From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #543 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, April 3 2013 Volume 15 : Number 543 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick [Jocelyn Fiske Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick It was strangely surreal sitting alongside a member of Roxy, listening to Roxy on vinyl. And stranger still to see that Phil got into Ferry's harmonica solo on Grey Lagoons more than he did any of his own doodlings. It's a shame it wasn't a more open forum as I know a number of people here would have loved to go. I only got a last minute invite on the back of my friendship with one of my old Creative Directors who set up the website who run The Listening Club. J - -----Original Message----- From: Colette Robertson To: 'Jocelyn Fiske' ; richarde66 CC: avalon Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:50 Subject: RE: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Thanks for the link and your report J! Sounds like it was a great event. Cheers, Colette - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jocelyn Fiske Sent: 03 April 2013 11:40 To: richarde66@mac.com Cc: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick I'm afraid he was adamant that's it from Roxy, Richard. He said he and Andy looked at eachother after the Auckland Roxy gig and said, that's it, the end, it's not fun any more. When asked about the 'new' Roxy in the studio recordings, he said he had them all on his laptop and listened to them again recently and thought "meh". He also said "Bryan can't write lyrics any more" so there was no point. He also described how the music for the songs on FYP were composed in the studio and said that Ferry would come in with 4 chords and they would just jam the rest, about 60% was binned. Then after all the music was laid down F would turn up with the full lyrics and just blow everyone away. There are no out take songs that haven't been heard - he reminded us that they recorded 3 albums in 18 months whilst constantly touring and only just managed to scrape enough together for FYP. He also brought the original acetate of Do the Strand straight from the master with him and it still sounded great. But quote of the evening had to be "Bryan Ferry teaching at an all girls school was a bit like putting Dracula in charge of a blood bank". J - -----Original Message----- From: Evans Richard To: Jocelyn Fiske CC: avalon Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:06 Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Thanks J - no more Roxy then judging from Phil's comment Shame R On 3 Apr 2013, at 09:58, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > For those unable to make it, here is a review of a very special > one-off night > in old London town, when For Your Pleasure was played live on vinyl by > Phil Manzanera for the very first time since 1973 (for him, but not > for us I'm sure). A Q&A ensued. > > > www.high50.com/culture/roxy-music-come-to-chiswick > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _____ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe > avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:06:16 +0100 From: Evans Richard Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Thanks J - no more Roxy then judging from Phil's comment Shame R On 3 Apr 2013, at 09:58, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > For those unable to make it, here is a review of a very special one-off night > in old London town, when For Your Pleasure was played live on vinyl by Phil > Manzanera for the very first time since 1973 (for him, but not for us I'm > sure). A Q&A ensued. > > > www.high50.com/culture/roxy-music-come-to-chiswick > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 07:59:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Me too. I'll contact you if you fancy meeting for Sunday brunch before? J - -----Original Message----- From: Lee Sullivan Art To: Jocelyn Fiske CC: avalon Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:55 Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Ohhhhhhhh yes :) Sent from my iPad On 3 Apr 2013, at 12:50, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: Indeed we can. Are you going Lee? J - -----Original Message----- From: leesullivanart To: avalon Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:46 Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Fascinating and sad. But fizzling out is quite Roxy I suppose, and in a way good; I really didn't want to see Roxy perform live again, since - for me at least - the magic of the 2001 tour was not recaptured in the subsequent occasional outings. But hey - we can see Phil and Andy live in London on April 28: http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/not-so-silent-movies- roxy-music-special#.UVwTYIUyEzo Lee S Displacement activity a problem? This won't help: www.leesullivan.co.uk - -----Original Message----- From: Jocelyn Fiske To: richarde66 Cc: avalon Sent: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:55 am Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick I'm afraid he was adamant that's it from Roxy, Richard. He said he and Andy looked at eachother after the Auckland Roxy gig and said, that's it, the end, it's not fun any more. When asked about the 'new' Roxy in the studio recordings, he said he had them all on his laptop and listened to them again recently and thought "meh". He also said "Bryan can't write lyrics any more" so there was no point. He also described how the music for the songs on FYP were composed in the studio and said that Ferry would come in with 4 chords and they would just jam the rest, about 60% was binned. Then after all the music was laid down F would turn up with the full lyrics and just blow everyone away. There are no out take songs that haven't been heard - he reminded us that they recorded 3 albums in 18 months whilst constantly touring and only just managed to scrape enough together for FYP. He also brought the original acetate of Do the Strand straight from the master with him and it still sounded great. But quote of the evening had to be "Bryan Ferry teaching at an all girls school was a bit like putting Dracula in charge of a blood bank". J - -----Original Message----- From: Evans Richard To: Jocelyn Fiske CC: avalon Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:06 Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Thanks J - no more Roxy then judging from Phil's comment Shame R On 3 Apr 2013, at 09:58, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > For those unable to make it, here is a review of a very special one-off night > in old London town, when For Your Pleasure was played live on vinyl by Phil > Manzanera for the very first time since 1973 (for him, but not for us I'm > sure). A Q&A ensued. > > > www.high50.com/culture/roxy-music-come-to-chiswick > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:27:06 +0000 From: Andrew Shearer Subject: RE: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick "Bryan Ferry teaching at an all girls school was a bit like putting Dracula in charge of a blood bank" Classic! p Andrew www.andrewshearer.com Twitter & Facebook: @shearermusic > To: richarde66@mac.com > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick > From: jocelynfiske@aol.com > CC: avalon@smoe.org > Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 06:39:43 -0400 > > I'm afraid he was adamant that's it from Roxy, Richard. He said he and Andy > looked at eachother after the Auckland Roxy gig and said, that's it, the end, > it's not fun any more. When asked about the 'new' Roxy in the studio > recordings, he said he had them all on his laptop and listened to them again > recently and thought > "meh". He also said "Bryan can't write lyrics any more" so there was no > point. > > > He also described how the music for the songs on FYP were composed in the > studio and said that Ferry would come in with 4 chords and they would just jam > the rest, about 60% was binned. Then after all the music was laid down F would > turn up with the full lyrics and just blow everyone away. > > > There are no out take songs that haven't been heard - he reminded us that they > recorded 3 albums in 18 months whilst constantly touring and only just managed > to scrape enough together for FYP. He also brought the original acetate of Do > the Strand straight from the master with him and it still sounded great. > > > But quote of the evening had to be "Bryan Ferry teaching at an all girls > school was a bit like putting Dracula in charge of a blood bank". > > > J > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Evans Richard > To: Jocelyn Fiske > CC: avalon > Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:06 > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick > > > Thanks J - no more Roxy then judging from Phil's comment > > Shame > > R > On 3 Apr 2013, at 09:58, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > > > For those unable to make it, here is a review of a very special one-off > night > > in old London town, when For Your Pleasure was played live on vinyl by Phil > > Manzanera for the very first time since 1973 (for him, but not for us I'm > > sure). A Q&A ensued. > > > > > > www.high50.com/culture/roxy-music-come-to-chiswick > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 08:52:20 -0400 (EDT) From: JohnOBrien001@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Viva has had the digital screwdrivers on it and sorted the link: http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/not-so-silent-movies - -roxy-music-special J.O'B. In a message dated 03/04/2013 13:44:49 GMT Daylight Time, chris.j.cassidy@btinternet.com writes: Hi Folks The link to the venue/tickets doesn't work neither does the one on Viva. Where are they playing please? Thanks Chrs From: Lee Sullivan Art To: Jocelyn Fiske Cc: "avalon@smoe.org" Sent: Wednesday, 3 April 2013, 12:55 Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Ohhhhhhhh yes :) Sent from my iPad On 3 Apr 2013, at 12:50, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > Indeed we can. Are you going Lee? > > J > > > -----Original Message----- > From: leesullivanart > To: avalon > Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:46 > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick > > Fascinating and sad. > > But fizzling out is quite Roxy I suppose, and in a way good; I really didn't > want to see Roxy perform live again, since - for me at least - the magic of > the 2001 tour was not recaptured in the subsequent occasional outings. > > But hey - we can see Phil and Andy live in London on April 28: > > http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/not-so-silent-movies - - > roxy-music-special#.UVwTYIUyEzo > > > > Lee S > > > Displacement activity a problem? This won't help: www.leesullivan.co.uk > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jocelyn Fiske > To: richarde66 > Cc: avalon > Sent: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:55 am > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick > > > I'm afraid he was adamant that's it from Roxy, Richard. He said he and Andy > looked at eachother after the Auckland Roxy gig and said, that's it, the end, > it's not fun any more. When asked about the 'new' Roxy in the studio > recordings, he said he had them all on his laptop and listened to them again > recently and thought > "meh". He also said "Bryan can't write lyrics any more" so there was no > point. > > > He also described how the music for the songs on FYP were composed in the > studio and said that Ferry would come in with 4 chords and they would just > jam > the rest, about 60% was binned. Then after all the music was laid down F > would > turn up with the full lyrics and just blow everyone away. > > > There are no out take songs that haven't been heard - he reminded us that > they > recorded 3 albums in 18 months whilst constantly touring and only just > managed > to scrape enough together for FYP. He also brought the original acetate of Do > the Strand straight from the master with him and it still sounded great. > > > But quote of the evening had to be "Bryan Ferry teaching at an all girls > school was a bit like putting Dracula in charge of a blood bank". > > > J > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Evans Richard > To: Jocelyn Fiske > CC: avalon > Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:06 > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick > > > Thanks J - no more Roxy then judging from Phil's comment > > Shame > > R > On 3 Apr 2013, at 09:58, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > > > For those unable to make it, here is a review of a very special one-off > night > > in old London town, when For Your Pleasure was played live on vinyl by Phil > > Manzanera for the very first time since 1973 (for him, but not for us I'm > > sure). A Q&A ensued. > > > > > > www.high50.com/culture/roxy-music-come-to-chiswick > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 08:52:53 -0400 (EDT) From: leesullivanart@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick The link does work, you have to cut it and paste it if it's broken up by the messaging system http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/not-so-silent-movies - -roxy-music-special#.UVwlSIUyEzp It is: Not So Silent Movies... Roxy Music Special The April 2013 Edition Music / Sunday, 28 April 2013 - 2:30pm / Hall One Price: B#12.50, B#14.50 / Online Savers B#9.50* In this Roxy Music Special, the fabulous NSSM... house band are joined by Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera from Roxy Music! Pick up some popcorn and enjoy musical improvisations along to classic silent films. Perfect for all ages from kids to those who remember watching these films in their youth. ____________ Philip Sheppard, the cellist and composer whose brainchild the project is, has something of track record in collaboration, having worked with just about everyone from Jarvis Cocker and David Bowie to an array of classical music stars. He's written award-winning film scores of his own, including In the Shadow of the Moon and Oscar-nominated feature Sergio. Familiar with exerting an intense level of control on those scores, how does he feel about letting it all go? "I love throwing caution to the wind and creating a spontaneous composition, and I have absolute confidence that these musicians can pull it off." "There'll be as much slap-stick on stage as on screen; we get such a buzz from taking the risk with no safety net - it's the adrenalin that makes it work, and when it's over you can't repeat it - it's a one off!" Displacement activity a problem? This won't help: www.leesullivan.co.uk - -----Original Message----- From: Chris Cassidy To: Lee Sullivan Art ; Jocelyn Fiske Cc: avalon Sent: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 1:37 pm Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Hi Folks The link to the venue/tickets doesn't work neither does the one on Viva. Where are they playing please? Thanks Chrs From: Lee Sullivan Art To: Jocelyn Fiske Cc: "avalon@smoe.org" Sent: Wednesday, 3 April 2013, 12:55 Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Ohhhhhhhh yes :) Sent from my iPad On 3 Apr 2013, at 12:50, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > Indeed we can. Are you going Lee? > > J > > > -----Original Message----- > From: leesullivanart > To: avalon > Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:46 > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick > > Fascinating and sad. > > But fizzling out is quite Roxy I suppose, and in a way good; I really didn't > want to see Roxy perform live again, since - for me at least - the magic of > the 2001 tour was not recaptured in the subsequent occasional outings. > > But hey - we can see Phil and Andy live in London on April 28: > > http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/not-so-silent-movies- > roxy-music-special#.UVwTYIUyEzo > > > > Lee S > > > Displacement activity a problem? This won't help: www.leesullivan.co.uk > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jocelyn Fiske > To: richarde66 > Cc: avalon > Sent: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 11:55 am > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick > > > I'm afraid he was adamant that's it from Roxy, Richard. He said he and Andy > looked at eachother after the Auckland Roxy gig and said, that's it, the end, > it's not fun any more. When asked about the 'new' Roxy in the studio > recordings, he said he had them all on his laptop and listened to them again > recently and thought > "meh". He also said "Bryan can't write lyrics any more" so there was no > point. > > > He also described how the music for the songs on FYP were composed in the > studio and said that Ferry would come in with 4 chords and they would just > jam > the rest, about 60% was binned. Then after all the music was laid down F > would > turn up with the full lyrics and just blow everyone away. > > > There are no out take songs that haven't been heard - he reminded us that > they > recorded 3 albums in 18 months whilst constantly touring and only just > managed > to scrape enough together for FYP. He also brought the original acetate of Do > the Strand straight from the master with him and it still sounded great. > > > But quote of the evening had to be "Bryan Ferry teaching at an all girls > school was a bit like putting Dracula in charge of a blood bank". > > > J > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Evans Richard > To: Jocelyn Fiske > CC: avalon > Sent: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:06 > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick > > > Thanks J - no more Roxy then judging from Phil's comment > > Shame > > R > On 3 Apr 2013, at 09:58, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > > > For those unable to make it, here is a review of a very special one-off > night > > in old London town, when For Your Pleasure was played live on vinyl by Phil > > Manzanera for the very first time since 1973 (for him, but not for us I'm > > sure). A Q&A ensued. > > > > > > www.high50.com/culture/roxy-music-come-to-chiswick > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #543 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest