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XS All Areas – The Greatest Hits
''XS All Areas – The Greatest Hits'' is an album by English rock band Status Quo, released in September 2004. It is a best-of compilation with two new tracks, " You'll Come 'Round" and "Thinking of You". A DVD collection, also titled ''XS All Areas – The Greatest Hits'', was released on the same day. The album and DVD coincided with the release of band members Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt's duel autobiography ''XS All Areas''. Track listing Disc 1 # " Caroline" (Francis Rossi and Bob Young) 4:18 # "Down Down" (Francis Rossi and Bob Young) 3:38 # "Paper Plane" (Francis Rossi and Bob Young) 2:53 # " Big Fat Mama" (Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt) 4:52 # "Roll Over Lay Down" (Francis Rossi, Bob Young, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan) 5:38 # "Softer Ride" (Rick Parfitt and Alan Lancaster) 4:02 # " Don't Waste My Time" (Francis Rossi and Bob Young) 4:19 # " Little Lady" (Rick Parfitt) 3:02 # "Mystery Song" (Rick Parfitt and Bob Young) 3:56 # "Rain" (Rick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Status Quo (band)
Status Quo are a British rock band. The group originated in London and was founded in 1962 by Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster while they were still schoolboys. After a number of name and lineup changes, which included the introduction of John Coghlan (drummer), John Coghlan in 1963 and Rick Parfitt in 1967, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969. As of 2022, the group have been active for 60 consecutive years (despite announcing a breakup in 1984, they played Live Aid the following year and resumed normal activities in 1986). They have had over 60 chart hits in the UK – more than any other band – including "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (their first charting song), "Caroline (Status Quo song), Caroline" (their first top 5 hit), and "Down Down" (their only No. 1 hit). Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, and fifty-seven reached the Top 40. They have released over 100 singles and 33 studio albums, most of which were bestsellers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Waste My Time (Status Quo Song)
Don't Waste My Time may refer to: * "Don't Waste My Time" (The Angels song), 1986 * "Don't Waste My Time" (Little Big Town song), 2002 * "Don't Waste My Time" (Paul Hardcastle song), 1986 * "Don't Waste My Time" (Status Quo song), 1972 * "Don't Waste My Time" (Usher song), 2019 * Don't Waste My Time (Lisa Taylor song), 1993 *"Don't Waste My Time", a 2013 song by Krept and Konan from '' Young Kingz'' *"Don't Waste My Time", a 1996 song by Sa-Deuce from '' Sa-Deuce'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty Five Hundred Times
"Forty Five Hundred Times" is a song by British rock band Status Quo. It is the final track on their 1973 album '' Hello!'', almost ten minutes long and regularly performed live. The group's frontmen, Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt, have said it is one of their favourite songs by the band, with Parfitt using a special dropped tuning. While never released as a single, the song was #1 as voted by fans. Composition The song was one of the few that members Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt wrote together. Rossi recalled, "Each time we'd get something good Rick would try to improve it and we'd lose track of where we were. It was like pulling teeth, which is among the reasons why we stopped writing together." Parfitt sang lead and played rhythm guitar using an alternative tuning with the top and bottom strings retuned from E to B. He discovered the tuning while randomly playing around with the tuning pegs on his guitar after "a few glasses of wine". To get the required sound, he replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Again And Again (Status Quo Song)
"Again and Again" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1978. The song was written by Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown and Jackie Lynton and was issued to coincide with the band's headline appearance at the Reading Festival on 26 August 1978. The song was reprised in 2014 for the band's thirty-first studio album '' Aquostic (Stripped Bare)''. It was featured in the ninety-minute launch performance of the album at London's '' Roundhouse'' on 22 October, a concert which was recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their ''In Concert'' series. Track listing # "Again and Again" (Parfitt/Bown/Lynton) (3.40) # "Too Far Gone" (Lancaster Lancaster may refer to: Lands and titles *The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire *Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies *Duke of Lancaster *Earl of Lancaster *House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty ...) (3.12) Charts References {{authority control Status Quo (ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Drive My Car
Don't, Dont, or DONT may refer to: Films * ''Don't'' (1925 film), a 1925 silent comedy film * ''Don't'' (1974 film), a 1974 film about the monarch butterfly * ''Don't'', a fake trailer from the film ''Grindhouse'' (2007) Songs * "Don't" (Billy Currington song) * "Don't" (Bryson Tiller song) *"Don't", by Dinosaur Jr. from their album '' Bug'', 1988 * "Don't" (Ed Sheeran song) * "Don't" (Elvis Presley song) * "Don't!", a song by Shania Twain * "Don't", by M2M from their album ''The Big Room'' * "Honey Don't, Carl Perkins song Surname Dont or Dohnt is a German language surname *Jakob Dont (1815–1888), Austrian composer *Jay Dohnt (born 1989), Australian Paralympics athlete Other uses * ''Don't'' (game show), a 2020 American game show with Adam Scott and Ryan Reynolds * DONT, Disturb Opponents' Notrump, a bridge bidding convention * "-dont" (actually "-odont"), a suffix meaning "tooth", used in taxonomy * Doctor Don't, the teenage kid version of Doctor Eggman, from New Yok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Bown
Andrew Steven Bown (born 27 March 1946) is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar. He is a member of the rock band Status Quo. Career Bown's first major band was The Herd, along with Peter Frampton. After The Herd dissolved he spent two years with Judas Jump who were the opening act of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970. He played eyboards at firstfor Frampton in the 1970s then switched to bass briefly when Rick Wills departed the Peter Frampton band in early 1975. Bown himself left the Frampton entourage less than a year later, just as Frampton was on the verge of achieving worldwide success. He went back to England where he first dabbled with a solo career (recording two solo albums for Bill Gaff's GM label, US Mercury), then resumed work with Status Quo whom he started playing keyboards for in 1973 as a session musician, including sessions with Jerry Lee Lewis on the London Sessions Album. Bown first appeared on Quo's '' Hello!'' album in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whatever You Want (Status Quo Song)
"Whatever You Want" is a rock song by the British rock music, British rock band Status Quo (band), Status Quo. Written by Rick Parfitt and Andy Bown, it was released on the album of the same name in 1979 and has become one of the band's better-known works. The track peaked at number 4 on the UK charts on 30 September 1979. It originally appeared on the band's 1979 album ''Whatever You Want (album), Whatever You Want'' and was later re-recorded for their 2003 album ''Riffs (Status Quo album), Riffs''. Composition The song commences with a quiet introduction, containing a guitar playing notes from chords. Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi used chorus, fuzz and flanging effects on their guitars. This lasts for approximately 26 seconds, and fades out towards the end. After this, the guitar picks up once more with a D-minor riff, and 40 seconds into the piece, the familiar D-major riff of the song begins, accompanied by drums from the 56 second mark. At 1 minute, 11 seconds, all audio pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockin' All Over The World
"Rockin' All Over the World" is a rock song written by John Fogerty, formerly of Creedence Clearwater Revival. It made its debut on Fogerty's second solo album in 1975. It was also released as a single, spending six weeks in the US top 40, peaking at #27. Status Quo recorded their own, heavier arrangement of Fogerty's song for their 1977 album '' Rockin' All Over the World''. The cover peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart and also charted in several other countries. In July 1985, Status Quo opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with "Rockin' All Over the World". Fogerty has given the cover a positive appraisal, occasionally making joking reference to it as the better-known version in introducing the song at UK gigs, and has talked about how the success of Status Quo's version came during a "very dark period" in his life and "made imfeel much better". In an interview with '' Uncut'' magazine, he said that "it's wonderful to have a cover that's much better known than the original" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold You Back
"Rockers Rollin'" / "Hold You Back" is a double A side single released by the British rock band Status Quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, economic, legal, environmental, political, religious, scientific or military issues. In the sociological sense, the ''status quo'' refers to the curren ... in 1977. It was only released in certain countries. Track listing # "Rockers Rollin'" # "Hold You Back" Charts References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rockers Rollin' Hold You Back Status Quo (band) songs 1977 singles Songs written by Rick Parfitt Song recordings produced by Pip Williams Songs written by Francis Rossi Songs written by Bob Young (musician) 1977 songs Vertigo Records singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Supa
Richard "Richie" Supa (born Richard Goodman) is an American songwriter and guitarist best known for his work with Aerosmith, The Rascals and Richie Sambora. Supa released several albums under his own name, including ''Supa's Jamboree'' (1971, Paramount 6009), ''Homespun'' (1972, Paramount PAS 6027), ''Lifelines'' (1976, Epic PE34277) and ''Tall Tales'' (1978, Polydor PD-1-6155). Richard's song "Stone County Wanted Man", which appeared on the ''Supa's Jamboree'' album, was recorded by Johnny Winter for his '' Saints & Sinners'' album. A longtime friend of Aerosmith, he has made a number of musical contributions to the band and has offered moral support. He temporarily replaced Joe Perry when he left the band in 1979, and contributed guitars to the studio album ''Night in the Ruts'' (1979). Additionally, Supa wrote or co-wrote several Aerosmith songs, including the hits " Chip Away the Stone" (1978), " Lightning Strikes" (1982), " Amazing" (1993) and "Pink" (1997), among othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something 'Bout You Baby I Like
"Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like" is a popular song written by guitarist Richard Supa in the early 1970s. The version by Tom Jones reached No. 36 in the UK in 1974. Glen Campbell and Rita Coolidge reached No. 42 in the US with their recording of the song in 1980. Chart history ;Tom Jones ;Trini Lopez ;Glen Campbell & Rita Coolidge Status Quo cover "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" was covered as a single by the British Rock band Status Quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, economic, legal, environmental, political, religious, scientific or military issues. In the sociological sense, the ''status quo'' refers to the curren ... in 1981. It was included on the album '' Never Too Late''. The version by Glen Campbell and Rita Coolidge prompted Francis Rossi of Status Quo to cover the song. The picture sleeve for the band's version was available in three different colour schemes - full multi-colour, blue print an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Break The Rules (Status Quo Song)
"Break the Rules" is a song by British rock band Status Quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, economic, legal, environmental, political, religious, scientific or military issues. In the sociological sense, the ''status quo'' refers to the curren ... from their album '' Quo'' (1974). It was the only single released from the album, though it had not been the band's choice, as they wanted the track "Backwater" to be the single. The B-side of the single was "Lonely Night", which was not on an album until it became a bonus track on the 2005 reissue of ''Quo''. Some copies of the single were mis-pressed with the moulded label for "Lonely Night" on both sides. Two years after release, "Lonely Night" was plagiarised by Australian band the Angels in their song "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again", for which Status Quo subsequently received royalties. Track listing # "Break the Rules" (Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
