Status Quo - Down down (Single 1974, Album On the Level 1975) Francis Rossi - Guitar, Vocals Rick Parfitt - Guitar, Vocals Alan Lancaster - Bass John Coghlan - Drums
I was 15 in 74, when I first heard this song, now I'm 64 and still listen to status Quo and so do my neighbours 😂, a timeless classic from one of the greatest bands you'll ever hear.
Status Quo was one of the first bands I saw as a 15 year t supporting Hawkwind. They are still rocking in 2024 sadly without Rick Parfait 🏴🏴🏴👍🎸☮️😍😎
You know how it goes. Vaccine take its toll. I'd rather see a rock'n'roller die after alcohol and heroine. Now crucify me, assholes! OMG, we'll all get the flu in the end.... WTF!!!!!
I'm a huge fan of 70's complicated Prog Rock and I love the Quo. I never understand why some people juge their music as "basic" and "simple" (not to say "stupid"). Their vocal harmonies and instrumental arremgements were just brillant. They found so many great melodies on the 3 blues chords. Nobody ever done that. They were just genius. It sounds easy music untill you try to play it.
you can't keep a good song down down!! ps, john coglan & i used to go to the same school, kingsdale & 15 years later, i dj'd at his 30th birthday party at the holiday inn chelsea in 1979!!
ALAN CHARLES LANCASTER otherwise known as NUFF, has passed away in Sydney, his home for 45 years. The founding member and the backbone of STATUS QUO had been suffering from Multiple Sclerosis for many years. Alan battled on bravely, performing at QUO's Reunion gigs in 2013 and 2014. Even though he had MS, Alan's performance and his vocals were the strongest of the three. My favourite member of QUO is Alan Lancaster. I had the pleasure of having a beer and a smoke with Alan at a Sydney pub gig, in Five Dock, when he had The Lancaster Bombers and The Lancaster/Brewster Bands in the late 80's. We had a longer chat at The Lewisham Hotel as well. These were dirty, grungy hotels, though this didn't phase the great man of the people. Alan was the most beautifil man, very humble, down to earth and a great guy to talk with and have a laugh. Vale Alan ( Nuff ) Lancaster RIP mate, you were one of the greatest Rockers of all time.
65 here, met rick at house of blues la, beforehand the show. We snuck in a back door a couple of hours before the show. Brother johntook a picture of us looking like we might have been friends.
I agree, I"m a later in life convert, from the States, and they were never played much on the radio here other than "Matchstick Men." I honestly discovered them through RU-vid. This tune is balls out Chuck Berry meets The Zombies with a Quo twist, probably one of the best rock 'n' roll numbers of the 1970s, to be frank (when I was wee lad). Also made me dig deeper into their catalog. What a great group!
I'm 35 and I bloody love this song too, as well as my father does. I'll be always thankful to my father, who's now in your age, for introducing me all the great classic rock and hard rock bands, when I was a young boy.
The era in which if you couldn’t sing or play an instrument you made no money...Unlike todays pretenders half of who couldn’t sing to save themselves without Autotune
Umm there were plenty of people who couldn't play or sing in the seventies in fact there was a whole genre on it called "punk rock". Every punk song was basically shouting over 3 power chords while the bass played the root notes of those power chords and a basic drumbeat.
🎉I can't find anything better to nod too😊😂❤ QUO FOREVERMORE XXXX HELLO AGAIN I'M NEARLY 79 NOW AND I KNOW ALL THE WORDS QUO NEED TO WRITE MORE SONGS BEFORE 6TH MARCH 😢 PS I don't know what happens on 6TH March !!
@@Bellocks1 I watched it a couple of weeks ago Thought yeah haven't Heard QUO for ages Love that track. Got on on here . Your comment made me laugh..my Bellocks off.. Nice one mate.
Fucking incredible. It's all there. Composition, harmony, lyricism AND, image. Eat your hearts out, wannabe bands of today. Sweet are the pinnacle. And you know it.
@@tomasvanecek8626 You are correct they are both equally awesome , just a bad choice of word on my part . However , Keith Richards had the choice of any guitar & he preferred the Telecaster .
This song really made me sit up and take notice. Loved them prior also. This vid is great also. Francis wandering around, blaring out one of the most recognisable few chords to ever start a song, Rick casually walking across the stage, slinging his guitar on, Alan in a kind of Zen state and John just giving it the Charlie Watts expression. They encapsulate cool
Just simply fantastic. Love Alan Lancaster's bass playing here, like a guitar. This song is such a pile-driving classic, yet it's melodic as hell. Francis and Rick one of the alltime great guitar teams.
Agreed. The arty farty director probably thought that he was being so rad. Mind you in this era pop shows were all crappy and mimed, notice that non of the guitars are plugged in.
Everybody loves the quo! My old dad loved em and he was 75! Most of us grew up with their great blend of music. Long may they continue to bring harmony to millions of people world wide.
I was 19 years old in 1974,and i have bought all the records i could with Status Quo back then. I have love their music since.I will always miss them,we never get a band as good as they have been in so many years.
The Quo were and are brilliant .... this sort of old school rock n roll they did it so well my dad(proper sadly missed) would just turn it up on the radio and whe'd just head bang together...memories that I love...keep it going 👍
Hi Aussie, that's cool, I was 14 in 1974, and I loved the "down to earth" feeling of this one. Still the only one in my class of High School, all the guys were into the ProgRock.
I'm a 51 year old American living in the state of Kentucky and this is my introduction to Status Quo outside of Picture Of Matchstick Men.....WOW! I'M THROWING CHAIRS AGAINST THE WALL OUT OF SHEER HAPPINESS!
As a kid I used to hate loud guitar music. All those bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath used to turn me off and frighten me. Along came Quo and kids at school were big fans of them, and I was still quite scared, as it was loud and thrashy. Then in ‘74 Quo did Down Down. It was a light bulb moment, like someone flicking a switch in my brain, and suddenly I loved this. That intro and the break mid song are just the best ever, no one else achieved this perfection. Mystery Song is another great intro. I never looked back after this song, and guitar music was no longer scary, it was a new lifeblood.
