That was great to hear Rick say he didn't like the album "Perfect Remedy" I laughed when he said he was having an "Alan Lancaster moment" Rick said it was all about Francis. Francis tried to 'take over' the Band and that's why John & Alan left. "Perfect Remedy" was a horrible Country music album. Just like quite a few albums released under the name STATUS QUO after The Frantic Four's demise, they should've been released as Solo albums by Francis or a different Band's name. Even Andy & Rhino were 'roped' into writing 'rubbish' songs. "Ain't Complainin'" in 1988 was fairly awful, except for a couple of tracks, "Everytime I Think of You" (John Edwards, Jeff Rich, Mike Paxman) - 3:49 is a great track. "Don't Mind If I Do" (Francis Rossi, John Edwards) - 4:41 kicks along. An unusual move by Status Quo on this album was the use and endorsement of Charvel guitars. "The music was too polite," Rick Parfitt later remarked of the album. "There was no weight behind what we were doing. The edge had gone; we weren't real anymore."[10] Rick tolerated a lot of 'crap' just to stay in a Band under the name 'Status Quo'
Francis Rossi the only member of Status Quo who had a beef with every other member of Status Quo. Everything was a bout Francis as far as Francis was concerned.
@@josephbuckley5961 I was always disappointed that Slade never made it in the US. I know members of the soon to be formed, Kiss, went to a Slade concert and said “Now that’s what we want to do”. Maybe Slade were a little bit ahead of their time. Actually, they had a lot of success, second time round with Run Runaway, but Jim got Hepatitis so they came home, and that was that. There’s your Slade lesson for today 🤪. Cheers.
@@WesW3187 I get that. But slade to me were always a Christmas song band lmao. Could never shake that off when I hear the name slade. But yeah kiss are a terrible band tho. Thing is status quo I always puzzled me that quo have a lot of melody in there songs which American like ! But never worked out. But no one could touch acdc at that time if I'm honest
I also remember this was the first time i was disappointed about a new output from the boys. The obscure thing about it is, in these days I had one foot in country music, so I was okay with the 2 country songs ont it. Guess there I was best able to ignore the fact that it was Quo .D All the rest seemed to be very half-hearted. But even more than the songs I was disappointed by the sound, that was demo quality at best
The one Quo album i never revisit. Can remember the disappointment when i bought it. Utter crap. Thankfully, Rock Til you Drop was something of a return to form. In my eyes anyway.
You are right, it is an excellent Rock song. I'd go as far as to say it is a Masterpiece. It is the only good track on the album. "The Power of Rock" (Rick Parfitt, Pip Williams, Francis Rossi) 6:04 I'm surprised to see Pip Williams involved in the song writing credits.
That's the one he makes reference to. It wasn't brilliant, but then it wasn't all that bad either. Kind of half and half. A bit lacklustre, but then, so was the rest of the album. I could listen to it as a collection of songs, but it never really had the same cohesion of what you might call a Quo album. Going, 'on holiday', to work is never a good idea, as it's not really conducive to a work environment, when you can decide to effectively skive off whenever you feel like it, and more so when you can choose to do so without any kind of recourse other than your work suffering a a direct consequence.
Good album. Something different. Wouldn't be surprised if Rick was too wasted to notice. Seemed to be a reoccurring thing for him. It's easy to blame Francis when you've got nothing to contribute.
Absolutely agree with Rick, all about Francis and a horrendous album. For some reason I quite like Thirsty Work probably because my dad played it quite a bit, and there's not too much country in it. Perfect Turkey should be used as a form of torture, I guarantee it would work 😆
Great to see these extended interviews from the documentary. Thanks for posting!
I so thoroughly lost interest in the later Quo that I didn't even know this album existed. In the early years they were all I listened to.
Power of Rock was a brilliant track
That was great to hear Rick say he didn't like the album "Perfect Remedy"
I laughed when he said he was having an "Alan Lancaster moment"
Rick said it was all about Francis.
Francis tried to 'take over' the Band and that's why John & Alan left.
"Perfect Remedy" was a horrible Country music album.
Just like quite a few albums released under the name STATUS QUO after The Frantic Four's demise, they should've been released as Solo albums by Francis or a different Band's name.
Even Andy & Rhino were 'roped' into writing 'rubbish' songs.
"Ain't Complainin'" in 1988 was fairly awful, except for a couple of tracks,
"Everytime I Think of You" (John Edwards, Jeff Rich, Mike Paxman) - 3:49 is a great track.
"Don't Mind If I Do" (Francis Rossi, John Edwards) - 4:41 kicks along.
An unusual move by Status Quo on this album was the use and endorsement of Charvel guitars.
"The music was too polite," Rick Parfitt later remarked of the album. "There was no weight behind what we were doing. The edge had gone; we weren't real anymore."[10]
Rick tolerated a lot of 'crap' just to stay in a Band under the name 'Status Quo'
Have you heard a country album? What a load of bollocks lol.
Rossi solo album really. Thirsty Work was even worse. Piss poor.
I quite liked Thirsty Work. Must have been the only person who bought it 😂
@@lanehogger1532 I bought it as well.😆
👍👍👍👍
Perfect Tradgedy was, is and will always be yuk.
The trouble is it’s always about Francis
That's why John and Alan left.
The Francis Rossi Band???
@@alanstrom2221yep. Exactly
Rossi wasn't writing crap like Big Man. lol
Francis Rossi the only member of Status Quo who had a beef with every other member of Status Quo. Everything was a bout Francis as far as Francis was concerned.
They'd lost their way well before that !
total guff
Compass point studios must effect different people different ways because ACDC recorded their monster album Back in Black there.
I think Malcolm and Angus ran an extremely tight ship. No mucking around when it came to albums.
@@WesW3187100% Correct
@@WesW3187reason why quo never made it in America
@@josephbuckley5961 I was always disappointed that Slade never made it in the US. I know members of the soon to be formed, Kiss, went to a Slade concert and said “Now that’s what we want to do”. Maybe Slade were a little bit ahead of their time. Actually, they had a lot of success, second time round with Run Runaway, but Jim got Hepatitis so they came home, and that was that. There’s your Slade lesson for today 🤪. Cheers.
@@WesW3187 I get that. But slade to me were always a Christmas song band lmao. Could never shake that off when I hear the name slade. But yeah kiss are a terrible band tho. Thing is status quo I always puzzled me that quo have a lot of melody in there songs which American like ! But never worked out. But no one could touch acdc at that time if I'm honest
Where is this full interview?
not currently encoded in full
I also remember this was the first time i was disappointed about a new output from the boys. The obscure thing about it is, in these days I had one foot in country music, so I was okay with the 2 country songs ont it. Guess there I was best able to ignore the fact that it was Quo .D All the rest seemed to be very half-hearted. But even more than the songs I was disappointed by the sound, that was demo quality at best
That album cover didnt help.
The one Quo album i never revisit. Can remember the disappointment when i bought it. Utter crap. Thankfully, Rock Til you Drop was something of a return to form. In my eyes anyway.
I thought Power of Rock was a great track
You are right, it is an excellent Rock song.
I'd go as far as to say it is a Masterpiece.
It is the only good track on the album.
"The Power of Rock" (Rick Parfitt, Pip Williams, Francis Rossi) 6:04
I'm surprised to see Pip Williams involved in the song writing credits.
Man Overboard is pretty decent, no?
That's the one he makes reference to. It wasn't brilliant, but then it wasn't all that bad either. Kind of half and half. A bit lacklustre, but then, so was the rest of the album. I could listen to it as a collection of songs, but it never really had the same cohesion of what you might call a Quo album. Going, 'on holiday', to work is never a good idea, as it's not really conducive to a work environment, when you can decide to effectively skive off whenever you feel like it, and more so when you can choose to do so without any kind of recourse other than your work suffering a a direct consequence.
Good album. Something different. Wouldn't be surprised if Rick was too wasted to notice. Seemed to be a reoccurring thing for him. It's easy to blame Francis when you've got nothing to contribute.
Shite album
Absolutely agree with Rick, all about Francis and a horrendous album. For some reason I quite like Thirsty Work probably because my dad played it quite a bit, and there's not too much country in it.
Perfect Turkey should be used as a form of torture, I guarantee it would work 😆