Post by martin53 on Mar 7, 2011 1:53:59 GMT -5
The great British band Roxy Music was formed 1971 in London, England. Since the very beginning Roxy Music had a fascination with fashion, glamour, pop art and the avant-garde which separated the band completely from their contemporaries. Dressed in bizarre and stylish costumes, the group played a rebellious experimental variation of art rock which swinged between avant-rock and sleek pop hooks, components which molded their uniqueness.
During the early 70’s, the group was driven by the creative tension between Bryan Ferry and Brian Peter George St. Baptiste de la Salle Eno, who each pulled the band in separate directions: Ferry had a preference for American soul and Beatlesque art-pop while Eno was intrigued by creatively deconstructing rock with amateurish experimentalism inspired by the Velvet Underground. This incarnation of Roxy Music recorded two pathbreaking albums, “Roxy Music” (1972) and “For Your Pleasure” (1973). These two records inspired a legion of imitators, not only the glam-rockers of the early 70’s, but art rockers and new wave pop groups of the late 70’s as well.
King Crimson’s Peter Sinfield produced Roxy Music’s first self-titled LP in 1972. The album climbed straight into the British Top Ten in that very summer. Shortly afterwards the non-LP single “Virginia Plain” was released and rocketed into the British Top Ten, followed by the other non-LP single “Pyjarama” in early 1973.
“Virginia Plain” had a fulminant and groundbreaking start. The song had everything a hit needed then – a complete new sound, freshness, witty, clever lyrics and a very optimistic tenor.
Brian Eno left the band in 1973. Roxy Music muted into a fine art rock band, elaborating gradually with elements of rock, disco and soul. Within a few years, the group had evolved a sophisticated seductive soul-pop that relied on Ferry’s crooning and songwriting.
Roxy Music is still active. They tour the world. Their concerts are events and are regularly sold out. Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno are still very good friends.
It’s with a great pleasure that I still attend Roxy Music’s or Bryan Ferry’s solo concerts. It’s not because I just love the band or Bryan Ferry. There’s much more to it! The group emerged in a time when the world existed in a political, military and economical balance. Despite living and working in regulated markets in those days the companies made major benefits worldwide. There was full employment, an endless consumer boom, a mushroom growth and a sheer lust for life paired with tremendous optimism. Everything you would touch turned into gold. To me, Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry, having carried out everything with style and class, are the ambassadors of this world that ceased to exist a long time ago. - Oooops, I see, I got carried away a little.
Let’s open this fantastic new thread with the song that started everything for this incredible band in the summer of 1972:
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Enjoy!
During the early 70’s, the group was driven by the creative tension between Bryan Ferry and Brian Peter George St. Baptiste de la Salle Eno, who each pulled the band in separate directions: Ferry had a preference for American soul and Beatlesque art-pop while Eno was intrigued by creatively deconstructing rock with amateurish experimentalism inspired by the Velvet Underground. This incarnation of Roxy Music recorded two pathbreaking albums, “Roxy Music” (1972) and “For Your Pleasure” (1973). These two records inspired a legion of imitators, not only the glam-rockers of the early 70’s, but art rockers and new wave pop groups of the late 70’s as well.
King Crimson’s Peter Sinfield produced Roxy Music’s first self-titled LP in 1972. The album climbed straight into the British Top Ten in that very summer. Shortly afterwards the non-LP single “Virginia Plain” was released and rocketed into the British Top Ten, followed by the other non-LP single “Pyjarama” in early 1973.
“Virginia Plain” had a fulminant and groundbreaking start. The song had everything a hit needed then – a complete new sound, freshness, witty, clever lyrics and a very optimistic tenor.
Brian Eno left the band in 1973. Roxy Music muted into a fine art rock band, elaborating gradually with elements of rock, disco and soul. Within a few years, the group had evolved a sophisticated seductive soul-pop that relied on Ferry’s crooning and songwriting.
Roxy Music is still active. They tour the world. Their concerts are events and are regularly sold out. Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno are still very good friends.
It’s with a great pleasure that I still attend Roxy Music’s or Bryan Ferry’s solo concerts. It’s not because I just love the band or Bryan Ferry. There’s much more to it! The group emerged in a time when the world existed in a political, military and economical balance. Despite living and working in regulated markets in those days the companies made major benefits worldwide. There was full employment, an endless consumer boom, a mushroom growth and a sheer lust for life paired with tremendous optimism. Everything you would touch turned into gold. To me, Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry, having carried out everything with style and class, are the ambassadors of this world that ceased to exist a long time ago. - Oooops, I see, I got carried away a little.
Let’s open this fantastic new thread with the song that started everything for this incredible band in the summer of 1972:
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Enjoy!