I remember seeing a photo of the Quo for the first time in the 70's - Rossi, Parfitt and Lancaster at the front of the stage , hunched over their guitars, legs wide apart, hair hanging down touching the floor - behind them a wall of Vox speakers - it was love at first sight ! Played their albums to death back then and possibly too loud !
Can't see any acts from today lasting as long as these massive rock bands that came out of the late 60's and 70's. Rap shit and Hip Hop artist could never keep performing after 50 years and still going. Eg. The Rolling Stones, Areosmith. But also the music of Elvis and The Beatles still sounding great in 2021.
The song is actually about the lead singer coming home after gigs to his first wife - she didn't appreciate his band commitments and regularly protested by hogging his side of the bed when he got in from the gig. Hence the lyric about "seeing the note written in ink pinned to the door" ........ So the title actually refers to his plea for his wife to Roll Over (to her own side of the bed), Lay down and let HIM into his own bed"
So in England you'll hear the term "headbanger" meaning loud Status Quo type rock music, and the people who have spent too much time banging their heads listening to it. Said with affection!
The head bobbing was a big thing when they were up and coming and building their reputation in the early 70's. They said there were rooms full of people with long hair, sat on the floor, just bobbing their heads. They just mimicked the audience at the time. Quo are synonymous with 'No nonsense, head down, boogie rock'
I’ve grown up always knowing Status Quo’s music without ever taking the time to really listen to their musicianship. That was fantastic and they are so tight playing live! Thank you so much for posting these up, I am seeing so many songs in a new light ❤️
A lot of their singles didn't showcase that element too well. I guess few people would've heard tracks like Forty-Five Hundred Times or Just Take Me with the rhythm changes and unison parts unless they had the albums.
In Europe period. I grew up in (then West) Germany in the 1970s. Quo was HUGE there. My deceased brother loved them. Full blast. Or headphones. Until the china rattled in the cabinets.
The last year has made this happy woman very old, but you sir, have made this old woman very happy again. You are an absolute star, so many wonderful memories. Thank you 🙏
Who are you thanking and why? The Bands and The Artists are the Stars for making the music. Jamal and all the other people doing REACTIONS & FIRST TIME LISTENS are 'Johnny come lately' trying to tell us what we've known for many decades.
@@alanstrom2221 I'm thanking him for not only reminding me of some great memories with a song I'd forgotten about, and introducing a new generation to a band they may not have heard of.
I Cant believe I missed these guys all these years. I Even missed their Live-Aid performance way back then... I've got a ton of catching up to do. Awesome band.
That was the classic "Frantic Four" lineup. Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt (R.I.P.), Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan. I was lucky to catch this classic lineup 7 years ago while passing through London and seeing that two friends were seeing them that night, I thought to myself on a spontaneous thought, that perhaps I should see them too. While in a pub near the Hammersmith Apollo, I in the most unusual of places, happened to buy a ticket from a fellow fan in the toilets downstairs upon mention of my wanting to see the show (it was sold out btw) - and with a stroke of luck, this guy actually had a spare ticket to sell - and at half the price too! 😂😂 My one regret though is I never had any earplugs on my person. The gig was LOUD!! But what a smashing gig it was on the night. So glad I made the right decision. 😊👍 Now, speaking of other bands... Uriah Heep - Easy Livin' UH is another legendary English Hard Rock band FULL of great hits! 🤞😁
@@birdsndog5932 Also huge in Australia. So much so that after touring there a couple of times, the bass player, Alan Lancaster, left the band and moved there. They were just a great simple rocking band.
I don't think I have heard this song before. If I have it's been a long, long time ago. This song was a banger for sure. Thanks for reacting to it Jamel. I have to go back and check out Status Quo again.
Status quo are a no nonsense boogie band and they are great live. When you go too quo gig you know it's going to be great!! They put on a great show. A good time boogie rock n roll band ⌚⌚😎😎👍👍.
Love this Jamel 🙌🙌 . They opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with Rockin All Over the World. It was EPIC !!! Everyone over here in England knows The Quo 😊😊 Cheers my brother !!
Great bunch of lads. I met them several times back in the early 80's when they gigged at the Hammersmith Odeon, a bunch of genuinely good, straight up guys.
RIP - Alan Lancaster 26/09/2021 He was a real Rocker, a true Rocker. The backbone of THE FRANTIC FOUR. Alan was the instigator that recruited Francis to form a Band when they were only 13 yrs old. Thanks for everything mate.
@@mjames4709 No I'm not kidding, ask ANYBODY about Status Quo and they'll go "The wanderer", "Roll over lay down", "Paper plane", "Whatever you want", "What you're proposing" ALL of them being hard rocking songs with a shuffle beat. "Pictures" is from their psych rock period and the band abandoned that music pretty much straight away. "Pictures" might be their only US charting hit but it's the one song which does NOT represent the band.
I used to dream of riding a bike ( Motorbike ) down the street in America with Mystery Song blaring in my head when i was but a kid of 15 ( in 1977 ) years old living in Watlington England near Kings Lynn Norfolk...... Now i do it still on a 1970 Norton Commando S model. Yes at 18 i moved to America... The rest is history. For all you young people out there. Go out and follow your dream
It always surprised me how staytus not status (jamal) quo, weren't more popular in the USA. They were the biggest exponents of 12 bar blues ever. And 12bar is an American sound after all.. here in the UK we just called them THE QUO. Happy New Year.
So this song is about the experience of the lead singer coming home late at night after a gig. His wife had a habit of falling asleep on his side of the bed, always forgetting to put bottles back in the fridge before going to bed. So basically he had to get her to roll over so he could get into bed and lay down.
Quo played 5 times in ten years here in my home town in Australia back in the late '70's to the late '80's and I went to every show. Every time they played it was a solid 2 hour show with no breaks. Where I live is a steel/shipbuilding town and we like our rock hard and heavy and Quo knew exactly what we liked. The energy in a single show would keep us buzzing for months. Back then, long hair was the rage and you could head bang with your hair covering your face so you could bop to the music in your own world and when you have 800 people stompin to the same vibe it makes the place jump til the plaster came off the walls. signed: the dolphins off the starboard bow maintaining the status quo.
You can't leave The Mighty Quo without checking where they started. Pictures of Matchstick Men is so different to anything they did later in their career.
Alan Lancaster. the original bass player, left Quo after the Live Aid gig and has since lived in Australia where he was associated with acts like the Party Boys, The Bombers etc.
Jamel u are are a legend and sound such a gud honest guy luv ur show luv the quo luv ur honesty keep up the Gr8 work from Brian mc in Dublin ireland🦆🎸👍👍👍🍀🎶
Status Quo have been rockin for the last 52 years, since 1968, this is the original line up of Francis Rossi on guitar and vocals, Rick Parfitt on guitar, Alan Lancaster on bass, and Jon Coughlan on drums, sadly Rick Parfitt passed away in 2016 aged 68, they're still performing today with a different line up!! 😀 😀
Man, man, man that you respond to Status Quo. Insane! I was about 16 years old when I went to London with school (I'm from the Netherlands). Must have been in 1975. I bought all the Status Quo records that were not for sale in the Netherlands. Man, how happy I was then. And I had unique albums ..... The images you show are from the old Quo. The best! The frantic Four!
Jamel, if you're not bored with Quo another great track (although not a single) is the first track from the Piledriver album is 'Don't Waste My Time ' and was a concert staple from the band , happy new year buddy, cheerio from Glasgow.
Jamal, you have been well and truly Quo'd! I joined the club over fifty years ago and have paid my subs ever since. On a bad day I always return to them. Honest. Hard-working. Genuine. And guaranteed to get any room up and stomping from the very first hint of a riff. You are welcome and now you are in there is no turning back...
the song title and its lyrics are not in fact sexual, this is a live performance from 1975 recorded to promote a live ep they released, the song was originally written for the "hello" album in 1973 .... iin 72/73 !the quo" were a struggling band wo had just switched labels and were pretty much having to gig non stop to make ends meet (the success of the 1973 album "hellp" changed that and made them stars ) lead vocalist francis rossi was having marital issues they were fighting a lot ....he would get home early hours of the morning and have arguments with his wife, he said in an interview "i was getting home from gigs and arguing with her when all i wanted to do was sleep and thats what the songs about ,,,just getting home exhausted from travelling and playing a show and i just wanted to go to bed and sleep" his message to her of "roll over and just go to sleep" just didnt sound right or fit right with the melody so they changed it to "roll over, lay down"
I was 15 and at school in South East London when Quo became Quo in 1967. Their manger (I think) lived in the same road as us and I went out once with his daughter, who was secretary of their fan club. Also in 1967, the Beatles released Sgt Pepper, Pink Floyd made Piper at the Gates of Dawn; Eric Clapton was living with John Mayall in Lee and further down the road, Manfred Mann had his house. It was a good time and place to be a 15 year old. Some of the bands changed over time and evolved into legends giving "Pop" music gravitas, and status, and the diversification that exploded and blossomed for a while until the advent of Punk and Techno, where musicianship and skill were less important than accessibility, and took music away from the musicians and gave it back to "business" and making money that we see today with "X-Factor", "Somewhere's Got Talent" and people on computers. And through it all, Status Quo have continued to play basically the same old stuff, but just better and better as the years have gone by. It is simple, but it is played very very well and it is music that makes you smile, makes you want to dance and if you have some friends who can play, you can give it a go. Status Quo are National Treasures in the UK and it was not coincidence that gave them the stage first at Live Aid. I now approach 70 and still play with friends from school (all from SE London), and who all appreciate the fact that whilst some music appears simple, to play it well requires skill and dedication. One of the sound tracks to our lives and worthy of enjoyment to this day. The good stuff endures and always will.
Several bands claim to be the originators of head banging, Motorhead and Black Sabath et al, But I think Status Quo have the strongest claim to being the first to head bang on stage and creating the moshpit dance that we see today.
hey Jamel, you gotta hear their Twenty Wild Horses, on video above they be doing the sway man, like a mid coitus breather lol the band started out about 1966 and still rockin, they stay current with musical styles to the eras they be playing in and just in general, great music and great fun thru many decades
Status Quo (for us Brits, it's pronounced "State - us") Best Rock band to ever grace our fine country. I have seen them many times. To be a true Quo fan, you need to know the "Quo dance", sometimes known as the "Grebo". Check it out. Love your reactions to my favourite band and keep it coming. In addition, thank you for keeping the memory alive. Rick Parfitt, the blond haired rhythm guitarist, died on Christmas Eve 2016 and we all miss him. Andy, Devon, England
If you want a band where people have good time at a gig you should check out Chas & Dave. Rockney, pub singalong, music hall humour, just a good time. Sampled by Eminem of all people as well.
An unpretentious, bluesy rock band. You can see why Lynyrd Skynyrd had them as a co-headliner when the Southern Rock legends played their farewell tour of Europe a few years back.
Like other comments, you have to listen to Pictures of Matchstick Men. It was released in 1968 and was Status Quo's only US hit and reflected the 1960's vibe before they turned to Rock
i'm not a top quo fan but have seen them twice there were better than queen at wembley stadium second on bill thought wow there that good how good are queen going to be me my girl friend said actually it took queen a while to get going i love queen but quo killed it and in day light they caroline down down they went nuts that's the truth
@@kathylinville1581 Thank you for bringing this wonderful open earred gent (Jamal) into the Quo Fold. Its where he belongs and will be a member for life. Thank you again...
