Paul Weller Interview on Status Quo

[@simonm7133]

Can't help laughing at this. Weller reminds me of Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap. Same intonation in the voice, dragging on the ciggy when talking and when he started talking about how loud Quo were, half expected him to say the band's volume went up to eleven! 😂

[@jamieshannon9809]

Any band's volume that doesn't go to eleven isn't worth listening to.

[@jackcrane7853]

Saw them as closing act of a rock festival at the Munich Olympic Hall and I have hardly ever witnessed such an explosion of madness, enthusiasm and insane rocking off in any audience. They were no Zeppelin or Who but they sure could make an audience go totally berserk.

[@jacobsfoodreview]

The first time I saw them live, I really wasn't prepared for the wall of sound that hits you at their live shows....

[@mikefule]

A lot of myths about Status Quo being cheesy and all sounding the same. They were a great rock and roll band. Their compilation album "12 Gold Bars" was a nod to their reputation for "only" playing 12 bar blues, but half the tracks on it were *not* 12 bar blues. They were versatile, they had a great sound, and, most of all, they entertained.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

I think their early stuff is where it's at for me... Their psychedelic stuff is cool, then their embryonic pre '75 stuff is rocking, when they discovered a formula around the 80s, they became a bit predictable. And Margarita Time, well, that did a lot of damage.

[@blahblahoink]

Quo rocked hard early on...Dog of Two Heads and Piledriver...being about 13-14 then we all loved them.

[@wespaul9345]

Me and im were bruvvers right. Quo waz da first band I'd seen eva. 1974 Festival all Melbourne

[@billkingston4402]

Love both, Quo Jam

[@macker8017]

Shirley from eastenders

[@matthewcoombs3282]

The music press hated Quo - I suspect it was because at the time it was full of university graduates who though if you didnt cram in a thousand notes a bar and played in 13/8 time signatures you were a musical caveman or something- or after punk perhaps if you didnt pretend to be a working class hero with a sneer you were retro. Quo were never fashionable but could sell out venues year after year because they were a first rate life act.

[@jitblues]

The music press has always been just a bunch uni-wankers spouting shite they heard in Uni.

[@MM-qn4mg]

I don't know why my parents let me go : I saw them in 1972 on that tour with my younger brother ( I was 12 ... ) and we were surrounded by hairy men in denim ! I was blown backwards by the phenomenal noise and had tinitus for a week afterwards . Loved it , and loved their first couple of albums. It's nice to hear the supercool Paul Weller admiring the never-remotely-cool Status Quo .

[@johnnisbet]

Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon is a fantastic album. Respect to Paul Weller, I think we all loved The Quo when we were young.

[@GuitarTalkunedited]

Respect to Weller, Quo were brilliant in the early 70s! Also blately smoking a massive joint love him

[@Mustaine1ify]

Cigarette

[@smnhpkns]

Cigarette

[@theoneonlymusicchannel]

never really a fan of the quo but the one song i did really did like was from their debut 1968 album the track was called ice in the sun & i believe this track got released as a single & got to no 8 in the charts

[@StratsRUs]

I still love them opening up Live Aid

[@mrjasondylan]

When they sang a song written by John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater revival, rocking all over the world. As well as writing and performing dozens of hits like bad moon rising, have you ever seen the rain and fortunate son to name a few he also wrote songs that others had massive hits with also. Apart from his song Quo done Tina Turner also recorded his song Proud Mary ( rolling on the river). Very talented man is Mr Fogerty he wrote all there songs played lead guitar and sang lead vocals on all Creedence songs. Unfortunately for him the band were only together about 7 years then had a huge fall out with the record label that seen him lose the rights to many of his own songs as part of an on going dispute. It lasted decades and John didn't perform his own songs live for over 20 yrs during which time he had a few semi successful solo albums. Fast forward to the 90s when John once again resumed touring and performing his CCR hits for first time in years under his own name and not the bands who claimed they owned part of the band name. To this day there are many tribute bands touring the world with names such as Clearwater Creedence revival or review haha, now in 2023 at the age of 76 John is back touring solo but with his kids making up the band and they sound amazing.

[@dj-um7el]

I like The Jam and Status Quo.

[@Andy-hb8kl]

There is another interview where Weller mentions him and rick are from Woking and Quo lent them amps!

[@davidsterricker7828]

When I get old and find the time I;ll paint a picture about my life..amazing when I first heard it at ooooooo 14/15yrs !!

[@BB-qp9ri]

Blue for you was a great Album , 1976 long hot summer played it over and over , Rain and Mystery song the two singles , was 13 myself 👍🏻😎

[@jamiecraig6448]

Saw them at the Apollo in Glasgow, I think I was the only person there who wasn't in denim and long hair, they were absolutely amazing, whole place was bouncing, 1981 I think, a mate who was mad about them came into the pub before the show with a spare ticket, brilliant concert.

[@williamr3840]

I saw one of them in a car showroom once. It was Rick. He was with his son -- picking up an Aston Martin. I was looking at an AC Cobra... Looking at it! :0)

[@Nyquest]

he did like a car Rick. Told us once the guy at the local dealership used to wave him down if they got a new motor in

[@CommodusSPQR]

I saw Rick pulling up at Purley Cross in his RR, jumping out and headed into the paper shop. This would have been in 1987.

[@BB-qp9ri]

He had a boat called Piledriver

[@alihart]

Funnily enough The Jam was the 1st band I ever saw in 1977 and they too were "so fuckin' loud". Took 2-3 days til my hearing returned to normal.

[@versioncity1]

And my first band too, in 1982.

[@middleman9183]

Also my first band. Woking YMCA Feb 1980

[@kevinbeck6785]

Deeside leisure centre, magic days

[@andygray7478]

Yep me too, second band I saw after the Skids ! 1979 “setting sons tour”, saw them in Dundee, brilliant and they were loud 😂😂

[@williamr3840]

Saw Echo and The Bunnymen, and they were so loud that my hearing went completely the next day. When it came back, a few hours later, I rang my mother and she sounded like a robot talking. The craziest thing was that I was nowhere near the front, but I could see some guy who was and had his head against a speaker. I guess he was profoundly deaf for the rest of his life. :0/

[@fishypaw]

I saw Quo perform many times and was never disappointed. I've seen hundreds of live acts over the years, and Quo were definitely one of the best.

[@ganndeber1621]

Yeah I first saw them in 1978 when it was the frantic four, the original and great Quo but even when it was Rossi and Parfitt in later years there shows where awesome

[@BB-qp9ri]

Good interview, I thought he might slag Quo , brilliant that he listened to the early stuff and was influenced by their live show , I saw the Jam at the READING festival in 78 I was there to see status quo headline the Saturday, the Jam headlined on the Friday , happy days 😎

[@Paul-lf1bq]

In another part of this interview Paul talks about how his family knew Rick's family, and how Rick leant him some equipment when he was starting off.

[@BB-qp9ri]

@@Paul-lf1bq good stuff 👍🏻

[@TheGodParticle]

I was thinking the same

[@Rjhs001]

My mates and I had tickets for that gig but I got glandular fever and couldn't go ☹

[@Alpha_7227]

I don't think Paul could slag anyone off. He seems like quite the English gent. He has a great appreciation of all music styles even from a young age. I love his accent, then when he sings he sounds like an angel at times.

[@LittleBearBBQ_Food_Original]

Legend! My first gig was also Quo, but at MK Bowl in 1984 on their End Of The Road Tour...We all know how that panned out!!! But, I fully agree...I was literally blown away by the sheer volume and experiencing the actual ground moving was something that will always stay with me. I'm not sure if it's an urban myth; I thought that Paul Weller and Rick Parfitt knew of each other as kids / teens or their Fathers knew each other???

[@BB-qp9ri]

That was a great gig , some great footage on yt , although it wasn’t John Coghlan on drums peter Kircher was magnificent, I desperately wanted to go to that gig but was out of the country grrr 😖

[@LittleBearBBQ_Food_Original]

@@BB-qp9ri Yep, and at the time (I was just a kid) we lived about a mile from the Bowl so just walked down there!!! It’s such a shame that the venue isn’t what it was.

[@BB-qp9ri]

@@LittleBearBBQ_Food_Original One of their most iconic concerts and a great place to have it , I saw thin lizzy and ZZ top at the Bowl but the Quo footage of that day looked amazing, I was 15 when I first saw Quo at the Reading festival 78 and like you I could walk there it was just up the road from where I live Take care 😎👍🏻

[@jasonbrooks774]

I think Paul’s dad played cards with Ricks dad and I also read somewhere years ago music equipment was handed down/borrowed to paul and band from Rick of status quo. I could have dreamt that aswell.

[@Paul-dv4dr]

sorry, but I don't know - how did it pan out? Serious question.

[@dennism5731]

No band came close to Quo in the 70’s - might be hard to believe now, but trust me, live they had no equal and their albums from that era were classics.

[@TheWorldofGood79]

I think I read that Steve Brookes said Rick Parfitt came into his guitar shop in the late 1970's picked up a guitar & just walked out with it? I think John Weller knew Rick's Dad as well?

[@wingchun-simplekungfu7584]

Would have been unintentional. Probably just forgot to pay for it 😂

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

​@wingchun-simplekungfu7584 cocaine will do that to you

[@markbro4427]

Quo/Rick gave Paul amps and some other gear back in the day..." Paul "I was upset when he died. Quo were the first band I saw live in 1972....He was a local lad from Woking, My old man was mates with Ricky's dad and he used to help us out, give us bits of equipment and that. He was a lovely fella. "

[@Nyquest]

Paul's correct. As cameraman on this doco we all looked forward to Rick filming days, plenty breaks for a quick 'Melvin Bragg' with Rick loads of good stories off camera, made a fuss of us, fed us at his place too. No ego, a great player and a great fella as Paul rightly says and he should know.

[@stephenfield8637]

​@Sir André LeFae de L'inoge Yes just look at poor Paul Gascoigne.

[@dogpaw775]

'Hello', ':Caroline' was a wake up call for me. and that's being hip to late sixties bands as well . Love 'em, until they got so so.

[@desmondjamesleggett990]

the early quo stuff was outstanding music i have all their albums and Pauls comments match my views as well.

[@robertstorey7476]

Ah Guildford civic hall. Fantastic venue I remember it well.

[@shaunnewman8375]

Paul Weller, has the same hairstyle for over 40 years and has the temerity to record a song called Changing Man!

[@babyshambler]

He's had dozens of haircuts!

[@winstonsmith3690]

Plus he stole the riff!

[@michaelmulhall5007]

@@winstonsmith3690 Who hasn’t stole a riff ? The Beatles were stealing chuck berry riffs before rubber soul everyone does it

[@rogerramjet5302]

Remember the Dolfy style he had when he became Mr. Pop n' Politics with the Style Council. The sideburn look though has been a firm favourite with comedy mods for many years - nothing beats seeing a blinged up auto scooter rider wearing union jack bowling shoes and a Lambretta parka. Quality.........

[@winstonsmith3690]

@Michael Mulhall true but it is pretty blatant.

[@rollingthunder9579]

Quo are truly a " Dog of Two Heads". One head is the studio albums side of their persona, and the other head the live side of their persona, which has always been brilliant, so much do that it carried them through when the album.of a particular year was not as great as their best work. Of course, they have also had great tunes and albums down through the years. Saw them four times in 84, and then in 2009 and 2012. The yearly album and tour ritual was unique. If you didn't see Quo live then I think you missed out on a large part of what Quo is really about. That's when they come into their own. And they were much more influential than they're given credit for, in terms of stage presence, crafting a live show, attitude towards fashion and the press, attitude towards the fans, and helping to define what a high-energy live and loud rock show should be, which in the late seventies carried through into NWOBHM acts and beyond.

[@adriangreenoff9163]

He's right you know,the Quo were SO fuc*ing loud,and awesome back in the day.Ow are yer then awright🇬🇧

[@alanstrom2221]

I've heard that Rick Parfitt taught Paul Weller how to play Guitar.

[@pocolol8424]

I wonder why he didn’t ask Weller to learn him how to sing in return.

[@Santosaint_]

🎯Walk on through the splinters.

[@thesmallnotesduo]

Status Quo are LEGENDS

[@parlance.electricco]

When is this from?

[@andrewjohnston2850]

2011 - 2012,was part of a documenrty on BBC4 about Quo

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

This is quite old now. Got to be about 2011

[@hankwedelmusic9965]

Aye…loud… REALLY Loud First gig I ever went to on my own…14 years old Cork City Hall 1977 Deaf for a few days after First gig of the “Rockin All Over The World” tour… The Frantic Four

[@kmac5849]

I definitely thought he was going to call them Naff😂

[@K.R.O1875]

It's so weird hearing someone talk about Status Quo as anything beyond a novelty act. I'm so used to hearing them slagged off and joked about.

[@70AD-user45]

Status Quo had 22 top 10 singles, which is superb for a rock band in the pop charts. Who said they were a "novelty act".

[@K.R.O1875]

@70ad89 I can't even count the amount of people who discredit them as anything other than that. I've been involved in some very pretentious underground music scenes, to be fair.

[@marknewbold2583]

@@70AD-user45 all with the same song

[@lennoxbraithwaite2546]

I've seen Quo over the years, I remember when at band aid they kicked off the show after the Scott's Piper's I thought the day was going to be like that all they way through but I was wrong it plodded untill the who, Queen and sir Paul turned up. Quo are an underrated band.

[@70AD-user45]

@@lennoxbraithwaite2546 I've seen Quo 20 times, and the fake idea their music is the same is nonsense. How does Whatever You Want sound like Living On An Island. How does Caroline sound like Marguerita Time. Status Quo is everything rock and roll should be.🎸🎸🎸

[@shaynelowther8893]

He always reminds me of Stuart Pearce

[@smnhpkns]

Fuckin yessss, omg your right, never thought of that, but i see it now, lmao 😂

[@steve-bk1qd]

I'm surprised to hear this... I was expecting him to slag them off...It's great that Paul digs their early stuff...it became the norm to disregard Quo because they weren't 'cool'...John Peel was a Quo fan...their early stuff rocked...great sound...Mark Radcliffe talked about Quo's 'firepower' and he's right...'Dog of two heads' , 'Ma kelly's' and 'Piledriver'...really good albums

[@liverpoolpictorial]

I saw Quo supporting Slade in I think '72 at Liverpool Stadium and they blew Slade off the stage.

[@robertkennedy6915]

Quo 👍

[@wbichan]

Joint

[@thaumaturgeishere331]

Quo had a few good hits and they had a decades long career. Not sad that I never saw them live.

[@61js]

But you might have been happy if you did. Record v live = no comparison.

[@bm3738]

Brilliant live band❤

[@chrismaloney5213]

Quo lent the Jam equipment for their first live gig

[@martinwilliamdavies7977]

Paul Is A big lover of Sixties music. My Ex came from Guildford and she hates most 70's music and embraced 80's pop music so maybe it's A Surrey thing.

[@jonfleenor461]

I’ve been a fan since high school in the 1970s. Does Paul ever smile?

[@derek-press]

Paul do us al a favour drop the cigs,I can hear it in your breathing,we need another 20 years of real music

[@evarsingersongwriter6228]

😅ooow bitchen brew here ..He has a Great Voice

[@davidmoss7245]

I like The Jam but prefer Marmalade but then again Bread is good😂

[@MrSqwertery]

After 4 days , you're the only person who finds that funny.. It says it all doesn't it

[@alanstrom2221]

If I can stop smoking, anyone can.

[@stephenasbridge878]

Gor’ blimey. He had some taste!

[@turnerthemanc]

I read that he cuts his own fringe..in the dark. Not a lot of people know that

[@John-re2qw]

That is either because it is BS or because there aren't many people there when he does it and they can't see in the dark anyway. PS In your sentence there are full stops where they shouldn't be and one missing at the end. Do you type in the dark one handed while cutting your fringe?

[@74quo]

Didn't paul borrow amps from quo?

[@Nyquest]

Yes he tells the story of his relationship with Rick especially in another of our interviews on our channel

[@chazzlebazzle69]

He's good friends with Noel Gallagher.....who's pulling who's strings

[@dazzlingdavedainty]

wrote a great song with noel which the monkees recorded a few years back

[@christineayres7094]

Quo did well for a 3 chord act

[@davidevans3227]

how unexpected..

[@railmaster.7752]

He talks about the music scene in the 60s and what se experienced there but isn't he like born in 1958?

[@storkonstage]

The Jam is so awesome. Weller is still a mod de luxe.

[@jackcrane7853]

Velvet Curtains!

[@Nyquest]

Recorded at Bblack Barn studios, Pauls own studio

[@keithdeley7236]

They were called Groups not bands

[@paulweller3179]

The only group Weller hates is The Jam.

[@Nyquest]

Having been to Black Barn studios a couple of times I can tell you as a fact that isn't the case at all.

[@lukevibertuk]

I’ve heard Sting is high on the list….

[@paulweller3179]

@Nyquest why does he always change the subject when anyone mentions The Jam then? He split them up 6yrs too soon and he knows that!

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

Agree 100%. Brilliant songwriter, an absolute genius, but an absolute C**k of a human being! Totally up his own backside and will surround himself with "YES" men. Paul Weller can go on making music till he's 150 but he IS defined by The Jam, who are one of the best bands of all time!!!!!!!

[@paulweller3179]

​@KryptonitetoallBS he met Pete Towmsend in 1982 and told him he was splitting The Jam up at 24,Townshend said 'You're committing musical suicide.

[@comebackwimeapplepie]

PILEDRIVER!!

[@Thomas-hz8jn]

I find it hard to believe that a real musician Weller who gave us Stanley road album, filled with beauty could say anything good about status quo in my opinion a gang of bum's. Just goes to show he's not only talented but a good human being, a better one than I am. I love his music but sq make me sick. Apart from Weller everyone I knew who liked them were of low IQ and underachievers. Each to his own I suppose. Rockn all over the world annoying sensible people.

[@gordyhydro5774]

You plank!!! Quo moved from pop to psychedelic to rock and then onto the boogie behemoth that they are known for. Without doubt the best live band of the 70's and beyond.

[@ganndeber1621]

Paul Weller, a man ahead of his time, skin up

[@davidkeogh9276]

Status quo, the band that played the same tune for every song.

[@fishypaw]

Demonstrably wrong, and ignorant thing to say.

[@bm3738]

Quo are more than a 3 chord band fact just listen to there records and don't be so ignorant😮

[@spikeybaby1735]

1972 would make him 12/13 in his band, just sayin

[@thetruth156real3]

He’s got the best made wig out of all the celebrities, Paul Rodgers and Jimmy White, Elton John probably the worst. Wellers wig is like a pebble on a beach, spiky blonde messed about by sheets.

[@milesborg9812]

love Weller's music and sometimes his style but man that mullet mod cut is terrible. Oddly In the 90s I seem to remember many middle aged women having an identical hairstyle.

[@marknewbold2583]

Always looks like he's about to jump on till number 5

[@CLUB-jh6jv]

@@marknewbold2583 What do you mean?

[@darkstar223]

Oh shit he still smokes

[@Baldrick_dogsbody]

He looks a bit like francis rossi !!

[@alastairwest5200]

Smoking ain't good for you, Paul, you'll end up like Keith Richards.!!

[@dinknillson6229]

Ahem, Keith is 80 this year !

[@_MrAvocado_]

alive?

[@npc3po301]

Funny thing is Weller and his band dressed like Quo before they decided to larp as Mods

[@RollrightKnights]

Still on the nails, silly boy 🙄

[@TomBartram-b1c]

He went to see Marmalade then called his own group Jam. Not very original!

[@oreally8605]

He's smoking again. 😢

[@kieranedwards8604]

Absolute legend. Songwriter supreme. What’s with the smoking Paul???!! Give it up mate 👎

[@sicks6six]

quo, bowie, bolan, floyd, kinks, all sang about the same person on their first 45 FACT

[@cheekysausage7764]

Which person?

[@tonywright8294]

Basil brush ! Thought everyone knew 🦊

[@cheekysausage7764]

@@tonywright8294 Boom boom!

[@alexandermacdonald3970]

A member of a mod tribute band, and a poor one at that

[@BB-qp9ri]

A matter of taste I suppose, they did have a unique sound of their own tbf

[@murrayalex4843]

Still desperately uncool is Paul Weller, imagine thinking the denim and long hair shit of 74/75 was "cool"

[@BB-qp9ri]

It was at the time 😎

[@johntate5050]

There's no law on what's cool and what isn't. What you believe to be cool will be uncool to millions of other people.

[@BB-qp9ri]

@@johntate5050 exactly 👍🏻

[@tommyd5238]

Maybe you weren't old enough to be there, I doubt if today's look would have gone down too well in 1968 !

[@jwatson9732]

Have long hair and wear denim in 2023. Don't give a fuck if you think it's cool or not :P

[@ianmac3648]

Vastly overatted not had a decent album in 30 yrs

[@marcusmason3440]

100% woking boy,

[@stevens5541]

Poor musician