From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V7 #286 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, August 28 2002 Volume 07 : Number 286 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] Re: SOTW: Mother of Pearl [philipcadams@lineone.net] [AVALON] Mick Green [Chandla911@aol.com] [AVALON] Re: Roxy fan puzzled by website [SUPERMANBIDDLE@aol.com] [AVALON] 80s items for sale - off topic [Chandla911@aol.com] [AVALON] Frantic tour set list ["eRacerX" ] RE: [AVALON] Opinions ["Arnold Schulberg" ] Re: [AVALON] Re: Roxy fan puzzled by website [InterEireann@aol.com] [AVALON] Burchill : The Killing Fields ["Nigel Hollis" ] Re: [AVALON] Bryans worst track ever ["Strimples" ] [AVALON] SOTW: This Island Earth ["Drew Howard" ] [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever ["Judy Kaufman" ] [AVALON] Check out this Village Voice article ["Ronald L. Stubbs"] Re: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever ["Pete Seely" ] Fwd: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever [DEAGLERR@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever ["Judy Kaufman" I >like best are just 3 little notes, the quick bass notes after the loud >introduction, and sbortly before the "Well I've been up all night again" > >lyric. To me, that's one of the most sublime moments in the entire Roxy >oeuvre. > >Jeff > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon >Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html >US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 04:55:09 EDT From: Chandla911@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Mick Green Paula writes: > So what's Green's style and visible strengths on this tour? Is he sharing > lead > or pretty much playing rhythm and/or second guitar? Is he passionate or is > he > sleepwalking? > It's quite traditional rock'n'roll sounding, by which I don't mean sloppy and I don't mean Keef Richards. It's an early rock sound and he gets to play lead a few times, so he's not a second lieutenant. He's a great player but none of the current set really allows the guitarists to set fire to the place, it's too slick by far. The closest anyone gets to that is in fact the violin solo in Out of The Blue. So you are really going to get a quality professional rock guitar job, precise and disciplined. I would say. I would also say R Deagler is certainly making up for any lost time spent convincing people he didn't know his stuff or have opinions on Ferry...;-) Best wishes Richard Mills n/p Bowie Meltdown 3CD boot - thanks to my anonymous benefactor! ;-) PS Not liking Japanese bikes isn't actually denegrating an entire race of people, is it? Any and all replies OFFLIST please. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:33:50 EDT From: SUPERMANBIDDLE@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Re: Roxy fan puzzled by website Lee BIddle 5, Shallowford Mews Stafford ST16-1HP Great Britain. Dear Sir/Madam, I am a big Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music fan and am a little puzzled about this website. I am a member of the Roxyrama group and thought when I say this group that information on concerts and things on meetings in how I might have the honour of meeting Roxy Music. I would be very interested to find out what this group is all about and what this writing means. Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music have and always be my favorite group they are fantastic, my favorite I would say are Boys and Girls for Bryan's solo work for personal memories. For Roxy I think Avalon or Roxy Music's later work which the best too say is very difficult as all Roxy albums are fantasic. I would as said be greatful if you could put a bit of information as to this website. Yours Sincerly Mr Lee Biddle ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 06:10:24 EDT From: Chandla911@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] 80s items for sale - off topic Time has come. I'm going to sort out all my 80s vinyl and see what can go for sale at eBay. Now at eBay I have collectible items by Public Image, Dire Straits, Private Lives (remember them?), Princess and Yazz. Many, many more to come... Find my seller list at http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=musicink& sort=3&page=1&rows=0&since=-1 E-mailme *offlist* if you would like to be informed when other collectibles by various artists go online. Apologies for breaking the rules and posting off topic on this occasion. Best wishes Richard Mills ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:03:04 -0400 From: "eRacerX" Subject: [AVALON] Frantic tour set list I looked throught the archives (more comments on that later), But I didn't see any 'inside' info on the latest tour... Who's in the band? What is the set list? THANKS - H. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:11:44 -0400 From: "Arnold Schulberg" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Opinions "When She Walks in the Room" is, er, OK. "Carrickfergus"...yawn. & I could never figure why BF was sleepwalking thru the covers. The only one with real fire is "What Goes On" Sorry, but I have to complain that the ending of "When She Walks in the Room" is a long pointless meandering. Nothing to listen for it just goes on and on without a guitar line or anything else to capture the ear. BORING! Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:44:06 -0400 From: InterEireann@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Roxy fan puzzled by website Spoof perhaps ? ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:28:33 +0100 From: "Nigel Hollis" Subject: [AVALON] Burchill : The Killing Fields For those who may be interested, (or not) depending on your veiwpoint regarding Mr & Mrs F`s "breakup", I quote verbatim an extract from Julie Burchill`s latest outpourings in last Saturdays "Weekend" mag (not on a website) :- Hooray! Huzzah! Bryan Ferry`s marriage is over - it`s official! Yes, after many a false ending and much premature applause, the modest demigod and that chinless piece he married about 100 years ago have checked into Splitsville with a one way- ticket. And I for one couldn`t be happier. I know this is catty, but I can`t help it. I`m not no ordinary broad that can do the usual call-and-response hen-party lechery; I don`t fancy Brad Pitt, him from Blue, assorted fuddled Frenchman or any of the usual sexual boxes that girls desperately tick to prove to their freinds that they`re straight, honest! Apart from my boyfreind, I`ve only fancied four men in seven years : Jarvis Cocker, Gordon Brown, David Attenborough and Bryan. And with the other three safetly spliced, this putative sundering can only increase the gaiety of nations - the female halves, anyway. There are the usual theories about why they`ve split up : her past fondness for the drink, Bryan`s timeless affair with himself. Mrs F herself stands by that old reliable "We have drifted apart", which has the advantage of making any old couple sound like blameless fluffy clouds in a bright blue sky rather than venal two-legged beings. But myself, I think there may well be a more unusual reason for it. What if Bryan Ferry - thought by many people to have been, at his peak, the finest English writer of love poetry since John Donne - was so ashamed of producing an offspring who, at the age of 16 and with an eye watering expensive Eton education behind him, could still not write properly in his mother tongue, that he felt the desperate need to distance himself from his co-spawner? Yes, the family Ferry are true proof of the descent of man. The eldest son, 19 year old Otis, left Marlborough College to become a "whipper-in", if you please, with the Middleton Hunt; a fanatical pro-foxhunting activist, he was arrested by police in his fathers calf country, County Durham, after being caught outside the prime minister`s home, where he was planning to put up pro-hunting posters, then refusing to give his details. The second son, Isaac, was suspended from school earlier this year after sending an abusive- and misspelt - email to the gorgeously named Simon Wild, of the West Sussex Wildlife Protection Group. With the big pro-hunt beano the Liberty & Livelihood march coming up next month, it seems a good time, for those of us who believe that killing animals in pursuit of sexual satisfaction is a bit sick, to consider the enemy. The remainder of the article is a diatribe against foxhunting. Regards to all. Nigel. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:32:11 -0500 From: "Paula Brown" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Burchill : The Killing Fields >The remainder of the article is a diatribe against foxhunting.< I read that article and found especially the hunting part you didn't include completely unintelligible, so much so that I questioned whether the author was really a journalist at all. Horrible writing. Can't believe these people find paying jobs. Paula ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:05:48 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?jeanne=20louise?= Subject: [AVALON] Julie Burchill rules! Nigel,you left out the best bit,when she calls one of the boys,the Ferry cretin,and links him with Charles and Camilla....I love Julie,she brings great fun to our life every saturday in the Guardian!JL. Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:44:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Aleks Kocan Subject: [AVALON] Bryans worst track ever Still listening to Frantic and I can't believe how dire "Goodnight Irene" is... In my opinion it must be the worst song he has ever recorded. "Goodnight Irene" is truly dreadful, every time I hear I cringe - I can't believe that he recorded it. Any other takers for "Ferrys worst track ever"....? Aleks Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:56:26 -0400 From: "Strimples" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Bryans worst track ever I second this! Steve - ----- Original Message ----- From: Aleks Kocan To: Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 12:44 PM Subject: [AVALON] Bryans worst track ever > Still listening to Frantic and I can't believe how > dire "Goodnight Irene" is... > > In my opinion it must be the worst song he has ever > recorded. "Goodnight Irene" is truly dreadful, every > time I hear I cringe - I can't believe that he > recorded it. > > Any other takers for "Ferrys worst track ever"....? > > Aleks > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > ________________________________________________________________________ ___ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html > US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:39:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Drew Howard" Subject: [AVALON] SOTW: This Island Earth Hi (belatedly). Simon mentioned something about movie references relating to this song from Bride. I've learned that there is indeed a cult science fiction movie from the 50's called This Island Earth. Does it have any relevance to Ferry's song? I'd love to know - I've always regarded it as one of his gret moments - it's sort of the last word on, well, just about everything and the best album closer of all time (no exaggeration). Cheers in advance for any help, Drew - ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:49:38 -0500 From: "Judy Kaufman" Subject: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever > Still listening to Frantic and I can't believe how > dire "Goodnight Irene" is... > In my opinion it must be the worst song he has ever > recorded. "Goodnight Irene" is truly dreadful, every > time I hear I cringe - I can't believe that he > recorded it. > Any other takers for "Ferrys worst track ever"....? Over the past couple of days, two of my favorite Ferry covers (Irene & Carrickfergus) trashed. Oh well, different tastes. Worst track? Ferry penned would be "She Sells". Worst cover would have to be either "Like A Hurricane" or "Goin' Down". Judy NP: Revolverlution - Public EnemyRE ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:15:09 -0400 From: "Arnold Schulberg" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever > Any other takers for "Ferrys worst track ever"....? Over the past couple of days, two of my favorite Ferry covers (Irene & Carrickfergus) trashed. Oh well, different tastes. Worst track? Ferry penned would be "She Sells". Worst cover would have to be either "Like A Hurricane" or "Goin' Down". Let's blame Eddie Jobson for "She Sells" although I love the line: "Your lingerie's a gift wrap, slip it to me." Great pun. Yeah, "Like A Hurricane" blows. Worst song? I thought the consensus was "Cry, Cry, Cry". Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:23:44 -0700 From: "David Firmin" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Bryans worst track ever I like the track. It's a nice change from the norm. Bryan felt strongly about it according to this recent article "Everything I've done in music goes back to the moment I first heard Leadbelly sing," Ferry says. "He has the kind of voice that stops you in your tracks. After hearing his records, I began investigating other black American artists, blues singers, jazz singers, players like Charlie Parker. To [English] ears it was so raw and passionate. The language was the same, but the accent was somehow exotic, the phrasing angular and strange. And the black acts were always so immaculately dressed and stylish, which became a big part of my stage presentation." - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aleks Kocan" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:44 AM Subject: [AVALON] Bryans worst track ever > Still listening to Frantic and I can't believe how > dire "Goodnight Irene" is... > > In my opinion it must be the worst song he has ever > recorded. "Goodnight Irene" is truly dreadful, every > time I hear I cringe - I can't believe that he > recorded it. > > Any other takers for "Ferrys worst track ever"....? > > Aleks > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html > US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 23:23:04 +0100 From: "Jane Collard" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Bryans worst track ever I too am still listening to Frantic (almost daily) and am increasingly of the opinion that it's his best ever solo work. That said, I have really, really tried, but "Irene" still grates on me. I understand and admire Bryan's reasons for recording the song, but for me it just doesn't work. It doesn't fit his style. It strikes a jarring note on Frantic in the same way that (for me) Tripych does on Country Life. Other candidates? Other tracks that just make me cringe are "It's My Party" and "You are my Sunshine". Best wishes Jane - ----- Original Message ----- From: Aleks Kocan To: Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 5:44 PM Subject: [AVALON] Bryans worst track ever > Still listening to Frantic and I can't believe how > dire "Goodnight Irene" is... > > In my opinion it must be the worst song he has ever > recorded. > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html > US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 18:18:21 -0400 From: "seely31" Subject: [AVALON] Worst ferry and worst cover Worst ferry penned tunes? I'd nominate Just another High and If it Takes All Night (not counting the Boys and Girls and Bete Noire tracks I can't remember. Maybe add Name of the Game). Worst cover: It's My Party. Pete S. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:05:28 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ronald L. Stubbs" Subject: [AVALON] Check out this Village Voice article Here\'s an interesting in-depth piece on BF and Frantic from the Village Voice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Village Voice - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0235/tannenbaum.php Steadfast in Style by Rob Tannenbaum Bryan Ferry Frantic Virgin ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:35:50 -0400 From: "Arnold Schulberg" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Worst ferry and worst cover OH MY GOD! I love "If It Takes All Night". Arnie - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of seely31 Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 6:18 PM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: [AVALON] Worst ferry and worst cover Worst ferry penned tunes? I'd nominate Just another High and If it Takes All Night (not counting the Boys and Girls and Bete Noire tracks I can't remember. Maybe add Name of the Game). Worst cover: It's My Party. Pete S. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:43:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever Well, there's 85% of _As Time Goes By_, for starters. Also "N.Y.C" and "San Simeon." Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:02:13 -0400 From: "Pete Seely" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever Ouch! I love San Simeon (and every single song on Country Life EXCEPT IITAN). Pete - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Matan" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:43 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever > Well, there's 85% of _As Time Goes By_, for starters. > > Also "N.Y.C" and "San Simeon." > > Colleen > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html > US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:30:42 -0700 From: "R. Jackson" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever Ouch. That's one of my favorite tracks on the album... - -Rob At 03:15 PM 08/27/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Worst track? Ferry penned would be "She Sells". ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:01:24 -0400 From: "Keith Shockley" Subject: Re: [AVALON] SOTW: "Mother of Pearl" - ----- Original Message ----- From: Colleen Matan To: Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 12:32 PM Subject: [AVALON] SOTW: "Mother of Pearl" Probably my favorite Roxy Music song. I love Manzanera's guitar work at the opening of the song then the sudden break, the haunting bass lines then the piano. All of this followed by not only one of Ferry's best vocal performances but also some of his most hauntingly surreal lyrics. As far as the various live versions of this song, some of my favorites would be from the Manifesto tour where Brian seems to take the song to new heights. Of course the original Stranded track segways beautifully into Sunset.......pure bliss. Keith NP: L.A. / The Fall > The song of the what/whenever is "Mother of Pearl" from _Stranded_. > > 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... > > Mother Of Pearl (Ferry) > > Turn the lights down/way down low > Turn up the music/hi as fi can go > All the gang's here/everyone you know > It's a crazy scene/hey there just look over your shoulder > Get the picture?/No no no no .......(Yes) > Walk a tightrope/your life-sign-line > Such a bright hope/right place, right time > What's your number?/Never you mind > Take a powder/but hang on a minute what's coming round the corner? > Have you a future?/No no no no .......(Yes) > > Well I've been up all night (again?) party-time wasting is too much fun > Then I step back thinking of life's inner meaning and my latest fling > It's the same old story all love and glory, it's a pantomime > If you're looking for love in a looking glass world it's pretty hard to > find > > Oh mother of pearl I wouldn't trade you for another girl > Divine intervention always my intention, so I take my time > I've been looking for something I've always wanted but was never mine > But now I've seen that something just out of reach glowing, very Holy > Grail > > Oh mother of pearl lustrous lady of a sacred world > > Thus even Zarathustra another time loser could believe in you > With every goddess a let down, every idol a bring down > It gets you down > But the search for perfection, your own predilection > Goes on and on and on and on > Canadian Club love, a place in the country, everyone's ideal > But you are my favorita and a place in your heart dear makes me feel more > real > > Oh mother of pearl I wouldn't change you for the whole world > > You're highbrow holy, with lots of soul melancholy shimmering > Serpentine sleekness was always my weakness like a simple tune > But no dilettante filigree fancy beats the plastic you > Career girl cover exposed and another slips right into view > Oh looking for love in a looking glass world is pretty hard for you > > Few throwaway kisses the boomerang misses spin round and round > Fall on featherbed quilted faced with silk softly stuffed eider down > Take refuge in pleasure just give me your future we'll forget your past > Oh mother of pearl submarine lover in a shrinking world > Oh lonely dreamer your choker provokes a picture cameo > > Oh mother of pearl so so semi-precious in your detached world > > Oh mother of pearl I wouldn't trade you for another girl > Oh mother of pearl I wouldn't trade you for another girl > Oh mother of pearl I wouldn't trade you for another girl > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html > US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:05:47 -0500 From: "Paula Brown" Subject: [AVALON] SOTW Mother of Pearl If there is one song which best encapsulates the stylistic movement Ferry brought to art, it is Mother of Pearl. It's all there. Paula ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 02:20:52 EDT From: DEAGLERR@aol.com Subject: Fwd: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever Return-path: From: DEAGLERR@aol.com Full-name: DEAGLERR Message-ID: <102.1a5bd4ed.2a9dc596@aol.com> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 02:20:06 EDT Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever To: aschulberg@charter.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 9 Yeah, this is why there are horse races. Evertime BF's "Amazing Grace" comes on the box I see how fast I can hit NEXT. Why would She Sells be something to blame on Jobson? R Deagle ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 02:07:01 -0500 From: "Judy Kaufman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Bryans worst track ever DEAGLERR@aol.com > Evertime BF's "Amazing Grace" comes on the box I see how fast I can hit NEXT. I'm afraid I'll be struck by lightning if I listen to it. > Why would She Sells be something to blame on Jobson? He helped write this atrocity. Judy ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V7 #286 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest