From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V9 #288 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, November 10 2004 Volume 09 : Number 288 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] RE: avalon- Triptych ["Amanda Eliot" ] [AVALON] Live Aid [Daniel Atterbom ] Re: [AVALON] New Roxy live album now tba [Daniel Atterbom Subject: [AVALON] RE: avalon- Triptych I think Bryan's interest in religious subjects probably stems from his love of romantic melancholy - grandeur, passion, pain, longing etc being at the root of most of his work; the idea of the divine, something greater than us all, creates the possibility of an ideal endless love, a power greater than us, an unattainable bitter-sweet dream. I'm sure he was struck by the deep feelings in gospel and blues music. He's known to be a big fan of Bob Dylan, whose songs sometimes contained religious references. Sympathy For the Devil seems to be more about the rock-gospel music and snarling lyrics than trying to put across a message of any sort. I'd like to think Bryan has moral depths. Sometimes I'd like him to write something poignant about the world - something along the lines of Paul Weller or Sting - rather than glamming it up at fashion awards. But I think, for him, the music is the thing, his religion if you like. I don't like Triptych or Psalm. I prefer the eroticism of A Song For Europe and This Love, or the campness of many others, inc It's My Party! He may have been happily married for many years and a good father, but I love that he sounds dirty! A voice dripping with ennui and sensuality. If I was casting a religious play, he'd be the Tempter! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enjoy the awesome learning power of Encarta. at your fingertips when you subscribe to MSN. Encarta Premium. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:09:51 +0100 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: [AVALON] Live Aid I am writing a piece on the failure of Live Aid, the starvation like all or most starvation in the third world is politically motivated, therefore the aid did not reach the hungry (and won't for this year's Band Aid for Sudan either). The DVD omittes half of Ferry's songs as well as other performers, Led Zeppelin doing the honest thing and refusing paricipation. The concert helped Quenn to a second wind, made stars out of U2 and other acts. This has been discussed here before, do any of you want to add or help me see it from another perspective? - -- Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 19:23:20 +0100 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Roxy live album now tba Swedish EMI/Virgin's official release schedule lists: Roxy Music, Live at the Beeb, unique BBC recordings is now tba (to be announced) instead ofApril. And that's all I know folks. - -- Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:37:06 EST From: JohnOBrien001@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry and Religion: Triptych In a message dated 07/11/2004 21:06:33 GMT Standard Time, KWil632057@aol.com writes: I'd be interested in any discussion on this song in particular and Ferry's religious beliefs... Many hym books index their contents with 'first line titles'. Ferry did this with a few songs in the early days where the title was used once in the song and as the first line. If There Is Something Would You Believe For Your Pleasure J.O'B. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:07:24 EST From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry and Religion: Triptych And lets not forget that the first song he wrote was called Psalm. J In a message dated 09/11/2004 21:43:32 GMT Standard Time, JohnOBrien001@aol.com writes: Many hym books index their contents with 'first line titles'. Ferry did this with a few songs in the early days where the title was used once in the song and as the first line. If There Is Something Would You Believe For Your Pleasure J.O'B. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 20:52:02 -0800 From: Helene Subject: [AVALON] Netscape article on no "James Bond" Here's his chance.... Come on, Bryan, if you're reading, you'd be great! I like how they say an unknown would be optimum. Helene Does anyone even want to play James Bond? Gary Susman It's dangerous being a superspy, especially when a billion-dollar franchise is riding on your shoulders. Maybe that's why some of those tipped as possible replacements for Pierce Brosnan in the forthcoming James Bond movie have said thanks-but-no-thanks. Brosnan himself told interviewers recently that Colin Farrell would make a fine 007, but Farrell told reporters at the junket last weekend promoting his movie Alexander that he's not interested. ''I would not like to do it,'' he told Reuters, adding that producers should cast an unknown. ''They should find someone the audience has no history with.'' Also turning down the role is Nip/Tuck star and soon-to-be Fantastic Four villain Julian McMahon. So says his mother, who told Melbourne's Sunday Herald Sun that he'd been approached about the role but had to decline because he'd ''recently signed a long-term deal with his hit TV drama series.'' One actor who does seem to be interested in playing Bond is Hugh Jackman, who reportedly started rumors earlier this year that he'd been asked to succeed Brosnan, then admitted that producers hadn't yet approached him. Yo, Wolverine, how can you be a spy if you blow your own cover? ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:43:34 +0000 From: "Andrew Shearer" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry and Religion: Triptych and wouldn't "Would you believe, if there was something for your pleasure?" be a great song? Andrew >From: JohnOBrien001@aol.com >To: avalon@smoe.org >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry and Religion: Triptych >Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:37:06 EST > >In a message dated 07/11/2004 21:06:33 GMT Standard Time, >KWil632057@aol.com >writes: > >I'd be interested in any discussion on this song in particular and Ferry's >religious beliefs... > > >Many hym books index their contents with 'first line titles'. Ferry did >this >with a few songs in the early days where the title was used once in the >song >and as the first line. > >If There Is Something >Would You Believe >For Your Pleasure > > >J.O'B. > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V9 #288 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest