Roxy Music
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Topic: Roxy Music
Posted By: LinusW
Subject: Roxy Music
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 03:28
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Tried the search function, found some dusty and locked threads from yesteryear. So here's a new thread for discussing and appreciating this lovely band that's quite a new discovery for me. Perhaps not of interest to all proggers, but definitely for fans of quirky, idiosyncratic rock. I love the first three albums, which are the ones I've really been giving time. Graceful, intricate, strange, larger-than-life, powerful and...you know...great stuff! I'd love to have seen this band live. If you have live experiences, please share. Detractors - KEEP OUT...or I'll send the dogs after you. |
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 05:12
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The album that hooked me was Viva. Never saw them live. Also a huge fan of Phil Manzanera's solo stuff, which isn't as much appreciated around here as it should be. Roxy certainly isn't one of the easier ones to get into. Bryan's earlier vocal style in particular probably puts a lot of people off. He got a lot smoother over the years. I find them to be a bit of an acquired taste, but one well worth developing. It's a shame that the retrospective video, Total Recall, isn't available on DVD. I have an old VHS tape that I transferred to DVD to preserve. "I tried but I could not find a way..." 
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 05:21
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I'm not sure which Roxy Music album this track is on but I was plain vanilla flabbergasted when I heard In Every Dream Home a Heartache for the first time a few years ago. I never thought Roxy were capable of something like that (it almost pre-empted the Cure in places to my ears) Is it true that Davy O'List from the Nice joined an early Roxy line up for a while ? (and if so did he play on any albums ?) ------------- 
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 05:37
1) That is one great song. Very powerful. Stark, moody, mesmerizing, disturbing. I blew up your body... [break] ...but you blew my mind -guitar solo- *chills* 2) No idea |
ExittheLemming wrote:Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 05:46
I love Manzanera's album Diamond Head. And the related 801 Live project is good fun. His voice might be a bit strange in the beginning, yes, but it's so important to that early sound. Sleazy, crooning, over-the-top vibrato. I guess it's a bit love-or-hate  |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 06:26
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http://www.manzanera.com/news/index.html - http://www.manzanera.com/news/index.html
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 07:22
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 Ferry ) 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. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 07:38
| I've only heard their first two albums, and I'm surprised they are on PA only as prog-related. Great stuff. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 07:43
It seems there is no way to get them moved  . Micky and Dean tried several times, but the Admins won't let them out of PR. |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 07:49
I'd always thought this was what Roxy Music was about: Imagine my surprise discovering the earlier albums  |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 08:55
| I still think Avalon is a really nice album no matter how you'd categorize it. |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 09:12
That's fair. I just don't particularly care for it personally. Not a categorisation thing. |
Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 09:15
I've always hated Bryan Ferry
 Seriously... first four albums are classic, and Avalon is one of my wife's favourites (she likes him too!). |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 11:31
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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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Posted By: Zebedee
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 11:40
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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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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 11:54
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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! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 20 2010 at 16:15
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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 ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 02:58
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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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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 04:48
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SH IT (seen on stage behind the band) ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 06:02
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/roxy_music/viva__roxy_music/"> Wow!  |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 06:04
Can't say I'm much of a lyrics person, so I'll have to pay some attention to them from now on. |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 07:03
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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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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 07:26
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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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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 16:42
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http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=267430 - My take on the debut album. You need to give this band a chance if you haven't yet. Very rewarding stuff.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 16:44
| Great review, Linus. |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 16:49
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from "If There Is Something" to "She Sells", I've enjoyed these lads quite favorably. I miss their sound alot ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 16:55
Thanks |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 17:03
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Seconded! You really captured the spirit of the album.
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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 17:04
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...you seem so sad, I could see through your twisted smile...... ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 19:01
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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.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 19:31
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Surely you cannot be leading me on....well if that's so ooh never again will I love
How could I believe again? How could I hold on?
Sentimental Fool
...Oh once she gets in..through thick and through thin, she'll show you what living's for
Then bam "Whirlwind" slices in. That song has the best ending of ALL-TIME!!
BEWARE WHIRLWIND!! WHIRL...WHIRLWIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#$%^&*()#$%^&*()_ ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: February 25 2010 at 17:52
| 'Loneliness is a crowded room' |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: February 26 2010 at 13:46
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Very much a fan of early Roxy
The Adams Family  ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 26 2010 at 16:43
| I've allways loved the song True to Life on the Avalon album, seriously that song seriously gives me the chils and goosbumps and breathing complication. also Ladytron is extremly good song |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 26 2010 at 17:40
Was this the Hollywood Paladium show?
It was a good one! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 26 2010 at 18:37
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the bogus man and for your pleasure actually scared me. The gruop's deep intelligence seemed to play sideways, at times, wth eno. We enjoyed the spacious jamming to never-never land. This group was definetly a trip. On "sunset" the way ferry is tripping at the sun on the globe is funny.
And scary, too ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 26 2010 at 18:38
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Roxy Music and the Flaming Lips will co-headline the
Isle of Wright’s annual Bestival in September. Festival organizers also
announced the year’s “fancy dress theme,” which will be “fantasy.” http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/26/roxy-music-to-co-headline-saturday-night-at-bestival/ - http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/26/roxy-music-to-co-headline-saturday-night-at-bestival/ |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: February 26 2010 at 18:46
| I basically love all their records except Flesh+Blood. Whether doing art rock or smooth pop, they had a knack for getting it right (7 out of 8 isn't too shabby!). |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 27 2010 at 07:05
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: February 27 2010 at 14:52
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Valerie please believe It never could work out The time to make plans Has passed, faded away Oooh the way you look Makes my starry eyes shiver Then I look away Too much for one day One thing we share Is an ideal of beauty Treasure so rare That even devils might care Your swimming-pool eyes In sea breezes they flutter The coconut tears Heavy-lidded they shed Swaying palms at your feet You're the pride of your street While you worship the sun Summer lover of fun Gold number with neighbours Who said that you'll go far Maybe someday be a star A fast mover like you And your dreams will all come true All of my hope, and my inspiration I drew from you Our life's pattern's drawn in sand But the winds could not erase The memory of your face Deep in the night Plying very strange cargo Our soul-ships pass by Solo trips to the stars - in the sky Gliding so far That the eye cannot follow Where do they go We'll never know BEAUTY QUEEN Amazing! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 27 2010 at 15:09
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another fine edition of you great video up there ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 28 2010 at 20:54
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Hi, Roxy Music was always tough for a lot of folks that like "progressive" music ... In a way, it was a perfect mix for the new FM radio stations in America then, as the music was a bit more serious and well defined instead of just another pop giggle or hook. However, as time went by, I think the band got bigger for the wrong reasons, and that hurt the music some and Bryan ended up doing some of the best things on his own, but the stuff with the band is nothing to sneer at. The most important part of the lyrical content of Roxy Music, is that it was not a "singer" per se ... but an "actor" a lot more than it was a singer, and Bryan's detailed style and application of the words, made the music seem like ... different. It would be hard to appreciate this amidst so much meaningless pop music and bubble gum music ... and Roxy Music ended up carving out its own stake in another area of rock music. To my ears, this is an actor at the top of his game, and it's a shame that it helped start up a glam scene in England that had not a whole lot of talent behind it to show for the acting ... most of it was just some more variations on pop music ... at least the music and the dressing up of Bryan's band made some sense. Phil Manzanera has a large history of experimentation, specially his solo albums, and some would come out as hit and miss, but it's hard not to appreciate Mato Grosso as much as Diamond Head or K-Scope or Primitive Guitars ... or go as far back as his earlier forays into music. The others ... hit and miss. I don't think that John Wetton was half as good as the original, or after bass player. Eddie Jobson was more interesting and added a more rock style to the music and Country Life is massive, and the violin added a nice touch here and there. And Duncan McKay ... as usual, is so understated and concentrates on the fills so nicely and never takes the stage from Bryan, and I think that is the mark of a really good musician ... he just does his thing. In the end, and I have not checked the time span, I would think that Avalon is a sad song for him, when his wife left him for a bigger star! ... ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: February 28 2010 at 21:32
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That's ANDY Mackay , no relation to Duncan, otherwise a stellar South African keyboardist ! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 01 2010 at 13:12
Well I'll be damned Duncan established a progressive music venue in Jeppe Street, Johannesburg, called the “Branch Office.” It was here that he established his unique multi-keyboard technique. In 1973, he was heard by A&R man, Peter Knight Jnr. of Phonogram Records and invited to travel back to the United Kingdom to join up with Ginger Baker’s new band. He moved on to team up with Gary Moore and Jon Hiseman’s band “Coliseum 2.” In 1975, he joined ‘Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel’. “Come Up And See Me, Make Me Smile” went to No1 in the UK and Europe. This was followed by extensive touring and a further 4 gold albums. During this time Duncan released his 2nd solo album “Score” published by EMI Records. This album has become a collector’s item in recent years. Duncan did much session work during this time, at the famous “Abbey Road Studios”. He played, on the first 3 Kate Bush albums one being "The Kick Inside" which included the hit "Wuthering Heights", three Alan Parsons Projects (Producer of “Dark Side of The Moon”), "I, Robot" (1977 Arista); "Pyramid" (1978 Arista) "Eve" (1979 Arista) and with rock groups such as “Camel” and “Budgie”. In 1978 he composed and released his 3rd solo album ‘VISA’. http://www.duncanmackay.com/duncanbiogpage.html - http://www.duncanmackay.com/duncanbiogpage.html So as Mackay mixups go, Moshkito did pretty well. |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: March 02 2010 at 12:00
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This band is climbing my last.fm charts fast. Some Brian Peter George St. Baptiste de la Salle Eno pics. Classy outfits.    Elrond in a glam band?  |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 02 2010 at 12:05
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Ciao 2001I A legend of my youth!
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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: March 02 2010 at 12:13
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Those are AWESOME pictures of Brian Eno. My heart has been warmed. ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 02 2010 at 12:20
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Well, I'm a huge Eno fan. Plus he spells Brian right. Bryan keeps you from getting your name misspelled Brain. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: March 03 2010 at 11:04
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...Then out of blue love came rushin'...... ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: March 03 2010 at 12:58
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...before I die, I write this letter....these are the things you should know....
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from the album "for your pleasure" ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: March 17 2010 at 04:04
Roxy Music Will be Performing at Sónar 2010 BarcelonaBryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay and the original Roxy Music drummer, Paul Thompson, will be playing their only concert in Spain, almost three decades after their last show in Barcelona.
The British band, a paradigm of art rock, glam and the experimental pop of the 70s and early 80s, will be performing their hits at Sónar by Night. Sónar Barcelona also confirms the shows by New Young Pony Club (UK), Aufgang (FR), Post War Years (UK), Caspa feat. MC Rod Azlan (UK) and Cabo San Roque (ES). As of today a part of the Sónar 2010 film, “Finisterrae”, will be shown on Sónar’s website. This part is entitled “Tuning In”. Tickets for Sónar Barcelona and Sónar Galicia for 17th, 18th and 19th June are on sale now at http://www.sonar.es/ - www.sonar.es . Roxy Music, one of the great icons of contemporary pop Roxy Music can be proud of a career in which they have experimented with many different styles: rock, pop, disco, glam, soul and touches of original electronica. Their sound was a predecessor of punk, redefined glam, was one of the standard bearers of art rock and was the foundation for other genres, from krautrock to electronica. Their most popular hits remain a benchmark for today's music: from Love Is The Drug and More Than This, as well as Angel Eyes, Same Old Scene, Avalon and Jealous Guy. As well as Roxy Music, Sónar 2010 confirms 5 other shows in Barcelona: Read more Sónar 2010 is taking place in Barcelona and A Coruña on 17th, 18th and 19th June. http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Roxy-Music-Will-be-Performing-at-Snar-2010-Barcelona/5455/ - http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Roxy-Music-Will-be-Performing-at-Snar-2010-Barcelona/5455/
EDIT: Eno won't be there... ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: March 20 2010 at 02:27
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Roxy was the birth of Eno, no doubt in my mind the one most influencial Producer of my time.
He has shown so many times an unik ability to turn artist minds and get the best out of them.
Bowie, U2, Talking Heads.
Roxy was great, and very important in the development of Art Rock
Seen them live when they reformed in early 2000's, was a great show.
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