is it really me,gotta go home

[@alanstrom2221]

Recorded LIVE in Sweden 1970. Written by their Bass player ALAN LANCASTER

[@ugurgorgulu5659]

Who do you think these young kids are? Status Quo! This is a recording from 1970 by the group that would later become legendary as the 'Frantic Four.' They look so young and full of energy that it's hard to believe that two members of the Frantic Four, Alan Lancaster and Rick Parfitt, have passed away. Now, they are presenting you with about 12 minutes of a feast: watching John Coghlan's extraordinary drumming skills and passion. John is 77 years old today and retired. He just spends his time at home with his wife, Gill. However with new musicians filling in for the ones we've lost, Francis Rossi and Andy Bown are still carrying on the spirit of Status Quo and continue to put on very successful concerts. 'Is it really me' and 'Gotto go home' are actually based on the same musical structure. The same music is played slowly with different lyrics, and when it speeds up, the lyrics change to match the tempo. I think it's incredibly beautiful! I always get emotional and cry when watching, especially in the first part. I don't know why. Maybe it's because of the emotion when it's played slowly or perhaps because I can't quite come to terms with the loss of Parfitt and Lancaster, who knows?

[@70AD-user45]

It didn't take them long to transition out of the psychedelic era (with Pictures of Matchstick Men), and into the rock boogie era. Matchstick Men was in 1967. What was their first rock boogie song/album?

[@iancrockert5110]

@@70AD-user45”Ma Kelly’s Greasy Spoon” 1970. This was the closing track.

[@70AD-user45]

@@iancrockert5110 Thanks. 👍

[@MisterWillow]

@ugurgorgulu5659 Thanks dude. Well put. I feel the same as you described. This was such a beautiful band in the glory days. So hard to see people like Parfitt and Lancaster go. 😕

[@alanstrom2221]

@@70AD-user45 Matchstick Men was in 1968. "Down the Dustpipe" was a Boogie song of theirs from early 1970. Written by Australian man Carl Groszman. RIP Carl and thank you for "Down the Dustpipe"

[@igortchernowitzer927]

Audiences were spoiled those years by numerous brilliant bands. I wish I had traveled back in time to experience that era of classic rock bands at their prime

[@andrewkidger7048]

Wow, I could listen to this all night,, the real quo, I feel blessed to have been growing up in the early 70's following the Quo, I hope I hear the Quo in heaven one day , proud to be a member of the Quo army, GOLDEN.

[@ivannavarro4907]

STATUS QUO UNA GENIAL Y GRANDIOSA BANDA MUSICAL UN SALUDO PARA RICK Y ALAN GRANDES MAESTROS E ICONOS LOS CUALES YA EMPRENDIERON EL VIAJE AL INFINITO

[@ColinPottersBar]

Found early gig dates for Quo and found one back in 1971 at a Rugby Club in Cornwall. They were there on 16 July, we got there the day after on holiday. Couldn't believe it when I saw their name written in chalk for the previous night! They would have been performing this....!!

[@Cl4rendon]

Brilliant performance of the young band. They were still quite psychedelic back then. Years later it was "4500 times" that turned to their stage marathon tune.

[@bertblaauw3047]

One of their best songs and album.

[@ColinPottersBar]

Totally agree.....

[@mishkin23]

One of the best songs ever created on the full earth

[@yvoheaton6402]

John Coghlan is such a powerhouse of a drummer...just try and keep the beat for two minutes let alone 10 plus without missing a beat...remarkable playing by the mighty Quo...doing just what it says on the tin.....

[@ColtraneTaylor]

But he has the look of an employee with an eye on the clock. 9:22 Not to downplay his skills.

[@yvoheaton6402]

@@ColtraneTaylor I know what you mean. He was not looking comfortable for sure.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@yvoheaton6402 Touring non-stop is hard enough without playing that hard as well.

[@petegreenfield3645]

Coghlan an absolute metronome

[@lepetitvapophile5054]

If you need to exemplify the meaning of boogie. (and why if freaks out conservatives)

[@barnabarinludocratique6262]

A masterpiece! Boogie, underground, psychedelic, and krautrock.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Why is this krautrock?

[@alanstrom2221]

@@ColtraneTaylor Yeah, I thought Krautrock was German. Kraut is a German word recorded in English from 1918 onwards as an ethnic slur for a German, particularly a German soldier during World War I and World War II.

[@dieterbackes5862]

Young Quo,Perfect Performance

[@oscarvega5412]

DESPUES DE ESTO QUIEN NO SE VUELVE,,,ROCKER,,,,SIN PALABRAS ,,, EXELENTE GENERO, EXELENTES MUSICOS,,,TENIA YO UN AÑO DE EDAD CUANDO ESTOS MAESTROS YA ANDABAN,,,,,REGALANDO ESTILÓ.....

[@alanstrom2221]

A great ALAN LANCASTER CLASSIC ROCK SONG.

[@michaelboyle5563]

Saw them live Harlow Playhouse Feb 1971. 50p a ticket, life changing gig for me. They came back to Harlow Playhouse later the same year by public demand, £1a ticket. My brother who got me into Quo saw them a few months earlier at the Wake Arms Pub in Epping, 20p to get in. Happy days.

[@CaptainGanja]

Cool tune. Love it!

[@jorgevillegas3182]

Que hermosura de tema casi un cuarto de hora por un tema nada mejor que verlos .un lujo para esa época hermosas 💖

[@iancrockert5110]

RIP Rick and Alan

[@beatricepeter995]

"Is it really me?" IT is Since the greatest rock band is behind me

[@alanstrom2221]

I love it when SPUD throws his sticks in the air after playing for 12' 19"

[@fcamsterdam8941]

at 11:55 he lose one stick, takes another spare one which breaks at 12:01 and then in the end he throws all away. This performance is a 10 out of 10, unbelievable. Rossi drops the plectrum at 7:52 or so picked it up at 7:55 and at 9:38 the audience is beginning to move !

[@alanstrom2221]

@@fcamsterdam8941 Audience not ordeance, though I do like your spelling. LOL!!!

[@fcamsterdam8941]

@@alanstrom2221 s s mistyped

[@alanstrom2221]

@@fcamsterdam8941 Audience??

[@carlosledesma5887]

Tremendos rockeros , lo más

[@juannavarromelian6638]

Fenómenos del Rock,esa batería como lo hace???????

[@MrNickelbrille]

Das erste "alte" Status Quo Stück das ich höre,damn. Wie geil.Ich will mehr,hoffentlich bekomm ich's :-)

[@岡本清-z1q]

日本で初期メンバーの💿CD手に入りませんかね‼️⁉️⁉️

[@lukasmarzell3730]

If you have it loud enough, you can actually anoi the neighbours 2 or 3 streets away. It must a been incredible loud to hear status quo in the 70s. Went to a concert some years ago on a stage in the water. They where loud, good and rocking. Like all their stuff. Best band.

[@andrewkidger7048]

I went to see the Quo at 16 with my dad at Demontfort Hall, Leicester in 1977, rock in all over the world tour, it was so loud you couldn't see straight, the stage looked blurred !!.

[@nimzo5138]

@@andrewkidger7048 So Lucky

[@jonasscherman9522]

This is really GOOD DAMN PURE MAGIC!!!

[@nimzo5138]

This is so gooooood

[@pablorios8738]

Excelente !!!

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

Now imagine, from 'Ma Kelly's' up to 'Live' each of their record has been recorded the same way: Fucking LIVE! The 7" 'Wild side of life' was actually the first release which was recorded using different tracks. Every record before was the whole equipment into the studio, set all up, rehearse and record it LIVE. This has been repeated once later with 'Rock 'til you drop' where they stood on a stage and recorded the whole stuff with the Fleetwood mobile.

[@ОльгаВоробьева-щ8ю]

✌👍👍👍

[@alanstrom2221]

They recorded most of their songs LIVE in the studio. "Wild Side of Life" was their first "Disco" song. John's kick drum is only on the one beat, one, one, one, one... "RAOTWorld" is another "Disco" song, as is "Accident Prone" "Fine, Fine, Fine" is a quality Country Rock song. "Marguerita Time" is a disgusting Country song.

[@RobertoMartinez-mj3gi]

Para el cebos está musica es algo más q maravilloso para su alma y todo my ser GRACIAS

[@alanstrom2221]

That is verging on PUNK ROCK!!!!

[@simongolby195]

😮

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

They definitely had an influence on punk and metal.

[@LuisLopez-gk3pc]

Greetinng from Netzahualcotl Mex are we remaind. Them Master genios in the Rock

[@juanharocorbera1577]

alan lancaster is a genious.

[@veronicacortez640]

Simplemente hermoso perfecto😍

[@svorttsirhc1814]

Timeless

[@sidneivangelis732]

Status Quo é coisa "dudemoin"!!! E eu adorooooo kkkkkkkk Só Jesus salva...mas só o puro, bom e velho Rock'n roll alivia!

[@valeriyblinov1573]

GREAT!!!!

[@juanavazquezarvizu6571]

MAESTROS. A los que ya iniciaron el viaje final, dónde quiera que hayan ido, Rick y Alan : Buen Viaje.

[@broncycolon7020]

Lame crowd....John cool as ever....that green guitar....👍😋

[@alanstrom2221]

In those days crowds in studios were instructed to remain seated and still. Probably threatened with eviction otherwise.

[@danielg.a2134]

Buena rola 👍

[@jasonnajman1174]

Awesome

[@cavaliera6669]

the best bro

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

@4:45 Bob Young, the only one who shows activity towards the music.

[@erikramales1867]

NADA COMO LOS MAESTRO DE INGLATERRA🇬🇧🎸🎸..

[@ngiles1000]

Extrana magia de London

[@stephenparker3291]

Great

[@blindpink]

Epic

[@cavaliera6669]

the best

[@janosmihalik9835]

Szenzációs!

[@jasonbult8050]

I don't know anyone in the audience could sit still through this....must have been under threat of death.

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

I guess they were not allowed or overwhelmed.

[@fritzzapatak318]

They sound better than 10 years later...so sad.

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

Drugs and money. Unfortunately.

[@alanstrom2221]

Before "Marguerita Time" Rossi was cool, very cool. Did aliens abduct him and give him a personality transplant?? The demise of the FRANTIC FOUR is very, very sad.

[@iancrockert5110]

I used to say that Rossi and Parfitt were abducted by Aliens and replaced by look-a-likes with completely different brains 😊

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Shame Rossi's guitar is inaudible for a long time.

[@juanharocorbera1577]

heads into down

[@soulmuchmusik1498]

So damn sick

[@iainbailey-p2y]

what guitar is rick playing ?

[@frankys2907]

What is the complete Session?

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

Is it really me Gotta go home Down the dustpipe Roadhouse blues

[@juanharocorbera7979]

Who is on the keyboards?

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

Roy Lynes

[@alanstrom2221]

QUO fans know that ROY LYNES was their Keyboard player from 1964/65 to 1970. Read on..... Roy Alan Lynes (born 25 October 1943, Redhill, Surrey) is an English musician and occasional singer, who was the keyboardist for the rock band Status Quo (originally The Spectres then Traffic Jam). He joined the band in 1964/1965, two years after its foundation. He appeared on Quo's first three albums - Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo, Spare Parts and Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon - and wrote "To Be Free", the b-side of the second Quo single, "Black Veils of Melancholy". The track "Umleitung" was a co-composition with bassist Alan Lancaster, but was not released until the first album after Lynes' departure, 1971's Dog of Two Head. Lynes left the band in 1970, and was eventually replaced by Andy Bown in 1977. "We were frightened out of our lives to play without him," recalled Lancaster, "because the organ had always drowned out the bad bits." According to the group's producer John Schroeder, who wrote the booklet notes for the 3-CD compilation The Early Years, Lynes was 'the quietest member of the group' and 'somehow always seemed to be the odd one out'. He had fallen in love on tour, claiming he could see how serious the other band members (Lancaster, Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt and John Coghlan) were about fame and glory, and that he just wanted to settle down to a life with his newfound love. "I was shocked, but Roy was like that," recalled Rossi in 2001. "He'd met a bird in some petrol station a week earlier, and they're still married today." In the group's autobiography Just for the Record (1993), Parfitt said Lynes was 'a bit laid back, the Open University type who liked tinkering and finding out about things,' and Rossi remarked that he showed up at a gig in New Zealand about ten years later to say hello; 'He seemed a much happier bloke.' He is still active in Australia and has continued to perform in his own right. On Status Quo's 2000 tour of Australia, Lynes contributed to keyboards with them onstage in Brisbane. Lynes has also occasionally contributed keyboards and vocals to Australian tribute band Statoz Quo.

[@wallisliss]

The English Grand Funk.

[@alanstrom2221]

That's an insult to QUO!!!!!

[@pratt11111]

SPUD LOOKS NACARD.

[@TheRollthedice]

where mr rossi?

[@silentzero7]

Guy in the middle with green guitar

[@robinfereday6562]

He there

[@davidosilverman900]

Why use 3 chords when 1 will do?

[@paulcampbell6597]

is this audience dead or zombies

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

they were probably overwhelmed with the sound, or not allowed to move.

[@igortchernowitzer927]

Vocals never were Quo's strength. Unfortunately they haven't implemented a role for permanent vocalist

[@alanstrom2221]

What a load of cods wallop!!!!!! QUO had 3 of the best Rock Singers of all time!!!!!!! What made them so great and versatile was the fact that they had 3 different styles of Singers to suit the diiferent types of songs. Keep your incorrect opinions to yourself Igor.