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Post by aitchfrossi on May 6, 2020 12:10:27 GMT
Didn’t know how to title this but sat reading I talk too much and thought...after seeing Bohemian Rhapsody and Elton John film....surely Status Quo have an amazing story to tell?
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Post by mortified on May 6, 2020 12:33:37 GMT
Not sure how it would work as a drama. They'd also need an audience and I'm not sure it's there because we're not talking worldwide megastardom here. It's very UK-centric. So financial backing would be tricky. I'll be honest I wasn't keen on the Freddie or Elton films. They're just not my sort of thing. I did have high hopes for Hello Quo but even it fell a bit flat in places. It was certainly too long. As for Bula Quo, the less said the better. Maybe Quo should just steer clear of the moving picture industry I guess they do have a story to tell though. Thing is, most Quo fans already know it. Or certainly various versions of it.
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Post by Quoincidence on May 6, 2020 15:34:17 GMT
Thing is, Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't just about Queen but more about Freddie Mercury.
If they were to do a Quo film, where would it end? If you end it at Milton Keynes then you completely forget about Live Aid, and if you end it at Live Aid you're ignoring the reformation, the tour with Queen, the 25th Anniversary Celebration, Knebworth, Rock 'til You Drop event and so on...
The one thing I'm not too keen on in regards to Hello Quo is that once we get past Live Aid everything is skimmed over really. Goes from that to the Army album, then RTYD event, BBC Lawsuit, Jeff Leaving, Corrie, QPQ and then the Reunion.
Fair enough the documentary couldn't go on forever but there was nothing about Ain't Complaining or Perfect Remedy. Knebworth and Butlins were skipped past, Live Alive Quo gig... and tbh I'd have liked a bit more focus on the RTYD event rather than just the Record Breakers footage. The Brit Awards also.
Could've spoken about the planned Stadium Tour with the Beach Boys that didn't come to fruition. Mike Love seemed to have an issue with the fact David Walker didn't pay for the flight over to the UK for the Brixton show, even though he was paying for them to stay in a 5* hotel.
Heck, I'd have liked to hear more about the period between MK and Quo getting back together. Rick, Alan and John could've talked about the Marquee performance mere days before the Live Aid appearance.
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Post by ant on May 9, 2020 9:16:14 GMT
There's definitely a story to be told at least using dramatised versions of some of the stuff which happened to Quo maybe bolstered with some bits and pieces of other 70s bands - there could easily be a film on rock in the 70s and the excesses based on a 4 piece band:
1) manufactured pop in the late 60s and the declining sales of every single following the hit 2) the f*ck it moment and the subsequent one man and a dog rise through the pubs 3) the record label signing and the rise through the 70s into the desire to expand the audience and the differences in the views of the band 4) the fracture and the driving apart caused by drug abuse and management shennanigans (nice word for it) 5) the leaving of band members through the 70s while trying to hold it together for Milton Keynes and Live Aid 6) the shennanigans around the recording of solo albums, Rick's suicide moment and the reformation and recording of ITAN 7) Alans post Quo work (covers with the Party Boys and the brilliance of The Bombers but little success outside of Australia - there's the sequel!) 8) the struggle to remain relevant in the 80s, the gimmicks and the depression caused by them 9) the comeback and hard earned respectability following RTYD, UTI into Heavy Traffic (the return of Bob) leading up to Aquostic (the first one was great) and the death of Rick followed by the album without him and the band surviving as a greatest hits band.
That's a wealth of material! I'll write the script if you like!
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Post by col on May 11, 2020 7:06:30 GMT
There's definitely a story to be told at least using dramatised versions of some of the stuff which happened to Quo maybe bolstered with some bits and pieces of other 70s bands - there could easily be a film on rock in the 70s and the excesses based on a 4 piece band: 1) manufactured pop in the late 60s and the declining sales of every single following the hit 2) the f*ck it moment and the subsequent one man and a dog rise through the pubs 3) the record label signing and the rise through the 70s into the desire to expand the audience and the differences in the views of the band 4) the fracture and the driving apart caused by drug abuse and management shennanigans (nice word for it) 5) the leaving of band members through the 70s while trying to hold it together for Milton Keynes and Live Aid 6) the shennanigans around the recording of solo albums, Rick's suicide moment and the reformation and recording of ITAN 7) Alans post Quo work (covers with the Party Boys and the brilliance of The Bombers but little success outside of Australia - there's the sequel!) 8) the struggle to remain relevant in the 80s, the gimmicks and the depression caused by them 9) the comeback and hard earned respectability following RTYD, UTI into Heavy Traffic (the return of Bob) leading up to Aquostic (the first one was great) and the death of Rick followed by the album without him and the band surviving as a greatest hits band. That's a wealth of material! I'll write the script if you like! Surely that's the script for This Is Spinal Tap. The ultimate rockumentary.
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Post by mortified on May 11, 2020 10:17:58 GMT
There's definitely a story to be told at least using dramatised versions of some of the stuff which happened to Quo maybe bolstered with some bits and pieces of other 70s bands - there could easily be a film on rock in the 70s and the excesses based on a 4 piece band: 1) manufactured pop in the late 60s and the declining sales of every single following the hit 2) the f*ck it moment and the subsequent one man and a dog rise through the pubs 3) the record label signing and the rise through the 70s into the desire to expand the audience and the differences in the views of the band 4) the fracture and the driving apart caused by drug abuse and management shennanigans (nice word for it) 5) the leaving of band members through the 70s while trying to hold it together for Milton Keynes and Live Aid 6) the shennanigans around the recording of solo albums, Rick's suicide moment and the reformation and recording of ITAN 7) Alans post Quo work (covers with the Party Boys and the brilliance of The Bombers but little success outside of Australia - there's the sequel!) 8) the struggle to remain relevant in the 80s, the gimmicks and the depression caused by them 9) the comeback and hard earned respectability following RTYD, UTI into Heavy Traffic (the return of Bob) leading up to Aquostic (the first one was great) and the death of Rick followed by the album without him and the band surviving as a greatest hits band. That's a wealth of material! I'll write the script if you like! Surely that's the script for This Is Spinal Tap. The ultimate rockumentary. And who can forget Bad News with the "Comic Strip" lot? They even appeared on "The Tube"
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Post by ant on May 11, 2020 17:05:29 GMT
There's definitely a story to be told at least using dramatised versions of some of the stuff which happened to Quo maybe bolstered with some bits and pieces of other 70s bands - there could easily be a film on rock in the 70s and the excesses based on a 4 piece band: 1) manufactured pop in the late 60s and the declining sales of every single following the hit 2) the f*ck it moment and the subsequent one man and a dog rise through the pubs 3) the record label signing and the rise through the 70s into the desire to expand the audience and the differences in the views of the band 4) the fracture and the driving apart caused by drug abuse and management shennanigans (nice word for it) 5) the leaving of band members through the 70s while trying to hold it together for Milton Keynes and Live Aid 6) the shennanigans around the recording of solo albums, Rick's suicide moment and the reformation and recording of ITAN 7) Alans post Quo work (covers with the Party Boys and the brilliance of The Bombers but little success outside of Australia - there's the sequel!) 8) the struggle to remain relevant in the 80s, the gimmicks and the depression caused by them 9) the comeback and hard earned respectability following RTYD, UTI into Heavy Traffic (the return of Bob) leading up to Aquostic (the first one was great) and the death of Rick followed by the album without him and the band surviving as a greatest hits band. That's a wealth of material! I'll write the script if you like! Surely that's the script for This Is Spinal Tap. The ultimate rockumentary. There are some interesting similarities aren't there?
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Post by LOZ on Sept 30, 2020 17:26:59 GMT
up ya go
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Post by craydarr on Oct 1, 2020 11:37:10 GMT
Thing is, Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't just about Queen but more about Freddie Mercury. If they were to do a Quo film, where would it end? If you end it at Milton Keynes then you completely forget about Live Aid, and if you end it at Live Aid you're ignoring the reformation, the tour with Queen, the 25th Anniversary Celebration, Knebworth, Rock 'til You Drop event and so on... The one thing I'm not too keen on in regards to Hello Quo is that once we get past Live Aid everything is skimmed over really. Goes from that to the Army album, then RTYD event, BBC Lawsuit, Jeff Leaving, Corrie, QPQ and then the Reunion. Fair enough the documentary couldn't go on forever but there was nothing about Ain't Complaining or Perfect Remedy. Knebworth and Butlins were skipped past, Live Alive Quo gig... and tbh I'd have liked a bit more focus on the RTYD event rather than just the Record Breakers footage. The Brit Awards also. Could've spoken about the planned Stadium Tour with the Beach Boys that didn't come to fruition. Mike Love seemed to have an issue with the fact David Walker didn't pay for the flight over to the UK for the Brixton show, even though he was paying for them to stay in a 5* hotel. Heck, I'd have liked to hear more about the period between MK and Quo getting back together. Rick, Alan and John could've talked about the Marquee performance mere days before the Live Aid appearance. Didn’t know about a muted beach boys tour ?
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Post by ant on Oct 2, 2020 8:33:02 GMT
up ya go Thank you
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Post by Quoincidence on Oct 4, 2020 1:43:16 GMT
Didn’t know about a muted beach boys tour ? It didn't happen as The Beach Boys pretty much wanted David Walker to pay for their flights / get them some "decent air fares over Europe" etc, which David won't have been too keen on. Mike Love had the idea of doing an encore with Quo / The Beach Boys performing the likes of Fun Fun Fun, Rockin' All Over The World
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