Both Ends Burning 1975

[holzg01]

Someone call the Fire Department immediately!!

[wolfstyle68]

You look pretty hot,too,in that thumbnail.-Jaquie's beautiful here!-"Shread those strings,Phil!"

[bertielis]

Well I just saw Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena last Thursday. In my humble opinion they were just as good in 2011 as they were back in (oh my gawd) 1975.I suppose Ferry and Roxy are like fine wine...they get better with age.Long Live Roxy and thanks for posting this FANTASTIC clip. I play it in my car when traffic jams give me the willies.

[wolfstyle68]

ooh!baby's on fire!

[wolfstyle68]

I prefer the brunette.Great pic on the album of her,with Bryan's sexually frustrated look.She is unmoved.They look better than they sound though!-Love that synth come in.That's avante' garde.Listen to Phil on that rythem guitar!

[LBjim]

@wolfstyle68 The brunette is Jacquie Sullivan. A fine Classy lady who lives in the LA area now and is a friend of mine, she STILL looks great!

[glimmer2158]

BOTH HANDS BURNING!

[hannahsmith1996]

loved bryan since i was 11 now 47 love him even more

[jrcornwall1]

@hannahsmith1996 Same here, yet I'm 53!! Saw Roxy the other week in Manchester. Fabulous!!

[FallOfThePeacemakers]

great song

[roxyferryfan]

Thats what you call a rock band.

[rimbauxxx]

Gran tema. El álbum es una joya. Acá estuvieron junto al genial artista Ferry,Manzanera,un guitarra que pasó ya a la lista histórica;Mackay, en oboe y saxo,perfecto;John Wetton,sin palabras,un bajista de miedo (Crimson,UK,Uriah Heep,Asia, etc);Jobson,violín eléctrico y teclados (Zappa,Crimson,UK, etc.), excelente;Thompson,potente y eficaz en batería; y Las Sirenas, muy buen duo y bellísimas. (Ya no estaba Eno).Un grupazo adelantado a su época, ecléctico y visual. Sinfónico y bailable. Viva! Roxy

[excellencepleasure]

in the words of Ringo Star 'fuckinfantastic'!!!

[DariaNPDX]

Damn BigDeanoSyd, thanks for putting this up! I saw BF in about 1977 and this is just what I remember! He did "Let's Stick Together" EXACTLY like the video from the same period....of course the "ow ow ow" woman was surely not Geri Hall! Hell, what did I know? I was just a kid! LOL! Even then, he was so hot! Still is!

[saxaboe]

The NME said that Bryan "wandered the stage,like a wounded Buffalo"

[LeBonGirl007]

Awesome!!!! :0) xxxxxxxx

[caridadroberto]

i heard this when it came out, from viva, i'm 42 now and still love it. would like to pay respect to my older brother john for a love of roxy and my biggest influence, today i do love the Lord but my brother is also my hero

[cageehv]

Awesome song! A true classic!

[davjhmcr]

Ferry like escaped drunken bear gatecrashing masonic karaoke night. Who are the BMI backing singers? Did they ever work again?

[tiefhals]

So that's Doreen Chanter...she also duets with John Wetton (playing bass here) on "Same Time Next Week" from Phil Manzanera's brilliant "Diamond Head" solo LP. Small Roxy Music world....

[walakaone1]

@tiefhals John Guftason is playing bass on this Both Ends Burning clip from 1975. Wetton plays on 5 songs from 1974 and Sal Maida on 2 songs from 1973. Check wiki : Viva! (roxy music album)--for details.

[vra864y]

If my memory is right, Eddie Jobson provided the non piano keyboards on the Viva tour - seems a long time ago since I last saw this!!!!

[julenbilbao]

ce morceau est trop puissant cette version est trop enorme ferry hallucinant

[nevsky1961]

Both ends burning & Do the strand on VIVA! are for me the best live songs I have ever heard.

[dmnewton]

OK, now the $64,000 question. Can anyone identify those two lovely ladies? I believe on the Viva! album they are only identified as "The Sirens" (that was the new album when this show took place) I have a compilation video that includes this film, but the studio version is dubbed in, thus every time they showed the girls singing they filmed them in negative in color(no female backing vocals on the album). Fell for the blonde first time I saw her, when she let her hair fall in front of her face.

[dmnewton]

Sorry, ran out of characters. Was gonna say she looked very Veronica Lake. Cool dresses too! Just tight enough to flatter but still allow for lots of movement.

[BigDeanoSyd]

The 'Sirens' were Doreen Chanter (Blonde) and Jacqui Sullivan (Brunette), they were both featured on the cover of 'VIVA Roxy Music' in different costumes, here they are wearing outfits based on female American G.I. uniforms of WWII, Bryans uniform too! He certainly liked to dress up and style everything! The girls can be seen in the video to the right as well...in 'Related Videos' the one posted by Omayyad

[VivaRoxyMusicDotCom]

Great video, the entire show (Wembley October 1975) was filmed but the master tapes could not be found at the time they where putting the Thrill OfIt All DVD together. They would release this on DVD if they had the tapes.

[Boyrich69]

You're right - best live version by miles. I had no idea RM were this good. They've always been a bit tainted by the Glam Rock thing. Shame as technically brill.  Thanks for posting BigDeano.

[Ivor662]

Check out the 5:51 version. I like it better. No idea where or when it was performed. A big show going on on thatstage.

[19galliano65]

L&G, this is your Captain speaking. Congratulations - you have found the best live version of BeB. Fasten your seat belts and have a nice flight

[EstoEsLaNASA]

WoW! Roxy Music rules!!!!!!

[kmfdm10392]

Every live version of this I've heard has been too fast. I blame the cocaine. Pity.

[freeflowfirst]

Do I have the SPEED to carry on...

So maybe it's not cocaine, hahaha.

[molleechopper]

young & raw! great clip,thanx deano.

[ChaseOnMars]

I bought Viva on vinyl the day after I heard this song. One of the great live records.

[soupyhelp]

Have had this album for 30 yrs........never realised there was video footage of it, cheers BigDeanoSyd!

[noddyneeds]

1975 , was it that long ago? It still sounds fantastic in 2008

[jtfaley]

what's that patch on his shirt say

[BigDeanoSyd]

'Roxy Music'

[Baseley09]

Best Roxy track, rad version, prefer the Frejus solo mind.

[BigDeanoSyd]

What is 'the Frejus solo mind' ???

[Baseley09]

The guitar break in the live version of this song from their Frejus show.

[bryanferrysfan]

they are refering to the live version recorded in 1982 during the avalon tour. check out heart still beating cd

[Baseley09]

Yes excellent i didn't know it was on a live album, I have the show on Laserdisc!

[dmnewton]

Fantastic video, first turned me on to Roxy! Other highlights on that one include Neil Hubbard's solo on "My Only Love" and the entire band tearing through Neil Young's "Like A Hurricaine" Neither of those version's is on the High Road CD. Don't know if that one exists on CD.

[f2h007]

@BigDeanoSyd

the solo from the 1982 show at frejus, france :)

[friendlier]

@BigDeanoSyd Ha, it's taken you two years to get this answer. Baseley09 is referring to a bootleg of Roxy's concert from Frejus, France in 1982. I think he got the "solo" part wrong.

[xensboy]

Thank you. That's a fun discovery. Knowing how picky and aesthetic-worried he is, my guess is that Bryan Ferry personally chose this video still for the cover of Viva!

He does seem about to have a passionate romance with her and she looks pleased!

[Tonydalonely]

From my understanding most of the work behind this album was done by Manzanera. Which is why some of the songs chosen aren't Bryans best vocally, such as 'if there is something'.

[xensboy]

This is a live recording, so Bryan Ferry's vocals aren't too polished, but they do transmit many emotions and excitement.

Manzanera is wonderful, of course.

[BigDeanoSyd]

Funny because I actually prefer the live VIVA version of 'If there is something' to the studio one

[Tonydalonely]

Personally I agree. But his voice does go funny where he sings 'takes me right back when you were young'. I don't think Ferry would have chosen that performance whereas Manzanera would because of other musical highlights.

[bryanferrysfan]

I agree. It expands each band members solo. I prefer the live version as well.

[death2hiphopnRnB]

Agreed. You get more mileage out of the sax in this version.

[xensboy]

Thank you for uploading this wonder, BigDeanoSyd. You've made my day!

I love many details here. The fine bassist Guy Pratt looks from far away like Cheap Trick's Robin Zander and one of the backing singers is Debbie Harry-like.

I guess that the brunette singer is the beauty on the cover of Viva!, though she isn't wearing a red dress here.

A burning performance, filled with many emotions from Bryan Ferry. Love the swooning faces at the end. Sexy.

[BigDeanoSyd]

The blonde 'Debbie Harry' lookalike is also on the cover of Viva, with her head down behind/between Bryan and the brunette, she's wearing a purple version of the red dress!... I didn't notice her there for many years! Glad you like it!...