From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V3 #169 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, July 10 1998 Volume 03 : Number 169 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Ferry's UK TV appearance ... ["S.J.Batie" ] Re: [AVALON] Which came 1st: the Bowie or the Ferry? [davdmock@America.n] Re: [AVALON] Scott Walker [Heather Marie Propes Subject: [AVALON] Ferry's UK TV appearance ... .... didn't happen last night. The programme had an American comic and Sky TV's Richard Keys as their guests. No reason given as to why the man wasn't featured. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:53:15 -0400 (EDT) From: davdmock@America.net Subject: Re: [AVALON] Which came 1st: the Bowie or the Ferry? >AND WASN'T IT THAT FAB "BLUE JEAN" VIDEO THAT HAD AN ACTOR PLAYING BRYAN >FERRY???I THAT WAS A HOOT! I read that Bowie actually tried to get Bryan for that role, but that Bryan never returned his calls. Cheers, Davd DavdMock@America.Net CPL593H! -Bryan Ferry, 1972 Have a look at my web site-- Shakatak, Swing Out Sister, Atlanta bands, Lounge music, lotsa cool stuff! http:/.america.net/~davdmock/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:58:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Heather Marie Propes Subject: Re: [AVALON] Scott Walker > Okay, my fellow AVALONIANS, or at least those of you who recommended Scott > Walker. Went to Borders today and purchased "Looking Back With Scott Walker" > which I assume is a retrospective. Bought the "regular" version; there was > another version with 13 additional early and rare tracks (27 tracks in all) > but I didn't want to get in over my head. You must keep us posted, Arnie, I'm loooking forward to gettting one but have no idea. Unlike the Serge Gainbourge discs, Walkers seem to be mainly domestic and therefore pretty affordable, so I have a choice (there was only one Gainsbourg disc for under $20 - scary!) Ciao! Heather > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 20:34:09 -0700 From: erik simpson Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phantom Players (was: Allan Schwartzberg) At 06:25 PM 7/8/98 -0000, Gene wrote: >He`s also responsible for, IMO, hands down, the most depressing, gut >retching song EVER written, bar none. Lou Reed`s "The Kids" from the >Berlin album. >It`s about social workers taking children away from an unfit mother. For the >recording, Ezrin coaxed his own kids into screaming and crying to emulate >they`re >being physically dragged away. >Sheesh! >Even Ezrin admits he`s never been able to sit through the whole song. I did >once then slipped into a funk only a 4 day drunk could remedy. >It`s a great song to put on for getting rid of unwanted guest. What makes it doubly effective, for me anyway, is that he followed it with "Sad Song", which Ezrin framed in a lush, gorgeous arrangement (and I never even got the "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" swipe until just recently), that is totally offset by Lou crooning the lines "I'm gonna stop wasting my time, Somebody else would have broken both of her arms". And Hunter and Wagner nail the guitars on the extended ending just beautifully. I would have to admit that most of the time, personal taste wise (and really not wishing to step on anyone's toes), I tend to find Ezrin's production work a tad overdone, but on "Berlin" and "Peter Gabriel I" he did the job to perfection. Bye; Erik S ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V3 #169 **************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to avalon-digest-owner@smoe.org