Status Quo-Backwater/Just Take Me [New Sound] (Live Hammersmith London 29/03/2014)

RIP, Rick Parfitt and Alan Lancster, These 4 guys were always in my opinion the REAL backbone of QUO. The frantic 4 will never be surpassed....

RIP ALAN LANCASTER. Thanks for the memories 🙏😢 You will never forgotten.

I got to see the original Quo back in 1976 Rocking all over the World tour at Hammersmith. Some over 200 gigs later and never missing a tour. Great to be able to see Fantic Four on both tours after patching up the differences. So sad we have lost Alan and Rick. 1976 Live Album has to be one of the finest live recordings ever of ANY band. May the music still ripple in our ears for many years to come. Doug Yates

Honoured to of been there. Like so many other Quoheads, I never thought in my wildest dreams they would get together again and give us THE ORIGINAL FRANTIC FOUR.

The last gig of the original Status Quo, they will never come back, rip Rick!

People who weren't around in the 70's don't realise how big this band were, bigger than Oasis were in the 90's, Quo were huge, and they were huge because of the sound these 4 guys created together, the songs they wrote and the gigs, which in those days were phenomenal. I think Rossi forgets that the band were only ever as big as they were because of the unique sound the 4 of them had. What I also don't get is he keeps saying he likes melody, he likes country music etc and not the 'hard stuff' well unless I'm mistaken Fine Fine Fine, And It's Better Now, Claudie (to name but a few) are pure Country songs but they were a perfect fit at the time and still could be now. Quo were a mix of that and a unique metronomic 12-bar blues and it was a perfect sound. Take one man out and it's gone, forget Lancaster, Quo were never the same after Coughlin left. Rossi needs to realise he would be nowhere without AL and JC, it would never have been Quo without them and he owes both of them and the fans for what they, and we, have given him since the 70's. If he wants to do more poppy/melodic stuff why can't he do it as a solo project? why piss on everyone else's chips? including may I add, his best mate Richard Parfitt? Rossi may not like to hear this but Quo (the current band) are now bordering on a laughing stock, it's cringeworthy watching some of the stuff they have produced in the last couple of decades (and I'm speaking as a fan of Marguerita Time which is a lovely little song). The gigs are dull, and everything is predictable, from the set list to the moves they make on stage. When I was watching Quo I used to see 4 guys getting into the sound, getting into the gig, but naturally, feeling the vibe and moving with it. Everything now is fake and choreographed, you don't get the impression any of it is natural anymore and I watched them for years and years hoping for something that was never ever going to come back. Remember what made the band great Francis, it wasn't you, it wasn't Rick and neither was it Alan or John, it was all of you, TOGETHER, a one-off combination that produces pure magic, whether you realise it or not, it's true.

RIP Alan Lancaster! Another legend gone! This video shows how brilliant he was (even suffering with MS)… we won’t see his like again! 🎸

The best line up....still sounding bloody good....

R I p...Alan Lancaster ...him and Rik are looking down from rock heaven with all those other greats...dio Lemmy .Hendrix ..bon...lynott...Joplin ....etc ..and smiling...Mel 🤘🤘🤘

How cool is Alan Lancaster, legend, this lineup was the only Status Quo forever, great to hear these classics again, rip Rick

Backwater 40 Years later,,,AWESOME!!!!!!

So glad for Rick they made it together to play with the Original Quo (who to me is the only Quo). Rick enjoyed The frantic Tour very much !!!

2 of my fave quo tracks off my fave quo album.Rest in peace alan youre legacy lives on .from shaz in the uk.

The look on John's face when his hi hat jams, could be straight from the 70s, classic mad turk!

I can still remember being 17 and hearing this played on a dancette record player in the next room. Best guitar sound ever.

Alan’s voice hasn’t changed one bit! Awesome to see them all back onstage again.

r.i.p. Rick, you were the greatest, from John in glasgow x

started out as a Quo 'light' fan about 5 years ago but couldn't believe it when i first heard Frantic four there's something special that is created between them that is truly amazing, love A L singing

Ale to wchodzi !!! Stary squad Status Quo to jest to !!! Ciary na ciele . I mowi to fan rocznik 83 . RIP Rick . Najlepszy squad ever !

This was my first Quo gig. I’ve seen hundreds of bands and this gig is in my Top 10. I still think about this night; they absolutely blew me away!