Status Quo

Artiestinformatie

Land	Verenigd Koninkrijk

Status Quo was een populaire rockband, waarvan de muziek gekarakteriseerd wordt door een sterke boogie- en boogiewoogiestijl. De klassieke bezetting bestond enerzijds uit oprichters Alan Lancaster en Francis Rossi en anderzijds uit Rick Parfitt en John Coghlan. Status Quo heeft meer dan 20 hits in de Top 40 gehad, desondanks zonder nummer 1-hit. Wel bereikten twee singles de 2e plaats als hoogste notering (Down Down en Roll Over Lay Down).

De band begon in 1962. De eerste grote hits waren psychedelische nummers zoals Pictures Of Matchstick Men, Black Veils Of Melancholy en Ice In The Sun.

De band ontwikkelde in de jaren zeventig een eigen kenmerkende stijl van weinig akkoorden, makkelijke teksten en een stevig ritme. De band had wereldwijd grote hits met onder andere Mean Girl, Down Down, Whatever You Want, Rockin' All Over The World, The Wanderer en In The Army Now, desondanks brak de groep nooit door in de VS.

Midden jaren tachtig nam het succes af en verlieten sommige bandleden de groep. Rick Parfitt overleed op 24 december 2016 op 68-jarige leeftijd. Toch bracht de groep in 2019 een nieuw album uit: Backbone. In 2021 overleed Alan Lancaster.

Songtekst

Never thought I'd have a worry for me to be alone
Playing near or far too many times should have known
It can lose you all sleep at night
Twelve bar blues is now alright
Now it's up to you to try and find the reason to
Rock 'n' Roll and every song
Rock 'n' Roll and everyone
It's Rock 'n' Roll and Rock and Rock 'n' Roll
It's Rock 'n' Roll and Rock keeps rollin' on
Waiting all the time to find radio plays on Caroline
They say you'll get there in the end
We can pray, what we say
Makes a difference in the end

Looking back it can be funny, it can be very strange
Everything we do, it's funny, we never rearrange
It can lose you all sleep at night
Twelve bar blues is now alright
Now it's up to you to try and find the reason to
Rock 'n' Roll and every song
Rock 'n' Roll and everyone
It's Rock 'n' Roll and Rock and Rock 'n' Roll
It's Rock 'n' Roll and Rock keeps rollin' on
Waiting all the time to find radio plays on Caroline
They say you'll get there in the end
We can pray, what we say
Makes a difference in the end

Rushing always in a hurry, and try to give it up
Everything we do it's funny, it's never good enough
It can lose you all sleep at night
Twelve bar blues is now alright
Now it's up to you to try and find the reason to
Rock 'n' Roll and every song
Rock 'n' Roll and everyone
It's Rock 'n' Roll and Rock and Rock 'n' Roll
It's Rock 'n' Roll and Rock keeps rollin' on
Waiting all the time to find radio plays on Caroline
They say you'll get there in the end
We can pray, what we say
Makes a difference in the end

Songinformatie

	A-kant
Artiest	Status Quo
Titel	Rock 'n' Roll
Lengte	4:04
Componist(en)	Rossi, Frost
Producer(s)	Status Quo, John Eden
	B-kant
Titel	No Contract
Lengte	3:42
Componist(en)	Parfitt, Bown
Producer(s)	Status Quo

Platenlabel	Vertigo
Catalogusnr	880 525-7
Album	12 Gold Bars Volume 2