Rhythm of Life

[craydarr]

Just listening to it in the car and I blooming love it.

Cranked up loud it sounds great.

[snakelady]

So do I !

There's actually merely three songs on HT that I really can't stand:
Creepin' Up On You, Do It Again and Another Day.

[mortified]

Let's not get into a discussion about Heavy Traffic. We'll only fall out 

Great track Rhythm Of Life though. Quite a departure for Quo at the time. In the same way that I thought No Contract was, only better.

[craydarr]

Mar 19, 2020 8:05:24 GMT snakelady said:

So do I !

There's actually merely three songs on HT that I really can't stand:
Creepin' Up On You, Do It Again and Another Day.

I’d agree with the last two on that, although can’t stand is a bit strong 🙂

[sqcollector]

I really like Rhythm of Life. Great song. It's not typical Quo, but I like it when they have these deviations. And it still has the Quo stamp, I'd say, nevertheless.

[I Ain't Complaining]

Would anyone say there were any similarities between ROL and You'll Come Round which was released 2 years later?

And I don't mean in terms of copying, same song etc. More that they might both be a deviation from Quo's usual style, but in the same direction.

[mortified]

Mar 19, 2020 14:00:55 GMT I Ain't Complaining said:

Would anyone say there were any similarities between ROL and You'll Come Round which was released 2 years later?

And I don't mean in terms of copying, same song etc. More that they might both be a deviation from Quo's usual style, but in the same direction.

I know what you mean. You'd never get the two mixed up but there's a similarity of tempo running through both. 

Both Rossi/Young compositions as well if I remember rightly.

[I Ain't Complaining]

Mar 19, 2020 14:24:20 GMT mortified said:

Mar 19, 2020 14:00:55 GMT I Ain't Complaining said:

Would anyone say there were any similarities between ROL and You'll Come Round which was released 2 years later?

And I don't mean in terms of copying, same song etc. More that they might both be a deviation from Quo's usual style, but in the same direction.

I know what you mean. You'd never get the two mixed up but there's a similarity of tempo running through both. 

Both Rossi/Young compositions as well if I remember rightly.

Yes I think you're right in them both being Rossi/Young songs. ROL definitely is. And I agree with your comments about tempo whilst not ever getting them mixed up. You've summed up what I meant really.

[sqcollector]

You'll Come Round, in terms of style, is really far from classic Quo. From what I've seen, they weren't very fond of the song, Rossi aside.
But it's a very up to date song (from the time) and a good radio tune, I guess.

[I Ain't Complaining]

Mar 19, 2020 15:50:42 GMT sqcollector said:

You'll Come Round, in terms of style, is really far from classic Quo. From what I've seen, they weren't very fond of the song, Rossi aside.
But it's a very up to date song (from the time) and a good radio tune, I guess.

I think imo it's a bit like ROL or In the Army in that it sounds like Quo without being classic Quo. Maybe it's that twin guitar sound andFrancis' voice. I really like the sound of YCR more than the Heavy Traffic album in general. Who produced YCR and Thinking of You?

[mortified]

Mar 19, 2020 16:09:23 GMT I Ain't Complaining said:

Mar 19, 2020 15:50:42 GMT sqcollector said:

You'll Come Round, in terms of style, is really far from classic Quo. From what I've seen, they weren't very fond of the song, Rossi aside.
But it's a very up to date song (from the time) and a good radio tune, I guess.

I think imo it's a bit like ROL or In the Army in that it sounds like Quo without being classic Quo. Maybe it's that twin guitar sound andFrancis' voice. I really like the sound of YCR more than the Heavy Traffic album in general. Who produced YCR and Thinking of You?

They were both produced by Mike Paxman 

[johns]

Yeah I wish they would do more like this and also You Let Me Down which should have at least been on an album not hidden away as a b-side.

[mortified]

Mar 20, 2020 8:45:19 GMT johns said:

Yeah I wish they would do more like this and also You Let Me Down which should have at least been on an album not hidden away as a b-side.

Absolutely. A brilliant track that 

[snakelady]

Mar 19, 2020 11:32:58 GMT craydarr said:

Mar 19, 2020 8:05:24 GMT snakelady said:

So do I !

There's actually merely three songs on HT that I really can't stand:
Creepin' Up On You, Do It Again and Another Day.

I’d agree with the last two on that, although can’t stand is a bit strong 🙂

They're the three I've skipped right from the start is what 'can't stand' means.

[smokie]

Love everything about this song. 

Sure I read somewhere that Francis tried to get this one taken off the album? 

[mortified]

Apr 12, 2020 0:58:32 GMT smokie said:

Love everything about this song. 

Sure I read somewhere that Francis tried to get this one taken off the album? 

I don't know if he tried to have it excluded but I remember him saying (possibly in FTMO) that he was unhappy with the guitar solo. He said he got it all wrong and that it didn't fit. 

I know what he means. It does change the feel of the song a bit but it certainly doesn't spoil it. 

[rocker1977]

Great riff, awful song.
Some very good songs on thiis album let down by god awful production.