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avalon-digest       Saturday, November 28 2015       Volume 15 : Number 1002



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  RE: [AVALON] Christmas cheer?  ["John O'Brien" <johnobrien1965@outlook.com]

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Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 05:22:46 +0000
From: "John O'Brien" <johnobrien1965@outlook.com>
Subject: RE: [AVALON] Christmas cheer?

<<<<Starting yet another project when you haven't delivered the 10 you have
already announced/leaked just shows how shambolic things are now.B Punting a
B#100 version of an album he couldn't sell for B#10 on release simply
emphasises this.>>

I personally have no interest in this particular edition of the Avonmore album
when. There was a time i felt I 'had to' buy everything that was released
officially, now I just buy what interests me. I am not sure what the 10
projects started that have been officially mentioned: Book, Roxy 2011 DVD,
Deluxe RM Debut album, are 3 I can think of off the top of my head.


<<<<BF was once the guy who was completely attuned what his
audience wanted. Now his flunkies validate every terrible idea he comes up
with. No one challenges him or curbs his excesses in the way say Puxley used
to. >>>>

And you know  for a fact????? Everything is validated no matter what?? No One
Challenges????

Also...... are all ideas Bryan's?? Look at a lot of the positive things that
have happened over the last 10-15 years like set list choices where we have
seen Bryan/Roxy perform stuff like: Just Like You, This Island Earth, When She
Walks In The Room, Same Old Scene, What Goes On, Amazona, Sentimental Fool,
Love Me Madly Again, 2HB. Beauty Queen, Zamba to name a few have come from
Bryan being attuned to what his audience wants.

The deluxe editions idea was presented to him in a draft prototype form by a
fan a few years ago and the sort of things that is expected of a deluxe thing
like the Roxy Music album has been put to him from a die hard point of view
(after all that's who this market is aimed at) and that some of the content
that fans will love might never have seen the light of day if not. A lot of
ideas and information is fed to Bryan either at his request to find out what
fans want but some ideas are also put forward unsolicited too. Not everything
is accepted or rejected but the ultimate decisions are made by him
........after all he has been referred to on this particular forum as 'The
Commander' many times.

<<<Maybe taxi drivers are the only ordinary people he meets now?
He is still a viable live artist for two reasons. One, that he has one of the
best back catalogues in the business, and two, because even if croaks his way
through his set supported by 15 backing vocalists, when he stands on that
stage he is still Bryan Ferry, and that still means something. At least to me
it does.>>>

I totally agree Chris, I still come away form his shows feeling entertained
and with maybe a different kind of buzz I did years ago but still a buzz.

<<I will always think he is great, but he hasn't recorded anything that could
be
said to have added to his reputation for almost 15 years now.
Chris>>

I have to agree to a point and say that my favorite BF/RM work is at least 15
years old or more and I rarely play most albums from and including Frantic but
there is still nuggets on each album

J.O'B.


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