From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V3 #175 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, July 17 1998 Volume 03 : Number 175 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Christgau Review- Country Life [ASchulberg@aol.com] [AVALON] A small favor [Heather Marie Propes ] [AVALON] Okay so it's YOUR opinion [jas2347@xsite.net] Re: [AVALON] Okay so it's YOUR opinion [HipChip ] Re: [AVALON] Okay so it's YOUR opinion [Heather Marie Propes Subject: [AVALON] A small favor I know I haven't posted much lately... But I've been working like a maniac to try to get a CGI script working for my website. Which brings me to the reason I'm writing. Although this has nothing to do with Roxy Music, would you guys mind going to my website in Internet Explorer, (it has to be IE), looking at the 8-Ball and the 15-Game, and telling me how they look in Explorer. I've gotten them to work in Netscape, but Explorer has been more difficult. I'm hoping it's just my version. Thanks, and I promise, more Roxy-related postings once I have a job. Heather Marie Propes asbuch@midway.uchicago.edu http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/asbuch/index.htm#hometop ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:01:16 -0500 From: jas2347@xsite.net Subject: [AVALON] Okay so it's YOUR opinion Dear fellows, Anyway, just let me tell all of you that "Roxy Music", the album,has never been my favourite, and as goes for Eno, he is a genius for sure - but Roxy sound much nicer after his leave. Sorry if I shocked anyone with this confession... Vicente No it's not shocking Vicente, but you are definately in the minority. It's good that you can express your opinion becuse this is that kind of list. However, you will probably be subjected to a flurry of backlash for the ENO remark alone. I for one missed ENO. He had a presense that was sorely missing. He helped define what made Roxy so unique in the first place. It's true that the music took some interesting turns especially with Country Life and Siren, but one can't help to wonder what would the music have sounded like had he'd stayed (or if Bryan had not fired him). As far as a "nicer" sound, I don't think so. Roxy's music always had an edge to it, even demented at times, which made it much more listenable than 95% of the stuff that had been released at around the same time. I have always equated "nice" with Pop ( safe and bland) and Roxy was anything BUT pop. So what is your definition of "nice" Jas ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:57:43 -0500 From: HipChip Subject: Re: [AVALON] Okay so it's YOUR opinion I read an interview with Brian Eno in which he stated the he thought that Stranded was Roxy's meisterwerk. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:24:25 -0500 (CDT) From: Heather Marie Propes Subject: Re: [AVALON] Okay so it's YOUR opinion OK, time for a Roxy-related posting after everyone has been so helpful checking my 8-ball and my 15-game. At first response, one might disagree with Vincente's comment. A band becoming better when Eno left? Unheard of! The first album, is the greatest, but only because of "If There is Something," which was the only song they ever needed to record, in my opinion. No, let me restate that - the transition between the hokey beginning and that "Shake your head girl with your ponytail" line was all they ever needed to record to be perfect, in my opinion. But getting back to Eno. When I first heard "Country Life" I was disappointed. It sounded hokey (I like that word tonight). I couldn't believe they were singing about Texas. I thought Bryan Ferry had turned into James Taylor and gone the way of so many other 70's vocalists - - pseudo country. But 5 or so more listens were all I needed. That album is so damned exotic, it kills me. Bryan, with or without Eno, is the King of romance. I mean Eno is the king of smooth (and yes, smooth can be nice) but Bryan's tortured lyrics in German just made me picture a modern "Cabaret" drama being acted out, and "Casanova," well I've already rhapsodized on that one. Such a protrait of modern loneliness. And "Prairie Rose," it always makes American culture seem so exotic when captured by a European, and this is no exeception. And "Tryptich," this song is very beautiful and personal to mee because I have aspirations of being an art historian, and have seen many triptychs. So, after Eno left, I guess you could say that Roxy's music became less nice, but it also became more passionate and romantic in an uncanny (unheimlich) sort of way. Well, better get back to my web page. Thanks to everyone who helped me out! Ciao, Heather Marie Propes asbuch@midway.uchicago.edu http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/asbuch/index.htm#hometop ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:26:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Heather Marie Propes Subject: Re: [AVALON] Okay so it's YOUR opinion Stranded too?! Well that just proves my point! Heather Marie Propes asbuch@midway.uchicago.edu http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/asbuch/index.htm#hometop On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, HipChip wrote: > I read an interview with Brian Eno in which he stated the he thought > that Stranded was Roxy's meisterwerk. > > > > ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V3 #175 **************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to avalon-digest-owner@smoe.org