From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V8 #4 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Monday, January 6 2003 Volume 08 : Number 004 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] comparing recent tours [Daniel Atterbom ] Re: [AVALON] comparing recent tours ["Jimbo" ] Re: [AVALON] comparing recent tours ["Philip Adams" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 12:39:35 +0100 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] comparing recent tours At 23.59 -0500 03-01-04, Keith Shockley wrote: >Are you serious? The Roxy reunion tour by a moonlight mile! Of course I >didn't see either of the Ferry solo tours........... Keith, you take the words right of my mouth. LOL. But seeing Roxy for the first time in almost 20 years was a relevation. NP U2, Elevation Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 10:43:34 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] comparing recent tours On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Christian H. Soetemann wrote: > Hello Avalonians, > > and a Happy New Year to all of you. New Year's greetings to you all from a beautiful and snowy Washington, DC. > I'd like to read some of your opinions on which tour stood out the most > for you - the ATGB tour, the Roxy or the Frantic tour. Like you, Christian, I think the Frantic show I was was the best of the 3. I saw the opening night of the ATGB tour which was a wonderful experience and was surprising to both the band members and the audience but which was hampered, in my opinion, but the lackluster material on ATGB. I saw 2 Roxy shows and, hey, they were the worst 2 of the tour. But it was such a thrill to see the original members on the stage (still not sure it was appropriate to have the others) and the time I spent travelling with list members more than redeemed the shows. The Frantic show was probably the best show I'd ever seen Ferry give. The band was having a wonderful time and Ferry was genuinely enjoying himself, and not merely play-acting as he did on the stage during the Roxy shows I saw. It restored my faith in him. > The version of Boys & Girls was probably one of the best things I ever > heard in a Ferry concert. I am in total agreement. I wonder, though, if the quality and feel of the Frantic shows were built on the experience of both the ATGB and Roxy tours? Certainly the personnel, set list, and staging/pacing have their roots in that continuum. 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: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 17:05:05 +0100 From: "Jimbo" Subject: Re: [AVALON] comparing recent tours And when is tne next time ??? jim. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Atterbom To: Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] comparing recent tours > At 23.59 -0500 03-01-04, Keith Shockley wrote: > >Are you serious? The Roxy reunion tour by a moonlight mile! Of course I > >didn't see either of the Ferry solo tours........... > > Keith, you take the words right of my mouth. LOL. > > But seeing Roxy for the first time in almost 20 years was a relevation. > > NP U2, Elevation > > > > Daniel > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 23:15:43 -0000 From: "Philip Adams" Subject: Re: [AVALON] comparing recent tours some very quick thoughts. Very often it comes down to venue and how good your seats are. I prefer Ferry's solo performances. Roxy were probably not so good live after 1975 - can anyone back this up ? I only saw them in 79, 83 and 2001. The reunion was enjoyable and good fun but too sleek and the setlist a bit lacklustre,[ ok it was also a Greatest Hits tour.] Ferry ATGB was interesting with a few high points - some of the tracks from the ATGB album plus Sunset , Street Life. Ferry 's Frantic tour inspired. Old Ferry, old Roxy, new Ferry and a smaterring of covers. Yep, the best of the three. Philip ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:30:19 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Billmann Subject: [AVALON] DVD's again Howdy all, I'd like to post this again. I got one lead from someone but it dead ended. Can I ask again if anyone has a lead on getting 'Total Recall' and 'The High Road' on DVD. I'm in USA so I need the appropriate format. Thanks in advance. Mike Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now ___________________________________________________________________________ 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 V8 #4 ************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest