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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 27, 2021 7:39:08 GMT
Roxy Music - Spin Me Round Spin Me Round is poor Totally different to the stuff on their first four LPs It's from Manifesto - which was their comeback album after they'd reformed |
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Post by zeopold on May 27, 2021 7:51:01 GMT
Roxy Music - Spin Me Round Manifesto Always thought that was their weakest set... |
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Post by personunknown on May 27, 2021 8:26:14 GMT
Remember being incredibly disappointed with the comeback Manifesto. It was just Ferry with a backing band, Manzanera or MacKay hardly stretch themselves. After that it's Flesh & Blood and Avalon territory, smooth and bland. Debut to Siren are the only years that matter for me.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 27, 2021 8:29:38 GMT
Remember being incredibly disappointed with the comeback Manifesto. It was just Ferry with a backing band, Manzanera or MacKay hardly stretch themselves. After that it's Flesh & Blood and Avalon territory, smooth and bland. Debut to Siren are the only years that matter for me. That's their peak period - no question |
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Post by zeopold on May 27, 2021 9:42:17 GMT
What's the one song? Hard to imagine you can't find lots to love This 1977 vinyl comp is your gateway drug All killer no filler from the first four LPs This style of music definitely not my cup of tea. I've got a good friend who swears by them so I give a listen every few years. That song Spin Me Round reminds me of the poem in the liner notes of MC5s Kick Out the Jams which makes me think of the closed down music shops and venues in my home state. So that song stays with me for that reason. Roxy never really broke the US... I guess the 'Art Rock' thing didn't appeal over there at the time. Ironic cos Roxy were influenced by the Velvets. The closest US equivalent to Roxy I can think of is the the Mael brothers of Sparks, but they had to relocate to the UK to get their break. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 6, 2021 8:44:35 GMT
Today's album of the day...  Roxy Music - Country Life (1974)Country Life possibly signals the moment Roxy really start to transition from Arty Glam Ravers to Sultry Swoon-inducing Sophisticates. Three and Nine, the second song, is possibly the track which delineates the move, especially as it’s bookended by a couple of Pop Glam classics, The Thrill of it All, and the peerless All I Want is You. Both hit singles. Of course. Fourth track, another more transitional move to the smooth, Out of the Blue, was yet another hit single. Roxy were on fire between 1972 and 1975. Five stellar albums in just four years. Remarkable. They’re all great for different reasons. The rest of the LP show the range and scope of Roxy’s ambition… the countryfied If It Takes All Night, the portentous, world weary, carnival madness of Bitter Sweet, Triptych complete with harpsichord is a bit of misstep, but it’s back to business with Casanova which harks back to the first two LPs, before the killer finale of the rueful A Really Good Time and Prairie Rose. Country Life is probably the least wonderful of those first five albums but it’s still a great listen. Roxy could do no wrong during this era. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 7, 2021 16:34:25 GMT
Phil Manzanera auditioned for 'avant rock group' in 1971: "must be elegant, witty, scary..."
The once bug-eyed-shades-wearing guitarist with Roxy Music remembers early life in Hawaii and Venezuela, Sterling Moss at the Cuban Grand Prix in '58, his prog bands at Dulwich college, the Shadows, old pals Dave Gilmour and Ian MacDonald, his 1972 diary, supporting Bowie at the Croydon Greyhound, producing Nico, John Cale and Split Enz, playing a song about a sex doll at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and early American tours where "we had a lot of waterbombs thrown at us". Plus the Greatest Record Ever Made.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 18, 2021 11:24:11 GMT
Now playing....
You ain't nowhere til you been in
Bryan Ferry - The 'In' Crowd
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Post by Billy Idle on Aug 13, 2021 10:53:43 GMT
This style of music definitely not my cup of tea. I've got a good friend who swears by them so I give a listen every few years. That song Spin Me Round reminds me of the poem in the liner notes of MC5s Kick Out the Jams which makes me think of the closed down music shops and venues in my home state. So that song stays with me for that reason. Roxy never really broke the US... I guess the 'Art Rock' thing didn't appeal over there at the time. Ironic cos Roxy were influenced by the Velvets. The closest US equivalent to Roxy I can think of is the the Mael brothers of Sparks, but they had to relocate to the UK to get their break. I thought they were popular in USA in the 1980s and played a few arenas ? |
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Post by zeopold on Aug 13, 2021 19:04:31 GMT
^^ I can imagine the later smoother sound got more traction over there so 80's makes sense.
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Post by andyloneshark on Aug 13, 2021 20:11:13 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Aug 14, 2021 9:20:51 GMT
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Post by andyloneshark on Aug 14, 2021 10:25:09 GMT
I remember watching the excellent BBC4 Series about British Rock... and it's quest to conquer America. Part Two was The Prog Rock years and it mentioned about Roxy Music being the tour support band to Jethro Tull who were massive over there. Needless to say that the Folkrock crowd hated R.M. - too Art School Glam, too camp too experimental i guess
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 7, 2021 8:48:58 GMT
Quaglino's place or Mabel's?
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Post by zeopold on Oct 7, 2021 9:22:25 GMT
Bored with the Beguine?
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