Status Quo - Caroline Reaction

[@colrhodes377]

Legendary Radio DJ, Johnny Walker once played a live version of this on his show and made the 6pm news wait until it was finished. Bosses weren't happy but the public response was phenomenal 👏 👌 🙌

[@markdevlin8471]

In your car, windows down, sun shining and Quo blasting from the speakers... marvellous 😎🎸🎵🎵

[@markburleyemmerson1373]

One of Britains biggest & best live bands. Sold 130m records worldwide. Played 7000 gigs & sold over 30m tickets. Back in the 70’s Quo toured the US & their gigs went down well. Their main problem was radio airplay & lack of representation. Last time they played in the States was in 2003 during their Heavy Traffic tour. Check them out live at Milton Keynes bowl 1984 & more recently at Download 2014.

[@JustSupposin1]

I still say in excess of 118m as they say on their site

[@jameswarner5809]

Quo were the essence of rock 'n' roll in the 70s and this was one of their best examples. Plenty of great head-bangers to chose from, but my favourite of theirs is Mystery Song, which has a slightly more complicated, but brilliant riff (apparently Rick Parfitt spent all night in the studio refining it while the rest of the band went home). The album version has a slow, relatively quiet intro before the single version part of the track arrives and everything kicks off.

[@davidmacgregor5193]

I've seen Status Quo several times, they always started the gigs with Caroline. Francis Rossi painted his guitar green himself, he painted it using household paint bought from Woolworths.

[@cabdriveruk]

And drilled a hole through it for the cable to pass through too !

[@The.Magnificent.one.2025]

First three of four tours I saw Quo live they started with juniors wailing. I saw them again in 77 and 79 and they started with Caroline.

[@larsolofgustafsson]

Status quo is a great great band this is soo good rock and roll the best rock band ever and i mean ever its soo good music wonderful music love it love it thank you soo much for caroline a great great rock song one of the best ever oh my goodness what a rock song❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidellis5141]

They rocked the proper way 👏 👏 !! Rate this as excellent 👌

[@SPKdesign1]

The Live version goes into "Bye Bye Johnny".

[@delorangeade]

As basic as it gets and it still might be my favourite Quo song. It's always a relief to see a performance from their younger days rather than the reformed band post-Live Aid. Does anybody really look or sound better when they are older? The green tele was still quite young at this time. I think it went on for about another forty years. Billy Connolly was successful enough in the USA to have his own sitcom there, but sometimes Americans embrace the strangest things, and possibly without even understanding them. I think there has always been a bigger divide between British and American music than most people realise. It was actually relatively rare for bands to be successful on both sides of the pond, and it took a lot of hard work to maintain it.

[@jamesrowe3606]

I was in Ontario in the summer of 1978 when Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty from Scotland smashed its way to the top of the Canadian charts. I think it's about how well their record companies promoted British acts over there. Quo would definitely have toured North America if they had some advance record sales to work with.

[@colrhodes377]

And Billy Connolly was in the same duo as Mr Rafferty

[@GeertDeLange-k5x]

Very nice you discover my nummer one band, back in the 70ths . They have a whole lot of great songs. Thanks for the reaction. I hope there wil Come more!!! Greetings from the Netherlands

[@larsolofgustafsson]

Status quo is soo great band really good music thank you soo much once again ❤❤❤❤ love

[@EastonUlster]

Just booked my tickets to see Quo here in Belfast N.Ireland in May, I believe they are calling it a day after this tour, Francis will be 75 before tour starts, and has said this.They did have a hit in the 60s in America.. Take care..

[@jamespopeko9557]

Fantastic song choice by the requesters! Great commentary too.

[@Packard63]

Such a great band and a wealth of great songs to boot. If you want to see something special watch one of their live concert clips then you will really understand and appreciate why they are so loved by all who see them.

[@SPKdesign1]

This is the best Line Up they had. This is fi about 73 but not sure when the 7" was released.

[@balticstain7150]

Great band, just wished you got a live version...

[@keithwatkins7908]

Excellent video and reaction. I read a feature that said Quo never made it in U.S.A, they had no management there and at some point were concerned that extended stay there might affect them where they were already successful!

[@stevewilliams5130]

Great band, you guys should get their albums, awesome music 😊

[@leslieanderson5889]

Status Quo great band

[@markferrett700]

Ah..the Three Chord kings....calm down all you Quo fans....im only joking,...Francis Rossi even called them that.....saw them shortly before Rick died and they were fantastic.....Still had the energy of a young band and i suprised just how good Francis was on guitar👏👏....paper plane is a great song.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" was released in '69, this track from 'Status Quo' was '73. It is strange that Status Quo weren't well known over with you, they had over 60 chart hits, with 22 top ten ones, their earliest being "Pictures of Matchstick Men" in 1968.

[@leo1314ok]

The mighty Quo. Caroline, great song. BUT, you need to see the live version, they open their shows with this. Best one is the video from Donnington 2014 Spine tinglingly good!

[@jeff-pm6mj]

Yeah, blows this version out of the water. Andy Brown killing it on keyboards!

[@Tangles02]

Yep Donnington 2014 is a must watch 🎸😀

[@rodricselbie35]

Consider this, Quo tickets are now starting to come out for the 2024 European tour and all 15 venues in Germany are sold out, the UK tickets go on sale next week, a band that started in the early '60s and have toured every year from the beginning, what other band could match that.

[@larsolofgustafsson]

Its soo wonderful music its so fun too dance too really fun too dance whit and if was there have been over the dance floor thankyou thank you soo much for this wonderful music love you❤❤❤❤❤

[@Starburst_Candy]

That's rock n roll. 🎉

[@sdwill66]

Apollo 440's "Stop the Rock" was inspired by Caroline. Totally different vibe but a bit of fun.

[@IanHaver]

As a British old man i have seen Quo many many time live and thats where they play best "Live" do some search on Quo live track. Especially "Caroline" Live Donnington park 2014.

[@oz_alfa]

Shame you did a Top of the Pops version, they are so tight live. They were my favourite band growing up, the first concert that I went to and the first album that I bought. Some of my favourite songs are Mystery Song, Big Fat Mama, Most of the Time, Ring of a Change,and lots of others. Surprising Quo weren't well known in Canada, they were huge in Australia in the 70s & 80s.

[@colrhodes377]

Let's see if this flies up the most popular list.

[@ghichens3418]

I would say Yay !

[@The.Magnificent.one.2025]

That was the condition of his guitar in 1973. He was still playing the same one in 2014. It was made in 1966 and was originally a three tone sunburst. Then he painted it black (very badly). Then he stripped & painted the front green with cuprinol garden fence paint around 1969/70.

[@johnstrange-ip2kp]

The early years wer the best ,brilliant band.

[@j0hnf_uk]

We got to hear the album version of this song, that was played over the Top of the Pops appearance, that would have been the single version. So, some clever editing going on, there. I'm not complaining, though.. from their 1973, 'Hello!', album that's considered by many to, arguably, be their best album as a whole. 'Roll Over Lay Down', 'Blue-eyed Lady', 'Softer Ride', and, 'Forty-Five Hundred Times', being the renowned tracks on it. This single was between, 'Paper Plane', and, 'Break The Rules', the latter of which you should react to, if you like their style of music.

[@banditrider613]

They open their gigs with Caroline, a brilliant way to open, we have just seen them again recently 16 Aug 2024 in Liverpool UK , Francis Rossi is 75 and playing like he is 30 ... no one was disappointed with that night SQ 24

[@leethomas2155]

Great band the Quo. In 1993 a friend and l bumped off college to meet Rossi and Parfitt at a book signing in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Great down to earth guys. RIP Rick Parfitt. Then on the same night they played in our local leisure centre sports hall in South Shields just 3 miles from my house.

[@JamesDickson-vs5of]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Happy healthy peace ✌️

[@MichaelCampin]

We just call them THE QUO pure and simple. You must see them live and you must do the live jiggy bit.

[@ghichens3418]

Cant beat a bit of Classic "Quo " ! Drove my Mother mental , and my Father when he was home from Fishing ! proper Mental ! From the depths of my lofty bedroom ! You could still hear from downstairs "Turn that Rubbish Down " !!! and " I can hear this racket from the end of the Road " This was the price you pay for trying to educate your Parents on the finer points of "Rock " in some of its forms ! So a campaign of various Education programs commenced ! Bowie . Queen . Pink Floyd . Wishbone Ash . Jethro Tull . Zep . Deep Purple . and so on ! But the results were quite negative ( Strangely ) Mother called in an Exorcist when I started playing the Sex Pistols . The Clash . Stranglers . SLF ! It all ended well ! Both Parents were awarded the "How The Hell Did You Put Up with that Crap " prize which was a mixture of my Fav tunes ! Ending with the "Halleluya " Chorus !

[@leo1314ok]

Total opposite. I got my dad into Quo!

[@ghichens3418]

@@leo1314ok Ha ! Lucky you !! That would make life easier . cheers

[@whitedrguy6503]

Any Quo from the late sixties and seventies with the frantic four is blues based boogie at its finest. In my chair, spinning wheel blues, down the dust pipe all the way to rain and mystery song is Quo at their prime.

[@alanstrom2221]

It's even more rare to get a smile out of John Coghlan the Drummer. Rick is better known for being a cheeky, funny guy. Yes, Rick loves to walk around the stage mixing it up with Alan and Francis. Their album "Hello" had just debuted at #1 on the British Charts, so Rick may have been counting the money in his head.

[@KeithClark-g3n]

Up until Rick's passing they were the hardest gigging band, seen them live lots of time, so sad when Rick died (the blonde one)

[@davidellis5141]

Caroline is a popular name in songs ask Neil Diamond , Talk Talk & The Psychedelic Furs ( Pretty In Pink is about a girl who knows 💗..named Caroline)

[@SPKdesign1]

Also Lou Reed, Kate Bush and it was even the name of a Radio Station way back.

[@iankearns774]

Another one by Concrete Blonde, I know them all as the wife is named Caroline. She hates them all so I play them a lot!

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@iankearns774😆 like yer style Ian 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@gilledwards9302]

They're a British band and the British pronunciation is Stay-tus Quo. Pronouncing names in the fashion of the country of origin is a courtesy that Brits extend to all nations, including American bands such as ZZ Top. Can you imagine how it would be if everyone on the eastern side of The Pond pronounced the name as Zed Zed Top instead of Zee Zee Top? Thank goodness we don't pronounce names such as Enrique Iglesias or Sinead O'Connor in the classic British manner! Anyway, it's great to see you enjoying Quo again. My favourite of theirs is "Whatever You Want" but I'd be happy if you could revisit Mike Oldfield after your unpleasant experience with his music before Christmas. I think you'll find "Flying Start", "To France" or "Moonlight Shadow" much more to your taste.

[@JohnClogg-x1o]

He's passed now so has the bass player. Band still going,still rocking

[@paulhadfield7909]

the Quo, top band

[@samguberman2288]

I saw a comedy parody group( Albertos y os trios paranoias) perform a hilarious spoof of Quo's style with the song "Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie" work checing it our. (Fun fact their support act that night was The Police.

[@markbright684]

There they fo again AC/DC may have started in Australia but most of the members are from uk including the original singer

[@bravestarr2001]

Same name as a girl I lived with at university. Would play this on my acoustic and follow her around the house whilst singing it to her 😂

[@leslieanderson5889]

Great show

[@Tangles02]

Thanks for playing Caroline now you should play “Roll over Lay Down “ 🎸😀👍.

[@michaeldooley5398]

The reason why Status Quo never got to north America was because the American music industry made more money off their own bands , and jealous reasons Americans like to be seen as the best at music and Canada follows America , that's what i felt back in the 1980's .

[@iankearns774]

My Missus name is Caroline, she hates every Caroline song this one included but she hates Sweet Caroline the most so obviously I play it and sing it to her all the time. LOL

[@ghichens3418]

Hi Ian , I have had that stick removed ! and I did not mean to offend ! Cheers

[@deepfriedscotsman2860]

Try their song called (In My chair )

[@iangillon6981]

Quality.

[@alanstrom2221]

The theory is that American and Canadian radio and record companies purposely blocked Status Quo out because QUO were too much competition for the local Bands. Jealosy and envy is the main reason QUO were locked out. Plus, look at the guys, they're all hot Rock Gods. They conquered the rest of the Planet. They are the best Rock Band in history.

[@JustSupposin1]

Apollo 440 did the intro in 1999 on Stop The Rock

[@colrhodes377]

Paper Plane is a great Quo song.

[@JamesDickson-vs5of]

Mean girl 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌️

[@GeertDeLange-k5x]

Down down is a great next one

[@hanierfamily]

We did that one.

[@patwheeler4940]

omg parfitt playing an SG never saw that.

[@davidroberts6664]

You need to see the end of the road tour live 1984

[@PeterDay81]

They are restricted in the TV studio a lot more fun live. cheers both.

[@gypsyroadhog]

Status Quo kings of double denim….they were another group who were support to Slade and Francis tells a good tale about their antics…..anyway, how about another Slade reaction. I requested “Rock and Roll Preacher” on the Johnny Walker Radio 2 rock show and he was blown away by it saying “wow, what a song” But if want a bit of a rock ballad then My oh My is a good one too

[@hanierfamily]

We know My Oh My. We will add the other one to our list.

[@gypsyroadhog]

@@hanierfamily thanks, such a shame they only had 2 minor hits in America with Run Run Away and My oh My considering how many they had in the uk with 14 top ten hits including 6 No.1s. Again thanks for

[@matthewashman1406]

They opened live aid in 85 with this song. Greatest opening band ever

[@The.Magnificent.one.2025]

AC/DC ard about as Australian as Manowar are British. Formed in Australia but that's about it. Most of Australia's biggest acts are either British or Dutch born. With one exception - The mighty Rose Tattoo.

[@liveitup67]

I was a shallow Countdown kid. Please do.. ''Status Quid - Boring Song (1981) The Hee Bee Gee Bees'' I know a lot of people love this band, and they got good reason to! But please, for once, take a look at how Status Quo looked and sounded like to us Countdown kids in Australia. Pretty please 😇

[@ghichens3418]

Hi Gillian , hope this msg gets to you ! The Intermesh connection is proper Naff here out in Bandit Country ! Hope you are well , Yes I get how Quo looked to you Guys In Aus ! Pretty Please always works for me ! Mind you we can all poke fun at some of the Crap that comes out of all Countries ! Although saying that Puru never seems to get a mention ! Cheers , Graham

[@liveitup67]

@@ghichens3418 Hi Graham, I remember when The HeeBee GeeBees were doing their songs on Australian TV. We liked ''Meaningless Songs'', but for me, that Quo parody really worked. lol

[@ghichens3418]

@@liveitup67 Hi Gillian , Good to hear from ! At least this steam driven machine may on target for a change ! Ha The HeeBee GeeBees ! There was a few good ole takers of the piss at around 1980 to 82 ! I will check out the Status Squid one ! I just cant remember seeing it ! The Heebees One of the chaps in said band is called Angus Dayton , he ended up on our TV screens for ions , stuff like "Have I got News for You ?" and the like , bit of a Sarcky up his own rear end type of a bloke ! He fell from grace not that long ago ! He had a bit of a Charlie Chop habit , and got proper caught !!! Do you remember Dave and the Derros ? They stole a track from a Brit band who I cant recall what they were called ! Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps ! yay ! OOh ! That machine I was trying to send you the blurb on ! Tis a smaller Bio Res thing called the "Healley " (Not made by Austin ) It is small so you can wear it all day ! It picks up the Frequency from your PC and is simple to use ! and is a about 3500 quid , when shared out with like minded peeps is not bad !!! Take care . Blessings , Graham

[@liveitup67]

@@ghichens3418 Unfortunately, I do remember Dave & The Derros from Newcastle, NSW. They did a song called ''Nice Legs, Shame About The Face'' on Countdown in 1979, I was in the audience slow clapping to their stupid song. Even back then, I thought it was a horrible Dad's joke. I actually remember ''Two Pints of Lager'', but I remember it being called ''Two Cans Of Fosters, a Pack of Crisps''. I avoided bands like Dave & The Derros. I couldn't stand them being on Countdown. Another one that wore off me very quickly was Austen Tayshus. I very quickly grew bored with he's oh-so-not-funny ''Australiana'' record. I didn't mind Rodney Rude. I actually saw him live back in the 80's and I did get a good laugh out of him. But he weren't my go-to comedy people. The comedy I really enjoyed was the Doug Anthony Allstars. They were my favourites during my uni years. how did you find out about this machine? Very curious to know...

[@ghichens3418]

@@liveitup67 Hi Gillian ! Thanks for getting back ! I will do this reply in short bits as this machine just decides to say Oh sod it dont bother !! Right got it "Splogeness abounds " did the Record "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please " Think they did " Wheres Captain Kirk ?"as well "The Monks " did that Naff thing "Nice Legs Shame About the Face " didnt hear much from them after this !! No surprise there then ! Think Copyright for Dave and the Derros may not have occured due to the lack of sales in the first place .

[@stuartMcMillan-t9f]

12 bar boogie can from lumberjack dance halls in N American

[@HappyHammer55]

The best SQ you will hear is Roadhouse Medley Live.

[@adriangould8122]

Try the song called, The wild side of life by Status Quo you will love it

[@sos2907]

The live version is better,especially the one from the Download festival 2014.

[@SPKdesign1]

I prefer the earlier Version fi '77.

[@billbrindley7355]

Try Quo's version of the Chuck Berry song oh Carol. They really rocked that up. Better than Chuck's version imho.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

THIS is why they are known “The Mighty Quo”… if you don’t like straight up RnR.. check yer pulse immediately you may be actually dead 😮 Fantastic track , this is before they disappeared up their own bums with On an Island /In the army now etc ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Starburst_Candy]

Ain't that the truth.

[@ghichens3418]

AAAgh ! there you are Thought you had been Kidnapped by the Thought Police ! Keep up the good work old bean !! Graham of the Family who are we !

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@Starburst_Candy got any good Bread making from scratch without a bread maker or mixer tips SC ? Basically I’ve got flour , yeast n a tin 😳 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@ghichens3418 😉 oh I’m ALWAYS here Sir G .. like a ghostly pong 😀not always seen but def hanging around .. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Starburst_Candy]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering That's all you really need Jay. I experiment using different flour, fruits and spices.

[@colrhodes377]

Just refer to them as " The mighty Quo "

[@ghichens3418]

Yep ! Cant argue with that Col !

[@jamespopeko9557]

Please don’t forget to try and react to Tubeway Army’s “Blue Eyes”. Gary Numan before all of the synthesizers. More like punk. Oh, this is a really short song so you might want to listen to another one to make your video a little longer. “Basic J” is another good one from the same album and the album is called “The Plan”

[@RushfanUK]

You are wrong about the OED pronunciation, you have obviously taken the US pronunciation from it rather than the correct English pronunciation, STAY-tuhss.

[@bigdave1302]

If it had two ts, it would be stattus quo, like the Americans pronounce it.

[@martinoliver5325]

Watch the live version so much better

[@davidwalker1800]

If you want the difinative version you must watch the live version it's far superior to the studio version......

[@mightyV444]

Ultimately, _both_ pronunciations are wrong, as 'status quo' is Latin and sounds more like "stahtooss kvoh" 😄

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Kin brilliant mightyV 👌😆 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ghichens3418]

You say Tommaaatoe ! I say shit not salad again !!! How are you V ??

[@ghichens3418]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Hi Jay , How are you this fine Pishy morning ?

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@ghichens3418 oh it’s beautiful where I am Sir G . Proper factor Dufflecoat weather 🤣 I’m good mate . Just fixing to start making my first home made Bread loaf … yeah … I need to get a life I think 🤣 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ghichens3418]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Think my machine is mis firing again !! Did I send you the Recipe for Black Berry wine ? Or did I dream it ? Much better than Bread >>>>

[@SPKdesign1]

Stop reading Dictionaries. The Plot Sucks.

[@ghichens3418]

Yep ! And not even a Plumber in sight !

[@RalphWigg1]

Surprise! Words aren't always pronounced the way they're spelt!

[@RalphWigg1]

RIP Rick Parfitt!

[@jonpar00]

Pub band ?? ha ha you got that very wrong sir.

[@pencilpauli9442]

British band. British pronunciation. Stay-tus Quo. Stah-tus Quo my Limey arse! lol