I had to stop the video to listen to 'Bula Quo!' - it truly is thin corporate pish. I had a riot watching this, and is it said with so much love. Regards to Simon and Steven for bringing me belly-laughs on a grim Sunday evening. P.S. I saw them at Hammersmith Odeon on the Just Supposin' tour and they tore the roof off.

I love these guys. Anytime Pete has Steven and Simon on his show it’s a stop everything you’re doing and watch. Best channel on KZfaq.

I'm a big Quo fan and I'd say you guys pretty much hit the nail on the head with their worst albums.Pete between this show and the album assignment show this was some great entertainment.Tell everyone great job.Really enjoyed it.I did order a used copy of Mei

The best Ranking. show I have ever seen. Simon % Steven always deliver.

Fun show! Marguerita Time is a guilty pleasure.

Love these two guys, they compliment each other really well. They should have their own channel,, or maybe they do already

Been looking forward to this since the favorite ten episode. Simon and Steven deliver yet again and what a (perhaps perverse) pleasure to watch and hear them speak about their lest favorite albums by a band for which each has a strong affection. But like a bad road accident that you slow down to view, now some of these songs and albums must be heard. Went and listened to Bula Quo, Fiji Time, and a couple of others mentioned. Must be said that these do not sound like the albums that were chosen as high points last week. Could go on but just will give a special thanks to Simon and Steven for their exhaustive listening of Quo - both the good and the bad - and giving us these episodes. Steven looks particularly pained as he speaks about his number one worst album - the sign of a truly dedicated and disappointed fan. Thanks gents, and you, too, Pete, for taking the time for this episode. Looking forward to the next time the three of you return for another SoT episode. Cheers!

Well, that was fun thanks! ..... and I think Steven deserves a medal for sticking with them through those terrible times. They lost me completely in 1983 with Margarita Time, I was like "Well, that band is dead to me now" lol. :D All that stuff and the covers just remind me of bad wedding DJ's.

Cool 'Coghlan's Quo' t-shirt, Steven! I was surprised with Quo's massive popularity overseas when I was stationed in Germany in '79, early 80's. It was a cinch to purchase their back catalogue there--they were everywhere, even with the onslaught of post-punk & new wave. So I started buying their LP's and sending them home. As a kid I loved hearing the Barrett-ish "Matchstick Men," then they toughened up into headbangers and were even better. My favorite LP is "Whatever You Want (US: "Now Hear This")," but after Coghlan bowed-out after "Never Too Late" in '81, they lost their appeal to me. Maybe it's a sign of my old age, but when I listen to Quo now it all just about sounds the same. Thanks Pete, Steven and Simon for another wonderful show (RIP Rick & Alan).

The essential albums are Piledriver, Hello, Quo, On The Level and Blue For You. From there I would recommend Dog of Two Heads and Ma Kellys Greasy Spoon...oh and Live. Great video - Phil :)

Perhaps off topic but I dated Andy Bown’s daughter in the 2000s. You may not like his keyboard sounds but she was a very nice girl. She asked me what I thought of Status Quo and I gave her the three chord line and said they were ‘dad rock’. She laughed at that. She told me ‘my dad was in Status Quo and Pink Floyd’ which baffled me at first as I knew Rick Wright was never in the Quo. I found out Andy Bown’s history later.

At their height (mid 70s) they were great especially live. When they were bad, which was frequently after 1980 or so, they were embarrassingly shocking.

Great fun with Simon and Steven as always . When these two are on I always watch even if it is not a band that I know or if a band I am not sure about,or don't like because it is always a great show 😊

So very entertaining, much more from these two please, and thank you Pete for taking a back seat.

I knew Quo were in decline by Back to Back when my mum said she liked Margarita Time. Live though they were still great. Saw them at the Hammy in '84 when they went 45 minutes over curfew and I ended up sleeping on Liverpool Street station because I missed the train home. Saw them on their come back, the support slot with Queen at Knebworth. Yes the one where they sacked the roadie with the inflatable guitar

A throughly enjoyable video again with Quos follys , brilliant guys !

Great show guys. Even when producing absolute tosh like the stuff you guys have covered, they were still great live, so I suspect as Steven says that "outside influences" were at work!

Great show Pete many thanks 👍👍👍👌👌👌😍😍😍.

Great show. Agree on If you cant stand the heat, 1982 and Back to Back. Jim Lea of Slade played bass on TOTP for Margarita Time.

Another great show. Steven and Simon really hit the nail on the head with their comments and choices. I too am a huge fan and was lucky enough to get into them in the seventies with On the Level. I stopped buying in the eighties when there was a drop off in quality. Agreed covers and acoustic albums are a no.no. I would make an exception with 1976 single Wild side of Life . Thanks again for another entertaining vlog.

It was the classic line up. That's it. Everything downhill from there. Rossi is happy, people come to see him and keep him in comfort. They got back together a few yrs ago and the magic was back. Just like that. That was the way to end the career. Anything from the final fling recording at Dublin or the Wembley shows is how they sounded at their best.

Just awesome show. Thank you mates.

I watched it, laughed and cried, more laughter then tears. What a superb job lads, thank you very much.

This was great ! I laughed a lot, especially during the Bula Bula Quo comments ! I have 2 comments for Steven Reid about the albums If You Can't Stand The Heat and In The Army Now. The song Someone Show Me Home is a great melodic tune which I did not care for in my youth but now i really like ! And the song Overdose from In the Army Now is a great tune, a bit overproduced (again, Pip Williams...) but the melody is good !

“A compilation of the cover albums”. Fantastic! Wonderful follow up show.

I'd never heard most of those albums ,nor most of the covers. Like a fool I went and listened to some of the songs mentioned and now have them going around my head, especially Bula Bula Quo. Thanks a lot chaps.:)

Great episode! I've been a Quo fan since 1983. Still am. Pretty much agree with you choices. Greetings from "Platten auf dem Prüfstand" which is something like a german mini version of "Sea of Tranquility"

For those unfamiliar with the Quo, a top 30 playlist which has been ‘in action’ on my car stereo (minus a few updates) for many years - possibly of interest to someone. 01. Status Quo - Whatever You Want (Whatever You Want 1979) 02. Status Quo - Don't Waste My Time (Piledriver 1972) 03. Status Quo - Caroline (Hello! 1973) 04. Status Quo - Oh Baby (Piledriver 1972) 05. Status Quo - Alright (In Search Of The Fourth Chord 2007) 06. Status Quo - A Year (Piledriver 1972) 07. Status Quo - Down Down (On The Level 1975) 08. Status Quo - Roll Over Lay Down (Hello! 1973) 09. Status Quo - Paper Plane (Piledriver 1972) 10. Status Quo - Backwater (Quo 1974) 11. Status Quo - Mean Girl (Dog Of Two Head 1971) 12. Status Quo - Big Fat Mama (Piledriver 1972) 13. Status Quo - Blues and Rhythm (Heavy Traffic 2002) 14. Status Quo - Don't Think it Matters (Quo 1974) 15. Status Quo - Dust To Gold (Quid Pro Quo 2011) 16. Status Quo - Bad News (In Search Of The Fourth Chord 2007) 17. Status Quo - A Reason For Living (Hello! 1973) 18. Status Quo - In My Chair [Alternate Mix] (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon 1970) 19. Status Quo - Break The Rules (Quo 1974) 20. Status Quo - Blue Eyed Lady (Hello! 1973) 21. Status Quo - Falling Off The World (Backbone 2019) 22. Status Quo - Something's Going On In My Head (Dog Of Two Head 1971) 23. Status Quo - And It's Better Now (Hello! 1973) 24. Status Quo - Just Take Me (Quo 1974) 25. Status Quo - Enough Is Enough (Never Too Late 1981) 26. Status Quo - Better Take Care (Backbone 2019) 27. Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe (Riffs 2003) 28. Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World (Rockin' All Over The World 1977) 29. Status Quo - All We Really Wanna Do (Rock 'til You Drop 1991) 30. Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo 1968)

I was a massive Quo fan at school in the 70's and have seen them about 75 times between 79 and 87ish and they just started letting the original Quo army down with the fairground style keyboard led tracks. I actually can not stand Andy Brown and resent him so much for the damage he did to the sound.. obviously Rossi led and what a turnip he's turned into! I've heard there's a new Quo milk hitting the shelves soon from the very lucrative cash cow they have been milking for quite a while now! 😅 Love these vids btw 👍

Lot of fun Pete and love Simon and Steven having us laugh in stitches with when they are paired together. As to one thing i totally agree on Status Quo Born To Be Wild cover song. Steppenwolf is pretty hard to beat the original of. That being said the best 2 best attempts would be Joe Lynn Turner on his Undercover 2 album and Blue Oyster Cult on their live as supposed to studio version on the live album On Your Feet Or On Your Knees, So keep the great shows coming out. Cheers.👍🎶🎸🥁🎤

Great show. Quo were everywhere in the UK in early to mid 80's and I was sick of Margurita Time and The Wanderer. So, when In The Army Now (the single) came out I thought it was quite good, but after that I didn't pay much attention to Quo. Like Steven, ITAN would have been the first new Quo album I could've bought in my early teens.

Thank you for this fantastic show, as always. I occasionally paused to try some of these songs and dear god, some of them are worth five times my weight in poop. Fiji Time is miserable

Cant wait for round 2 between these two hilarious guys for album homework assignments

Totally agree with you Steve on If You Cant Stand the Heat. Love the singles. It was the first Quo album I bought, now I think, Why did I? And good shout with the Fresh Quota album

Never actually listened much to Status Quo besides the obvious hits but thoroughly enjoyed this :D hope it will become a Series on the Channel.

When Quo did Marguerita Time on Top Of The Pops, they got Jim Lea of Slade to play bass. It was a 'live' episode and Rick Parfitt 'slipped' (he said it was intentional) and knocked the drums flying mid song. As with the Rockin' All Over The World 'dummy' footage, it's out there. And, to be fair, the original All Around My Hat by Steeleye Span was a bit of 12 bar itself.

Really enjoyable show that guys and thanks for all the work you put into it. Perhaps only the Quo could've got away with some of the stuff they released and much of it was truly dire. Francis and Rick became those two lovely lads that yer granny likes and they morphed into a pub sing-a-long band. Partly it was undoubtedly commercial decisions, but I also think they tapped into the wider public's genuine love for the band post-Live Aid. They rode the wave of affection and had a lot of fun doing it. They could do anything they wanted. That's why we all still loved them.

Thirsty Work; wow what can you say. Arguably, Quo were kind of the original grunge band (see the videos of them playing April, Spring, Summer and Wednesdays in 1970) or Britpop band so in 94 in the grunge/Britpop/alternative era when they could have made a kick-ass rock album, they make the blandest album they could muster. Simon talked about always being late to the party/being out of touch; was the dressing up on the cover a nod to Queen doing it for I want to Break Free? Queen did it and everyone loved it, let's do it. Yes, 10 years before. This is still a great video and I can absolutely tell it's done with affection and frustration that the band you love who could (and can) be so, so good can also be so terrible.

Thank you lads, if this is as good as the other Quo ranking (for a different reason) it will be brilliant.

Steven this has been the definitive ranking of QUO's catalogue..bravo..just to let you know , if your interested lol..when i was 17 in 1976 , i went to work for Phonogram Records in the post room , just around the release of Rocking all over the world album , in fact it was the first album i blagged their..i stayed at Phongram till 1980 , rising to the dizzy heights of marketing/production assistant , taking in quo albums What ever you want and if you cant stand the heat..but never in those 5 years did i ever see any Quo members in the offices once , but met bob young many times..just thought this might be of some interest! !

The photographer for the Aquostic album cover with them naked holding guitars was Bryan Adams...

I think Stephen and Simon pretty much got it right here. Loved the banter and humour between the 2 of them. You guys should see Bula Quo if only for the unintentional laughs. When I got to see it it felt like they were trying to make a movie along similar lines to The Beatles with Help, a comedy adventure film with musical interludes. Fun to see once, but not one you'd want to see again and certainly not exactly a challenge to Gone With The Wind or Citizen Kane.

Oh, one B-side that I have to mention here because its a great tune that is just as good as the songs from the Frantic Four !! Mysteries From the Ball, it can be found on the CD single Can't Give You More from 1991, GREAT song !

Ha ha! Great fun Pete. Steven and Simon continue to rock us (with laughter😂)👍

When I was a kid in the seventies, Status Quo was the band that made me love hard rock and later, heavy metal. They went poppier from the albums 1+9+8+2 to Don't Stop (1996), but the singles were still awesome! I love "Marguerita time"!

Hilarious episode. Quo were one of the first bands I got into around 1976 and still love them today. Like Stephen, I even have the crap. The only song I won't play is the Man United song as I support Manchester City. The covers albums were suggested by their manager at the time because they had been ripped off and were practically broke. The albums brought them much needed money at the time, so they did play their part, even though they are bloody awful.

Margherita Time and In The Army Now, also The Wanderer and similar cabaret style songs, would never have got onto albums such as Hello/Piledriver/Quo/ Blue For You/On The Level. Those are the albums to own. I weep for what they became.

Most of the Rick Parfitt B sides from ITAN, were unreleased tracks from his cancelled 1985 solo album Recorded Delivery.

thanks a Que fan from Nepal also your subscriber

I enjoyed the film Bula Quo. It’s a laugh. And yes, so bad it’s good. Great show guys.

Never has a musical kicking been so richly deserved. If Quo hadn't released any LPs prior to 1982 they could safely have been ignored but fans felt loyal and kept them alive. The early psychedelic stuff is OK though. I usually date the death of pop music with the formation of Stock, Aitken and Waterman but the release of Marguerita Time might have been the early warning sign.

Classic love it. I have all of these bad quo albums as well. Im looking forward to seeing bula quo thats one i didn't know about. Francis rossi king of the doghouse solo lp is also bad in my opinion. When they did margaretta time on totp did did it with jimmy lea from slade

Everything with the Frantic Four from Dog of two Head - Never too Late is Quality Quo and Very Good ! Some like the earlier QUO Albums - I do like also the QUO Albums around 1980 !

Fandom for me includes exercises where the job is shitting on parts of a band´s discography, especially in the case of a big catalogue where there are bound to be certain low points. It´s not slagging off, more like an affectionate bit of fun.

I thank you Pete that was brilliant luved both shows the gud the bad and ugly to me the ratings of the albums were 100% spot on I would put the acoustic 1&2as my top bad quo albums utter dirge but hey Steve & co got it spot on tnx so much Pete 😀

very entertaining loved the banter, i think i said on the part one video im a massive quo fan like steven i own everything including scooter quo, xmas quo and the covers compilations, as well the first quo album i bought was in the army now and loved back in the day but like you the b sides are way better but also the two tracks i still like on the album are end of the line and overdose both parfitt , love red sky, i feel the same for aint complaining the b sides mainly parfitt way better than anything on the album, saying that i do have a soft spot for who gets the love, never had much time for thirsty work, sorry but i really quite like riffs prob my least favourite is if you cant stand the heat to much synth and backing vocals but love again and again, spare parts just bland, i think the big problem 86 on was rossi calling the shots, great video guys, i could go on for hours but i wont bore you any longer, thanks guys

Highly entertains show yet again guys…. Laughed many many times.

Oh, i had some fun! :)

I agree with Steven on Spare Parts, I went mad and bought the original Pye album. The problem is it’s goes nowhere and I paid a bit too much but forgot how bad it was , it’s all rubbish but not so rubbish as post 86 Quo .

I grew up in Africa and became a lifelong Quo fan after hearing Caroline on the radio aged about 12. Hello! was the first LP I ever bought. About a decade later I heard Something About You Baby I Like on the radio. Wow! I thought. This is a thumping kick-ass cover! Who is it? (Not knowing then that Quo had brought out a new album). I dutifully bought all the cover albums hoping for something that would have the same impact. But they were mostly lame, routine, predictable ... "lazy" is a good description for it. Anyway, I enjoyed your analysis, and feel inspired to play the Quo albums that I rarely/never play. Just to find out why I don't. I enjoyed your best of Quo selection too. Thank you.

Hi Pete very entaining show, very funny and very enjoyable as always. Steve and Simon are hilarious one bouches off the off the other. Great chemistry between them, with you in the middle!! Keep up the great work most enjoyable shouldhave them on more often. Very funny and entertaining!! Quality 👍👍👍😍😍😍👌👌👌. Steve and Simon are right when they say some material which the band wrote. Were left off certain albums, the powers that be had other ideas, that's the music business for you isn't it? They ain't always right, but if it sells that's great idea!!

The guys nailed it really, all my least favourite ten were mentioned.. 10 Riffs 9 Spare Parts 8 Picturesque.... 7 Back To Back 6 In The Army Now 5 Bula Quo 4 Famous In The Last Century 3 Don't Stop 2 Thirsty Work 1 Perfect Remedy

Just checked, there were people praising Thirsty work album as great Quo. There are some Quo fans, who wont say a bad thing about them. 1982 onwards Quo turned into Chas and Dave, tho Chas and Dave were better at they craft, singalong pub music. Awful Quo, and the covers are a insult to their Seventies material.

My absolute favorite band from the early 1970s....bar none .

Interesting comments regarding 1982. From the early 70's I was a Quo fan and the first time I got to see them was in 1982 and it was a massive disappointment. In later years I got to see them and they were much better but the Frantic Four show in 2013 Hammersmith was what I really wanted to see. Piledriver, Quo and Hello were highlights topped by On The Level. I liked subsequent tracks after but really I couldn't stay on board the Quo train because the magic wasn't there for me anymore.

Cracking guys, 😆 . Francis Rossi has a lot to answer for imo !!!

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pretty sure the marguerita time totp performance was with jimmy lea from slade. the blow up doll was indeed raotw

My teen years were all Quo, loved them and it looks like my moving to the USA in 1985 where there was no Quo saved me from a lot of Crap :) :)

Great reviews… 👍 That’s the mystery too me that all their crap stuff was really successful and the wrong signs for the band, management and record company. So we got 33 studio albums and most of them are great or ok… and there’s hope for a last one? in late 2022! Keep on Quoing!

This was my bottom 10 when I did my ranking 10 The Party Ain't Over Yet 9 Aquostic: Stripped Bare 8 Aquostic II: That's a Fact 7 Spare Parts 6 In The Army Now 5 Don't Stop 4 Ain't Complaining 3 Riffs 2 Thirsty Work 1 Famous In The Last Century Agree with Steven that some of the B side were better songs and there are some from Thirsty Work era that blow the dribble on that album I hate Sherri Don't Leave me now utter garbage makes Margarita Tine sound good great show guys

This is the second time I've watched this through. It's hilarious and magnificent! I have to admit I'm a rare thing and can possibly even outdo Steven for bad Quo. I'm one of the very few people who went to see Bula Quo at the cinema! It's awful, I loved it! Steven, you need to see it! Someone even bought it on DVD, or at least somehow acquired it as it turned up in a charity shop I volunteer in for 20p. So I now own Bula Quo too. I haven't gone back to it though. Simon mentioned it probably being a tax avoidance or money laundering project. I wouldn't want to make allegations, but it was made by the esteemed film company 'Geezer and Blonde'

Firstly a wonderfully entertaining show, although I don't think should worry about apologising for being negative as I think you could have been harsher. When they became UK pantomime, end of the pier and bad variety it was amazing they found an audience. Ironically today they have announced a UK arena tour with Shakin Stevens (US viewers will have to trust me that this really fits with this show) which says everything really. Love the UK perspective - perhaps as a suggestion you could do a show on UK/European AOR top 10 albums??

Great laugh again. I haven't heard any of these albums at all but am familiar with most of the singles. I am off to check Bola Quo out though. Would enjoy Steven and Simon getting stuck The Doors catalogue given neither one likes them.

I often think while it wasn’t quite a golden age to compare to 72-76, the period from Heavy Traffic to Quid Pro Quo was another great period of Quo where they rediscovered their heaviness and got rid of that ridiculous keyboard sound. I’m also keen on Under the Influence.

For someone who doesn't even have a dog in the race, this was an indecent amount of fun from other people's pain. Hilarious. Steven will eventually end up offloading a ton of Quo memorabilia at a car boot sale, on camera, his hand held gently by one of those patronising lifestyle gurus the BBC loves so much. The 'likes' will be off the scale. More please.

I haven't enough Quo albums to judge a bad album. I have the first two albums as part of The Technicolour Dreams Of The Status Quo plus the last two Pye albums separate and the first five Vertigo in a box set as well as Live. I also have the deluxe editions of the last three Lancaster albums including NEC as well as In The Army Now. Plus Under The Influence, Famous In The Last Century and Backbone. I rate the first album quite highly and like several tracks on the follow up.1982 through In The Army Now is what got me into the band but I prefer the psych era.

Entertaining. You ever plan to do a Eric Clapton ranking? Dude has 21 studio albums !

Simon and Steve make a great double act. By his own admission Pete isn't the biggest Quo fan going. I think he does like a handful of their songs. But regardless, this was a good watch.

Just watched this and my ribs are still aching through laughing so much. I share your pain, Steven, and I bought (nearly) all the stuff you bought - I drew the line at Scooter though! The 70s stuff was so good you always lived on in the hope that finally they'd get it together but, boy, did we have to traipse through some shit to get to some half-decent stuff eventually. Probably the biggest disappointment for me was 1+9+8+2. There was massive hype at the time about the anniversary and I thought this was going to be a return to the good times and it was soooo bland. As for 'Thirsty Work', if I was granted eternal life, I would spend a good proportion of it destroying every extant copy of this utter tripe. Signed... (believe it or not) by a massive Quo fan.

How about Stephan Remmler feat. Status Quo - Drei Weiße Birrrken (1988) I don't think i've ever seen Andy Bown smile so much in a video ! He's loving it) I would still have gone to see them Live during all the guff album years !

Thank you for doing this. Excellent analysis of the Quo. The 3 of ye are absolutely hilarious Really cheered me up!

It's just got worse, Status Quo have just announced a UK tour, with (gasp) a date in Aberdeen, but then I realised with absolute horror, the support is SHAKING STEVENS. NO NO NO and thrice NO, good grief Francis what are you thinking.

There was thissong I heard by them that was brilliant... heard it in on a pop show. not into the boogie woogle shit but this tune was great.

Too funny! I nearly sh*t my pants laughing… only remove the word “nearly”.. Great episode, lads.👍

I like some tracks on pre Piledriver albums and Quid Pro Quo and Heavy Traffic were both very good but apart from them, it has to be classic era Frantic Four - nothing else after Never Too Late interests me …

Not a fan of Perfect Remedy but I think The Power of Rock is the best track on the album.

This kind of video is great because not only is it knee-slappingly funny, but it shows the peak of fandom and music nerdery because only the true diehards will plough through and persevere through a pile of questionable releases like this. We salute you!

Francis rossi are you watching ?

As someone who knows very little about Status Quo (all I remember is hearing Rocking All Over The World and Whatever You Want on adverts in the 90s when I was a kid) could somebody please explain to me what's so great about them? All I ever hear is bad things, even from the die hard fans :/ Genuinely curious.

Shocked that he had Thirsty Work last, its a good album and it rocks. I Wouldn’t have even had it in the bottom ten at all. The worst two for me are definitely Spare Parts and Perfect Remedy, all the others i agree with

Actually Alan hated Going Down Town Tonight way more than Maguerita Time. Hard to disagree.

Brilliant, still laughing 😂

I grew up with Quo in the 70s, but the Quo for me started to die i n1978.

I stayed faithful to Quo until the New Wave of British Heavy Metal hit. And like a fickle child who's discovered a new toy, I was off. Except... by then, deep down (see what I did there...) I was disapointed that their material was becoming increasingly blandola. I think my copy of 'If you can't stand the heat' probably felt like Woody from Toy Story as Buzz Lightyear (aka Def Leppard's Bludgeon Riffola EP) came into my life. By the way, I haven't laughed so much to a SoT episode. Almost spluttered my beer all over my laptop screen.

Bryan Adams did the photography on Bared album lol

This was a sad day ! My big investment in buying the "Don`t Stop" album on coloured ltd ed. vinyl seem to be a bad one. I should have chosen "Spare Parts" ltd ed. instead. Ha Ha !! This show was really funny.

Been a fan since 1977 and love the UK connection but can't agree with the rankings in either Quo show. Steven said the week before he had heard Coghlan's Quo were supposed to be good and then a week later is wearing their shirt? Some of the info about Quo's history is wrong too.

Top 10 least fav albums 1 Don't Stop 2 Famous In The Last Centrury 3 Riffs 4 Aquostic 5 Aquostic 2 That's A Fact 6 Spare Parts 7 Thirsty Work 8 Bula Quo 9 Perfect Remedy 10 Back to Back

That Scooter/Quo thing has had 8 million views on KZfaq! Why??