Status Quo were fucking great at times
and whilst true latterly, the accusations of ‘all the songs are the same’ is demonstrably bollocks, and trotted out by ignorant mincers in sequinned bolero jackets from the Great Yarmouth area WHO DEFINITELY AREN'T GAY, OK? ‘Pictures of Matchstick Men’ and ‘Mean Girl’ couldn’t be much more different from each other.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 21 Feb 2011, 15:11, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I'll bet you loved 'You're in the army now'

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 21 Feb 2011, 15:12, Reply)

I bet YOU love 'Margarita Time'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 21 Feb 2011, 15:15, Reply)

YOU LOVE
That FA Cup song they did with Man United.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 21 Feb 2011, 15:23, Reply)

Very good, Monty, in no way tired
I will concede your point and acquiesce to your admittedly far superior musical knowledge. To explain my point of view, whilst I was purloining my Dad's otherwise excellent rock'n'roll collection in my early teens he was persisting with the Quo's later output like "Thirsty Work" and the execrable 30th Anniversary collection, "Don't Stop", in which they admirably manage to make various classics written by other people sound exactly the same as each other.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 21 Feb 2011, 15:16, Reply)

By '75 they were utter shit.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 21 Feb 2011, 15:22, Reply)

Apparently they're something like the 3rd-highest selling British band of all time
behind the obvious two. I find this staggering, even though it can likely be attributed to building up an army of people like my Dad who'll buy every damn thing they release, and the exceptional longevity of their career
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 21 Feb 2011, 15:25, Reply)