From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #102 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Thursday, March 15 2001 Volume 06 : Number 102 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece ["Guy Lawley" ] Re: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece ["Tim Kendrick" ] Re: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece ["Tim Kendrick" ] Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! [Popsmvp@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] I could show you in a word... [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square ["Tim Kendrick" ] Re: [AVALON] Trower [ASchulberg@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] Re:Songs of the Century [Daniel Atterbom ] [AVALON] Country Life [Richard Evans ] [AVALON] Cl - Casanova [Richard Evans ] Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square [ASchulberg@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Country Life [ASchulberg@aol.com] [AVALON] Conversation ["Tara Rogers" ] RE: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square [Marcia Sexton ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 10:08:17 -0000 From: "Guy Lawley" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece Country Life was the second album I ever bought. The first was These Foolish Things. It was my first summer with a bit of money of my own, 1974, aged 16, first summer job. "Pop music" was pretty much banned in our house, but the coach which took me and my brother to school played Radio 1 in the morning, and I started to pick up on the sound of Elton John and David Bowie, and sneakily tune the radio to pop stations when the parents were out. I heard These Foolish Things, the title track, one day and was mesmerised. After I got the album I think a friend told me Ferry sang with a band called Roxy Music, and Country Life was my second ever album purchase a bit later. Despite *that* cover, my dad relaxed a bit about the pop issue and actually listened to some of the songs. He was a big jazz fan (instrumentals only). He picked up on the irony in Ferry's lyrics before I did. In fact I was very serious about the songs, and was actually rather offended when he suggested that Ferry might be "taking the piss"! "More champagne, to lose the pain, would be very nice. So I'll help myself to one more drink, and I'll find myself if it takes all night." (I quote from a fallible memory here) was one bit of lyric which I pondered over after paternal comment! Anyway, the points of this rambling are: (a) there must be a whole "generation" of us fans who can define ourselves by Country Life being our first Roxy "moment" (b) I like 3&9 too, particularly as it came soon enough after the whole decimal currency conversion to resonante on that chord if no other (c) Soon after buying CL I got the rest of the albums in order and the first 2 became firm favourites. I started to see CL (and even Stranded) as a wilful slide towards mainstream commercial success, and thus A Bad Thing. (d) Now however it's possible to appreciate the later albums for their many merits. In fact, hearing the songs brought back to life at A Mad Affair by the excellent Remake/Remodel really reminded me how good some of that Jobson era material is. Well done those Dutch blokes! Guy - -----Original Message----- Jane Collard Country Life is my favourite too. Out of the Blue, The Thrill of It All and All I Want is You all easily make it into my top 10 Roxy tracks (although Triptych comes in pretty near the bottom of my "worst ever" selection). It was also the first Roxy album I bought & My Dad bought Country LIfe and These Foolish Things for me as a Christmas gift. Country Life was wrapped in dark green shrink-wrap in the states, so I was just as shocked as he was... It remains an all time fave, though. Andrew in Chicago ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:51:12 +0100 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: RE: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece At 10.08 +0000 1-03-15, Guy Lawley wrote: >Anyway, the points of this rambling are: >(a) there must be a whole "generation" of us fans who can define ourselves >by Country Life being our first Roxy "moment" In my case, as wellnas Kicki, it was "Siren" with "LitD" and the 76 Stockholm concert that was the first Roxy "moment". I am being a year younger then you. >(b) I like 3&9 too, particularly as it came soon enough after the whole >decimal currency conversion to resonante on that chord if no other I did not understand that double meaning until many years later. >(c) Soon after buying CL I got the rest of the albums in order and the first >2 became firm favourites. I started to see CL (and even Stranded) as a >wilful slide towards mainstream commercial success, and thus A Bad Thing. I bought "For Your Pleasure" in Athens Greece 1976. I still have that Greek version. >(d) Now however it's possible to appreciate the later albums for their many >merits. In fact, hearing the songs brought back to life at A Mad Affair by >the excellent Remake/Remodel really reminded me how good some of that Jobson >era material is. Well done those Dutch blokes! I like all albums up and until "Viva" and I like the others in another way. The first six LP's are nostalgia to me i e I didn't listen so much when they came out, the later albums I bought as soon I knew about them. Why did your father dislike rock music? My older brother turned me on the Hendrix and The Who when I was ten. My parents only minded Ferry's vewrsion of "These Foolish Things", they thought that the original was better. Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 07:54:05 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] Stranded rulez! I knew it! Colleen, beneath that rational exterior of yours, you are a "hopeless romantic". Best wishes. KBP ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 08:12:41 -0500 From: "Tim Kendrick" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece >My Dad bought Country LIfe and These Foolish Things for me as a Christmas >gift. Country Life was wrapped in dark green shrink-wrap in the states, so I >was just as shocked as he was... > Do you know how long the original cover lasted in the US at the time before it was replaced with that bizarre photo of ferns? ( Well, bizarre in context.) I bought an import copy of the second sleeve about ten years ago, so it remained the official US package for a very long time. As far as I know, this cover has never, anywhere, been used on CD? Tim ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:03:40 +0100 From: Kicki Gustafsson Subject: Re: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece Den 01-03-15 13.51, skrev "Daniel Atterbom" : > At 10.08 +0000 1-03-15, Guy Lawley wrote: >> Anyway, the points of this rambling are: >> (a) there must be a whole "generation" of us fans who can define ourselves >> by Country Life being our first Roxy "moment" > > In my case, as wellnas Kicki, it was "Siren" with "LitD" and the 76 > Stockholm concert that was the first Roxy "moment". I am being a year > younger then you. Yes, the concert filmed by Swedish Television during the Siren tour was my first Roxy moment, but my first Roxy record was indeed Country Life, and that record is still very special to me. It was for many years my favourite, but today I usually name Stranded as the best Roxy album. /Kicki G - yes, she's still alive... ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 08:12:25 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] A day in the Country Life " You get a rough crowd among the Avalonians." Hear, hear! ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 08:32:01 -0500 From: "Tim Kendrick" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece >Country Life was the second album I ever bought. >. > Funny how many people have particular memories of this album. I do too - it was the first Roxy or Ferry I ever heard. My older brother had a copy, and I'd looked at the sleeve a few times and been strangely attracted to it. And one day when he was out I sneaked into his room and played it. and I was mesmerised. Still pre-pubescent though I was, I knew it was all about sex, but also that it was world-weary and oddly grown-up. ( The pop I knew was the kind of pop young kids like - bland, safe, and/or utter trash. ' Rock' meant Alice Copper, God help me,. and the Beatles, long since vanished.) It was the strangest, most evocative voice I'd ever heard, and - forgive me, I was a kid! - I was struck by how 'low' it was, most pop singers of course having 'high' voices. And I had never heard an 'upper class' pop singer, either. Perhaps the weirdest thing of all - and I believe this to be true, I don't think it's a 'false' memory - the picture I got in my head of the singer from the name and the voice was pretty much exactly right. The lyric sheet was there, of course, and I noticed how well the lyrics read - not, obviously, that I thought of it in quite that way. The 'pop/poetry' argument has always seemed to me an absurd and wrong-headed one, but to this day I think Ferry's lyrics work better on paper than those of virtually any other pop songwriter. Tim ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:25:12 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece In a message dated 03/15/2001 8:31:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, kicki.gustafsson@op.se writes: > Yes, the concert filmed by Swedish Television during the Siren tour was my > Is that video available anywhere? Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:18:45 +0100 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece At 09.25 -0500 1-03-15, ASchulberg@aol.com wrote: >Is that video available anywhere? No it is not and Swedish TV is not allowed to sell the recording of Stockholm 1976 to me. Phil Manzanera ought to buy it and sell the whole concert. Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:37:01 -0000 From: terry.lane@rs-components.com Subject: RE: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece I have this on video from Japanese Television, very poor quality though. Terry - -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Atterbom [mailto:daniel.atterbom@odata.se] Sent: 15 March 2001 15:19 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece At 09.25 -0500 1-03-15, ASchulberg@aol.com wrote: >Is that video available anywhere? No it is not and Swedish TV is not allowed to sell the recording of Stockholm 1976 to me. Phil Manzanera ought to buy it and sell the whole concert. Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon *************************************************************** The contents of this Email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The views stated herein do not necessarily represent the view of the company. 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While I find Mr Mathers quite talented, I find that you need a highly developed sense of cultural literacy and Irony to listen to him. Neither of which my ten year old has. Anyway, my Mother was telling my son about the days when my older brother and I were first getting into music. How relieved she was that I discovered the Partridge Family (three short years from there to the Sex Pistols...). How she insisted that my brother take his kid brother (me!) along to one show, on the ill-founded theory that he wouldn't smoke pot if he had a ten-year old in tow. For the record, that show was Bob Marley, with Bruce Springsteen as an opener. Neither were famous yet, and it didn't sell out. Then she told of how my brother had wanted to see Alice Cooper in Concert, and how she would only let him if she and my Dad went too. They were fans of Perry Como at the time, and were not prepared for the dead babies and the guillotine in his show. Well, she said, after that, seeing that I liked a handsome singer in a white tux was positively a relief. Til she saw the album covers... Andrew in Chicago ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 12:26:29 EST From: Avalon887@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! I went to Pollstar.com and got list of dates --- much to my disappointment they will be playing Madison Square Garden in NYC I have never been far from the stage (and I've seen them on almost every tour in NYC since early 70s) and it is unfathomable (sp?) to me seeing them in a place so big - how could do they do this to us? Anyway, as much as I don't like it, I will not pass up the opportunity to see Roxy Music once again! Eileen in Kew Gardens, NY ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 12:42:33 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Trower Just listening to the Wolverhampton concert and I must say that Trower adds as much to the Mamouna tour as Jobson did to his era of Roxy, that hard, steely, fiery, solidity, a fullness of sound. One trivial question. When the concert started, would Trower be out front with the band or did he get a separate entrance prior to Ferry? Or did they walk out onstage together? Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:22:55 EST From: OBrienFerry@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Trower In a message dated 15/03/01 18:07:15 GMT Standard Time, ASchulberg@aol.com writes: << One trivial question. When the concert started, would Trower be out front with the band or did he get a separate entrance prior to Ferry? Or did they walk out onstage together? >> He was out in front with the band. J.O'B. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:25:08 -0000 From: "Niki H" Subject: [AVALON] best ever lyrics "I tried to drown my sorrows,but my sorrows they learned to swim".it could have been written by Bryan but it's Bono. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:25:10 EST From: Popsmvp@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! I can't believe that Roxy could fill Madison Square Garden, which I believe has a seating capacity of 35,000. I mean, it's wonderful if they COULD fill it, but I wonder if they SHOULD?? I've seen my share of bands at MSG, but they've all been the sort of bands that are loud and predictable, ie Led Zeppelin and the Who. Seeing Roxy there is sort of like displaying the Mona Lisa at your local Walmart. The two just don't have anything in common! Does anyone besides me loathe the day that rock and roll became an industry? What with Ticketfuhrer and the whole corporate-seating monopoly, going to see your favorite group live is almost more trouble than it's worth. It's all about competition and stress and who can get to the ticket counter or phone first. Makes me almost glad I'm an old fart who can remember fondly when getting concert tickets for ANY band was only a matter of walking to your local head shop or record store and forking out $5 or $6. I saw Roxy in a 500-seat "music theatre" in 1979 and the ticket cost $6.50. Why has it all gone so haywire? It's only assailing............ PattyO ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:39:26 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] I could show you in a word... I'm late to this [favorite lyrics] thread since I've barely been in my own home over the last 6 weeks, so my inbox is a bit of jumble. My leaping to the defense of _Siren_ yesterday morning (Hi Simon!) and my evening engagement at the opening of a museum show about Disney and the "architecture of reassurance" which was curated by a former graduate advisor (and which therefore necessitated something to cut the, uh, "irony"), led me to dig out the aforementioned album. I always think that "Sentimental Fool," with its aching opening of "Surely you cannot be leading me on?" is the song which gets to me the most on _Siren_. That's because I keep forgetting that "Just Another High" is next. They lyrics say all the things your friends won't let you dwell on when you're broken-hearted: Maybe your heart is aching I wouldn't know, now would I? Maybe your spirit's breaking up I shouldn't care, now should I? Maybe you're thinking of me Well I don't know, now do I? Though I'm too proud to say it Oh how I long too see you Shattered by dreams, by your goodbye I suppose Ferry has written more "poetic" lines, but I don't think there's another song in his oeuvre--with the possible exception of "Now or Never" or the piano only version of "The Only Face"--which packs the same emotional punch, and I think that is due to his outstanding delivery of this song. And of those other two as well, come to think of it. On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, KB Porter wrote: > I knew it! > > Colleen, beneath that rational exterior of yours, you are a "hopeless > romantic". Was there really ever any doubt? Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:43:59 -0500 From: "Tim Kendrick" Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square But have they announced yet when tickets go on sale there? I've never been to Madison Square Gardens - just how big is it? Perhaps Avalonians in the area should go to Boston instead? Less than 3 hours from NYC by train. Tim - -----Original Message----- From: Avalon887@aol.com To: avalon@smoe.org Date: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! >I went to Pollstar.com and got list of dates --- >much to my disappointment they will be playing Madison Square Garden in NYC >I have never been far from the stage (and I've seen them on almost every tour >in NYC since early 70s) and it is unfathomable (sp?) to me seeing them in a >place so big - how could do they do this to us? Anyway, as much as I don't >like it, I will not pass up the opportunity to see Roxy Music once again! >Eileen in Kew Gardens, NY > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The subliminable footer says: >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:01:36 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 Popsmvp@aol.com wrote: > I can't believe that Roxy could fill Madison Square Garden, which I > believe has a seating capacity of 35,000. I mean, it's wonderful if Its capacity is about 22,000. > they COULD fill it, but I wonder if they SHOULD?? I've seen my share > of bands at MSG, but they've all been the sort of bands that are loud > and predictable, ie Led Zeppelin and the Who. Seeing Roxy there is > sort of like displaying the Mona Lisa at your local Walmart. The two > just don't have anything in common! This is a world tour which is setting out to make, and not lose, money. Did you really expect the first Roxy tour in decades to play tiny clubs? > Does anyone besides me loathe the day that rock and roll became an > industry? What with Ticketfuhrer and the whole corporate-seating Rock and roll has been an industry from the very beginning. On a smaller scale, to be sure, but an industry nevertheless. > and forking out $5 or $6. I saw Roxy in a 500-seat "music theatre" in > 1979 and the ticket cost $6.50. Why has it all gone so haywire? Because it's 20 years later, and everything cost more. Plus these guys are no longer the hungry young guys looking to break into the music world. At this point in their careers this tour better be worth it to them financially speaking. Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:03:05 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Trower In a message dated 03/15/2001 1:53:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, OBrienFerry@aol.com writes: > One trivial question. When the concert started, would Trower be out front > with the band or did he get a separate entrance prior to Ferry? Or did they > walk out onstage together? > >> > > > He was out in front with the band. > > Thanks. I love the fact that a trivial question like this can be answered immediately and without disdain. Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:05:37 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Tim Kendrick wrote: > I've never been to Madison Square Gardens - just how big is it? > Perhaps Avalonians in the area should go to Boston instead? Less than > 3 hours from NYC by train. A little over (3.5 hours) that only by the Acela Express. Otherwise it's 5.5 hours (plus delays sez the Amtrak veteran). Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:05:47 EST From: Avalon887@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square Hi Boston Fleet Center (around 18,000-20,000) isn't much better than NYC MSG which has 20,000 capacity --- I saw Bruce Springsteen at the Fleet Center 2 summers ago - seeing Bruce there was awesome. However, seeing our main man Bryan there is another story altogether. I also don't believe that they will sell out such places. Why couldn't they go back to the Beacon or Radio City Music Hall? ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:10:12 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square In a message dated 03/15/2001 1:56:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, tim63@earthlink.net writes: > I've never been to Madison Square Gardens - just how big is it? > It's not the Garden itself, it's the Madison Square Garden Theater. A review of a recent Joni Mitchell concert there read, "An old room, the Theater at MSG, which has been the Felt Forum, the Paramount and has seen a lot of history." So, apparently it's the old Felt Forum. Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:12:59 EST From: Avalon887@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square I was considering going to Boston or Philly as well but not now. Not going to spend the extra money to see them at a big arena plus the cost of getting there and finding a place to sleep. Some people might disagree with me on this but I'd rather spend more money for great seats at MSG than on traveling to other cities. And I don't want to give up this chance to see Roxy Music once again! Eileen in Kew Gardens ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:20:23 +0100 From: M Gus Subject: [AVALON] Test Manifest Testing the avalon-connection with my new email address. Bought Manifesto today, the one in the cardboard box. There seems to be a little piece of paper with it, that has Japanese icons on it. Does anyone know what it means? Or are it just random icons to confuse possible buyers? Mgus my own domain! my own domain! http://www.gusart.nl ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:23:17 +0100 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re:Songs of the Century At 09.30 -0600 1-03-12, Mary Korfanty wrote: >There were 365 songs picked for Tunes of the Century. Not any were of >Ferry! The top five songs were-------'Over the Rainbow' Judy Garland >#2---'White Christmas' Bing Crosby -----#3 'This Land is Your Land' >Woody Guthrie----#4 'Respect' Aretha Franklin #5 ' Amarican Pie' Don >McLean.-------At #22 was Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Otis Redding.#52 >'Light My Fire ' Doors. #58 'God Bless the Child'Billie Holiday. #365 >was 'All along the Watchtower' Jimi Hendrix. I saved the list if anyone >has a favorite & want to know where it came in or if It even made the >365 songs. I only found the listings by decade, where on the net are they listed from 1 to 365? If you can e-mail it to me off list I'll be grateful. Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:48:04 -0000 From: "michael ferguson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy Music Tour 2001 Hi David Mike Ferguson & wife, Carole, heading for Birmingham MF - ----- Original Message ----- From: David Squires To: Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 11:56 PM Subject: [AVALON] Roxy Music Tour 2001 > You may remember that I offered to collate information about list > members attending the various Roxy Music concerts around the world > this year - thus: > > 1. You contact me off list at Roxy_Tour@squires.nildram.co.uk and > let me know which date or dates you'll be at. > > 2. I will collect and collate this information (names and email > addresses) and put it up on a website, the address of which I'll > advertise in a message here when it's up. > > 3. Everybody will then know who's likely to be at each show and can > then make contact _off list_ if they so wish. Details of a venue for a > pre or post gig meeting can also be posted to the web page via the > above address. > > Firstly, apologies for the delay. I hope things will be up before the > tour! I have the information (thanks particularly to John Dillon for > the developing North American situation) but my HTML skills are > developing slowly and I've been really busy at work closing rural rights > of way because of the foot and mouth disease outbreak. However, all > my paths are now signed as closed and I'm confined to barracks for > the foreseeable future, so some progress soon people. > > David > -- > David Squires, Wimbotsham, Norfolk, UK > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > The subliminable footer says: > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:54:26 EST From: AvalonSirena@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square In a message dated 3/15/01 2:37:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, ASchulberg@aol.com writes: > The Theater at MSG seats around 5,500 so it's comparable in size to Radio City Music Hall. Based on the gap between dates, it looks like they've left room to add more shows here as needed. Felicia (who will be at the NY and Camden shows) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:12:23 +0000 From: Richard Evans Subject: [AVALON] Country Life response Colleen Although I disagree about Siren your comment about Avalon is spot on. It just has that thang that somehoe BF can't recapture, probably because there's no Andy or Phil Cheers Richard "Nothing comes close before, and nothing comes close afterwards (except, I'd argue, _Avalon_, which Ferry has spent his solo career trying to recapture, I'd also argue). Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:17:57 +0000 From: Richard Evans Subject: [AVALON] Country Life Arnie Thanks for the Jobson info. I checked with TGPT and he confirmed its Eddie. I thought the PM/AM ending to OOTB on the Manifesto tour was great as well but if we can't have EJ then Lucy Wilkins will have to do. Also makes the possibility of mouth watering Thrill of it All and If there is something to name a couple Cheers Richard Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:01:21 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Country Life - The lost masterpiece In a message dated 03/13/2001 5:59:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, stevesiren@netscapeonline.co.uk writes: > (By the way, is the > > Jobson, pure Jobson, and the acme of his tenure with the band, IMHO. On later tours, PM played this as a guitar solo. I had mistakenly thought BF played it as a harmonica solo!!!!!! I will weigh in later with a few more reasons why Country Life is the best Roxy Music album. Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:21:39 +0000 From: Richard Evans Subject: [AVALON] Cl - Casanova I hate the BF version of Casanova although it suited the ATGB tour. The original is still the best Cheers Richard ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:47:14 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square In a message dated 03/15/2001 3:23:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, AvalonSirena@aol.com writes: > Based on the gap between dates, it looks like they've left > Au contraire. They need the space to fill in a few dates in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Charleston, West Virginia (I wish as to that last one). Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:48:32 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Country Life In a message dated 03/15/2001 3:35:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, evansr@cableinet.co.uk writes: > I checked with TGPT and he confirmed its > Eddie. I thought the PM/AM ending to OOTB on the Manifesto tour was > Any word on whether Paul has been approached to do the tour? Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 22:51:38 -0000 From: "Tara Rogers" Subject: [AVALON] Conversation I just had to share with all of you the conversation I recently had with one of my customers at the Blockbuster Video I work at in Western Canada. Hardly anyone out here has ever heard of BF/RM, so it always makes me happy when I find someone who has heard of them, never mind like their music. Mind you, this lady is from Yorkshire(?). Customer(Gina): Hullo, just returning this, Tara. Me: : Oh, hey, The Match was pretty good, did you like it? Gina: : Yeah, it was pretty funny. I really liked it when they kicked the jukebox and an old Roxy Music song came on. Me: : Yeah, that was awesome, then they played 'Oh Yeah' later on, I thought that was really great. Gina: : You know who Roxy Music are? How old are you? Me: : 23, oh yeah, I think Bryan Ferry's the man. Gina(drifting off into a daydream): Yes, he is a bit of a sexbomb, isn't he? Me: : Well, uh, yeah(secretly thinking 'keep your hands off, lady, he's mine) Okay, so the conversation I had was of no informational value, but it made me laugh, made me feel like I wasn't the only one out here who loved the music. I just felt like I had to share it all of you, don't ask me why. Hope you're all having a great day. Tara _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:02:40 -0800 From: Marcia Sexton Subject: RE: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square Put my vote in for Portland, Oregon! Marcia Sexton Office Assistant Grubb & Ellis/Northland Real Estate marcias@genorth.com Office: 541.345.2361 Fax: 541.345.5461 - -----Original Message----- From: ASchulberg@aol.com [SMTP:ASchulberg@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:47 PM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] More ROXY US Dates!!! Madison Square In a message dated 03/15/2001 3:23:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, AvalonSirena@aol.com writes: > Based on the gap between dates, it looks like they've left > Au contraire. They need the space to fill in a few dates in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Charleston, West Virginia (I wish as to that last one). Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:59:26 +0100 From: "Han Snijders" Subject: Re: [AVALON] I could show you in a word... Colleen wrote... > I suppose Ferry has written more "poetic" lines, but I don't think there's > another song in his oeuvre--with the possible exception of "Now or Never" Now or Never??? never heard of that one Han ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:29:11 +0100 From: "Han Snijders" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Cl - Casanova I love Bryan version of it, far more than the CL version. Obvious Casanova is one of Bryans favories because he played it on on the In your mind, manifesto, F+B, Bete Noire, Mamouna (?) and the ATGB tour. Really liked the funky manifesto-tour version but the ATGB arrangement is for me the best one. Very transparent ...the percussion, violins and that incredible sax as a layer on top That's BF..monumental, a precious jewel > I hate the BF version of Casanova although it suited the ATGB tour. The > original is still the best > > Cheers > > Richard > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > The subliminable footer says: > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #102 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest