Episode 4 - Francis Rossi of Status Quo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2021
- @TheRealDrKev and Bruce chat to Status Quo founder & frontman Francis Rossi about how to survive in the shark pit of rock n' roll. They talk egos, personas, and the psychological dynamics of being in an enduring, iconic rock band. Oh, and does it really make sense for Spotify to have over 4000 different music genres...?
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Glad to see that Francis is still alive and doing fine!🤘
Francis Rossi is the man that has the greatest sense of humour in this world.
Yeah when he says that light quo is the best. And yet frantic four sold more tickets. Good laugh old rossi. Tosser
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As a musician of many years I find this incredibly fascinating THANK YOU 🙏🏻 😊
Francis is genius!!
the King of Boggie Rock'n'Roll🤘🍺
Excellent interview
Cheers Broos
Francis is so amazing
Thanks Francis. Just keep on giving us your music for as long as you can 🙏
What a fantastic chat - subscribed! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
There's a few things going on here that I feel were almost touched upon and I feel should be delved in a bit more detail:-
On Bowie's reinvention, Quo's sound over the decades, and the fans: I've often thought that Bowie's fans and Quo's fans are similar in that the golden age (yes I'm avoiding the obvious punnery there :) ) is almost identical. Bowie's perhaps being 69-75 and Quo's 70-76, with both sets of fans refusing to listen to anything outside of those parameters. One of my favourite Bowie albums is "hours..." (1999) that I know of as the soundtrack to the computer game Omikron: The Nomad Soul that was then released as the aforementioned album, but the Bowie fans tend to only be familiar with songs such as Space Oddity, Changes, Sound & Vision and so on. Similarly with Quo, the later albums tend to get ignored by the hardcore fans (Under The Influence anyone? Great album, completely underrated and underappreciated) with a focus on earlier material such as Caroline, Down Down, Mystery Song, Roll Over Lay Down etc.
Notice I didn't mention the early albums of Bowie or Quo, but instead the more notable singles/the more appreciated songs. Even hardcore fans are hard pressed to realise that the Hello! album wasn't entirely hard rock, going into melodic ballads and more soulful material (Reason For Living, And It's Better Now) before the culmination of all the elements of the album in the form of the much loved in the live set 4500 TImes. The same can be said for all the Quo albums, even the hardcore tend to focus on the hits/rockier material irrespective of the fact that other genres are clearly present. Which brings me back to the myopia the fans have that yourselves highlighted.
Finally as regards Quo's sound; it isn't just because of when the songs were recorded, that is however a huge factor. Listen to other 70s rock material and there's a very similar sound because of all the recording techniques, same kind of knowledge and understanding, and the basic instrument setup of percussion; rhythm guitar; lead guitar; bass guitar; vocals. The late 70s had a bit of a change though, early 80s Quo output had something of a hybrid of early 70s and early 80s, mid-80s onward had that very 80s rock sound that most bands had at the time, the 90s saw a more mature minded approach to the sound (I'd argue Rock 'Til You Drop is properly balanced Quo album just as their albums had been in the 70s), the Thirsty Work album had a lot of different sound palettes but perhaps just had too much stuff, the aforementioned Under The Influence album had a very different vibe in my opinion and a fun one but perhaps not a "hard rock" one for fans of Quo's earlier works.
I'm not saying that Quo have been so vastly different as Bowie had been in his career, but I am saying that Quo has changed up the sound and haven't just stayed the same even during their 70-76 output. Instead they've adapted to the market (whether that's good or bad is debatable, but Quo survived so I'd say it was good or at least a necessary evil) and that's something the group of fans that are referred to in the discussion just can't/won't handle. I can't get into Quid Pro Quo or Backbone for some reason that's entirely in my own mind, yet I have no issue with Heavy Traffic and In Search Of The Fourth Chord, the difference between myself and certain fans out there I'd say is that I know its me and not the band.
P.S. I enjoyed Rossi's second solo album One Step At A Time in its entirety back in 2010 and now. Plus I recently found myself happily listening to "Happy Town" from his first solo album King Of The Doghouse and Andy Bown's "Rubber Gloves". I've still yet to listen to my copy of Rick's solo album that I haven't been able to bring myself to do. One day I'll sit down, headphones on, and play the record.
Can I get the footnotes
Love this podcast. Keep em coming!!
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I truly wanna hear a Reggae Song by Iron Maiden!!!! Now that you teased the idea of a Maiden "I shot the Sheriff", it´s hard to unthink that brillant idea...
Ahhh should have been longer ... bloody great!
Fantastic. People being normal. Keep it coming.
Proper legend
Francis is history😂 I love this man I love Quo.🥰🥰🥰🥰🎵🎸
Thank you for your love and support
🥰🥰🥰🎸🎶🎵🎶 please a concert in Switzerland Basel it would be so so so great. And thank you for your answer . Is it not Frances Rossi himself is it??? Sorry for my english.☺️
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This was really a great debate, thank you so much Pod Prod!
I am looking forward to Feb '22, hopefully full houses allowed. Quo Quo Quo.
Never mind growing up with rossi icecream ... i grew up with francis taking his kids to junior part of my school 😊 we used to wave to him from maths lessons !
Once again so cool episode!! Please make any funny merch!! And please everyone out there support the show to keep going!! 👋👋👋🍻
Great questions! Thank you!
Good stuff.god bless Britain.wards and all.
just found this channel and congratulations its great viewing long may it continue
I love Iron Maiden learnt a lot about music playing their songs on guitar.. when they got a new singer didn't do anything for me Bruce is the best Bruce is Iron Maiden but the old stuff is good too not much of a fan of the new stuff a bit like Rush never much like their new stuff but you guys are the best my very first record I ever bought what's a status quo record and can play quite a few songs.. Francis and Bruce are rock royalty. ❤️❤️❤️💯😎
Great podcast i always liked status quo
Really enjoyed this
Liked that... good chat.
Very enlightening!
CARISSIMO ❤️
Abbraccio da Roma
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That’s brilliant. Subscribed!!
Looking forward to seeing Quo in Belfast early next year.
I am to but it may not go a head due to omicron
Me too :-)
This is fantastic! Subscribing immediately!
Superb!
6:27 Bruce did you just forgot Adrian. You two even worked together in the mid 90s. o-O
Great podcast! Greetings from Greece!
What a great show
2 settembre ROMA 👑
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padre di Francis Rossi 🎸 un gelataio italiano 👍
Very entertaining this. I think I learned something about..... stuff and... erm... things. 🙃
Great listen
Excellent
"Just tell people it's strawberry" LOL
Me..
Ive seen every Quo UK tour since 1978.
I generally see 6 Quo gigs per year.
👌Nice one
Would it be too much Iron Maiden if Steve Harris was a guest?
When Kevin started talking about cognitive complexity, I thought of Led Zeppelin who put out what was mostly a folk rock album (Led Zep 3) after two heavy rock / blues albums. That must have taken some courage on their part.
Shit HOT!! I love the fact Bruse. Loves Quo..Please do a gig together
status quo all the way
Excellent program, very interesting, and educational, psychology is fundamental in life, a necessary conversation with the great Bruce Dickinson, I see them from Chile.
Angela! Angela!! Angela!!!. You remind me of a friend of mine back in the day. Thanks for your kind words. I really appreciate. ❤️❤️🌹🌹
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@@angeladread So you are from Chile? Right? How is everything over there, the weather and the people of Chile.
I would love to have a great chat with some Chilean minds.
@@francisrossi7262 Hello Francis!! the weather, we are in autumn, longing for the rain, we really need it, the country is going through a political, social and economic crisis (like everyone else), but democratically... we have faith in the future, to be just another country worthy inclusive and supportive.
@@angeladread francisrossi900
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Facts! 100% truth!
Buon natale 👑
2021 ❤️............
This was seriously cool to watch, we don't always associate music with intelligence but Rossi (my all time favourite musician) and Bruce from Iron Maiden (one of my brothers favourite bands) were so engaging
❤️❤️❤️❤️. I am short of words, don't know what to say but to say thank you.
Wow we are both birthday mates 😀😀😀❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹
Nice I can see you've read my book on "I talk too much"
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@@karenmiller319 just let me know whenever you come online again.
Songs are songs.Great songs are Great songs.
Has Bruce, even as a pilot, (not that it's necessary) realized yet that earth is proven a level motionless plane.. and not a physically-impossible spinning flying ball of magic bendy water whizzing at lethal but undectable velocities in 4 different directions at once through an alleged barrierless vacuum Many courageous pilots have admitted the undefeatable truth that many fear..
Bruce, do you remember Allen Gorden Studios in Leyton ?
6:25 Bruce says 'I'm the only one who quit and came back'. Adrian wasn't fired though was he?
I believe he was 'pushed' to take the decision for himself...
@@AchilleasLogothetis Ahh ok, what were the reasons for this?
@@NothingToDismay I read a lot of takes on this from different sources really. It was quite evident at the time that Adrian was not particularly keen on the direction that 'No prayer for the dying' was going and he was constantly raising his concerns to a point where Steve (along with Rod) sat down with him and asked whether he still felt part of it or not. Adrian didn't give a clear answer which made Steve let him go but make it look as it was in terms of a mutual consent.
Yeah, that confused me too. As far as I can tell, no he wasn't. Or maybe he was fired and we're just not supposed to know.
Dave Murray left and rejoined in the early days too...
Good video, but John Lennon never said that ‘quote’ about Ringo, it was a joke by ‘comedian’ Jasper Carrott that has been taken as fact ever since he said it…
Great point and valid correction..Jolly goid show!
btw Ringo Starr is infact an underrated drummer. Great guy.
14 minutes in and you've hardly let Francis get a word in
I guess I’m considered as mulch vs. plywood 😂
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we runnin, we runnin, we runnin, we runnin... we runnin for da hilllls
Suggestion. Steve Walwyn.
I love Francis cos he doesn’t hold back and has a great down the line personality. But bloody hell he’s become a moaning old man lol 😂 I don’t care what handle or broom head quo had, it’s still quo. My only regret is that Rick and Francis obviously didn’t have a great friendship in the later days, but I can understand why Francis would feel the way he did. Rick didn’t do himself any favours with his health and Francis didn’t like the way his old mate didn’t listen…
nothing more british than being a grumpy old bastard
More and more choice means more and more money.
Thinking about what makes a great band, I think more important than talent or chemistry or creativity is the assemblage of a line-up of musical archetypes that are unmistakable and set in granite. The bass player has to be a bass player; even if he can play guitar well it has to be unthinkable that he'd ever switch. The drummer, well we all know about them. Guitarists - it's actually helpful if they pretend to be a bit less archetypal while sucking up the primordial sludge imessily in private. Ditto singers. I've been in bands where there was discussion about so and so switching to bass or even "decks" whatever that means, but they all failed. (I'm a monolithic keyboard player, by the way.) This prescription is the reason why so few bans of legendary status ever make advances in the group singing dept similar to what The Beatles did (and in their case it was the necessity of their Hamburg gigs that conditioned them to make that extra leap). That part of archetypal musician syndrome - shirking microphones - annoys me but perhaps it shouldn't! Nevertheless, as Francis Rossi has expressed about the precious "Everly Brothers":years when he and Rick Parfitt had complementary voices and enthusiasm for harmony singing, that is the Holy Grail, the Philosopher's Stone rather, that can turn a decent wine into Champagne. Oh yeah, and a fondness for booze and getting merry in each others' company, is also something that makes bands tick. So booze and archetypes. (Bathos much? Not drummers.)
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Did that with T.Rex been a fan for 50 years, then i found Tyrannosaurus Rex albums.
Only found this channel today, and my like was the 666th on this video.
Subtitles in portuguese! Please
Ou espanhol
Hey Bruce I like maiden and I love I shot the sheriff and Bob marley I love reggae too,experiment all you guys can.
This is a mashup of Bob Marley's Exodus and Iron Maiden's Revelations and it's fucking amazing! th-cam.com/video/HdfXeDq0rH0/w-d-xo.html
When ppl say "John wasn't that much of a guitarist.." I reckon it's the same old myth/stigma as "Ringo isn't that much of a drummer".
Your so right if I said to my wife would you go and see tilbrook and Gifford she would say no thanks if I said want to go and see squeeze she would say oh yes ,
Great idea , a psychiatrist, a vocalist plus other things and a willing victim . Genius , several cans of worms per installment. Crack on 👍🇬🇧
The Bruce Dickinson?
Yep
I'm 20 minutes in and struggling to identify where this is going. And why Francis Rossi is in this I don't know as the other two seem to be doing all the talking.
Jess Jaworski died in 2014.
Bruce is right iron maiden purists wouldn't like it at all...if they played that style purists would be like wtf? Metallica tried that I believe that Ulrich was behind it and it failed in fact it sucked...cheers from a 57 yr old school metalhead from Kansas city...and pictures of matchstick men is one of the best songs I ever heard when I was wee little boy..up the irons...
The presenter spoke too much, he didn't let Francis speak, a wasted opportunity.
francis is a grumpy old bastard, only thing he has to really say is that hes still alive
francis looks bored
Rossi thinks that he is more important than everyone and everything.
The fact that Rossi wears white socks all the time is proof that he isn't.
It's very sad that Rossi doesn't understand what STATUS QUO means to everyone else.
Imagine if you had one of your children abducted and you never saw them again, well that's how ALAN LANCASTER felt.
There are certain albums and horrible songs that should've been released as THE ROSSI / FROST BAND.
Rossi should've had the decency and dignity to say " these songs don't represent the essence of QUO and our supporters "
We'll set a benchmark criteria of what stipulates the QUO IMAGE and not release anything that falls below that level.
Peace, love and respect to Alan, Rick and John, The Frantic 3, Roy Lynes, Andy Bown, Bob Young etc........
you miss the reality mate, rick and francis didnt get along at all, they only got along in front of cameras, francis has said that if he died and rick was still around, rick would do the exact same thing with the exact same mentality.