From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #164 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Thursday, May 3 2001 Volume 06 : Number 164 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Covers [Leonard_Thomson@firstbs.com] Re: [AVALON] Covers ["Simon Galloway" ] Re: [AVALON] Covers ["Therese O'Donnell" ] Re: [AVALON] Covers ["tmoq" ] Re: [AVALON] Stepping down in the wee hours [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] Covers [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] Covers ["Simon Galloway" ] Re: [AVALON] Covers [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] Covers ["Simon Galloway" ] [AVALON] Bryan at Le Grand Rex - is he OUT yet?? [Heather James ] Re: [AVALON] Covers [Popsmvp@aol.com] RE: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? ["Marcia Sexton" ] [AVALON] Re; "So..why the long.. [beauxb@cwctv.net] Re: [AVALON] Covers [Helchat@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] you owe me some kind of love [KB Porter ] Re: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? [Richard Evans ] RE: [AVALON] Covers ["Marcia Sexton" ] [AVALON] Atlanta Roxy Date and the rest of the Tour [jmdillon@mindspring.] RE: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? ["Marcia Sexton" ] [AVALON] here as i sit ........ Rhapsody DIVINE intervention ???? ["dani] Re: [AVALON] Covers [Miles Goosens ] Re: [AVALON] Atlanta Roxy Date and the rest of the Tour [Miles Goosens Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers I remember them! Drowning In The Sea Of Love and Broken Land (which was very similar to Ship Of Fools by World Party, around the same time). I'd rather hear original stuff, but if he's doing covers then the approach of ATGB would be preferable, rather than the stuck-in-a-rut-groove/tune avoidance technique employed on Taxi. Will You Love Me Tomorrow is the only track I can listen to from that album. I was listening to an old Robyn Hitchcock radio session and before one of the tracks he says "I'm going to imagine I'm Bryan Ferry singing this one" and launches into some old celtic folk song sounding thing. And using my imagination I could hear where he was coming from, which gave me the idea tha Bryan should tackle some old traditional folk songs, a bit like Nick Cave and his Murder Ballads album I suppose. There's some great songs that given the right treatment and sympathetic arrangements could work wonders! SimonG >>> 05/03 9:18 am >>> There was a brilliant Irish band a few years back called The Adventures. One of their tracks, 'Sweet Burning Love For You' must've been written with Bryan in mind. They come thoroughly recommended. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 09:39:19 -0000 From: "Therese O'Donnell" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers BF Covers? I do like the 1930's stuff so I'd go for 'Brother can you spare a dime' (just for the irony of it) and 'Good Morning Heartache' which Billie Holliday made famous-ish. For the Weimar stuff what about 'Lilli Marlene' (a bit early but you know what I mean - I'd pay good money to see him do the military look on TOTP with that one). I wouldn't mind hearing him do 'La Vie en Rose' as well. I wouldn't mind hearing him do 'Waterloo Sunset' by the Kinks although some people might consider that a potential or actual travesty. Out of character stuff? - What about 'Wild Thing' by the Troggs? (Forgive me if he has done these and I just appear ignorant.) Ta Ta Therese _________________________________________________________________________ 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, 3 May 2001 06:39:41 -0400 From: "tmoq" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers - -----Original Message----- From: Therese O'Donnell To: avalon@smoe.org Date: Thursday, May 03, 2001 5:56 AM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers > >Out of character stuff? - What about 'Wild Thing' by the Troggs? > Or Lou Reed`s "Walk On the Wild Side"? Better yet, "Caroline Says II" Gene...up way too early. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 08:17:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] Stepping down in the wee hours On Thu, 3 May 2001 jas2347@speedsite.com wrote: > Since when is being on Conan's show a significant step down? Conan's > show is on late (11:30 for me), but he is very entertaining and his > musical guests over the years has been very ecclectic and very good. > At least HE does show some interest in the bands and in most cases a > fan of them, just like us. He is MILES beyond the Kinear guy who is > opposite him. You will notice that he has the coolest band on TV lead > Max Weinberg. Even Bruce Springsteen made a "surprise" visit as a > favor to Max last year before his tour. As I noted, I was speaking from a marketing point of view. For the size of the audience and its demographics, you get far more bang for your buck at 11:30 than 12:30. Hence, my comment about it being a "step down." Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 08:21:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers On Thu, 3 May 2001, Simon Galloway wrote: > I was listening to an old Robyn Hitchcock radio session and before one > of the tracks he says "I'm going to imagine I'm Bryan Ferry singing > this one" and launches into some old celtic folk song sounding thing. > And using my imagination I could hear where he was coming from, which > gave me the idea tha Bryan should tackle some old traditional folk > songs, a bit like Nick Cave and his Murder Ballads album I suppose. > There's some great songs that given the right treatment and > sympathetic arrangements could work wonders! Yes, but he did this at the Meltdown show a few years back and people here wanted to crucify him for his performance. Personally, I thought those 2 songs were 2 of the best things he's done in years. That being said, NO MORE "THEME" ALBUMS BRYAN. Even under the best circumstances they're only a sweater (jumper) with a holiday applique on the front--a real "Glamour don't." Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 13:33:09 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers >>> Colleen Matan 05/03 1:21 pm >>> > Personally, I thought those 2 songs were 2 of the best things he's done in > years. That being said, NO MORE "THEME" ALBUMS BRYAN. Even under the > best circumstances they're only a sweater (jumper) with a holiday applique > on the front--a real "Glamour don't." I quite like the idea of him in a chunky-knit sweater, a big shaggy beard with a finger in one ear (preferably his own) singing sea shanties and folk songs. Get Ian Anderson in with him and you're laughing! I also like those two songs from the Meltdown show, it would be interesting if he developed that some more. SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 08:55:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers On Thu, 3 May 2001, Simon Galloway wrote: > I quite like the idea of him in a chunky-knit sweater, a big shaggy > beard with a finger in one ear (preferably his own) singing sea > shanties and folk songs. Get Ian Anderson in with him and you're And to think people here scoffed when I suggested Roger Whittaker when the old chestnut duet thread last came round. Hrrrumph. Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 14:09:24 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers >>> Colleen Matan 05/03 1:55 pm >>> > And to think people here scoffed when I suggested Roger Whittaker when the > old chestnut duet thread last came round. And quite right they should! But Burl Ives would have been pefect! SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 10:14:16 -0400 From: Heather James Subject: [AVALON] Bryan at Le Grand Rex - is he OUT yet?? And this morning HMV (Canada) sent me an email stating that (among other things) they had sent the following item: 1 DVD FERRY*BRYAN LIVE AT LE GRAND REX $30.99 cdn This adds new meaning to the term "Backordered" doesn't it? Sigh - understand that I don't even have a DVD player - tho I'm sure I will get one at some point ... I'd rather pay the $20 (US) now for the DVD than hunt it down later through e-bay at some excessive price ... So, FWIW, Le Grand Rex is available again ... -= )-(eather =- >--------------------< hjames@thewebgal.com TheWebGal Domain: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/ My Roxy Music Pages: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ >--------------------------------------------------------< On May 1st, Heather James wrote: > I ordered Le Grand Rex DVD from HMV earlier this morning and I just > got this "regrets" email from HMV ... > > > Dear HEATHER JAMES; > > > > We regret that up this point we have not been able to fulfill the > > following item(s) within your order. We have been informed by the > > supplier that the item(s) are currently on backorder. > > > > The item(s) are: > > FERRY*BRYAN LIVE AT LE GRAND REX DVD > > > > > > So - if you have it already ... enjoy. > > - > > > -= )-(eather =- > >--------------------< > hjames@thewebgal.com > > > TheWebGal Domain: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/ > My Roxy Music Pages: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ > >--------------------------------------------------------< > > > > Rick wrote: > >> Thank you James! >> I ordered the DVD on Thursday, got it today and just finished watching >> it. Great DVD, I just can't wait to see them in 80 days. On the other >> hand, each and every day I do spend time in amazement that Roxy Music >> is acually reforming! Thanks again for mentioning the availability of >> the DVD in Canada, according to Amazon its not available till June. Hah! >> >> Roxy Rick > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: James James [SMTP:sidmouth58@hotmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 5:12 PM >> To: avalon@smoe.org >> Subject: RE: [AVALON] Le Grand Rex DVD - is it OUT yet?? >> >> Heather, it's on the shelves here in Toronto, Canada and online at >> www.hmv.ca , with favorable U.S. exchange. >> >> James >> > >__________________________________________________________________________ > > >> >> From: "Heather James" >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org >To: >Subject: RE: >> >> [AVALON] Le Grand Rex DVD - is it OUT yet?? >Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 >> 18:41:26 -0400 > > I just got some Marketing SPAM from CD-NOW and I >> looked up my pending order >on >Bryan's Paris DVD - which was due to ship >> mid-April ... but look what they >say: > >Bryan Ferry - Live In Paris At >> Le Grand Rex - 1 DVD 13.99 B Coming Soon >06/19/01 > > JUNE 19th >> ??????????? What happened to the April release date ...? > > > > > -= >> )-(eather =- > >--------------------< > hjames@thewebgal.com > > > >> TheWebGal Domain: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/ > My Roxy Music Pages: >> http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ > >> > > > > - - -- ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 15:19:05 +0100 From: "Nigel Hollis" Subject: [AVALON] AVALON - Editions of me Hello Roxy Fans Worldwide! My name is Nigel and I have recently joined the list. First of all my thanks to "Reecey" for sending some videos (including Cirque Royale - excellent) to me. I have been a fan ever since circa 1972 when on holiday in some grotty caravan park in Wales (no, I am not doing an Anne Robinson - this place was the pits!) wandering around with a freind who had a "three shilling" portable cassette player which, on full volume, consumed five U2 batteries in a single play of Roxy 1. I listened to this album (no choice) for a whole week, but it grew on me bit by bit, and by the time I returned home I was pretty much hooked. Then, my next encounter with Mr Ferry was one boring Saturday night (no money to go to the pub I expect) and happened to be watching the Cilla (sad) Black show and there he was singing T.F.T. Well that was it, he was the man to watch! The really sad bit is, that for some reason or other, I have never got around to seeing Roxy live, and, until the A.T.G.B. at Royal Fest. have never seen the man. Reading all of your various mailings it confirms what I know I have missed. That is until now. So I will be attending Wembley for two nights, with a hotel and two days in London - don`t care what it costs - I have some catching up to do. Look forward to meeting some of you I hope! Nigel. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 10:20:09 EDT From: Popsmvp@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers I can remember immediately shutting off the radio when Frank Sinatra's sickening song "My Way" came on, but really, I don't think there would be a dry eye in the house if Bryan did a version of it . We'd either laugh or cry ourselves silly, depending on the degree of camp he brings to the song. And the nominees are: "My Way"; Jack Scott's 50s classic "The Way I Walk": Magazine's "Song From Under the Floorboards" and Sandie Shaw's "Girl Don't Come". Bizarre enuf? PattyO ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 15:35:46 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers >>> 05/03 3:20 pm >>> > I can remember immediately shutting off the radio when Frank Sinatra's > sickening song "My Way" came on, but really, I don't think there would be a > dry eye in the house if Bryan did a version of it . We'd either laugh or cry > ourselves silly, depending on the degree of camp he brings to the song. It would have to be as camp as a row of tents!!! Ha! I've been waiting for years to use that in an email, thanks to the long forgotten 80s comedian for providing it. Whippet? No, bought it! SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 11:51:56 EDT From: Popsmvp@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers Take my tent.........PLEASE! Yo Simon, maybe you should sing My Way? PattyO ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 09:15:48 -0700 From: "Marcia Sexton" Subject: RE: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? ...Or how about some Marvin Gaye? Sexual Healing and What's Going On? Marcia Sexton - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of stevesiren Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 3:36 PM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? This subject has been touched on before, but I never tire of saying I'd love to see him cover some stateside early sixties numbers as he did with "It's My Party" I suggest Dion's "The Wanderer" I'd love to see the video when he sings the line "I tear open my shirt & show her Rosie on my chest"! (from a aesthetic point of view, of course!) Steve Marcia Sexton wrote: > Hey, for all of you who love Bryan's covers, what would you like to see > Bryan record someday? > > I'd like to see him do Moondance (Van Morrison), At Last (My Love Has Come > Home), One For My Baby (and One More For The Road), and others, of course. > > Marcia Sexton > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 17:21:19 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers I'll do it as the support act at Wembley. With TGPT on drums of course! >>> 05/03 4:51 pm >>> Take my tent.........PLEASE! Yo Simon, maybe you should sing My Way? PattyO ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 17:37:00 +0100 From: beauxb@cwctv.net Subject: [AVALON] Re; "So..why the long.. Q. How many surealist artists' does it take to change a lightbulb? A. Fish! BEAUX. Or contact my Mobile E-Mail at ; beaux@orange.net ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 12:41:26 EDT From: Helchat@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers I don't even hear Frank Sinatra sing "My Way" when I think of this song. I think of the Sex Pistols! And I think Bryan should do some old country songs, something sappy, yet kind of cool, none of that new crap. Helene ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 12:57:48 -0400 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] you owe me some kind of love "why does a website have to have interaction with fans?" Sorry, I wasn't more specific. 'Interaction' was a poor choice of words, what I meant to say was the website is static and stale - a structure left untended, neglected. " what exactly does Mr. Ferry owe us?" Bryan Ferry is a product, a brand name. He is sold to the public. We, the consumer, purchase this brand. Mr. Ferry, on a personal level does not owe us anything - his private life has nothing to do with us. But, Mr. Ferry, the product, owes his livelihood to his consumers. He made the decision to enter the public domain. Historically, royalty, clergy, statesmen, figureheads and other public figures have generally acknowledged and accepted an obligation to their public. Bryan Ferry's only obligation to his fans, in my opinion, is acknowledgment of their existence and acknowledgment of the very important role they play in the support of his livelihood. The marketing of Bryan Ferry could be a bit more sensitive to, and more demonstratively appreciative of, this brand name's consumers. An occasional "Hello, and thank you for your support, glad you like my work" would satisfy me. As a fan, please don't take me for granted, Mr. Ferry - I just may stop feeding you. As I stated earlier, if his music hadn't been so darned good I would have tossed it all into the sale bins long ago. Hope this makes sense, Colleen. Best wishes. KBP ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 13:02:50 -0400 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] you owe me some kind of love < Abuse, indeed. I think you've got it backwards. Why don't you get a good therapist? PattyO (still pissed off, can't you tell?) > Testy, Patty, Oh. Life's too short to be pissed off for so long, don't you know! The pool party's next week. ;^) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 13:07:53 -0400 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] Stepping down in the wee hours Jas wrote: "I do hope Roxy makes maximum exposure on as many tv shows as the can when they get here. More of America needs to see/hear what we have known for a long time. " HEAR, HEAR! And. I think you have something there, Jas, Motown choices would be good for BF covers. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 20:16:26 +0100 From: "ncjones.lewis2" Subject: Re: [AVALON] TOTP2 Can someone please offer me advice on the BBC Audience Unit procedures? I tried to ring them last night (3rd May) only to get the "ring back in office hours" message. I sent them an e-mail and then this morning phoned again, the "talk to someone " option on the phone service took me through to an answer machine. One again I left my request and details. I am yet to get an answer (although I realise that by now it will probably be no!) What are other peoples experiences? Did you get immediate answers? Am I doomed to watching it all on TV? Does anyone want a kidney for a spare pair of tickets? Regards Neil Jones - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jocelyn Fiske To: Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 5:25 PM Subject: [AVALON] TOTP2 > Well I think we just scared the BBC Audience Unit half to death!! > > If any of us are successful in receiving tickets and there are any "spares" > rest assured we will post to the list post haste offering them up. > > Shades of Golders Green? > > > > Jocelyn > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 03 May 2001 21:16:44 +0100 From: Richard Evans Subject: Re: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? A NEW ROXY ALBUM Cheers Richard Marcia Sexton wrote: > ...Or how about some Marvin Gaye? Sexual Healing and What's Going On? > > Marcia Sexton > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > stevesiren > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 3:36 PM > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: Re: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? > > This subject has been touched on before, but I never tire of saying I'd love > to > see him cover some stateside early sixties numbers as he did with "It's My > Party" > I suggest Dion's "The Wanderer" I'd love to see the video when he sings the > line "I tear open my shirt & show her Rosie on my chest"! (from a aesthetic > point of view, of course!) > Steve > > Marcia Sexton wrote: > > > Hey, for all of you who love Bryan's covers, what would you like to see > > Bryan record someday? > > > > I'd like to see him do Moondance (Van Morrison), At Last (My Love Has Come > > Home), One For My Baby (and One More For The Road), and others, of course. > > > > Marcia Sexton > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 03 May 2001 21:18:13 +0100 From: Richard Evans Subject: Re: [AVALON] Complete line-up????? As much as I loved Jimmy Maelan's work on Avalon, please no percussion this time around. Cheers richard SIMON GALLOWAY wrote: > Hmmm, what if she can't play keyboards, they might need someone else to > handle the odd chord, and maybe even a little percussion.... I'm definitely > for Zev Katz on bass, unless he's still busy with Donny Osmond. > > SimonG > > ---------- > >From: Richard Evans > >To: avalon@smoe.org > >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Complete line-up????? > >Date: Sun, Apr 29, 2001, 9:56 pm > > > > > I'll go for yours plus Lucy Wilkins on Violin and second keyboards > > > > Any takers? > > > > Richard > > > > beauxb@cwctv.net wrote: > > > >> Bub, > >> The only players confirmed are... > >> > >> Bryan Ferry > >> Andy McKay > >> Phil Manzanera > >> Paul Thompson > >> Colin Good > >> > >> And that's it so far! > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 3 May 2001 16:31:02 EDT From: Popsmvp@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 16:31:59 EDT From: Popsmvp@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? Ooooh, What's Going On is a perfect song for Bryan, except that I don't think he has a problem with paying his taxes, do you? PattyO ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 16:33:42 EDT From: Popsmvp@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers How about some Patsy Cline songs, a la "Crazy" and "Walking After Midnight". Yeah! PattyO ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 16:35:28 EDT From: Popsmvp@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] you owe me some kind of love Yes, but when is the Denver Roxy Music concert? Grrrrr......... PattyO ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 16:40:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] you owe me some kind of love On Thu, 3 May 2001, KB Porter wrote: > " what exactly does Mr. Ferry owe us?" > > Bryan Ferry is a product, a brand name. He is sold to the public. > We, the consumer, purchase this brand. Mr. Ferry, on a personal level Is he and do we? This makes me rather sad to read. > does not owe us anything - his private life has nothing to do with us. > But, Mr. Ferry, the product, owes his livelihood to his consumers. But if you follow this model, then what we consume is the music, isn't it? > He made the decision to enter the public domain. Historically, > royalty, clergy, statesmen, figureheads and other public figures have > generally acknowledged and accepted an obligation to their public. > Bryan Ferry's only obligation to his fans, in my opinion, is > acknowledgment of their existence and acknowledgment of the very > important role they play in the support of his livelihood. The I think there's a huge difference, and not just a technical one, between royalty (at least in the UK), clergy, government officials, etc., being paid by their constituents and pop stars making money from their audiences. And Mr. Ferry does sign autographs, talk to people who come back stage, etc. So I think he does indeed acknowledge these things. > marketing of Bryan Ferry could be a bit more sensitive to, and more > demonstratively appreciative of, this brand name's consumers. But the marketing of Mr. Ferry isn't the same thing as Mr. Ferry. That's a group of people who make decisions which with he may not be completely free, for reasons we are not privy to, to disagree (viz., Miss World). > An occasional "Hello, and thank you for your support, glad you like my > work" would satisfy me. As a fan, please don't take me for granted, > Mr. Ferry - I just may stop feeding you. But from what I can tell, he's always gracious to people he meets and interviews. Surely that's enough? > As I stated earlier, if his music hadn't been so darned good I would > have tossed it all into the sale bins long ago. > > Hope this makes sense, Colleen. Well, reading this over makes me think that I'm not a consumer of Mr. Ferry's music, but I am a fan of his. I buy his records and go to his concerts, and in this marketplace of both commodities and art, I'm do so solely of my own free will. The courtesies he's extended and acknowledgements he's provided to his fans thus for are enough for me. There are artists whose music I have come to dislike, and I no longer buy their albums. There are people I follow quite avidly, but the fact I've spent X dollars on their output doesn't entitle me to anything. Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 14:14:05 -0700 From: "Marcia Sexton" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Covers Yes: and some Hank Williams Senior songs, too. Marcia Sexton - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Popsmvp@aol.com Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 1:34 PM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers How about some Patsy Cline songs, a la "Crazy" and "Walking After Midnight". Yeah! PattyO ___________________________________________________________________________ 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, 3 May 2001 17:14:59 -0400 From: jmdillon@mindspring.com Subject: [AVALON] Atlanta Roxy Date and the rest of the Tour Hello and Good Afternoon to All Just a short bit of venue news. With the inclusion of a 2ndNew York show, there had been some "fearful speculation" added to the fire about the final conformation and status regarding the much needed southern date in Atlanta, GA. We saw what happened to Cleveland. Well, although I regret to say I am not here to offer that final confirmation, I can tell you this : The Atlanta Date is "on" and is internally looked upon as a bona fide concert stop just as the other venues that are already on sale. The reason for the delay? It would seem that that long awaited final "Final Fifty" list of concert stops still needs / needed some additional tweaks and adjustments as pens are still being put to paper. From what I understand there are currently 32 dates now on the formal list, Atlanta included. That leaves us with eight-teen more shows still to be announced. It is my estimated guess, applying as much rocket science as I can muster, that most all of these 18 dates will be fit in during the almost 6 weeks / 39 days between the Aug 8 Los Angeles and the Berlin, Germany show on Sept. 16. So in essence, if a train leaves Boston at 7:00 PM traveling at 55 MPH and second trian leaves New York at ......? Regards John D ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 14:14:54 -0700 From: "Marcia Sexton" Subject: RE: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? And I hope he does not beat his wife, either. Marcia Sexton - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Popsmvp@aol.com Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 1:32 PM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] What Should Bryan Record? Ooooh, What's Going On is a perfect song for Bryan, except that I don't think he has a problem with paying his taxes, do you? PattyO ___________________________________________________________________________ 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, 3 May 2001 22:33:06 +0100 From: "Jane Collard" Subject: Re: [AVALON] TOTP2 Neil - I e-mailed them as soon as I read Chris' post yesterday afternoon (thanks for the tip-off, Chris, by the way). I got an almost immediate response to my e-mail enquiry - telling me I was on the waiting list! And, sorry, I'm not in need of a spare kidney at the moment so if I do get a ticket I'm hanging on to it :-) Cheers Jane - ----- Original Message ----- From: ncjones.lewis2 To: Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] TOTP2 > > What are other peoples experiences? Did you get immediate answers? Am I > doomed to watching it all on TV? Does anyone want a kidney for a spare pair > of tickets? > > Regards > Neil Jones > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 3 May 2001 10:14:02 +0200 From: "danilo" Subject: [AVALON] here as i sit ........ Rhapsody DIVINE intervention ???? Ciao Tri Tri sounds like to be at home then LOL seeusoon there danitaly .-))))))))) - -----Messaggio Originale----- Da: "Theresa Fagan" A: Data invio: giovedl 3 maggio 2001 1.09 Oggetto: Re: [AVALON] Re : Rhapsody DIVINE intervention ???? > .... And there's plenty of Italians there (Ravenna, Ohio), also. > > --TriTri ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 16:47:10 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: [AVALON] Covers At 10:06 AM 5/3/2001 +0100, Simon Galloway wrote: >I was listening to an old Robyn Hitchcock radio session and before one of >the tracks he says "I'm going to imagine I'm Bryan Ferry singing this one" >and launches into some old celtic folk song sounding thing. And using my >imagination I could hear where he was coming from, which gave me the idea >tha Bryan should tackle some old traditional folk songs, a bit like Nick >Cave and his Murder Ballads album I suppose. There's some great songs that >given the right treatment and sympathetic arrangements could work wonders! In fact, I thought from the first I heard of ATGB that *this* sort of thing - -- covering trad/folk material -- would have been much more interesting and wondrous than tackling '30s pop standards. And eighteen months after ATGB, I'm still convinced of this. :-) "Carrickfergus" kicking Tin Pan Alley's collective ass, Miles ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 17:01:37 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: [AVALON] Atlanta Roxy Date and the rest of the Tour At 05:14 PM 5/3/2001 -0400, jmdillon@mindspring.com wrote: >Well, although I regret to say I am not here to offer that final >confirmation, I can tell you this : >The Atlanta Date is "on" and is internally looked upon as a bona fide >concert stop just as the other venues that are already on sale. > >The reason for the delay? >It would seem that that long awaited final "Final Fifty" list of concert >stops still needs / needed some additional tweaks and adjustments as pens >are still being put to paper. From what I understand there are currently 32 >dates now on the formal list, Atlanta included. That leaves us with >eight-teen more shows still to be announced. I also suspect that the delay in putting tickets on sale to the public has to do with Chastain Park (the venue) itself. They have that "Series A" / "Series B" structure to their concert season, where folks are offered the chance to become "subscribers" for a series, and then have the chance to buy tickets for some or all the shows in the series before the general public gets a shot at the rest of the tickets. Roxy Music's show is going to fall into Series B, so SFX/Chastain Park have to (1) wait to confirm the rest of Series B (shows that might run into September and October), (2) put the tickets on sale to the Series B subscribers, and then (3) put them on sale to the general public. The delay is frustrating me too! Since I have limited 2001 vacation time and Roxy seems to be eschewing travel-friendly U.S. Saturday night dates, Atlanta (a four-hour drive from here in Nashville) is my only feasible option among the announced shows, and I wanna have tickets in hand! the way-ay-ting is the hardest part, Miles ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #164 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest