From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V3 #199 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, August 12 1998 Volume 03 : Number 199 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Re: The Last Contest [joey ] Re: [AVALON] Re: The Last Contest [Dawndalian@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Re: The Last Contest ["Victor Hastings" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:23:38 -0700 From: joey Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: The Last Contest I didn't get to read the undoubtedly dynamic exercise in eloquence that was Jimmy Vapor's call for the this contest, but reading some of these other stories I have my own very simple Roxy/Ferry story. This happened the other night and so it still burns in my mind. I have abandoned my Texas roots this summer and am now living in the traffic/smog capital of the world: Chicago, Illinois. So I basically fell in love with a woman who could only be called (by me) perfect in every way. I'll skip the middle part of this story and skip right to the unhappy Roxy-related end. College and the pursuance of a degree calls me to Texas and so I am forced to leave this fair state and the girl of my dreams forever. She went to Europe for two weeks and is coming back right as I'm supposed to leave. So I got this letter from her, and it was definitely one of those tear-inducing things because I was saddened by the pure reality of goodbye. So I'm driving in my car late that night listening to Roxy Music's Siren album and right as I get home "Just Another High" comes on. And even though the farewell situation is different in my case and that of the song, the broken-hearted sentiments hit me right at the core. The line "shattered my dreams by your goodbye" had a particularly poignant resonance. So that's how I will forever associate Roxy with a major event in my life. Thanks Bryan. Joey Trum. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:09:59 EDT From: Dawndalian@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: The Last Contest Oh, Joey, I really liked your story.... Sometimes I will listen to Siren as well, and that particular song (Just Another High) conjurs up such passionate and also painful memories for me, too. Seems that one thing we all have in common is the fact that Bryan Ferry has serenaded us all, at some point, through some very (very) important times... One other time for me (If you will all indulge me another "story") that was especially magical was last summer in Athens..... my dad and brothers and I piled into a cramped, steamy-hot taxi heading for the National Archaological Museum... and I asked the driver in Greek to turn on the radio..... I was fully expecting to hear the basic Greek music playing, but then, to my surprise, the radio poured out, "More Than This.'" Okay, so it was the 10,000 Maniacs version, but still..... this song, which I had NEVER heard Stateside was here, in this grimy taxi-cab.... and I fell back to a special time so long ago... it was a beautiful memory... and the cool thing was, no one but me had any clue as to what I was feeling. Alone in my dream. Thanks, Joey... Dawne PS: I will be abandoning AOL soon, so be ready for a NEW address!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:30:21 -0500 From: "Victor Hastings" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: The Last Contest - -----Original Message----- From: Dawndalian@aol.com To: avalon@smoe.org Date: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: The Last Contest >Oh, Joey, I really liked your story.... >Sometimes I will listen to Siren as well, and that particular song (Just >Another High) conjurs up such passionate and also painful memories for me, >too. Seems that one thing we all have in common is the fact that Bryan Ferry >has serenaded us all, at some point, through some very (very) important >times... (snip snip snip) 'just another high' has got to be one of the most emotionally naked songs i've ever heard. i used to play this album i college and didn't think anyone paid all that much attention. once, while 'just another high' was playing, a friend strolled into the room and asked what the song was. my roommate, who i didn't even know had listened to the song, told him, 'this song says everything you've ever wanted to say to a girl who's left you' which i thought was a pretty apt characterization, and quite a surprise coming from somebody who hadn't even appeared to be noticing, much less scrutinizing, the lyrics. i got a kick out of it. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:02:06 +0000 From: Frank and Liz Smith Subject: [AVALON] Mackay and Manzanera I've noticed that we're often discussing Ferry's family (children, the lovely "Lucy", etc)...Does anybody have any information about Mackay and Manzanera? Are they married? Have children, etc??? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:13:56 -0700 From: thesonics Subject: [AVALON] BRYAN/ROXY AUCTION Don't Forget! LOW STARTING BID & NO RESERVE! SOME VERY COOL ITEMS! J Trans http://home.earthlink.net/~bggirl ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V3 #199 **************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to avalon-digest-owner@smoe.org