Francis
in Classic rock: "We were influenced by white musicians who were playing black music, but we were never cool enough to namedrop obscure blues players the way that Steve Marriott or Peter Green
did. That made me envious, I felt like a cunt." Alan:
"Rossi never learned his scales. He used to play from a minor to major
without realising. And I think that gave the blues stuff a poppy feel... By
accident, we commercialised the blues."
Sydney Royal Randwick Racecourse 28.1.73 (3-) intro going: "Hi ho, hi ho, here comes the Status Quo, they're number one you'll have some fun hi ho, hi ho..."
Nantes Palais de la Beaujoire 22.1.78 (double) (3+)
Gothenburg Scandinavium
27.1.78 (double) (3+)
Örebro
Idrottshuset 29.1.78 (double) (3+)
Reading Festival 26.8.78 (3+)
4500 times to Down down
Pforzheim Open Air Festival 9.9.78 (double) (3-)
Pforzheim Open Air Festival 9.9.78 (3)
incomplete
show
Rennes Salle Omnisport 16.2.79 (double) (3+) new complete version. "Francis, t'es pas une femme!"
Zwolle Ijsselhal 18.2.79
(2)
Glasgow Apollo Theatre
27.5.79 (3-)
London Hammersmith Odeon
26.6.79 (double) (3-)
London Hammersmith Odeon 27.6.79 (double)
(3-) also recorded by the band
themselves, but the official version was never released. Prior to Bye bye
Johnny, John Coghlan announces that Quo's merchandising man (George Williams) has just become a
grandfather. More recently a wrong date for this recording appeared, 28.6.79
St.Austell Cornwall Coliseum 6.3.81 (double) (3)
6 first-ever performances, incl. Whatever you want
St.Austell Cornwall Coliseum 7.3.81
(double) (3)
London Hammersmith Odeon
12.3.81 (double) (3+)
London Hammersmith Odeon 13.3.81 (double)
(3+) Carol
London Hammersmith Odeon 13.3.81 (double)
(4-) different recording incl. 4500
times and Rock'n roll, but misses some songs that are on the previous recording
London Hammersmith Odeon 14.3.81 (double)
(3) Carol. Harp playing on
Roadhouse blues on the three Hammersmith shows
Manchester Apollo Theatre 16.3.81
(double) (3) Carol. Roadhouse feat. the riff to "Love me two times"
Glasgow Apollo Theatre
18.3.81 (double) (3-)
Glasgow Apollo Theatre
19.3.81 (double) (3)
Le Mans La Rotonde 25.3.81 (double) (3+) power failure during Little lady, the song had to be replayed. Harp playing on Roadhouse blues again
Rotterdam
Ahoy 28.3.81 (double) (3+)
Carol
Oslo Drammenshallen 3.4.81
(double) (3)
Stockholm Isstadion 4.4.81 (double) (4) Carol
Udine Palasport 27.4.81 (double) (4)
Torino Palasport 29.4.81 (double) (2+)
Cantu Palasport Cucciago 30.4.81 (double) (3+)
23 minutes 4500 times and 10 minutes drum
solo
Winterthur Eulachhalle
2.5.81 (double) (4)
Madrid Pabellon Deportivo
8.5.81 (double) (3+)
Nantes Palais de la Beaujoire 16.5.81
(double) (4) "small problem with
electricity in your town" therefore Don't drive my car had to be dropped
Paris Hippodrome de Pantin 18.5.81 (3+)
FM It's a long way to Tipperary… feat. 10 minutes drum
solo (the longest ever)
London Wembley Arena 27.5.81 (double) (4-)
Carlisle Market Hall 31.5.81 (1)
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Alan: "Once John left the band, it was the beginning of the end of the sound. Though it was only drums, it changed something, definitely"
Deeside Leisure Centre 23.4.82 (double)
(3)
after Dear John
Bridlington Spa Royal Hall 28.4.82 (double) (2+)
Glasgow Apollo Theatre 1.5.82 (double) (5) FM was called "Resurrection", but this version starts with Caroline. The Mexican hat dance is now played as a second jig in Roadhouse blues. This broadcast was bought from Radio Clyde for an official release, but nothing happened
Glasgow Apollo Theatre 1.5.82 (double) (3) audience recording of complete show incl. Dear John. Was falsely called Glasgow 30.4.82, possibly because of this Dear John not featured in the broadcast
London Hammersmith Odeon 3.5.82 (double) (4-) + Rick interview 12.10.82 from snooker hall
London Hammersmith Odeon
4.5.82 (double) (3+)
London Hammersmith Odeon
5.5.82 (double) (3)
London Hammersmith Odeon
6.5.82 (double) (3)
London Hammersmith Odeon
7.5.82 (double) (3)
London Hammersmith Odeon
9.5.82 (double) (3+)
Birmingham NEC 14.5.82 (double) (5) FM complete broadcast incl. 4500 times (the video has cuts in Big fat mama and Bye bye Johnny). This recording sounds much better than the official album, which was remixed to death by Dave Richards (but this was nothing compared to what a certain Tim Turan, who should get himself another job, recently has done to the Live album..). There was an poor sounding vinyl version of this broadcast called "Over the edge"
Brighton Conference Centre
17.5.82 (double) (4)
Leiden Groenoordhal 23.5.82 (1)
Bruxelles Cirque Royal 24.5.82 (double)
(3+)
Dortmund
Westphalenhalle Rockpop in concert 28.5.82 (5) TV
Dortmund Westphalenhalle 28.5.82 (3) audience recording of complete show
Castle Donington Monsters Of Rock 21.8.82
(double) (3+) Francis: "the band was
rubbish…"
Dublin RDS Hall 11.4.84
(double) (3)
Dublin RDS Hall 12.4.84
(double) (3)
Heilbronn
Eisbahn 27.4.84 (double) (3)
Osnabrück
Stadthalle 29.4.84 (double) (4-)
Copenhagen
Falkoner Teatret 3.5.84 (double) (4)
Stockholm Johanneshovs Isstadion 4.5.84 (double) (4)
Paris Le Zenith 10.5.84 (double) (2-)
Basle Sporthalle 13.5.84 (double) (3)
Lausanne Palais de Beaulieu 14.5.84
(double) (4)
Birmingham NEC 25.5.84
(double) (4)
Birmingham NEC 26.5.84
(double) (3)
Birmingham NEC 27.5.84
(double) (4-)
Manchester Apollo Theatre 30.5.84
(double) (2) crowd
going "happy birthday to
you" (one
day late)
Manchester Apollo Theatre
31.5.84 (double) (4-)
Deeside Leisure Centre 1.6.84 (double) (3)
Leicester De Montfort Hall
5.6.84 (double) (3+)
Leicester
De Montfort Hall 6.6.84 (double) (4-)
Newcastle City Hall 9.6.84
(double) (3)
Newcastle City Hall
10.6.84 (double) (3+)
Glasgow Apollo Theatre
12.6.84 (double) (4-)
Glasgow Apollo Theatre 13.6.84 (double) (4+) incl. Bye bye Johnny reprise introducing What'd I say. Maybe the best audience recording sound from that period
Edinburgh Playhouse
Theatre 14.6.84 (double) (4)
Dundee Caird Hall 16.6.84
(double) (2)
Blackpool Opera House
18.6.84 (double) (3-)
Bridlington Spa Royal Hall
20.6.84 (double) (3)
Bridlington Spa Royal Hall
21.6.84 (double) (3+)
London Hammersmith Odeon 24.6.84 (double) (3)
London Hammersmith Odeon
25.6.84 (double) (3)
London Hammersmith Odeon 26.6.84 (double)
(3) drum solo
London Hammersmith Odeon 27.6.84 (triple)
(3+) Wipe out. Bye bye Johnny reprise
London Hammersmith Odeon 28.6.84 (triple)
(3) La cucaracha. Caroline
replayed on encore
London Hammersmith Odeon
29.6.84 (double) (3-)
London Hammersmith Odeon 30.6.84 (triple) (4+) new version. Caroline and Rockin' all over the world are played again after Bye bye Johnny, then another Bye bye Johnny reprise introducing Batman
Oxford Apollo 3.7.84
(double) (3+)
Shepton Mallet Showering
Pavilion 4.7.84 (double) (3)
St.Austell Cornwall Coliseum 6.7.84 (double) (2+)
Poole Arts Centre 8.7.84 (double) (4-)
Southampton Gaumont
Theatre 9.7.84 (double) (3+)
Southampton Gaumont Theatre 10.7.84
(double) (2+) Bob Young on Roadhouse blues
London Selhurst Park 14.7.84 (double) (2) Bob Young on Roadhouse blues
Milton Keynes Bowl 21.7.84 (5) TV
from the laser disc, perfect sound. Bob Young on
Roadhouse blues
Milton Keynes Bowl 21.7.84 (triple) (4)
complete show incl. Bye bye Johnny reprise. "Why are so many people losing their bottles
tonight?"
London Wembley Stadium Live Aid 13.7.85
(3 tracks) (5) TV Rockin
all over the world, Caroline and Don't waste my time. On Rockin all over the world,
Rick exceptionally plays C-F9-G9 instead of the usuals major chords
Francis, XS biography: "Officially, we were merely retiring from the road; there would continue to be Quo records released periodically. Unofficially however, although I hadn't said anything yet, I had already crossed that off my list, too". "I decided the time was right to me to break away; do a bit of writing, work on my own solo albums". "..when we did finally manage to put together enough material for an album, Phonogram declined to release it." Ah.. so the reason why Status Quo still exists today is...
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Alan: "Status Quo now
is a covers band. They cover Status Quo."
Francis "Just doin it" book: "There was one of the things with Alan Lancaster, he wanted us to stay like a rock band. But I can't, not with this country and pop background"
Rick on the TPAOY DVD: "There's still a lot of fans about who say 'There's no Quo like the original Quo', and I can respect them for saying that, because there was something magical about it"
Linz Stadthalle 2.5.86 soundcheck (3-)
Linz Stadthalle 2.5.86 (double) (3)
Alan: "You can't play Status Quo songs with your fingers like Rhino does. It's ridiculous. It's a different kind of chunk... You can't control the depths of the notes"
In the 2005 French Quo biography, Mr. Edwards pretends that more than 90 % of the Quo fans don't even know there was an original bass player in Quo. Inferiority complexes can make a man bitter...
Vienna Stadthalle 5.5.86 soundcheck (3)
Vienna Stadthalle 5.5.86 (double) (3) + Francis Austrian radio interview on the Vienna incident
Bruxelles Stade de l'Union 21.6.86 (4) TV
Dinkelsbühl Out In The Green Festival
5.7.86 (5) TV due to the horrible TV mix,
Andys synths destroy most of the tracks. But it's interesting, as you hear
things you normally wouldn't; he obviously plays guitar-imitating keyboards in
the background all the time
Dinkelsbühl Out In The Green Festival 5.7.86 (3-) audience recording of complete show. No, it wasnt the TV's fault, after all...
Loreley Out In The Green Festival 6.7.86 (double) (4) complete version from master tape. Messed up intro to Little lady, which was restarted ("Next thing is... fuck Rick. Rick was in A, we were in B, but we're workin at it"). Jeff Rich is introduced as something like "Blacky Harry"
London Wembley Stadium 12.7.86 (4+)
known as "Quo's
back Wembley".
A clever dutch trader sells this as from Quo's mixing desk...
Brest Stade Francis Leblé 13.7.86 (4-) "You're right?" "Ouais, et ta soeur!"
Stockholm Eriksdalshallen 10.10.86
(double) (3+) In the army now and Overdose
played with a tape running in the background, with Jeff Rich miming to the
"Stand up and fight". As Francis said in an interview he
considered the possibility of bringing in a second keyboarder for the new songs,
the tape solution was not that bad…
Gothenburg Scandinavium
11.10.86 soundcheck (2)
Gothenburg Scandinavium
11.10.86 (double) (3+)
Osnabrück
Stadthalle 15.10.86 (double) (3+)
Düsseldorf
Philipshalle 19.10.86 (3)
Den Bosch Maasport 9.11.86 (double) (4) Save me in the set, but dropped after a few shows. Let's twist again in encore. One of the rare new line-up performances of Down down played almost as fast as on record, or as in the seventies
Glasgow SE&CC 9.12.86 (double) (3+)
early complete The wanderer
London Hammersmith Odeon 24.12.86
(double) (4) Lemmy and Kenny Lynch joining in
on Bye bye Johnny
Paris Le Zenith 11.3.87 (double) (4)
Montpellier Le Zenith 13.3.87 (3+)
Nice Theatre de Verdure 14.3.87 (double)
(3+)
Toulouse Palais des Sports Gymnase 16.3.87 (double) (3)
Clermont-Ferrand Maison des Sports 22.3.87
(double) (3)
Paderborn Schloss Neuhaus Out In The
Green Festival 18.7.87 (double) (4) Route
66.
From the summer festival gigs 87 on, the medley featured Rollin home and Again
and again
Valencia Estadio San Jose 24.7.87 (3)
Oslo Valle Hovin 22.8.87
(double) (3+)
Essen Grugahalle 31.5.88 (double) (3)
London Wembley Arena 6.7.88 (double) (4) great slow blues version of Spinning wheel in the encore, with Rick on vocals. Roadhouse blues feat. the riff to Rockin on (the one also used on 4500 times)
Around that period, the encore with the blues and rock'n roll jam sessions was regularly introduced by Francis as "party time". Whole lotta shakin goin on was then known as "the gorilla", and Andy sometimes took over Rick's guitar in Bye bye Johnny, while Rick was playing keyboards
Frauenfeld Out In The
Green Festival 9.7.88 (double) (4)
Madrid
Sports Palace 22.11.88 (3+) FM
Steve Wright show 30.11.89 (5) FM Francis and Rick unplugged. Red river rock (out of tune..), Rockin all over the world, In my chair, Caroline, From a Jack to a King, Little dreamer, Down the dustpipe, Railroad, and interviews
Glasgow SE&CC 11.12.89 (5) FM like the 82 show, this broadcast was once bought from Radio Clyde for an official release that never happened
Birmingham NEC 18.12.89 (double) (4) the guitar sound collapses during Rain. But no problems or bum notes during Rolling home, so no logical reason why it was edited off the video
Birmingham NEC 18.12.89
(5) TV
London Wembley Arena 19.12.89 (double)
(4) long Carol version. The last encore jam
sessions
East
Berlin Weissensee 17.6.90 (5-) TV
Nummijärvi Nummirock 22.6.90 (3)
Knebworth Park 30.6.90 (5)
FM
Senden Festplatz Gorki Park Sommer Festival 19.8.90 (double)
(3)
Butlin's Minehead 10.10.90
(5) TV
Butlin's Minehead 10.10.90
(3)
South Shields Temple Park 7.12.90
(double) (3) right pitch version. Andy Bown
starts here to play harp on Roadhouse blues, then regularly towards the end of
the tour. 4500 times is back in the set
Glasgow SE&CC 8.12.90
(double) (3)
Manchester G-Mex Centre 9.12.90 (double) (3-)
Birmingham NEC 11.12.90 (double) (3+)
Peterborough Mallard Park
13.12.90 (double) (3+)
London Wembley Arena 23.12.90 (double) (3+) last long version of 4500 times (15 minutes) with bits of Gotta go home, the lick from "Blue rondo a la turk". Caroline is played after Bye bye Johnny
Barcelona La Farga de l'Hospitalet
25.5.91 (5-) FM the replacement of Francis'
original Telecaster pick-ups by Fender-Lace-Sensors (to sound like the G&L
Asat...) around that time contributed to a
Glasgow SE&CC 21.9.91 (3)
gig
from the Rock
'til you drop event, Let's work together in the set
Glasgow SE&CC 30.11.91 (double) (3+)
Blackpool Opera House 2.12.91 (double)
(3+) Roadhouse blues incl. bits of Gotta go home (in
fact the lick is from "Race with the devil", from Gun)
London Wembley Arena
6.12.91 (double) (4-)
Madrid Pabellon del Real
Madrid 5.5.92 (3) (double)
Madrid Pabellon del Real
Madrid 5.5.92 (4 tracks) (5-) FM
Birmingham Sutton Park 30.08.92 (5) FM
BBC broadcast, incl. a Rick & Francis interview from
helicopter. The official album "Live alive
Quo" has some rerecorded solos
Middenmeer Oude Beurs 3.11.92 (double)
(4-) Paper
plane played only after the medley (forgotten?). Quo's mikes collapse during Rockin all over, but the dutch keep on singing, and the band rejoins them
Castrop-Rauxel Europahalle 28.11.92
(double) (3)
London Wembley Arena
21.12.92 (double) (3+)
South Shields Temple Park
1.12.93 (double) (4)
A mess of blues. Rick played piano on Restless
London Wembley Arena 18.12.93 (4+)
London Royal Albert Hall
3.3.94 + some London Wembley Arena 7.12.91 (double) (4+)
Munich Rudi Sedlmayer Halle 25.10.94
(double) (4)
Queenie in the set.
"You can see the bands
legs" (the new in-ear monitoring, no more monitor boxes)
Paris Le Zenith 3.11.94 (double) (3)
Arnhem Rijnhal 5.11.94 (4)
the "Goin nowhere" cd in right speed version
London Wembley Arena 17.12.94 (double) (3) Roadhouse blues feat. the riff to Come rock with me
Lüneburg Flugplatz 17.6.95 (4 tracks) (5-) FM
In the army now,
Whatever you want, Rockin all over the world, Roadhouse blues + interviews
Lüneburg Flugplatz 17.6.95 video CD (VG)
Schwalmstadt Flugplatz 24.6.95 (3 tracks) (5) FM Whatever you want, In the army now, Rockin all over the world
Gothenburg Ullevi 7.7.95 (2+) the first time Alan Lancaster saw the band on stage after the split: "I found that concert very uninspiring, it lacked feel and realism. Most of the songs were played much too fast, and the band looked cabaret. It was upsetting for me to see Francis and Rick degrading the name and legacy of Status Quo like that."
Skanderborg Festival
11.8.95 (double) (5) TV
Brasov Golden Stag Festival
30.8-3.9.95 (double) (4+) TV
formally
known as Bucharest, recently
reappeared as Brno 95, an invented date
London Wembley Arena
16.12.95 (double) (4-)
Oslo Sentrum Scene 17.3.96 (5) FM
Düsseldorf
Philipshalle 16.5.96 (double) (5) FM
Moscow Dinamo Stadium
23.6.96 (4/second part 5-) TV
Paris La Cigale 25.6.96 (double) (4-)
Timrå Isstadion 9.11.96 (5) FM
the best recording of the new line-up. The
tape was sent to the band; Francis said in FTMO that hearing this performance influenced
them for the new sound direction on the Under the influence album
Mulhouse Le Phoenix 22.11.96 (4-)
Paris Olympia 23.11.96 (4)
"The last time we played in Paris, it was
wicked". (Rick 2001)
Brighton Centre 12.12.96
(5) FM
London Wembley Arena 14.12.96 (double) (4+)
show was filmed, but
not released. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Tokyo Shibuya
Public Hall 27.2.97 (double) (4)
Tokyo Club Quattro 28.2.97
(4)
Los Angeles House of Blues
19.3.97 (4-)
New York Irving Plaza 22.3.97 (double) (3) "Mexico" shouts all over the place..
Norwich Carrow Road 2.8.97
(4-)
Zwolle
Ijsselhal 3.11.97 (double) (4+)
Bruxelles Forest National 1.12.97 (double)
(4-)
Düsseldorf
Phillipshalle 17.4.98 (double) (4)
St.Pölten Stadtfest 10.7.98 (4)
Blue moon in encore
Murcia Polideportivo
Municipal Los Alcazares 14.8.98 (4)
From a jack to a king
Oxford Apollo 13.12.98 (double) (4)
Travellin' light
Brighton Centre 20.12.98 soundcheck (2-) hardly audible performances of Don't waste my time (with harp accompaniment) and Keep on running (from Spencer Davis Group), sung by Rick
London Ruskin Arms pub 29.3.99 (3+)
Francis: "It was enjoyable from the novelty point of view, plus it taught
us to use just an AC 30 each and get a balance, which we haven't done since I
was about 16 or 17; just have an AC 30 each, bass and drums." (A few Vox AC
30 are still in use today, hidden behind the Marshalls)
Hilversum studios 22.4.99 (4 tracks) (5) FM Caroline, The way it goes, 20 wild horses, Under the
influence + interview
Frankfurt
Nachtleben 28.4.99 (5) FM
no clips. Rick nows plays the
intro to Big fat mama
Baden
Baden Ernst Becker studios 17.6.99 (5) TV
Munich Olympic Stadium
27.6.99 (4 tracks) (5-) FM
Rockin
all over the world, Whatever you want, Caroline, Dont waste my time. Internetbroadcast
Luleå Delfinen 21.7.99 (double) (4+)
Manchester Apollo Theatre
2.10.99 (double) (4)
Nottingham Royal Concert
Hall 4.10.99 (double) (3)
Night of the Proms 99 (Anvers-Rotterdam-Munich-Zurich) (5) TV
on the last few Proms shows, Andy was replaced by John
Miles, dressed up in jeans and white trainers
London Shepherds Bush Empire 27.3.00 (5) SBD complete live set soundboard recording. The tracks are from the "Juke of the month", and there is no 5 track "rare official promo single". Simply a clever well known german trader cut some tracks off this recording, in order to invent another "rarity"..
According to John Coghlan's book, Jeff Rich, when he left the band, suggested Francis to take John Coghlan back, but Rossi didn't want to "go back"..
Top Of The Pops 2 May 2000, broadcast 22.11.00 (5)
TV recorded before the german tour, still with Andy. With the
new drummer, Quo's playing begins rapidly to
slow down, unfortunately (on the Rossi's advice; it's known that he played
even faster as Jeff Rich, in the first rehearsals). But he has problems in holding the beat:
Caroline speeds up considerably towards the end (by the way, still does
today…)
Top Of The Pops 2 May 2000 (5) SBD from same show as above, 5 tracks without the BBC speakers voice on them, Caroline, Paper plane, Down down, Rain, Rockin all over the world
Emden Nordseehalle 20.5.00
(double) (4+)
Bonn
Museumsplatz 11.7.00 (4)
Sunderland Empire 8.10.00
soundcheck (4)
Cardiff St. Davids Hall
16.10.00 (4+)
Bristol Colston Hall 17.10.00 (double)
(4+) Only you
Gelsenkirchen
Amphitheater 15.6.01 (double) (4-)
Vaduz Little Big One
Festival 24.6.01 (4-)
London Hyde Park 22.7.01
(double) (3+)
Colmar Parc des Expositions 12.8.01
(double) (3)
Lourdes Open air 14.8.01 (3) free
show. "I know we're not exactly the kind of band you'd like to see, so if
you like to see us go quick, pray for rain"
Bingo Lotto Show 8.9.01 (3
tracks) (5) TV
Bingo Lotto Show 8.9.01
video CD
Copenhagen Valby Hallen 25.10.01 (double) (4+) first performance of unreleased HeavyTraffic songs
Amsterdam Heineken Music
Hall 28.10.01 (double) (4+)
Bruxelles Forest National 29.10.01 (double)
(4+)
Big fat mama (Wembley 14.12.) + Softer ride + Paper plane 2001 (5) SBD tracks originally recorded for the "Rock on and on" doc. As you don't hear crowd noises, some of the tracks (from the "Juke of the month") were issued under invented names (courtesy of a clever german trader again), like "Matt Lettley sessions", "demos", "rehearsals", sometimes with an invented date, like Feb. 2002
Bonus track the Proposin medley Emden 2005 soundboard recording, also from "Juke of the month"
Guildford Civic 22.01.02 (3-) extracts +
soundcheck (Gimme some lovin', You let me
down)
Paris Olympia 30.4.02 (double) (4)
Nantes La Trocardière 1.5.02 (double) (4)
Sölvesborg Sweden Rock Festival 7.6.02
(double) (4+) Francis: "The festival
where all the drummers had two bass drums". Quo were asked by the audience
to play louder and they did, but next day their sound engineer had a headache,
reports Francis
"The one and only" BBC TV
Centre Shepherds Bush 4.7.02 (5) TV incl. unbroadcasted
tracks 4500 times and Rain. Unfortunately some tracks were edited by the BBC
HMS Ark Royal, Portsmouth 30.7.02 (4)
the video of this shows Blues & rhythm and Jam side
down played as encore, but only as playback performances
Paris La Cigale 20.10.02 (double) (4-)
London Wembley Arena
14.12.02 (double) (3+)
Mexico City Estadio Neza 86 22.2.03
(double) (5) SBD
remastered soundboard recording with
correct volume levels (the video soundtrack plays every single note at the same
level, sounds horrible)
Mexico City Estadio Neza 86 23.2.03 (5) FM
San Francisco The Fillmore
25.2.03 (3+)
Chicago House of Blues
3.3.03 (double) (4+)
New York BB Kings 8.3.03 (4) no clips. Francis has to calm down the Mexicans (!) between the Heavy traffic songs. The bass system collapses during Big fat mama
Jelling Music Festival 3.5.03 (4+)
it's said that Quo always play a track out of tune
during their soundchecks; this seems to be the only recording of such a
performance, Don't waste my time played in different keys at the same time
Nr Mansfield Sherwood
Forest 13.6.03 (double) (3)
Aachen
Katschhof 11.7.03 (double) (4)
Montereau Parc des Noues 12.7.03 (3+)
"45 mystery songs"
Zofingen Heitere Festival 10.8.03 (5) TV 8 track version incl. Big fat mama. Same as for Dinkelsbühl 86, the bad TV mix reveals Andy's not really interesting background synths. But as he don't play them on Creepin up and Solid gold (where he's too busy playing harp) and neither on All stand up (where he plays piano instead), those tracks sound really good
Guildford Civic 29.10.03 (double) (4)
one of the hardest rockin shows from the last years, but the
band (aka Rossi...) didn't like the setlist.. Some problems with the solo in Break the rules,
but according to Francis in FTMO, the original solo on the Quo album was sped up, to
sound like Les Paul,
he admits he can't play that fast. So he
actually never played it as you hear it on the album
The oriental now in the set; it was said in interviews that it wasn't played earlier because there's a part in it difficult to sing and play at the same time. It's the part where Francis sings "you want another one, and another one", and the guitar part is now played by Rick
London Wembley Arena
6.12.03 (double) (3)
Alton Towers 26.6.04 (5) SBD British Telecom staff gig
Montreux Jazz Festival Auditorium Stravinsky 4.7.04 (5) FM the Rhino (aka "Brain surgeon") deplores in his tourlog that he hit a wrong note in 4500 times. But as his circumcised bass sounds like nothing anyway, you can't hear this :-)
Roeselare Schwung Festival 8.7.04 (5) FM
+ Francis interview from that day
Como Stadio Sinigaglia 13.7.04 (4+)
Zurich Airport 10.9.04 (double) (5) SBD "A very very strange venue... this is different, different..."
Dortmund
Westphalenhalle 3 14.10.04 (double) (4)
Cardiff St.Davids Hall 31.10.04 (double)
(5)
SBD Francis announces "Maureen's
300th show". And he adds: "Me and Rick have done about 7000 shows, so
you got a long way to go"
Nottingam Royal Concert
Hall 4.11.04 (double) (3+)
Sölvesborg Swedenrock Festival 10.6.05 (double) (5) FM poss. the clearest radio sound ever.
Incl. unbroadcasted tracks 4500 times,
Rain, Solid gold, The oriental, Creepin up on you, and the complete Medley with Slow train
(which was cut off by the swedish radio), all from "Juke of the month"
Liverpool Big Top Arena 23.7.05 (5) SBD incl.
the Medley & Gerdundula + unreleased Creepin up, Solid gold and The oriental
(all from Juke of the month).
Rossi's voice gets louder and louder in the mix, these days, tearing the sound apart
BBC session Maida Vale studios 9.9.05 (5) FM + interview. First BBC
live studio session since 7.2.1972
St.Leon-Rot Kulturzentrum Harres 24.9.05 (double) (4) the new medley still incl. Rockers rollin'
Essen Grugahalle 8.10.05 (double) (4)
Basle Trade Fair Centre AVO session 10.11.05 (double) (5) FM radiobroadcast, no frigging internet
Coblenz Sporthalle Oberwerth 11.11.05 (double) (3+)
Nottingham Royal Concert Hall 2.12.05 (double) (4)
Samnaun Alp Trida 23.4.06 (double) (4) Rick's voice still a bit weak. In a swiss interview, he said this show was his worst moment in 40 years of Status Quo
Birmingham NEC 21.5.06 (double) (5) SBD
Roeselare Schwung Festival 27.5.06 (5) FM
Wuppertal Uni Halle 28.5.06 (double) (4-)
Paris Olympia 22.10.06 (double) (4)
Manchester MEN Arena 8.12.06 (double) (4-) "Did anybody notice the deliberate mistake?" (the curtain at the front wouldn't drop for some three minutes). "We got a few guests here tonight, all our friends from Coronation street"
Nantes Le Zenith 6.10.07 (double) (4+) rhythm guitar intro to Rock'n roll music
Amnéville Le Galaxie 16.10.07 (double) (4) Bye bye Johnny now has own intro. Francis briefly plays the Marseillaise at the very end of the show
Plymouth Pavilions 19.11.07 (double) (4) "We try to rename this song every night... tonight it's called 'How much is that dog in the window?'"
Bratislava NTC Sibamac Arena 1.7.08 (double) (4+)
Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 2.7.08 (double) (4+)
Rouen Le Zenith 18.11.08 (double) (4) Is there a better way and Ice in the sun in the set
Le Mans Antarès 20.11.08 (double) (4+)
Glastonbury Festival 28.06.09 (5) TV
VARIOUS
Soundchecks 1984-1987 (4)
Gothenburg 84, Vienna 86, Veenhoop 86, Munich 86, Zwettl 87. Incl. soundcheck peformance of "Only love", from
Rick's album Recorded
delivery
In search for the fourth chord - rough mixes (6 tracks) (5) normally "rough mixes" are ripp-offs, but this was available two month before the album release. The official album has slight differences in the mix, but also additional guitars and keyboards on the tracks (which doesn't really improve them)
Rick Parfitt - Recorded delivery (5)
new version, better sound and complete Halloween intro
The Fighter (5) 1987 demo of the Ain't complaining album. Incl. "The greatest fighter". Ain't complaining has a drum intro, Magic has the original unproduced vocals, some tracks have diff. mixes
Now hear this (5) American version of the Whatever you want album. All tracks are sligthly different mixes. Living on an an island is the opening track, while Whatever you want is relegated to the 5th place (a shortened version, intro and one verse are missing). Longer version of High flyer
John Coghlan's Diesel Band - Flexible
friends (5) the unreleased album, also
featuring Bob Young. Incl. One way to roll, a song written by Bob originally for
Status Quo
The John Coghlan Band - Frieschepalen Café Ma Kelly's 3.6.06 (double) (5) John Coghlan with Predatür (Plagiatür - "In Quo's garden") playing Quo stuff, incl. unusual tracks like Coming and going, Lakky lady, All the reasons, A year
Rare little diamonds (5 to 4)
incl. Paper plane live Bray studios ca. 89-90, with a
different ending as usual. The track has
underlayed crowd noises (but nobody sings "we
all make mistakes forgive me")
The power of rock'n roll
(5 to 4)
Demos (double) (5) Down down, recorded at the Travel lodge, Los Angeles, during the first american tour 1973. Francis plays alone, open G tuning, no capo. Also including demos of Heavy traffic, I cried, Diggin' Burt Bacharach, I don't wanna hurt you anymore, Can't change the world & The winner (Rossi/Young demos), and bits of Down the dustpipe (Bob Young on vocals) and Creepin' up
The Universal demos (5) incl. Rock'n roll floorboards, recorded 6.11.85, the planned B-side of the cancelled "Naughty girl" single, Blondes don't lie, recorded 7.7.89, and the acoustic backtrack of Something 'bout you baby I like, recorded 20.1.81
Alan Lancaster – Heavy Metal Thunder (5) the Quo demos incl. Drifting away, and other stuff
The Bombers – Sydney Gladstone Hotel
11.5.89 (double) (4) also featuring John Coghlan
The Lancaster Bombers –
Gothenburg Metro 7.7.95 (double) (3)
Status Quo interviews London 1981 (5) all 4 original members interviewed during rehearsals for the Never too late tour by Derek Oliver & Cheryl Welchman for the Official Status Quo supporters club. There were even questions on bootlegs!
Rock on radio show 24.4.82 (5) Tommy Vance with Francis, Alan & Rick. Alan states that the band actually started in 1961. Francis: "We must have been together a year or so before. We always took the age of the band from the first gig. When we first mentioned the age of the band was when we did the 13th anniversary tour [...] It seemed silly at the time to say we'd been together longer than that."
Status Quo interviews 1976-1984 (double) (5) in the Donington 82 interview, Rossi - jealous of Alan Lancaster singing the first four songs? - calls the Live album a "bunch of shit"...
The rest of Status Quo (double) (5)
incl. Love in vain & Say that you need me
(Spectres), In my chair & Need your
love BBC Oct.70 (officially released, but as "alternate
versions" and "demos"), A planet called Monday,
Hard ride (2 versions), Bad company, Rockin' all over the world 88 rerecording, Drei Weisse
Birrken, the 3 Prince's Trust 86 tracks, I'll be back
(Young/Rossi)
DVDs
BACK
TO TOP
Granada TV 1970 (EX) "Doing their thing"
Wembley 1974 (G+) TV
Madrid 1975 (EX-)
TV
Marquee 72 and Stafford 77 as bonus stuff
Off the road (EX-) 1976 film showing Quo off-roading. Released in 80 but quickly withdrawn
Dortmund 82 (EX) TV "Rockpop in concert"
NEC 82 (EX-) incl.
4500 times, Don't waste my time, Dirty water,
soundcheck
interview
Early TV Quo (G/AV) compilation of rare TV appearances 68-80
Early TV Quo vol. 2 (G/AV) 80-83
Early Quo 78-84 (G/AV)
TV compilation,
incl. excellent quality Rockers
rollin’ Australia 78
End of the road 84 (EX)
from
laserdisc
Milton Keynes 21.7.84 (EX-/G-) complete show, proshot with the missing tracks taken from the audience filming. Even the edited bits from 4500 times, Roadhouse blues etc. are replaced. + interviews
Quo video compendium vol. 1 (G/AV) clips and TV appearences 70-84
Quo video compendium vol. 2 (G/AV) 86-04
Quo bitz 80-94 (G/AV) TV compilation, incl. She don't fool me, Lets work together, Gerdundula live GMTV (Rick playing a Dobro)
Bruxelles 86 (G-) TV complete show
Dinkelsbühl Out in the green 86 (EX) from digital TV
Sheffield 15.12.86 (G-) audience filmed. Rare Rick solo bits prior to Bye bye Johnny
Sheffield 16.12.86 (G-) audience filmed
East Berlin 90 (G) TV
Gothenburg 92 (G)
aud.
filmed
with three
cameras
Skanderborg
95
(G+)
TV
Brasov 95 (G-) TV formally known as Bucharest
Moscow 96 (G+) TV + interesting footage from russian TV
Prague 98 (G) audience filmed
Ramsau 99 (G) audience filmed
Baden-Baden
99 (EX) "Ohne
Filter", from
digital TV
Amsterdam 99 (G-) audience filmed, + the Edison awards performances feat. Mike Paxman on drums
Excess all areas (EX-) 2000 BBC TV documentary featuring all 4 original members. + Clarkson show 2000, the bit where Francis passes a cottonbud from one side of his nose to the other
Lourdes 01 (G-) audience filmed
Ark Royal 02 (G) audience filmed
Paris La Cigale 02
Montereau 03 (G-) audience filmed
Neza 03 (EX) pro filmed
Zofingen
03
(EX)
TV
Alton towers 04 (EX) proshot
Montreux
04
(EX)
TV
A day in the life of Status Quo (EX) TV doc. filmed Nov. 2004. Due to official release, but cancelled
UK TV Quo 05 (EX) VH1 Classic Quo special, Quo on the Street, TOTP + GMTV appearances etc.
Basle 05 AVO session (EX) TV
The Lancaster Bombers in Sweden 94-95 (G) 4 shows + Nuff meets Parfitt & Edwards
Alan Lancaster - Life after Quo (G) + some early interviews
Motorsport backstage with Rick Parfitt (EX) Motors TV documentary on Rick at Silverstone 2006
Glastonbury Festival 09 (EX) TV
THE BOOTLEG
BLACKLIST
The following recordings
are fakes or wrong dates:
London Marquee 26.12.72 (non-existant date = London Marquee 26.6.72)
London Rainbow Theatre 73
(= London Paris Theatre 1.3.73, but a real Rainbow also exists, 13.10.73)
London Marquee March 73
(non-existant date = London Marquee 28.11.72)
London 25.5.74 (= Wembley 26.5.74)
Wembley 26.5.74 "rare 6 track" incl. Roadhouse blues (= 5 tracks from London 31.12.75 FM and Roll over lay down really from Wembley 74). No Roadhaouse blues was broadcasted from that show..
Newcastle 22.1.75 (= Nottingham 12.4.75 or Newcastle May 75)
Nottingham 22.1.75 (= Nottingham 12.4.75 or Newcastle May 75)
London 24.5.75 (non-existant date = Wembley 26.5.74)
Newcastle Australia
8.10.75 (= Nottingham 12.4.75 or Newcastle May 75)
Münster 22.2.75 (= Mainz 22.2.75)
Münster 8.9.75 (= Mainz 22.2.75)
Paris Palais des Sports
11.12.75 audience recording (= Paris Palais des Sports 2.6.75)
Lyon 22.12.76
(non-existant date = Lyon 13.2.77)
Paris 22.12.76
(non-existant date, wrong info "ultimate" gig list = Lyon 13.2.77)
Rennes 17.3.78 (non-existant date = Rennes
16.2.79)
London Hammersmith Odeon 28.6.79 (=
same venue 27.6.79)
Glasgow 30.4.82 (= Glasgow
1.5.82 audience recording)
Essen 84 (gig was
transferred to Cologne)
Amsterdam 84 (= Zwolle 84)
Oldenburg 86 (= Osnabrück 15.10.86)
London or Wembley 87 (no british tour that year)
Barcelona 87 (non-existant date = Hamburg 87)
Torbay 89 (= Glasgow 11.12.89)
Bucharest 95 (= Brasov 95)
Brno 11.8.95 (= Brasov 95) Andy Bown said in a 2004 FTMO interview that he looked forward to going to Brno, as he had never been there before
Reading 2.12.97 (non-existant date)
Brighton
27.12.2004 (non-existant date)
Southend
8.3.2005 (non-existant date)
Nantes 2008 (non-existant date)
Some
audience recordings are given out falsely as soundboard recordings:
Stockholm
13.8.73
London
12.7.86
London
3.3.94
Arnhem
5.11.94
FAKED
TRACKS
The
so-called demos, outtakes, rerecordings, rough mixes, alternate/extended
versions of the following tracks are fakes:
Jungle Jim
(so-called Spectres demo), The clown, Pictures of matchstick men (BBC 13.2.68
live version given out as demo), Everything (remix given out as "rough mix", and
even as a 2004 rerecording…), Spinning wheel blues,
Daughter
("early rough mix for guitar overdubs"... which dickhead/crook invents
comments like this?), Is it really me/gotta go home
(outtake exists, the "rough mix" is a fake), Shy fly, Lakky lady,
April Spring Summer and Wednesdays (Beat club 70 live version given out as
demo), Mean girl, Umleitung or Diversion, Something's
goin' on in my head, Railroad (remixes given out as "rough mix"), Joanne, You lost the love or Piece of mind, Waiting for the day
+ You set the world on fire (from a band called Freeway), Mad
about the boy ("demo" done with vocal cut), Rolling home, Calling all shots, Marguerita time (faked
extended version), Goin' down town tonight
Apart
from those with wrong names/invented origins, these tracks were faked by remixing, erasing one of the stereo channels of
the original recordings, vocal cut, etc. and have nothing to do with Status Quo.
It
appears that most of the cds containing such fakes ("Early demos",
"Studio outtakes", "Rare trax", "Rare Quo
Anthology") were manufactured in Germany.
Other worthless Cds are "Unfinished influence", "Rockin through the vaults" and "As it happens" (or "The Whatever you want sessions"), which contain no studio outtakes at all, but fakes, remixes and officially released stuff ("As it happens" has a few real demos, but taken from the "Demos" bootleg). There's also a faked Francis Rossi solo album (Flying debris) around, consisting of officially released stuff. Finally, some non-existant bootlegs are listed in the Hot Wax: "We play anything" and "Thirsty live work".
Some
of the fakes have even made it to official release (!), as "rough mix" or
"early working mix" on the 2003 Castle reissues: Daughter, Is it
really me/Gotta go home, Mean girl.
Already on the 98 Castle reissues some tracks stated as "previously unreleased version" were only remixes, not even done by Status Quo themselves: Neighbour neighbour, Pictures of matchstick men, The price of love, Time to fly, There's something going on in my head, Good thinking Batman, Mean girl.
Finally, on the "Rockers rollin" anthology, Universal sell two tracks from the Live at the NEC album as "previously unreleased", Hold you back and Over the edge
THE QUO TALK BACK TO TOP
SING ALONG, KEEP THE ALBUM LOOSE –
LIVE VOCALS VARIATIONS DONE OVER THE YEARS BY STATUS QUO
Again and again
Then came a man with a rockin guitar, found himself a bitch, and he played it near and far
Then
came a band with two rockin'
guitars, found themselves a beat, played it near and far
You
had to stay at home and listen to the radio… it's true!
Backwater
(vocals
by Rick)
I
woke up with a boner, and a pain in my back
In
a house on a corner, looking over the twack
I
was walkin' down the highway, needin' something to grow
Had
a funny feelin', but the dealer said no
Had
a funny feelin', but the lady said nej/nein
But
the mädchen said nein
I
woke up with a monster, and a pain in my back
Had
a funny feelin', but the monster said no
Looks
like the lover needs a doctor,
Gina
left/comes this morning, and she's not coming home
It's
ten thirty in the morming, and I'm feelin' fine
Beginning of the end
Maybe a move to Bollywood
Who cares about the shit you leave behind
Big fat mama
I
got a big fat batter and there's no one else around
Burning
bridges
Burning
bridges never made me cry… I love this one/not much
Even
though I fooled myself for years, years, years… I can't escape this Ricky in
my ears
Turn around and call it all a day... it's a day!
Break
the rules
Spend
a low down evening sittin' high on a honky-tonk stuhl
And I knew it wasn't right.... I knew it
Pulled
a low down lady with a long black honky-tonk snatch/c... car [NB:
all abbreviations verbatim, no censorship here! This is a french site.. and
'political correctness' is for assholes]
Bye
bye Johnny (vocals
by Francis)
She
finally got the letter she was dreamin' of, Johnny wrote and told her she was in
the club
Never
ever thought that came a day like this when she had to give her son... a kiss
Remembered
making money out of gathering crop, buying Johnny's guitar in a very big shop
As
long as he would play it by the railroad side, and wouldn't get in trouble she
was quite happy
Leaving
Louisiana for the golden east/south
Bigger
bigger everybody wants it bigger…
Bye
bye Johnny, bye bye Batman be good
Bye
bye Johnny skip up
Bye
bye Johnny good wank
Carol
Oh
Carol, don't let 'em steal your arse away
You
park your car out in the open you can wank inside
A
little cutie looks a twat/gives you a wank and you can thank her ma'm
And
you can wank her ma'm
I
gotta learn to wank/shag if it takes me all night and day
Caroline
Take
my hand, together we can start it grow
Take
my cock, together we can rock'n roll
If
you want to turn me on to now anything your mother wants to
Turn
me on to your tits/legs/bits/knobs, sweet love
Turn
me on to your lumps, sweet lumps
Can
I come there for/we can find time for lunch, sweet lunch
Are
you keepin' your junks/lunch/lumps, sweet love
You
know I wanna shag you, I really wanna make you
When
I'm thinkin' of you sleepin', I'm at home alone and polishin'/wankin'
Nothin'
you can do, sure as one and one is three, I'll be keepin' up with me
Gonna write a little letter, poetry for you/ poetry for t.. t.. t.. two
Everybody
was talkin' to me like I was a twat
And
I can't sing, because it's dirty, dirty water
And
I can't swim, caus' I couldn't start to leave you
Why
do you think it's all wrong for due/use/John/Hirsch
Maybe it's in something that Hirsch do
Maybe it's in something Johnboy do
Why do you think it's all wrong for Rick, maybe its in some things at his dick
Why do you think it's all wrong for you, hanging your tits on things that you do
I say it's not a guess, you make a sticky mess
Many's
the times I asked Jeff to say, why do you feel so bad, day to day
Many's
the times I asked less to say
Why
do you feel so duff, day to day
Could
it be a wrong, messing with your dong
I'm
telling you straight don't drive my car… don't drive it honey!
Ah
ah ah ah... don't drive his car
You
hang on my lollies and love me just for my bottom/just for nought
You
think it's funny to see me all the time… or most of the time
You
think it's funny to leave me all the time
You
think it's better to see me all the time
Sittin' with my legs goin' brown
Sittin'
with my nuts/legs
Sittin'
with my head on the bum, treatin' me just like a job
Treatin'
me just like a twit/crap/brown/twat/cunt
But
someday when I'm older too… and that's now!/like now/I'm older
I'm
gonna come and make a twit out of you
I'm
gonna come and make a fool out of Chris
You
spend my knuckles/lessons but honey you sure did waste my time
But
honey you sure did piss me off
Shit
down, deeper and down
Pour down, deeper and down
Fuck
around, deeper and down
To
see you're laughin', and you're laughin' at one
Stop
your messin' with one
What
yours doin' to me
What
you’re doin’ to one
NB
sometimes the “get down” is spoken with a Scottish accent…
4500
times
There's
nobody at the end of my lance/leg/legs
Ain't no snorting on a table for two
Be
my friend…. Let's rock!
Blow
me over like a blast from the past, everybody wishin' they'd be there
Women
seem to pass me by… sometimes
Jojo was a man he thougt he was a woman
Great
balls of fire
I
chew my nails and I twiddle my knob
How
d'you know the music when you don't know the twat
Does
the cock that you're watchin' ever tell you 'bout the time
Do
you think that you can take it when you don't need no more
A
man in a helmet said what's that you smokin'
Now
you remember what the daft man said…
But
once you're out there no one gives a shit/fuck
If
you wanna survive, get off my bed
Nobody
knows that you screw for good
Shit ring out in the dead of night…
You're
in the navy/the forces now
Masturbation
on the back of a van …does the best she can you're in the army now
Junior's wailing (vocals by Rick)
Put your legs around me like a sun beam/circle 'round the sun
Oh
you gotta love me baby cause there's no one else around
Say
that you'll let me have this dance, let's shag…
Well
I saw my little lady walking down the strasse/rue
Well I saw my dirty mama walking down the street
So
I made another lady and so many more, didn't really know which way to come
Living
on an island, thinking 'bout the girls I've done
Patty's
gonna be there soon, I just wanna see her face…
Someone's
gonna be there soon, I just wanna see their face…
Mean girl
Mean, mean, mean mean girl, I guess she was the kind that I've been lookin' for
Doin'
a wrong, stickin' my dong
Could
I be younger… no! most/some of the time
May
I be wiser (no chance/no) yes than, most man will ever be
Call
me Ricky/Sticky, you can take my dicky
Call
me sugar, you can take my mugger
And
now I know that I wanna shag/shake you, gimme the time you can name the place
I
like the look upon your tit/vault (? or poss. german word)
I like the look upon my face
I
like my prick upon your face
Oh
I'm feeling like a … railroad
Stole a snot at the turn of a mile...
Cruising
and playing the whatsname, with no particular place to go
All
stand up are you ready for the weekend are you ever… I am!
Tellin'
you now it's Friday, I'm gonna do it your way
Second
verse 2001:
The
world is ongoing crazy
and
if we don't sort it maybe
then
there's one thing sure that I know
Gonna
pay, we're ready to go
Don't
wanna see the children crying
Nothin'
gonna stop me trying
I'll
do now whatever it/she takes
Don't
care of any mistakes
Tellin'
you now its Friday
I'm
gonna do it my way
Her
name was Mae Wong, she was a nuker, she was a raver of eastern flavour
I
don't like sushi... love it
Got one for a cousin, that’s true!/not true! can you send me a dozen
Got
two for a cousin
She said I'd love to go down on Texas
Go down to Texas... Nice boy! Must have one Lexus
Getting
shitfaced sorry, once again
Legs
and tits/knobs all feel the wrong way
Close
my legs to look for somethin', saw myself as really nothin'
Something
went wrong with the size of my dong
...and now she's over there again
As
she laid on my bed, six or seven minutes/seconds/days/years ago
Something
she said as she wanked on my bed…
Livin'
alone, a sex on my own
I'd like to snort/sniff/smoke a line but then again...
How
can I nuke when I’m heel to heel
Rain that’s fallin' on my bum/kopf
Rain that’s fallin' on your head
Yes I can live without my brain
Roadhouse
blues
(vocals by Rick)
Keep
your eyes on the rue your hands upon the wheel
I
say roll, baby roll
I
woke up this morning and I had a cup of tea
You
gotta jump up and down baby, show me you like me baby
Show
me your tiger baby
Allright…
what a lovely voice
You
gotta roll roll roll, gotta suck my dick awright -
I
should have made you... so play a little harp (Alan)
That
kinda people, that like to go down… quick (Francis)
I
got
no kick against modern jazz, unless they try to play it too damn schnell
I
had enough of that modern jazz
Change
the beauty of the melody, if you want to sing along with me
Half
of the time we were playing a gig…
Half
of the time I could hardly remember my name… that's true
Come
on out with your shaggin' shoes/gear
with
your shoes/little shoes/overshoes
Rockin'
all over the floor
Smokin'/skinnin'/watchin'/soakin'/runnin'
all over the world
We're
goin' stupid/super and we're goin'/it must be today...
Water
born and we're hittin' the front/and we're shaggin' the road
All
aboard and we're hittin' the road (used to be "water born")
All aboard and we're gettin' really wet
When
I get home tomorrow night after this morgen/early one morgen
Show me your tits like you did the night before
Maybe I won't take two from the table/crewbus/three from the sexclub
Maybe I won't take the joint from the table/a nuke from the bus stop
Reckon I'll skip me up down the floor/bus/tonight for sure/not skip me up anymore
Reckon
I'll play me some country at the door
Reckon I'll check the setlist on the floor
Roll
over lay down… here we go/shuffle!
Rolling
home
(2)
I
left my home one day for the sake of a lot more dosh/money/euros/of better
wages/big skins
For
the sake of a longer prick/dick
There
is someone waiting there for one
Where
the sun keeps burning down, on a whole drilled in the face/in the stones
Where the sun keeps burning down, on the rain drilled in the ground
And I dream of the car I left behind
I
gave no fucker warnin' I was leavin' and I thought it was right
Got a feelin' that I'm leavin' with a chicken/rooster/poussin/turkey/whatsname
Its
no good to believin' that my turkey/whatsname/chicken was wrong it was right
Let
my bum/nought take a softer ride
I
ain't gonna work no more… it's not true!
If
I could go back to the job I had, same ol' thing only drives me mad
Solid
gold
A
little smile, a secretive grin, one more wank/toss and you're out there again
Something
'bout you baby I like
Well
I'm a slow wanker but girl I'd race a mile for you
I see you everyday walking down the avenue with an umbrella
I'd like to check you over get to know you with a comb/very big comb
Oh
baby maybe it's the way you wear your blackjeans so tight
Oh
baby when it comes to snortin' my tongue gets so tight
Maybe
it’s the way I wear my blue jeans so tight, I can put my finger on what I'm
doing right
And then you come a strollin' through my dreams…
There's
something 'bout your T-shirt I like
There's
something 'bout your pussy I like
There's
something 'bout you Clumsy I like
There's
something 'bout you lady I like
There's
something 'bout you babies I like
There's
something 'bout you twaties I like
Well
I lost my money on the spinning wheel last night
Sweet
soul music
Spotlight
on Jeff Rich now.. Yeah yeah! He's the one on the drums/he's a son of a bitch
now
Spotlight
on Andy Bown now.. Yeah yeah! He's the man on the keyboards
Spotlight
on Rhino Edwards.. Yeah yeah! He's the man on the bass
Spotlight
on you.. yeah yeah! You are the crowd.. Yeah yeah! You can really rock'n roll
Spotlight on James Brown now... Ja ja! He's the king of the soul now... Ja ja!
Do
you like Status Quo.. Yeah yeah! Oh I like Status Quo.. Yeah yeah! They can
really rock'n'roll
Twenty
wild horses
Have
you been Welsh, give my regards to the world
Straight as an arrow I'll make a new start, what can I tell you its straight off the arse
I
seen her off, but that don't change anything
I kiss 'em when I shag/nail them
Cause to me they're all quite different
With my two tits of iron I'm goin' nowhere
I'll tear open my shirt and show them Rosie on my tit
And
Cathy is the girl that I'll be with tonight
They
call me the fuckerer
The
other night, as I was leaving… shake baby shake!
Now
get it right… shake baby shake!
You're
showin' off, you're showing out… ta!
You look for trouble, turn around, give me a sh… shout
You squeeze me dry and now today you say it's time to say goodbye
Tell
me what he says…
Well
you wouldn't read my letters, if I wrote you… I love this one
If
I wrote thee/one
You
ask me not to call you on the door
Well
there's somethin' I been waiting five to tell you/thee
A bunch/group/load of songs very cleverly thrown together in the key of A/to make 'em sound clever/by him and I/by Rick and myself - The medley - The whatsname medley - A mess
All stand up or never say never say never say nev...
A song about a prostitute
Audience
parti… you journey with us/Audience participation time
Backwater junction
Bella vista woman
The blonderer
Don't
drive his car/I can't drive my car
Famous in the last dingdong
Fur
fur fur fur with the Beach Bunnies
The german song
Horses and men
If you can't stand the heat without the h in the front
The lovely dirty water/sh... dirty water
The politically incorrect song
The
posin' album
Roadhouse boogie
Rockin all over the thing/piggy
Shake baby whatsname
Solid frigging gold
Who gets your lumps
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