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  • The pouting by them all! Music has got to have character.

  • Never bettered. The kids today would still rave about this, so long as they did'nt know that their parents heard it 1st !

  • Great crazy sound, Ferry looks wasted, fantastic!!

  • It's very odd to me that music I grew up with 40 years ago has not been bettered. and now I have access to the lot via the net!

  • Ladytron

  • EXCELLENT

  • No Ferry was a high-end couture model who almost married Jerri Hall. Ferry was/is into that very high end eccentric,flamboyant,dashing display scene.The band tarted out with Eno, ut not for long.Eno helped out lots of performers.Eno is a flaming Queen.Ferry is not afraid of well detailed flamboyancy.He's got Gautlier, D&C,Thierry M-all the bad boys of fashion and Ferry can carry all of it.

  • BRILLIANT

  • The birth of Brilliance!

  • Those first couple albums (with Eno) are simply incredible....when it became "Ferry's band" they got a little soft. This totally ROCKS out!

  • Gettin' my first real exposure to Roxy here.

    Damn good, alright.

  • roxy poxy smash . .

  • So cool to be able to see them perform it!

  • mY FAVE BAND

  • 3:00 priceless

  • Inspiring to future punx...what a cool song. Thanx for the post. I mean Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno...it just had to remake remodel rock.

  • No seriously Timmybear, Roxy were the first to equal the greatness and creativity of The Fab Four. Think Blue Album material.

  • Ferry in blue eyeshadow! God I love early Roxy :-) (and anything Eno)

  • This was the introduction to a band who filled a void left by the demise of a very famous band in 1969-1970. Enough said.

  • @clarkbell - the Monkees? ;)

  • outstanding all around.

  • zag dit optreden in Den Haag ergens rond 1977, na afloop sliepen we met 4 lui in 'n DAF

  • Never beaten or equalled.....

  • The absolute bollocks

  • CPL593H

  • @surfinjo  Bryan Ferry's car registration

  • As someone who was born in 1986, i feel more and more cheated every time i watch videos from bands from this time period. Things were so progressive it was unreal. I would give anything to see one band from today that had the talent of one of these musicians....I'm living in a fantasy world. I was supposed to be born in 1945.

  • @jamfloyd1

    you are correct, last 30yrs was nothing, just wank and hype. glad you can recognize the difference!

  • LOVE IT

  • just one of the best they ever did all legends, eno, mac kay; manzanera and so on

  • amazing

  • lovely at 26, still lovely at 64.

  • Ooooo not half !!!

  • This is so good. Light years ahead of their time. Ensemble made in heaven. Short-lived, like most great things, unfortunately...

  • Great song...but my favourite song of Roxy Music is "If there is something" :)

  • Their best song.

  • Roxy were like six great bands all performing at the same time...Eno was Riff Raff...2 years before there was a Riff Raff!

  • I always thought Eno was the really weird one, but I stand corrected: it's Ferry. ;-)

  • @TheRattking

    yeah, he even joined the toryparty

  • Good, very good indeed, but I must say it's PLAYBACK.

    Though amazing for the times (1972?)

  • Yes, it think this was a promotion video.

  • Brian Eno !

  • the first 2 roxy music lps and the 1st two eno lps are very interesting and 'out there'.

  • Ahead of the times.

  • Many bands had a good front man and talent behind him. This band had a great front man and some truly serious talent behind him. They were all front men.Roxy might have been the best if you look at prog rock as the best expression of musical values by that generation.

  • Vau,Vau - fenomenalno !!!

  • roxy music was and is bryan ferry .all members admit that .read last years excellent 'remake remodel- becoming roxy music".these guys are all supremely talented artists that changed music forever

  • The first two albums were definitely better in my opinion but the third sans Eno took them in a more pop direction. The third album was good too but it wasn't as break through as the first two. They had lost that sense of experimentation without Eno's presense. This is not to say that their future direction without him was bad but just less exciting for me and many others. They provided in the first two albums real excitement at the time and a more intelligent and visual approach to pop/rock.

  • On the other hand, while Eno was producing 'Music to cure insomnia' (or whatever, lol) Roxy were still releasing bloody good songs. Roxy with Eno - great. Roxy without Eno- also great. Eno without Roxy - not so good.

  • Eno's albums were great - very eclectic and some nice pop tunes on there. I must disagree. Eno's an interesting person but a bit like Damien Hirst - good on hype.

  • It is not a cliche to say that the first two albums were the finest - it is simply a fact. Even now those 2 are the albums that are bought by more people than any other. It's simple really, Eno brought an essence the was 50% of the sound and when he left the whole direction of the music changed and not for the better (although it was still good - the ENO magic was sadly missing)

  • No, Eno provided one sixth of the sound. Ferry, on the other hand, wrote 100% of the songs.

  • Electra.......You need to do your homework....Eno (as is accepted) was the 'sound' mastermind of early Roxy Music. I was not diminishing the amazing talents of the other musicians, or Brian Ferrys songwritng, but the fact remains that without Eno, Roxy (and I love them) would have been just another rock and roll band.

  • Anyone who doesn't know by now that by now it is a completely MORONIC CLICHE to say the first two albums are "better" , the "best", the "only good ones" - all because of Eno - is a total MORON.

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  • bkbotanic- I think the word MORONIC is rather harsh tbh, irritating though the Eno fanboys can be. Imo PSEUD is far better word. ;)

  • Love the Ferry and Eno. When I was 13 and all the other girls were gaga over Duran Duran- I was discovering Roxy Music. I think I made the right choice.

  • Ferry ego was the problem - That's why he went solo and then did a load of middle of the road stuff. Early Roxy were the most original band on the block and he blew it!! Eno has proved his worth since then, while old ferry just keeps reforming the band to make a fast buck!

  • I'm with you there pp

    The Eno/Ferry collaboration was fabby to begin with...totally groundbreaking...I was there at some of their first gigs, and compared to groups like Barclay James Harvest (check them out!...not)) who were playing on the circuit in London at the time. These guys were miles apart.

    I subsequently met Eno a couple of times since, like when he wanted to work with the Kreisler String Orchestra, the range of his vision has always been inspiring to me....

  • class!

  • Thanks for sharing a great band!

  • this is the business big man

  • bryan ferry was right on it and he had a load of freaky carisma but if your doubtful about eno check out here come the warm jets or any pre ambient stuff its as good as any roxy stuff and this is excellent..it aff fits into the bowie reed freaky future art rok scene to my ears the best music of the past fifty years. i could talk talk talk talk talk myself to death.

  • i love eno and i love ferry

    together they were awesome

    and their music without each other too

  • ferry is the ONLY one in the band that i like. at least he keeps the melody in the song. eno is into sounds - farts, burps, whatever. at some point, you need melody.

  • Roxy's greatest U.S. hit was WITHOUT Eno, and Eno admitted himself how well made the next two albums were, WITHOUT him.

  • what a great band. saw Ferry in '77 at the Bottom Line in NYC with Talking Heads as the opening band. Ferry was touring in support of "In Your Mind". Both Spedding and Manzanera on guitar, John Wetton on Bass (Jerry Hall came out on Lets Stick Together). I went because a friend was obsessed with Ferry. I was a fan ever since.

  • amzing sax. amazing everything. i miss the 70's. that's it, it offically a jaded flower child

  • Fuck ya. Who does this Today? No fuck'in buddy! Music in some small way died after 1989. After this time you have to dig deep and I do mean deep.

  • Roxy Music were bloody brilliant, all so talented. Bryan Ferry is the best man everrrr, Just look at his face! :) Love him

  • I hear The Beatles close to the end

  • Ok, can anyone please tell me just what Is CPL593H ??? my own best guess is a snythesizer, but I can find nothing enlightening when I google it. Any help out there?

  • Um.... nevermind, I've read further on this page and now know. sorry.

  • CPL 593 H was a vehicle registration plate number. I remember reading (or maybe misremember reading) that it was from a Renault but I can't remember whose vehicle it was or why it ended up as this refrain.

  • I read that it was the plate on Ferry's car.

    Also, this video seems to be the band lip synching over the album version of the song.

  • cpl593h was the vin (vehicle identification number) of the girl ferry sang about (car model...hence, remake/remodel).

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  • i Think it was the license plate in a humphrey bogart movie casablanca

  • is no one listening ,,,no one has come close to this ,,,,effortlesss caotic mess the true art of noise,,,eno lost his way after warm jets,, went all ambieant then sold out to fucking u 2 just recently produced paul simon ,,,, his raw talent never did shine after roxy

  • Roxy Music and For Your Pleasure are absolute must haves. The production on these albums is incredible. The drum sounds on this album are amazing.

    Paul Thompson is terribly underratted and little mentioned when it comes to drummers.

    Eno shines on these two albums. Roxy where able to mix many different styles with flair and ease.

    Remember this is 72/73 for the first two albums. There was nothing like it before or since except maybe Eno's first two solo albums.

  • i could not agree more they influenced so many other bands a true group of artists

  • who the fucks floyd ,,,if you want pink floyd fucking google floyd .....roxy copied no one they led the rest simply followed

  • by the way if you want to see hear a souped up version of this check my profile.

    (Kudos to twomonkeys for posting this. I just re-edited the video recently)

  • eh??

    so wrong! :/

    If you really think that then why not explain why you think that and at the same time chronologically if you're not talking about Syds pink floyd

  • WTF?

    They're nothig like Floyd. Roxy were true innovators.

  • eno and ferry a magic combination

  • Such an exciting song.

  • One of my two favourite bands ever. Roxy Music and Cheap Trick.

  • My FAVOURITE band...ever. My dad was about 12 when he got into them and introduced them to me at a very, very young age. He had 'Total Recall' on video and this was on it.

    Thank you for posting this up on YT! :D :D

    E

    x

  • Brian Eno, one of the best producers of all time!!!!!!

  • Great shirts!!!

  • This is great! didnt know there was any film of early roxy like this. Takes me back to my youthful early musical influences. Thanx 4 the up.

  • Goes to remember that my karma is to watch this and remember I was born too late.

  • CPL593H!

  • Are they miming? I ask because this sounds suspiciously too much like the recorded LP version. Music usually sounds different live.

  • Superb, my era... cheers twomonkeys :)

  • ENO was a genius and a pioneer

  • ENO is still alive

  • I totally love Andy Mackay. He is such a great addition to their sound.

  • Total masters !!!!!

  • This is lip-synched to the studio recording, but still cool to see. Wonder what it sounded like live.

  • brill ! they were great live !

  • There used to be a brilliant live version on Youtube from 1973. Performed on some German tv show. It got removed for some reason though. There are other songs from that performance on here - I can see Editions of you over there > (under 'related videos') so I don't know what the problem was with Remake Remodel. Such a shame. I wish someone would put it back on.

  • There is a great live version of "Editions of You" on the bootleg record "Better Than Food" (obviously a reference to drugs). I've got it on vinyl (purchased sometime around 1979).

  • cpl593h awsome like being drunk.

  • yeah,a licenceplate code.original writing.

  • I see you are a Roxy Fan awsome. You have great taste.

  • saw them for the first time on old gray whistle test and thought WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS !! never looked back....brill...

  • rap ain´t no crap, homie

    shizzle di roxxle muzizzle

    R.I.P tupac shakur

  • Brian Eno definitely added to the sound of Roxy. Too bad he an Ferry didn't see eye-to-eye on the future... But the greatness of the band is the full picture: Phil the Man on guitar, Mackay on oboe (!) and sax, Paul on drums (fantastic!) and of course Eno and Ferry.

    When Eno left Eddie Jobson did a spectacular job as well bringing violins into it...! There will not be a band like that again. But others will do other great stuff!

  • Roxy ....it's all great ....thanks for putting this on todays artistes are bland, sans style compared to this.... I feel sorry for todays kids who don't appreciate this group.

  • Kids today are largely retarded. Just rap and crap is all they have to listen to since Nirvana's done.

  • Well, perhaps if your hungry and served up shit youl eat it. coz you dont know theirs better stuff on the specials board.

    Yeah I know its probably a crap analogie but not all kids are retarded you know, its up to us to show em quality stuff like this. Im sure many kids like stuff like this. I recently went to see a Cure gig and theirs a whole new generation coming through their too, thats reasuring.

  • I am going to be killed for this comment but tell me about it . . .how about generating something new instead of ripping off (i mean sampling)all the time . . . less computer fuckery and learn to play an actual instrument first. argh

  • Computer fuckery is harder than it looks. I compose entirely on computer, and I hardly ever sample, but then I read music, and (well used to) play an instrument.

    Being able to play gives you some insight into composing, but it doesn't make you able to compose a song. There are a lot of great instrumentalists who can't write a song. Meanwhile there are producers who can't play an instrument, but have good ears and understand song structure.

  • Enough Eno is good but this people together are amazing !!!Andy Mckay Amazing Guy with sax and oboe !!!Phil Manzanera only ladytron solo O.O And Bryan Ferry Front Man !!!Thnz for this music!!!

  • Absoloutley right, the key to great bands are " Chemistry" with each member acting like a catalyst and adding to the music.A bit like'

    Lennon / MCcartney, Simon/Garfunkel, etc.

  • Eno is THE Genius.

    And,of course,great Roxy Music with the beginning-track of Roxy Music of '72! Love this song.

  • Eno is a genious, but Roxy Music was Bryan Ferry's band. ALL the songs on the first two albums are written by Bryan Ferry. And the third and fourth Roxy albums, made without Eno, are as great as the first two...

    So, I don't understand your statement.

    And you're also forgetting Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson. Their contribution in the Roxy sound is, in my opininion, much stronger than Eno's...

  • i wank off to Bryan ferry

  • Full glam :D

  • SHAME!

    SHAME I SAY!

    nay,

    BLASPHEMY!

  • Brian Eno!! The synth player (and later famous as a solo artist and album producer). He left the band after the second album.

  • Ahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

  • Everyone here is aware it's a "performance video" set to the track from the album, right? It's not a live recording...

    Live, there was a bit of orchestrated anarchy from Eno.

  • eno and ferry rule, of course

    but the beat in this song is the best!

  • whole era of rock at dat moment just brilliant

    much better than the shity kooks or pidgeon dectectives who all sound and look the same

    these guys were pushing the boundries

  • Back in 1972 Roxy Music and David Bowie both had very different personas, they weren't actually thought of as "Glam Rock" in those days, (that was left to T Rex, Sweet and the Glitterband etc).

    Roxy Music and Mr Bowie were then both very unique, different and into creating artistic pop musical concepts, please don't assume they were "Glammies" as such, there was far more to it than that...

  • upload, well said my friend. Roxy were never a "glam" band. it`s just a shame (in my opinion) they became just another pop band after the stranded album.

  • Yes, my Roxy Music catalog ends with that Album, for sure. Avalon makes me vomit!!!!

  • roxy music and bowie are greatest in glam music

  • roxy music's sound was so incredible!!

  • I love how Brian Eno was just "Eno" back then. I suppose he was going for some glammy alien thing, but he didn't get really strange until he started acting and dressing normally, talking about sound sculptures and timbral coloration.

    Did you know he composed the Windows 95 start-up sound bite? Supposedly he has hours of alternate versions, from 3 to 30 seconds. Now *that's* a CD I want to hear!

  • You should listen to AFX,

  • "some glammy alien thing"

    Well said.

  • music collage kaleidoscope paint

    move me

  • Not live perhaps. But Roxy Music is fucking fantastic. We should enjoy this, not analyse and disect this. Besides they look great.

  • But analyzing and dissecting is fun...

  • so many instruments, play so smooth together, and not cos its studio the live performance is the same. at times they are one perfect blend

  • yes. then go fuck yourself.

  • This is not a live performance. The audio is from the album studio track.

  • POP Music from Venus....tóó Hot

    Mutant Flamingø on the synth/

  • is bryan ferry related to the isle of wight ferry?, cos i am. and you know that eno?, thats my mother that is.

  • bryan is Kat Slater's real dad,but not a lotta people know that.

  • offence taken man!

  • You're no Jerry Hall yourself.

  • If Bryan had married the lanky bitch..she would of been called Jerry Ferry!! and what about that other union ..Whoopie Goldberg and Peter Cushing..after the wedding she was called Whoopie Cushing!!

  • Ashes tøø yøu Fairy /

  • andy mckay, is parent of Steve mckay from The Stooges Fun House ?

  • Very good! I could see a little David Bowie influence in Brian Ferry's costume and make-up.

  • Bryan Ferry influenced Bowie !

  • Som muito agradavel.

  • So tight, for all the madness!

  • It's a lip-synch. The audio is from the album studio track.

  • Awesome

  • the one what or whet or just red or green or somethin in way wet, dead, stread,mad,fed,fredm, peter or ginger. make up1

  • ausgezeichnet!!!!

  • sick.

  • Oh yes...and I was 15 when I saw that in Glasgow.. still to be surpassed....!!!

  • Long,long time fan---very creative

  • Super Roxy!!! Schräg und genial! Supercool!

  • obra de arte!

  • ENO IS THE ONE

  • very special stuff, one of my fave tracks. can only regret never having had the chance to see them. this stuff makes a lot of what's around at the moment seem pretty safe. who do you reckon is today's Roxy Music? ...would be curious to know your thoughts

  • oh man todays roxy? do we have such? maybe on an indie level? i saw/met them in the late 70s, a time i will NEVER forget - talk about energy & creativity. Good question. Which I had an answer.

  • I do not think there is anyone as cutting edge as Roxy. By enjoying them, I have also discovered and enjoyed Dream Theather. Now, they are cutting edge metal/prog. rock, so maybe not your cup o tea, or is it?

  • Tomorrow night I'm going to see Chrome Hoof at the Scala in London. Disco-Prog heaviness. There are vids of them on Youtube but they don't really do justice. Check out their myspace.

  • thanks Twomonkeys great stuf CPL 95H