From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V5 #211 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, June 3 2000 Volume 05 : Number 211 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME ["Martin Stockman" ] RE: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME ["Turner, Chris (cturner)"] [AVALON] Re: ** This Love. ** [JObinv01@aol.com] RE: [AVALON] Language perleeeese [Jocelyn Fiske ] [AVALON] New Hideaway [Jocelyn Fiske ] [AVALON] Angel Eyes [Kicki Gustafsson ] Re: [AVALON] Angel Eyes ["Alexander Byles" ] Re: [AVALON] Angel Eyes [William Sommers ] Re: [AVALON] Angel Eyes [Kicki Gustafsson ] Re: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME ["Killip family" ] Re: [AVALON] NME Reviewers ["Laura Shadbolt" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 09:25:10 +0100 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME - ---------- >From: "Laura Shadbolt" >> >> I think so. I also remember prancing gameshow host Bruce "Brucie" Forsyth >> rave reviewing LITD in said rag. > > Why on Earth would he be writing in the NME? Granted, it was a long time ago, > but still . . . was he not regarded with the same contempt (is that the right > word?) in those days as he is now? Irony. Although it should be said that, in common with the Queen Mum, Boy George and Neil Hubbard, Brucie was and remains an English treasure. As gameshow hosts go its hard not to like his self-deprecating humour, his preposterous hairpiece, his fabled droit de signeur with the "assistants".. The lyrics of Love Is The Drug have not aged well. One imagines middle-aged perma-tanned, jewellery bestrewn men trawling Tramp and Annabels. Much as Brucie and Bry behaved in the mid-seventies. Although one assumes that Bry was being post-modern. Wasn't he ? Martini ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 08:35:01 -0000 From: "Mike Leigh" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V5 #209 > > I think so. I also remember prancing gameshow host Bruce "Brucie" Forsyth > > rave reviewing LITD in said rag. > > Why on Earth would he be writing in the NME? Granted, it was a long time ago, > but still . . . was he not regarded with the same contempt (is that the right > word?) in those days as he is now? And it's not as if he's a noted important > character in the music industry . . . > At the time NME thought that it would be hip to invite off the wall celebs to review the singles released that week. From what I remember the idea didn't run long. However, I do remember "Brucie's" remarks that he thought the line "Dim the lights you can guess the rest..." was really subtle unlike some of the more obvious lyrics around at the time. Try as I might I cannot think of any other celebs that reviewed at that time (must be some sort of anti-naff defence mechanism that my mind has!) Mike ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 01:49:49 -0700 From: "Turner, Chris (cturner)" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME As for Brucie's review, don't forget that the Forsythe family have real rock and roll claims to fame. Not only was his daughter in the preposterous "Guy's and Dolls" during the '70's, but she also wrote our Eurovision entry one year ("Go" by the fancifully named Scott Fitzgerald, also the shortest song title ever to make the UK chart) It's also hard to knock a 71 year old guy with a bottle-opener face who has his own Miss World in tow, (putting him only one behind George Best...) ...perhaps Ferry's new predilection for golf is an attempt to run with the Tarby/Brucie rat pack...? Chris - ---------- >From: "Laura Shadbolt" >> >> I think so. I also remember prancing gameshow host Bruce "Brucie" Forsyth >> rave reviewing LITD in said rag. ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 05:01:11 EDT From: JObinv01@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Re: ** This Love. ** In a message dated 02/06/00 02:22:27 GMT Daylight Time, thom.wallace@net.ntl.com writes: << answer to the question of who composed "This Love". This is a Jerry Burns/Craig Armstrong composition >> I heard an interview with Jerry Burns on the radio about a year ago and the interviewer introduced her as someone who has written songs for several people including Bryan Ferry. I posted this to the list at the time to see if anyone knew anything about it, now the mystery has been solved. She comes from Cumbernauld in Scotland which is 4 miles from where I was brought up and went to school with my sister, she has an excellent debut album called "Jerry Burns" ( I can't spell eponymous) which has one of my favourite songs 'Casually Unkind' It's good to see our man is working with some Scots, I am packing up all my Keyboards, guitars and amplifiers into my old Renault 4 and heading to my friends croft in the middle of the Highlands at the weekend to write some songs, I wonder if Bryan is busy this weekend.... J.O'B. ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:25:31 +0100 From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: RE: [AVALON] Language perleeeese And I remember her interviewing Eno for the NME in the early 70's with a classic set of photos to accompany the piece. Chrissie all splayed legs and pout (so nothing new there then), Eno in black kimono and lank locks (when he had some). I vaguely recall the interview was laden with innuendo, a definite case of dim the lights you can guess the rest. And the way CH behaved around Wor Bry on Later with Jools Holland last year I wonder if she wasn't contemplating adding Mr Ferry to her long list of conquests. Jocelyn - -----Original Message----- From: Theresa Fagan [mailto:tfagan@neo.rr.com] Sent: 02 June 2000 02:53 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Language perleeeese we Akron girls gotta stick together ---> Chrissie was a writer. - --TriTri - -----Original Message----- From: Turner, Chris (cturner) | Even Chrissie Hynde was a photographer on the NME... ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:29:08 +0100 From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: RE: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME And he is of course master of the catchphrase. Nice to see you, to see you.... Good game! Good game! Genius. - -----Original Message----- From: Martin Stockman [mailto:martinstockman@btinternet.com] Sent: 02 June 2000 09:25 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME - ---------- > Irony. Although it should be said that, in common with the Queen Mum, Boy George and Neil Hubbard, Brucie was and remains an English treasure. ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 11:24:12 +0100 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] This Love : A state of mind As the days dwindle down I find myself approaching the forthcoming compilation release, Slave to Love, with a philosophical bent. I appreciate that some Avalonions feel short-changed that they must shell out sixteen quid / bucks for a collection of songs that, in all likelihood, they already own. The addition of the intriguing "This Love", however, gives the purchase meaning. Whereas I was resigned to buying the CD for it's jewel case design now I anxiously await the release date to hear this year's remodel. Yours, in a sleeping bag outside Tower Records, Martino ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 06:37:01 EDT From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Studio Outtakes To follow up on Colleen's request: What is the deal on studio outtakes that was referenced here on the list last week? Who's got 'em and how do we get 'em? It's not nice to play with your toys in front of the other kids unless you're willing to share. Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 07:49:02 EDT From: JFROXY@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME In a message dated 02/06/00 09:37:53 GMT Daylight Time, martinstockman@btinternet.com writes: << >> I think so. I also remember prancing gameshow host Bruce "Brucie" Forsyth >> rave reviewing LITD in said rag. > > Why on Earth would he be writing in the NME? Granted, it was a long time ago, > but still . . . was he not regarded with the same contempt (is that the right > word?) in those days as he is now? >> I still have Brucie's review of LITD somewhere, it was in the Sounds, if I remember correctly, not the NME. I also have Tony Parson's "Single of the week" review of SOTT, both will be printed as soon as I find them. BTW "For your pleasure" (live) was reviewed as "B-side of the week" .....true. JF ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:34:49 -0000 From: "Mike Leigh" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME > > I still have Brucie's review of LITD somewhere, it was in the Sounds, if I > remember correctly, not the NME. I'm 99.9% certain that Brucie reviewed in NME - I was a regular reader at the time and only rarely read Sounds. If you've still got the copy and it's in Sounds then that just another example of my creeping senility! Mike ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 13:40:56 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: [AVALON] Brucie is NO BONUS I have an intense dislike of the elongated-chin man, and there's one word that succinctly describes him, but children, old people and those of a nervous disposition may find it too much to take. Let's just say it has 4 letters, hard on the outside and soft in the middle (that's the sound of the word, not a description of what it means). Also he reminds me of a rather slimey relative in my family. Nice game nice game. Oh what a shame, I feel for you, I really do! SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:00:18 +0100 From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: [AVALON] New Hideaway Just heard that L'Escapade the discreet yet historical little wattering hole in South Kensington is to reopen under a new guise as a members bar on June 14th . Frequented in the past by everyone from the Stones to Carlos the Jackal it is now tipped to be THE hang-out for a new generation of hip popsters. And guess who lives just down the road? Remember you read it here first. Mystic Meg ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:31:43 +0200 From: Kicki Gustafsson Subject: [AVALON] Angel Eyes ...and what was the final answer to my qustion: Which version of Angel Eyes appear on the remastered CD Manofesto? Are there one on the jewelcase and one on the other? (seems to stupid to believe). /Kicki G - ------------------------ Kicki Gustafsson, nattchef/webredaktör Östersunds-Posten 063-16 16 51 http://www.op.se http://www.torget.se/users/k/KickiG (privat hemsida) ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 16:03:42 GMT From: "Alexander Byles" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Angel Eyes Kicki, as somebody correctly mentioned, it is the original and not the disco version of Angel Eyes that appears on the jewel case remastered Manifesto CD. I'm sorry, I don't know about the Remastered LP type CD. Alex. >From: Kicki Gustafsson >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org >To: avalon@smoe.org >Subject: [AVALON] Angel Eyes >Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:31:43 +0200 > >...and what was the final answer to my qustion: Which version of Angel Eyes >appear on the remastered CD Manofesto? Are there one on the jewelcase and >one on the other? (seems to stupid to believe). > >/Kicki G > >------------------------ >Kicki Gustafsson, nattchef/webredaktör >Östersunds-Posten 063-16 16 51 >http://www.op.se >http://www.torget.se/users/k/KickiG (privat hemsida) > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 09:50:35 -0700 From: William Sommers Subject: Re: [AVALON] Angel Eyes At 04:03 PM 6/2/00 +0000, Alexander Byles wrote: > Kicki, > > as somebody correctly mentioned, it is the original and not the > disco version of Angel Eyes that appears on the jewel case remastered > Manifesto CD. I'm sorry, I don't know about the Remastered LP type CD. The same (read: non-disco version). -wfs ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 18:56:13 +0200 From: Kicki Gustafsson Subject: Re: [AVALON] Angel Eyes >At 04:03 PM 6/2/00 +0000, Alexander Byles wrote: > > > Kicki, > > > > as somebody correctly mentioned, it is the original and not the > > disco version of Angel Eyes that appears on the jewel case remastered > > Manifesto CD. I'm sorry, I don't know about the Remastered LP type CD. > >The same (read: non-disco version). > > > -wfs Thanks! /Kicki - ------------------------ Kicki Gustafsson, nattchef/webredaktör Östersunds-Posten 063-16 16 51 http://www.op.se http://www.torget.se/users/k/KickiG (privat hemsida) ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 18:15:36 +0100 From: "Killip family" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME I no longer have easy access to the press cutting of the Bruce Forsyth review of LITD but I do recall that he was a "guest" reviwer for Sounds that particular week. He selected LITD as his single of the entire batch, and (I think) he predicted it would make No. 1. I also recall that he ended his review with "and lots of luck to Roxy Music" or some similiar sentiment. My Roxy-crazed friend Mark, expressed horror and revulsion at the time when made aware of chinnie's support for the lads...horror that still seems to be echoing down the decades. David Killip----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Brucie's review of LITD in NME > In a message dated 02/06/00 09:37:53 GMT Daylight Time, > martinstockman@btinternet.com writes: > > << > >> I think so. I also remember prancing gameshow host Bruce "Brucie" Forsyth > >> rave reviewing LITD in said rag. > > > > Why on Earth would he be writing in the NME? Granted, it was a long time > ago, > > but still . . . was he not regarded with the same contempt (is that the > right > > word?) in those days as he is now? > >> > > I still have Brucie's review of LITD somewhere, it was in the Sounds, if I > remember correctly, not the NME. I also have Tony Parson's "Single of the > week" review of SOTT, both will be printed as soon as I find them. BTW "For > your pleasure" (live) was reviewed as "B-side of the week" .....true. > > JF > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 19:32:19 +0100 From: "Rob Edwards" Subject: RE: [AVALON] ** This Love. ** I can't remember if this has been mentioned but Carlton TV will be filming the Castle Howard concert on August 18th for broadcast at a later date. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of thom.wallace@net.ntl.com Sent: 02 June 2000 00:11 To: Avalon Subject: [AVALON] ** This Love. ** I got a call earlier from Jim Lawn with the following answer to the question of who composed "This Love". This is a Jerry Burns/Craig Armstrong composition and it hails from the David Stewart sessions from around 1997/8. So there's a nice scottish connection in there. Jim would also like to send his thanks to all the avalonians who have been posting to the official Ferry site and hopes to see some of us at the open air shows over the next couple of months. Btw, Richard could you give Jim a call over the wekend. It still looks like the video from Paris will be the one used for the autumn release though there were a few other show that had been filmed under consideration. Cheers, Tom. ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 22:00:09 +0100 From: "Laura Shadbolt" Subject: Re: [AVALON] NME Reviewers Sorry everyone, I posted this with the wrong Subject. Bloody digests! > Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:13:33 +0100 > From: "Martin Stockman" > Subject: Re: [AVALON] NME Reviewers > > - ---------- > >From: "David Squires" Didn't someone > > make "Sign of the Times" single of the week in NME, though? Wasn't > > it Tony Parsons? I'll have to check that, too... > > > > I think so. I also remember prancing gameshow host Bruce "Brucie" Forsyth > rave reviewing LITD in said rag. Why on Earth would he be writing in the NME? Granted, it was a long time ago, but still . . . was he not regarded with the same contempt (is that the right word?) in those days as he is now? And it's not as if he's a noted important character in the music industry . . . Laura ___________________________________________________________________________ The indestructible tagline farts in your general direction. 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