Seriously, why the white socks?? You're a Rock Star, you can borrow some multi-coloured socks from your good friend Reginald Dwight. Francis is one of only a few people in the World that is allowed to call Elton John by his birth name. Francis Rossi "The Anti-QUO" could buy socks that aren't white from a retail store. When I was a young man learning about the ways of the World, somebody told me that your socks should compliment the colours of the clothes you were wearing. To get a reaction from people I would wear one 'electric blue' sock and one 'electric red' sock. When people drew mine and other people's attention to this, I would tell them that I got dressed in the dark, or that I'd mixed up my medication. Some people actually believed me. One day when I was a kid, I went with my Mother to a Carpet Store where the Yorkshire Salesman told my Mother to " Forget the quality, feel the colour" Everybody from Yorkshire is a comedian or comedienne. Check out Monty Python's comedy sketch titled "The Four Yorkshiremen"
NEVER TOO LATE IS A VERY INTELLIGENT ALBUM. IT IS ONE OF THEIR BETTER ALBUMS. PROOF THAT IT WASN'T THE MUSIC THAT FORCED SPUD TO LEAVE THE BAND, IT WAS ROSSI. FRAME IS WHAT I CALL ' THE ANTI-QUO ' MY 'COMICAL' ATTEMPT AT ELEVIATING THE DEEP SADNESS AT LOSING OUR GREAT BAND IS TO CLAIM THAT ALIENS ABDUCTED THE 'REAL' ROSSI AND REPLACED HIM WITH 'THE ANTI-QUO'. SOME OF THE POST-FRANTIC FOUR ALBUMS HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE UNDER THE NAME STATUS QUO, WE KNOW WHICH ONES I MEAN. THEY BETRAY THE QUO TRADEMARK. THEY BETRAY THE GENUINE QUO SUPPORTERS. I AM A VERY PASSIONATE MUSIC LOVER AND I LOVE 'BLESSED ARE THE MEEK' FROM UTI, BUT IT'S NOT QUO!!!!!!! IT'S ONE OF MY FAVE SONGS TO SING ALONG TO. I ALSO LOVE BANDS LIKE DEAD KENNEDYS, GANG OF FOUR, SEX PISTOLS, RAMONES, I LOVE A LOT OF ALTERNATE AND DIY BANDS AND ARTISTS. I LOVE THE STOOGES AND MC5, BUZZCOCKS, IN AUSTRALIA, THERE WERE AND ARE 100'S OF AWESOME ROCK BANDS LIKE CELIBATE RIFLES, LIME SPIDERS, SPY VSPY, YOU AM I, THE SAINTS, RADIO BIRDMAN, NEW CHRISTS, X, the Meanies, Frenzal Rhomb, and Screamfeeder & the Hard-Ons FROM THE 'MEAN' STREETS OF PUNCHBOWL, SYDNEY. THE CASANOVAS FROM MELBOURNE, WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW GREAT THEY ARE, THEN THERE'S THE SCIENTISTS WHO ARE A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON SEATTLE GRUNGE SCENE. AFTER PLAYING 'NIGHTRIDE' ON MY DRUMKIT, I'M CLOSE TO EXPLODING ( I HIT MY KIT VERY HARD, WITH VERY THICK STICKS ) SPLINTERS COME OFF THE HIGH HAT, SOME HIT ME IN THE FACE. I ALSO LOVE MOZART. I LOVE ARTISTS THAT ARE TRUE TO THEMSELVES AND THAT'S WHAT THE SEX PISTOLS LIKED ABOUT QUO. THE SEX PISTOLS RESPECTED QUO FOR NOT CARING WHAT THE MAINSTREAM AND MEDIA THOUGHT OR SAID ABOUT THEM. I WOULD'VE PREFERRED QUO TO STEER TOWARDS HARD RHYTHMIC ROCK, EVEN ANTI-COMMERCIAL ROCK THAN SOFT MAINSTREAM/COUNTRY MUSIC. PROBLEM WAS THAT ROSSI KNEW WHERE 'THE BODIES WERE BURIED' PLUS HE'S THE BEST LEAD GUITARIST AND SINGER A ROCK BAND COULD WISH TO HAVE APART FROM REG PARFITT. SO ROSSI WAS PROBABLY IRREPLACEABLE. I LOVE THEIR 60'S PSYCH POP/ROCK AND THEIR TRANSITION TO MA KELLY'S AND DOG OF TWO HEAD. SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY THAT THE 80'S AND 90'S QUO APART FROM THE EXCELLENT ROCK TIL YOU DROP ALBUM WAS ALSO A NATURAL CHANGE & TRANSITION. THE FACT THAT QUO HAVE BEEN FUNCTIONING FOR MANY DECADES IN DIFFERENT FORMS MEANS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO 'COME BACK' AND PRODUCE SOME OF THE BEST ROCK ALBUMS, NOT JUST BY THEM BUT BY ANYONE, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, 4TH CHORD, QUID PRO QUO, BULA QUO (ROCK TRACKS ) THESE ALBUMS ARE VERY CLEVER AND WELL PRODUCED. I FEEL THAT CREEPIN' UP ON YOU IS ONE OF THEIR FINEST MOMENTS. I PERSONALLY LOVE RIFFS AND FITLCENTURY, IN FACT I THINK THEY ARE BRILLIANT. THE IRONY IS THAT QUO ARE DAMNED IF THEY REPEAT THE 3 CHORD BOOGIE AND ALSO DAMNED IF THEY TRY DIFFERENT STYLES. THE QUO JOURNEY IS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE. HANG ON TIGHT.............................OR JUMP OFF
Francis thinks he's funnier than what he is. I think he uses it as a 'smoke screen' to cover up 'something'. I have a few ideas what the 'something' may be. I'm too polite to suggest them though. If Francis gets serious, he may have to explain why he destroyed The Frantic Four. Interviewer " Oh, by the way Francis, can you explain to all your loyal QUO fans why you destroyed the best and greatest Rock Band of all time?" Francis will answer by saying "I had nothing to do with the break up of The Beatles" Francis will think he's being funny, because he knows and we know the interviewer meant STATUS QUO. Francis will say " I didn't do it" "It was the Cocaine that is to blame" Oh, that's hilarious Francis. Seriously, I don't know how John and Alan could've spoken with or had any contact with Francis ever again. Rossi destroyed "The Brotherhood" There's nothing funny about that.
Rossi thinks that he is more important than everyone and everything. The fact that Rossi wears white socks all the time is proof that he isn't. It's very sad that Rossi doesn't understand what STATUS QUO means to everyone else. Imagine if you had one of your children abducted and you never saw them again, well that's how ALAN LANCASTER felt. There are certain albums and horrible songs that should've been released as THE ROSSI / FROST BAND. Rossi should've had the decency and dignity to say " these songs don't represent the essence of QUO and our supporters " We'll set a benchmark criteria of what stipulates the QUO IMAGE and not release anything that falls below that level. Peace, love and respect to Alan, Rick and John, The Frantic 3, Roy Lynes, Andy Bown, Bob Young etc........
Maybe if you took the time to find the truth about John Coghlan and Alan Lancaster you would have a different point of view but it's ok you don't like Francis Rossi, that's your choice. I'm sure he won't lose any sleep over that. I actually went to see him just a few weeks ago, he's doing a tour by himself and his acoustic guitar and he was brilliant.
