The Bogus Man:
I love it - because it is long and meandering, like medium-paced chase. I like where it goes and how it plods, even 35 years on (Lord, I'm old). "Grey Lagoons", placed immediately after it is the accelerated antidote.
BTW, the whole series was remastered a few years ago and that first record has been cleaned up considerably. The reason I include "Stranded" in that list is because it represents Roxy as "Ferrymusic" (as he coined it) in what I consider to be a high watermark. After that, imo, it was imitation of the trophy.
I also agree that Roxy was far more interesting with Eno's destabilization at work in the mix - alien interference was woefully lacking when he left after one of Ferry's tantrums over the shape of RM. Roxy was magic at their height - I got to see some of that early stuff live and it was even more jawdropping.
I guess you had to be there, but they changed everything.
jeff
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From: Alan Lockett <Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk>
quoted 28 lines I know what you mean, Jeff.>
> I know what you mean, Jeff.
>
> And re: Roxy, btw, that 1st album had a nasty boxy production sound even
> then. Posterity hasn't helped either. I too have acquired those first 3
> albums and no others. On the third one you can hear they're on the way
> towards something less interesting - probably they needed Eno as yin to
> Ferry's yang (or whichever way round it is). For Your Pleasure probably
> makes it as the best album by virtue of having a better production than the
> 1st, but I could never warm to Bogus Man, which is a pretty long plod-haul
> smeared over most of a side.
>
> alan
>
> --On 18 May 2006 11:47 +0000 therealmxyzptlk@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > When I feel it getting too 'meta', I like to peel back a few layers and
> > deal with the references - i.e., go retro for a few spins.> >
> > jeff
> > np : Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure (title track, resplendant with
> > Enossified piano)
> >
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> >> > wobbly writes:
> >> >> Blimey if you didn't catch me ignoring this new record!
> >> >> If you don't listen to it, it sounds great!
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