Status Quo - (April) Spring, Summer And Wednesdays (1970)

[@marcus_t_ward]

Heavy, funky, bluesy, groovy, dirty, raw & grungy. Perfect. 53 years old! 🤯 Always one of my favourites from the Frantic four.

[@wjohnty]

God only knows how much I love these Boys. Frantic four shaped my life. Listen to the QUO and you will never feel sad!

[@colinrgage]

The casual Quo listener would be surprised they were ever this good I think

[@markshaw1263]

Totally agree

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

You read once Andrew L. Cope's "Status Quo: Mighty innovators of 70s rock" he boils all their criticals.

[@chrisroberts5668]

This is proper quo ain't it invented ripped jeans, before they where invented, brilliant. 👍

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

Godfathers of Headbanging!

[@armesschwein1867]

The early Quo Songs are that good. This one and 'In my chair' are my alltime vavs.

[@anne-louiseholmberg8194]

Real music with Quo. Those were the days!❤

[@wbertie2604]

The wonderful twang of two Telecasters.

[@RC-Flight]

W Bertie two? I see about a dozen, with the ones playing underneath. It’s a tower of Telecasters

[@rdm4509]

This was 50 years ago. The graphics are way ahead of their time. Beat-club are just amazing.

[@savageberny]

This is the band that Inspired so many others from Black Sabbath to Deep Purple with their work Ethic and Musicianship

[@daniel-m]

Ça fait plus de cinquante ans déjà ! Les premiers titres de SQ étaient les meilleurs. C'est toute ma jeunesse et ça me fait quelque chose ! :o)

[@Robil63]

Just the grooviest, sexiest, swaggeriest blues.

[@roybean7166]

The Quo, they were just great. This music will live on.

[@umleitungdoth5827]

Completely, wholly and utterly relevant

[@hsbrockman]

With this track, they should be credited for having invented Grunge

[@michaelplatter3281]

R I P ALAN LANCASTER Founder member and awesome bass player from Status Quo.

[@stingray4real]

RIP Rick Parfitt and Alan Lancaster

[@benlamanis1032]

that guitar tone though, incredible

[@RolandodellaValle]

I completely agree with you, the Telecasters have an amazing Sound.

[@moosic2i]

Also those awesome ORANGE amps, so raspy & raw!

[@pauljacklin7735]

If I am correct the Orange amplification was owned by Fleetwood Mac who Quo were supporting at the time.

[@drewwhitney2593]

Their style sure changed in just two years from 68 to 70 haha

[@mixaliskokkinos1496]

Good choice..!

[@igortchernowitzer927]

This is what may be named Rock n Roll boogie

[@mahjoubtannani9532]

Beautiful music tks

[@Aislanzito]

Rock'and'Roll forever

[@jomtiem]

Classic early quo, spud what a drummer....

[@jeffm.2362]

R.I.P. Alan Lancaster 9/26/21!

[@eyleenrossi2850]

So fantastic.This Guys are the best

[@paulcresswell1690]

Great sound.........🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@user-ys3qq6rf6z]

their best song

[@flipjack]

Cool dual tele tone

[@joshua9941]

Ma Kellys Greasy Spoon is a great album

[@ashratempel5094]

Never gets old.

[@ТехноДом-я1у]

Рок 🎸 навсегда здорово 👍

[@Tschunasun]

until febr. 76 with my favorite Band, after that came the caustic boogie "sound" from them.😈

[@terencestephenmoss2159]

Proof here that Status Quo invented grunge. Kurt Cobain 😎 well ripped this one off 👏 😳 🙄 👌 🤣

[@Andy-hb8kl]

I have said the same, the sound and the image .

[@philwillett9102]

Nope. Beatles did...Helter Skelter

[@johnross2924]

​@@philwillett9102helter skelter was more heavy rock than grunge

[@philwillett9102]

@@johnross2924 nope...that base is pure grunge...very pearl jammy

[@johnross2924]

@@philwillett9102 lead guitar riff is definitely rock to my ears. It was the song that got me into heavy metal back in 1983.

[@peacepixie2760]

🎸✌🎸 Thanks for uploading! Love the orange amps. My 4yr old is in rock n roll heaven watching this on repeat

[@kennymackay4134]

wow he has good taste for a young guy

[@adrianr9307]

I need to build a time machine.

[@brandonio_granger]

Beat Club had the coolest effects ...Fact !

[@Yankeededandy62]

Admittedly, in this clip they were cool. But on others, oh dear lord... did they go overboard.

[@kjellblomstrand2497]

GOOD OLD DAYS🤩. Kjell Blomstrand🇸🇪.

[@josave8563]

Amazing what came into the scene in one year back then eh?

[@kevinmcnamara2082]

Love this band!

[@freestyler563]

FOREVER👍👍👍👍👍

[@modeljetjuggernaut4864]

Love that Sabbathy bit at the end 😊

[@CliveTuck]

Check the date.

[@modeljetjuggernaut4864]

Ok.. ?​@@CliveTuck

[@marmelaki]

Listen to Groove Armada's song "Purple Haze". They've used the main riff and to my opinion tied it nicely to their style.

[@1MrErling]

indeed

[@bryemycaz]

Francis is in the video in sillouette.

[@marmelaki]

@@bryemycaz Good catch! I hadn't noticed

[@highdownmartin]

Thanks. I did. Love that too.

[@user-kl9id5pm7k]

Co-writer of this song, Bob Young, was Groove Armada's manager

[@philipwoolley698]

Franny's guitar still looks new 😂

[@renatoporcu3097]

5 aprile Roma ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@moosic2i]

Nirvana 1970!

[@dougthePogingguitarist]

great song

[@philiplee7604]

Agree... and a really impressive ‘tight’ live performance! ... at their peak back then.

[@renatoporcu3097]

10 aprile Roma ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@groover5524]

Quo with Orange Amps ! I think Orange were the house amps for this era of Beat Club which were recorded in the UK ? . Pity there's no Lynes but still nice tight performance !

[@alanstrom2221]

Roy was a great member of QUO, I love him, though there weren't any Keyboards on this track and he may have left just before this video was made.

[@bryemycaz]

@@alanstrom2221 Yep this was recorded on the 14th September 1970. Roy left the band end of August early September 1970.

[@roswithagotz2523]

Ist doch gut!! Mal andere Töne wie gewohnt. Unfair das Können einer Band nicht anzuerkennen. Boese Fans!!!!!!

[@brunoBEGARANI-kx2ey]

The best year😂

[@flipjack]

Devo would envy that stage

[@robertnorton3156]

I HAD FORGOT THIS TRACK OFF DOGOF 2 HEAD

[@ivorbiggun8461]

No mate , off ma Kelly's greasy spoon

[@fearthebeard722]

So sad how the Quo have ended up....😢

[@fossilmatic]

The evidence for the defence: QUO.

[@savageberny]

Yep

[@emmapeel5303]

😍🥰😍

[@feelda303]

purple haze brought me here

[@wimweender1306]

😍😍🥰🥰

[@geraldofernandes969]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🤘🤘🤘🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@jrgentrset5070]

Is this song to be find as a single on vinyl?

[@bryemycaz]

No just on the album Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon.

[@Eltalstro]

It all makes sense after the shrooms and the purple haze.

[@DjChrisWilliams1]

Would I be correct in saying that the guitar that Rick is using is the famous white guitar that he became so famous for?

[@Robil63]

Was tinkin' dat. Reckon this is his dodgy home paint job before white.

[@bryemycaz]

No this is a different one, he bought the white one in 1974.

[@ianbenson7804]

@@bryemycaz Like to know what happened to this Tele. Seemed to have it as main from late '68 or early '69 until around '71, then spent 2 years on SG Juniors. Quo sounded best with Parfitt on SG.

[@hey1908]

@@ianbenson7804 I don't know about this grey Tele, but I do know that Rick kept one of his SG Junior's up until the end of the road gig at Milton Keynes. Most of the early pictures of Rick playing in the studio show him playing an SG so he maybe kept it as a studio-only instrument, though I'm not sure. You can see him playing it on "Dirty Water" at Milton Keynes 1984.

[@4192362]

@@ianbenson7804i believe this tele was nicked from Rick

[@mikewest1542]

Wheres Roy ?

[@23rdjune]

He left just before this film was made. Got off a train at Crewe on the way to a gig. He’d had enough and wanted to marry his girlfriend, which he did. Ended up in Australia.

[@bepivisintainer2975]

Francis Rossi. Italians did and do it better!

[@JCMayPE]

Drummer looks so bored, or just put out.

[@adrianandkatrinadove203]

That is how he looked..was nicknamed.."Spud" or "The Mad Turk"....rarely smiled lol..great drummer...with Quo till 1980,i believe

@@adrianandkatrinadove203 1982, to be exact

[@mikewest1542]

@@adrianandkatrinadove203 After John Coghlan left they went dramatically downhill !

[@j9andphoenix]

I had a huge crush on John - because he looked dark and brooding. Don't diss the dish. And really the music didn't lend itself tp Ginger Bakeresk solos...

[@dgquaile5672]

@ Early December 1981.