From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #547 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Sunday, April 7 2013 Volume 15 : Number 547 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick [Evans Richard ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:45:38 +0100 From: Evans Richard Subject: Re: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick Thanks for that insight J - so he didn't like the new Roxy recordings eh? Sounds as though the songwriting credits should have been shared a bit more equally as well - four chords - thats nonsense Would love to hear all that jamming though On 3 Apr 2013, at 11:39, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > 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 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 13:37:27 +0100 (BST) From: Chris Cassidy 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 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 04:58:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: [AVALON] Phil plays FYP in Chiswick 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 ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #547 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest