From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V10 #136 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Sunday, June 12 2005 Volume 10 : Number 136 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] From Risky Music to Roxy Magic ["Mark Stephens" ] [AVALON] IOW set list [Stevesiren@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Couldn't sleep a wink last night... [Bahi Para Subject: [AVALON] From Risky Music to Roxy Magic Great to meet a lot of friends again at the KoKo, Must say thanks to the guy next to me who helped me pull a reluctant Andy McKay's autograph after the show. Now I have the complete band on my Apollo DVD cover. So that was a big plus, along with Pyjamerama, and Prairie Rose. A lot has been said about the show which I cannot really add a lot to. They should drop WMHSB and My only love, and I think Dreamhome would have been better with BF centre stage instead of tooked away at the back of the stage. With these tracks, it was noticeable that the audience was talking amongst themselves. other than that, I will never tire of seeing Roxy Music, and I actually enjoyed seeing them a little under rehearsed, with a more rough and cut approach, I think it suited the venue, and added to the atmosphere, It certainly made BF smile a couple times. Next day, long drive home, should I drop into Nuneaton to catch Roxy Magic? Surely not, after the KoKo, it would be too much of an anti climax? Well like Love is the Drug, I needed my fix, to top me up, and temptation got the better of me. Pulling into the car park, I could hear Re-make Re-model blearing out, and I thought I was late, and rushed in to find I was the only one there hours early, catching them in rehearsal, and they sounded great. So after a few beers to get into the swing of things, the show began, and what an interesting set list. The Bogus Man, Virginia Plain, Pyjamerama, AlI want is You, (Great to hear that live) Street Life, Over You, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Out Of The Blue, Oh Yeah (On The Radio), Dance Away, These Foolish Things, (A Brave one but really worked a treat), Tara, (Close your eyes and picture Loch Ness). Both Ends Burning, Ladytron, Angel Eyes, Love Is The Drug, Slave To Love, A Sign Of The Times, Re-Make Re-Model, Take A Chance On Me, Jealous Guy, Do The Strand and Lets Stick Together. Now I am no musical technician, but these guys seemed to have a really tight set. and it has to be said, I heard more bum notes the night before/ All the band are worthy of my praise, Paul Woolley on keyboards, the Colin Good of the band? Bob Hackett on Bass, John Ozoroff as Manzo, but leans more towards Spedding, Kearin Wright on drums, Lee Sullivan on sax, a star in his own right, who decided to go for a walk about through the audience with a couple of songs. Finally Kevin Hackett, as the Meastro himself. Amazing what a bit of black hair die, a white Tuxedo jacket, black leather trousers, and a couple of Pints of John Smiths can do. He looked the part, and pulled off a very convincing Ferry voice. Guys I take my hat off to you all, I found myself singing and dancing through all the setlist, (And you did Nigel Hollis!) and letting what bit of hair I have left down, and it really brought a close to a great two days. If you get a chance to see these guys, please give them your support, I was very sceptical, but believe me, these guys Blew me Away! As well, as Amsterdam and Liverpool, I am now looking forward to a little pub called the Diamond (Which has seen some bands that have hit the big time) in Sutton in Ashfield Mansfield, Regards, Mark Stephens ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 23:29:50 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: [AVALON] Magazine Does anyone of you have a copy of the Roxy-inspirered group Magazine's brilliant "A Song from Under The Floorboards" and want to trade? Then please contact me off list. - -- Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:47:54 EDT From: Stevesiren@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] IOW set list Set list from IOW is on Viva now, "Street Life" back (ba******) "Heart Still Beating" gone!! Wonder how they went down with the Travis fans Steve ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 01:49:39 +0100 From: Bahi Para Subject: Re: [AVALON] Couldn't sleep a wink last night... From Johnny Reece: >Funny thing is, I always knew that Roxy Music were the only band in >the world where I'd stand for five hours for, waiting, and it would >be worth it. [...] I can't believe you guys were there from FOUR PM! Amazing dedication. I made it there for 7 but saw a queue and walked away :-) I agree with so much of what you wrote, JR: the joy of hearing Prairie Rose (such an unexpected choice), My Only Love improved with Sarah Brown in the band, and even Jealous Guy sung like he really meant it. I thought I was the only one on this list who enjoyed the performance of that song in Koko - but I'm in esteemed company. >As for the dancers, I'm beginning to notice a male/female divide on >this, for the most part. >I loved them. A lot of the girls in the audience didn't. And I do >think they add something. Hear, hear. >Dream Home came close to what I remember from the early 70s gigs. >Much darker, eerie, something sinister lying beyond. Marvellous. It >was that sort of feel that made Roxy so different all those years >ago, so strange, so untouchable, so... Roxy ! It sounded sparse, and fittingly so. There was so little going on around Bryan's voice - that improved things. I'll get no respect for saying this on Avalon but I still think Ferry's Dream Home duet with Jane Birkin was outstanding. It turned art-rock genius into dark, brilliant pop and just asks to be put onto infinite repeat. >Then Editions, Drug, Strand. No surprises there, but marvellous >none the less. When I listen to recordings of Roxy in the late 70s and the 80s doing their earlier stuff, it often sounds like they're sleepwalking through it - the words are mumbled and Ferry's voice usually betrays a lack of interest. His mind is on the newly recording material. When I saw them play in 2001 (on a muddy field, headlining at a festival, BTW, despite Ferry saying tonight on TV that the Isle of Wight was probably the first festival that Roxy had played since Lincoln in 1972), Ferry really came alive during the 80s stuff: things like Oh Yeah, My Only Love and While My Heart is Still Beating. I was stood up against the stage and it wasn't just the sound of the band putting their everything into it - it was Ferry's face, lost in the music, taken to some other place. Those songs seemed to transport him. This time around, it was (with the exception of Jealous Guy - I thought this was the best I'd ever heard it) the early stuff that did it. That was great to hear. John O'Brien: I, too, absolutely loved the stuff that David Williams did on Ferry's albums. Bryan pretty much built song arrangements around his riffs on tracks like Spell (the single mixes of which are glorious) and Mamouna but at the Koko gig, I didn't hear a note he was playing though he was clearly playing. The Isle of Wight television coverage tonight seemed to avoid him entirely - was he even there? It was good to see Faithless and others just now pay respect to Roxy during the Channel 4 IoW coverage. Maxi Jazz (from Faithless) was similarly enthusiastic about them on stage last time I saw Faithless play, just before handing over to Roxy, who headlined. B ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V10 #136 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest