From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #558 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Monday, December 3 2001 Volume 06 : Number 558 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Re: Roxy docs ["The Steel Chick" ] [AVALON] Artwork for the Tokyo 2001 show? [Rick ] RE: [AVALON] Artwork for the Tokyo 2001 show? ["Heather James" ] Re: [AVALON] SOTW: "Strictly Confidential" [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] Dreamhome what? [roxylia@freemail.it ()] Re: [AVALON] Dreamhome what or nightmare??? ["Duncan Watkins" ] [AVALON] NDR2 & Atlanta SB CD Trees [David ] [AVALON] OT: Strawberry Fields [Avalon887@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] NDR2 & Atlanta SB CD Trees ["Webwolf" ] [AVALON] Avalonians heaven's door ["The Bogus Man" Subject: [AVALON] Re: Roxy docs >>I find it remarkable that Ferry and/or Roxy have never, to my >> >>knowledge, been the subject of a major arts strand documentary, >>given >>their influence and popularity over many decades. >There is one in Swedish from, if I remember correctly, the late >1980's by >Merten Blomkvist (or Blomqvist or Blomquist the spelling >varies of this >surname). Apart from this, are there any other survey-type documentaries on Roxy Music? What they need is a comprehensive look back directed with the panache of, say, Filth and the Fury. new to the list, jENNIFER "I don't matter, you don't matter Neither does this mindless clatter." -P.T. _________________________________________________________________ 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: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 08:50:30 -0500 From: Rick Subject: [AVALON] Artwork for the Tokyo 2001 show? If anyone on the list has artwork for this show, would you be so kind as to email me a copy? Thanks in advance, Roxy Rick [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef] ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 09:06:04 -0500 From: "Heather James" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Artwork for the Tokyo 2001 show? If you find/create cover-art for Roxy Music in Tokyo (Sept 7-or-8-or-9, 2001 ?), send it to me and I'll post it online for everyone. -= )-(eather =- >--------------------< hjames@thewebgal.com The Roxy Music Archives: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ My Music Trading Lists: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/my-boots.html Roxy Music Trade List: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/roxy-boots.html Van Morrison Trade List: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/my-van.html >-----------------------------------------------------------------------< > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > Rick > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:51 AM > To: 'avalon@smoe.org' > Subject: [AVALON] Artwork for the Tokyo 2001 show? > > > If anyone on the list has artwork for this show, would you be so > kind as to email me a copy? > Thanks in advance, > > Roxy Rick > > [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef] > > > __________________________________________________________________ > _________ > 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: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 08:18:42 -0600 From: "Bill" Subject: [AVALON] George Harrison recorded a secret last album SUNDAY DECEMBER 02 2001 MAURICE CHITTENDEN Harrison recorded a secret last album A LAST album of George Harrison's music was being finished in secrecy in the months before his death. He played tracks from the CD to his family and friends in his private room at a Los Angeles hospital last Sunday, four days before he died. His wife Olivia and son Dhani seem certain to release the CD as a tribute to Harrison's courage in the face of the cancer that killed him at the age of 58. It could repeat the success of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy album, which sold millions of copies in the international outpouring of grief that followed Lennon's murder in New York in 1980. Harrison had given the album the working title of Portrait of a Leg End, a pun on his celebrity. Unlike his last song, Horse to Water, recorded in Switzerland for a new Jools Holland CD and released with a poignant publishing credit to Rip Ltd, the songs on his own CD do not allude to his illness. One of the tracks, Rising Son, is an ambiguous reference to Harrison's interest in Far Eastern religions and philosophy and also to Dhani's emergence as a gifted guitarist in his father's footsteps. Harrison was completing work on 25 unreleased tracks in a studio at his Friar Park mansion at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. A few tracks date to the 1980s and others are new. Some allude to traumatic personal events, including the attempt on his life by an intruder who broke into the mansion in December 1999 and stabbed him. The tracks were part of a concerted effort by Harrison in his final months to put his musical legacy in order: he remastered and re-released All Things Must Pass, his 1970 hit album, earlier this year and was planning to reissue other albums as well as to complete his new music. Jim Keltner, the world's most in-demand session drummer, who has recorded with Harrison, Lennon, Ringo Starr and Bob Dylan, flew from his home in California to Friar Park to add drums to the tracks that Harrison and other musicians, believed to include Eric Clapton, had recorded. Keltner, who last played with Harrison in the Traveling Wilburys supergroup in the 1980s but still saw him regularly as a friend, said this weekend: "It was fantastic to be in the studio with him again. Some of the new songs are very poignant concerning his life in the past few years. It will be obvious when you hear them what they are about. "The CD is very close to finishing. There is a certain soulfulness about George's music that doesn't need a lot once he has put that voice on. "There will be people who argue that it is underproduced and maybe there should be more on it. Knowing George, I have a feeling he would rather it be as simple and as direct as possible." He added: "I last saw him on Sunday night. It was a great gift to us that he was so beautiful. He looked fantastic. He looked like a prince. He didn't look like a person suffering from cancer. His skin was shining and he was smiling." Keith Badman, a Beatles authority whose latest book on the group, The Dream is Over, was published last month, said: "The recording of the new album was shrouded in secrecy, but George had planned to bring it out this October before he fell ill again." Harrison was cremated in Los Angeles within a few hours of his death on Thursday and before the news was released. Friends expect his ashes to be spread on the Ganges or another holy river in India. Copyright 2001 Times Newspapers Ltd. http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/article/0,,9003-2001555241,00.html ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 15:20:49 +0100 From: "The Bogus Man" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dreamhome or nightmare??? I bought it 2 years ago as a collector i buy whatever i can find.... and since 1999 i never listened it again today i played that stuff and i remembered the reason why it was so full of dust :-)))))))))) don't buy it if u are not ready to hear some noise did u get the last simple minds "for ur pleasure"? dreamhome is worst u can listen to 4 o5 songs bur roxy sound ,as we well know; is unique ciao the bogus Dan ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 09:26:57 EST From: InterEireann@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Sun Records/ Don't Be Cruel I flew back from London to New York yesterday and United Airlines in-flight entertainment is currently showcasing ( for December ) the Sun Records tribute, including Bryan Ferry's contribution. Unfortunately, I was on a Boeing 767 which has limited no. of channels, but it is on the system for the Boeing 777..so all you international travellers can get to listen to it..... ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 11:11:13 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] The Past Three Songs Of The Week "All at once My whole world had changed Now I'm in the dark, off the wall Let the strobe light up them all I close my eyes and dance till dawn" These lyrics speak of the detachment of a broken heart; the shocked alteration of one's perspective, the derangement, alienation and separation of self from others. In principle, life continues, but one is left rent and lonely, living numbly......... "I hope and pray--but not too much Out of reach is out of touch All the way is far enough" ............where separation is self-preservation. Tears. Fears. Dance away the heartache. (Keep on moving or I'll die.) This situation and its ensuing emotional set is universally experienced by many who have loved and lost in their life. This is what makes Bryan Ferry's lyrics powerful and remarkable - he has an inherent ability, a real gift, to economically and judiciously write concise lyrics that convey an extremely lush scenario, a wealth of emotional undercurrents to be surmised by those who care to listen. On lyrics alone, "Dance Away" is a dynamic piece of work. The 'pop' that has been attributed to Roxy Music is continued in a 'disco tech' mode. Mr. Ferry progresses, despite what some fans claim. Life is not static. Now, to "Bete Noire". Pet hate, bugbear, bane, curse, affliction, infliction, torment, burden, nemesis, bogeyman, hobgoblin, horror, terror, ogre, ogress, monster, vampire, werewolf, ghoul, incubus, succubus, nightmare, ghost, specter, phantom, and more help to define and characterize the idea of the literal 'black beast' that resides within oneself. The darkness of this tango conveys mystery and intrigue much the same way as does the genre film noire, b movies. "Bete Noire" is an other wonderful example of Mr. Ferry creating a well structured yet loosely defined atmosphere that may possibly guide a listener down numerous, misty, nighttime side streets exploring neighborhoods of synaptic events. We, the listener, are free to select our respective path, and journey into our private hells - if we dare. And finally, the current SOTW "Chance Meeting" is, yet, another fine example of Mr. Ferry's poignant and accurate work. Words, melodies, compositions, I do wonder how much personal toll Bryan Ferry has dearly paid while bring forth such a tremendous body of work. In fact, this post is urgently ending. I've got to catch up on my BF/RM cache, it has sorely been missed over the past fortnight while I was snowed-in, snowed-under, and snowed-out. Such are the trivial travails of travel. Again, thanks to Colleen for MC-ing TSOTW. Thanks to all, and best wishes. KBP And. For pity's sake - Don't Feed The Trolls!!!! ;-) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 11:20:08 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: [AVALON] SOTW: "Strictly Confidential" The song of the what/whenever is "Strictly Confidential" from _For Your Pleasure_. As before the discussion is open to anything related to the song, and these are only suggestions: love it? hate it? lyrics/music it changed my life live vs. studio version(s) (if applicable) the video (if any) that reminds me... Strictly Confidential (Ferry) Before I die I'll write this letter Here are the secrets you must know Until the cloak of evening shadow Changes to mantle of the dawn Will it be sunny then I wonder? Rolling and turning How can I sleep? Hold on till morning What if I fall? Over the hills and down the valleys Soaring aloft and far below Lying on stony ground the fragments Truth is the seed we tried to sow Marking the time spent on our journey There isn't much we have to show Counting the cost in money only Strikes me as funny don4t you know? Tongue tied the thread of conversation Weighing the words one tries to use Nevertheless communication This is the gift you must not lose Hauling me always are the voices Tell us are you ready now? Sometimes I wonder if they're real We're ready to receive you now Or is it my own imagination? Have you any more to say? Guilt is a wound that's hard to heal It's a cross you have to bear Could it be evil thoughts become me Tell us what you're thinking now Some things are better left unsaid Magical moment The spell it is breaking There is no light here Is there no key? ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:02:23 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] SOTW: "Strictly Confidential" On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Colleen Matan wrote: > Hauling me always are the voices Oops! I took these without proofing and someone brought this to my attention--obviously it's "haunting me always are the voices." Didn't mean to channel Tim Finn there, Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: 2 Dec 2001 17:27:00 -0000 From: roxylia@freemail.it () Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dreamhome what? Duncan wrote: >Has anybody got/heard of the following album?: >'Dreamhome Heartaches..' Roxy Music 'Tribute' album, [...] >Any comments? good/bad/ugly? Yes I do know it, thank Danilo. Please read his comments that I paste below. I'm not sure it was clear he was answering to this question. X Danilo: ma se ti faceva schifo, perche' me l'hai registrato? ... :-0 Cecilia--------- >From: "The Bogus Man" >To: >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dreamhome or nightmare??? >Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 15:20:49 +0100 > >I bought it 2 years ago >as a collector i buy whatever i can find.... > >and since 1999 i never listened it again >today >i played that stuff and i remembered the reason why >it was so full of dust >:-)))))))))) >don't buy it if u are not ready to hear some noise > >did u get the last simple minds "for ur pleasure"? > >dreamhome is worst > >u can listen to 4 o5 songs >bur roxy sound ,as we well know; is unique > >ciao >the bogus Dan - ----------------------------------------------------- messaggio inviato con Freemail by superEva http://www.supereva.it - ----------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 20:05:48 +0000 From: "Duncan Watkins" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dreamhome what or nightmare??? Thanks for your comments Dan(ilo).Sorry you had to relive such an unpleasant experience.But on the plus side you've saved me and maybe other list members from a similar fate. Regards, Duncan. NP 'Walking Through Heaven's Door'-Manzanera.(I'd forgotten how much I loved this track.) _________________________________________________________________ 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: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:25:49 -0000 From: "terrypaulrigz8c" Subject: Fw: [AVALON] The Past Three Songs Of The Week Pet hate, bugbear, bane, curse, affliction, > infliction, torment, burden, nemesis, bogeyman, hobgoblin, horror, > terror, ogre, ogress, monster, vampire, werewolf, ghoul, incubus, > succubus, nightmare, ghost, specter, phantom, and more help to define > and characterize the idea of the literal 'black beast' that resides > within oneself. The darkness of this tango conveys mystery and intrigue > , and journey into our private hells - if we dare. > > snowed-in, snowed-under, and snowed-out. Such are the trivial travails > of travel. I didn't know Hogwarts were taking guests!, can I go now?, which Wizzard agency did you use?. Did You fly?, if so exactly what did you fly on? a Nimbus 2000? Terry "O" ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:32:58 -0000 From: "Philip Adams" Subject: Re: [AVALON] SOTW: "Strictly Confidential" I think I bought "For Your Pleasure" after "Country Life" had been out. So I discovered the by now legendary "Do the Strand" , was spooked by the ghostliness of Beauty Queen and then this song appears. "Strictly Confidential" freaked me out. What was it about? How could lyrics seem so dark? Why doesn't Ferry write lyrics like these any more? (sorry, scrub that one.... its not a fair jibe). Back to the song... "guilt is a wound that's hard to heal" .. I still lead my life under the en- trance of this line. And the falsetto of Ferry's voice still impresses. Colleen , well done with this strand. I'm sure we are all so easily prompted to go right back to the songs and re-discover them on a weekly basis. Philip > The song of the what/whenever is "Strictly Confidential" from _For Your ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 19:53:59 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] SOTW: "Strictly Confidential" On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Philip Adams wrote: > I think I bought "For Your Pleasure" after "Country Life" had been > out. So I discovered the by now legendary "Do the Strand" , was > spooked by the ghostliness of Beauty Queen and then this song appears. > "Strictly Confidential" freaked me out. What was it about? How could > lyrics seem so dark? Why doesn't Ferry write lyrics like these any > more? (sorry, scrub that one.... its not a fair jibe). Maybe not a fair jibe, but certainly a fair enough question in that changes in Mr. Ferry's writing style and one's preference for one style over another seem appropriate topics for this venue. > Back to the song... "guilt is a wound that's hard to heal" .. I still > lead my life under the en- trance of this line. And the falsetto of > Ferry's voice still impresses. And "truth it the seed we tried to sow." The song is just so weird and spooky and very sad. > Colleen , well done with this strand. I'm sure we are all so easily > prompted to go right back to the songs and re-discover them on a > weekly basis. Thanks, Philip--thanks for your comments (and those of everyone--it's very enjoyable to read these discussions). Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 20:38:46 -0500 From: David Subject: [AVALON] NDR2 & Atlanta SB CD Trees Adding myself to the US limb of the current two trees: 1) NDR2 Radio Concert 2001 (1 disc) 2) Atlanta Soundboard 2001 (2 discs) Anyone interested, please e-mail me OFFLIST at davdmock@America.net with the subject David CD Tree, no later than Dec 10. Other trees to be announced shortly. cheers, David Check out my website- Shakatak, 80's Atlanta bands, Chandler, Hamlet, 80's new wave, cool stuff! http://www.America.net/~davdmock ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 23:16:40 EST From: Avalon887@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] OT: Strawberry Fields My 16 year old son & I went to Strawberry Fields today. There was a genuine feeling of closeness and sensitivity and, not to sound to cliche, peace and love. There were many people gathered around the plaque which says "Imagine" which was completely covered with burning candles, many arrangements of flowers, handwritten messages, green apples with messages written on them, and photos. Another circle of people near by were gathered around a few guitarists who were playing Beatles songs and everyone was singing along. RIP George. We loved ya. Eileen in Kew Gardens ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 21:12:08 -0800 From: "Webwolf" Subject: Re: [AVALON] NDR2 & Atlanta SB CD Trees David, I just have to say: "O... Mah.... Gawd...." you know who Mari Wilson is, AND you have a cd comp of hers!!! I will never forget the Just What I always Wanted video... **sigh***... I have some of her vinyl stuff... incredible! Ha! Brian - ----- Original Message ----- From: David To: Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 5:38 PM Subject: [AVALON] NDR2 & Atlanta SB CD Trees > Adding myself to the US limb of the current two trees: > > 1) NDR2 Radio Concert 2001 (1 disc) > 2) Atlanta Soundboard 2001 (2 discs) > > Anyone interested, please e-mail me OFFLIST at davdmock@America.net with > the subject David CD Tree, no later than Dec 10. > > Other trees to be announced shortly. > cheers, > > David > > Check out my website- Shakatak, 80's Atlanta bands, Chandler, Hamlet, 80's > new wave, cool stuff! > > http://www.America.net/~davdmock > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 08:44:38 +0100 From: "The Bogus Man" Subject: [AVALON] Avalonians heaven's door > Regards, > > Duncan. > NP 'Walking Through Heaven's Door'-Manzanera.(I'd forgotten how much I loved > this track.) > MA prego .-) U r welcome i still love this song a beautiful crescendo .-)))))))))))))))))))))) what about this lyric Colleen?? :-)))))))))) I'm the Egg Dan(ilo) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #558 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest