One of the great Quo songs and brilliant vocals from Rick. Brilliant version. A cloud of nostalgia has come over and I feel like crying from the memories
Listened to this a million times,(never mind 45)all different versions,especially '73 album,seen them 18 times how can you not like it,go listen to QUO LIVE 1976,then discover who they were!
Tanked up on umpteen bottles of olde English cider enjoying a classic English band and not realising just how much I should soak it all up to the memory bank for a rainy day. God bless ya Quo👍
Thanks for all the comments about the video, nice to see people appreciate this awesome song as much as myself. Favourite bit though Francis' solo @ 13:40, only him on the guitar and he is kicking arse! and without even looking half the time. Truely an underrated player if ever there was!
7:16-8:20 and 8:40-10:25 I knew Francis was a good guitarist and all, but OMG I never knew he could play like THAT! He is so underrated as a guitarist and I think he is a worthy guitar god. I mean 7:29-7:50, those pinch harmonics are amazing!
I was 17 when i went to this tour. 2 nights at southampton gaumont. my dad picked me up after the gig and said that didnt sound to bad when he was standing outside waiting for the show to end. i took him to see quo in '97 at bornemouth. he was 67 years old and he loved it.
when they get going at the 8.30 min mark they REALLY get going. I would be hard pressed to see and hear any other band perform at this level of intensity. Rossi and all of the band are absolutely on fire at this point. It is exhilarating to watch. What an incredible band they were. And how sad it ended here at Milton Keynes in 1984. They never, ever came close to the magic defined here. Even without John Coghlan they were an incredible band live. After 1984, well we all know where Rossi took the band. Such a shame it had to be this way. Their entire legacy is built on gigs such as this and music such as this not the Margie Time music Mr. Rossi so loved and pushed through under the Quo name. I saw them 40+ times up to this point. Never saw them again until the reunion gigs of 13 and 14 - now that was worth waiting for.
I felt sure this was Milton Keynes bowl, I was there and it was epic. Always loved 4500 times, this is Quo at their best. I only saw them 8 times, wish I had done more but hey what can you do. Still got all the vinyl I bought back then. I also had a VHS from the Milton Keynes gig for years, not had anything to play it on for so long it went to a charity shop, bloody wish I kept that now.
This 1 song smashes many that people consider in the top 100 of all time, this performance alone is worthy of being up there, Quo fan or not! Just a high quality performance I've watched since I had the video aged 10 in 1985!
Very emotional watching that, for a life long Quo fan. Best line up and only two of the regular members left now. How on earth did they not make it big in America? Response to article only.
So true pal,,! Don't know why they never got to America,? , grew up likening the quo back when I was a kid in the 70s, born May 23rd 1968 from northern Ireland UK, 🇬🇧 , I can even say my late gran liked them,! RIP Gran 1989,!
Probably not pretentious enough for the US. They played as back up for ZZ Top a few times. I believe they showed them up . Possibly didn’t do them any favours. Doesn’t make sense.
Alan Lancaster told me years ago that they supported Savoy Brown in the states and the Americans wanted them to have more of an image. Eg permed hair and satin flares. Quo were too working class for the yanks. The yanks wouldn't have got rossis cockney slang. They were too gritty.
Saw them when I served in the Army in my hometown Örebro Sweden march 1978, one of the ultimate rocknroll experiences of my entire life. What a band, they really raised the roof on Örebro Sport Hall. They ended the concert with this amazing 45000 times song there as well. My tinnitus will never let me forget that evening when I had the luck to see the Frantic Four that amazing band Staus Quo. Praise the Lord that I had the opportunity to live in the same time as those guys.
RIP Rick, the first concert I ever went to, End of the Road, Edinburgh Playhouse 1984, to this day one of the best concerts ive ever been to. Huge loss to many
There early seventies albums are full of bruisers , pure no nonsense electric rock n roll , My favourite gig I attended of theirs was Reading festival 1978 , ten minute walk from where I live well handy 😎RIP Alan and Rick
I was there in 84...this is Quo at their best..one of the best gigs they did..Rock on Quo, seeing the Frantic Four next April 2014 in Wolverhampton, all being well !!!! Forever Quomania.
God I miss this version of Quo, with Rick and Alan. Went to the Deeside Leisure Centre gig of this "End of the Road Tour". Alan clonked Francis on the nose with the end of his swinging guitar and got a real scowl off Francis! Where the hell has the intervening 39 years gone.... Love this song. Thanks for sharing.
I was there it was the saddest day of my life..and getting off the car park afterwards was just horrible..it took 2hrs to get off the site and another 3hrs to drive home. Quo were never the same after this..it was an amazing gig but one I wish that I'd never had to go too.
Rolling stones are crap compared to the mighty quo not even in the same league as the greatest rock band in the world RIP Rick and God bless you for the fantastic performances
Hard to believe it was 40 years ago this month. Where did those years go? It was a fitting way for one of the finest bands of the 70's to bow out. Great memories.
i was there at 14 my first gig ever, status quo have always been my heros seen them 24 times and want more 4500 times is one of my many favourites, this was an awesome day awesome way to play to your fanz, but 2012 still goin strong, status quo 4 ever, i just wish i was older so i could of seen them at apollo glasgow 76 so glad ive met these fantastic blokes and rossis sons l
17.08 of pure excellence, watch this and then you realise why they are still rocking after 50 years. The reason? It's quite simple, they are absolutely, totally, fucking brilliant, that's why:-))))))))))))))
amazing i was only 1 when this was made i am 23 now been going for 20 years and won't stop going till they stop they are amazing this night looked amazing. wish i had on DVD too
