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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Status Quo |
| Date | Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:26:12 -0600 |
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Who in the hell are Status Quo not to play "Pictures of Matchstick Men"?
Their long spanning career shows how inertia is more important than
innovation. Maybe their turgid boogie rock gains something live, but their
songs make Foghat sound like The Yardbirds. Ugh. For some, David's post
might be a tip, for me it's warning.
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: "Audities" <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Status Quo
>Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:18:19 -0800
>
>Last night I saw Status Quo at The House Of Blues. For a bunch of geezers
>those guys can still rock! They had a slew of white Marshall stacks, one
>of
>which blew a fuse during a song (I guess they must have had it turned up to
>11). They did 20 songs from throughout their career (although no "Pictures
>of Matchstick Men", which disappointed me and I'm sure a few others in the
>crowd), and it all sounded great. Their brand of boogie is the easy
>listening equivalent of hard rock, meaning it's very simple and easy to
>digest...and lots of fun!
>
>The Waking Hours opened, and were excellent; after a time they started to
>win over the Quo-rum.
>
>The one curiousity was that there was a huge contingent of Hispanics in the
>crowd, and they were clearly there to see Status Quo. I hadn't realized
>that the band had tapped into that market. Does anyone know how or when
>that happened?
>--
>Pop Rules!!!!!
>Take Care,
>David
>
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