I pretty much can't listen to any Roxy Music that's not on 'Roxy Music' and 'For Your Pleasure' (or early demos) except for a few singles and radio hits.I dunno why, but that's just the way it is for me.
― ❤ⓛⓞⓥⓔ❤ (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 10 January 2009 05:59 (fifteen years ago) link
thats ok, it's like that for me as well.the reason os called Brian Eno btw
― Zeno, Saturday, 10 January 2009 06:01 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone else hear musical similarities between the middle section of "If There Is Something": "I would do anything for you/I would climb mountains/I would swim all the oceans blue/I would walk a thousand miles/Reveal my secrets/More than enough for me to share/I would put roses round our door/Sit in the garden/Growing potatoes by the score"and the part of Joy Division's "New Dawn Fades" that goes:"Different colours, different shades/Overreached, mistakes were made/I took the blame/Directionless so plain to see/A loaded gun won't set you free/So you say/We'll share a drink and step outside/An angry voice and one who cried/We'll give you everything and more/The strain's too much, can't take much more/I've walked on water, run through fire/Can't seem to feel it anymore"
― Paul, Saturday, 24 January 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^Yes, Paul. Good call.
― inhibitionist, Saturday, 24 January 2009 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i would have voted for "if there is something" had i known this poll existed. every time i hear ferry singing on that one i am amazed that he didn't drown in his own tears.
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 24 January 2009 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
the middle section of "If There Is Something": I would do anything for you/I would climb mountains
possibly my favorite Roxy moment ever
― WavyNDaLazDayz (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Saturday, 24 January 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
"Would You Believe?" = hella underrated.
Agreed -- it's my favourite thing on side 2, probably. The 50s-space-glam-raveup part is outrageous... I remember the first time I heard it being taken aback. Ferry outcamps even Ferry.
Not sure what I would've voted for -- probably "Remake" (for Phil Manzanera if nothing else) but I'm glad "2HB" got some votes also -- the instrumental break (with the layering of horns, submerged in delay/echo effects) might be the 20 or 30 most sublime seconds in their catalog. But shit, yeah, "If There is Something," too... and the castanets in "Ladytron"...
― sw00ds, Sunday, 25 January 2009 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Still more goth than everyone on this poll, sorry.
― Druidy Witchy (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 25 January 2009 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Just saw that Johnny Gustafson died a few days ago. He played bass on "Stranded," "Country Life" and "Siren," to me the best three Roxy albums and also featuring some of the best bass playing. That's him on "Love is the Drug." RIP.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
Sad, just heard about that. Always struck me as odd that he was never a full member of Roxy, considering how much he contributed.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
This is kind of the ultimate Side 1 > Side 2 album, isn't it?
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
But...Sea Breezes
― imago, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
For some reason I thought this was the general thread, not the first album thread.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
RIP.
― Colossal Propellerhead (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
Ferry is doing the top 4 from the poll on his current US tour
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
I was impressed he took a moment to note Gustafson's contributions last night.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
Where did he play, Josh? How was he?
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 18 September 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
Chicago maybe?
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 September 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
He actually was interviewed here at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Nothing revelatory, save perhaps an emphasis on Eric Bowman's cover photography, and that Manolo Blahnik is loitering in the background of the "Another Time, Another Place" shot; Bowman is also in drag in the "Hard Rain" video, and drag and blackface (!) playing piano here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYUpq2dTnnY
Ferry plays a special gala show here for the opening of the "Bowie Is" exhibit Saturday night, and plays a proper concert Sunday. I'll be at that one and will report back.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 September 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
That seems very cool to me that BF is playing at the opening of the Bowie show.
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 18 September 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah, thanks for your response! I've heard he is rather a cold interview, unsurprisingly
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
This one is kinda entertaining:
http://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/9076-bryan-ferry/
The debonair 67-year-old former Roxy Music frontman on the music of his life: Charlie Parker, Otis Redding, Arcade Fire, Billie Holiday, Dylan, and more.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
Oh snap, almost forgot, he did say he finished his new album last week! It's called "Avonmore." Out in November. Apparently Nile Rodgers and Johnny Marr on guitar, again, but there are usually a million guys on guitar. As he joked last night, it's funny to call them solo records, because they typically feature 50 different musicians.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 September 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/tributes-merseyside-musician-john-gustafson-7800684
x-post re Gustafson, Roxy bassist for a bit
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 September 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
Phil sez Roxy Music more or less officially broken up, at least inasmuch as any band on hiatus is "broken up" until it tours or records:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roxy-music-break-up-20141103
Sounds pretty much over, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 November 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
listening to this album for the first time ever
― welltris (crüt), Friday, 15 January 2016 17:40 (eight years ago) link
It's pretty good, you heard it here first.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 January 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
Aye, listen to yer man, Josh, it's no' half bad.
― Narayan Superman (Tom D.), Friday, 15 January 2016 18:04 (eight years ago) link
whoa thats crazy crut. what do you think?
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 15 January 2016 18:11 (eight years ago) link
it's great! crazy to think it was 1972. a lot of it sounds more like 1977. i guess the reasons for that are self-explanatory.
― welltris (crüt), Friday, 15 January 2016 18:20 (eight years ago) link
Because the band traveled back from the future to entertain us.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 January 2016 20:01 (eight years ago) link
I tried searching, but I've no idea what the leading Roxy Music thread is. And the following video is probably ten times on here already, too. But god damn I just saw this OGWT video for the first time tomorrow and whoa... What a performance. Absolutely mesmerizing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G56DaSAeZfM
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 13 November 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link
that seems to be the album audio.
― new noise, Monday, 13 November 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link
... but the performance! Ferry's stare! Deadpan delivery! His quiff! Eno's I'm-outta-here-real-soon coolness!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 13 November 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
I'd never seen this performance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZQu8q8xnfE
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 20:59 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it's maximum tense trebly coke Roxy at their peak.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
I always thought the line in "Love is the Drug" was "I say coke, she says yes."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
Ooh, I haven't seen this either, first couple minutes look amazing!
― confusementalism (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
Ferry's eyebrows in this are terrifying.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 18 July 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
I wonder if this was the tour where Wire supported them and which was such a horrible depressing experience for Wire it, indirectly, led to the dissolution of the band.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 July 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
Never heard of such a tour, interesting
― Ask Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 July 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
ferry’s got serious mr spock brows in this, wow
― A man offers an inverted bottle of water to the Techno Viking. (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 18 July 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
I was listening to "Manifesto" yesterday, and man, the bassist is killing it. Reminded me a lot of the playing on "Lexicon of Love," but I don't recognize the name of this guy or that guy (even though this guy did eventually record with a post-"Lexicon" version of ABC).
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 July 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
It isn't Gary Tibbs?
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 July 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
Alan Spenner. Played on some early Joe Cocker records and with Spooky Tooth, among many others. Died really young.
― confusementalism (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 18 July 2019 21:22 (four years ago) link
I think he was an old UK session lag who played with absolutely everyone.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 July 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
This is obviously a joke, but everyone in the comments seems to be taking it seriously for some reason.Anyway, made me laugh.
Whoops! pic.twitter.com/lYcVdDoLZ4— Chris Frantz (@ChrisFrantzTTC) April 1, 2021
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 2 April 2021 11:23 (three years ago) link
There is no reason I necessarily should have seen this photo, but I've never seen it and think it's cool:
https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/196499509_10158402786553727_2093643259837767448_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=clEWq-ohnIUAX--wSJC&tn=ORcsky-MBznsY1T7&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=403446714dcdb53271e8d18631aed54b&oe=60E9E998
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 June 2021 00:47 (two years ago) link
That was definitely one of my favorite Tiny Desk concerts.
― enochroot, Friday, 11 June 2021 02:19 (two years ago) link
Looool!
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 June 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link