I can't get enough of that sweet spot at 2:23 when the band explodes from the song structure into the solo and you can hear them all going hell for leather. The mighty Quo at their most breathtaking. This guitar solo alone puts Rossi up there with the greatest. Sublime!
FFS Quo killing it like the old days. How anyone can say the post 1980 stuff is better is beyond me. No one could live with the Frantic Four from 1970 to 78. So glad they saw sense and did the reunion tours - got to take my boy to see the best live band that ever took to a stage.
It doesn’t get better than that. Quo, the proper Quo, clicked spectacularly in that performance, producing the most splendid sound that modern Quo cannot come close to. Music is about soul, feeling. This is demonstrated quite clearly here. This is the Status Quo that are nigh on untouchable when live.
In my humble opinion this is the finest rock and roll song I have ever heard live. Four old- timers showing how to do it. Perfection! Thank God Rick was still here to really enhance it.
I was lucky enough to see them in the late 70's and they were phenomenal live. Totally kicking asses here also. RIP Alan and Rick. In their prime they were peerless.
Stunning live version of a classic QUO song. By far the best ever UK rock band. The Frantic Four. The one and only true QUO line up. Period. The magic they produce(d) on stage. Nothing comes even close.
Now this is how rock'n'roll should be played. No frills, just a tight driving backbeat and some sensational guitar work. Can someone please show this to all the wannabes out there who claim they are rock??????
Absobloodylutely right. The best, tightest boogie woogie rock outfit there's ever been and the best line up too, Quo as they should be. Mr Rossi has his faults and internal feuds and politics fucked up a fantastic band which has never been surpassed but.....he is one hell of a guitar player!
I was at one of the reunion concerts in 2013 in Manchester and again the following year and also the final one in Dublin in 2014. They were ferocious - and fantastic. By far their best line up and one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen.
I must say, they do tighten up as they go. Great performance. My fave part is where Alan is watching Francis playing his Lead part. Awesome. Fave member has always been NUFF, do I need to explain why? I think it is obvious to a blind Bat. RIP Alan you were the Backbone of the Band.
And that should be how Quo should be, if I was any other member of the plastic quo I’d take a big breath, look in the mirror and say “ nah I can’t compete with that “ after the frantic four everything else is a karaoke / tribute band fed by Rossi’s massive ego, come on Quo fans deep inside you know it’s the truth putting aside your loyalty, there’s no escaping reality, there was, is, and always will be ONE STATUS QUO. THE FRANTIC FOUR.
in all of its orchestration and manifestation, this performance is absolutely the most beautiful declaration of rock and roll, that there has ever been, and will ever be. these guys are a part of my soul. amen. (forever 2017)
Not many bands could do this type of rock n roll ...they are a well oiled machine who never never fail to impress me they gave been in my blood since 1974
Truly Truly blessed to be a old school Quo fan and then to hear this song done again by the same band members of old, all i can say is, THANK YOU STATUS QUO, From me to you guys, you are and always will be the Greatest rock band in the world. Chook.
July 2024,still the best badass group, pounding out those humming hypnotic bass line, their guitar riffs to die for. 50 yrs and still sound so fresh and relevant. Those guys are History.
We were two nights in Hammersmith, best Event of my life 🥰This was STATUS QUO without Poprock-Country shit👍 FF-forever,perfect 💕I miss the old Times, Rick i love you. Cheers from Dortmund ♠️💛♠️
I really recommend to listen again to the Studio Version in Hello. These Songs are so beautifully performed and arranged, it will bring you to tears, considering what happened to this great band! How I would like to hear Rick and Alan with their superband in heaven!!🙏
Por eso STATUS QUO, es el mejor grupo de rock a nivel mundial, esas rolas tan chimgonas, los solos del maestro Francis Rossi es un deleite escucharlo y siempre con el mismo potencial
Quo są i będą w tym składzie niepowtarzalni!! Mistrzowie rock'n'rolla. RiP Alan i Rick.... Ja nadal jeszcze żyję i cieszę się z tego co stworzyliście!!!! Pozdrowienia z Polski!!!
At 2: 23 al shouts eh rossi, this song is amazing, look at parfitts guitarplaying, he beats the guitar like hell, good pumping, extra strong boogie rock, absolutely great. Long live the FF, rib al and rick
There was no one out there that played the guitar like Francis Rossi. The leader of Status Quo and guitarist extrordinaire for the classic Status Quo sound, along with Rick, Alan and John, soundwise.
This is as pure of kickass rock as you’ll ever hear anywhere. Bang your head and enjoy. It doesn’t get any better than this. These guys are tearing it up!!!!!!
I saw the Frantic Four reunion concert & the newer version of the band one week later, in Australia. I loved both line-ups equally. The emotion of the re-union & seeing Nuff again was wonderful. The concerts in Australia were certainly played at a more manic pace & Rhinos stagecraft is amazing. Rossi wrote most of the top ten singles, writes most of the melodies & is both a single note player & rhythm player. His voice & guitar playing is crisp & he is the identifying sound of Quo. For both lineups it very much felt like a Quo concert
Ricky J .P. belated deepest sympathy on the loss of pa pa Ricky, I hope the twins are are coping ok as they are growing up. I was 11 years old in 1968 when I followed the quo and no other band interested me at all, I think it was ricky's shear drive and determination coming through his playing that encapsulated the sound thrown forward by quo. I was very fortunate I was a DJ in the late seventies I had a promo copy three weeks before release of what ever you want and when I played it for the first time and heard Ricky's intro I was blown away and to this day that intro always brings tears to my eyes when I ever hear it. It's just ageless, I am so so thankful I have years of happy memories of Ricky and honoured to have been able to promote qou's singles and albums up to 1980. I go to see John couglan's quo when ever I can when they are up in North Wales. Best wishes to you and the family J. P. Thoughts with you all at Christmas. Mike xx
NOW THATS ROCK!!!! Wow what an electric performance the energy the drive got my heart pumping and turned it up to max inctedible!!!!!!! Quo are the rock grandfathers !!!!!
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Name me another band that are as together as this. Amazing live performance the like of which we'll never see again. Long live the real Status Quo ❤
It's not together and tight like they were before....Come on
The government should pass a law saying rock stars of this calibre are forbidden to get old.
I love the performance but it's also great to see all the comments here and realise how many people just totally get how brilliant this and why.
I can't get enough of that sweet spot at 2:23 when the band explodes from the song structure into the solo and you can hear them all going hell for leather. The mighty Quo at their most breathtaking. This guitar solo alone puts Rossi up there with the greatest. Sublime!
Mesmerising
51 tears later. STILL my favourite Quo song, Rossi's best solo work, Nuff's booming bass, Rick in real rock mode, and Spud well away.
Brilliant solo, I keep going back just to listen to the solo!
For me too ! Great song ! So pleasant to see them again (Alan and John back). Emotion l !
The real deal not Panto Quo.
RIP ALAN and RICK You were great
FFS Quo killing it like the old days. How anyone can say the post 1980 stuff is better is beyond me. No one could live with the Frantic Four from 1970 to 78. So glad they saw sense and did the reunion tours - got to take my boy to see the best live band that ever took to a stage.
It doesn’t get better than that. Quo, the proper Quo, clicked spectacularly in that performance, producing the most splendid sound that modern Quo cannot come close to. Music is about soul, feeling. This is demonstrated quite clearly here. This is the Status Quo that are nigh on untouchable when live.
Spot on.
Totally agree with this.
Between 1970- 1976, whilst all the prog rock musos were looking down their noses, the Quo were just ripping it up and us proles loved it.
Quo and hawkwind. That’s all I need. And those magic dates
In my humble opinion this is the finest rock and roll song I have ever heard live. Four old- timers showing how to do it. Perfection! Thank God Rick was still here to really enhance it.
Stamp your feet
Rossi is the best ever
I was lucky enough to see them in the late 70's and they were phenomenal live. Totally kicking asses here also. RIP Alan and Rick. In their prime they were peerless.
I lucky to see them play in a little village close to where I use to live. Got better and better
That's the Quo like i remember, when i was young : Francis Rossi (founder), Alan Lancaster (founder), Rick Parfitt R.I.P., John Cochlan !
Coghlan
The greatest 4 minutes of rock ever. Rick, we love you.
Amen.
Err, yeah - that's just proper rock n roll! A fantastic performance, I absolutely love this.
Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster and Coghlan. The one and only Status Quo!
Amen to that brother...
You forgot Andy Bown.
It doesn't get any better than this! A lot of youngsters who think they know rock could do a lot worse than listen to the Quo.
Just happy iv lived on this planet same time as the Quo to see them live countless times.
They will still be talking about the Quo in 100 years.
Oh my god... This is pure rock and roll. Rest in peace Rick Parfitt. The best ever. Thank you.
Doesn't get better than this.... The original and definitely the best
RIP Alan and Rick will never be forgotten the real quo.
Look at Rick go !!!!!!! hes a machine!!
STATUS QUO...... una azienda del rock and roll
........... ........ ............
abbraccio da Roma e buon caffè
A total masterclass in tight boogie rhythm , suppose they all knew it was their last go at it together and they gave it some hammer,,,,,
RIP Rick. Finest Rock Rhythm guitarist ever.
He was the best ❤
Stunning live version of a classic QUO song. By far the best ever UK rock band. The Frantic Four. The one and only true QUO line up. Period. The magic they produce(d) on stage. Nothing comes even close.
They still get my adrenaline flowing even yet watching this video. This IS QUO!
Now this is how rock'n'roll should be played. No frills, just a tight driving backbeat and some sensational guitar work. Can someone please show this to all the wannabes out there who claim they are rock??????
Absobloodylutely right. The best, tightest boogie woogie rock outfit there's ever been and the best line up too, Quo as they should be. Mr Rossi has his faults and internal feuds and politics fucked up a fantastic band which has never been surpassed but.....he is one hell of a guitar player!
the real quo
A lot of Quo's greatest songs are not strictly Rock-'n'-roll . They are Boogie Woogie and none the worse for that .
@@ideyboo Boogie Woogie Rock-'n'-roll . 👍
@@bobgibb2781 never mind what kind of music you call it, but it all sounds absolutely fantastic !
"Will you welcome the number one rock and roll band in the land"
"To Night, live"...
Yes,I will always
Rick, the real legend on this. Awesome rhythm guitar. RIP mate.
The sum is equal to all the parts. Rick and Alan and John back together, dreams.
This leaves me breathless every time, and I've been playing it everyday for the past 45 years, that's how good it is!
Great Susan!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸
Great Susan!!🎸🎸🎸
👑
Keep playing it lol 👍
Brilliant. Priceless. I'd never seen them perform this song live before. Absolute Rock n Roll magic forever digitally preserved.
I was at one of the reunion concerts in 2013 in Manchester and again the following year and also the final one in Dublin in 2014. They were ferocious - and fantastic. By far their best line up and one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen.
Saw them Manchester 2014 - unreal, just like Deeside 1981
Nothing has changed! They are brilliant when together. Am glad I saw them the Frantic Four. God bless you Rick xxx
I must say, they do tighten up as they go. Great performance.
My fave part is where Alan is watching Francis playing his Lead part. Awesome.
Fave member has always been NUFF, do I need to explain why?
I think it is obvious to a blind Bat.
RIP Alan you were the Backbone of the Band.
I never tire of hearing this song magically played the FF ...pure awesomeness
And that should be how Quo should be, if I was any other member of the plastic quo I’d take a big breath, look in the mirror and say “ nah I can’t compete with that “ after the frantic four everything else is a karaoke / tribute band fed by Rossi’s massive ego, come on Quo fans deep inside you know it’s the truth putting aside your loyalty, there’s no escaping reality, there was, is, and always will be ONE STATUS QUO. THE FRANTIC FOUR.
Word
listen to status quotes in minehead! Is better
@@paulscholten5115 Doh!
Amen
Absolute,absolute, absolutely fantastic 😀😀😀
Rick is an absolute beast here..
Rick just fukin awesome, no one will ever play like him. RIP
Rick ... legend on this. RIP, and thanks for the memories.
Four old men, and nobody can do it better.
So fuckin' true !
Why couldn't you have just said four men ?
How does Alan keep up? - How does Rick hold on to the 100% correct rythem? Ans WHO really cares???
You forgot about the other old men still rocking. Think they are called "The Rolling Stones "
You're right. But in the first place I'm a Status Quo fan, although I like the Stones too.
This is the real Quo.so glad they go to do this one more time.
and the following year...
I want a Rick cam on this ... he absolutely nails this
Status quo past and present the boogiefyed rock and roll band ever period.
Absolute Weltklasse diese Band. Ich bin seit 1973 ein großer Fan von SQ, auch live
Now that’s the quo I was brought up with.
in all of its orchestration and manifestation, this performance is absolutely the most beautiful declaration of rock and roll, that there has ever been, and will ever be. these guys are a part of my soul. amen. (forever 2017)
Well said mate 👍🎸🎸
Amen. 🙏🏼
BAND - HELL YEA!!!
But fans? Dead sticks standing with cell phones... Failure to me... At least great cheer at the end...
Not many bands could do this type of rock n roll ...they are a well oiled machine who never never fail to impress me they gave been in my blood since 1974
R.I.P Rick and Alan
Best sound ever
never be betterd
Once Quo forever Quo Fan since 1975
Truly Truly blessed to be a old school Quo fan and then to hear this song done again by the same band members of old, all i can say is, THANK YOU STATUS QUO, From me to you guys, you are and always will be the Greatest rock band in the world. Chook.
“Little Blue Lady is one my favourite song by Status Quo”
👑
If This is one of your favourites then please get your facts and the title right………
BLUE EYED LADY !!!!
Now was that so difficult?
July 2024,still the best badass group, pounding out those humming hypnotic bass line, their guitar riffs to die for. 50 yrs and still sound so fresh and relevant. Those guys are History.
This is QUO!!! The original line up playing good hard Rock. ‘Little blue eyed lady’ Their BEST EVER.
Best rock n' roll you'll ever hear.
We were two nights in Hammersmith, best Event of my life 🥰This was STATUS QUO without Poprock-Country shit👍
FF-forever,perfect 💕I miss the old Times, Rick i love you.
Cheers from Dortmund ♠️💛♠️
Absolutely superb.
Bloody brilliant 👍👏💪
How good is this I’m getting old missing the real quo
FF - the greatest rock n roll band in the land. RIP Ricky.
Fabulous still magical after all these years, best band ever ❤️
Axe master - Rick Parfitt
Status Quo with Alan Lancaster was an awesome machine.
Over 50 years ago this group had me. Hook line and sinker. And to think 50 years later they still had it. Here’s a thought. 50 years is half a century
Abbraccio da Roma e buon caffè
20/06/2021 💓 tutti fans STATUS QUO
No keyboards, brilliant.
Love this song, it never grows old . Frantic Four rule !
Beautiful.. led in bed after a long week in work
I really recommend to listen again to the Studio Version in Hello. These Songs are so beautifully performed and arranged, it will bring you to tears, considering what happened to this great band! How I would like to hear Rick and Alan with their superband in heaven!!🙏
Rick was a machine on that guitar 🎸
magic and brilliant,best quo ever.
Por eso STATUS QUO, es el mejor grupo de rock a nivel mundial, esas rolas tan chimgonas, los solos del maestro Francis Rossi es un deleite escucharlo y siempre con el mismo potencial
я согласен
Quo są i będą w tym składzie niepowtarzalni!! Mistrzowie rock'n'rolla. RiP Alan i Rick.... Ja nadal jeszcze żyję i cieszę się z tego co stworzyliście!!!! Pozdrowienia z Polski!!!
Alan’s Over and Done. Now THAT stuck in my head all these years. 63 years old now. Still play the thing even now!
At 2: 23 al shouts eh rossi, this song is amazing, look at parfitts guitarplaying, he beats the guitar like hell, good pumping, extra strong boogie rock, absolutely great. Long live the FF, rib al and rick
They will never replace the original band members 👍🎸🎸
Alan, Rick and John are Status Quo. Francis was just along for the ride !!!!!
There was no one out there that played the guitar like Francis Rossi. The leader of Status Quo and guitarist extrordinaire for the classic Status Quo sound, along with Rick, Alan and John, soundwise.
Today, 2023 May 29, it's Francis' 74th birthday.. Congratulations, Francis, and continue to play your wonderful music
Just listened to it again.....the day is set!!
Jeez, can they boys rock 🎸🎛️🎵🎶
Absolutely top-notch, unbeatable, never heard anything better, PROPER MUSIC !
Gives me goose bumps, thats a next level performance.
Perfection. I could listen to this everyday.
The outside of the guitars is worn, but the Quo certainly isn't !!! Fantastic, awesome !!!
The real status quo
RIP Rick Parfitt
Yes!👍🎸
Absolutely outstanding
This is as pure of kickass rock as you’ll ever hear anywhere. Bang your head and enjoy. It doesn’t get any better than this. These guys are tearing it up!!!!!!
So much energy in this! The ONLY Quo I will ever listen to.
Rick Parfitt, the hard worker!
Best Quo drummer ever. Listen how he leads the band.Like he is using the thick end of the sticks but isn't.
Saw Quo live twice, absolutely epic and loud as fuxk.....
Still the Best line up !!!!!!!!
July 28, 2021 and still watching the Frantic Four from Adelaide, South Australia.
Rick - just wow 💗
👑❤️👑
12/06/2021
grande gruppo
STATUS QUO
I saw the Frantic Four reunion concert & the newer version of the band one week later, in Australia. I loved both line-ups equally. The emotion of the re-union & seeing Nuff again was wonderful. The concerts in Australia were certainly played at a more manic pace & Rhinos stagecraft is amazing. Rossi wrote most of the top ten singles, writes most of the melodies & is both a single note player & rhythm player. His voice & guitar playing is crisp & he is the identifying sound of Quo.
For both lineups it very much felt like a Quo concert
The greatest rock n roll band in the land!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIP Ricky.
There have been only 2 such live bands: SLADE and QUO
@@janprzyby6528 Agreed yes. Sweet were also a very underrated rock band too.
Ricky J .P. belated deepest sympathy on the loss of pa pa Ricky, I hope the twins are are coping ok as they are growing up. I was 11 years old in 1968 when I followed the quo and no other band interested me at all, I think it was ricky's shear drive and determination coming through his playing that encapsulated the sound thrown forward by quo. I was very fortunate I was a DJ in the late seventies I had a promo copy three weeks before release of what ever you want and when I played it for the first time and heard Ricky's intro I was blown away and to this day that intro always brings tears to my eyes when I ever hear it. It's just ageless, I am so so thankful I have years of happy memories of Ricky and honoured to have been able to promote qou's singles and albums up to 1980. I go to see John couglan's quo when ever I can when they are up in North Wales. Best wishes to you and the family J. P. Thoughts with you all at Christmas. Mike xx
@@michaelhuxley5172 Cheers Mike. All the very best.
Classic by Rick. RIP lad.
Just amazing - kept the best till the last. Rock 'em in Heaven Rick!
years have passed, but their music hasn't..sounds so damn good..
NOW THATS ROCK!!!! Wow what an electric performance the energy the drive got my heart pumping and turned it up to max inctedible!!!!!!! Quo are the rock grandfathers !!!!!
dit is de echte status quo band met de leden van het begin de beste rock band in de wereld vind ik.