From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #391 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Tuesday, August 21 2001 Volume 06 : Number 391 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] interminable solos ??! ["M. Taylor" ] [AVALON] Ten Great Records [JVapor7@aol.com] [AVALON] Roxy in Perth W.A. ["Newton, Jeff" ] Re: [AVALON] where am I and how did I get here? ["A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] interminable solos ??! >in '73. It still has the same effect on me today. Whoever came up with the >idea of ending each show with that song, with the band members leaving the >stage one by one, is a true visionary. The creative forces behind The Sound of Music - Rodgers and Hammerstein or maybe the choreographer? The Sound of Music popped into my head when I first saw the members departing during FYP..... So long, farewell.... M _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 01:37:55 EDT From: JVapor7@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Ten Great Records The Way I Lose My Mind --Carl Smith Rock De La Stet--Stetsasonic On The Hunt--Lynyrd Skynyrd If You See Her, Say Hello--Bob Dylan (original NYC version) Little Things--Bobby Goldsboro Last Night--Little Walter Lil Darlin--Demolition Doll Rods Here Come The Girls--Ernie K-Doe Cherry--J. J. Cale It's My Way of Loving You--Tammy Wynette You Lied To Me Honey--Junior Gravely & the Rock-A-Teens Cheree--Suicide ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:23:39 +0800 From: "Newton, Jeff" Subject: [AVALON] Roxy in Perth W.A. Saw the lads ( and lasses ) last night - stunning, a bit apprehensive before at $82 a ticket, but no worries after & during the concert. I would love to hear the girl on backup vocals have a go at Pink Floyds Great gig in the Sky, I reckon she'd leave Clare Tory for dead ... Chris Spedding was absolutely Bril, looked like something out of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels !!! Thought it was quite funny how Spedding and the lad playing base faced the front thru the entire concert , apart from when the gogo dancers came on , they played half Both ends Burning with their backs to the crowd !!! Why is it that the Great Paul Thompson never got his name on the concert ad's as being an original member? What is the background to Lucy who was on synth / violin anyone ? I have seen people on the list mentioning bootlegs, does anyone have any mp3's, or would be willing to sell and bootleg cd's ? On the 'Where's everybody from' thread, originally from Leeds ( Seacroft ), now living in Perth, Western Australia . . . Lastly, here's the review from todays West Australian paper, quite a good report . . <<...>> Bryan Ferry Roxy Music <<...>> <<...>> AT A PRESS conference in March, Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera explained why the influential 1970s art-rock band agreed to reform: "You can't cover our songs very easily, so we thought we'd better do them ourselves." Sunday night was Roxy Music at their best. In a superbly conceived concert full of lights, lasers, chorus girls and back projections, Ferry, Manzanera, saxophonist Andy Mackay and drummer Paul Thompson (an integral member of the band throughout the Seventies) proved the band's musical worth. The five piece backing group included noted UK guitarist Chris Spedding and keyboard player Colin Good, helping Roxy Music present a stunning selection of songs from all of their 8 studio albums. The core members also showed-off their dynamic skills as musicians with frequent solos and a bravura vocal performance by Bryan Ferry. They started with four or five lesser known songs, allowing Manzanera and Mackay to flex their musical muscles. Manzanera's turbo charged guitar pierced the driving rhythms and soared over the wall-of-sound backing, while Mackay's saxophone and oboe playing alternated between gaudy embellishments and startling melancholia. Soon the hits started to flow one after the other, focusing attention on charismatic frontman Bryan Ferry. The bouncy Oh Yeah was followed by the propulsive Both Ends Burning, during which a line of blonde go-go dancers gyrated at the back of the stage. After a low-key saxophone, piano and violin (played by Lucy Wilkins) instrumental, Ferry returned to the stage to croon the gentle bossa nova Avalon while the back screen showed ripples on a pond. Then it was non-stop, wall-to-wall hits all the way to the end. Ferry donned his silver lame jacket for the lounge-lizard anthem Dance Away, followed by a moving rendition of Roxy's only UK No. 1 hit, the sublime cover of John Lennon's Jealous Guy. Ferry is a grossly underrated singer, frequently undervalued because of his matinee-idol looks and his fashion plate dress sense. Love Is The Drug and Do The Strand marked the return of the dancing girls dressed in elaborate Follies Bergere red feathers and high heels. By this time the fans were five deep around the front of the stage, reaching out for a touch of the singer's hand. With For Your Pleasure the members waved one by one as they departed. Ferry thanked the crowd and Roxy Music closed the curtain on one of the more interesting and enjoyable reformations we've seen in recent years. Jeff Newton Information Services Unix/Database Administrator City of Joondalup ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:10:34 +0200 From: "jimbo" Subject: Re: [AVALON] CD Tree Volunteers I want to help. jim. - ----- Original Message ----- From: tmoq To: Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 11:45 AM Subject: [AVALON] CD Tree Volunteers > Anyone wanting to help out on a CD Tree please contact me *off list*. > Thanks. > > Gene > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:38:12 +0100 From: "A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] where am I and how did I get here? Ah yes but I've sent serious messages to the list before David. Do I get a prize for wittiest caption? Alan David Squires wrote: > > On 20 Aug 2001, at 15:51, A.L. Jepson wrote: > > > Anything I have written was entirely in jest and those who thought I > > was being rude have missed the point > > Seriously for once, Alan. "I like Roxy Music because..." 200 words. > Marks will be deducted for excessive levity. > > 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: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:19:05 +0100 From: "SIMON GALLOWAY" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Manzo in Guitarist Magazine I think you'll find it's Robert Fripp shredding his guitar on Baby's On Fire. Ivor? SimonG - ---------- >From: "Keith Shockley" > > > Manzanera is my all-time favorite guitarist next to the late great Mick > Ronson and, of course, the untouchable Jimi Hendrix. While Manzo's work on > the early Roxy recordings is revolutionary, my favorite Manzanera moment is > on Eno's "Baby's On Fire". > > Keith ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #391 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest