Post by rockinronnie on Mar 2, 2014 14:44:49 GMT
www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/notw/entertainment/music/42291/F rancis-Rossi-of-Status-Quo-on-giving-the-punters-what-they-want.html
just just doe the same again
FORTY years in any profession is an achievement but when you happen to be Status Quo it's even more impressive given their infamous back catalogue of incidents and escapades.
Quo are back on the road... again with a tour that celebrates 40 years of rock 'n' roll.
It's been 40 years since they had their first hit with Pictures Of Matchstick Men and they have hardly been out of the charts since and to coincide with the tour Quo are releasing "Pictures of 40 Years of Hits a multi format collection spanning their incredible career, and they are releasing their first ever Christmas single, called...wait for it.... 'It's Christmas Time'.
I met up with Francis before the show at Croydon where he was keen to point out that Quo are going to be around for sometime yet, nefarious incidents and escapades apart.
Boogie
It would seem that the Party is definitely not over yet for these originators of no nonsense heads down boogie, all be it with (a lot) less hair to shake about.
Back with a bang, Status Quo opened the show at the Fairfield halls with the time honoured classic, 'Caroline' which is part of a new 'one-off' set list, which has to be seen. This is a tour like no other, Rossi explained. Quo have dug deep into their past to include some gems, not least 'Pictures of Matchstick Men.
As Rossi says it's all about giving the punters what they want and Status Quo certainly deliver.
They {Quo} don't use or need gimmicks, it's all about their driving foot stomping music and if three chords will do why use more?
One of Quo's charms is the ability to poke fun at themselves, which Francis Rossi does when he announces a new track from their latest CD, In Search of the Fourth Chord...something, he muses, they have been doing for a while!
Another song has Rossi trying to remember from which decade it was written in, was it the eighties?, seventies?, (now mumbling into the mike) or sixties? This is a band who know their audience inside out and give you what you come to expect and more.
The songs on this new set have been chosen for there ability to fit next to one another which keeps the show moving, building it up and ending it on a high, which has always been at the heart of what they set out to achieve at each gig.
Maybe Rossi and Parfitt won't be remembered as the best song writing duo in rock history but they will be remembered as one of rocks most enduring partnerships and if they ever do find that elusive fourth chord I reckon they should just chuck it away and keep things just the way they are....and there's a name for that!
For more information on the multi format release and tour dates go to www.statusquo.co.uk
just just doe the same again
FORTY years in any profession is an achievement but when you happen to be Status Quo it's even more impressive given their infamous back catalogue of incidents and escapades.
Quo are back on the road... again with a tour that celebrates 40 years of rock 'n' roll.
It's been 40 years since they had their first hit with Pictures Of Matchstick Men and they have hardly been out of the charts since and to coincide with the tour Quo are releasing "Pictures of 40 Years of Hits a multi format collection spanning their incredible career, and they are releasing their first ever Christmas single, called...wait for it.... 'It's Christmas Time'.
I met up with Francis before the show at Croydon where he was keen to point out that Quo are going to be around for sometime yet, nefarious incidents and escapades apart.
Boogie
It would seem that the Party is definitely not over yet for these originators of no nonsense heads down boogie, all be it with (a lot) less hair to shake about.
Back with a bang, Status Quo opened the show at the Fairfield halls with the time honoured classic, 'Caroline' which is part of a new 'one-off' set list, which has to be seen. This is a tour like no other, Rossi explained. Quo have dug deep into their past to include some gems, not least 'Pictures of Matchstick Men.
As Rossi says it's all about giving the punters what they want and Status Quo certainly deliver.
They {Quo} don't use or need gimmicks, it's all about their driving foot stomping music and if three chords will do why use more?
One of Quo's charms is the ability to poke fun at themselves, which Francis Rossi does when he announces a new track from their latest CD, In Search of the Fourth Chord...something, he muses, they have been doing for a while!
Another song has Rossi trying to remember from which decade it was written in, was it the eighties?, seventies?, (now mumbling into the mike) or sixties? This is a band who know their audience inside out and give you what you come to expect and more.
The songs on this new set have been chosen for there ability to fit next to one another which keeps the show moving, building it up and ending it on a high, which has always been at the heart of what they set out to achieve at each gig.
Maybe Rossi and Parfitt won't be remembered as the best song writing duo in rock history but they will be remembered as one of rocks most enduring partnerships and if they ever do find that elusive fourth chord I reckon they should just chuck it away and keep things just the way they are....and there's a name for that!
For more information on the multi format release and tour dates go to www.statusquo.co.uk