From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V3 #172 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Tuesday, July 14 1998 Volume 03 : Number 172 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Christgau's Ratings- Roxy 1 [ASchulberg@aol.com] [AVALON] Any ferry news ["Neil Ashar" ] Re: [AVALON] Christgau's Ratings- Roxy 1 [Bahi Para ] [none] [Stephen Scott ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 17:21:42 EDT From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Christgau's Ratings- Roxy 1 Fellow AVALONians- In attempt to keep traffic up (and buy myself some more time to listen to Scott Walker's retrospective), I will be submitting, probably on a daily basis, entries from a book that emerged in the process of moving, "Rock Albums of the 70's, A Critical Guide" by Robert Christgau. He reviews most of the Roxy and Ferry albums. Here's his take on the first, self-titled Roxy Music album: From the drag queen on the cover to the fop finery in the centerfold to the polished deformity of the music on the record, this celebrates the kind of artifice that could come to seem as unhealthy as the sheen on a piece of meat. Right now, though, it's decorated with enough weird hooks to earn an A for side one. Side two leans a little too heavily on the synthesizer (played by a balding, long haired eunuch lookalike named Eno) without the saving grace of drums and bassline. [Later on Atco] B+ Arnie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 15:11:09 -0700 From: "Neil Ashar" Subject: [AVALON] Any ferry news Please pardon the question. I'm back on the list, from a long spell away, and was wondering if there's any Ferry news. Is his album coming out any millennium now? NA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:58:27 +0100 From: Bahi Para Subject: Re: [AVALON] Christgau's Ratings- Roxy 1 Arnie quoted Christgau: >From the drag queen on the cover DRAG Queen? >balding, long haired eunuch lookalike EUNUCH lookalike? Who's this Christgau geezer? He needs to sort himself out. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 08:53:05 From: Stephen Scott Subject: [none] I have read this diatribe before. This Christoglou (or whatever) hasn't a clue. Like all critics, music and otherwise, they seem to have some notion that they are an authority on the subject, without ever having played the game. His remarks about many English groups of that era and beyond are frequently derogatory and patronising. They should be treated with the contempt they fully deserve, and laughed at, which is, I presume the intention. There will be no prizes for guessing his nationality. Stephen. ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V3 #172 **************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to avalon-digest-owner@smoe.org