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Points: 1127 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2010 at 17:52
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 Surely you cannot be leading me on....well if that's so ooh never again will I love 
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You know interestingly enough, out of all the vocalists in prog, proto, or related, Bryan's the one I can do the best imitation of.  Big smile
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...you seem so sad, I could see through your twisted smile......

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SecondedClap! You really captured the spirit of the album.
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Points: 10665 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2010 at 16:55
Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Great review, Linus.


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from "If There Is Something" to "She Sells", I've enjoyed these lads quite favorably. I miss their sound alot

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Great review, Linus.
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Points: 10665 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2010 at 16:42
My take on the debut album.

You need to give this band a chance if you haven't yet. Very rewarding stuff.

Originally posted by gr8dane gr8dane wrote:

Nobody sounds like them and nobody ever will.


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God I haven't heard Avalon in many many years...  though large parts of it are stuck in my head.  My mother loved that album.  We do need to get that again and just finish off getting their albums. 
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My all time favorite band.
Saw the Stranded,Country Life,Siren,Manifesto,Flesh & Blood,Avalon  tour + 2 shows when they reunited a few years back.
Nobody sounds like them and nobody ever will.
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Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Ferry remains a lyrical giant too -check out the words on those first 2 albums WOW! 


Can't say I'm much of a lyrics person, so I'll have to pay some attention to them from now on.
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SH
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(seen on stage behind the band) LOL
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The first four albums are excellent. Both Eno and Jobson made some fine contributions to their respective albums, both on synthesizer and violin. 


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Saw Roxy live in LA back in 77 after Ferry released "In Your Mind" Saw the entire band. Of course no Eno Best Album Covers Of All-Time. Get naked everybody

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Points: 6673 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2010 at 11:54
Well, I need not tell you that I am huge fan, getting the debut album before it was even released to the public and I have been mesmerized ever since. Saw them live 5 times (with Wetton, Jobson -whom I met- among others). They were shockingly fresh and I remember the thunder of Re-Make /Re-Model when I played it on school radio! Priceless!
Evolving into a smoother style later, they are more "romantic" than prog but live the magic was electric with Mackay, Manzanera and Thompson shining brightly. Needless to say, I have all their albums , solo stuff and DVDs . Ferry remains a lyrical giant too -check out the words on those first 2 albums WOW! 
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Points: 1588 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2010 at 11:40
Another Roxy fan here. The first two albums are great of course, but I'm also very fond of Stranded and Country Life (Eddie Jobson, like Roxy itself, is hugely underappreciated on PA). Roxy Music were way ahead of their time and are certainly more than just prog-related.

Roxy Music also sound surprisingly fresh, even today (and especially compared to their prog contemporaries save Pink Floyd). They are indeed a bit of an acquired taste though...

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I love me some Avalon. I have Country Life and Siren, but never really listen to them cause they're on vinyl. I am bad. :(
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Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

I actually saw them live a long time ago - I believe it was 1980 or so, when they played a date in Rome in the moat of Castel Sant'Angelo. At the time, I was still rather inexperienced about music, but I remember enjoying the gig (and Bryan FerryWink) very much. Obviously, it would have been even better to have seen them with John Wetton and Eddie Jobson, but you can't always get what you want.

Anyway, both Micky and I are big fans of the band, and have all their studio albums up to Siren, and then three live albums - Viva! (a masterpiece), Heart Still Beating, and a bootlegg-y thing we found in a store in downtown DC, called The Pride and the Pain, recorded in 1973. Poor sound quality, but great setlist! I am familiar with their later albums too, which make excellent listening even if they are 'pop-rock', and will get them as soon as possible.
 
I've always hated Bryan Ferry Wink Seriously...  first four albums are classic, and Avalon is one of my wife's favourites (she likes him too!).
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