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.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 21 February 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
apparently Ferry admitted best pal Simon Puxley helped him with the lyric, but I need a source.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 February 2014 16:57 (ten years ago) link
i wouldnt trade you for another poll
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 21 February 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
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).
― woof, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
i've thought some of the romantic/victorian traces come in via him (doctoral thesis on Swinburne or Rossetti?)
― woof, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
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.
― sleepingsignal, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
(from vivaroxy.com)
― sleepingsignal, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, February 21, 2014
tbh always assumed this would be the title of the results thread :D
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
(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!
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
"mother of poll" was my assumption
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
bummed to miss the Ferry rollout
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
did anyone do a spotify playlist of the results?
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
http://spoti.fi/1oOLKq4
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
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.
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbbryan ferry (Dan Peterson), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
thanks JF
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
Apparently dilettant-e is the UK pronunciation, dilettont the US. I never knew that till now.
Thanks charlie.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
thank you, charlie! this has been fantastic!
this was my first poll—how was the turnout compared to others?
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
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)
― charlie h, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
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
― Taking Devil's Tower (by mashed potatoes) (WilliamC), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
good to see "Sign of the Times" so high.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
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.
― charlie h, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
Holy hell, I've never heard this before, has this abandoned album been mentioned?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKzU2l6a3C8
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbbryan ferry (Dan Peterson), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
the abandoned tracks are no worse than what ended up on teh album
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
the idea of Ferry doing that Mother Of Pearl vocal cold in a single first take just blows my mind
― sleeve, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
rogermexico's ballot
1 mother of pearl2 if there is something3 ladytron4 avalon5 out of the blue6 more than this7 the thrill of it all8 to turn you on9 both ends burning10 just another high11 nightingale12 my only love13 all I want is you14 oh yeah15 for your pleasure16 is your love strong enough (ferry)17 flesh and blood18 mamouna (ferry)19 over you20 same old scene
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
my ballot:
1. Street Life2. Editions Of You3. Amazona4. Do The Strand5. Serenade6. Mother Of Pearl7. Virginia Plain8. Sunset9. Out Of The Blue10. Re-Make/Re-Model11. Grey Lagoons12. If There Is Something13. Just Like You14. The Thrill Of It All15. Both Ends Burning16. Ladytron17. For Your Pleasure18. Strictly Confidential19. Psalm20. Love Is The Drug
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
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
― Taking Devil's Tower (by mashed potatoes) (WilliamC), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
i'm totally digging that Horoscope MOP btw. world needs more Ferry/Prince collabs imo
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
1. End of the Line2. Mother of Pearl3. Just Like You4. Beauty Queen5. 2 H.B. (Ferry solo)6. Editions of You7. Ladytron8. The Bogus Man9. Triptych10. Sentimental Fool11. Serenade12. Just Another High13. Whirlwind14. Avalon15. South Downs (b-side)16. Prairie Rose17. The Price of Love (Ferry solo)18. Take A Chance With Me19. All I Want Is You20. Kiss and Tell (Ferry solo)
i left a lot of the heavy-hitters off, figuring they'd get lots of votes.
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
Songs:1. Mother Of Pearl 2. Editions of You3. More Than This4. If There Is Something5. Beauty Queen6. Virginia Plain7. Oh Yeah!8. Street Life9. Do The Strand10. Angel Eyes11. Sentimental Fool12. A Really Good Time13. The Thrill Of It All14. Psalm15. Ladytron16. Re-Make/Re-Model17. Both Ends Burning18. Just Another High19. Same Old Scene20. One Way Love
Album Covers:Country LifeFor Your PleasureViva!
― mr.raffles, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
My 20. Repped for my two favorite "In Your Mind" tracks even though I knew they'd go nowhere.
1. Mother Of Pearl2. Virginia Plain3. A Song For Europe4. Do The Strand5. Editions Of You6. Just Another High7. Sentimental Fool8. Out Of The Blue9. Love Is The Drug10. Casanova11. Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall12. These Foolish Things13. In Every Dream Home A Heartache14. The Bogus Man15. Sea Breezes16. Remake/Remodel17. This Is Tomorrow18. In Your Mind19. More than This20. Avalon
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbbryan ferry (Dan Peterson), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
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
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
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. india2. angel eyes3. love is the drug4. 2HB5. amazona6. remake/remodel7. mother of pearl8. the space between9. ladytron10. the thrill of it all11. more than this12. grey lagoons13. in every dream home a heartache 14. virginia plain15. a song for europe16. both ends burning17. do the strand 18. psalm19. bitters end20. she sells
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
1. Out of the Blue2. Mother of Pearl3. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall4. Both Ends Burning5. Just Another High6. If It Takes All Night7. Psalm8. Do The Strand9. Virginia Plain10. Re-Make/Re-Model11. Love is the Drug12. It's My Party13. More Than This14. The Thrill of It All15. Avalon16. She Sells17. Casanova18. These Foolish Things19. Editions of You20. Just Like You
"It's My Party" is awesome.
― voodoo chili, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
nerve_pylon, you were the only vote for Kiss and Tell i believe, which i found quite surprising.
― charlie h, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
"Kiss and Tell" a tie on my original ballot.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
Kiss and Tell >>>>> Slave to Love
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
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 Music2. Roxy Music - Country Life3. Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood
― balls, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
1. Prairie Rose2. More Than This3. Just Another high4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall5. Dance Away6. Street Life7. Same Old Scene8. End of the Line9. Love Is The Drug10. The Thrill of It All11. All I Want Is You12. Virginia Plain13. Out of the Blue14. Avalon15. While My Heart Is Still Beating16. Do The Strand17. The Space Between18. To Turn You On19. Oh Yeah20. 2 H.B.
Mother of Pearl was one of many I considered for #20, but obv. didn't need any help from me!
― chris_coolidge, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
xpsis 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.
― fit and working again, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
and yeah it's a good track.
― fit and working again, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
If I'd made a ballot, I'd have voted for Kiss and Tell as well.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
i'm more surprised by the apparent no-shows of End of the Line, and Triptych. and kudos to gr8080 for Bitters End!
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
1. Mother of Pearl2. Sentimental Fool3. Do the Strand4. A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall (Ferry).5. Virginia Plain6. More Than This7. Let's Stick Together (BF)8. Editions of You9. Casanova10. She Sells11. Amazona12. In Your Mind (BF)13. Re-Make, Re-Model14. Slave to Love (BF)15. 2HB16. Same Old Scene17. If There Is Something18. Love Is the Drug19. Psalm20. These Foolish Things (BF)
― col, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
Kiss and Tell was another soundtrack turn for Ferry (Bright Lights, Big City) that is pretty far and away his biggest US hit.
― mr.raffles, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
More Than ThisAvalonThe Main ThingTrue To LifeTo Turn You OnTaraIf There Is SomethingMother of PearlOver YouA Hard Rain's A Gonna FallPsalmIs Your Love Strong EnoughCasanova2 H.B.My Only LoveSame Old SceneSentimental FoolManifestoDo The StrandCould It Happen To Me?
― Euler, Friday, 21 February 2014 18:03 (ten years ago) link
End of the Line came close to cracking the top 40 with 147 points, 7 votes, and one number one vote. i had it in my top 20.
Triptych... uh, 96 points, 5 votes.
― charlie h, Friday, 21 February 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
I should maybe spend more time with Boys and Girls and Bete Noire. I so seldom pull either out to listen to, and like them fine when when I do, but they both seem like so much foggy one-chord vamping I don't really distinguish the songs.
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbbryan ferry (Dan Peterson), Friday, 21 February 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
that's about right!
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 February 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link