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| Author: | VivaRoxyMusic.com [ Mon Aug 26, 2013 3:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Lover |
As we are taling a lot about a Ferry non-album song I though I would start a similar thread here too. There were not many non album Roxy 'songs' used as b-sides in fact only 2, Lover and Always Unknowing. http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/songs_304.php Lover on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_7WtRBtIFs I always though 'Lover' sounded unfinished too and could have been a lot better if further developed. Listen with headphones to the very last swirling symbol, it pans right round your head. I thought the middle section was the bit that sounded still at the embryonic stage. A wee bit of trivia is that this Ferry/Manzanera song had the working title of 'Skaters Waltz' J.O'B. |
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| Author: | RoxySiren [ Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lover |
It really is a skaters' waltz. The musical swirl is still the special bit about this one. I liked that swirl. I also liked the single's cover...very glam...and reflects imnsho Lover more then same old scene.... But don't you think the whole track drowned in a sea of over-production? |
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| Author: | Richard [ Sat Aug 31, 2013 11:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lover |
I love Always Unknowing - should have been on the album instead of To Turn..... sonically it fits very very very much better |
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| Author: | rendezvous [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lover |
"Lover" was, for many years, my favourite Roxy track and I've always felt it should have been a single in it's own right, and much more preferable on F+B to No Strange Delight. The Beatles and Stones used to have their later singles classed as double A-sides by the music media, and I feel that the coupling of "Same Old Scene and Lover" on the cover may have been a hint from BF that this track deserved similar status and airplay. |
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| Author: | jesmond [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lover |
Always Unknowing was perfect for Avalon, another wonderful swirl of mist and sound. Likewise I am always amazed that Midnight Train did not make the cut for Mamouna where it would have been perfect as the opening track instead of the dreary Don't Want to Know. |
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