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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 23:42:46 GMT
The wife’s away again so tonight I’ve gone for the EOTR concert. It’s a VCR to DVD conversion so not great quality but the quality of the band shines through none the less.
Wow, just wow. What can you say? That start, the trucks rumbling by in convoy, the crowd, the helicopter, Caroline. It’s epic, simply epic. Not sure who edited that bit but not being awarded an Oscar is criminal IMO.
Holy Grail of Quo concerts for me this one. No place for a 5 year old though I guess. As a Blackpool lad who’s Dad and older Brother saw them at the Opera House on that tour the sign, ‘Blackpool Lads Say Ta’, has a certain poignancy for me. Fitting perhaps that my last Quo gig with Rick was in Blackpool. Us Blackpool lads will forever be grateful for the gigs on our doorstep down the years.
Sorry JC fans but I think Pete, (closely followed by Matt) is the best drummer Quo ever had. Love Alan’s voice, it’s that third dimension that I just don’t think Rhino adds.
Best music video of all time? Gets my vote.
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Post by mortified on Mar 20, 2019 6:15:24 GMT
Your wife having an affair? No matter what the band think, they were brilliant on the day and the recording, for me, rubber stamps it. I still have so many memories of the whole event from the travelling to the gig itself. It had been my birthday two days before. I'd just turned the ripe old age of 27. Fit as a flea with boyish charm and a shaggy perm Not even out of breath at the end. Best music video of all time? Absolutely.
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Post by snakelady on Mar 20, 2019 7:37:52 GMT
That's another gig where Francis and the fans' opinions differ. Although, to be fair, he says he remembers as near as nothing from the tour or this special gig, but simply can't stand the guy he had become by then (and yep, he believes he made a lot of mistakes concerning the band because of that too). Something else, Francis obviously watched it again for the book and says he wasn't aware how unhappy Rick was too. You know what, Billy - I just realised you could be Marc's dad
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Post by mortified on Mar 20, 2019 8:23:30 GMT
That's another gig where Francis and the fans' opinions differ. Although, to be fair, he says he remembers as near as nothing from the tour or this special gig, but simply can't stand the guy he had become by then (and yep, he believes he made a lot of mistakes concerning the band because of that too). Something else, Francis obviously watched it again for the book and says he wasn't aware how unhappy Rick was too. You know what, Billy - I just realised you could be Marc's dad In 1984 I'd never been to Blackpool
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Post by Quoincidence on Mar 20, 2019 8:26:32 GMT
The wife’s away again so tonight I’ve gone for the EOTR concert. It’s a VCR to DVD conversion so not great quality but the quality of the band shines through none the less. Wow, just wow. What can you say? That start, the trucks rumbling by in convoy, the crowd, the helicopter, Caroline. It’s epic, simply epic. Not sure who edited that bit but not being awarded an Oscar is criminal IMO. Holy Grail of Quo concerts for me this one. No place for a 5 year old though I guess. As a Blackpool lad who’s Dad and older Brother saw them at the Opera House on that tour the sign, ‘Blackpool Lads Say Ta’, has a certain poignancy for me. Fitting perhaps that my last Quo gig with Rick was in Blackpool. Us Blackpool lads will forever be grateful for the gigs on our doorstep down the years. Sorry JC fans but I think Pete, (closely followed by Matt) is the best drummer Quo ever had. Love Alan’s voice, it’s that third dimension that I just don’t think Rhino adds. Best music video of all time? Gets my vote. Well, it is still the fastest selling Music Video to date, as far as I know... And sold enough copies to reach Gold Sale Status. Best live release by any band as far as I am concerned... how ever there are a fair amount of overdubs here and there. Some necessary, some completely useless. The band went into a studio down in Surrey in Sept 1984 to mix and overdub the tracks whilst talking about where Quo was going to go. Both Rossi and Lancaster have recalled the band were getting on again during this period, coincidentally whilst spending less time with management. They also started laying the ground work for a new Quo album that would never happen. Footage was edited in October, after the filming of The Wanderer video. One of the best performances of ROLD... I mean just look at the crowd. And, Ricks guitar disappears in the mix for a short time towards the end of BBJ, cause if you watch closely before the final solo and scrum around the drum, his pedals go flying and a roadie comes to sort them. Rossis mic also comes crashing down
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Post by snakelady on Mar 21, 2019 7:33:25 GMT
That's another gig where Francis and the fans' opinions differ. Although, to be fair, he says he remembers as near as nothing from the tour or this special gig, but simply can't stand the guy he had become by then (and yep, he believes he made a lot of mistakes concerning the band because of that too). Something else, Francis obviously watched it again for the book and says he wasn't aware how unhappy Rick was too. You know what, Billy - I just realised you could be Marc's dad In 1984 I'd never been to Blackpool So you say ..
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Post by mortified on Mar 21, 2019 8:46:35 GMT
In 1984 I'd never been to Blackpool So you say .. First time I ever set foot in Blackpool was in 2007 when I went to see Quo at the Opera House. Went back 2 years later for the same reason. Only times I've ever been. And that was because I'd moved to North Wales and it was easier to get to. Haven't been back since. We're getting a bit off tangent here
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Post by Quoincidence on May 12, 2019 12:18:06 GMT
I bought this rarity just yesterday on eBay... Silver Foil Box release of the EOTR vhs, still sealed
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Post by lazypokerblues on May 15, 2019 13:43:15 GMT
As a Blackpool lad myself, my first gig was at the Opera House in 1984. Here is a photo from the Evening Gazette, featuring a 14 year old yours truly, with a bunch of my school mates. I bought 9 tickets via the fanclub, and we were on Row G. Rows A to D had been removed for a mosh pit, so we were very close to the action, but glad of a bit of safety with a couple of rows of seats. The last time I saw Rick play was at the Blackpool gig in 2016. We had come full circle.
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Post by mortified on May 15, 2019 14:53:12 GMT
It was a great venue, the Opera House. Typical old fashioned theatre where Quo used to work up an already enthusiastic crowd You one of the three on the right and in the middle of the photo, Mr Poke? 1+9+8+2 t-shirts by the dozen. Memories
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Post by lazypokerblues on May 15, 2019 15:13:29 GMT
Two in from the right hand side, towards the top right corner, looking rosy of cheek and sweaty of hair, with an EOTR t-shirt, and gasping for air.
(I'm a poet and I didn't know it.)
My mate, Mick, is to the right of me, wearing a horizontal striped t-shirt.
My Dad always used to tell me that the Blackpool Opera House had the biggest stage in the UK. Apparently it's very deep.
When we turned up to the gig, we were buying our official t-shirts in the entrance hall, to replace the bootleg ones that we'd previously bought at the Pleasure Beach, and Quo were still soundchecking inside. This would have been around 7pm ish. So the first time I ever heard them play live was listening to them run through Roadhouse Blues behind closed doors. It was incredibly exciting, having been a fan since I was 10, and finally being allowed to go and see them. I wanted to go in 1982: my Dad's work social club had organised a coach trip to the NEC, but apparently I was too young!
I can still vividly remember being blinded by that large bank of bright white lights they had at the back. They were used quite a bit in Forty-Five Hundred Times.
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Post by mortified on May 16, 2019 7:32:52 GMT
And another thing about that photo; not a grey hair, blue rinse or walking stick in sight And VERY predominately male. Think I'll write a song called 21st Century Blues
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Post by snakelady on May 16, 2019 8:53:11 GMT
And another thing about that photo; not a grey hair, blue rinse or walking stick in sight And VERY predominately male. Think I'll write a song called 21st Century Blues
That's what I thought as well ! - And how different it was here at the time: For one the UK audience is much younger than it was here. I've actually never once seen a Quo audience that young on average. And girls may still have been a long way from parity, but I'd say at least 1/4 must've been female by then.
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Post by noproblems on Apr 14, 2020 15:17:56 GMT
Love Alan’s voice, it’s that third dimension that I just don’t think Rhino adds. Rhino can't sing. He'd get away with RR songs (incl Bad News), but he can't do Rick's parts.
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