Not literally.

I wish more uproars were literal.

Roxy Music is fucking great. Anyone who disagrees never had sex.

I never knew Albini was a virgin.

Not Crap

I'm not a big fan, but I will admit to watching this clip several times in a row just now.

I'm not a big fan, but I will admit to watching this clip several times in a row just now.

A week or so ago, one of my evening listening sessions included the first Roxy Music record. I don't even know if I'd ever listened to side two before--I just probably put "Virginia Plain" on two or three times in a row whenever I played it and called it a day.

Well, last week I listened to all of it, and I was totally blown away by "Would You Believe?" I think I am more inclined to like Roxy Music's ballads than the more upbeat numbers like "Do the Strand," which I hate.

Anyway, I vowed to pick up some more Roxy Music while in Louisville last weekend. Unfortunately, a vinyl copy of Country Life was not available anywhere I looked, so I had to content myself with a CD reissue of Stranded. Man, "Psalm" and "Just Like You" are fucking gorgeous. This band sounds really god this summer.

Stranded was my first Roxy Music experience. I still really love that entire album.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:A week or so ago, one of my evening listening sessions included the first Roxy Music record. I don't even know if I'd ever listened to side two before--I just probably put "Virginia Plain" on two or three times in a row whenever I played it and called it a day.

Well, last week I listened to all of it, and I was totally blown away by "Would You Believe?" I think I am more inclined to like Roxy Music's ballads than the more upbeat numbers like "Do the Strand," which I hate.

Anyway, I vowed to pick up some more Roxy Music while in Louisville last weekend. Unfortunately, a vinyl copy of Country Life was not available anywhere I looked, so I had to content myself with a CD reissue of Stranded. Man, "Psalm" and "Just Like You" are fucking gorgeous. This band sounds really god this summer.

It's easy to get stuck on Virginia Plain.

Stranded is great--I probably prefer Country Life and Siren slightly, but it's a great record.

I am still listening to Roxy Music to the exclusion of many many other things.

To me, an inexhaustible catalog.

I still cannot find a vinyl copy of Foolproof.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:A week or so ago, one of my evening listening sessions included the first Roxy Music record. I don't even know if I'd ever listened to side two before--I just probably put "Virginia Plain" on two or three times in a row whenever I played it and called it a day.

Well, last week I listened to all of it, and I was totally blown away by "Would You Believe?" I think I am more inclined to like Roxy Music's ballads than the more upbeat numbers like "Do the Strand," which I hate.

Anyway, I vowed to pick up some more Roxy Music while in Louisville last weekend. Unfortunately, a vinyl copy of Country Life was not available anywhere I looked, so I had to content myself with a CD reissue of Stranded. Man, "Psalm" and "Just Like You" are fucking gorgeous. This band sounds really god this summer.

I've been listening to a lot of Roxy Music lately too. Granted, I just discovered them recently, but they are really good. So far I only have the Eno-period records (who could have guessed). Roxy Music is flawed. The first side is absolutely gobsmackingly glorious, but some of the second side is, at best, poorly structured and, at worst, bullshit. "Chance Meeting" is awful (though I recently realized that Josef K's song "Chance Meeting" sounds quite a lot like Roxy Music), and "The Bob (Medley)" doesn't do much, even as a hodgepodge. The rest is good, but not at the standard of the first side (admittedly, "Would You Believe" comes closest). For Your Pleasure is great, but doesn't rock out nearly enough. It mostly replaces the rock with a kind of cold, slick atmospheric sound which fails in spots ("The Bogus Man"). (How can you hate "Do The Strand"? That song's hilarious!) "Editions of You" is brilliant, and I, for one, think "Grey Lagoons" is one hell of an underrated song. Try and find the non-LP single "Pyjamarama" which got put out to promote For Your Pleasure, it's pretty great.

Ok. Sorry. Pontification over.

tmidgett wrote:Stranded is great--I probably prefer Country Life and Siren slightly, but it's a great record.

Same here. Country Life and Siren are the pinnacle for me.

I love Brian Eno and I love Roxy Music but I think both did their strongest work independent of one another. The first two Roxy Music records are good, but not as good as the early Eno records or the fourth and fifth Roxy ones.