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Post by metalliville on Sept 27, 2019 20:12:47 GMT
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Post by snakelady on Sept 29, 2019 19:43:50 GMT
That's a great interview, very detailed too - I very much enjoyed that. Gives us quite a bit of info about the making of the album. And I exactly agree with Ritchie about the tunes that should be dropped. Get these four out, In My Chair and ASS&W in as he suggests plus two more new tunes, either from Backbone too or from any album from UTI onwards !
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Post by brian39 on Sept 30, 2019 2:40:04 GMT
That's a great interview, very detailed too - I very much enjoyed that. Gives us quite a bit of info about the making of the album. And I exactly agree with Ritchie about the tunes that should be dropped. Get these four out, In My Chair and ASS&W in as he suggests plus two more new tunes, either from Backbone too or from any album from UTI onwards ! Wonder if Ritchie gets paid when Quo aren’t touring. A monthly wage or something.
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Post by mortified on Sept 30, 2019 5:36:22 GMT
That's a great interview, very detailed too - I very much enjoyed that. Gives us quite a bit of info about the making of the album. And I exactly agree with Ritchie about the tunes that should be dropped. Get these four out, In My Chair and ASS&W in as he suggests plus two more new tunes, either from Backbone too or from any album from UTI onwards ! Wonder if Ritchie gets paid when Quo aren’t touring. A monthly wage or something. He's actually got a day job which he does when Quo are off the road. I guess it depends on his contract; whether he gets paid per gig, per album or, like you say, a salary.
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Post by snakelady on Sept 30, 2019 8:02:23 GMT
That's a great interview, very detailed too - I very much enjoyed that. Gives us quite a bit of info about the making of the album. And I exactly agree with Ritchie about the tunes that should be dropped. Get these four out, In My Chair and ASS&W in as he suggests plus two more new tunes, either from Backbone too or from any album from UTI onwards ! Wonder if Ritchie gets paid when Quo aren’t touring. A monthly wage or something. The youngsters may not hold shares, but I'm sure they get paid fairly and generously - and that includes payment while they're not touring, recording or similar. Richie does quite a bit of promo this time and they're always writing for Quo as well, so the job doesn't end at any point in time anyway. I don't think keeping the day job has anything to do with how or how much he gets paid as a Quo member. Richie does explain in the interview why he keeps it .. And he is aware that Quo won't be able to go on forever due to Andy's and Francis' age. So staying in the music business afterwards might prove tricky, no matter how good he is. Leon does have other projects/jobs going beside Quo too, same as Richie although his are musical ones, but basically the reasons behind it will be the same. Rhino has RR and even Francis has been busy with his Talk Too Much stuff. What I got from the interview was, that the band/Francis were doubting whether Quo were still big and successful enough to solely rely on it. Whether the album would be a success, not daring to book a tour for it in advance .. Somehow I feel that he still doesn't understand why and how much fans love this band. And in any case he'd never dare rely on it.
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Post by mortified on Sept 30, 2019 8:54:15 GMT
Wonder if Ritchie gets paid when Quo aren’t touring. A monthly wage or something. The youngsters may not hold shares, but I'm sure they get paid fairly and generously - and that includes payment while they're not touring, recording or similar. Richie does quite a bit of promo this time and they're always writing for Quo as well, so the job doesn't end at any point in time anyway. I don't think keeping the day job has anything to do with how or how much he gets paid as a Quo member. Richie does explain in the interview why he keeps it .. And he is aware that Quo won't be able to go on forever due to Andy's and Francis' age. So staying in the music business afterwards might prove tricky, no matter how good he is. Leon does have other projects/jobs going beside Quo too, same as Richie although his are musical ones, but basically the reasons behind it will be the same. Rhino has RR and even Francis has been busy with his Talk Too Much stuff. What I got from the interview was, that the band/Francis were doubting whether Quo were still big and successful enough to solely rely on it. Whether the album would be a success, not daring to book a tour for it in advance .. Somehow I feel that he still doesn't understand why and how much fans love this band. And in any case he'd never dare rely on it. That's absolutely true. He never has because it's not something he'd ever do. He just likes a piece of music or not and moves on. Strangely superficial in that way. He once said in a radio interview I was listening to that he liked such and such a band and that they were probably his favourite but that (and it's a generalisation quote based only on my memory) " I like really them but I'm not joining the fan club or anything...." which felt like a wee dig at fan worship which he simply doesn't seem to get.
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Post by snakelady on Sept 30, 2019 16:24:20 GMT
The youngsters may not hold shares, but I'm sure they get paid fairly and generously - and that includes payment while they're not touring, recording or similar. Richie does quite a bit of promo this time and they're always writing for Quo as well, so the job doesn't end at any point in time anyway. I don't think keeping the day job has anything to do with how or how much he gets paid as a Quo member. Richie does explain in the interview why he keeps it .. And he is aware that Quo won't be able to go on forever due to Andy's and Francis' age. So staying in the music business afterwards might prove tricky, no matter how good he is. Leon does have other projects/jobs going beside Quo too, same as Richie although his are musical ones, but basically the reasons behind it will be the same. Rhino has RR and even Francis has been busy with his Talk Too Much stuff. What I got from the interview was, that the band/Francis were doubting whether Quo were still big and successful enough to solely rely on it. Whether the album would be a success, not daring to book a tour for it in advance .. Somehow I feel that he still doesn't understand why and how much fans love this band. And in any case he'd never dare rely on it. That's absolutely true. He never has because it's not something he'd ever do. He just likes a piece of music or not and moves on. Strangely superficial in that way. He once said in a radio interview I was listening to that he liked such and such a band and that they were probably his favourite but that (and it's a generalisation quote based only on my memory) " I like really them but I'm not joining the fan club or anything...." which felt like a wee dig at fan worship which he simply doesn't seem to get. Actually I believe you've got a few things wrong here, Billy . I don't think there's anything superficial in the way he listens to music. He's explained before how his dad was physically moved by music and how he realised that's where he got it from. Doesn't sound superficial to me. This either liking or not liking was probably meant as opposed to over-analysing. That's not what music is about in his opinion - he's explained about that rather simple and emotional approach before, how it can happen he likes songs he shouldn't or doesn't even want to .. On mbs that's what threads named 'Your guilty pleasure ?' are for . And I can't see a dig towards fan worship, mbs, fan clubs or similar either. He simply said it as he sees it. We've got to take into consideration what his experiences have been with suchlike larger gatherings of fans . It's the stuff nightmares are made of. Or imagine if he'd join any such internet community and would be found out. And then there are his experiences from the other side of the fence as well: There won't be much magic in rock-stardom from his position either. Doesn't mean he can't be a fan though. We know that he considers himself an Everly Brothers fan and I'm sure as a teenager he'd have gone mad for their autographs. After having had to give 1000s of autographs himself they'll have lost their appeal somewhat though, I'd assume. I mean even I wouldn't want an autograph by anybody including Francis. What's the point ? It's the music that matters ..
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Post by mortified on Sept 30, 2019 16:30:11 GMT
Well, that's me told then
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Post by frozenhero on Sept 30, 2019 20:23:16 GMT
That's absolutely true. He never has because it's not something he'd ever do. He just likes a piece of music or not and moves on. Strangely superficial in that way. He once said in a radio interview I was listening to that he liked such and such a band and that they were probably his favourite but that (and it's a generalisation quote based only on my memory) " I like really them but I'm not joining the fan club or anything...." which felt like a wee dig at fan worship which he simply doesn't seem to get. Actually I believe you've got a few things wrong here, Billy . I don't think there's anything superficial in the way he listens to music. He's explained before how his dad was physically moved by music and how he realised that's where he got it from. Doesn't sound superficial to me. This either liking or not liking was probably meant as opposed to over-analysing. That's not what music is about in his opinion - he's explained about that rather simple and emotional approach before, how it can happen he likes songs he shouldn't or doesn't even want to .. On mbs that's what threads named 'Your guilty pleasure ?' are for . And I can't see a dig towards fan worship, mbs, fan clubs or similar either. He simply said it as he sees it. We've got to take into consideration what his experiences have been with suchlike larger gatherings of fans . It's the stuff nightmares are made of. Or imagine if he'd join any such internet community and would be found out. And then there are his experiences from the other side of the fence as well: There won't be much magic in rock-stardom from his position either. Doesn't mean he can't be a fan though. We know that he considers himself an Everly Brothers fan and I'm sure as a teenager he'd have gone mad for their autographs. After having had to give 1000s of autographs himself they'll have lost their appeal somewhat though, I'd assume. I mean even I wouldn't want an autograph by anybody including Francis. What's the point ? It's the music that matters .. It was quite nice to get Mike Thorne of Saga to autograph my setlist and John Mayall (plus band) to sign my ticket. There's something personal there. It's not really important but still something that's a bit more individual than just having a CD that's identical to thousand others... Anyway, it's a great interview! I'd like to point out that "Ricky" wasn't the original lyric in Burning Bridges though... Not sure why Red Sky would be an issue? It was a single hit! "'Bye Bye Johnny' is finished for good. I know Andrew Bown and the guys, they just don't want to play it any more There's no need to play it. It's been there forever." Well guys, find something else to properly close the shows. What you're doing right now just ain't cutting it. "Goodbye Baby" is maybe not a great track but at least it would give across the same message, "finito". "There's something there on the album and you could crank it up and it's not distorting." He got it too!
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Post by snakelady on Oct 1, 2019 10:59:39 GMT
Actually I believe you've got a few things wrong here, Billy . I don't think there's anything superficial in the way he listens to music. He's explained before how his dad was physically moved by music and how he realised that's where he got it from. Doesn't sound superficial to me. This either liking or not liking was probably meant as opposed to over-analysing. That's not what music is about in his opinion - he's explained about that rather simple and emotional approach before, how it can happen he likes songs he shouldn't or doesn't even want to .. On mbs that's what threads named 'Your guilty pleasure ?' are for . And I can't see a dig towards fan worship, mbs, fan clubs or similar either. He simply said it as he sees it. We've got to take into consideration what his experiences have been with suchlike larger gatherings of fans . It's the stuff nightmares are made of. Or imagine if he'd join any such internet community and would be found out. And then there are his experiences from the other side of the fence as well: There won't be much magic in rock-stardom from his position either. Doesn't mean he can't be a fan though. We know that he considers himself an Everly Brothers fan and I'm sure as a teenager he'd have gone mad for their autographs. After having had to give 1000s of autographs himself they'll have lost their appeal somewhat though, I'd assume. I mean even I wouldn't want an autograph by anybody including Francis. What's the point ? It's the music that matters .. It was quite nice to get Mike Thorne of Saga to autograph my setlist and John Mayall (plus band) to sign my ticket. There's something personal there. It's not really important but still something that's a bit more individual than just having a CD that's identical to thousand others... Anyway, it's a great interview! I'd like to point out that "Ricky" wasn't the original lyric in Burning Bridges though... Not sure why Red Sky would be an issue? It was a single hit! "'Bye Bye Johnny' is finished for good. I know Andrew Bown and the guys, they just don't want to play it any more There's no need to play it. It's been there forever." Well guys, find something else to properly close the shows. What you're doing right now just ain't cutting it. "Goodbye Baby" is maybe not a great track but at least it would give across the same message, "finito".
"There's something there on the album and you could crank it up and it's not distorting." He got it too! This ! .. and yep, Paper Plane and Burning Bridges would be ok. Not a big fan of BB, but better than nothing in any case. We did deserve an encore. (I'm sure everybody on here knows that it wasn't Ricky originally )
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Post by mortified on Oct 1, 2019 11:53:56 GMT
Always liked Goodbye Baby. A lot. Just saying
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Post by frozenhero on Oct 8, 2019 16:50:28 GMT
Always liked Goodbye Baby. A lot. Just saying It's not that I hate the track, I think it has some promise, but the lyrics are really silly in this case, and not in a good way.
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Post by craydarr on Oct 9, 2019 5:58:32 GMT
Wonder if Ritchie gets paid when Quo aren’t touring. A monthly wage or something. The youngsters may not hold shares, but I'm sure they get paid fairly and generously - and that includes payment while they're not touring, recording or similar. Richie does quite a bit of promo this time and they're always writing for Quo as well, so the job doesn't end at any point in time anyway. I don't think keeping the day job has anything to do with how or how much he gets paid as a Quo member. Richie does explain in the interview why he keeps it .. And he is aware that Quo won't be able to go on forever due to Andy's and Francis' age. So staying in the music business afterwards might prove tricky, no matter how good he is. Leon does have other projects/jobs going beside Quo too, same as Richie although his are musical ones, but basically the reasons behind it will be the same. Rhino has RR and even Francis has been busy with his Talk Too Much stuff. What I got from the interview was, that the band/Francis were doubting whether Quo were still big and successful enough to solely rely on it. Whether the album would be a success, not daring to book a tour for it in advance .. Somehow I feel that he still doesn't understand why and how much fans love this band. And in any case he'd never dare rely on it. Rhino had stated that Freddie was paid per gig, but I’m guessing that with Leon and Ritchie they probably also get paid some kind of retainer to keep them on call for the band. After all they can’t just sit around waiting for the Quo phone to call and not get paid. 🙂
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Post by snakelady on Oct 9, 2019 6:52:11 GMT
The youngsters may not hold shares, but I'm sure they get paid fairly and generously - and that includes payment while they're not touring, recording or similar. Richie does quite a bit of promo this time and they're always writing for Quo as well, so the job doesn't end at any point in time anyway. I don't think keeping the day job has anything to do with how or how much he gets paid as a Quo member. Richie does explain in the interview why he keeps it .. And he is aware that Quo won't be able to go on forever due to Andy's and Francis' age. So staying in the music business afterwards might prove tricky, no matter how good he is. Leon does have other projects/jobs going beside Quo too, same as Richie although his are musical ones, but basically the reasons behind it will be the same. Rhino has RR and even Francis has been busy with his Talk Too Much stuff. What I got from the interview was, that the band/Francis were doubting whether Quo were still big and successful enough to solely rely on it. Whether the album would be a success, not daring to book a tour for it in advance .. Somehow I feel that he still doesn't understand why and how much fans love this band. And in any case he'd never dare rely on it. Rhino had stated that Freddie was paid per gig, but I’m guessing that with Leon and Ritchie they probably also get paid some kind of retainer to keep them on call for the band. After all they can’t just sit around waiting for the Quo phone to call and not get paid. 🙂 Yep, Freddie was something different entirely. He was only ever meant as a temporary help while Leon and Richie are permanent band members. Maybe at first, during the LNOTE tour while Rick was still alive and the band didn't really know how things would develop Richie wasn't quite seen as permanent and his status was then adjusted later ? It's not important really and we can't know anyway.
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Post by craydarr on Oct 9, 2019 11:56:20 GMT
As has been said tho. it’s a good interview and it’s great to hear a different perspective. It’s a shame the other 3 don’t get interviewed more.
I’m bloody glad about BBJ and hope it is dead now 😁
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