Once upon a time not so very long ago
There wasn't such a thing as a rock'n'roll show
You had to sit at home and listen to the radio
Then came a man with a rockin' guitar
Found himself a beat and he played it near and far
Everybody danced and sang and let the good times roll
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
He travelled round the world in a rock-n-roll band
He stood there like a giant with a guitar in his hand
Everybody danced and sang and let the good times roll
Nobody cared about the clothes he would wear
Nobody cared about the colour of his hair
Everybody came to see and let the good times roll
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Now we've got the rhythm in us now we've got the rock
Time didn't matter never living by the clock
Everybody came to hear him playing his rock-n-roll
Then came a line when the music didn't rhyme
He couldn't find the rhyme 'cos he couldn't find the time
But still the people came to listen to the good times roll
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Wednesday 22 July 2009
Best of Status Quo
Title | Entry | Peak | weeks | ||||||
Pictures Of Matchstick Men | 02.04.1968 | 5 | 11 | ||||||
Down, Down | 07.02.1975 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
Rain | 26.03.1976 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
Rockin' All Over The World | 14.01.1978 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
Again And Again | 14.10.1978 | 8 | 6 | ||||||
What You're Proposing | 02.11.1980 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
Something About You Baby I Like | 22.03.1981 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
Ol' Rag Blues | 06.11.1983 | 17 | 5 | ||||||
Marguerita Time | 26.02.1984 | 23 | 5 | ||||||
The Wanderer | 09.12.1984 | 10 | 8 | ||||||
Rollin' Home | 22.06.1986 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
Red Sky | 07.09.1986 | 29 | 1 | ||||||
In The Army Now | 16.11.1986 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
Dreamin' | 22.02.1987 | 17 | 5 | ||||||
Ain't Complaining | 22.05.1988 | 21 | 2 | ||||||
The Anniversary Waltz (Part One) | 18.11.1990 | 12 | 13 | ||||||
Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want) (Scooter vs. Status Quo) | 12.10.2008 | 79 | 5 | ||||||
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Status Quo 2009 tour dates
Thu 2nd July | Epsom Racecourse, Epsom, Surrey |
Sun 5th July | Avoine Zone Blues Festival, Avoines, France |
Tues 7th July | Festival de Carcassonne, France |
Fri 10th July | Howard Davis Park, Jersey |
Thu 16th July | Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland |
Fri 17th July | Borgholms slottsruin, Oland, Sweden |
Sat 18th July | Idrottsplatsen, Klippan, Sweden |
Thu 23rd July | Doncaster Racecourse, Doncaster |
Fri 24th July | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket |
Sat 25th July | Tidworth Festival, Tidworth, Wiltshire. Cancelled |
Sun 26th July | Powderham Castle , Kenton, Nr Exeter |
Fri 31st July | Rock of Ages Festival, Seebronn/Rottenburg, Germany. |
Sat 1st August | Mølleparken, Sønderborg, Denmark |
Sun 2nd August | Suikerrock Festival, Tienen, Belgium |
Sat 8th August | Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza, Glastonbury, Somerset |
Fri 14th August | Kamenz, Hutbergbühne, Germany |
Sat 15th August | Open Air Rock and Pop, Herrenwaldstadion Stadtallendorf, Germany |
Sun 16th August | Waldbühne, Northeim, Germany |
Sat 22nd August | Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland. |
Sat 29th August | Carrickfergus Castle , Northern Ireland |
Fri 4th Sept | Sala La Riviera, Madrid, Spain. |
Sat 5th Sept | Rock Star Live, Bilbao, Spain. |
Sun 6th Sept | Sala Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain. |
Tues 8th Sept | Palma Arena, Mallorca |
Thurs 10th Sept | Ocean Village, Gibraltar |
Sat 17th October | Casino De Paris, Paris, France |
Sun 18th October | Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium |
Tue 20th October | Münsterlandhalle, Münster, Germany (special guests: Kansas) |
Wed 21st October | E-Werk, Saarbrücken, Germany (special guests: Kansas) |
Fri 23rd October | Stadthalle, Bremerhaven, Germany (special guests: Kansas) |
Sat 24th October | Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany (special guests: Kansas) |
Mon 26th October | Max-Schmeling-Halle , Berlin, Germany (special guests: Kansas) |
Tue 27th October | Stadthalle, Magdeburg, Germany (special guests: Kansas) |
Thu 29th October | Arena, Leipzig, Germany (special guests: Kansas) |
Fri 30th October | Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany (special guests: Kansas) |
Sat 31st October | JAKO-Arena, Bamberg, Germany (special guests: Kansas) |
All Status Quo Tickets for all tour dates are available on The Online Ticket Shop.
Status Quo Band Members
- Francis Rossi (vocals, lead guitar)
- Rick Parfitt (vocals, guitar)
- Andy Bown (keyboards)
- John 'Rhino' Edwards (bass guitar)
- and Matt Letley (drums)
Status Quo Officials Compilations
Year | Album Title | Highest UK | British sales |
1980 | 12 Gold Bars | #3 | 3xPlatinum |
1982 | From the Makers of | #4 | Platinum |
1984 | 12 Gold Bars Vol. 2 | #12 | Gold |
1990 | Rocking All Over the Years | #2 | 3x Platinum |
1997 | Whatever You Want - The Very Best of Status Quo | #13 | Silver |
2004 | XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits | #16 | |
2008 | Pictures - 40 Years of Hits | #8 | Gold |
Status Quo Studio Albums
Year | Album Title | Highest UK | British sales |
1968 | Picturesque Matchstickable Messages | - | |
1969 | Spare Parts | - | |
1970 | Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon | - | |
1971 | Dog of Two Head | - | |
1972 | Piledriver | #5 | Gold |
1973 | Hello! | #1 | Platinum |
1974 | Quo | #2 | Platinum |
1975 | On the Level | #1 | 2xPlatinum |
1976 | Blue for You | #1 | 2xPlatinum |
1977 | Rockin' All Over the World | #5 | Platinum |
1978 | If You Can't Stand the Heat | #3 | Platinum |
1979 | Whatever You Want | #3 | Platinum |
1980 | Just Supposin' | #4 | 2xPlatinum |
1981 | Never Too Late | #2 | Platinum |
1982 | 1+9+8+2 | #1 | Platinum |
1983 | Back to Back | #9 | Gold |
1986 | In The Army Now | #7 | Platinum |
1988 | Ain't Complaining | #12 | Gold |
1989 | Perfect Remedy | #49 | Silver |
1991 | Rock 'Til You Drop | #10 | Gold |
1994 | Thirsty Work | #13 | Silver |
1996 | Don't Stop | #2 | Platinum |
1999 | Under The Influence | #26 | Silver |
2000 | Famous in the Last Century | #19 | |
2002 | Heavy Traffic | #15 | Silver |
2003 | Riffs | #44 | |
2005 | The Party Ain't Over Yet | #18 | Silver |
2007 | In Search of the Fourth Chord | #15 |
Status Quo Discography
Status Quo at the Colston Hall in Bristol on 15th November 2005 | ||
Releases | ||
Studio albums | 28 | |
Live albums | 3 | |
Compilation albums | 6 | |
Singles | 77 | |
Introduction to Status Quo
Status Quo are a british rock group with powerful hop line. The band was created by bassist Alan Lancaster and guitarist Francis Rossi in 1962.
Status Quo began as a rock and roll freakbeat band called The Spectres. By 1967, with very little business success, they discovered psychedelia and changed their name to Traffic (later Traffic Jam, to avoid confusion with Steve Winwood’s Traffic.) At this time the arrangement also as well organist Roy Lynes and drummer John Coghlan. Late in 1967 they employed second guitarist Rick Parfitt and became The Status Quo, scoring Top 10 singles with Pictures of Matchstick Men and Ice In The Sun. “Pictures of Matchstick Men” remains the only Top 40 hit single the band has ever charted in the United States. They have never got the same level of achievement there,that they have enjoyed in their home country.
After their second album Spare Parts they determined to change into a heavy boogie rock group. During the seventies they became one of the UK’s leading rock bands, gaining a loyal following due to their brilliant live gigs. They proved a great quantity of energy during this decade and in the early 80s. They and are best called for songs from this era such as Paper Plane (1972), Caroline (1973), Down Down (1975), John Fogerty’s Rockin’ All Over The World (1977) and Whatever You Want (1979). Down Down topped the UK charts in January 1975 (their only British No. 1 single to date).
Lynes left in 1971, to be put back originally by guest keyboard players on album, as well as Jimmy Horowitz and John Parker, and later on a more enduring basis on record and stage by ex-The Herd and Judas Jump member Andy Bown, though as he was contracted as a solo artist with EMI, he was not credited as a full-time constituent until 1982.
Status Quo began as a rock and roll freakbeat band called The Spectres. By 1967, with very little business success, they discovered psychedelia and changed their name to Traffic (later Traffic Jam, to avoid confusion with Steve Winwood’s Traffic.) At this time the arrangement also as well organist Roy Lynes and drummer John Coghlan. Late in 1967 they employed second guitarist Rick Parfitt and became The Status Quo, scoring Top 10 singles with Pictures of Matchstick Men and Ice In The Sun. “Pictures of Matchstick Men” remains the only Top 40 hit single the band has ever charted in the United States. They have never got the same level of achievement there,that they have enjoyed in their home country.
After their second album Spare Parts they determined to change into a heavy boogie rock group. During the seventies they became one of the UK’s leading rock bands, gaining a loyal following due to their brilliant live gigs. They proved a great quantity of energy during this decade and in the early 80s. They and are best called for songs from this era such as Paper Plane (1972), Caroline (1973), Down Down (1975), John Fogerty’s Rockin’ All Over The World (1977) and Whatever You Want (1979). Down Down topped the UK charts in January 1975 (their only British No. 1 single to date).
Lynes left in 1971, to be put back originally by guest keyboard players on album, as well as Jimmy Horowitz and John Parker, and later on a more enduring basis on record and stage by ex-The Herd and Judas Jump member Andy Bown, though as he was contracted as a solo artist with EMI, he was not credited as a full-time constituent until 1982.
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