Status Quo - Slow Train - Quo

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From the bands7th album released in 1974

[@madbrowndog4887]

For all those knockers who used to deride Quo as just a 12-bar blues/boogie band - this song has everything: a key change, multiple tempo changes, a quiet interlude, a time-signature change, some brilliant Irish Jiggery, even dual guitar harmonies! And rocks like hell! What more could you want!

[@IMG-Photography]

You forgot the drum solo

[@AndrewMarkely]

Couldn't have put it better.

[@GARYBLONDER]

I think that the band was completely wrong to refuse to play this epic tune live - a massive mistake. One of their best tunes.

[@BandsThatRock]

I think the reason is because Rossi wasn't able to play it live, certain guitar parts on this song were recorded onto a tape running at half speed and then it was played back at normal speed when recorded onto the album

[@GARYBLONDER]

@@BandsThatRock That's genuinely really interesting. However I don't buy it as an excuse. Lots of bands do this kind of thing but they still manage to adapt the song for a live performance. I honestly think that Rossi's motive was that it would be too much like hard work. But if Lynyrd Skynyrd can play Freebird live there's no excuse to avoid Slow Train

[@BandsThatRock]

@@GARYBLONDER Possibly, there's also the fact that they already had two 12 minute plus songs in their set, (45 Hundred Times & Roadhouse Blues), and this may have had a bearing on making their setlist.

[@GARYBLONDER]

@@BandsThatRock I would have dumped those two and replaced them with Slow Train!

[@johnodwyer8902]

I saw em play it live at The Empire, Liverpool,March 1976.

[@danielautard5325]

Quo, 1974.... The real best album from Status Quo ! Heard it for the first time when I was 12.... Never got over it !

[@allantolstrup2679]

I was nine, and the same

[@bigraymie]

@@allantolstrup2679 18 I was... And it's STILL up there

[@jgsheehan8810]

My first album I ever bought for myself at about age 12. Played the snot of it (and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath that I bought at the same time).

[@twelvemeister]

rossi just sang so much better then it seemed more natural .like this real quality to his voice .he sounds kind of annoying in later years . just no real tone to his voice. there really is no understanding how they went from sublime serious rock to poppy cringe . his guitar playing was brilliant then as well ,such a quality biting telecaster tone ,and quality melodic soloing with his own unique phrasing .. hes off his head is rossi like ..to think that later throwaway dross is better than the 70s quo .

[@peterkwakman7440]

14 !

[@nodroglandboy4898]

Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan. The real Quo.! Great up load cheers. R.I.P. Rick. Sadly missed.

[@renatoporcu3097]

Si.......... ... abbraccio da Roma e buon caffè

[@rogerrountree4344]

The real Quo. Superb Roger Rountree co Armagh

[@nabormic]

merveilleux Status Quo..... Une joie de vivre qu'ils partagent avec les ados des années 70 (dont moi). Ce morceau est plein de trouvailles et d'énergie.RIP Parfitt in a slow musical train

[@Tomyelectronic]

After "Lonely Man" this was not to be expected! In my opinion one of the greatest and most heavy songs they ever wrote! Worse to be put on their 1976 Live record - side by side to "4500 Times" and "Roadhouse Blues". I had the "Quo" album for a longer time back in the early 1980s (years after its original release) when i first realised what for an unbelievable masterpiece was hidden on "Side 2" as the final track on this super-classic album. Heard it over and over again afterwards. Closed the door of my room, Volumes up, putting out my "air-guitar" and rockin' and bangin' as hell! Untill my parents flipped out and forced me to turn down the volume!!!! There was this insane drum-solo going over into the brutal straight heavy riffing which made me go insane! This song IS FOREVER. A masterpiece over and over! Then "Side B" ended and i was asking myself.....what ever should come from Quo after they did such greatness????? But "On the Level" and "Blue for you" was still ahead.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Greetings from germany.

[@roswithagotz2523]

Unglaublich!!! Das ist Statuo Quo!!! Wenn ich es nicht genau wuesste!!! Mensch, schade um diese geniale Band!!!!

[@samirhalilcevic2448]

Yes the real Quo Rossi,Coghlan, Parfitt , Lancaster, the greatest. Rick we miss you

[@sammyhawkins5590]

The bit after the drum solo is pure , down and dirty quo, just why I love em

[@mikeflynn1629]

One of the toughest meanest end of a song

[@martinwalthert1709]

This is Status Quo.!Forever Quo!🎸❤ 🇨🇭

[@nels3881]

Original line up always the best 👍 🤘 🎸.

[@peterkwakman7440]

So much better than the past 40 years of tripe, i gave up buying in '86, but i saw them 18 times, gave up by late '90's

[@rickg.b.n.f.2735]

What a song❤👍a shame that this Formation cut in 81'😪there will never be a Group like FF who set me so on fire when i was a teenage Boy 🍺cheer's from Dortmund ♠️⚒💛

[@northernengland]

My God I forgot how brilliant this is !!!

[@richardtofts4977]

What a drummer !

[@julieglover6484]

God bless you Alan Lancaster 💔 xx

[@andreysavelev9004]

Quo 1974! They are play boogie perfect!

[@joaquimpaletrico102]

Rock and Roll is Status Quo. EXCELLENT.

[@andrewhinds6560]

One of their very finest and last of their long tracks.

[@henningjacobhansen287]

This is the greatest BOOGY band in the world :)

[@seamushughes3899]

1 of my favourite Quo tracks ever and I agree with you Gary, it's a shame this was never on their live playlists.

[@Mintzz1690]

Were a great band, i was actually at this concert at the Apollo, fantastic live and probably the most underrated band ever,

[@QuoPaperPlane]

Bands are rated accordingly. What and who underates them?

[@TheAntihartz]

Musik aus einer besseren Zeit!

[@Shell6424]

First time I’ve heard this - love it loud!!! They all have lustrous hair.

[@dilwyn1]

@Michelle .. LOL!! We all had hair in those days ☺

[@noelpunch5900]

What a classic album one of my prized pocessions

[@Shads62]

entry drug to metal for me. Opened up Sabbath, Priest and all that came after

[@maddog8621]

I love it that Quo produce a great tune like 'Slow Train's that hurtles along like a Cheetah that's been fed some speed. Whilst kicking everybody's arse at the same time

[@karakoima]

This is just so unbelievably good

[@sonjabernschneider1210]

das waren noch Rock - Zeiten die ich erleben durfte

[@rodricselbie35]

Vintage Quo, love it.

[@savageberny]

This is real music

[@klausschulze3080]

Best Quo Song ever

[@mtmpromotion]

This used to go down a bomb when we played it with Straight as Quo in the early years, We could never get it to work properly after a our drummer left after that but we di manage to add an extra 3 songs leaving this one out ha ha👍👍👍

[@robgoldberg3401]

Yep I saw u a few times in ull .Well enjoyed ☺👍

[@petersimson9519]

best album ever

[@diterkalla3725]

Najlepszy zespół rock'n'roll'owy świata!!!! Wielkie dzięki za całokształt dokonań muzycznych!! Pozdrawiam z Polski!!! Wasz wierny fan!

[@CraigFrance-o4i]

seen them many times at the Glasgow Appolo balcony would litteraly shake

[@ingeborgsteuer7261]

👍🎸 W O W 👍🎸 FANTASTIC

[@Omega21456]

Love the way Rick plays an SG then a Tele, then an SG then a Tele again

[@BandsThatRock]

Aye, he always did that...He could never make up his mind lol

[@andrewhinds6560]

This is not official video/film footage of the performance. It's a montage of older footage of them playing different songs.

[@garydurandt4260]

Wow, have not heard this since 1975! Still great now as it was then.

[@pepediaz7571]

YEAAHH !! Una Genialidad Músical de los Masters de Inglaterra !! STATUS QUO FOREVER !! Salurocks desde MEXICO ! YEAAHH !!

[@charlottevictoria.hubbard7472]

R. I. P. Alan Lancaster.

[@mikewest1542]

This album Quo, Hello, Piledriver, Blue for you and to some extent On the level, Ma Kelly , and Dog were tremendously good, Rocking all over the world could have been a lot better due to production, same as If you cant stand the heat , Whatever you want was back to form, as was Just Supposin. Never too late was left overs from the previous album and not too good .After John bailed out it went wrong 1982, Back to Back not good, moribund, it was never the same with those session musicians!

[@cmccormick6879]

The John Eden remix of the Rockin’ All Over The World album is much better than the original album release. You’re right though - it and If You Can’t Stand The Heat suffered from massive over production.

[@dirkkohlmann7237]

einfach nur super.

[@wjohnty]

Proper Quo!

[@MargaretKlammer]

Love this tune--my record player amp only goes to 10-damnit--this song should be played at 15

[@ingeborgsteuer7261]

GREAT🎸👍 Fantastic video 👍

[@stugreener]

My Youth in one song still playing it today ❤

[@JackerNo2]

7 minutes 56 seconds of my life well spent sitting here listening to the Quo. Did they ever do a shit song, I dont think so!!

[@bm3738]

Yes they did the song cross that bridge pure dirge c&w at its worst sorry I luv this band 45yrs now but that song ctb sucks to high heaven🦆😕

[@Omega21456]

Marguerita time?

[@JackerNo2]

@@Omega21456 Yeah, that was never really one of my favourites. I also don't really like one of their most popular ones, In the army now.

[@groovedohg]

I must admit..... The mixing of the video clips to the audio track here is frigging IMMENSE..... Well done. Luv it

[@BandsThatRock]

Thank you, that comment is much appreciated :D

[@franklinpalma2662]

Legendaria banda de la década prodigiosa del rock de los 70's. Excelente grupo que descollo con su gran música.

[@pauljones9061]

The Quo guitar sound at it's dirtiest, wonderful.

[@harrystannard5944]

When I think what was to follow in the eighties and I'm not surprised JC showed 'em the middle finger.

[@dennism5731]

Can you imagine the theatres jump if they did play thus live?

[@12barmac]

Brilliant and well put together....It rocks.....

[@luigilombardi718]

El Quo es una de las mejores bandas y favoritas de rock que he escuchado en toda mi perra vida esta banda nunca va a morir por yo que tengo 30 años escuchadolay yo creo que va pasar de generacion en generacion claro para los buenos conocedores claro esta status Quo forever

[@filimendezp.1939]

Super Banda, Grandes Recuerdos.

[@georgesfotic550]

Cool train that peps you up!

[@robertparazaider1958]

Standing ovation period.

[@luisaiudice3271]

Bravo Francis Rossi.

[@geraldsantanaleitner6890]

The timing between the film and the music is not correct but the song was one of my favorit ❤

[@yacinecherifi2879]

Soooooo great!!!!!!!!

[@JurisCepulis]

Best quo album , gooood !👍❤

[@bernardoshea3800]

Great song & very intricate for a band that supposedly could play only three chords

[@rambr0vids]

I forgot how epic that song was...Haven't heard it in donkeys!

[@groovedohg]

The news of Quo not being able to play this in their set (On the comments here anyway) is confusing. Status Quotes (Dutch tribute Video attached here) version is proof that Quo could easily have put it in their set, and to top it off, Status Quotes blend if perfectly with Someones Learning. Quo were always thinking of new novelty ideas of staying relevant (eg Aquostic/Frantic 4 Reunion/4 gigs in a day/Pub tour etc etc). A great idea, even now with all the new band members, would to be to play a whole set on the unplayed, or at least seldom played songs. Besides Slow Train, I would utter Too Far Gone, Riverside, Somethings goin on in my head, Break the Rules (Another from the Quo album that was mysteriously ignored live) I should have known etc and then theres the softer songs like Where I am, Who am I, For you, Unspoken Words, A Year etc. Another novelty idea of the Quo would have been to release a full on Blues album of the Greats (eg Willie Dixon, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed etc) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJeTgWWjiLKDos0

[@bettyemidkiff8431]

Love

[@1958mantle]

Love this track

[@Mokum1961]

Best ever Quo bit at 06:17

[@peterripley2690]

awsome

[@hannatello4840]

GooD 4 ever

[@jacquelinegreen3775]

Not really heard this to much but proper Quo .

[@dougmaxwell8472]

They play the song in a medley in the early 90,s ,,but it would be much better if they play the whole song live,,I can't see no reason why the current members can do it, They should know that,,Richie Malone,,brilliant guitarists,,doesn't imitate Rick,Rhino does play brilliant bass,Andy can just about do anything, Leon Cave a superb drummer and of course the ever talented Mr Francis Rossi,,,but remember this,,,the original Quo from the 70,s was the best ,,,Alan Lancaster is a General of the band,and plus once more the best shuffle drummer in the world is John Coghlan....so why can't Quo give Slow Train on their set lists of songs Dougie W.Australia in a small town of Dowerin

[@richardcook57]

Excellentae.

[@andrewjohnson388]

long as i get my head down in the sun ..who gives a f..ck ..all that matters!

[@stevepeters6381]

when QUO were the dogs bollox. no band on earth came close

[@1972piledriver]

Nicely done 👌

[@BandsThatRock]

Cheers Dai

[@robbiewilson7306]

what A band

[@brugnejean-stephane3472]

J'avais 16 ans....

[@shanekelley7682]

I ask the question of should a band carry on when the hits dry up? The "best" days were 40 years ago etc or does it cement the legacy by still going? I adore SQ from the early 70's still had some good tunes later but I often wonder given Rossi's music taste seems nothing like the Quo sound.

[@rickgetz5769]

Love this song but i really when songs are added to the wrong video

[@BandsThatRock]

Obviously these are clips from various other videos edited together. An official video for this doesn't exist...This was made because someone asked me for it. Do a bit of research before spouting off please.

[@haradoka]

D’accord.

[@leiper72]

This is not slow on any part.. ! ;) And video footage from Paper Plane in 1972 (and more).. but it works out just fine ;)

[@maxquinn3103]

Brilliant 😊

[@MegaCirse]

Le pouvoir expressif de l'architecture sonore rompt avec toute forme de transcription du réel pour s'attacher à l'expression d'un univers fabuleux où la couleur où le rythme des compositions constituent une expiration qui donne voix à l'exaltation¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@j.c.richard300]

Vous m'enlevez les mots de la bouche, je m'exalte, je m'exalte ! Joliment torché, cela résume à merveille tout ce que je pense de Quo. On n'est pas des bourrins, merde quoi...

[@twelvemeister]

great job ,at least gives a good idea of how it would have looked if performed when they were primed and peaking .

[@paulcannell7188]

Boogie Chillun

[@hannatello4840]

GOOD

[@smujiodome]

Nice one Al.

[@beatricepeter995]

I'M on "Slow Train " , myself...

[@kevp7309]

Why oh why did they not play this live

[@ROLLCOLLIN]

Boggie baby!

[@jaz2674]

cool

[@nickelmickel4170]

Spotted Rick on a Gibson.👍

[@wingchun-simplekungfu7584]

Gibson and his tele. Nice edit. Just loved watching them play. Giving the audience everything they had.

[@andrewlloyd4702]

The best line-up ever, the last 20 yrs they've turned out garbage.

[@Quolie]

Das ist Quo..und nicht was später in den 90er usw. produziert wurde. Rick, Alan und John das waren die Kräfte für den Geilenkirchen Quo Sound❤Francis ist leider immer mehr in den Popstyl abgedriftet..vielleicht ist das sein Naturell...sorry aber was ist der Quo Sound..Piledriver,Quo,Hallo und on the level

[@darrenmarks9310]

shit hot!!!

[@steveclem]

I like 75% of this track. There's parts of it I don't like, the guitar bit that starts at 5. 22 for instance.

[@michaelohagan6546]

I think the jig is abysmal imho

[@renatoporcu3097]

A Roma A Roma A Roma A Roma A Roma...........

[@thomassteinie4380]

Hat jemand das Video passend zum Song????

[@BandsThatRock]

@Thomas Steinie Es existiert kein offizielles Video, eine Freundschaftsanfrage erfinde ich stattdessen

[@thomassteinie4380]

@@BandsThatRock Dankeschön für die Info

[@nickwilliams1065]

Just 2 more great albums to follow this before they sold out and became a parody of a rock band, saddest day ever putting rocking all over the world on my record player, it ended up in the bin. The only other album of note was Quo live.

[@BandsThatRock]

Anything after, and including Rockin' All Over The World, Quo seemed to run out of ideas. However, the writing was really on the wall when Lancaster left the band in '85. He was the "rocker" of the band, Rossi was the melodic, poppy member...I mean "Living On An Island" "In The Army Now" or "Tequila Sunrise?" Total and utter dross and I believe Lancaster got fed up clashing with Rossi over this kind of material and baled out.

[@nickwilliams1065]

@@BandsThatRockLol. Your not wrong there bud, I wasn't a huge fan of Blue for you, but stuck with them as the stuff they had done till then was great and to me stands up to almost any thing of that era. What came after, well, luckily for me I had left them behind before they started their ABBA faze but I had a lot of mates who hung in there a while longer, so I got to hear some of the dross through them. Great band live always gave 110% saw them live several times each tour from 72 to 79 and they were bang on each and every time. The live album stands up against any other live one ever made, they nailed that one. Those where the days, hey!!!!! Stay safe.

[@BandsThatRock]

@@nickwilliams1065 Aye, the Glasgow Apollo was some venue, sadly gone now but the album they recorded there is still in my top ten live albums of all time.

[@nickwilliams1065]

@@BandsThatRock Amen to that, I bunked off school for that gig did the Thurs and Fri slept in a mats car walked the city during the day, came back to Wales on the Sun. Memories faded a bit now but it was an impressive old building how did they get to pull that down????

[@seamushughes3899]

I think that Lancaster was the glue to keep them on their original course but he was a bit of a hard nut and when he left, ( was invited to leave ) that's when it all changed for me, not all bad but certainly not for the good.