Not sure why the comments are mostly negative about him. He’s very honest, entertaining, actually quite modest. Doesn’t seem to go off at tangents to me - he’s answering the questions….Swears like a sailor though 😂
Very true. I went to both of the Frantic Four back together gigs and was floored by how great they were and the incredible atmosphere. So to then here Rossi bad mouthing Coglan and the shows in general was (IMO) and incredibly shitty thing to do. Strange bloke.
@@johnwainwright4559 He was right. John wasn't up to speed, changed tempo during songs and Alan barely couldn't play bass anymore (though his voice was still very strong). Francis has said they should have had more time to reherse before doing concerts. Sure it was nice to see them all together on stage again but it wasn't as good as the old days.
Regardless of the points you make…personally, I think he was/is ‘a miserable old sod’ and as my ol’ mum used to say…”If you haven’t got anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”. Let’s leave it at that.
I wonder why so many of my favorite bands like Status Quo, Ramones or Metallica have at least one "arsey" person in it. Do i like those bands because i am an arse? Am i drawn to arse music? Can you even hear that in the music? Funnily enough all three of them have tremendously talented rhythm guitarists in them.
Rossi is so hyper in this. Thousand miles an hour, off on a tangent and loses his concentration. It’s either coke has re-wired his brain or something more innate. It’s a massive contrast to Rick’s interviews. Rick’s are a pleasure to listen to.
I think the ego and coke doesnt mix well !. But the ego stays with him, i guess he has relapses during some interviews. But i feel its his ego more than anything
@@rainermuller..To be honest he just reminds me of Phil Collins in his later years. Feeling like his talent has been SO under appreciated and dealing with his own bitterness by making sly digs at the band and also the audience. I've watched all of the Rick interviews from this doc and he was constantly funny and entertaining. Rick was definitely the true heart of the Quo, another thing Rossi just cannot handle.
Great guitar player, there's no getting away from that He is a guy who has made it And he KNOWS it And he wants respect for it Veers away from the focus of a conversation purposefully, or due to a diverted train of thought because of poor concentration, but in any event he is putting up the armour. And very ungracious about John Coghlan, who needed help rather than the cold shoulder. At least Rick Parfitt was appproachable and open, Francis is all about "ME" The story about tea-laced speed is legendary. Rick became totally accelerated but lucid enough to actually write Mystery Song from scratch across about 8 hours. And it became a masterpiece. Francis Rossi had scored and is semi strung-out here. FACT
I've watched and analysed Francis for the last 6 decades and came to the conclusion that he is self-obsessed. He is egocentric. Alan was the opposite. Alan cared deeply about the Band and the Fans. Rick was fairly neutral. Rick just wanted to be in a successful Band, preferably QUO. Coghlan needed love from his Band mates, not isolation. I feel that Rossi is a cold hearted mercenary. Rossi keeps saying that he is a 'shy and insecure' person and he counteracts this by being an 'attention seeking show off'. Rossi is a very smart person, and it wouldn't shock me if he'd fabricated that public persona, in preparation for what was to befall the Frantic Four. Rossi, Frost and Williams were steering QUO's music style away from the Rock that the Fans loved. RAOTW was a very confusing sounding album. It was mixed and produced very low and quiet by Pip Williams. This followed very close on the heels of the very loud and rambunctious 'LIVE' album and 'Blue for You' Rossi took control and didn't consult any Band members. Egomania driven by copious amounts of Cocaine. IYCSTH had a better production and some good Rock songs, though I do classify RAOTW & IYCSTH as QUO's "DISCO" PERIOD. Luckily, QUO bounced back in 1979, 1980 and 1981 with 3 superb Rock albums. 1982's album 1982 was horrific, except for a couple of tracks. No Coghlan, No QUO. Rossi continued to take more control with 'Back to Back' Alan Lancaster said that he wasn't so concerned with "Marguerita Time" which he despised, as he was with "Going Down Town Tonight", which - according to him - was not a Status Quo recording and featured no Status Quo musicians apart from Francis Rossi. Lancaster co-wrote the first single, "Ol' Rag Blues", with Keith Lamb, lead singer of British bands The Kase, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australia's successful glam rock band Hush. Lancaster was angered when the production company declined to release the version featuring his lead vocal (which has since been made available as a bonus track on the 2006 remastered reissue), in preference to that featuring the voice of Francis Rossi. Over the decades, Rossi sang quite a few songs that were written by Alan. He also made no secret of his dislike of "Marguerita Time", which he thought was too pop-orientated for the group. When they appeared on BBC's Top of the Pops to mime to the single, his place was taken by Jim Lea of Slade, who were also on the programme that week. Rossi and the record company kept taking more control of the Band, whereas Alan and John had very little to no control. I think I read or heard Alan say that 'The Brotherhood' was over, Rick and Francis had their own private language and private jokes that alienated Himself and John. As a massive QUO Fan, I naively thought they would last forever. Even with the time that has passed since The Frantic Four were dismantled by Rossi's ego and arrogance, I still have moments of deep sadness. Rossi can't give anyone a straight or correct reason or answer. "What was the question?" Then he laughs disarmingly trying to disarm and derail the interviewer............. Rossi is a great Guitarist and Singer and that's where it ends.
Thanks for thoughts on Rossi. Quo's lead guitarist. Rick was always my favourite along with John Coghlan a brilliant drummer. I still consider the Albums of the 70's my altime favourites PILEDRIVER HELLO QUO BLUE FOR YOU AND ON THE LEVEL. I also play alot of their WHATEVER YOU WANT ALBUM a real boogie album. I now consider QUO a dead loss as they have lost the Rock they were known for.
I'm English , and I cant understand what Francis is saying a lot of the time, but I get the jist.. If I go down south , people think I'm Scottish. but I'm from Middlesbrough. !!
Sometimes comes across as a bit of a sarcastic guy, but when you watch other interviews too, he speaks honestly about the past, any regrets etc. Was great to see the FF in 2014 as to many fans, that was the real deal, but Francis was right to end it when they did, especially for Alan's health sake.
Went to see him when he was doing his one man tour to promote his book "I talk too much". By the end of the evening, I came to the opinion that he wasn't a very nice man. Can't really explain why, but that feeling stayed with me.
I never understand the logic of what happened when Rossi laces Rick’s tea with speed. Rossi puts in far more than he should and is surprised when Rick unknowingly drinks it 🤷♂️ Somehow this all turns out to be an example of how irresponsible Rick is? Ridiculous
I'd love to know which songs Francis thinks are shit on Hello? Obviously not And It's Better Now, as he still plays it live. Thats the only track on that LP I'm not so keen on.
Yeah that struck me as a bit odd. Lets go through them Roll Over Lay Down - no comment Claudie - Pretty weak by comparison, maybe, but hardly 'shit'? Reason for Living - Terrific track - rare co-work of Parfitt Rossi? Blue Eyed Lady - Credited to Lancaster Parfitt but feels like a Rossi song. Ok, a bit too much like Mean Girl but 'shit'? I think not. Caroline - yes quite Softer Ride - Another belter, played live a lot recently And it's better now - Lovely song which came to life on Acquostic 45 Hundred Times - Arguably the best song they ever did. Now, as with many older fans, i much prefer the harder sound of Quo and Blue for You. But you would have thought Rossi, if we're to take seriously his assertion that he prefers pop to rock, might have lauded this album. I've afraid I've grown to C dislike this man.
Francis mentions there's only ever been a handful of albums that every song is great. I've always considered The Creedence Clearwater Revival album, 'Cosmo's Factory' to be one of them. Every song fantastic. I would also say : 'Led Zeppelin 1' 'Machine Head', Deep Purple. 'Paranoid', Black Sabbath. 'Dark side of the Moon', Pink Floyd. 'Back in Black', AC/DC.
Rossi tried to destroy the original Quo as what I read in Wiki? Never like Rossi much he gets excited when he talks. My favourite my Rick Parfitt a very approachable person miss him dearly R I P Rick.
I've watched and analysed Francis for the last 6 decades and came to the conclusion that he is self-obsessed. He is egocentric. Alan was the opposite. Alan cared deeply about the Band and the Fans. Rick was fairly neutral. Rick just wanted to be in a successful Band, preferably QUO. Coghlan needed love from his Band mates, not isolation. I feel that Rossi is a cold hearted mercenary. Rossi keeps saying that he is a 'shy and insecure' person and he counteracts this by being an 'attention seeking show off'. Rossi is a very smart person, and it wouldn't shock me if he'd fabricated that public persona, in preparation for what was to befall the Frantic Four. Rossi, Frost and Williams were steering QUO's music style away from the Rock that the Fans loved. RAOTW was a very confusing sounding album. It was mixed and produced very low and quiet by Pip Williams. This followed very close on the heels of the very loud and rambunctious 'LIVE' album and 'Blue for You' Rossi took control and didn't consult any Band members. Egomania driven by copious amounts of Cocaine. IYCSTH had a better production and some good Rock songs, though I do classify RAOTW & IYCSTH as QUO's "DISCO" PERIOD. Luckily, QUO bounced back in 1979, 1980 and 1981 with 3 superb Rock albums. 1982's album 1982 was horrific, except for a couple of tracks. No Coghlan, No QUO. Rossi continued to take more control with 'Back to Back' Alan Lancaster said that he wasn't so concerned with "Marguerita Time" which he despised, as he was with "Going Down Town Tonight", which - according to him - was not a Status Quo recording and featured no Status Quo musicians apart from Francis Rossi. Lancaster co-wrote the first single, "Ol' Rag Blues", with Keith Lamb, lead singer of British bands The Kase, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australia's successful glam rock band Hush. Lancaster was angered when the production company declined to release the version featuring his lead vocal (which has since been made available as a bonus track on the 2006 remastered reissue), in preference to that featuring the voice of Francis Rossi. Over the decades, Rossi sang quite a few songs that were written by Alan. He also made no secret of his dislike of "Marguerita Time", which he thought was too pop-orientated for the group. When they appeared on BBC's Top of the Pops to mime to the single, his place was taken by Jim Lea of Slade, who were also on the programme that week. Rossi and the record company kept taking more control of the Band, whereas Alan and John had very little to no control. I think I read or heard Alan say that 'The Brotherhood' was over, Rick and Francis had their own private language and private jokes that alienated Himself and John. As a massive QUO Fan, I naively thought they would last forever. Even with the time that has passed since The Frantic Four were dismantled by Rossi's ego and arrogance, I still have moments of deep sadness. Rossi can't give anyone a straight or correct reason or answer. "What was the question?" Then he laughs disarmingly trying to disarm and derail the interviewer...... Rossi is a great Guitarist and Singer and that's where it ends.
I couldn't have worked closely with someone like him for 20 minutes, let alone decades. Rick said in those later poolside interviews that all he ever wanted was to be in a successful band, and I imagine he avoided confrontation, unlike John and certainly "Nuff". In Rick's interviews during the second Frantic Four reunion tour, he does sail close to the wind by saying how much he was loving the old Quo heaviness, and contrasts playing in the current "Quo Lite" (his words) line-up as "almost on auto-pilot". Status Quo like many bands had an early golden era, and then 30+ years of being incapable of creating anything that remotely came close. I heard some tracks from the new Stones album. No "Jumping Jack Flash"s or "Gimme Shelter"s.
Ma Kelly’s to Quo Live anything after is shite! Mr Rossi is as strange as a box of frogs, there’s something that just shouts out that he’s not a pleasant individual. His behavior reflects issues in communication and an uncomfortable arrogance. He’s one man from the FF and with respect they were a truly amazing band.
@@TomLymberopoulos-du5he he was the foundation of the band. He was a great guy living in the shadow of Fran. Their music will remain for ever but the band has gone.
@@wingchun-simplekungfu7584Francis and Alan founded the band, unless you start to only start it from the point it was called Status Quo. I think even The Status Quo might have been agreed before Rick Parfitt joined.
Rossi didn't dump Alan & John, they left due to Rossi's terrible behaviour, manipulating the machinations of the Band. Rossi's cocaine addiction turned him into a 'control freak' Alan & John were on the 'outer' and not included any discussions or decisions. Do your research and you'll find that Rossi was steering the Band's sound toward a softer contemporary Rock, even horrible Country rubbish. The 1982 album's rehearsals were so abhorrent to John he kicked the 'crap' out of the Drum Kit, went to the airport, caught a plane home, left the QUO forever. Alan hung on for a couple more torturous years until "Marguerita Time" pushed him 'over the edge'. Rossi will never accept responsibility for driving Alan & John out of the Band. Rossi will always be in denial of reality.
Jeez, What the hell is he talking about ?, rambling about rubbish & nothing, all disjointed, jumping from 1 thing to the next, incoherent, psycobabble, i cant understand what he is saying, its all mixed up, crikey what a mess.
Agree, have you listened to the first 5 albums of 1970's? That's the music I grew up with if they kept their music similar I think they'd sell more records. PILEDRIVER / HELLO / QUO / ON THE LEVEL / BLUE FOR YOU.
@TomLymberopoulos-du5he I do agree with Rossi. All albums after the frantic four are shit, I can live with parts of heavy traffic but that's it, think you misunderstood me, I love those albums and followed quo everywhere during those frantic four years. Rossi has ruined quo.
If he thinks the FF had moments of shite, fk knows how he thinks the likes of Perfect Remedy and Thirsty Work etc are good? Boggles my mind. Quo 1970-1976 studio wise is untouchable. Every other album since has equally awesome moments but faaaar more shite on them. Love/Hate thing with this dude.
I have no clue what he's mumbling on about 90% of the time, but I still love listening to him.
Try the subtitles.. 😆
Not sure why the comments are mostly negative about him. He’s very honest, entertaining, actually quite modest. Doesn’t seem to go off at tangents to me - he’s answering the questions….Swears like a sailor though 😂
He's said very negative things about Parfitt and their non-friendship.
But you must admit he talks in riddles... Brilliant guitarist
I like the honesty and the humour
You could do a " what was the question " montage.
He could be a legend, but he works hard to destroy it….
Absolutely
Very true. I went to both of the Frantic Four back together gigs and was floored by how great they were and the incredible atmosphere. So to then here Rossi bad mouthing Coglan and the shows in general was (IMO) and incredibly shitty thing to do. Strange bloke.
@@johnwainwright4559 He was right. John wasn't up to speed, changed tempo during songs and Alan barely couldn't play bass anymore (though his voice was still very strong). Francis has said they should have had more time to reherse before doing concerts. Sure it was nice to see them all together on stage again but it wasn't as good as the old days.
Regardless of the points you make…personally, I think he was/is ‘a miserable old sod’ and as my ol’ mum used to say…”If you haven’t got anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”.
Let’s leave it at that.
I wonder why so many of my favorite bands like Status Quo, Ramones or Metallica have at least one "arsey" person in it. Do i like those bands because i am an arse? Am i drawn to arse music? Can you even hear that in the music? Funnily enough all three of them have tremendously talented rhythm guitarists in them.
Rossi is so hyper in this. Thousand miles an hour, off on a tangent and loses his concentration. It’s either coke has re-wired his brain or something more innate. It’s a massive contrast to Rick’s interviews. Rick’s are a pleasure to listen to.
I think the ego and coke doesnt mix well !. But the ego stays with him, i guess he has relapses during some interviews. But i feel its his ego more than anything
Francis raves on a lot, the conversation gets disjointed. I’d like to hear all their stories!!!
He is incredibly funny,I love him.
Tanta salute per te FRANCIS ROSSI ❤
Really not sure what to make of Rossi.
He’s a unit
It‘s simple, very simple….he talks to much….as he said himself……
Yeah, I agree
@@rainermuller..To be honest he just reminds me of Phil Collins in his later years. Feeling like his talent has been SO under appreciated and dealing with his own bitterness by making sly digs at the band and also the audience.
I've watched all of the Rick interviews from this doc and he was constantly funny and entertaining.
Rick was definitely the true heart of the Quo, another thing Rossi just cannot handle.
@@TomLymberopoulos-du5he as long as he’s making a noise he thinks the fans will be happy
Great guitar player, there's no getting away from that
He is a guy who has made it
And he KNOWS it
And he wants respect for it
Veers away from the focus of a conversation purposefully, or due to a diverted train of thought because of poor concentration, but in any event he is putting up the armour.
And very ungracious about John Coghlan, who needed help rather than the cold shoulder. At least Rick Parfitt was appproachable and open, Francis is all about "ME"
The story about tea-laced speed is legendary. Rick became totally accelerated but lucid enough to actually write Mystery Song from scratch across about 8 hours. And it became a masterpiece.
Francis Rossi had scored and is semi strung-out here. FACT
Yeah good guitarist if they kept the music of the 70's they would've sold more records.
I've watched and analysed Francis for the last 6 decades and came to the conclusion that he is self-obsessed. He is egocentric.
Alan was the opposite. Alan cared deeply about the Band and the Fans.
Rick was fairly neutral. Rick just wanted to be in a successful Band, preferably QUO.
Coghlan needed love from his Band mates, not isolation.
I feel that Rossi is a cold hearted mercenary.
Rossi keeps saying that he is a 'shy and insecure' person and he counteracts this by being an 'attention seeking show off'.
Rossi is a very smart person, and it wouldn't shock me if he'd fabricated that public persona, in preparation for what was to befall the Frantic Four.
Rossi, Frost and Williams were steering QUO's music style away from the Rock that the Fans loved.
RAOTW was a very confusing sounding album.
It was mixed and produced very low and quiet by Pip Williams.
This followed very close on the heels of the very loud and rambunctious 'LIVE' album and 'Blue for You'
Rossi took control and didn't consult any Band members.
Egomania driven by copious amounts of Cocaine.
IYCSTH had a better production and some good Rock songs, though I do classify RAOTW & IYCSTH as QUO's "DISCO" PERIOD.
Luckily, QUO bounced back in 1979, 1980 and 1981 with 3 superb Rock albums.
1982's album 1982 was horrific, except for a couple of tracks.
No Coghlan, No QUO.
Rossi continued to take more control with 'Back to Back'
Alan Lancaster said that he wasn't so concerned with "Marguerita Time" which he despised, as he was with "Going Down Town Tonight", which - according to him - was not a Status Quo recording and featured no Status Quo musicians apart from Francis Rossi.
Lancaster co-wrote the first single, "Ol' Rag Blues", with Keith Lamb, lead singer of British bands The Kase, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australia's successful glam rock band Hush. Lancaster was angered when the production company declined to release the version featuring his lead vocal (which has since been made available as a bonus track on the 2006 remastered reissue), in preference to that featuring the voice of Francis Rossi.
Over the decades, Rossi sang quite a few songs that were written by Alan.
He also made no secret of his dislike of "Marguerita Time", which he thought was too pop-orientated for the group. When they appeared on BBC's Top of the Pops to mime to the single, his place was taken by Jim Lea of Slade, who were also on the programme that week.
Rossi and the record company kept taking more control of the Band, whereas Alan and John had very little to no control.
I think I read or heard Alan say that 'The Brotherhood' was over, Rick and Francis had their own private language and private jokes that alienated Himself and John.
As a massive QUO Fan, I naively thought they would last forever.
Even with the time that has passed since The Frantic Four were dismantled by Rossi's ego and arrogance, I still have moments of deep sadness.
Rossi can't give anyone a straight or correct reason or answer.
"What was the question?"
Then he laughs disarmingly trying to disarm and derail the interviewer.............
Rossi is a great Guitarist and Singer and that's where it ends.
UTFT
@@alanstrom2221 All I got from that huge wall of text was...You hate Rossi as a person.
@@alanstrom2221 You have that in common, you are obsessed with Francis as well.
I like his personality 😊
Which one..?😂
Thanks for thoughts on Rossi. Quo's lead guitarist. Rick was always my favourite along with John Coghlan a brilliant drummer. I still consider the Albums of the 70's my altime favourites PILEDRIVER HELLO QUO BLUE FOR YOU AND ON THE LEVEL. I also play alot of their WHATEVER YOU WANT ALBUM a real boogie album. I now consider QUO a dead loss as they have lost the Rock they were known for.
Alan Lancaster was the 'rock' glue of the band !
If you watch interviews from the 70s he's exactly the same
He has never changed or tried to hide anything.
I'm English , and I cant understand what Francis is saying a lot of the time, but I get the jist.. If I go down south , people think I'm Scottish. but I'm from Middlesbrough. !!
I cant understand geordies, Tees siders I can just about manage if they speak slowly.
Peoole in london are self centred wankers. So accents is a blind man walking the mile
Absolute GOLD!!! 🤣🤣🤣💗💗💗💗
Sometimes comes across as a bit of a sarcastic guy, but when you watch other interviews too, he speaks honestly about the past, any regrets etc. Was great to see the FF in 2014 as to many fans, that was the real deal, but Francis was right to end it when they did, especially for Alan's health sake.
Jesus he bangs on and goes off in all directions. Painful.
and really thinks he is funny - when he REALLY isn't
Went to see him when he was doing his one man tour to promote his book "I talk too much". By the end of the evening, I came to the opinion that he wasn't a very nice man. Can't really explain why, but that feeling stayed with me.
I never understand the logic of what happened when Rossi laces Rick’s tea with speed. Rossi puts in far more than he should and is surprised when Rick unknowingly drinks it 🤷♂️ Somehow this all turns out to be an example of how irresponsible Rick is? Ridiculous
Blue for You has mad energy, speed makes for better music than coke. But drugs are bad, m'kay.
ADHD completely
Why can’t he ever give a normal interview,why this clowning around, and facial expressions,
Talking at 100 miles per hour about cocaine...
I'd love to know which songs Francis thinks are shit on Hello?
Obviously not And It's Better Now, as he still plays it live.
Thats the only track on that LP I'm not so keen on.
Yeah that struck me as a bit odd. Lets go through them
Roll Over Lay Down - no comment
Claudie - Pretty weak by comparison, maybe, but hardly 'shit'?
Reason for Living - Terrific track - rare co-work of Parfitt Rossi?
Blue Eyed Lady - Credited to Lancaster Parfitt but feels like a Rossi song. Ok, a bit too much like Mean Girl but 'shit'? I think not.
Caroline - yes quite
Softer Ride - Another belter, played live a lot recently
And it's better now - Lovely song which came to life on Acquostic
45 Hundred Times - Arguably the best song they ever did.
Now, as with many older fans, i much prefer the harder sound of Quo and Blue for You. But you would have thought Rossi, if we're to take seriously his assertion that he prefers pop to rock, might have lauded this album. I've afraid I've grown to C dislike this man.
My money's on Claudie.
Francis mentions there's only ever been a handful of albums that every song is great.
I've always considered The Creedence Clearwater Revival album, 'Cosmo's Factory' to be one of them. Every song fantastic.
I would also say :
'Led Zeppelin 1'
'Machine Head', Deep Purple.
'Paranoid', Black Sabbath.
'Dark side of the Moon', Pink Floyd.
'Back in Black', AC/DC.
Its hard to quite when do it for years..
Rossi tried to destroy the original Quo as what I read in Wiki? Never like Rossi much he gets excited when he talks. My favourite my Rick Parfitt a very approachable person miss him dearly R I P Rick.
Lol the Bee Gee is well know coke user.😂✌️🤘🥁🎸🇦🇺
This reminds me of one of my favourite porn stars. Love watching her perform to this day, but wish I'd never found out anything about her as a person.
I've watched and analysed Francis for the last 6 decades and came to the conclusion that he is self-obsessed. He is egocentric.
Alan was the opposite. Alan cared deeply about the Band and the Fans.
Rick was fairly neutral. Rick just wanted to be in a successful Band, preferably QUO.
Coghlan needed love from his Band mates, not isolation.
I feel that Rossi is a cold hearted mercenary.
Rossi keeps saying that he is a 'shy and insecure' person and he counteracts this by being an 'attention seeking show off'.
Rossi is a very smart person, and it wouldn't shock me if he'd fabricated that public persona, in preparation for what was to befall the Frantic Four.
Rossi, Frost and Williams were steering QUO's music style away from the Rock that the Fans loved.
RAOTW was a very confusing sounding album.
It was mixed and produced very low and quiet by Pip Williams.
This followed very close on the heels of the very loud and rambunctious 'LIVE' album and 'Blue for You'
Rossi took control and didn't consult any Band members.
Egomania driven by copious amounts of Cocaine.
IYCSTH had a better production and some good Rock songs, though I do classify RAOTW & IYCSTH as QUO's "DISCO" PERIOD.
Luckily, QUO bounced back in 1979, 1980 and 1981 with 3 superb Rock albums.
1982's album 1982 was horrific, except for a couple of tracks.
No Coghlan, No QUO.
Rossi continued to take more control with 'Back to Back'
Alan Lancaster said that he wasn't so concerned with "Marguerita Time" which he despised, as he was with "Going Down Town Tonight", which - according to him - was not a Status Quo recording and featured no Status Quo musicians apart from Francis Rossi.
Lancaster co-wrote the first single, "Ol' Rag Blues", with Keith Lamb, lead singer of British bands The Kase, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australia's successful glam rock band Hush. Lancaster was angered when the production company declined to release the version featuring his lead vocal (which has since been made available as a bonus track on the 2006 remastered reissue), in preference to that featuring the voice of Francis Rossi.
Over the decades, Rossi sang quite a few songs that were written by Alan.
He also made no secret of his dislike of "Marguerita Time", which he thought was too pop-orientated for the group. When they appeared on BBC's Top of the Pops to mime to the single, his place was taken by Jim Lea of Slade, who were also on the programme that week.
Rossi and the record company kept taking more control of the Band, whereas Alan and John had very little to no control.
I think I read or heard Alan say that 'The Brotherhood' was over, Rick and Francis had their own private language and private jokes that alienated Himself and John.
As a massive QUO Fan, I naively thought they would last forever.
Even with the time that has passed since The Frantic Four were dismantled by Rossi's ego and arrogance, I still have moments of deep sadness.
Rossi can't give anyone a straight or correct reason or answer.
"What was the question?"
Then he laughs disarmingly trying to disarm and derail the interviewer......
Rossi is a great Guitarist and Singer and that's where it ends.
I couldn't have worked closely with someone like him for 20 minutes, let alone decades.
Rick said in those later poolside interviews that all he ever wanted was to be in a successful band, and I imagine he avoided confrontation, unlike John and certainly "Nuff". In Rick's interviews during the second Frantic Four reunion tour, he does sail close to the wind by saying how much he was loving the old Quo heaviness, and contrasts playing in the current "Quo Lite" (his words) line-up as "almost on auto-pilot".
Status Quo like many bands had an early golden era, and then 30+ years of being incapable of creating anything that remotely came close. I heard some tracks from the new Stones album. No "Jumping Jack Flash"s or "Gimme Shelter"s.
@@alanstrom2221
I remember when Hush used to practice in lunch hour recess @ Cannington High.
It is such a shame the drugs over the years has my team talk in riddles.. such a shame because he is a brilliant blues guitarist
be honest as your nusical life is concearned
Bad story teller. Sounds like a narcissist a bit. No wonder the other guy drank so much.
I find him very false
He's the polar opposite. That's what people can't deal with.
Yeah me too
He just hates the heavy blues qou did in their pomp you can tell.not a true rocker
Alan Lancaster was the real 'rocker' in the band !
Gemini Depression up up up down down deeper and DOWN ❤❤❤
I did coke once and once only, you got to be braindead be be hooked on the crap stuff
Would be good if the interviewer used a microphone too.
Not on mic or in vision not supposed to be on mic in a doco shoot as the talent gives back the question in the answer it’s not a 2 hander shoot
Ma Kelly’s to Quo Live anything after is shite! Mr Rossi is as strange as a box of frogs, there’s something that just shouts out that he’s not a pleasant individual. His behavior reflects issues in communication and an uncomfortable arrogance. He’s one man from the FF and with respect they were a truly amazing band.
Very strange person..His humour comes across rather too hard..How did Parfitt put up with him for so many years
Very strained relationship in the end.
Yeah mate, I agree. He'd be hard to live with. My favourite in the band was the "Brilliant" Rick Parfitt. I miss him everyday.
loved his humour.
@@TomLymberopoulos-du5he he was the foundation of the band. He was a great guy living in the shadow of Fran. Their music will remain for ever but the band has gone.
Coke.😂
@@wingchun-simplekungfu7584Francis and Alan founded the band, unless you start to only start it from the point it was called Status Quo. I think even The Status Quo might have been agreed before Rick Parfitt joined.
Steve bloke died in house fire
Not into Quo anymore don't like the Bass Player or the replacement for Rick. The band has changed it's not Status Quo anymore
Agree ! Its now a tribute band !!
@@Bruce15485 Absolutely agree
Still got the main man so no, not a tribute.
bloody interviews....
WTF
Rossi didn't dump Alan & John, they left due to Rossi's terrible behaviour, manipulating the machinations of the Band.
Rossi's cocaine addiction turned him into a 'control freak'
Alan & John were on the 'outer' and not included any discussions or decisions.
Do your research and you'll find that Rossi was steering the Band's sound toward a softer contemporary Rock, even horrible Country rubbish.
The 1982 album's rehearsals were so abhorrent to John he kicked the 'crap' out of the Drum Kit, went to the airport, caught a plane home, left the QUO forever.
Alan hung on for a couple more torturous years until "Marguerita Time" pushed him 'over the edge'.
Rossi will never accept responsibility for driving Alan & John out of the Band.
Rossi will always be in denial of reality.
I tried coke once never went back it's overrated crap
Who gave you the right to tell the truth
Rossi sounds fucked up..🥴
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I love nearly everything the Beatles have done but some of the white album is absolute garbage
Jeez, What the hell is he talking about ?, rambling about rubbish & nothing, all disjointed, jumping from 1 thing to the next, incoherent, psycobabble, i cant understand what he is saying, its all mixed up, crikey what a mess.
He completely denies the frantic four,, agree though all albums apart from heavy traffic after the frantic four are shit.
I think he's being pretty honest and says things without rose tinted spectacles. Disagree about HT, half good, half shit.
A bit of coke stayed in his brain😊
@@BartNL-tx7ih maybe where he lost the plot. Although he had quite a temper back in the 70’s
Agree, have you listened to the first 5 albums of 1970's? That's the music I grew up with if they kept their music similar I think they'd sell more records. PILEDRIVER / HELLO / QUO / ON THE LEVEL / BLUE FOR YOU.
@TomLymberopoulos-du5he I do agree with Rossi. All albums after the frantic four are shit, I can live with parts of heavy traffic but that's it, think you misunderstood me, I love those albums and followed quo everywhere during those frantic four years. Rossi has ruined quo.
😮This Idiot ruined Quo turned them in to a Pop band after Blue for you and the Live Album
he is on coaine
I don't think he is strange at all.❤
He's very all over the place what you say again.....🤔...
Highly strung. Hard as nails.
What the fuck is he saying ??????? 😮
A good guitar player though but not my favourite
If he thinks the FF had moments of shite, fk knows how he thinks the likes of Perfect Remedy and Thirsty Work etc are good? Boggles my mind.
Quo 1970-1976 studio wise is untouchable.
Every other album since has equally awesome moments but faaaar more shite on them.
Love/Hate thing with this dude.
Everything 88 to early 2000 is shite and not much better after that !
Yeah agree :)
@@deanstanley5799 and you still describe yourself as a Quo fan?
@@sahhull no not for this era !
@@deanstanley5799 the era you are a fan of is dead.