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Author: | owhawell [ Mon Sep 12, 2022 6:51 pm ] |
Post subject: | 70/30 |
PM made a great statement recently where he essentially said that 30% of Roxy’s repertoire wasn’t up to scratch. He was basically blaming the Roxy method of composing i.e. the band recording backing tracks before the vocal line/lyrics existed. So - here is a list of songs (by album) that have been performed by BF or Roxy Music since the As Time Goes By Tour. I’ve excluded instrumentals, covers and B sides. Roxy Music 70/30 Re-make/Re-model Ladytron If There is Something 2 H.B. Chance Meeting The BOB Would You Believe Sea Breezes Bitters End 55/45 Virginia Plain Pyjamarama Do the Strand Beauty Queen Editions of You In Every Dream Home a Heartache The Bogus Man For Your Pleasure Strictly Confidential Grey Lagoons 75/25 Street Life Just Like You Amazona Mother of Pearl A Song for Europe Sunset Psalm Serenade 75/25 The Thrill of it All Out of the Blue Bittersweet Casanova Prairie Rose Three and Nine All I Want is You If It Takes all Night Triptych A Really Good Time 50/50 Love is the Drug Sentimental Fool Both Ends Burning The End of the Line Whirlwind She Sells Could It Happen to Me Nightingale Just Another High 33/66 Stronger Through the Years Dance Away Manifesto Trash Angel Eyes Still Falls the Rain Ain’t That So My Little Girl Cry Cry Cry Spin Me Round 20/80 Oh Yeah Same Old Scene My Only Love Running Wild Flesh and Blood Over You Rain Rain Rain No Strange Delight 50/50 More Than This Avalon While My Heart is Still Beating The Main Thing Take a Chance With Me To Turn You On The Space Between Us True to Life 75/25 Overall 43 tracks performed out of 76 or in percentage form only 56% have been performed. If PM’s comment is actually true then there are 10 songs that he considers good enough that haven’t been performed this century! I’d suggest Serenade All I Want is You Three and Nine A Really Good Time The End of the Line Just Another High Manifesto Still Falls the Rain Spin Me Round Over You |
Author: | Scott [ Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:28 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 70/30 |
Flesh and Blood and The Space Between were performed live by Bryan on his 2019 tour. Think he opened with Flesh and Blood for a couple of shows (I was at one of them) and Space Between was played at a number of shows. |
Author: | UKRichard [ Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:58 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 70/30 |
Two things spring to mind: 1) did Phil sit down and assiduously arrive at 30% or was this a throwaway remark with 30% merely plucked out of the air? If the latter, I wonder would the 'real' figure be 30, 40, 20, 10? 2) it seems at odds with what's said at other times about the great songs that Roxy have available to perform that no-one else does. If nigh on a third of the tracks on 8 'seminal albums' weren't "up to scratch", surely they would be pretty obvious after 40-50 years of scrutiny? The whole thing is pretty meaninglessness unless there's absolute confidence in 1). Then again, the entire world rarely seems bothered about pesky things like accuracy and detail getting in the way of 'essentially' a good story, so I don't suppose we should either. |
Author: | DCJ [ Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:40 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 70/30 |
I'd guess that Phil's 30% number was approximate. But it doesn't seem that far off the mark! |
Author: | The Pale Moon [ Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:16 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 70/30 |
Not posted for a while but just like to say that , like you all I’ve listened to these nine albums ( including viva issue which still needs the delux release treatment, the material is there just waiting) and I only see maybe 4 or 5 tracks in the catalogue as less than strong. Throw away lines often ring true ….but not in this case. Good luck to the band for the rest of the tour and very much looking forward to Manchester. I hope they open with either SF or TBM |
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