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Post by jno on Aug 1, 2016 7:29:38 GMT
Straight A versus B this week, which of these 2 army songs from 1986 is your favourite?
Status Quo - In The Army Now
Number 2 in the UK, number 1 in Ireland, big hit all over Europe...
Stan Ridgway - Camouflage
Number 4 in the UK charts, number 2 in Ireland, did well in Europe too...
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Post by Portland Road on Aug 1, 2016 8:22:41 GMT
I am going to have to sit this one out....  |
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Post by jno on Aug 2, 2016 4:32:29 GMT
I really like both of these - 'In The Army Now' I bought the 7" for. I didn't hear Stan Ridgway (no 'e' in his name) until much later and loved it. It is really hard to say which one I prefer, they're both great which is why the question arrived here.
I sat on the fence too ... I would argue Ridgway's lyrics are better, his song tells a great story. The Quo have a killer sound here and a real hook in the chorus. It's impossible for me not to sit on the fence.
Paul Hardcastle's "19" is an interesting point here Lee. This of course went to number 1 but looking back now his electronic sound, albeit great - for me doesn't stand the test of time compared to these two songs. Just a matter of opinion of course.
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Post by Zimbo on Aug 3, 2016 21:26:37 GMT
Sorry, not a fan of either.
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Post by daz on Aug 4, 2016 9:13:19 GMT
Since I bought it, I'd better vote it. The Quo for me.
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Post by ltd on Aug 11, 2016 6:51:04 GMT
Both pretty duff. I like a lot of Ridgeway's stuff but Camouflage is a camp-as-a-row-of-tents disaster area.
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Post by Terry on Aug 11, 2016 19:07:16 GMT
Status Quo is great.....except for one song: In the army now - totally breaking with their concept, which didnt, doesn't and will never work....Status Quo equals Rocknroll and nothing else.
So Ridgeway anytime it is in this comparison.
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Post by plasticpenguin on Aug 12, 2016 7:04:27 GMT
Both are rubbish.
I prefer Through the Barricades by Spandau or airforce related 'Love Missile F1-11' by Sigue Sigue Sputnik. Both are from 86.
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Post by Portland Road on Aug 14, 2016 8:00:28 GMT
I think both the Quo and Ridgeway songs suffer from being in the late 80s musical wilderness.
Had they been at another time they might have been better. Or maybe at another time they would not have recorded such songs?
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Post by jno on Nov 1, 2016 7:35:10 GMT
Unknown original version of the Quo tune complete with leather troosers, Robin Askwith look-a-like and Father Abraphart speeding up in the last few seconds from Dutch duo Bolland & Bolland. Presented here for our TOTP machine gunners to critique...  |
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 4, 2016 13:43:36 GMT
This knocks seven shades of 5h1t out of those tunes.
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Post by jno on Dec 4, 2016 18:47:04 GMT
Prefer "Out In The Fields" if I am honest dsc, my favourite bit (which I can play and would put in every guitar solo I ever do if I could) is at 02m46s where he does that killer run upwards - superb and so typical of 80s guitar sound - love it. Also, drum break/intro at 03m17s - just superb stuff and all in a kick ass key too...love the end of the video too...
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 6, 2016 21:20:47 GMT
What I also like is the Thin Lizzy connection. Phil and Gary's friendship went as far back as the late '60s when they were teenagers.
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Post by thewoodster on Mar 15, 2018 9:36:05 GMT
For me it's quo.
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Post by jno on Jun 25, 2022 3:15:49 GMT
Holy thread resurrection, I'll fess up, I saw Stan Ridgway's Camouflage at a car boot sale recently and just had buy it!
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Post by chopper on Jul 12, 2022 21:27:15 GMT
Holy thread resurrection, I'll fess up, I saw Stan Ridgway's Camouflage at a car boot sale recently and just had buy it! Brilliant and timeless masterpiece. His band (Wall of Voodoo) were under rated and over looked. |
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Post by steve99 on Jul 12, 2022 22:39:50 GMT
Stan Ridgway's song (isn't there a rock 'n' roll law against being called Stan?) reminds me a bit of a slower version of Convoy. Although it wasn't Quo's forte and I can see why Alan Lancaster felt the band had betrayed their roots, I prefer In the Army Now. Stand up and fight! Sometimes the last word is changed in the pub after a few ales, to schhh...you know what.
Through the Barricades was mentioned earlier in the thread and the Spands blotted their smoochy lurve songs copybook with the lyrics 'we made our love on wasteland'. What kind of clatty get wants to do the business amongst a pile of old rubbish. So much for Tony's fancy suit and clean-cut image.
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