Roxy Music by Proxy: 8th Album
Printed From: Progarchives.com
Category: Progressive Music Lounges
Forum Name: Prog Polls
Forum Description: Create polls on topics related to progressive music
URL: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=133185
Printed Date: December 12 2024 at 02:04
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.01 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Roxy Music by Proxy: 8th Album
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Roxy Music by Proxy: 8th Album
Date Posted: July 02 2024 at 23:16
The eighth and final Proxy Music poll. 1982: Roxy Music - Avalon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDfrGf2fZKK7Qwr8f8uCXj8uYbtF07yZY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDfrGf2fZKK7Qwr8f8uCXj8uYbtF07yZY  1980: Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kfMnomx9-N8fDLBD4ez_NulqjRiE_EjRY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kfMnomx9-N8fDLBD4ez_NulqjRiE_EjRY  1993: Bryan Ferry - Taxi - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nhspD9O082-ZsvH-R1CnjMdKG2MwEcd18" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nhspD9O082-ZsvH-R1CnjMdKG2MwEcd18  1990: Phil Manzanera - Southern Cross - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKnfmTQwNxhVvlF1mGri5wWmIpyuMRwcy" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKnfmTQwNxhVvlF1mGri5wWmIpyuMRwcy 2011: John Wetton - Raised in Captivity - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G1z67Ywj6Jw4xnjVbIfxU26" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G1z67Ywj6Jw4xnjVbIfxU26 |
Replies:
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 00:18
|
Avalon!! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 00:20
|
Roxy Music - Avalon Bryan Ferry - Taxi Phil Manzanera - Southern Cross Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 00:52
| Phil Manzanera |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 01:34
|
1. Roxy Music - Avalon 2. John Wetton - Raised in Captivity 3. Phil Manzanera - Southern Cross
|
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 01:49
|
I much prefer The Plateaux of Mirror to Music for Airports, but Avalon is great to. Maybe the latter for nostalgic reasons. |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 05:10
Many thanks for all the Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry polls Paul!  I have really enjoyed them!  I am now looking forward to your 'Swans' and 'The Residents' polls.  |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 05:34
My pleasure! I'll have to leave any future Swans and The Residents polls in Logan's capable hands as I'm not a fan of either band - To Be Kind - and besides, I don't think I could bear listening to all of the Swans and The Residents many albums. Life is too short for that. Sorry to extinguish The Ghost of Hope.
|
Octopus II wrote:Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 05:47
Could this be the long-lost 'Avalon' alternative cover.  |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 05:58
|
^ That looks like Colditz Castle in the background. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 12:06
|
Eno & Budd ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: July 03 2024 at 19:52
|
The beautiful sounds of Avalon. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 04 2024 at 07:07
Thanks. It's been really interesting (in a Steve Davis kind of way) seeing the results of these polls when Roxy Music haven't always been the obvious winner, and having completed this series of Proxy Music polls, are there any more of these kind of polls you'd like to see with albums by bands up against solo albums by the individual members of the same band? Steve "Interesting" Davis with Simply Red hair. |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 04 2024 at 07:45
That's a very difficult question.  I can't think of any bands who had a lead singer who had such a successful band/solo career as Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry, and some great albums by its other members/associates. The only one I can think of is The Beatles, although their solo careers didn't properly start until the band split up, and I don't think Ringo Starr's albums would get many votes in a poll. I love some of Wings albums. I hope somebody else can come up with some decent/appropriate suggestions though.
|
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 04 2024 at 07:57
How about YES or Genesis? The individual members of those two bands had some pretty impressive solo debuts. On the subject of The Beatles, I prefer George Harrison's All Things Must Pass over all of The Beatles albums, although he had two really bizarre albums that came before that classic album.
|
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 04 2024 at 08:08
|
^ I think Yes and Genesis would be great shouts and popular polls too! In fact, now I think about it - they were the obvious answer. D'oh! |
Posted By: Moonshake
Date Posted: July 04 2024 at 16:08
| Avalon |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 03:50
Coming right up.
|
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 06:23
|
'Avalon' seems to be the most popular Roxy Music album?
|
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 07:07
I have just pre-ordered this book from Amazon, out on August 29th.  |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 07:18
Yes, I was surprised too. I thought it was Plain as Virginia that I'd be only one to rate Avalon as being Roxy Music's best album. Overall Poll Results First Album:- 1. Roxy Music (12) 2. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets (9) 3. Phil Manzanera - Diamond Head (5) Second Album:- 1. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (14) 2. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (4) Third Album:- 1. Brian Eno - Another Green World (10) 2. Roxy Music - Stranded (8) 3. John Wetton - Battle Lines (5) Fourth Album:- 1. Roxy Music - Country Life (7) 2. Brian Eno - Discreet Music (5) Fifth Album:- 1. Brian Eno - Before and After Science (10) 2. Roxy Music - Siren (3) 2. John Wetton - Arkangel (3) Sixth Album:- 1. Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (5) 2. Roxy Music - Manifesto (3) Seventh Album:- 1. Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood (7) Eighth Album:- 1. Roxy Music - Avalon (12) Thanks to everyone who took part in the voting. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 08:49
|
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 10:35
|
Roxy Music - Avalon . ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |