POLLing and turning, how can I sleep?: The Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry Results Thread

dilettante comes from Italian, so yeah rhymes with pesante rather "ou est la plume de ma tante?"

Thanks, charlie!

MoP my number one, and the very greatest thing.

I think, yes, that is how you'd traditionally pronounce dilettante (we got it from Italian, not french like debutante). I'm not sure I've really heard it that much myself though.

And thank you Charlie h, you have been a great host for a great poll.

Still, who else but Ferry is gonna throw a word like "dilettante" into a rock song (again, except maybe Dylan)?

"mother of pearl" was the track that gobsmacked me and sent me down the rabbit hole back when, like most americans, i only knew roxy music as the "more than this" one-hit wonder plus i guess "boys and girls"

wouldn't change it for the whole world.

Producer Chris Thomas was astonished-and so was everyone else in the studio- when Bryan came in and sang over a seemingly long instrumental track, the whole of the lyric of Mother Of Pearl from beginning to end. No-one until that moment had heard or even seen a single line of the song.

again, it astonishes me that Ferry in this period allowed himself to be possessed in a way he never would again.

Someone upthread said they thought Cole Porter would have appreciated Bryan Ferry, and I agree. I think the lyrics to "Mother of Pearl" are so well crafted and beautiful. I 've always wanted to hear a modern jazz singer a la Kurt Elling cover it.

Pro-grade polling, charlie, thanks for doing this one!

MoP was my #2 as well.

iirc, he did the same thing with "Love Is The Drug," singing over what the band thought would remain an instrumental, and nailing it in one take.

xxp

Thank you very much for running this, charlie h. It will live forever in the Grey Lagoons of my heart.

Mother Of Pearl has always been my #1, nothing else is close.

apparently Ferry admitted best pal Simon Puxley helped him with the lyric, but I need a source.

i wouldnt trade you for another poll

interesting on Puxley - Bracewell's book has him as an important lyrical sounding-board for the early albums, essential for Ferry writing those lyrics (confidence issues iirc).

i've thought some of the romantic/victorian traces come in via him (doctoral thesis on Swinburne or Rossetti?)

Bryan dedicated this song to the Late Dr. Simon Puxley at Roxy Music's first performance in London for over 18 years at Wembley Arena 22nd June 2001, acknowledging that Simon had helped him write it.

(from vivaroxy.com)

i wouldnt trade you for another poll

― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, February 21, 2014

tbh always assumed this would be the title of the results thread :D

(vivaroxymusic.com rather)

i'll be offline for the next 48+ hours. bummed to miss the Ferry rollout and ballot posting but man, what a great poll.

thanks charlie h and ILRM team!

"mother of poll" was my assumption

bummed to miss the Ferry rollout

did anyone do a spotify playlist of the results?

http://spoti.fi/1oOLKq4

btw one more note of thanks chiming in, Charlie. It's been great fun relistening and watching video of one of my favorite bands ever.

thanks JF

Apparently dilettant-e is the UK pronunciation, dilettont the US. I never knew that till now.

Thanks charlie.

thank you, charlie! this has been fantastic!

this was my first poll—how was the turnout compared to others?

since i'm too excited to sleep right now, so what the hey:

The ILM Bryan Ferry Solo Honour Roll -- The Top Ten Tracks

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1. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall 391 points (15 votes)
2. These Foolish Things 167 points (7 votes, one first place)
3. Let’s Stick Together 128 points (7 votes)
4. The ‘In’ Crowd 102 points (5 votes)
5. Don’t Stop The Dance 86 points (5 votes)
6. Slave To Love 83 points (4 votes)
7. Sign Of The Times 79 points (4 votes)
8 The Price Of Love 54 points (3 votes)
9. Song To The Siren 50 points (2 votes)
10. 2 H. B. (BF Version) 40 points (2 votes)

43 ballots is a super respectable turnout. The record is Bowie (either 70 or 80, I can't remember which but it was a nice round number), some polls fight to get 20.

xp

good to see "Sign of the Times" so high.

and thanks once again guys, this was more fun to put together than i would ever have imagined.

now that the BF top ten is up, feel free to post your ballots.

will post the full rundown of songs sometime tomorrow.

Holy hell, I've never heard this before, has this abandoned album been mentioned?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKzU2l6a3C8

the abandoned tracks are no worse than what ended up on teh album

the idea of Ferry doing that Mother Of Pearl vocal cold in a single first take just blows my mind

rogermexico's ballot

1 mother of pearl
2 if there is something
3 ladytron
4 avalon
5 out of the blue
6 more than this
7 the thrill of it all
8 to turn you on
9 both ends burning
10 just another high
11 nightingale
12 my only love
13 all I want is you
14 oh yeah
15 for your pleasure
16 is your love strong enough (ferry)
17 flesh and blood
18 mamouna (ferry)
19 over you
20 same old scene

my ballot:

1. Street Life
2. Editions Of You
3. Amazona
4. Do The Strand
5. Serenade
6. Mother Of Pearl
7. Virginia Plain
8. Sunset
9. Out Of The Blue
10. Re-Make/Re-Model
11. Grey Lagoons
12. If There Is Something
13. Just Like You
14. The Thrill Of It All
15. Both Ends Burning
16. Ladytron
17. For Your Pleasure
18. Strictly Confidential
19. Psalm
20. Love Is The Drug

Still kicking myself for forgetting Pyjamarama.

1. Out of the Blue
2. Mother of Pearl
3. More Than This
4. The Thrill of It All
5. All I Want Is You
6. A Song for Europe
7. Editions of You
8. A Really Good Time
9. Avalon
10. Street Life
11. Do the Strand
12. Love Is the Drug
13. Virginia Plain
14. If There Is Something
15. She Sells
16. Both Ends Burning
17. Psalm
18. Re-Make/Re-Model
19. Ladytron
20. 2HB

i'm totally digging that Horoscope MOP btw. world needs more Ferry/Prince collabs imo

1. End of the Line
2. Mother of Pearl
3. Just Like You
4. Beauty Queen
5. 2 H.B. (Ferry solo)
6. Editions of You
7. Ladytron
8. The Bogus Man
9. Triptych
10. Sentimental Fool
11. Serenade
12. Just Another High
13. Whirlwind
14. Avalon
15. South Downs (b-side)
16. Prairie Rose
17. The Price of Love (Ferry solo)
18. Take A Chance With Me
19. All I Want Is You
20. Kiss and Tell (Ferry solo)

i left a lot of the heavy-hitters off, figuring they'd get lots of votes.

Songs:
1. Mother Of Pearl
2. Editions of You
3. More Than This
4. If There Is Something
5. Beauty Queen
6. Virginia Plain
7. Oh Yeah!
8. Street Life
9. Do The Strand
10. Angel Eyes
11. Sentimental Fool
12. A Really Good Time
13. The Thrill Of It All
14. Psalm
15. Ladytron
16. Re-Make/Re-Model
17. Both Ends Burning
18. Just Another High
19. Same Old Scene
20. One Way Love

Album Covers:
Country Life
For Your Pleasure
Viva!

My 20. Repped for my two favorite "In Your Mind" tracks even though I knew they'd go nowhere.

1. Mother Of Pearl
2. Virginia Plain
3. A Song For Europe
4. Do The Strand
5. Editions Of You
6. Just Another High
7. Sentimental Fool
8. Out Of The Blue
9. Love Is The Drug
10. Casanova
11. Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall
12. These Foolish Things
13. In Every Dream Home A Heartache
14. The Bogus Man
15. Sea Breezes
16. Remake/Remodel
17. This Is Tomorrow
18. In Your Mind
19. More than This
20. Avalon

Roxy Music
1. Re-Make/Re-Model
2. Just Another High
3. Same Old Scene
4. All I Want is You
5. Mother of Pearl
6. Serenade
7. More Than This
8. Editions of You
9. Over You
10. Out of the Blue

Bryan Ferry
1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
2. Sign of the Times
3. Help Me
4. The "In" Crowd
5. Don't Stop The Dance
6. Don't Worry Baby
7. The Name of the Game/Kiss & Tell
8. The Price of Love
9. All Tomorrow's Parties
10. Can't Let Go

i had a full weekend so i didnt get my shit together in time, but if i had, this would have likely been my ballot:

1. india
2. angel eyes
3. love is the drug
4. 2HB
5. amazona
6. remake/remodel
7. mother of pearl
8. the space between
9. ladytron
10. the thrill of it all
11. more than this
12. grey lagoons
13. in every dream home a heartache
14. virginia plain
15. a song for europe
16. both ends burning
17. do the strand
18. psalm
19. bitters end
20. she sells

1. Out of the Blue
2. Mother of Pearl
3. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
4. Both Ends Burning
5. Just Another High
6. If It Takes All Night
7. Psalm
8. Do The Strand
9. Virginia Plain
10. Re-Make/Re-Model
11. Love is the Drug
12. It's My Party
13. More Than This
14. The Thrill of It All
15. Avalon
16. She Sells
17. Casanova
18. These Foolish Things
19. Editions of You
20. Just Like You

"It's My Party" is awesome.

nerve_pylon, you were the only vote for Kiss and Tell i believe, which i found quite surprising.

"Kiss and Tell" a tie on my original ballot.

Kiss and Tell >>>>> Slave to Love

tracks

1. Roxy Music – Street Life

2. Roxy Music – Same Old Scene

3. Roxy Music – Prairie Rose

4. Roxy Music – If There Is Something

5. Roxy Music – The Main Thing

6. Roxy Music – Dance Away

7. Roxy Music – Virginia Plain

8. Roxy Music – All I Want Is You

9. Roxy Music – Ain’t That So

10. Roxy Music – The Bogus Man

11. Roxy Music – Remake/Remodel

12. Roxy Music – Editions of You

13. Roxy Music – Over You

14. Roxy Music – Ladytron

15. Roxy Music – Both Ends Burning

16. Roxy Music – Manifesto

17. Roxy Music – 2HB

18. Roxy Music – Pyjamarama

19. Roxy Music – Mother of Pearl

20. Roxy Music – Avalon

Album Covers

1. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
2. Roxy Music - Country Life
3. Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood

1. Prairie Rose
2. More Than This
3. Just Another high
4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
5. Dance Away
6. Street Life
7. Same Old Scene
8. End of the Line
9. Love Is The Drug
10. The Thrill of It All
11. All I Want Is You
12. Virginia Plain
13. Out of the Blue
14. Avalon
15. While My Heart Is Still Beating
16. Do The Strand
17. The Space Between
18. To Turn You On
19. Oh Yeah
20. 2 H.B.

Mother of Pearl was one of many I considered for #20, but obv. didn't need any help from me!

xps
is that another us/uk deal? it's ferry's biggest hit in the us but didn't reach top 40 in the uk. although i've never listened to much of ferry's stuff i feel like i know his hits but "kiss and tell" was unknown to me until this poll.

and yeah it's a good track.