i used to think stranded was my favorite, and tho the highs are probably the highest, song for europe and sunset weigh it down a bit. as amazing as they are, avalon is the only truly filler-free roxy music album imo. maybe siren.
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
"Song For Europe" is a slight slog, but "Sunset" is one of the most perfect album endings by anyone, ever.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
and "filler" isn't even a problem for a band like roxy, which so emphasized mood-creation and experimentation that there are bound to be two or three weird cuts per record. i'm glad that they're there.
xp
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
There's some missteps but I don't they ever went in for filler, as such.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, October 10, 2019 10:20 AM (eighteen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
sunset is a nice comedown from mother of pearl, and definitely works in the context of the album, but i've never had the urge to listen to it by itself.
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Thursday, October 10, 2019 10:21 AM (twenty seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah, that's why i qualified--failed experiments aren't the same as filler.
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:22 (four years ago) link
F+B's got the filler.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
I love "Song for Europe" with every cell in my body. When Ferry starts singing in French, man, what a warped, emotionally charged, ridiculous and overflowing with europeanness moment.
I, for one, am glad to see some love for Olympia. I can listen to it from beginning to end without a single skip.
― cpl593H, Thursday, 10 October 2019 22:46 (four years ago) link
he starts singing in Latin before he switches to French!
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 October 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
It's such a marvelous mess, all of it.
― cpl593H, Friday, 11 October 2019 10:38 (four years ago) link
Ferry singing in French reminds me of Kenneth Williams singing Crepe Suzette and I still love it.
― 29 facepalms, Friday, 11 October 2019 10:44 (four years ago) link
.. only more camp.
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Friday, 11 October 2019 10:57 (four years ago) link
The Pitchfork Sunday review today is 'For Your Pleasure.' Some intriguing points were made concerning connections between British art schools and British art rock. I don't care. The rating score he gave for the album is 9.5. Everybody knows that this is a 10 album, if there is such a thing as a 10 album. It is perfect in every way and one cannot even conceive of how it could be improved upon. So for the love of God, what sort of logic could lead to a 9.5 score? Do I even want to know?
― Migdalia Amygdala (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Sunday, 13 October 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
I'd rate FYP an 8 and I love Ferry more than you love your girlfriend.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 October 2019 23:53 (four years ago) link
I’m as gay as a unicorn ranch Soto, which reveals the inherent illogic of this discussion so, checkmate Mary!
― Migdalia Amygdala (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Monday, 14 October 2019 00:51 (four years ago) link
yeah i don't know, FYP would be a 10 to me. It's one of my favorite albums of all time.
― akm, Monday, 14 October 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link