Heston and Marky's Friday Top 5

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muppet hi fi wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 9:12pm
Hes, I've gotta check the Quo out. How bad/uncool/dorky/whatever could they have been, as they have a pretty prominent place in rock music history (even if only in the UK). Can you recommend a good career spanning compilation?
Whatever You Want: The Essential Status Quo seems to cover everything.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 9:24pm
muppet hi fi wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 9:12pm
Hes, I've gotta check the Quo out. How bad/uncool/dorky/whatever could they have been, as they have a pretty prominent place in rock music history (even if only in the UK). Can you recommend a good career spanning compilation?
Whatever You Want: The Essential Status Quo seems to cover everything.
Cheers, hope it doesn't suck too badly. I already listen to enough crappy music as is. :twitch:
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muppet hi fi wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 9:29pm
Heston wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 9:24pm
muppet hi fi wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 9:12pm
Hes, I've gotta check the Quo out. How bad/uncool/dorky/whatever could they have been, as they have a pretty prominent place in rock music history (even if only in the UK). Can you recommend a good career spanning compilation?
Whatever You Want: The Essential Status Quo seems to cover everything.
Cheers, hope it doesn't suck too badly. I already listen to enough crappy music as is. :twitch:
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It's a hard one to call. I grew up with the Quo in the charts every week and they had some good, catchy songs. They're a kind of British CCR with more longevity and the diminishing returns that entails.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 9:33pm
muppet hi fi wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 9:29pm
Heston wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 9:24pm
muppet hi fi wrote:
19 Jul 2019, 9:12pm
Hes, I've gotta check the Quo out. How bad/uncool/dorky/whatever could they have been, as they have a pretty prominent place in rock music history (even if only in the UK). Can you recommend a good career spanning compilation?
Whatever You Want: The Essential Status Quo seems to cover everything.
Cheers, hope it doesn't suck too badly. I already listen to enough crappy music as is. :twitch:
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It's a hard one to call. I grew up with the Quo in the charts every week and they had some good, catchy songs. They're a kind of British CCR with more longevity and the diminishing returns that entails.
I like Quo they are a fun 12 bar blues band with a pop edge. But go check out the brilliant "Neighbour Neighbour" by The Spectres.

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I have a Status Quo best of, it's OK, they're no Slade, but POMM is a 1%er for me.
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tepista wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 11:55am
I have a Status Quo best of, it's OK, they're no Slade, but POMM is a 1%er for me.
Haha, I just realized how "Spinal Tap" they are!
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tepista wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 11:56am
tepista wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 11:55am
I have a Status Quo best of, it's OK, they're no Slade, but POMM is a 1%er for me.
Haha, I just realized how "Spinal Tap" they are!
Oh my god.
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tepista wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 11:56am
tepista wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 11:55am
I have a Status Quo best of, it's OK, they're no Slade, but POMM is a 1%er for me.
Haha, I just realized how "Spinal Tap" they are!
I think the "listen to the flower people" section of Spinal Tap was directly modelled on Quo.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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I was surprised to find that Lydon is such a big fan.
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Kory wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 4:06pm
I was surprised to find that Lydon is such a big fan.
I doubt he really is. I think it was more his put down of the Ramones.
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Heston wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 3:13pm
tepista wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 11:56am
tepista wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 11:55am
I have a Status Quo best of, it's OK, they're no Slade, but POMM is a 1%er for me.
Haha, I just realized how "Spinal Tap" they are!
I think the "listen to the flower people" section of Spinal Tap was directly modelled on Quo.
Definite play on Matchstick Men.
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Don’t know if I am overthinking but finding this really hard.

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101Walterton wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 4:50pm
Don’t know if I am overthinking but finding this really hard.
It was the opposite for me. I chose 5 in 5 minutes no more. But the end of the day, I thought of 20 more I could have chosen!

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BitterTom wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 4:58pm
101Walterton wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 4:50pm
Don’t know if I am overthinking but finding this really hard.
It was the opposite for me. I chose 5 in 5 minutes no more. But the end of the day, I thought of 20 more I could have chosen!
It took some thinking on my part. I think I could more easily come up with 5 songs I hate from bands I really like.

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revbob wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 5:05pm
BitterTom wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 4:58pm
101Walterton wrote:
20 Jul 2019, 4:50pm
Don’t know if I am overthinking but finding this really hard.
It was the opposite for me. I chose 5 in 5 minutes no more. But the end of the day, I thought of 20 more I could have chosen!
It took some thinking on my part. I think I could more easily come up with 5 songs I hate from bands I really like.
As soon as I come up with one there is usually s second song I also like or the other alternative if e.g. Black - Wonderful Life (as Heston mentioned earlier) I love the song but don’t really know the rest of their catalogueto dislike the band. Have a few of those.

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