Post any old song you can think of.

[SPLINE]

The Small Faces are in my top 5 of groups. 'Wham Bam Thank You Man' was their last single. They split up in 1968/1969 amid much bitterness and money problems. Steve Marriott left and joined Humble Pie whilst the other members teamed up with Rod Stewart to form The Faces. Both those groups became enormously successful in the 1970s but their music was over-indulgent and paled in comparison to the mother group...

(It is Man not Mam btw).

 

[morqthana]

Bam... Mam... Has to lead to this:

 

[morqthana]

Quo were massively underrated as writers and musicians.

The middle section from 1 min 40 secs to 4 min 5 secs of Roll Over Lay Down is a masterclass of integration and dynamic progression. It's a deceptively complex piece of music, with wonderful interplay from the whole band.

'tis a fact that anyone who said "it's only 3 chords" was a someone who couldn't play even 1.

 

[SPLINE]

On Status Quo... they often have a keyboard player with them, a lanky, grinning bloke. This is Andy Bown, he has contributed a lot to the group's songwriting over the years. In the 1960s, before Quo, he was in The Herd with Peter Frampton, and after that he went solo. He still makes records in his own right, as well as being part of Status Quo. One of his singles 'Tarot' was theme tune to a TV series 'Ace of Wands'....

 

[MNW67]

'tis a fact that anyone who said "it's only 3 chords" was a someone who couldn't play even 1.

Quo started out as a psychedelic pop group before eventually transforming completely when they perfected their unique boogie rock style in the early 1970s.

An interesting mid point on that journey is In My Chair:

 

[Highway Man]

 

[blup]

It’s a toss up between Caroline and Down Down, but yes basically three chords. Nothing wrong with that, it’s the basis of the blues which is the basis of rock n roll

 

[SPLINE]

John Peel said of his DJ-ing days, that if ever any trouble or fighting broke out in the crowd, he would put a Status Quo record on, usually 'Caroline', and all the trouble would stop as everybody came together in the Quo frenzy.

 

[Highway Man]

One of my all time favorites from quo.

 

[MNW67]

My favourite Deep Purple song. Much better than all the big hit tracks. Incredible energy, drive and technical virtuosity.