From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V7 #175 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, May 24 2002 Volume 07 : Number 175 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Don't forget... ["Simon Galloway" ] [AVALON] Odense/Jelling weatherforecast ["S. Thomsen" ] Re: [AVALON] FRANTIC BLOW BY BLOW [KB Porter ] [AVALON] A Thought [OBrienFerry@AOL.COM] Re: [AVALON] A Thought ["Simon Galloway" ] Re: [AVALON] Frantic review ["David Firmin" ] Re: [AVALON] Frantic review ["David Firmin" ] [AVALON] I thought..... ["Tracy Connell" ] [AVALON] E-mail your questions to Bryan ["David Firmin" ] [AVALON] CDNOW FRANTIC Review ["Bill" ] [AVALON] CDNOW FRANTIC review ["Bill" ] Re: [AVALON] CDNOW FRANTIC review ["Pete Seely" ] [AVALON] A Masterful, Timeless Piece of Art! ["Bill" Subject: [AVALON] Don't forget... ..Bryan on 6 Music this morning, 11.30 approx. http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/ SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 11:05:03 +0200 From: "S. Thomsen" Subject: [AVALON] Odense/Jelling weatherforecast Showers are still expected, so bring umbrella/raincoat. Only a light wind is expected now. 10-14 degrees in the evening. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 10:16:17 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Odense/Jelling weatherforecast Hmm, I think a Bryan Ferry Blanket would be essential! ;-) SimonG >>> "S. Thomsen" 05/23 10:05 am >>> Showers are still expected, so bring umbrella/raincoat. Only a light wind is expected now. 10-14 degrees in the evening. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:33:50 -0400 From: "Theresa Fagan" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Frantic review I couldn't agree more on "One Way Love" as a potential hit single! If it worked for Abba ("Take a Chance On Me"), then it can work for Bryan! - --TriTri - ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Firmin" | 'One Way Love' - Now that's single material!!! ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 09:15:19 -0400 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] FRANTIC BLOW BY BLOW On Friday, 19 April of this current year, David Firmin kindly sent an email to this list entitled "Frantic video clips" with this message: < Some cool studio footage and interviews. http://www.virgin.de/music/bryanferryfranticepk.ram Thanks, David > This is the same footage, less ~10 seconds than the footage that John Barry kindly pointed out for our pleasure yesterday. Thank you, both, gentlemen!!! ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 10:01:19 -0400 From: OBrienFerry@AOL.COM Subject: [AVALON] A Thought It was one year ago today that some of us gathered together to see, for the first time in 18 years, Roxy Music at the recording of TOTP2 How time flys.... J.O'B ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 15:37:03 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: [AVALON] A Thought And how the weather was so much better.... >>> 05/23 3:01 pm >>> It was one year ago today that some of us gathered together to see, for the first time in 18 years, Roxy Music at the recording of TOTP2 How time flys.... J.O'B ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:39:45 -0700 From: "David Firmin" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Frantic review Ferry's site says "One Way Love" will have a full commercial release in Germany on July 8th. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa Fagan" To: "Avalon" Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:33 AM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Frantic review > I couldn't agree more on "One Way Love" as a potential hit single! If it > worked for Abba ("Take a Chance On Me"), then it can work for Bryan! > > --TriTri > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Firmin" > > > | 'One Way Love' - Now that's single material!!! > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 23 May 2002 07:57:01 -0700 From: "David Firmin" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Frantic review A peek at the cover art on Bay. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=871607140 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa Fagan" To: "Avalon" Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:33 AM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Frantic review > I couldn't agree more on "One Way Love" as a potential hit single! If it > worked for Abba ("Take a Chance On Me"), then it can work for Bryan! > > --TriTri > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Firmin" > > > | 'One Way Love' - Now that's single material!!! > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 23 May 2002 19:57:56 +0000 From: "Tracy Connell" Subject: [AVALON] I thought..... Hiya, After looking over the tour dates again I realise that Bryan isn't doing much in August at the moment. So I thought... Since he is a bit of an Elvis fan, and since he has recorded 'Don't be Cruel' it might be nice if he joined in the 25th Anniversary Elvis events in Memphis! He can go with me!! :) Tracy visit my website: http://www.jamesmason.ic24.net _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 14:04:28 -0700 From: "David Firmin" Subject: [AVALON] E-mail your questions to Bryan I just noticed this on Ferry's site > We plan to host a 'Question and Answer' section on this web-site where Bryan will answer around 6 questions a month. Questions should be accompanied by a full name, address and country so that we can highlight who has asked the question and not the e-mail address. e-mail your questions for Bryan via Jim Lawn: jim@lawn82.fsnet.co.uk *** ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 23:52:03 +0200 From: "S. Thomsen" Subject: [AVALON] Last weather report, Odense Looks dry and not much wind. A bit chilly. 10-14 degrees. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 18:13:05 EDT From: Go2Sweeney@AOL.COM Subject: [AVALON] I thought When I walked into WHSmith today, they were playing I thought at full blast! That's the first time I heard a song from Frantic played in a shop, and I must say, it was great. Somebody in that shop has got good taste!!! Goodie ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 18:55:24 -0400 From: "seely31" Subject: [AVALON] Norfolk Ferry show I am offering what is probably the last branch of the Bryan Ferry Norfolk 1988 tree. I've seen it posted here by at least a couple of people already, so if you missed one of those trees here's your chance. I will be burning 5 copies. In order to receive one, you must: 1. Be one of the first 5 people to respond. 2. Live in the U.S. 3. Send an SASE with sufficient postage. Please do not ask me to affix a label or stamps; I'll probably end up mailing it to myself. 4. Send $2.00 to cover the cost of blank media. DO NOT SEND BLANKS! There are very few blanks that my burner accepts anymore. I have a feeling they're being made differently these days. I burn on Maxells with the gold and silver swirl. Thanks, Pete Seely ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 19:18:15 -0500 From: "Bill" Subject: [AVALON] CDNOW FRANTIC Review CDNOW Review Bryan Ferry: Frantic Not as frenzied as its title implies. More... With this eclectic set of moldy standards and non-rock covers, debonair former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry has managed to effectively meld his extensive solo catalog to his art-rock past. Last year's successful Roxy Music reunion tour seems to have reinvigorated Ferry, who has made Frantic a more rootsy affair; stylish and sophisticated as is his wont, yet not as frenzied as its title implies. Rather than concentrate exclusively on his lush side, Ferry detours with two stripped-down Bob Dylan covers (a forceful acoustic "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and a stark, piano-accompanied "Don't Think Twice," both featuring Ferry's surprisingly accomplished harmonica), Leadbelly 's "Goodnight Irene," and even a clumsy version of Don Nix's blues classic "Goin' Down" with vocals so mumbled it sounds like Ferry recorded them in his sleep. The rest of the disc is vintage Ferry, with all of the elegant, romantic crooning anyone who has ever heard Avalon could reasonably expect. The combination of such disparate approaches works improbably well, resulting in one of Ferry's most energized and successful solo projects. Hal Horowitz CDNOW Contributing Writer ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 19:40:39 -0500 From: "Bill" Subject: [AVALON] CDNOW FRANTIC review With this eclectic set of moldy standards and non-rock covers, debonair former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry has managed to effectively meld his extensive solo catalog to his art-rock past. Last year's successful Roxy Music reunion tour seems to have reinvigorated Ferry, who has made Frantic a more rootsy affair; stylish and sophisticated as is his wont, yet not as frenzied as its title implies. Rather than concentrate exclusively on his lush side, Ferry detours with two stripped-down Bob Dylan covers (a forceful acoustic "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and a stark, piano-accompanied "Don't Think Twice," both featuring Ferry's surprisingly accomplished harmonica), Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene," and even a clumsy version of Don Nix's blues classic "Goin' Down" with vocals so mumbled it sounds like Ferry recorded them in his sleep. The rest of the disc is vintage Ferry, with all of the elegant, romantic crooning anyone who has ever heard Avalon could reasonably expect. The combination of such disparate approaches works improbably well, resulting in one of Ferry's most energized and successful solo projects. Hal Horowitz CDNOW Contributing Writer ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 19:59:38 -0400 From: "Pete Seely" Subject: Re: [AVALON] CDNOW FRANTIC review Hard to tell whether "Ol' Hal" actually liked Frantic or whether he's still sore that Ferry owes him a drink. Pete S. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 19:51:52 -0500 From: "Bill" Subject: [AVALON] A Masterful, Timeless Piece of Art! Amazon.com Frantic is hardly an appropriate album title choice for Bryan Ferry, who is the epitome of unflustered, cucumber-cool decorum. Frantic, his first album to feature original material since Mamouna, has been simmering away on the back burner for all of eight years. And it's all the tastier for it. The ingredients are just right: another song cowritten with former Roxy Music partner Brian Eno; tunes about models, movies, amour, and large houses; a guest appearance from Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood on "Hiroshima" (this is Ferry reclaiming his stolen clothes from the New Romantics' wardrobe); four fine new numbers co-penned in the 1990s with the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart; contributions from guitarists of the caliber of Chris Spedding and Mick Green; backing vocalists of the caliber of Lucy Laplansky and Alison Goldfrapp; a little bit of medieval; a little bit of Leadbelly; and a little bit of Dylan. Often the involvement of so many contributors results in too many cooks spoiling the broth, but not here. Compliments to the chef. This being a Bryan Ferry album, you can still play it at dinner parties, but the sensual ardor put into Frantic suggest Ferry had blood, sweat, and tears trickling down his tuxedo. This is a fantastic album. --Kevin Maidment Album Details Ferry Returns with a Renewed Vigor Following his Near Brush with Death and a Renewed Friendship with Old Bandmate Brian Eno who Co-wrote and Guests on 'i Thought'. Other Tracks Includes Four Collaborations with Eurythmic Dave Stewart and Radiohead Guitarist Jonny Greenwood Plays on 'hiroshima'. Also on Board Are Roxy Drummer Paul Thompson and Guitar Legend Chris Spedding. Once Again, all Are Produced by Longtime Production Partner Rhett Davies. A Masterful, Timeless Piece of Art! ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 06:07:13 +0200 From: "Kari Solberg" Subject: [AVALON] Fw: Bryan on his own web-site! I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT! LOOK!!!!!!! ks E-mail your questions to Bryan posted by Jim Lawn 23.05.02 We plan to host a 'Question and Answer' section on this web-site where Bryan will answer around 6 questions a month. Questions should be accompanied by a full name, address and country so that we can highlight who has asked the question and not the e-mail address. e-mail your questions for Bryan via Jim Lawn We will also be selling merchandise on the web-site in the next few months and would welcome suggestions from fans world-wide. We are expecting it to be a mixture of Cd's and other items. Also, tomorrow evening we shall be releasing the set-list for the first show in Denmark. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 23:31:31 -0500 From: Karen Swenson Subject: Re: [AVALON] Fw: Bryan on his own web-site! I see on his site a phone number for the October Glasgow and Edinburgh shows. Does this mean tickets are already on sale for these gigs? K. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 07:45:54 +0000 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Jim Lawn decides the set list ! Here's a good laugh for Jim Lawn watchers out there !! (Direct quote from bf.com) "Final tour rehearsals took place this afternoon and we agreed a set list for Friday night. There will be 20 songs and a 80 min. set. We can expect changes as the tour evolves and by the autumn there will certainly be songs coming in and songs going out.We don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone going on Friday night but I'm particularly looking forward to hearing one of my all-time favourite songs performed live for the first time." pip pip Martino ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V7 #175 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest