Status Quo OBE!

They both fell out with the front men years ago didn’t they..? Sadly a trait so common in many a band. Maybe U2 should get a gong for being the same line up in a successful rock band since the band began in 1976. Ok, maybe just the bassist for being the token Englishman amongst the lineup…;)

The Edge is English, born in Barking in 1961.

As for Quo, bloody well done and well deserved they have done a lot for British rock, and for charity as well.

Saw them on the current tour in November, they still rock harder than most out there.

To each their own i suppose.. everyone has different tastes in music..i enjoyed them in the late sixties early seventies when they were at their peak..but i think as you mature and get on in years your musical tastes also mature..well most people anyway 😉

Right, gorrit.

I was thinking (Spaces or dots mean time [Multiple spaces are removed when posting!]): –
1234, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1…….2……..3……..4.
Indicating 4 different beat patterns which are repeated in the tune.

Edumicate me.
Bar versus Chord on a geetar.

Chords are obvious. A bar is pretty much what you described; a complete cycle of the beats in a time signature, so 4/4 would be:

| 1 2 3 4 |

7/8 would be:

| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |

Those two examples each contain one bar, so 4 bars of 4/4 would be:

| 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |

3 bars of 3/4 would be:

| 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 |

So you can see that if any band used 4 or less bars, the song would be very short indeed. 😉

Paul

Believe me, saying this as a fairly serious and very experienced musician, you didn’t mean bar. 😉

Paul

Edumicate me.
Bar versus Chord on a geetar.

I will place my non-musician explanation: –
Bar, number of beats in a timespan, until the same sequence is repeated.
Chord, twang then twing then spang then spong…with a plink. Which is then repeated. (Sorry, the only G string I know is the one that you remove with your teeth).

And, I actually DID mean Bar

Believe me, saying this as a fairly serious and very experienced musician, you didn’t mean bar. 😉

Paul

If you’re going to slag something off, it looks so much better if it looks like you speak from a position of knowledge rather than ignorance.

Personally I would never dream of posting on a thread I knew nothing about.

Jesus H Tapdancin Pizza-spinnin Christ!!!!
I can’t write music but I know what sounds crap, I also know what is “Formula” music, pumping out the same dreary tosh to a dedicated bunch of fans who believe their heroes cannot do wrong. Easy money and good luck to the Quo.
And, I actually DID mean Bar, a repetitive number of thuds (Can’t say beats to that tosh) in a segment of time. Quo used maybe 4 different repititions.

Wow, a Quo fan!
Bars, Chords, who cares. They produced monotonous bilge which was their signature to a lot of wannabee rockers.

If you’re going to slag something off, it looks so much better if it looks like you speak from a position of knowledge rather than ignorance.

Personally I would never dream of posting on a thread I knew nothing about.

Very funny – never heard that one about Status Quo before – I assume you meant chords anyway.

It is so funny that the band even thought of it –

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Fourth-Chord-Status-Quo/dp/B000UPCDIC/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262545019&sr=8-28

Wow, a Quo fan!
Bars, Chords, who cares. They produced monotonous bilge which was their signature to a lot of wannabee rockers.

Or written a tune with more than 4 bars.

Very funny – never heard that one about Status Quo before – I assume you meant chords anyway.

It is so funny that the band even thought of it –

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Fourth-Chord-Status-Quo/dp/B000UPCDIC/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262545019&sr=8-28

Or written a tune with more than 4 bars.

All their songs would be somewhat shorter if they had 4 or less “bars”. 😉

Paul

I wonder if they’d have had this award any quicker if they’d have been in the army?

Or written a tune with more than 4 bars.

Silly old sods should’ve retired to enjoy their Grandchildren years ago :rolleyes:

Some might say that ‘musically’ they retired about twenty five years ago. :rolleyes:

Silly old sods should’ve retired to enjoy their Grandchildren years ago :rolleyes:

What about Alan Lancaster (he was one of the founder members) and John Coghlan.

They both fell out with the front men years ago didn’t they..? Sadly a trait so common in many a band. Maybe U2 should get a gong for being the same line up in a successful rock band since the band began in 1976. Ok, maybe just the bassist for being the token Englishman amongst the lineup…;)

What about Alan Lancaster (he was one of the founder members) and John Coghlan.

perhaps refusal earned you a black mark on your record!!!:(

Possibly why the Beatles handed their’s back and produced a record called The White Album…;)

A ‘POP’ star…. ‘thats It’ …I’m sending mine back !

Don’t they have a choice whether they accept an honour or refuse it?:confused:

I know that Knights and OMs do and as for the rest, presumably. But in the 1960s I really don’t know – I didn’t get the impression there was any choice – perhaps refusal earned you a black mark on your record!!!:(

I remember decades ago my boss in the then GPO got the statutory MBE after yonks of service and bemoaned the fact that he’d miss out a pay rise and he’d have to shell out on new gear for he and his wife so it would end up costing him money. He was not impressed!

Don’t they have a choice whether they accept an honour or refuse it?:confused: