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  • This fuckin kicks ass! How come I never heard this before? Awesome track.

  • SAW THEM IN THE LATE 70'S IN GERMANY. THEY WERE GREAT. SHOWED UP LATER ON THE LIVE AID CONCERT.

  • This is how rock´n roll is supposed to be! One of the most underrated bands!

  • cant beat a bit of Quo,the americans never really took to them,but we love em

  • Great stuff! Back from when Quo were at their very best.

  • Quoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!­!! 4ever!!!

  • samo jedna od brojnih izuzetnih pesama

  • Grew up in Scotland,, never stops,,,Waaaa!!

  • This is the real Status, before the kicked Coglan and later Lancaster. After that I never listening to Status Quo, they vere the Status...

  • The classic Quo line up and a classic Quo song. Fab vocals, guitar, bass , drums and vocals - brilliant.

  • Still got the single! One of the best Quo songs imo

  • Seen em 6 times,& they never miss a note,gr8 stage show,No fancy gimmics,just RAW Rock n Roll...TOPS man.

  • Happy Birthday Rick (12 Oct )hope you have a great day !!!Piss Up !!!

  • Rain, Mystery Song and 4500 Times - The best Songs ever!

  • also Hold Me ,Electric Arena ,Gravy Train ,Alright ,

  • I've never been a big Quo fan, but "Rain" and "Mystery Song" are two of the best no-nonsense hard rock songs you're ever likely to find. It's just a pity that they went the pop-rock route with dirge's like "Rockin All Over The World" and "Whatever You Want"

  • @dieselfeet check out Dust TO Gold ,Frozen Hero ,maybe?

  • windows down, rockin n driving...ah bliss!

  • It came out at the start off the driest summer on record!!!!!

    We had to live without the rain for fuckin months.

  • Quo ist sehr gut ................ ! 

  • @retroperitoneal -you need to look at status quo-Excess all areas-part 2.

  • Quo are THE best rockin band of all time !

  • his head did good arrangement and lyrics on the demon drug...gotta love Quo..

  • thanks for the history...how do you know he was off his head on speed?

  • yeh great track QUO at their peak of sounding like QUO,then they seem to go in a different sound,still love them though and glad they (QUO )still performing and survived the hard rock and roll lifestyle.they were a big period in my teenage life,and alot of lusting ohhh yeh.**

  • Love this forever ,sound of my youth , Johns thumping bass on this is awesome ..

  • @luxyaltz219

    you mean alans.

  • Great track from the "Blue for you" album!

  • SHIT this band is fakin brilliant

  • @XxpauldadudexX I used to ride a BSA 650 around with that playing in in earpplugs in my helmet, man I was in heaven.

  • @2001perseus Sounds cool..I think am gonna get this on my ipod and run with it on my earplugs....lol ok not as cool as ur motorbike though :)

  • Just the best!! Can't beat the Quo!!

  • omg haven't heard this for ages :D

  • SHAME WEE ALAN AND JOHNNY BOY SPLIT .THEY HAD REASONS . STILL ROCK ON.LOVE YA ALL . COFEE AND CHEESE TOAST FOR ME.HITTIN KIP .ITS MY KNEES. HA HA

  • God Bless Speed lol God i miss Whizz !

  • this and mystery song were, imo, the last 2 decent singles by quo. i have to agree with those who have mentioned the "dismissal" of the rhythm section, it's true they were never the same again and i have to be honest, when i see parfit and rossi they really do remind me of tuffnell and st hubbins!!

  • Shy Fly, Paper Plane, Rain top 3 Quo songs IMO.

  • Quo went downhill fast IMO after their excellent live album - Quo Live - in '76. The "engine room" of the band were let go/sacked/ lost interest...whatever...they were not/have not ever been the same as that great hard rock'n'roll band of the 70s...and that my friends is a sad fact.

    Quo Live to this very day still stands the test of time! Quo peaked (IMO) at the Glasgow Apollo in 1976...and it's been all downhill from there. I know this will upset some/ a lot of people...'tis sad but true.

  • @MrCelticcc1 They certainly haven't rocked as much since - you can blame the management, Frost, Williams etc. even Francis's ego, but the main thing is that Quo are still drawing the crowds in and that alone deserves respect. I don't hate the post 77 stuff (apart from Restless, which is wet and the Don't Stop album) but the lads need to put out a belter before they retire.  A bit like another band I like, Def Leppard, who've not had a monster album since Adrenalize in 1992!

  • the mystery song was writen about a prostitute

  • 2 people are standing out of the rain :3

  • Now there's a song to make the balconies bounce at a gig!

  • Ah Rikki Rikki who loves ya baby. Classic memories.

  • at their peak..tight as a ducks ass !!

  • Got their best album in vinil (In The Army Now) which I killed with so many playing times. And yes, this song is catchy too.

  • THIS IS ROCK!!!!

  • Is Rick's guitar a Gibson Wilshire ?

  • THEY HAVE NEVER STOPPED TOUCHING AND BEING TRANSMITTED AND CERTAINLY THEY CONTINUE FILLING BIG ECENARIOS.... STATUS QUO RETURN TO MEXICO!!!!

  • THIS IS A REAL ROCK AND ROLL!! THE SUCKS OF THE BEETLES..... FOR MUCH THE BEST ENGLISH BAND!!!! And NOT FOR THAT I LIKE AMI, THE FACTS SPEAK FOR IF ALONE THE ONLY BAND IN OPENING THE FESTIVAL AID TWO FOLLOWED, LIKE THAT YEARS LIKE FOR THE FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE, MORE GIVES 40 YEARS OF THE FIRST PLACES IN THE LISTS U.K. MORE GIVE 100 PRESENTATIONS IN ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS PROGRAMS OF UNA'S MUSIC OF THE MEJOERES TELEVISORAS THE BBC ETC. ETC.

  • perfect whit Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan

  • saw them last night in Liverpool and they played this track, just awesome!

  • The camera never really filmed Rossi soloing in their vids - shame as this is one of their coolest solos

  • I remember buying the album Blue For You all those years ago. Used to play this track over and over again. Still got the vinyl. Great memories.

  • QOU status a great band one of my favorites I have all their LP was difficult to get me but I did and did not change for anything in return I hope and I soon lost mexico concerts

  • GOIN 2 SEE THEM IN THE WATERFRONT AT 8PM (GOIN UP NOW 4 A GOOOOD FEW BEERS) ROCK ON QUO!!! THIS IS MY 8TH TIME SEEING THEM 16NOW HAHA WOOP MANY MORE 2 GO!!

  • Status quo je vous ai toujours adoré: Bravo pour toujours.

  • killing it!!

  • Good old quo.

  • I miss the old Quo so bad!

  • No, I meant to put the Cult/ Oh bollocks still can't decide...:)

  • Always used to argue which 'Rain' was the best The Quo's or The Cult's after hearing them both again back to back on you tube it has to be The Quo.

  • Coghlan and Lancaster is a major factor in the Quo feel, rythm section as tight as a Nun's whatsie..

  • @frontman62 don't give them all the glory, Rick & Rossi's guitars fused together to make the Quo Pounding shuffle chords, Alan provided the thudding bass lines and John was the icing on the cake with his simple, but realy effective drum patterns. the four of them together, made that classic Quo ryhthm sound

  • @rockerstar101 lol bloke!! - couldn't have put it better meself. I think the boogie started to die when John left and the 'pretenders' moved in! This track has to be one of their best. Don't give a shit if the critics claim they can only play one, two, or three chords - NO ONE can do it like QUO DO IT!!!

  • I always argued with my brother over the title which ended up in a good old tear up, he thought it was "I can't live without Lorraine" mind you he died a year later so respect bruv you thick dipshit.

  • Brings back memories of cruizin' in the old FORD panel van in the 70s with QUO blasting out the stereo..

  • love quo, rossi n parfitt amazing team, but man, this song, lancaster n coghlan are like a f((kin sledgehammer poundin away. jeezz/// headphones pounds yer f((kin head man. anyone after them miss some beat, like, so it all sounds like a country waltz, no disrespect intended

  • they look very young here lol,brilliant

  • awesome, saw them last week. one of the best concerts I've ever seen.

  • Rick is the rythm master..! and has written some fantastic riffs for the quo, taken them just a little away from the 12 bar, the quo will always be king to those that know rock n roll, long live the quo..!

  • Just great and rocking. 5 stars. We did our own practise versiojn, but this is better.

  • Ja ...Gute alte zeiten...auch für mich eines der besten Stücke von Quo...I LOVE IT..:)

  • Great solo!!!

  • My father brought a Hitparade Philips cassette from Sweden in 70'ties, on which this song was together with Nazareth "Carry Out Feelings"!!! Excellent memories!!!!! Thanks!!!!

  • my favourite Quo song...seen them live a lot !

    Woody

  • Alan Lancaster has MS now, and is unable to play the bass anymore. A reunion definitely won't happen.

  • Can anyone actually tell me what went off with the Bass player ? Why did they end up hating him ?

  • @RaunchyRocker

    In the early 80's the musical differences between the two co-founders of Status Quo: Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster became to big. Rossi wanted to do more melodic stuff , Lancaster wanted Quo to do way more hard rock kind of music. Besides the musical arguments the members were on all kind of drugs in that period. In the end they couldn't stand each other.

  • . @RaunchyRocker

    Lancaster tried to claim the name Status Quo in a lawsuit but the judge decided that Rossi and Parfitt were permitted to use the name. Lancaster left to Australia. His last performace with Quo was Live Aid (1984).

  • @RaunchyRocker

    It would be great if everyone would be on speaking terms again. Rossi and Parfitt already spoke with former drummer John Coghlan a few years ago. Now the guys are in their 60's you would expect everyone to mature and shake hands and laugh about all the old silly arguments again. Would be great if all the old members would show up on a farewell tour someday and then m maybe play one or two songs together???

  • @Accidentprone70 I don't know how much is true and how much is hear say/what they told the press but im pretty sure live aid was '85 =)

  • @Cpttoxic Ofcourse you are right! My mistake..And you are also right about how the original line up came to his end. Ask Rossi and you'll probably hear another story than the one Lancaster or Coghlan will tell you. I guess the true strory is somewhere in the middle...

  • @Accidentprone70 they have. John Coghlan & Alan have been known to attend Quo Concerts and they are still good friends with Rossi & Rick, but they've decided not to play again, because it may kick up the settled dust.

  • @rockerstar101 Last year I saw some photographs of Rick and Francis posing together with John Coghlan somewhere and not long agoI read in Rhino's tourlog of the recent Quo tour in Australia that Alan Lancaster had visited a Quo concert. I didn't know that they decided not to play again. I bet a lot of fans would like that and I don't think that Rhino or Matt would mind if Alan and John would come up on stage to play a few songs but hey, you have to respect the decision of the guys.

  • @rockerstar101 A few years back I saw John playing with the tribute 'State of Quo', you should have heard him badmouthing Rick and Francis....

  • @ralph5407 Yes, seems there is no love lost between them all now. What a bloody shame.

  • @rhinoal Mind you, having read other comments on this page, I'll do the polite thing & shut the fook up! Others are saying they are all still good friends. I hope so, they were like family back in the old days, and that was reflected on to the audience.  You felt like you were one of them, and you were playing alongside them.....air guitar an' all! :o)

  • Dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah..... 12 bar rock n roll guitar riff s ...... .dah dah dah dah dah ..oh yeah ...come on THE qou ..... ..dah dah dah dah dah dah dah ..only the QUO ....... Im 17 again ...brilliant !!!!

  • rick isnt playing a tele...how could he.... ha ha

  • Riffs on this are something to remember!!

  • Im 21 and I realy think music doesnt get any better then this. This has soul, and you can play it very very very loud :D

  • Thanks, mate. So young and so wise!

    you re absolutely right!

  • Now I cant live without the rain '' .wwhoooooooooooooooooooo

  • rain and mystery song were written by rick when he was off his head on speed in the studio on his own, the rest of the band had left him to it....got to be the 2 best quo songs ever....pure class, great band.

  • @carlosdeno You're right cetainly the best two songs on 'Blue for You'.

    Why is Rick using a capo on the 2nd fret, I wonder?

  • @frontman62 the songs on A, so it made it easier for him and it's tuned to Open G (DGDGBD)

  • @carlosdeno totally agree my friend -sneeked into a sound check @Glasgow Apollo

    10th.march'76.check the dates if you like!! you know you don't need to! I nearly pissed myself ! i heard Rain /Is There A Better Way /Mad About The Boy;then we got thrown out!! went home; came back that night for real !!

    Jimmy ex Glasgow !! now -OZ!!

  • @carlosdeno i so agree rain is definetly one of there best songs and mystery was definetly up there. i love playing this song with my band it totally kicks arse

    true rock and roll

  • As i play this,it's absolutley pissing down outside.

  • seen this band 4 times i love em seen gary moore 4 times i hate that cunt now he is the biggest twat in music all he dose is swear at the fans and the rest of the band . he even told the bass player to fuck off 3 times the man is a twat

  • he said he quite likes you though!!

  • hope not gary moore is a total twat he is not even a good pub player

  • what guitar is parfitt using ?????

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  • Its a Gibson Les Paul Junior.

  • an overlooked band. I consider myself a rocker yet really never got into the Quo. Thanks for posting this.  They rock and will forever.

  • kick ass!!!

  • Ok ! Let go to hair plug or buy wig tommrrow. Cool hair !!

  • One of my favorite Quo songs: bought the single back then and still have it.

    Great photo on the cover of that record

  • best quo song in my mind

  • Rick "Rock"..is he best or best;))))

  • wot is the Gibson that hes playing

  • i like the fender more than the Gibson

  • WOW Cool as....

  • just looking at the comments . and the yorksmilkchurns one . cos it is funny i went to newcastel and saw gary moore and yorksmilkchurns is right gary moore was rubbish that night

  • Brought a tear to my eye. Takes me back to when i first got into Quo in 1975. Oh yeah its pissing down!

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  • I used to play bass in a Quo tribute many yearsago and I loved playing Rain they way Alan plays it, the song seriously rocks.

  • seen quo 4 times now allways good . not like gary moore saw him at leeds in april all he did was tell the fans to fuck off and he was at the bass player all the time  at one point he said to him keep up what a twat gary moore is

  • I love how bouncy Rick's hair is in this video. :p

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  • right on.. great stuff. I can never find quo here in western canada.. any ideas

  • Best rock music ever from the best rock band ever.

    THE REAL QUO WILL LIVE FOREVER !!!

  • Way Righteous!!

    Thanks for the vid post!

    SQ wails!!

  • so cool!! :P

  • GREAT!!

  • @carolineJ4

    i cant get my speakers loud enoguh n i have a 6 grand speaker system with values n the lot

  • @PS3FANBOYLAD  lol my ears are bleeding and my vision's blurred and it still ain't loud enough......YEAHHH! Rock on The Quo.

  • Thanks for sharing a great song! 5 stars!

  • Why do some people think quo r old and ridiculous?

    Theyre leg, ty for this post

  • COZ THEY AINT GOT A CLUE

  • the original real quo.

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  • One of the best Quo songs

  • great headbanging song

  • Looks like Rossi told Rickie a joke somewhere around 1.59 in the video. Love "Rain". Great rock song from the "Blue for you" album. Also check out "Mystery song" (for al you non-Quo followers).

  • they are well known for talking and laughing at each other during live performances etc. they're excellent to watch live lol

  • nice song 5/5

  • great fuckin song....god bless the 70s!! :D

  • Thankyou for posting!!!

  • nice song has a gud rhythm

  • You Lost The love was the B-side

  • Great band - seriously under rated by sniffy rock press at the time - but really very, very clever pro. bunch of lads.

  • Saw them in the montford Hall leiceser in 1975 ,where were you? heheheheh

  • About 5 years old mate! heheheheh

  • Parfitt with an SG?????

  • Not an SG at all but some kind of weird LP Special DC.

    BTW Parfitt use sometimes a real SG (junior).

  • It is a Gibson melody maker or an Les Paul junior.

  • Rick never uses his White Tele for this track as he uses a different tuning, and Actually from about 1972 to 1974 Rick used an SG as his main guitar. Notice though come Rain or Shine Frames got that Old Green Tele

  • Think hes actually got three main Tele's. Theres the std one with the maple neck and two he uses for down down and w.y.want with rosewood necks.

  • Yep Frames got 3 Teles he uses on stage all Green. There is a fourth one he uses for Gerdundula as well but that one is in a Natural Wood finish

  • Good greif !!!! Was/is it really some 30 - odd years since this ????

  • still sounds great,my neck is not the same from all the head banging i did to Quo..!

  • not sure if this was an A side or B side single

    I like it all the same

  • A-Side, I think All Through The Night was B-side

  • My favourite Quo song.

  • I love this song and "Is It Really Me?".Very good band.

  • This and mystery song got be hooked on quo .I knew of them since pictures of matchtikmen /in my chair , but this and mystery song turned me on my head 4 EVER .....LOVE LOVE LOVE IT

  • The Best!!! Super Song! STATUS QUO N.1 ROCK BAND IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!

  • The Best!

  • I First saw Quo in 1977 and they are as good now as they were then, Long Rock the Quo..

  • ..after all these years, it still rocks and rocks and rocks and........

  • Love this song!!!!

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