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"
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 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'
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!
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.
@BirdsNDog 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.
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.
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
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! 🤞😁
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.
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.
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 !!
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.
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 ⌚⌚😎😎👍👍.
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.
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.
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"
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.
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!
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.
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 (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
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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...
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.
Headbanging. I used to come home from the Youth Club having headbanged to the Status Wuo songs. My neck more stiff than Michael Keaton in his Batman outfit. Mum would ask if I had been headbanging. I would have to turn my whole chest and body to face her and say “no!” As if she didn’t know lol. This was one of the favourites.
Love this channel. Quo are the greatest band in the world. You've proved this by the way your head is bobing along from the start. Simple rock n roll but there's something about it that makes you rock. Long live The Quo.
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
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 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!! 😀 😀
This band ‘The Mighty Quo’, the Frantic Four are Uk rock royalty. More UK top 20 chart hits than the Beatles. Yeah Man 26 times seen them live, a hell of a lot of fun.
Royal Thunder- April Showers or Time Machine Dax Riggs- Say Goodnight To The World or Let Me Be Your Cigarette Think you’ll love them both, great bluesy rock bands with amazing vocalists, love the channel and positivity message
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.
![Status Quo - Roll Over Lay Down (Live) [FIRST TIME REACTION]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OwZNGSJ5aS8/mqdefault.jpg)
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Jamal ,check out Rodriguez Musical "Blues style," I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy it. Song: "Cause" right on time...
70's QUO, probably the best rock band in the world. check out the Glasgow Apollo concert :)
Malcolm, I still have that concert on Vinyl!
Double Album release!! 😊👍🏻
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"
Exactly right!
I get a kick out of Jamel's mind going straight to "freaky deaky" on stuff like this where that's totally not the intent, lol.
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 !
How much of todays music is going to have people smiling and tapping their feet in 50 years time? The 70s were a magic time.
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.
@@ep6174 i cant name any bands from the last 10 years that are actually worth remembering, but i can name a fuck ton of the classics
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'
"No nonsense, heads down, mindless boogie" back in the day, and nowt wrong with that at all :)
I was one of them . From a 65 year old rocker! Uuum we were all stoned. Know what. I am now retired . I am stoned again and the world can f off.
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!
I used to heabang in the electric ballroom in London at the end of the 70's beginning of the 80's
In Australia, head banger was anyone that was into heavy rock.
not status quo exclusive
They had such great chemistry on stage, and with the audience.
They still have it
This is actually a pretty good attempt at a "live" looking video, but it's still miming (though to a live recording, the one from the EP) :-)
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.
I'm so glad to see QUO in the mid 70s, so sad Rick Parfitt passed away 2016 R.I.P. roll on Rick.....
Got to see them about a year before he passed. Rick opened the show with the riff to ‘Caroline’ - just fantastic. Tremendous rhythm player
@@Mark13091961 , yes Mark ! as a 21y. twen I was on their Concert in 1975, High Level !!! never forget this, ....all the best from Berlin
@@jogischulz2576 Great memories Jurgen, best wishes from Birmingham, Seasons Greetings
@@Mark13091961... City of Black Sabbath ! some friends lived in Birmingham, have a good new year 2021
To be honest I've never heard of this band but thank you for introducing me to them!
Listen to it, they are good old music boys...
You must learn what was the best rock music in the universe. Do it fast, life is too short...
@birdsndog5932 Huge in Australia too. Unbelievable that America missed out.
@BirdsNDog 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.
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 🙏
Hallo Carol, you are not old when you like this music , all the best from Germany
@@jogischulz2576 thank you so much, and greetings back to you from Northern Ireland 🍀
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.
Great to see the "birth" of another Quo fan. As many below - another shout-out for Forty-five hundred times or Rain
'specially the version of 4500 times off of Rock til You Drop. Such a banger.
Nice 4500 Times Fella :)
It's good just seeing Americans enjoying the music of Status Quo.
This is such a great fuc...g british boogie from the 70's!! Fantastic band!
Yes , RIP Rick
Good Time Rock'N'Roll, Pure and Simple.
Status Quo were huge in the UK. So many great songs! Rock On! 🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦
They still are, all the fans are still there and there's new fans all the time they just don't get the same air time as other music
fifty three years of quo and it all sounds new AWESOME, I'M SIXTY-NINE WOOOOO
Me too and I'm 71. Long live the Quo.
The shaking of the heads is what they saw their audience doing! BEFORE it was deemed headbanging! In England they pronounce it State-Us-Quo!
THE ultimate 'good-time' rock band.......ever!! 🎸🎸🎸🥁
Haha, as soon as I saw you had done a reaction to this, I knew there would be a 'freaky deaky' quote.
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.
You should check out ‘Mystery song’ it really contrasts the other songs they’ve done , I think you’ll like it
Mystery Song is by far my favourite Status Quo song 👌
Jamel Roll Over Was released in 1973 ,, The SWEEET 70s Baby
Yes indeed brother 👍👍
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
My best friend and I used to get so excited every time they came to Sydney back in the day. So much fun live.
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! 🤞😁
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.
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.
oh deary me.... so many songs to listen to lol..the current album, released last year was pretty good 'Backbone'
I still have the single from back then. Love them.
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 !!
You stand tall above the other people that are doing this. You're a true gem. You are just more sincere. Rock on my brother.
Remember going to see them at Reading Rock 1978, loved them after that!
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.
Rick Parfitt. The blonde rhythm machine.
Dude, how have you not done "Pictures of Matchstick Men" yet? It's their only song that ever charted here in the US.
But that song is also the LEAST representative of who they are as a band.
You’re kidding??
@@RastaSaiyaman And yet it's the song that put them on the map, go figure. So let's compromise and hear the CVB version.
@@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.
@@RastaSaiyaman Possibly true, But, Either way still a great song...and the vehicle by which many of us older fans were first introduced to Quo
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 ⌚⌚😎😎👍👍.
no damn way ive been waiting for this for SO LONG
Jamal is a QUO convert, he's in the QUO Army now.
Rock on Jamal!!!!!!!
Jamal, are you aware you were singing along with the chorus for the 4th Quo review in a row ! Bitten by the bug my friend , like the rest of us. :)
The greatest Quo head banging track... epic
Never heard this before? How did I miss this song? 🤟😎
It’s good to see from the comments that this is introducing a whole new audience 🎸🔥
Here in Germany you are either Status Quo or AC / DC fan at that Time. For me two great bands for decades.
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.
Man, I love your videos. I am glad that this band can still find new fans among the younger crowd.
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.
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"
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.
Small faces- Tin solder ❤️
Love love love the Small Faces, check out any live video, blows your socks off!
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!
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.
The MIGHTY Status Quo.
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🦆🎸👍👍👍🍀🎶
Sold over 120 million albums world wide so they are big in the world of rock
Ohh man been waiting for Status Quo!!😎😎PS they opened LIVe AIDE💙
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
Thats what we over here call head banging
A Happy New Year to you and your loved ones Jamel, I look forward to hearing your reactions , love from Scotland 🏴🥰
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...
Down The Dustpipeand In the Army now are a little different to the pattern of songs you have been reacting to! Great band.
The Quo, 💚👕looks good on you Jamel. 😂😂😂Freaky deaky all the way brother good times.
Mystery Song live at Milton Keynes if you can find it. Rick takes lead vocal on that one.
STATUS QUO = greatest rock'n'roll band of all time !
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.
Thank you so much for this , viele Grüße aus Deutschland
Status Quo's best song (to me) is "Pictures of Matchstick Men"
That is an oldie but a goodie.
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.
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.
He had left well before that. Back in 83.
Love this band from 1970 till now
Check out this good track, Status Quo Gerdundula 70's track is the best
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.
Kathy! Talk Jamel into Forty-five Hundred Times and Mystery Song. Please!
4500x (as we Quo fans call it) is sick...
@@progmeup and it doesn't matter what version, live or studio. They're all great. Well, don't try short one though. That would be hurtful.
@@yazmon4515 Oh yeah, they played an abridged version that breaks off in the middle and went into Rain... that was a shame.
I'll try
@@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...
They are brilliant. Thanks Jamel. 👏👏🎶
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.
Quo and Foghat are two of my favorite 70's groups...!
your channel always make smile.keep on truckin" man
Quo were fantastic, seen them so many times and always left smiling!!
Love your videos Jamel! Thanks
Thank you, Thank you. As you said pure fun. Always delivered.
This was my first Status Quo EP (still have it) and I learned to play guitar thx to it ☺️
Best era for Quo, seen them 5 times first time in 1980, just the best...whoooooo
This is magnificent. Early Quo is balistic. You the MAN for posting this one. 😎😎😎
Headbanging. I used to come home from the Youth Club having headbanged to the Status Wuo songs. My neck more stiff than Michael Keaton in his Batman outfit. Mum would ask if I had been headbanging. I would have to turn my whole chest and body to face her and say “no!” As if she didn’t know lol. This was one of the favourites.
Jamel reacts to QUO!!! Yeessss!! 😀😂
Saw them live twice.....happy days.
So was this the prequel song to April Wine's "Roller"? btw, check out April Wine soon. You'll dig em
Statsu Quo, the inventors of party rock :)
Classic Quo 🎸
I’m really not very familiar with this band! Thanks Kathy and Jamel for the songs! 🖤
This band was 70,s big in europe sold 120 million records and had the biggest headbangers legion inthe world they are 100 miles an hour of pure rock
This is the Quo I like and got my father into them
One off my favourite groups used to hear this at dances and the crowd always went berzerk
Love this channel. Quo are the greatest band in the world. You've proved this by the way your head is bobing along from the start. Simple rock n roll but there's something about it that makes you rock. Long live The Quo.
ROLL OVER LAY DOWN IS SO GOOD KEEP ROCKING QUO 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧THE BEST 🇬🇧
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
It's great that you feel no need to compete with anyone but you are the best at what you do!
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
Looks like you are getting in your QUOta of Status Quo!!
You're in the Army Now is a very different Quo song.
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!! 😀 😀
Alan Lancaster passed away on 26/09/2021 from Multiple Sclerosis.
Don`t forget they are still going strong and will be on the road again soon, last album called Backbone was released Sept 2019 !
This band ‘The Mighty Quo’, the Frantic Four are Uk rock royalty. More UK top 20 chart hits than the Beatles. Yeah Man 26 times seen them live, a hell of a lot of fun.
Royal Thunder- April Showers or Time Machine
Dax Riggs- Say Goodnight To The World or Let Me Be Your Cigarette
Think you’ll love them both, great bluesy rock bands with amazing vocalists, love the channel and positivity message
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.