Pictures Of Matchstick Men- The Quo

Stunning chick behind Rick, dancing.

Yep...that was a great rendition although Rick was struggling with the vocals.9/10.

Well he is older than me, voice is bound to be going. New album of acoustic music due soon.

They are live in concert on Radio 2 right now Kenny.

Thanks, anubis. Have switched on seeing as Liverpool match is a foregone conclusion.

I've just noticed you can also watch it as well. It's on the BBC red button channel. Repeated on a loop all night.

oh right, that sounds much more fun, especially if the lovely chick  is there.

quite a crowd there

I did a thread about this a while back.  Matchstick men is an awesome song.  Now I like quo, in their own way.  A good fun band with some nice catchy tunes.  But they never acheived the heights of matchstick men again, nor did they even appear to try.

Francis wrote it on the bog, Rob. Terrific number.

A lot of their songs were very catchy imo.

'Matchstick Men' only got as high as number 8 in the UK chart.

'Down Down' got to no.1 and 10 others charted higher than no.8

They have also had 4 no.1 albums, and another 8 in the top 5, but my favourite album, 'Piledriver', only got to no.2

kenny mann   
22 Oct 14 21:44 
A lot of their songs were very catchy imo

Francis thought 'You're In The Army Now' was a load of sh1t

I thought it was quite good. The one I thought was **** is marguerita time

Best of :- is a great cd to play in the car.

Just tuned in. The red button has moved on my tv. Used to be 300/301, now 200 and 601? The Roundhouse is looking lively

paper plane was my fav

Agreed good song, their first heavy one I think.

The Irish like them.

'Rockin All Over The World' only got to no.3 here, but made no.1 in Ireland.

'Rollin Home' only got to 9 here, but made it to no.1 in Ireland.

'You're In The Army Now' got to no.2 here, but made no.1 in Ireland, Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

Great video of that, taxi, when they filmed with an Army unit.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObntvRcKMrE

This is my favourite Quo video - The Wanderer

filmed on the back of a lorry in London.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRCzXk3LAQk


or turn the sound up and annoy the neighbours with this live set that lasts 20 minutes.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM1_4SQNyZ8


Pink Floyd had to follow this, and it started raining then

I'll have a look after racing, cheers. I think everyone would have gone home when Pink Floyd came on. I would have.

did you enjoy it?

How old are you CMAT?

I think Quo was the first live gig I ever went to, NEC in '78.

Yes, taxi it was great. Not many black faces.

Kev mac   
27 Oct 14 13:16 
How old are you CMAT?

On my home planet - 63

nobbut a lad.

I'm always curious about Quo fans age
I'm 32 and love them. Was brought up listening to the from my dad's old LP's. Years later and you'll find me listening to Quo several times a week.
Was on Twitter when they did the accoustic set on Radio 2 / Red button, was amazed at the amount of 20 somethings tweeting about them and commenting how good they are. A lot of them were female!

they span a fair old area of time. I didn't get into them until the mid 70's, and they had probably been going longer even then than many of todays turns

They day you see me head banging to a Status Quo song I hereby give you all permission to shoot me in the head.

Letitia is a big Quo fan always modelled herself on Rick Parfitt

Very funny BB!

@ B-B

I have it on good authority that Letita's favourite band is Depeche Mode. Stick that in yer pipe and smoke it

Are they all fat as well?

Paper Plane my fav too although my fav clip of the band is a live version of spinning wheel blues
from 1970...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BViiEiHyD4

Francis was such a dreamboat

Francis on Hardtalk now, BBC1

SKY ARTS 1 AT 9.00.

Francis Rossi: Live At St Luke's...
Sunday 9pm


... London. New. Francis Rossi performs an intimate solo gig, featuring songs from his album One Step at a Time, as well as his takes on Status Quo hits including Caroline.

I'll take a look at that Tambers, seeing as I haven't the energy to go out tonight.

Know what you mean....where's the Phyllosan.

Aye flesh and spirit and all that.

I usually go here on a Sunday, not far from Forster Square.  http://officialpubguide.com/pubdetails.php?pubid=7431

Only went in there a few times but it looks like a good place even today,
Used to go in the Boy and Barrel up Westgate...not sure if its still going.
I also used to go in a "modern" pub at lunchtime right in the Square....can't remember the name now....It must have
been levelled when the Square was demolished.

Boy and Barrel still going. Rough and ready as it always was. Not been in for years but I've passed it often and heard the krapioke belting out. City Vaults is a fine pub and has jazz on Sunday with some fine guest singers.Trying to think of the pub in the Square. You mean by the City Hall presumably. What years were you in Bradford?

1970/73.
When you came down Godwin St.you would turn left into the Railway Station....just past there I would turn left into
Forster Square where I worked in  a High Rise office tower.There was Cafe at ground level along with other shops
including an Adult Movie theatre.....looking across from there towards Norfolk Gardens was this pub.I might have got
the location wrong after all these years.

Godwin St is the wrong location, that is where the CO-OP was . I remember the adult movie place. Think it was called the Cinecenta and the Tie and Shirt Gallery was a bit further on on a corner of Forster Square. Replace Godwin St with Manor Row with the famous Midland Hotel on the corner. Norfolk Gardens is a good 200 yards away near the other railway station. I think you might mean The Queens pub?

We've got Google Earth now. Have a look round.