Status Quo - Down Down Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- In this video we're listening to more from Status Quo. We've only tried a couple of songs from this group, but from later time periods. We were told their earliest work is the best, so we're very interested in hearing this track. Let's dig in. Enjoy!
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My favourite band of all time. Best live band I have ever seen. I have been a fan since the beginning & listen to their albums regularly. There is only 1 way to listen to Quo & that is LOUD.
I didn't realise how much I loved Quo, until the BBC announced they would no longer play Status Quo on BBC radio1 in the mid 1990's... WTF were they thinking?
I'm fairly certain that QUO took the BBC 1 to court and won the case.
Quo live 77 Glasgow Apollo. a must 🎸
I remember, as a kid thinking, NOTHING WILL EVER BE HEAVIER THAN THIS!
I had already discovered Hawkwind.
me too
Still heavier than most so-called "heavy" bands these days, who all have this overly compressed, scooped sound that takes all the punch and aggression out of it.
I was around when this was a new song. When you're at a mate's place listening to music and this came on you'd grab the nearest tennis raquet or cricket bat and BOOGIE! Other faves were Rain & Mystery song but they had a stack of great songs.
I hope your on the level 😇
Classic no nonsense rock! Status Quo were the first band to perform at the 1985 Live Aid concert at Wembley with "Rockin' All Over The World." Legends.
Great song from a great band. They never pretended they were anything other than an honest band having FUN!
This was a favourite of mine and a hit in Australia!! It was such a hit that a couple of years ago, a supermarket chain in Australia (Coles), enlisted Status Quo to use this song in an ad and they featured in the ad as the band.. It was "Down, down, prices are down". I kid you not!!
This is more like it! Quo rocking out. Whooooooooo!!!!!!!
Love this record from Status Quo and you are right to say it was a great party record because even the most subdued party would get going as soon as this record hit the turntable.
They the best live band we have ever seen ,our 12 Yr son was also rocking to,He's 38 now and still listening to them.seen them 6 times now .
As others have said- 'Caroline' from the Donington 2014 show is a must! Have your seat belts ready!
I got to know Alan Lancaster, the bass player. He was my teacher at TAFE in the early 2000's, and upon my quest to retrieve and save Donnie Sutherland tapes (host of a TV show called Sounds in Australia(, I discovered he was also a friend of Donnie's. Very nice man with a lot of knowledge on the music business.. He had a lot to say.
I always enjoyed watching Donnie Sutherland and Sounds on Saturday mornings. He was a better music interviewer than Ian Meldrum, and his show was a lot more kind to less commercial music than Countdown had been. Glad you saved his tapes.
😳 No way !!!.. wow , what’s the chances of that ?
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I tell you what, Jay. It was actually weird when I first saw him walk out of his class as the teacher. I had to ask another teacher if I had seen him before, and that teacher laughed and told me who he was. I also recognised him for being in an Australian superband called The Party Boys. Because I was one of the few students that knew of his music career, we'd have chats before class and I learned quite a bit about Quo. He had a lot to say about Quo and life in general. Then I got to meet him again when I was doing all my Donnie Sutherland tape hunting (digitalizing old Donnie Sutherland/Sounds episode before the tapes deteriorated). Some stories he told me sounded quite Spinal Tap.
@@OnceWasRStrathfield I knew he’d emigrated to Australia and I kinda remember he was invited back for sone sorta anniversary or short tour and was put out when he wasn’t invited back full time , or has the mists of time blurred that version in my own mind ? 🤷♂️
Either way , the companion hard rocking hit that goes with this is Caroline C n C .. 👀
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I seem to remember he had a great Tash 😅.. one of those 70’s dubbed German Porno ones 😝.. eh .. that my brother told me about ..👀
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My favourite 3 chord hero's🎸
I first heard this on a compilation album when I was a kid. Still on my play list today. Nothing beats 12 bar boogie IMO. A lot of their stuff was like that, Caroline another 12 bar blues riffed song. Love this track.
As they are British we say Staytus Quo.
Length 3:49 (single version)
5:24 (album version).
The original and best line up. My favourite band. Check out their best song imo Slow train. Amazing track with a great drum solo
Great reaction now you have to do Their song” Caroline” live at Donington park 14- 6 -2014 it’s their opening song 🎸👍😀
My missus is named Caroline, she doesnt mind this track but hates Sweet Caroline so I play both of them to her all the time.
Great band and very lucky to see them live
Classic, their only No1 single. Probably the band that 1st bought head banging to the masses.
This band was a BIG part of my youth. Tons of good and bad (mostly good) memories. These were the years. My biggest memory of this band/era is that when Hello! was released my GF's name was Karolin. Odd spelling but hey. Sweden here.
Ricky Parfitt dug into his guitars so hard he would have churned through many. Just what you want from the rhythm. He was awesome
and THATS how you Rock !
✊ right on brother
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In the UK we pronouce it "staytus" as do the band themselves, but I really can't carp. The correct Latin pronunciation is indeed "stattus". For once, you're right and we're wrong. Great song from a great band though. Saw them live in Manchester in 1977. This song lasted about 20 minutes.
Yay ! Classic "Quo " Tis in the British DNA ! Quo were in the first invasion fleet of William the Conquer !
They have been around that long in 1066 , and having another end of the road Tour . Well that road has really come to an end ,as the only band member left is Francis Rossi , Gawd bless him .
A great track that imo is their best would be "Baby Dont Drive My Car " as long as Margeritta is not in the title !! cheers
This is brilliant.
There will always be a Quo even in a hundred years.
A little earlier than this they had some great singles like “Down the Dustpipe” “In my Chair” and “Paper Plane”
Caroline, mean girl, 🏴✌️
Have a lookat Roadhouse Medley Full version - Live Alive Quo HD .This is in Sutton Park in Birmingham England. Just fun rock and roll.
QUO jammed and wrote and rehearsed, then they recorded LIVE in the studio.
There is far more depth to their lyrics when you scratch the surface.
"I want all the world to see
To see you're laughing, and you're laughing at me
I can take it all from you
Again again again again
Again again again and deeper and down"
"I have all the ways you see
To keep you guessing, stop your messing with me
You'll be back to find your way
Again again again again
Again-gain-gain-gain deeper and down"
"I have found you out you see
I know what you're doing, what you're doing to me
I'll keep on and say to you
Again again again again
Again-gain-gain-gain deeper and down"
Of course it's got all the Down Down lyrics in between, but he's talking to a woman who has been messing him around.
From the late 60's to the early 80's Status Quo were untouchable.
They released an album every year from 1968-1983.
They derailed and imploded mainly due to 2 members over use of Cocaine.
After the Drummer and Bass player left they were never the same.
RIP -Alan & Rick
I was always a punk girl or so I like to think so, but I always like The Quo. There's only Francis Rossi left now , but he continues to keep the band alive with new members. We saw them a few years ago, and they were fantastic. One of the best gigs ever.
John Coglan on the drums is still going.
@@robertbartender591 Good to know
Quo have had so many great songs, even a few that break away from their usual pace, like 'Margarita Time' and 'Living on an Island'.
"A Year" from 1972...
Seen quo over 50 times live 😊
Quo created a sound all of their own. Heavy. Dense sound. Lots of barre chords. Lots of bass root notes. Two guitars, both contributing rhythm and lead/fills, but the basis was a twelve bar shuffle ( tump-tee-tump tee-tump tee-tump tee-tump tee-tump tee-tump tee-tump ) those barre chords which alternate from a standard 7th chord to the movement of the 5th to a 6th note, ring finger supplanted by the little finger coming down to achieve the uplift on each third beat. That sounds way more complicated than it is. Just watch their little finger whenever Francis Rossi or Rick Parfitt's guitar is shown on camera.
They were very loud live.
Mr H, Francis did use a Strat from time to time; whilst Rick mostly played a Tele, he also played a range of Fenders and Gibsons, single coils and humbuckers...and yet the combined massive sound was always the same...
Mrs H you really are a Rock Chick.
Great stuff!
Please dont be giving away any secrets. Everyone knows, these guys had no idea how write songs. Had zero musicianship and only knew three chords. I mean really what other explanation can it be for a band to have 22 top 10 singles and 25 top 10 albums 😎
Number one in Britain at the time.
Relentless and undeniable. Peak Quo. See also: Mystery Song, Big Fat Mama, Caroline, but only from before Live Aid, 1985.
Hi Haniers, you should try "Wild Side of Life" and "Rockin' All Over the World" from Status Quo. Great rock songs.
I saw them twice in the 70's, with the original line - up.
I think ALL of Status Quo is great and worth exploring! Please, don't be afraid to explore ALL of their career even if some "fans" can't continue beyond 1977. Feel sorry for those guys but don't get stuck yourself. Peace! 🙂
Great great this is rock and roll its like a party song whwn you eat chips and cocacola oh what a pretty little cat you have there soo pretty❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
You should listen to their other song called ( In My Chair ) from 1970
Pronounced Staytus Quo in the UK 😃 One of their best.
Also "Paper Plane by Quo. I was listening to Quo as a v young teen on the jukebox in the amusement arcade where we used to hang out and play pinball. Had an anazing jukebox selection - Quo, Thin Lizzy, Sabbath, Sex Pistols, X-Ray Spex to name a few. That was an experience!
Try what ever you want
Roll over lay down....Caroline....this was their biggest hit ...
In regards to guitars, I think the band matched up like that for mood on the video. Francis played a trademark horrible green (there is a story behind that) 65 Telecaster. And Rick's weapon of choice was a white 60 Telecaster
My sister took me to see Quo in 1978 as an eleven year old at Fetival Hall in Melbourne, then I saw them again in 2013 - 35 years later yet they still had the same intensity and brought the house down. They were super tight and absolutely brilliant on stage. If you want to check out another Quo song I'd recommend Mystery Song from the Blue for You album ruclips.net/video/dEKueUG3FfU/видео.htmlsi=gqVAyFLzIpwxQmXa
This is not the single version, its an edited version of the album track which incorporates the run out of which the single version didn't if, that makes sense
It does 👌
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what great harmonic tone rossi and parfitt had - great harmonys
Brilliant live and such a big following during this period.Came from the late 60's with a couple of decent semi Psychedelic singles then the albums Ma Kellys greasy spoon,Pile driver, dog of two heads,Quo etc.
This was Status Quo's only number 1 single🤘🤘❤️❤️👋
Thank you so much. When I ws young in the early eighties, Quo would always be played at school discos. They were a superb singles band.
Caroline, Little Blue Eyed Lady, Forty Five Hundred Times many many more.
Saw them several times during the 70’s and 80’s. The were/are a great rock band with a huge following in many parts of the world (although not the USA). Surprisingly Down Down was their only UK number 1 single however. As a point of interest but not criticism as it’s another of those “common language” quirks we have - in the UK their name is pronounced “State Us Quo” with a hard “a” rather than the soft “a” you would use. Great video, keep up the good work.
If you're from Australia this song was drilled into our sculls by being used in an advertising jingle for a supermarket in the 2010's ("Down Down, prices are down"). The band even cashed in by appearing in some of the ads. Introduced the band to a new generation. Thank God I'm old enough to know it in it's original incantation. 😁Oh and edit...The bass player (Alan Lancaster) moved to Australia & played in a few bands. One called The Bombers who I saw supporting AC/DC. Sadly, he's passed. Meaningless trivia, I know.
Not meaningless at all , smashing bits of background material to go with your comment is what it is and welcomed at that . Cheers 🍻
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Thank you.
Yeah. Jay is right, we love the trivia bits. They are always welcome. Thanks.
@@hanierfamily 🙂
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Thank you all.
I absolutely LOVE Status Quo! Thank you so much guys 😀👍🏻
One of 143 singles John Peel kept in a private collection.
Purely a suggestion, but to capitalise on the success of Down Down, I would give Status Quo another airing with Caroline.
Far better than the later stuff. Piledriver and their mid 70s Live LP are the best of them.
Piledriver !!! Ace
@@ghichens3418 My copy had the Original Vertigo Swirl on it.
@@SPKdesign1 Ha ! Brill , Dont look at that logo too long , it will give u a head spin !
Rossi's normal guitar is a green tele with a hotrails pickup he's been playing it for over 50 years now the song is just a fast 12 bar with I thing open G tuning with a capo on the 5th fret on Rossi's guitar and standard tuning on the other
Love your vids❤🇬🇧🇨🇦
That was rightfully a #1 single in the UK national top 40 chart .
The original "Frantic Four" a great number one record from The Quo.
I feel an uncontrollable urge to go grocery shopping
This is Known as Boogie Rock
In the 70's in the UK, music video producers had this infuriating habit of turning the picture upside down and using Kaleidoscope images of the performers which really pissed off the viewers.They all started doing it and it went on for years.I don't know why they thought the viewers would like it.
Head down ,arse up boogie.Horden Pavillion twice in the 70s.😂😂😂😉⏰
Going to see them this year
It’s a shame that Francis kept them going under that name after Rick passed , it’s Really the Francis Rossi band now
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Youll have to dig them up pard there is only one left !!!
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Probably the only time you will those guitars in use, normally Francis Rossi(lead giuitar) plays a Gibson Marauder in green, and Rick Parfitt(rhythm guitar) use a white telecaster.
Quo tracks include - Roadhouse Blues (which I think is when they were a six piece - one of the roadies on harmonica), Pictures of Matchstick Men, Down The Dustpipe. pre quo is the group The Traffic Jam (Quo less Rick basically) Almost But Not Quite There / Wait Just a Minute ( which is a nice little mid 60sModist tune and the only single side that keyboardist Rod Lynnes took lead vocal s on. Performance wise "gurdanula" will set you smiling.
Gerdundula.
Great song, great band true rock n roll band and maby the only one..!
Although they were a popular band, this single was their only UK number one for one week in early 1975. Perhaps you might like to hear their first singles in 1968 when they were very much a 'psychedelic' band. 'Pictures of Matchstick Men' or 'Ice in the Sun' which also did well in the UK charts
That's much better. Next up, I'd suggest Caroline from a TOTP performance. Lip synced a usual, but you get the studio recording. There's 2 versions and either will do.
Ive seen the Quo all over Europe , try Most of the Time and you must do the jiggy bit, the live version is the best.
I recall British comedy duo Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones at a live benefit introducing Status Quo and making fun of their songs sounding an awful lot like all their other songs... as they were quite a basic rock n' roll band.
Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster were schoolboy friends (and I'm always reminded by old photos of Spinal Tap that they used in their movie of the same name), and like that fictional band the old Quo did psychedelic music in the 60s notably "Pictures of Matchstick Men" before settling down into just good straight rock
They repeat this gag here:
ruclips.net/video/2u-AsN4Kw-w/видео.html
I love their music but my favourite is down the dustpipe
These guys were always slated for using the same three cords but in actual fact, over the years, they had more hits than any of their contemporaries
Yep ,thats a proper up yours to all those bods that stuck their noses up at Quo !! Ace Col
@ghichens3418 I remember they were banned from Radio 1 for being too old. Instead of killing their career, it only strengthened the mighty Quo.
@@colrhodes377 Haa ! Radio 1 ,what a shower of $$££$5& they are ! Too old indeed !
@@ghichens3418 I completely agree, Graham. Unfortunately, the same @&/×+ is befalling Radio 2 now. They've changed the demographic and want thirty something mums act. Ken Bruce was one of the major casualties
@@colrhodes377 What a bunch of Bas%%%^ds ! Hay Col have a spliffic week and love and peace to you and your fam !
Hiya Hanier Family, I cant stand Status Quo, I had to listen to them from Whitehaven, Cumbria to Newcastle Upon Tyne, there and back, a grand total of 180 miles, the best thing about Status Quo my Mam and Dad made £400 (£100 per hour) on their catering trailor, when they played a concert at Whitehaven 18 years ago, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
I’m going to see the Quo this summer
Love this song,you might want to check out Ol Rag Blyes,Rock n Roll or Living On An Island which is a bit different but good 💯
the start of the head banging trend
Their only No.1, (to date!), in their native UK. This is a TV performance, (usually for Top of the Pops), that's been adapted, somewhat, where the shortened single version has had the longer album version merged onto the end of it. This was pretty much at the height of their popularity/success, but would plateau/maintain it for approximately another 10 years or so, with singles almost entirely constant within the top 20, if not top 10 of the charts. Quo have always been a, 'feel good', band who never took their output too seriously. In their earlier years, (up to the mid 70's), they kind of wanted to prove themselves, and managed to do so around about the time of this video. By the following year, they wanted to ease off a tiny, little bit on the, 'serious rock artist', persona, and wanted to diversify a little. The release of a cover of, 'Wild Side of Life', was probably the first step toward that. Universally accepted and still considered part of the same period, but it lead onto a more commercial sounding, dare I say, poppier sound that had, (if we're perfectly honest with ourselves), always been there. That's not to say that they couldn't rock with the best of them, of course. But, other than the aforementioned early 70's period of proving themselves, they've always had a happy-go-lucky approach to their song writing, doing what they do best. Creating a blend of 12 bar boogie influenced rock/pop that appealed to many, ever since.
😊What a ripping great song, some would say their best ever 😊
Also, look at the number of views in the first half day. It's pretty impressive for a band of " has beens " that only know three cords.
Status Quid - Boring Song (1981) The Hee Bee Gee Bees (ClassicVideos80s)
Please do this song. It'll help you see how us Countdown kids saw Status Quo in the early 80's.
It's the video of Status Quid performing their song on Countdown in 1982. We all had a great laugh.
I don't think Quo were too bothered about it, by Barry Gibb was very offended by The Hee Bee Gee Bees, which only made it funnier. The idea developed from a BBC comedy show called Radio Active.
I loved The Hee Bee Gee Bees singing Meaningless Songs In Very High Voices and the finale of the album, Bird Of Paradise...
Yep that time for Quo was proper double helping of Naff !
@@delorangeade Ah, so that's where the idea came from. The Hee Bees came to Australia and we weren't really sure who they were. We liked their humour, but we were wondering if they were a poor man's Goodies or obscure friends of Monty Python. Quite petty of Barry Gibb to be offended.
@@notanotherenigma7759 I thought it was cruel when I first heard. Didn't stop me from laughing though. 🤭
That's not actually the proper ending, it's a mix of the edited single version, with some of the album version added on the end. you can hear the change in tone towards the end where someone has bolted on some of the album version to the single version.
Ma Kellys Greasy Spoon, Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello, Quo, On The Level, Blue For You, Live
I’m super familiar with this .. abs CRACKING rock n roll number - the MIGHTY QUO as they were known then ( unofficially).. I defy you to not tap yer feet to this
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Why did it take 50 years for America to get the Quo🤔or Canada
Try , wild side of life , or mystery song , from around 76 , bloody great.
Saw them way back and i couldn't hear properly for about a week .
I'm sure the quo were influenced by some of Rory Gallagher's 12 bar blues, they were ok until Margareta time, then it was over for me, 7/10 for the Heid bang 🏴✌️
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Super band😊
The Flamin' Groovies did a great cover of this as well as a lot of other great tunes. Also a lot of great original stuff. If you haven't checked out this great 70's band yet...I recommend Jumpin' In The Night, and my favourite Groovies Groove Slow Death. Almost forgot if you haven't already done Status Quo's Matchstick Men, I highly recommend it...Then check out that great Canadian punk band The Forgotten Rebels' version...Then Check out some of the greatest Canadian punk rock of The Forgotten Rebels...Also have you done any Teenage Head? Another great Canadian Punk Rock band.
Francis rocking it up with drop D tuning the tele is almost counting out anna 1 anna 2 anna 3 anna 4. I might be wrong but up until 1974 ish Rick used gibsons on piledriver, hello and Quo. I love the tele twang and the gibson spank. Try fine fine fine or the wild side of life for a touch of country flavour
There is a deeper story to this song than what appears on the surface. You might like to investigate deeper and down.
here s an idea for "who did it better" Bolland & Bolland - You're In The Army Now vs Status Quo - You're In The Army Now
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They also wear the same shoes.....
Fantastic track - always amazing energy 😊 As a great indie listen with a unique sound - and a good "banger" - can I recommend Theatre of Hate "Judgement Hymn" (Westworld album version)
70s Quo were the classic rock 'n' roll band. For me, things went a bit downhill when they added a keyboard player. Mystery Song is my favourite of theirs because of the killer riff which Rick Parfitt apparently spent all night in the studio working on - he was on something else as well! Funny you mention the guitars, because Francis Rossi has a green Telecaster which has become his talisman over many years, so this video must have been filmed before he bought it.
I think the show had a track with the green tele, Francis swapped - maybe because of tuning on them
Inspiration vs Perspiration for writing songs
The story I remember was that he painted a sunburst tele green to prevent it being stolen as he though tit would be a less tempting target. I don't know whether this guitar, or another one.
@@delorangeade might be , it always looked beaten up. The sunburst finish here was a nice colour , too good to rock with , the green indicated rnr to me
Wow Loved watching you two, enjoy this.. Please do Mystery song, Album version.
Oh absolutely this. Then change it up with.. pictures of matchstick men and top it off with... living on an island. If its country you want then a track called fine fine fine is worth a listen too.
@@markwalker2627Fine Fine Fine.. Super!! Country Vibe. Big up Mark.
May I recommend listening to the "Harbour of tears" album by Camel? I think you'd enjoy that a lot.
Best wishes