Status Quo - Don't Waste My Time 72' (Live at The Marquee) 

This is the Quo that I and many thousands adored. Simply magic.

My favourite Quo track ever, played this to death on Pile Driver.

Boogie Rock is the real headbanging music.

Probably the best R&R band ever. Well they are a British Institute.

100% undeniable fact, this is THE status quo, and what does this mean in english, leave it the way it was, i have goose bumps watching this, brilliant, remember youngen's, dont get anything new without there being something old 1ST, haha

Rick and Francis probably high as kites, but what a result! Unforgettable; unrepeatable. Brilliant. Thanks boys.

Can’t beat the classic quo! ❤️🎸

For 45 years this has always been my favourite song of all time

Stunning. A truly great hard rock band and Don't Waste My Time is perhaps the most iconic 12 bar shuffle song they ever wrote and performed. Magic!

Why this fantastic megga rocking party song was never a single baffles me

From '72 - 79 they were unstoppable - great times! \m/

Don't waste my time with anything less than this. . . Rock at it's pure, untainted greatest

it's difficult for me to put into words how fucking brilliant I think this is

I get what you mean, but I'm glad they're still alive and kickin', as witnessed by me and a full house last week in Amsterdam. Quo forever!

Never beaten as the best live band.

So sad to hear Rick Parfitt died today........remember seeing them on New Year's Eve 1971 at the Greyhound, Croydon.......what a night!!!!

The song that started it all for me. Dont Waste My Time - THE definative Quo song...

Yesssss!!! None can beat the FRANTIC FOUR!!!

Status Quo, they rock'n roll as they invented it', legendary intro, best song Rossi/Young ever did imo, Cheers !!

Quo ist the best Liveband all over the world! Rocking all over the world! (Y)

to think this genius was invented back in the 70's, wow. even by now-a-day standards this is a f**king great song

They sould have stayed together and play like this forever!! Super gig it was!!

This friends was from when Status Quo were a vital rock and roll band.Even John Peel liked them,thanks for posting.They were great.

I wish they could have stayed this young forever.!!

Always loved this band. Francis Rossi and Richard Parfitt were two of my guitar heroes.

Ah the good old days of the Quo, I’ll never forget my first live gig, me and my mate at the Glasgow Apollo with out 75p tickets sure it was 1972. Always remember heading home not being able to hear a bloody thing lol…..those were the days!

totally agree mate...still watch em live and they still rock,but this is the line up i fell in rock love with..absolute classic stuff.Miss nuff and spud!

This is how I want to remember them! Brilliant!

I'm not sure I miss Alan Lancaster much from the modern line up but John Coghlan is certainly missed. Looking at him again now makes me realise how much he fits. Get him back lads :)

Listen to Status Quo for 30 years now seems like I will never get tired of them. Have you guys heard backbone yet?

john coghlan : what a hell of a drummer! deep respect !! a real worker !!

and ever and ever it goes on.... remembers me my youth with all that music bands and concerts happy saw them live with Rossi and the other 2 having long hear and shacking them together in one row while playing

damn right. aint got much hair left but what little i have got is reserved for headbanging to classics like this!rock on always!

The way it should be, Hair down & Balls out! This clip left me shakin...

Rossi,Parfitt,Lancaster,Coghlan...this was THE LINE UP...Rock this way for fuckin ever!

Yeah, wish I could have seen all of their concerts from 1972 to 77. Love this song! Love it live to!

Weren't they just the Best! This era for me WAS the Best of Status Quo!

this is why i will always love the quo...this will always be THE line up...classic

My Dad i4 84 and still rocking to this

nice old footage great to see them rockin' so hard that's very cool!

Greatest band ever in this line up. Classic Quo. Alan gave Quo that rougher edge. The soulfull drumming of John.Rick is the Best rhythm guitarist ever. Saw them in november in amsterdam...awesome. Still this was easily THE best line up. Such great songwriters. Unique band and sound. CLASSIC!

To be honest Quo seem to get better every year

one of my favorites from the powerfull QUO!!!!

HOW exciting is this!! Absolutely ADORE STATUS QUO!!

Status Quo-They never waste my time. Handmade Rock 'n' Roll with heart and soul. Thanks.

oh wow, i remember dancing all night long to this one!!! fab!!!

See them in the 70s they was fantastic and loud and rocking

Spot on.Would be classic if we could see the original line up just once more!got the memories though....off to see em tonight at westonbirt,nr tetbury..open air gig.will be good for sure but the old line up will ALWAYS RULE!

Nice and Raw Quo...it dont get any better than this !!!!! everything now is to polished in the studio

i think this is my favourite version of this song, its raw quo!

One of the best Rock'n'Roll Songs EVER!!

💯... che frescura La musica degli STATUS QUO ❤

Esa es "LA EPOCA" y que gran época...

this is one of their best songs! status quo for ever!

And their music is still rockin on .

the classic line up. fantastic band. period.

Good times used to hear my Brother Billy playing this in his bedroom note for note.

great live version...good rock and roll !

This is the best footage of Quo on RU-vid. So much spirit; I feel great every time I watch it.

The thing i love about Quo is that they are better than every single American Southern Rock band put together. Noone touches there repetoire or mastery of simple rock and roll.

The undisputed world champions of rock and roll 🏆

They had a real heavy sound when Rick was playing the SG. Love it.

I wish I'l could walk in a time machine to bring me back to this performance in 1972!! This is the real QUO!!! What a Marvelous sound!

I saw them at the Glasgow Apollo in 77 and remembered this song, among many rockers, as a stand out. It persists like all great RnR tunes do.

quo live glasgow apollo best live album ever, what a sad group know,

I just love this,,,,,,,makes my soul rocking.......

One and only frantic four status quo the best bend in the world

one of the best bands i saw in the seventies rocked the house. i dont even remember who they played with..how do you you follow status quo

Technically, both Alan and John weren't the best musicians around. Yet they did left a gap that's difficult to fill. John was one those rare drummers to keep it simple while maintaining that successful groove. And Alan left us with a bunch of great songs. With him, the Quo sounded more diverse. And then there's the other thing; when I grew up, my bedroomwalls were covered with these four faces. These guys are Status Quo!

best band ever rock on quo

When Quo was the Quo

Good un, moved to Texas a few years ago so this is probably the closest I'll get to seeing Quo, probably better this way, like others here I'd rather remember them in their prime.

Still my favorite from my teenage days.... RIP Ric....

we need that right now..

High wattage, extremely high musicianship and cocaine combine to become one of the best live 12 bar blues ever recorded, as stated before. Period. I cannot get this song out of my head. Piledriver version is good, but nothing like this. Is there a complete version, uninterrupted, live at the Marquee of this out there? Anyone? 1970-1975 Quo at their best. Who cares it's 45 years later, best damn rock and roll band STILL in the land! God bless them for all what each of them have been thru, and still deliver the best music time after time.

Fuckin right mate..couldnt agree more..seen both line ups live...original fucking rocked...long live Quo

simply awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Status Quo play rock'n'roll as if they invented it'...Well of course they do because before the mighty Quo it was never this good :)

Is this the Marquee in Wardour Street? It always looks bigger when you see it on film..!What a fantastic venue that was...even if you were standing still, the sweat would rain down on you....Great memories...

Amazing. footage, I would have loved to have gone to see quo and a lot more of my favourite bands but the size and fast living of London has never suited me, Manchester is big enough for me!!🤩🤭😁😃❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Good boogie band,was about 15 listening to this,I think I saw them opening for Rory Gallagher in Kutztown,f##cking great

monster band !! QUO number one forever !!!

wow! I did not know this band was even older than me. unbelievable! this band hit my hometown (Ciudad Netzahualcoyotl) in the late 80s, the rock wave was arising; and being a rock follower back them... was a huge deal. We were seen by the society as an epidemic urban disease.

miss both of em.aint never sounded as good since nuff and spud left.

Did anyone else go to their "farewell concert" in Milton Keynes in 1984?

Play rock and roll like they invented it. !!!!

@Omega21456 Listened to that. Loved it! I saw them back in June at thetford forest for the first time. After that, I saw what people meant about Quo being a live band. Brilliant!

This is where hair and rock meet!

I also agree. Francis Rossi lays down a guitar melody that no one has ever managed to do like he has. Just listen to Softer Ride from the HELLO album to prove my point.

Doesn't it just make you want to be back there? Classic!

RIP Rick. This gig was three months before I was born, but remember What You're Proposing on TOTP which got me into them. I have a lot of their records, and was lucky enough to work in a band with their '80s/'90s drummer Jeff Rich for a gig in Lincoln recently. I was in awe, and struggled to hide it. I have a pair of his drumsticks, nicely well-used and signed!

Absolutely the best! Think I was there for this. They also used "Someones Learning" from this gig for OGWT. Nobody could touch the Quo for a live gig in the seventies

Does it get any better, ever?

Simple - Playing pop and chart material contributed to their pension funds. Rock on, the mighty Quo!

Keep on Rocking.

How the fuck can you not like this!!!

Rick can make that Gibson SG sound amazin'...

oooh the young francis and rick, loved them then, still do !! keep on rocking boys xxx

Quo at their best great band great song !!

Clearly it's not shite. It might be in your opinion a song you dislike but it ain't shite. In the context of the whole album it makes perfect sense. Any proper Quo fan would understand what Living on an Island and the album Whatever You Want was all about.