5/16/2023 0 Comments Status quo![]() And that's simply unfair, probably on the Cure and certainly on the Quo.įor a start, it isn't all heads-down no-nonsense mindless boogie. They are used a byword for predictability: I saw a review earlier of the Cure that took this usage, saying they had "turned into a formulaic, Goth rock Status Quo". But, equally, to paint them as the world's most limited band is to do them a grave disservice. And I doubt Quo would be likely to make those claims for themselves. A big Mojo feature posited their single-mindedness as a precursor to punk, and Bob suggested to me they had plenty in common with Krautrock, in their own peculiar way – making Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt the Norwood Neu! – and that the guitar pattern that introduces Caroline has rather more in common with the systems music of Steve Reich than with, say, Foghat. Recent years have seen some extravagant claims made for Quo. Never let it be said Quo don't have a pretty good eye for an opportunity, because this line-up is alternating with the actual current line-up, the Frantic Four playing the deep cuts, the current line-up doing the end-of-the-pier hits set. Or, rather, the second return of the Frantic Four, since they first reunited this time last year for the first time since 1981. I always felt cheated by that I wouldn't have gone had it not been the last ever show.īut on Saturday night – as part of my continuing to campaign for force Guardian music writer, pop historian, and Saint Etienne band member Bob Stanley to embrace heavy rock – I was down at Eventim Apollo (or the Hammersmith Odeon, as pretty much everyone there would have known it) for the return of the Frantic Four, the original Quo line-up. ![]() It turned out it wasn't they were back together for Live Aid within a year, and recommenced a career that continues to this day. I was a kid, and went to Milton Keynes Bowl on 21 July 1984 to see what was billed as the last ever Quo show. ![]() I went back in time on Saturday, to 30 years ago, which was the last time I saw Status Quo play live. ![]()
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