From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V13 #123 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Sunday, August 30 2009 Volume 13 : Number 123 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] Film 82 [Andrew Shearer ] Re: [AVALON] Film 82 [KWil632057@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Film 82 [Terence OConnor ] Re: [AVALON] Film 82 [KWil632057@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Film 82 ["Thomas Wallace" ] Re: [AVALON] Film 82 [Martino ] Re: [AVALON] Film 82 [Jocelynfiske@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Film 82 [Susan Stekel ] Re: [AVALON] Film 82 [kwil632057@aol.com] [AVALON] Limited Edition CD Release? [Terence OConnor ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:30:57 +0000 From: Andrew Shearer Subject: RE: [AVALON] Film 82 Curious title I know but blame BF; check out www.bryanferry.com. Interesting.... Regards, Andrew _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Messenger: Celebrate 10 amazing years with free winks and emoticons. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:49:00 EDT From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 Wow. The campaign for an official CD release starts here. Can't Let Go sounds gorgeous... Cheers for the heads up Andrew! :-) J In a message dated 29/08/2009 11:40:25 GMT Daylight Time, shearerandrew@hotmail.com writes: Curious title I know but blame BF; check out www.bryanferry.com. Interesting.... Regards, Andrew ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:06:22 +0000 (GMT) From: Terence OConnor Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 This is brilliant, forget the new best of! Terry - --- On Sat, 29/8/09, KWil632057@aol.com wrote: From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 To: shearerandrew@hotmail.com, avalon@smoe.org Date: Saturday, 29 August, 2009, 11:49 AM Wow. The campaign for an official CD release starts here. Can't Let Go sounds gorgeous... Cheers for the heads up Andrew! :-) J In a message dated 29/08/2009 11:40:25 GMT Daylight Time, shearerandrew@hotmail.com writes: Curious title I know but blame BF; check out www.bryanferry.com. Interesting.... Regards, Andrew ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:36:03 EDT From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 Bowie did an instrumental compilation a few years back - I wonder if the Ferry camp have put this on the site to gauge interest? And I wonder how close this stuff got to getting on any movie soundtracks? There's a very interesting interview on the DVD of The Walker where Paul Schrader says that Ferry started work on the soundtrack of the movie before backing out as it 'wasn't really his thing' (they used some Roxy/Ferry tunes anyway). J In a message dated 29/08/2009 12:14:22 GMT Daylight Time, stranded22@btinternet.com writes: This is brilliant, forget the new best of! Terry ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:36:19 +0100 From: "Thomas Wallace" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 I agre this stuff should be released, if not on disc then as downloads. Is it just my imagination or does the Can't Let Go remix sound like something that would have fitted well with the production on ABC's Lexicon album? It has always been obvious how much they were influenced by Roxy/Ferry, but this really highlights that influence. Tom. - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: ; Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 > Wow. > > The campaign for an official CD release starts here. Can't Let Go sounds > gorgeous... > > Cheers for the heads up Andrew! :-) > > J > > > In a message dated 29/08/2009 11:40:25 GMT Daylight Time, > shearerandrew@hotmail.com writes: > > Curious title I know but blame BF; check out www.bryanferry.com. > Interesting.... > > > > Regards, > > > > Andrew > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:35:50 +0100 From: Martino Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 It is sensational. An aural wallpaper for any dreamhome. Sent from my iPhone On 29 Aug 2009, at 12:36, KWil632057@aol.com wrote: > Bowie did an instrumental compilation a few years back - I wonder if > the > Ferry camp have put this on the site to gauge interest? > > And I wonder how close this stuff got to getting on any movie > soundtracks? > There's a very interesting interview on the DVD of The Walker where > Paul > Schrader says that Ferry started work on the soundtrack of the movie > before > backing out as it 'wasn't really his thing' (they used some Roxy/Ferry > tunes anyway). > > J > > > > > In a message dated 29/08/2009 12:14:22 GMT Daylight Time, > stranded22@btinternet.com writes: > > This is brilliant, forget the new best of! > > Terry > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:53:21 EDT From: Jocelynfiske@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 Wow! Thanks my second favourite Mr Shearer for pointing this out. I don't often visit bf.com but what a fantastic addition these instrumentals make. Rain, Rain, Rain sounds like it would have fitted something akin to American Gigolo very well, and agreed Thom, the sumptuous strings of CLG are very ABC. I wonder if BF as an artist is made for filmic soundtracks though - not because of style, imagination, flair, or taking direction rather because of deadlines. Deadlines set in stone have never been Fez's forte and perhaps that's what makes him steer clear? But other Roxy influenced artists (ex Japan and Magazine) have made the transition seamlessly and to huge acclaim, so perhaps there's room for the Maestro in the future? More interestingly, I remember reading somewhere that the new Roxy album was sounding very psychedelic and that maybe it should be released as an instrumental album (I think this was meant in jest as the lyrics weren't and seem to still be largely unwritten)? On the strength of these remixes, which I too would love to see become available as download or CD, how would we all feel about an instrumental Roxy album? Never been done before (by them) so would have a certain uniqueness? Maybe it could then be re-released a year later with lyrics. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:28:36 -0500 From: Susan Stekel Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 8:53 AM, wrote: > > On the strength of these remixes, which I too would love to see become > available as download or CD, how would we all feel about an instrumental > Roxy > album? Never been done before (by them) so would have a certain uniqueness? > Maybe it could then be re-released a year later with lyrics. > A very intriguing question. My immediate personal opinion would be "no." But then again, I'm not much for rock instrumentals. But then again again, I just reminded myself of Dirty Three (actually, I was reminded of them because I just found out they'll be performing in my town soon, with an accompanying discussion at a nearby art museum). Their strikingly beautiful debut album was a fave of mine back in the 90's. But lo, I am not wandering off topic: the Amazon.com editorial review of that album says this about instrumental rock, and I offer it up as a thought-provoker on the Roxy question: ********** "Instrumental rock has always been best left to the fringe. Avoiding words to tell ideas, these bands convey meaning with a whole other vocabulary--a lexicon to which few can relate. It's not for the literal-minded, nor for the easily distracted. When it's not successful (most times) it's not much use to anybody. But then comes a band like Australia's Dirty Three, a rather (true to its name) grimy trio of drums, guitar, and violin. Their version of the no-vocals bang and clang--while prey to some milder forms of the self-indulgence and pretension that often accompany instrumental bands--is not likely to bore anyone in proximity to their gallant racket. In fact, getting too close to D3's violent sea of sound and drama could get you swept up in a musical maelstrom you won't easily escape." *[snip - comments specific to album]* "Where most indie rock bands owe their debts to Lou's side of the Velvet basement, D3's fiddle assault reminds us how much John Cale's blistering viola abetted the madness. And in truth, Dirty Three communicate more in their raw wail than most Velvet Underground spawn say through all the intellectual poetics they can muster." ********* So, would a Roxy instrumental work? Just how key are the" intellectual poetics" of BF to the whole deal? cheers, Susan ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:26:10 -0400 From: kwil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 An interesting thought. I wonder if the patience of Roxy fans will be rewarded with a double album of vocal and instrumental versions? I certainly hope the Ferry camp are listening and are aware that this aural treat has fired up?this otherwise rather dormant?list... A demand to have this material issued officially is certainly there... J? On the strength of these remixes, which I too would love to see become available as download or CD, how would we all feel about an instrumental Roxy album? Never been done before (by them) so would have a certain uniqueness? Maybe it could then be re-released a year later with lyrics. - -----Original Message----- From: Jocelynfiske@aol.com To: shearerandrew@hotmail.com; avalon@smoe.org Sent: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:53 Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 Wow! Thanks my second favourite Mr Shearer for pointing this out. I don't often visit bf.com but what a fantastic addition these instrumentals make. Rain, Rain, Rain sounds like it would have fitted something akin to American Gigolo very well, and agreed Thom, the sumptuous strings of CLG are very ABC. I wonder if BF as an artist is made for filmic soundtracks though - not because of style, imagination, flair, or taking direction rather because of deadlines. Deadlines set in stone have never been Fez's forte and perhaps that's what makes him steer clear? But other Roxy influenced artists (ex Japan and Magazine) have made the transition seamlessly and to huge acclaim, so perhaps there's room for the Maestro in the future? More interestingly, I remember reading somewhere that the new Roxy album was sounding very psychedelic and that maybe it should be released as an instrumental album (I think this was meant in jest as the lyrics weren't and seem to still be largely unwritten)? On the strength of these remixes, which I too would love to see become available as download or CD, how would we all feel about an instrumental Roxy album? Never been done before (by them) so would have a certain uniqueness? Maybe it could then be re-released a year later with lyrics. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:02:24 +0000 (GMT) From: Terence OConnor Subject: [AVALON] Limited Edition CD Release? Very interesting thoughts Jocelyn, however I cannot help but feel that Bryan would not be happy releasing a product to such a select few that would actually buy the product. I think he releases only product he is: A: proud and satisfied with B: he can tour make an income from. However, because there has never been one track released officially by Ferry or Roxy on CD that has not been available previously on vinyl ( I know someone will think of one, J O'B? ). This would be a good limited edition CD release for collectors only, perhaps just 1000 numbered pressings? And SURELY there must be more in the vaults? Whatever did happen to that box set Mr Ferry? So many questions, so much time. Terry 'O' ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:42:31 +0100 From: Bahi Para Subject: Re: [AVALON] Film 82 2009/8/29 Andrew Shearer > Curious title I know but blame BF; check out www.bryanferry.com. > Interesting.... > Thanks, Andrew. I enjoyed listening as much as everyone else did. There are two mixes of these instrumentals so visit the site twice in succession to you hear them both. One begins with The Main thing and the other with Boys and Girls. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V13 #123 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest