From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V8 #330 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Tuesday, December 2 2003 Volume 08 : Number 330 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Dance Away/Trash/Album+Single Versions [=?iso-8859-1?Q?Kenne] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:09:01 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kenneth_Nystr=F6m?= Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dance Away/Trash/Album+Single Versions Philip, I also believe that they choosed Trash as a single because it had some elements of how the music sounded like at that time. I also remember seing Roxy for the first time then in Feb 1979 , hearing that intro of Manifesto as the first song of that concert, first the bass from Gary, then the synth from David I think, then TGPT steady beat on the drums, Andy on sax, those guitar chords from Phil, Lights, Ferry enter the stage, "I'm for a life around the corner, that takes you by surprise" Great stuff , Great concert Kenneth - ---- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dance Away/Trash/Album+Single Versions > I think whatever single they released first from Manifesto at that time > may have had a muted reception.It was a transitional period in music and > Ferry and the boys were seen as Old School and "Trash " was seen as an attempt > to appear contemporary ( we can also blame NME who really took it against > Ferry) > I too was at my first Roxy gig on, I think, Thursday 4 May 2003 at Birmingham > Odeon, which I recall was also Election Day. > Manifesto remains my 2nd favourite album.. ..not a popular choice amongst > Avalonoians. > > Philip > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V8 #330 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest