The Quo are British rock royalty. Check out their beginnings with "Pictures of Matchstick Men", their most famous song "Rocking all over the World" and their softer side with "Rock'n' Roll". Much love from England 🏴
Matchstick men, absolutely one of the greatest rock and roll songs of ever. And Rockin All Over The World, doesn't get much better than that. I'm old enough to remember this band from the 60's. Great stuff.
"Rock'n'Roll" is such a beautiful song...As is a lot of their stuff from the mid 1970s...It just shows how they, as a band (And a couple of writing partners), could and did write and perform such a wide array of music from the Heads Down, No Nonsense Boogie through to the more delicate and thoughtful stuff they shared with us all.
@paulmargett9360 ~ I first heard "In the Army Now" nearly 40 years ago on the radio and I've loved it ever since. I am in the US and it was my very first exposure to Status Quo. After that I became a huge fan of all their music. All the best to you from Florida
True history, and life of Army guys. Im member of Spanish Army and this song is reality of Military life. Sorry for my english. Good bless all Soldiers.
This was such a shift from the Quo at the time that I think it caught everyone by surprise, so this was massive in the UK. It was short-lived though as they reverted to type. The later discovered fact that this was a cover of a Dutch band's original helps to explain it, but the fact they even wanted to cover it is fascinating.
SUCH a GREAT BAND!!! THANKS, YA'LL!!! ❤ Don't know if ya'll have listened to Pictures Of Matchstick Men by Status Quo....it will COMPLETELY get stuck in your head!! You guys want to hear something that will BLOW YOUR MIND: Check out King Crimson: 21st Century Schizoid Man! The musicianship is NEXT LEVEL and is shocking how talented those guys were!! HUGS!!!
I really wonder why you never touched KC (also Epitaph, Islands, Red, and especially Starless were so far ahead of their time and and experience). Also please try out Marillion, who saved Prog into the 80s and are still very very strong and good. For a starter: Script for a Jester's Tear. Also Easter or Neverland would be great introductions to the band.
@@Jayjayuk12345 Yes - to each their own....but, I remember being at a party and no one could remember the song...and, a bunch of buzzed people were calling everyone they knew and SINGING the guitar riff to their friends over the phone (that WILL get stuck in your head) to see if ANYONE could remember the name....no on e could. Left the party - went to the grocery store, and heard the song playing on the GROCERY STORE sound system...it was freaky.... FINALLY remembered what song it was about 3 days later....won't ever forget the name, now!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Original synth driven version written & done by (Rob) Bolland & (Ferdi) Bolland. It was a big hit in European continent 1982, four years earlier. The Bolland version became sort of anthem for the demonstrations against nuclear missiles and generally anti war around that time particularly in the then West Germany. Bolland & Bolland also wrote & produced the hit "Rock Me Amadeus" for Falco.
And also Falco's worldwide hit song Jeannie. Of course, Bolland and Bolland had their first hit songs (acoustic guitars) around 1971, during the Vietnam wars.
Thank you for doing my favorite Status Quo song. If you want more unexpected great music you really should check out "Brothers in arms" by Dire Straits as well. You have simply don`t done them enough either, and "Brothers in arms" is one of my favorite songs of all time and a masterpiece I believe will be loved by the both of you!
When I hear "You're in the Army Now," I think of the older song that starts "You'll never get rich by digging a ditch, you're in the army now." Different wars and different generations. They are both good and express the feelings of the soldier.
This song caught a lot of people off guard when it came out as it was so very different from the normal Quo song. I was never a Quo fan but it was fitting that they opened the huge Live Aid concert with Rocking All Over The World. This song i have always loved.
Pictures of matchstick men is my favorite song by them. Especially the old b&w live video. (1968) They were so young.❤ Psychedelic and some aqua net.😊😂
For me, my first gig ever was Staus Quo on their Rocking All Over the World tour in December 1977. They played the Granby Halls in my home town. I was 16 years old, and snuck down there with a couple of friends while my parents thought I was at youth club. Exciting times!
Status Quo were an awesome band live, I highly recommend you check out Rocking All Over the World which opened the whole Live Aid show, or a live version of Caroline, the opening riff just gets the whole crowd going!
Back in 1985-7 I was in Essex,England training to be a nurse and my friend and her sister and I went to the London Hippodrome to see Status Quo live on their 'In the Army' tour and they were fantastic. Great memories especially as my friend Nikki passed away a few years after.
Status Quo were well known in the 70's as a British boogie rock band w/ the original line-up of: Francis Rossi (vocals/ lead guitar), Rick Parfitt (vocals/ rhythm guitar), Alan Lancaster (bass/ vocals) and John Coghlan (drums)... they were known as the 'Frantic Four'... Andy Bown (keyboards) joined by 1976. But after years of drug abuse and infighting... John Coghlan was out by 1981... Francis Rossi wanted out by 1983 and Status Quo did a 'farewell' tour into '84... However, Status Quo was asked to open Live Aid 1985, so they obliged w/ a tremendous opening set. Guitarist Rick Parfitt was so energized by the Live Aid response that he reached out to Francis Rossi about reuniting Status Quo in '85 and working on new music... Rossi agreed to return only if Alan Lancaster was fired. So, Parfitt brought in John 'Rhino' Edwards (bass) and Jeff Rich (drums) w/ Francis Rossi and Andy Bown returning... They released a new album 'In the army now' in 1986 and they were rejuvenated w/ a new, modern sound. This line-up carried on for years until drummer Jeff Rich quit by 2001... The original Status Quo (Rossi/ Parfitt/ Lancaster/ Coghlan) reunited in 2013/ '14 for the last time playing a few shows only. Sadly, Rick Parfitt passed away in late 2016 after years of alcohol abuse (R.I.P.) Original Quo bassist Alan Lancaster passed away in 2021 (R.I.P.) Francis Rossi is the only original member of Status Quo today w/ Andy Bown (keyboards), John 'Rhino' Edwards (bass), Richie Malone (guitar) and Leon Cave (drums).
They are (incredible)! Many knock Status Quo as being this simplistic 12 bar blues band - they are way more complicated than they first appear to be! Their music is well thought out, hooks you in and often deeper than you first realise. As a guitarist I say say quite honestly that their music is easy to pick up but hard to play properly! I loved Status Quo from being a little kid - in fact if they came on "Top of the Pops" I would always get up and dance! I still loved them as a teenager and they just went up a gear in the 80's. Please can you review "What You're Proposing" (and like many have suggested here) "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (which is VERY early Quo!). "Marguerita Time" + "The Wanderer" are good fun and I ❤"Living on an Island" (totally different!).
This is a cover from the Dutch band (of brothers) ‘Bolland and Bolland’, also famous for their cooperation with Austrian Artist Falco (Rock me Amadeus, Jeanny)
If you get the chance, have a look at level 42 "children say" vastly underrated group back in the day, originally started out as a jazz funk band, changed to pop and was successful in the USA as well as the UK worth a listen, if i rightly, i think that this was there last music , because of musical differences
I was not so much in the Status Quo basically, but this song was so awesome, the music, harmonies but also the great lyrics. This quote like "Is it illusion or reality....". Well done Status Quo.
This is one of my all time faves, i could listen to this one all day. Another band to check are called Slade and the song Called "Come Feel The Noise", a great song too. 😎🎵🎸👌
Quo were always one of the best live acts! Never went to concert that was not a sellout. LOL "pictures of matchstick men" was totally different but the intro was always played at the start of any concert so they always acknowledged it as a beginning.
I was almost in their video for "The Wanderer" way back in my teens but they video'd the other side of the street to show the Houses of Parliement in London, whilst I watched them drive past of the back of the flatbed lorry. At the time I was waiting with my family on a tour bus which never came, until after we'd left at which point three busses turned up all at the same time, all too late.
This used to be a full-on anti-war song and they turned it into an army commercial. Musically, this version is amazing, but knowing where this came from, it leaves a bitter taste.
The biggest anti-war song of the 80s was probably '19' by Paul Hardcastle. Specifically, it's about Vietnam. It was massive in the UK at least (1985). And...on a lighter note, if you want to see a completely different side to Status Quo, you should take a listen to their first hit, 'Pictures of Matchstick Men (1968). Groovy Baby - as Austin Powers would say! (If you go for the 1968 black and white - pick a copy that goes immediately into the song).
So glad someone had decided to review our beloved Quo ! They only ever had 1 US hit, and that was back in 1968 !! 🤣 Over here in the UK they have had more hits than anyone else in history - and they're still going !!
This is actually a cover song from the group Bolland and Bolland from the Netherlands. Their original version is almost the same. This song was a Continental European hit before the cover from Status Quo. In fact it was such a big hit that when later Status Quo sung it they did not have much success in Europe since the song was identical. They did however have had success with it everywhere else, UK, USA, Australia etc.
I really want to thank you guys, after all the bad news I watched this morning I had to switch to your channel. You never fail to put me in a great mood. Love you guys !!!
Hey guys, thanks for doing more Quo. Great choice but I think you know what I’m going to say. Caroline live at Download or Glastonbury pweeeeeeeeeeeeese 😊😊
You should try "Paschendale" live by Iron Maiden, as it is a moving, but horrendous telling of war, both with lyrics and the mood of the music🤔 It is a modern age epic that brings home the terrors of war and the poor people in it😞 However, it opens your eyes of WW1 settings and that of Paschendale. May all the lost souls find their home🤘
Hard to believe that Staus Quo was huge in England, but only had one hit, "Pictures of Matchstick Men", in the states. How about reacting to the Electric Prunes "I Had Too Much To Dream". Thanks.😎
Status Quo are known for their boogie Rock, I was luck enough to see Quo in my hometown of Oxford back in 2008 and OMG they were on amazing also that was my first and last time I was Rick playing with them. 😢 sorry I got something in my eye.
IM XARMY PARATROPPER VN VET AND I was drafted in 68 at 19YRS OLD AND I dont feel like I done enough.. BRING THE DRAFT BACK SO PEOPLE WILL REALIZE FREEDOM DOESN'T COME FREE. I still think of the ARMY EVERYDAY
Applies very much to today [troubled times] in the near future! We had the 'inner city riots' in the 80's [England] and I was in the Royal Navy at the time. Things got really bad and our DO said we may be deployed to the streets to keep order. He asked us if we were prepared to shoot civilians if necessary. The "Finger on the trigger, but it doesn't seem right" brought that back.
*Here, it's the Video with BOLLAND & BOLLAND's Original-ANTI-WAR-text [Bolland & Bolland released their song in 1982]. Status Quo have done a new "In The Army Now"-Cover in 2010 with some much more PRO WAR-text lines changed. This here was their original Cover-Version from the year 1986.* 🎵🎸🥁🎹🎸🎵💿🎵🔊🔥🔥
A watershed song for some Quo fans I'm afraid - new (at the time that was, now the longest serving) Bass player and a distinct move away from the 12 bar boogie format they had become so (in)famous for. Singles after this seemed to lack the crunchy bass of Down Down and Whatever You Want but became less formulaic as well. Since their loyal fans were named the Quo Army I'm sure many appreciated the tongue in cheek humour of being reassured they were In The (Quo) Army now.
If you like this song’s themes, then you’ll love “Brothers in Arms” by Dire Straits… so much meaning to so many service men and often played at funerals as a result. The video is awesome as well although the album version has the extended guitar solo (love the duet between the guitar and the vocals… feels like the guitar is almost the sounds of battle and the vocals articulate a soldier in battle’s thoughts)
You Guys have covered status quo three times but have skipped over their best song "Pictures of Matchstick Men" I purchased this single the day after it came out. I am one of the biggest fans of you guys and you have not yet played a request of mine. Please play "Pictures of Matchstick Men" when you get a chance. You will not regret it.
You should also check them out at a German festival performance from 2017: Down, Down & Dirty. Status Quo Live at Wacken. The songs are on RU-vid separately from the album/dvd recorded there
When I was a kid, I remember my friends' big brothers returning from Vietnam. They were all without exeption broken young men. The worst case I remember was one of my friend's brother fighting drug addiction and PTSD and the family's grief. Another guy had to leave home after he almost killed his mother one morning when she woke him up; his refex was to kill or be killed. I saw soldiers return from Northern Ireland totally destroyed by what they had been ordered to do. I have had so many experiences with war veterans throughout my life and it is heartbreaking. My Dad served during the Korean war. I asked him once what war was like. He said " Imagine slamming your hand hard in a door, War is doing it and it is not an option to not do it. It's not something you imagine anymore." This song always brings everything back to me.
This was a massive hit for Quo all over Europe. No’1 in 6 countries. 4 million single sales worldwide (inc 700k in France, 550k in Germany & 395k in the UK) Never released in the States, like a lot of their back catalogue it should’ve been. Over the years poor management & the lack of airplay cost Quo stateside. Worldwide sales 130m 👍
Hello, I am French, I am 47 years old and I loved this song that my father listened to with his turntable ... I often listen to it; it gives me energy, a fighting spirit; and the guitar: it’s too good. for a year this song has had an even greater impact on me since my father passed away: this song reminds me of him: sadness and pride mix.
