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[edit] "Legendary"?

"Legendary"? I always thought they were real... Surely "Renowned", "Veteran", "Long-established" would be preferable here?

My correction of the Album section of the article has been removed. Status Quo's First Album is called Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo. Pictures of Matchstick men was only the name of the single.


[edit] "what the"?

i think the Latin term is better know and thus should be the page you are directed to when "status Quo" is searched —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.68.228.120 (talk) 22:37, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Status quo.jpg

Image:Status quo.jpg (the image used in this article) has been tagged as having no source information, and will be deleted in 7 days if this is not provided. Rob Church Talk 17:50, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

I found the picture in the "Just For The Record" book and it shows "© George Bodnar" on the picture in the book. I have replaced the picture with one of my own. KevM 12:19, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Down Down Chart Position

Papapierre asserts that "although there was some dispute, due to alleged anomalies in the chart returns, that it may only have reached No. 2 and that the No. 1 spot should have gone to Ralph McTell with Streets of London." Is there a source for this? Kev (talk) 23:23, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New entry at base of Main Text

Thought this little snippet was worthy of inclusion !

Have searched net for the name of the woman who did this thesis, without luck.

I remember the interview in the 80's. It was on GMTV I think !

[edit] British English

Quo are a British band, none of this bloody "Status Quo is" its "Status Quo are.." TheMongoose

A number of words like army, company, crowd, fleet, government, majority, mess, number, pack, and party may refer either to a single entity or the members of the set that compose it. Thus, as H. W. Fowler describes, in British English they are "treated as singular or plural at discretion"; Fowler notes noted that occasionally a "delicate distinction" is made possible by discretionary plurals: "The Cabinet is divided is better, because in the order of thought a whole must precede division; and The Cabinet are agreed is better, because it takes two or more to agree."[4] Also in British English, names of towns and countries take plural verbs when they refer to sports teams but singular verbs when they refer to the actual place: England are playing Germany tonight refers to a football game, but England is the most populous country of the United Kingdom refers to the country. In North American English, such words are invariably treated as singular.

[edit] Cleanup

Does the clean-up tag still need to be here? The article is a lot better than it used to be. Kev (talk) 06:21, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the clean-up tag now. Kev (talk) 18:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Apparent date contradictions

From the article:

"The group was founded by bassist Alan Lancaster and guitarist Francis Rossi in 1962."

and later:

"Francis Rossi - lead guitar, vocals (1966–present)"

How can the group have been founded by Rossi in 1962, and yet Rossi wasn't even in the band until 1966? I thought at first that the 1966 date was when they changed their name to Status Quo, but according to the article that didn't happen until 1967. In any case, the first statement definitely implies that there was a band called Status Quo in 1962, which apparently there wasn't. The wording needs clarifying. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.137.136.71 (talk) 00:43, 15 December 2006 (UTC).

Quo was formed in 1962 by Lancaster and Rossi, with a few others, but wasn't called Status Quo until 1967. It is a bit confusing when people form a band and then the band changes its name, not to mention the line-up. There doesn't appear to be a Wikipedia policy on how this should be handled. Anyway, I've amended the dates for Rossi, Coghlan, Lynes and Lancaster. . Kev (talk) 17:45, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quo Army?

So, were the hard-core fans universally known as "Quo Army" or was that just locals in my neck of the woods?

The band have acknowledged their fans as the "Quo Army". Kev (talk) 17:27, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Opinion

This paragraph states a personal opinion and therefore has no place in Wikipedia:

"Status Quo have often been characterized as producing very simple songs, always in the same format: 4/4 rhythm, three chord structure. However, the recordings from their first decade demonstrate a diversity in musical style and complexity to rival most of the late 60s UK bands, and several of their singles and album tracks from later show considerable subtlety"

I have deleted. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.107.178.222 (talk) 09:39, 6 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Mastermind and Children in Need

Does Status Quo's brief appearance on CiN really warrant an entry here? Likewise the fact that somebody chose SQ as their specialist subject on Mastermind. It's pretty banal trivia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.25.106.209 (talk) 11:28, 9 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Non-UK releases

As Quo is a British band I feel that the discography section should concern itself with only the band's UK releases rather than including records from all over the world. To that end I have amended the section heading and removed non-UK records from the listings. Kev (talk) 10:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Basically I agree. Nevertheless the "Tokyo Album" contains recordings that are otherwise unavailable as there has been no official UK release. For this reason it is in my opinion essential to include it in the discography. Especially since Wikipedia is inteded to cover not only a UK point of view. Vertigo Man-iac 11:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Early career

Is the single 'I (Who Have Nothing)' which "sank without a trace" the same song as the later hit of the same name by Manfred Man's Earth Band? If yes, I think this is worth mentioning. --84.177.92.9 (talk) 13:01, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it's the same song, but both bands were covering a Shirley Bassey song, so it's not really worth mentioning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.40.49 (talk) 14:48, 3 June 2008 (UTC)