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Post by craydarr on Jul 3, 2022 17:44:29 GMT
It suddenly struck me today when streaming a Quo track on the Amazon Echo at home that I have a few “go to” Quo tracks when I play random music at home
If it’s post 80’s it’ll be
Ok Rag Blues
And It’s Better Now acoustic
Little White Lies
With Gravy Train or Bad news as close follow up
Or pre 80’s
Paper Plane
In My Chair
Wild Side Of Life
Lonely night
Anybody else have go to tracks that’s they play regularly?
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Post by mortified on Jul 4, 2022 8:24:08 GMT
It's funny because Lonely Night has become one of my go to songs as well. I just love the whole laid back groove of the thing. More so now than I did in 1974! I also always turn to Breaking Away and Coming And Going. And Mrs Mortified has made me appreciate Accident Prone more. It's a favourite of hers and we watch the video of it quite a lot. For more modern stuff, there's no doubt Two Way Traffic gets a regular airing and also The Madness. Or, as it's known in this house, Kylie v The Beachboys  |
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jul 4, 2022 14:08:01 GMT
I tend to go to these tracks for some reason
I'm watching over you ( I like to sift through the b-sides and rarities)
Can't give you more (RAOTW album)
What to do.
Face the music.
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Post by craydarr on Jul 4, 2022 17:03:24 GMT
It's funny because Lonely Night has become one of my go to songs as well. I just love the whole laid back groove of the thing. More so now than I did in 1974! I also always turn to Breaking Away and Coming And Going. And Mrs Mortified has made me appreciate Accident Prone more. It's a favourite of hers and we watch the video of it quite a lot. For more modern stuff, there's no doubt Two Way Traffic gets a regular airing and also The Madness. Or, as it's known in this house, Kylie v The Beachboys I love Johns drumming on Lonely night, one of his best for me. Accident Prone is a great track, one I should play more often as I do love it. I’m funny with 2 Way Traffic as I do love it but I don’t play it very often unless I put the whole album on, I think it’s something to do with the fact I played it so much when it came out. |
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Post by craydarr on Jul 4, 2022 17:07:40 GMT
I tend to go to these tracks for some reason I'm watching over you ( I like to sift through the b-sides and rarities) Can't give you more (RAOTW album) What to do. Face the music. I love Face the Music and I play that reasonably often at home, I’m not really a big fan of Can’t Give You More as it always comes across as a bit of Quo by numbers for me. Do you prefer the RAOTW version to the RTYD version then? |
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jul 4, 2022 18:08:48 GMT
I tend to go to these tracks for some reason I'm watching over you ( I like to sift through the b-sides and rarities) Can't give you more (RAOTW album) What to do. Face the music. I love Face the Music and I play that reasonably often at home, I’m not really a big fan of Can’t Give You More as it always comes across as a bit of Quo by numbers for me. Do you prefer the RAOTW version to the RTYD version then?Yes, I have always loved the earlier version over the newer. I was a young lad when RAOTW was released played the album loads. |
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Post by mortified on Jul 5, 2022 8:07:18 GMT
Just joining in, I've always preferred the original version of Can't Give You More.
In fact, I can't think of any track that has been improved by re-recording it and never really saw the point. Aquostic apart that is. I suppose Running All Over The World took the track up a notch but it was never best first time round. Despite it's success and legacy!
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jul 5, 2022 11:16:11 GMT
It's funny because Lonely Night has become one of my go to songs as well. I just love the whole laid back groove of the thing. More so now than I did in 1974! I also always turn to Breaking Away and Coming And Going. And Mrs Mortified has made me appreciate Accident Prone more. It's a favourite of hers and we watch the video of it quite a lot. For more modern stuff, there's no doubt Two Way Traffic gets a regular airing and also The Madness. Or, as it's known in this house, Kylie v The Beachboys  With you on "The Madness" play it a lot. Also Lucinda, Analyse Time, She Knew Too Much. |
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Post by johns on Jul 5, 2022 20:35:41 GMT
Good topic.
For post 86 I go for
Army
Go Go Go
Liberty Lane
Warning Shot
Pre 86
Accident Prone (one of my all time faves)
Oh Baby
Who Asked You
Down, Down
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Post by mortified on Jul 6, 2022 7:31:20 GMT
It's funny because Lonely Night has become one of my go to songs as well. I just love the whole laid back groove of the thing. More so now than I did in 1974! I also always turn to Breaking Away and Coming And Going. And Mrs Mortified has made me appreciate Accident Prone more. It's a favourite of hers and we watch the video of it quite a lot. For more modern stuff, there's no doubt Two Way Traffic gets a regular airing and also The Madness. Or, as it's known in this house, Kylie v The Beachboys With you on "The Madness" play it a lot. Also Lucinda, Analyse Time, She Knew Too Much.That's an unusual one. Not very well known. Very un-Quo like. I was never 100% sure of it. That and Survival. Both a bit left field but then Mr Bown was involved, so I tend to expect the unexpected  Both have grown on me considerably. But it's taken almost 30 years |
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jul 6, 2022 9:33:26 GMT
With you on "The Madness" play it a lot. Also Lucinda, Analyse Time, She Knew Too Much.That's an unusual one. Not very well known. Very un-Quo like. I was never 100% sure of it. That and Survival. Both a bit left field but then Mr Bown was involved, so I tend to expect the unexpected  Both have grown on me considerably. But it's taken almost 30 years I do find myself scrolling through the B sides and rarities quite often. SKTM always gets an airing, I don't know what pulls me towards it, I know I usually find myself singing the chorus for the rest of the day |
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Post by craydarr on Jul 6, 2022 18:34:50 GMT
It's funny because Lonely Night has become one of my go to songs as well. I just love the whole laid back groove of the thing. More so now than I did in 1974! I also always turn to Breaking Away and Coming And Going. And Mrs Mortified has made me appreciate Accident Prone more. It's a favourite of hers and we watch the video of it quite a lot. For more modern stuff, there's no doubt Two Way Traffic gets a regular airing and also The Madness. Or, as it's known in this house, Kylie v The Beachboys With you on "The Madness" play it a lot. Also Lucinda, Analyse Time, She Knew Too Much. I need to go back and play The Madness as it’s one I haven’t heard for a long time. Analyse Time is a good one, not too bothered about She Knew Too Much tho. And I actually very much prefer Rhinos live version of Lucinda, off his charge album. |
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Post by craydarr on Jul 6, 2022 18:38:24 GMT
Good topic. For post 86 I go for Army Go Go Go Liberty Lane Warning Shot Pre 86 Accident Prone (one of my all time faves) Oh Baby Who Asked You Down, Down I stupidly forgot Liberty Lane as that’s a real fave for me and I listen to it regularly. If we are on Backbone tracks then there’s Better Take Care and Waiting For A Woman which I play semi regularly. I do love Warning Shot but hardly ever play it. Note to self 🤔 |
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Post by mortified on Jul 7, 2022 5:06:28 GMT
The revisiting of B-sides is something I might do at some point. The vast majority, especially during the Thirsty Work period, I never gave much attention once I'd played them once or twice. They just weren't for me. Other B-sides have grown on me a great deal over the years ( Joanne, You Lost The Love, Gone Thru The Slips) so maybe an Aladdin's Cave awaits. I'm nothing if not optimistic |
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jul 7, 2022 7:07:23 GMT
The revisiting of B-sides is something I might do at some point. The vast majority, especially during the Thirsty Work period, I never gave much attention once I'd played them once or twice. They just weren't for me. Other B-sides have grown on me a great deal over the years ( Joanne, You Lost The Love, Gone Thru The Slips) so maybe an Aladdin's Cave awaits. I'm nothing if not optimistic Go for it Morty, Better Times, Heavy Daze, You let me down, Obstruction Day, I'll never get over you, I knew the bride. Just a few for starters. |
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Post by mortified on Jul 7, 2022 7:44:14 GMT
The revisiting of B-sides is something I might do at some point. The vast majority, especially during the Thirsty Work period, I never gave much attention once I'd played them once or twice. They just weren't for me. Other B-sides have grown on me a great deal over the years ( Joanne, You Lost The Love, Gone Thru The Slips) so maybe an Aladdin's Cave awaits. I'm nothing if not optimistic Go for it Morty, Better Times, Heavy Daze, You let me down, Obstruction Day, I'll never get over you, I knew the bride. Just a few for starters. These are different. These are top notch and have been played endlessly over the years  It was never all bad. Even Sea Cruise. I don't know, I just like it And Mortified  |
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jul 7, 2022 9:15:40 GMT
Go for it Morty, Better Times, Heavy Daze, You let me down, Obstruction Day, I'll never get over you, I knew the bride. Just a few for starters. These are different. These are top notch and have been played endlessly over the years  It was never all bad. Even Sea Cruise. I don't know, I just like it And Mortified  Mortified ain't too bad  |
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Post by craydarr on Jul 7, 2022 18:45:14 GMT
The revisiting of B-sides is something I might do at some point. The vast majority, especially during the Thirsty Work period, I never gave much attention once I'd played them once or twice. They just weren't for me. Other B-sides have grown on me a great deal over the years ( Joanne, You Lost The Love, Gone Thru The Slips) so maybe an Aladdin's Cave awaits. I'm nothing if not optimistic Go for it Morty, Better Times, Heavy Daze, You let me down, Obstruction Day, I'll never get over you, I knew the bride. Just a few for starters. I actually like all of those, although You Let Me Down is a classic Quo song for me and should have been an album track. |
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jul 11, 2022 18:36:38 GMT
Just given Lean Machine a spin, thoughts?
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Post by mortified on Jul 12, 2022 9:32:19 GMT
Just given Lean Machine a spin, thoughts? I liked Lean Machine at the time. Still do. Most of the B-sides back then were OK. This one drives along nicely. In fact, if I'm honest, the B-sides tended to be better than most of what ended up on the albums, especially Ain't Complaining. A Parfitt/Rossi composition which became an increasing rarity and wasn't that common even back then. |
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Post by craydarr on Jul 12, 2022 16:30:55 GMT
Just given Lean Machine a spin, thoughts? I haven’t heard it for a while but I loved it when it came out. Darn it, I’m going to have to dig it out now and have a listen. |
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jul 12, 2022 18:29:11 GMT
Just given Lean Machine a spin, thoughts? I haven’t heard it for a while but I loved it when it came out. Darn it, I’m going to have to dig it out now and have a listen. How about “The reason for goodbye” ? |
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Post by craydarr on Jul 13, 2022 6:16:33 GMT
I haven’t heard it for a while but I loved it when it came out. Darn it, I’m going to have to dig it out now and have a listen. How about “The reason for goodbye” ? Love it, Love it, Love it👍 The only negative I would say is about the crappy 80s production on it. |
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Post by mortified on Jul 13, 2022 6:28:20 GMT
I haven’t heard it for a while but I loved it when it came out. Darn it, I’m going to have to dig it out now and have a listen. How about “The reason for goodbye” ? This one is a thing of beauty. For me, easily the best track they did during this period. I played it endlessly at the time |
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jul 14, 2022 12:18:25 GMT
How about "Democracy"?
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It was never all bad. Even Sea Cruise. I don't know, I just like it 
It was never all bad. Even Sea Cruise. I don't know, I just like it 
sorry I mean 64 
