As for WYW, I find High Flyer a bit pedestrian, but generally a very very good album.
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Post by snakelady on Nov 29, 2017 8:52:47 GMT
.. and you can tag I Ain't Complaining : Move your cursor over the displayed name "I Ain't Complaining" and you can see the name under which he has registered. With most members there isn't a difference, but in Neil's or Loz's case i.e. there is .. I never realised that!! That will be why I could never tag Ive as W.O.M.O.R.R! I should really get rid of my full name, eh! Edit: No idea! You (and I ..) can edit your displayed name, but not the username under which you've registered. To not have your name included there, you'd have to register anew and delete the current account. If you'd de-register though, all displayed IACs would be replaced with your username, as you can see happened with Ive's WOMORR. I actually like High Flyer. It's one of my favourites from the album.
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Post by mortified on Nov 29, 2017 9:27:52 GMT
The album was almost a 'concept' at the time. It largely dealt with life on the road (and off it) and their lifestyle in general. They all seemed to be writing separately but also about the same things. You could tell they were far from happy and I actually thought at the time they might be jacking it in. "Old men in boys clothes has gone beyond a joke..." told you how they were feeling! When the album was followed up with 12 Gold Bars, I feared the worst.
Tax issues had them all spread about in Ireland, Jersey and, of course, Australia.
But they got over it. Thankfully.
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Post by frozenhero on Nov 29, 2017 12:33:35 GMT
But they got over it. Thankfully. ...but they were never quite the same IMO. Something changed between WYW and JS. I think WYW is the last hooray of old Quo. What followed wasn't particularly bad, but the spark was gone, somehow.
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Post by snakelady on Nov 30, 2017 8:41:51 GMT
But they got over it. Thankfully. ...but they were never quite the same IMO. Something changed between WYW and JS. I think WYW is the last hooray of old Quo. What followed wasn't particularly bad, but the spark was gone, somehow. It's interesting how this moment of change is perceived differently by different fans. For me the last good album for a long time was RAOTW and the spark was missing from Heat on. For others it was before RAOTW or after NTL with WYW,JS and NTL another string of great albums for them. Then there's those who say it was all bad since the band reformed in 86. That for me is the one definition that has nothing to do with the music and how the albums actually sounded, as everybody (even I ) could hear that there had been albums well under par, to put it politely, before the split. Like Billy I've always considered WYW the Quo variety of a concept album. They wrote it at the turn of a new decade for them - they were entering their 30s - and were wondering whether to play rock music on a stage dressed in jeans and t-shirts was something still suited for them. They were aware their youth was over, privately many things had changed for the worse, only without an alternative they felt forced to cling to the job. Maybe it was the echo of the sixties when their parents had not considered it a proper job and the guys themselves had expected it to last 5 years max. ..
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Post by reasonforliving on Nov 30, 2017 22:10:34 GMT
I've been meaning to join in with this and may be this is a good album to start with because it was the first album that I got at around the time it was released for Christmas is '79. At the time I think I thought it was great although I still look at think through 'Quo'd tinted spectacles'. I still think that most things they've done is great. The thing about skipping tracks is a tricky one. At the time I would have taped the album and for the next how many years listening to tapes did not easily give skipping an option! I've mostly listened to music in the car and more recently as MP3's and then I didn't really listen to albums in order and only since I have had my current car have I been able to easily listen to complete albums in the correct order! So over the last week or so I have listened to this album all the way for the first time in probably 15 years! It's certainly not my favourite album but I didn't skip any tracks. Having said that, if I listened a few more times in the near future then I would start skipping one or two - no idea what. I think I like Whatever You Want more that I do Blue For You, Rockin' All Over The World and If You Can't Stand The Heat. I must admit that I didn't even realise Come Rock With Me and Rockin' On were two tracks - only Quo can have two tracks with the same words!!! I have never realised how much I love Breaking Away - I really like the riffs at the start and the blues at the end.
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Dec 1, 2017 1:08:52 GMT
After seven years at the top of the British charts, even Status Quo fans were beginning to wonder whether the band wasn't simply rewriting the same riff over and over again, then putting it out with a new catch phrase for a title. From "Down Down" to "Rocking All Over the World," Status Quo had enacted some of the most excitingly primal rock behemoths of the decade. But they'd also composed some of the most enduring clichés as well. However, nothing -- repeat nothing -- could have prepared the world for Whatever You Want, a record which, almost three decades later, still sounds like the most ruthless piss-take you've ever heard. And, of course, it became one of their biggest hits ever. Mercifully, the remainder of the album titled by this unfortunate monstrosity shows that there was more than one idea rattling around the band's heads at this point: "Living on an Island," with its acoustic wash and mournful melody, was one of the most unexpected songs they'd made in years, while the likes of "Shady Lady," "High Flyer," and the wonderful "Who Asked You" all had a bellicose punch that defied anyone to accuse the band of stagnation. The fact was, however, that "Whatever You Want" itself so scarred the record that it was hard not to hear the entire thing from beneath that baleful shadow. And, when the 1980s proved that Quo really had given up trying (at least for a few years) -- well, now you know why a lot of fans gave up around then.
Whatever You Want review on Allmusic.com by Dave Thompson.
Boy does he not like the title track! He doesn't even mention how good the intro is!!
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