I was 14 in 1973. A mate from down the road and I caught the train into Brisbane city to see our first concert August 1, 1973. Status Quo. We were about 5 rows from the front left of center. Couldn't believe how loud it was, or the number of hot girls there. I was trance like watching Rick Parfitt, who at the time was the coolest dude on the planet in my eyes. He was wearing a red coca cola t-shirt and faded blue jeans....and his long hair was more blonde that usual. I spent the next 10 years trying to look like Parfitt.
Im the same age and I was totally in love with Rick Parfitt at 15 - I remember swapping my new Deep Purple Stormbringer Album with a friend for her Piledriver.
There is a point in every bands career that they peak, i think there is no dispute that what we are viewing here is the Quo at their very very best, you don't even have to like them as a band to appreciate how good this performance is.
Best Quo tune by far, it's only when I watch this and actually see him I realise the intricacies that John Coghlan brought to this tune. Amazing drummer, amazing song by an amazing band. Thanks for the 42.5 years of rocking.
the rocking years of SQ are about 50+ years Ma Kelly's greasy spoon 1970, their 3rd album, was their 1st after the psychedelic period. penned today 2022
@@VRTrucker I am born 1959 ( Amsterdam). I grew up with it. Late 60-ies, begin seventies great music from the other side of the Channel. And yes, Quo with Coghlan was much better then without. You can see the special camera at John at Wembley Arena 2013 ( Oh baby )
I had the pleasure of seeing them live in Melbourne in 1979. (showing my age now!). Had front row seats and it is one of the greatest shows I have ever seen
Someone must have more from this gig in the can somewhere which wipes the floor with the live album sound.. This is premium quo at their peak. Rossis tone is immense
THIS song shows you just how good the quo really were. They are 'loose' but at the same time sooo 'tight'. I mean just look at the lads here? Totally into it. I really dont know why the drummer and the bassist were made to leave the band. But to many die-hard quo fans, THIS collection of fella's will always be.... THE Quo. RIP to Alan and sincere best wishes to the loved ones he has left behind. x
John Coghlan left because of the amount of Columbian smelling salts being used and not long after, Alan Lancaster left (quite rightly) in disgust because of "Marguerita Time". If you watch their Top of the Pops performance, you'll see him replaced by Jim Lea from Slade..
When I was a young boy of 5 or 6, my dad had a version of this on VHS along with lots more of the greatest of the Quo. I remember I got my mum to tie string onto an old tennis racket so I could air guitar along to the literal legends. Im 37 now and I've never lost my love them! This song especially... Mr Parfitt, as always, take a bow my son! QUO IS LOVE! QUO IS LIFE!!! I cant thank my parents enough for exposing me to such amazing music! QUO NOW! QUO FOREVER!
Quo got me started playing guitar in 1974. I bought one of their song books with all the chords in and bashed away to their records for hours on end. Roll over lay down is sheer magic. Better than those 10 second lead parts that a lot of bands can only manage.
Those were the days - folks!! The Frantic Four! John is the driving machine in the band - no other Quo drummer could beat him - John was (still is) world class!!
I remember hearing this song for the first time when I was a teenager... Me and a few mates had just formed our first band. I clearly remember holding the phone up to the speakers, blasting it at full volume down the line to my best mate who played bass... "Whaddaya think?" "It's fuckin' awesome!" "We are fuckin' doin' this one!" "Fuckin' right!" Fun times.
You've got to Luv the Old Pommie Rockers!! When it comes to Hard Core Rock and Pure Comedy you can't beat the English and Aussie Crew of the 70's and 8o's :)
I still have most albums on cds these days,but when i first saw this on count down i became a Quo fan and after watching it again, I still get the rush. Rock on Quo.
I still have all their records and after 17and a half years finally got them out of the box and playing them again on my record player. Still the best in the world .
Rest In Peace blond Rick Parfitt!! I love this live version since the first time I heard it as a kid 40 years ago! Sheer energy and boogie fun. I first thought this video was recorded live, because the sound is identical in every detail. HOWEVER, as somebody argued: it looks like playback, because there is no audience to be seen. And I guess he is right: if it would have been live, for sure they would have shown the rocking audience. Too bad, would have loved to be there when they played. Just listened to it again at the Dutch Top2000 - what an energy is in this song.
@ClassicRockfan79 when I was 13 all my friends loved this band and the all became decent R'n'R, Blues and Heavy Metal fans. Status Quo deserve to be introduced into the R'n'R Hall'o'Fame.
I was at the gig from where the audio was recorded: Southend , Kursaal 01/03/75. The mimed video of the Southend recording was filmed at a German tv studio a few months later.
Saw Quo last night at West Coast Blues & Roots in Fremantle WA. Incredible performance, expected no less to be honest. Brilliant when they performed this track.
Your Right,Alan Lancaster didn’t make matters better when he Left after Live Aid This was the wonderful line up I see at the Red Lion Leytonstone at the beginning of the 70s,anyone else there that Friday night.
I used to love their music and play it around in 69 in Paris...We were very few to know them at that time ! I still enjoy and ggod news there are discoverd by plenty of youngsters ! ...Good music never die....
Killer song from THE best rock band around. Unique sound and style. Still to date no band comes closes to their sound. The frantic four. Sad that at some point John and Alan left the bad. Quo lost their raw , edgy sound with these guys parting. The sound that made em big and gave em so many fans. Be seeing them again in November in Amsterdam. Brilliant band.
I've been to 'em from the beginning...from the first LP, and I'm still doing it today. I realize that nothing has changed ... they were fantastic and I still they are. Thanx for all Status Quo...thanx for being still with us!
Keith Richards once said that many rock bands forget about adding the "Roll" one band that NEVER forgot about the roll is Status Quo. And let's not forget, with Rock N Roll the Roll is equally as important as the Rock.
Love this!!! Still fresh and revegerating and this one is the one with the "Cuckoo" :-) Here we go, playing airguitar on one leg hopping across the living room.....
pictures of matchstick men was the album I met the band with back in the days, and sheer genius indeed. anyways loved them later on too as one of the best live bands ever, and roll over lay down is kick ass rock n roll.
First time I heard this band was in around 84 or 85. I've always believed that music started from the Beatles and died in the mid 90's. Status Quo is quality music.
WOOT! Havent seen this clip since 1975. I still have the EP with Gerdandula and Juniors Wailing. As a12 year old I always thought this was flimed live as the played. They are miming to the live track - you see no crowd is one obvious clue. It 's all irrelevent as this is the shit! Satus Quo at their best. This version rules - there are other live versions of this but this one nails it.
My favorite band, also one of the best live bands, not neccesarily because of pyrotechnics or anything like that, but because they delivered and had fun on stage, not to mention that they sounded better live than on studio, especially in their prime time during the 70's. The band that I listen to the most since my 12th, and I am 18 now. Just brilliant, just a shame that they had gone more mainstream during the 80's.
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How did they never take over America with rocking tunes like these?
Funny, just thinking 💭 that.
'cos Muricans...
Can't beat Quo rockin those tele's. Great track. RIP Rick and Alan.
I was 14 in 1973. A mate from down the road and I caught the train into Brisbane city to see our first concert August 1, 1973. Status Quo. We were about 5 rows from the front left of center. Couldn't believe how loud it was, or the number of hot girls there. I was trance like watching Rick Parfitt, who at the time was the coolest dude on the planet in my eyes. He was wearing a red coca cola t-shirt and faded blue jeans....and his long hair was more blonde that usual. I spent the next 10 years trying to look like Parfitt.
Same here but I went for Rossi's T Shirt waistcoat and denim look🤣
Im the same age and I was totally in love with Rick Parfitt at 15 - I remember swapping my new Deep Purple Stormbringer Album with a friend for her Piledriver.
I was at said gig. Such a great vibe.. been to see them many a time since and still have a great time. 🎸🎸
One of the best quo performance ever!!!!
Having grown up with this music, I can can honestly state that my youth years were never ever wasted. The Quo of the 70s was simply magnificent.
Yes bro
I grew up with them and I agree. Best live concerts I've been to.
Couldn’t agree more ! Was in the punk rock myself , but have to give credit where credit is due !
Status Quo have long been underrated as a band....they deserve much more credit than they get.
Group not band
This problaby the best Status Quo song of all time. 🎸🎸🎸🥁
The vibes in this version are pure magic!! If you play in a band, no matter which instrument, you know what I am talking about!
The magic is right on point!!!
There is a point in every bands career that they peak, i think there is no dispute that what we are viewing here is the Quo at their very very best, you don't even have to like them as a band to appreciate how good this performance is.
This band would've had to have an influence in the metal songs. They have a kick ass groove.
Best Quo tune by far, it's only when I watch this and actually see him I realise the intricacies that John Coghlan brought to this tune. Amazing drummer, amazing song by an amazing band. Thanks for the 42.5 years of rocking.
They invented head banging...
the rocking years of SQ are about 50+ years Ma Kelly's greasy spoon 1970, their 3rd album, was their 1st after the psychedelic period. penned today 2022
@@fcamsterdam8941 I wasn't born until 1978 so only alive for 42.5 years when wrote this.
@@VRTrucker I am born 1959 ( Amsterdam). I grew up with it. Late 60-ies, begin seventies great music from the other side of the Channel. And yes, Quo with Coghlan was much better then without. You can see the special camera at John at Wembley Arena 2013 ( Oh baby )
Rest in peace Alan.. rock on up in heaven with Rick 💜
I had the pleasure of seeing them live in Melbourne in 1979. (showing my age now!). Had front row seats and it is one of the greatest shows I have ever seen
LOL. Sydney, 1976. Writing this in 2022.
Still rocking on.
@@voiceofexperience yes saw the then as well. Brilliant.
I seen them live in Adelaide 1973 and 1976
My first ever concert Quo at Manchester Apollo..Blue for You Tour 1977 I think it was
At the end of the day this is the real Quo and this is the way they should have kept their sound.
I agree...fair bit of AC/DC about their sound...pure rock and roll
@@Nicodemus1971 AC/DC really where??
Absolutely right
@@bm3738 classic marshall plexi tones, jtm 45s and jmp 2203s id presume. its not just AC/DC sounds, its classic rock as a whole
@@Nicodemus1971 no AC/DC here, this is much better
Never in the history of Rock N Roll was so much owed,by so many,to so few, long live Quo.
It took my breath away to read that Rick Parfitt had died. A sad loss of a top star of the 70s. Thanks for the memories Rick. RIP.
First ever band seen live and it was awesome. Loved them since Hammersmith in the 70's and always will.
This just never gets too old.
Quo were a brilliant band - and this song one of their very best!
My God how good is this performance, gone into my top 10 to watch. BRILLIANT!
Someone must have more from this gig in the can somewhere which wipes the floor with the live album sound.. This is premium quo at their peak. Rossis tone is immense
THIS song shows you just how good the quo really were. They are 'loose' but at the same time sooo 'tight'. I mean just look at the lads here? Totally into it. I really dont know why the drummer and the bassist were made to leave the band. But to many die-hard quo fans, THIS collection of fella's will always be.... THE Quo. RIP to Alan and sincere best wishes to the loved ones he has left behind. x
John Coghlan left because of the amount of Columbian smelling salts being used and not long after, Alan Lancaster left (quite rightly) in disgust because of "Marguerita Time".
If you watch their Top of the Pops performance, you'll see him replaced by Jim Lea from Slade..
When I was a young boy of 5 or 6, my dad had a version of this on VHS along with lots more of the greatest of the Quo. I remember I got my mum to tie string onto an old tennis racket so I could air guitar along to the literal legends. Im 37 now and I've never lost my love them! This song especially... Mr Parfitt, as always, take a bow my son! QUO IS LOVE! QUO IS LIFE!!! I cant thank my parents enough for exposing me to such amazing music! QUO NOW! QUO FOREVER!
In the 70ies, this tune made me cover my entire jeans jacket with Status Quo badges. One of the most groovy bands in Rock'n'Roll
Those were the best Quo years! No wonder they instantly became my favorite band the first time I saw them
Mate you so damn lucky, never saw them live.
The best album, imo..
Quo got me started playing guitar in 1974. I bought one of their song books with all the chords in and bashed away to their records for hours on end.
Roll over lay down is sheer magic. Better than those 10 second lead parts that a lot of bands can only manage.
I headbanged to this song in 1975 at the age of fourteen and I am still headbanging to it today.
The band that, as a kid, compelled me to love rock n roll!
The intro to sweet Caroline started me off.
I can listen to this song over and over again...feeling 16 again:)
I first heard this when I was 8 years old and it was so exciting!! I'm now 54 and it still rocks!!
Those were the days - folks!! The Frantic Four! John is the driving machine in the band - no other Quo drummer could beat him - John was (still is) world class!!
3 Chords tell the truth.. and the Quo played em better than any band I can name!!
Probably one of the best examples of the frantic four live, one of my favourite songs performed effortlessly
HELLO¡ fue el primer album que escuche de Status Quo. Para mi es uno de los mejores albums de rock de todos los tiempos. Gran banda de rock and roll.
i have never in my life heard such pure raw hard driving rock n roll! this is one hell of a band!
Thank you mom, for raising me with this kind of powerful music. Others may find it simple, or something, but my god, this really rocks.....
I remember hearing this song for the first time when I was a teenager... Me and a few mates had just formed our first band. I clearly remember holding the phone up to the speakers, blasting it at full volume down the line to my best mate who played bass...
"Whaddaya think?"
"It's fuckin' awesome!"
"We are fuckin' doin' this one!"
"Fuckin' right!"
Fun times.
I thank my Mum for rocking out to this when it was released-I was 6 & she 39! 🤘🤘🤘
I grew up with this playing as my big bro played Quo night and day. Thanks. Loved it.
Agree 100%. This music was played at my folks parties. Great memories of my brother, their mates and my folks friends, all dancing to Quo.
Brilliant song. Quo very underrated for their contribution to Rock n Roll.
Over shadow maybe, but some well songs.. Great band really, 70s so many great Albums so many great bands.. Prog/pop the first.
Loved them - never, ever tire of this song!!
Marion Manson never
Piledriver was such a great album. This is still so good today - I don't head-bang like I used to but I still love the track!
J.C. the Best Quo Drummer ever.
Alan Lancaster, always remembered as the best Quo writer
I still love this and I was like 14 when I first heard it...saw them 3 times live at this time too and will never forget it! They were superb live
The live versions are all as awesome
Musicians at their peak! Amazing performance.
R.I.P Rick, will never forget your performance in Fremantle.
nothing comes close to these magical four :)
This band are the greatest especially the era from Piledriver to Rockin all over the world still those songs bring back awesome memories.
Saw them Dec 1977 in Manchester UK for the first time. They played this and l was hooked.
Quo at their finest.
My first ever gig Manchester 77
8 years before the farewell tour, more aggressive version. Song was written in 1973. A true classic!! One of their very best
Status Quo was my first love in the early 70s as a young kid, how i miss those days.
Underrated band from the days of rock!
the good old days ... ! The Quo at their best !
Love it when a band is totally in sync with each other great live performance
The best rock and roll group ever, with the greatest rhytm guitar solo played by Rick Parfitt +. God bless you Rick.
You've got to Luv the Old Pommie Rockers!! When it comes to Hard Core Rock and Pure Comedy you can't beat the English and Aussie Crew of the 70's and 8o's :)
Bang on sport..
RIP Ric, you were one of the best...never forgotten
I still have most albums on cds these days,but when i first saw this on count down i became a Quo fan and after watching it again, I still get the rush. Rock on Quo.
I still have all their records and after 17and a half years finally got them out of the box and playing them again on my record player. Still the best in the world .
Staus Quo have never been been given the acclaim as one of the world's greatest rock n roll bands as they deserve to be regarded.
So f-kin' good!
Rock n roll played as it was intended to be played.
The MIGHTY QUO 🙌
Rest In Peace blond Rick Parfitt!!
I love this live version since the first time I heard it as a kid 40 years ago! Sheer energy and boogie fun.
I first thought this video was recorded live, because the sound is identical in every detail. HOWEVER, as somebody argued: it looks like playback, because there is no audience to be seen. And I guess he is right: if it would have been live, for sure they would have shown the rocking audience. Too bad, would have loved to be there when they played. Just listened to it again at the Dutch Top2000 - what an energy is in this song.
R.I.P. Rick,
Thanks for the good music!
Just one of those occasions when you wished you were part of the audience to see it live, blows me away.
Rip Rick Parffit larga vida al rock and roll y a status quo
Brilliant!! I remember seeing this clip on TV as a teenager. It's always been my favourite song of theirs!
@ClassicRockfan79
when I was 13 all my friends loved this band and the all became decent R'n'R, Blues and Heavy Metal fans.
Status Quo deserve to be introduced into the R'n'R Hall'o'Fame.
I was at the gig from where the audio was recorded:
Southend , Kursaal 01/03/75.
The mimed video of the Southend recording was filmed at a German tv studio a few months later.
Rest in peace Rick. Your music lives forever,
RIP RICK!! STATUS QUO ALL DAY PLAY IT LOUD PLAY IT LOUDERRRRRRR🙏🏼❤️🤘🏼
Best quo song by far ,best line up and a very credible heavy rock band . . . . . At this stage
Saw Quo last night at West Coast Blues & Roots in Fremantle WA. Incredible performance, expected no less to be honest. Brilliant when they performed this track.
I can't understand how the eatly quo albums didn't sell in the US. They sound like a Southern boogie band
UNA DE LAS MEJORES BANDAS DE ROCK....
Greatest rhythm guitarist of all time. In my heart forever.
Say what you want about these guys they'd wile the floor with any of today's bands. Fact.
+Liam Innes
Dead Right Mate.
These new so called new musician's could not push shit up a dogs arse.
+Liam Innes
Let alone ? Could not even change a vacuum tube in a Marshal Amp ( which most of them would not even know how to use ) ENOUGH.
+Liam Innes Yes this the real stuff, not something made on a computer og or synths.
+Liam Innes Fact.
+Liam Innes Fact.
John Coghlan was way way under rated , as good as they was , when he left , they were never the same
johnny p saw him last year with coughlan quo my insides were bouncing he was that loud 🤟🏻 amazing
His high hat work on this is AMAZING ,beautifully played
Your Right,Alan Lancaster didn’t make matters better when he Left after Live Aid
This was the wonderful line up I see at the Red Lion Leytonstone at the beginning
of the 70s,anyone else there that Friday night.
Yes , so true; just look how hard he works at the drumming with a very demanding song. Never misses a beat.
Damn right - the drummer sets the energy level of the band.
When the Quo still had balls. Sad to see what they became from the late 80s.
I used to love their music and play it around in 69 in Paris...We were very few to know them at that time ! I still enjoy and ggod news there are discoverd by plenty of youngsters ! ...Good music never die....
Killer song from THE best rock band around. Unique sound and style. Still to date no band comes closes to their sound. The frantic four. Sad that at some point John and Alan left the bad. Quo lost their raw , edgy sound with these guys parting. The sound that made em big and gave em so many fans. Be seeing them again in November in Amsterdam. Brilliant band.
Lots of 70's bands ROCKED, lots of 70's bands played the BLUES, but only one band BOOGIED....!
I've been to 'em from the beginning...from the first LP, and I'm still doing it today. I realize that nothing has changed ... they were fantastic and I still they are. Thanx for all Status Quo...thanx for being still with us!
Keith Richards once said that many rock bands forget about adding the "Roll" one band that NEVER forgot about the roll is Status Quo.
And let's not forget, with Rock N Roll the Roll is equally as important as the Rock.
Quality Quo. My personal favourite with the unexpected instrumental in teh middle which distances it from another Quo style popular song
R.I.P. Alan Lancaster (bass)
...and Rick Parfitt (guitar)😪
RIP Rick. Your music will live on forever.
Nach exact dieser Live Version habe ich Ewigkeiten gesucht.. DANKE.
cuando el rock perdió la esencia status quo larga vida saludos desde mexico
What it comes to roll the rock, can't just find better than this. It even has sensitivity on it's fingers. Rolls like a ball from head to a toe!!
Love this!!! Still fresh and revegerating and this one is the one with the "Cuckoo" :-) Here we go, playing airguitar on one leg hopping across the living room.....
pictures of matchstick men was the album I met the band with back in the days, and sheer genius indeed. anyways loved them later on too as one of the best live bands ever, and roll over lay down is kick ass rock n roll.
I grew up with this. Really great.
First time I heard this band was in around 84 or 85. I've always believed that music started from the Beatles and died in the mid 90's. Status Quo is quality music.
RIP Rick great tunes and always bouncing
WOOT! Havent seen this clip since 1975. I still have the EP with Gerdandula and Juniors Wailing. As a12 year old I always thought this was flimed live as the played. They are miming to the live track - you see no crowd is one obvious clue. It 's all irrelevent as this is the shit! Satus Quo at their best. This version rules - there are other live versions of this but this one nails it.
killer rock track so bad ass from status quo british rock legends, smoking riff. man just always have loved this band.
so much harder to do than it would appear, so tight , very special and unique band , the vocals are great , terrific harmonies.
the best of the best stilll going boy did i love to dance to this band bring back good times thank you i am 64 still love it
TOTALLY AMAZING !!!!!! oh to see these early shows again.....
The best live band I've ever seen ..especially at Hammersmith ..
Jesus Christ couldn't do this any better........Amazing!!!!!!
Rick might be finding that out right now!
R.I.P.
My favorite band, also one of the best live bands, not neccesarily because of pyrotechnics or anything like that, but because they delivered and had fun on stage, not to mention that they sounded better live than on studio, especially in their prime time during the 70's. The band that I listen to the most since my 12th, and I am 18 now. Just brilliant, just a shame that they had gone more mainstream during the 80's.
How have I never heard of this band before?!? Holy shit this is awesome!!!