Roxy Music- Like A Hurricane

[capnbley]

Roxy Music is great...this song better than Neil Young, no...but Jealous Guy is as good as Lennon! My opinion...Avalon Album was the best album of all time to shag!! All night!! Castle or Jungle person, theres a song in there for you!

[bobmon54]

@capnbley imho Avalon is best if making love- shagging is Santana Abraxas- the drums set women free!

[bill51891]

how many times!

[fuzzface100]

The mark of a good cover version is whether it adds a new dimension to the original song. Ferry's voice and this arrangement achieve this in spades. Young's original is still great in its own right.

[truecockney1]

I am a great neil young fan but still believe that Brian is classy.

[bluebear214]

I say, that was really quite good. Great big sound, just right for the song.

[julyarchives]

Thank you Brian for covering one of the greatest tunes ever written. These days it would not happen that way .

[Hit7Ent]

love it

[cat11557]

Sorry Neil, I've tried not to compare Ferry, and your lyrics are brillant- like a shining star. But Roxy Music takes the song to another height--- like a hurricane. And the horn didn't hurt.

[ozzyinny]

Come on....Brian Ferry singing Frere Jacques would be a sensation!

[iLuv204]

RARELY do I go in for cover tunes, plus I do like Neil Young ( a hometown boy.) My theory has always been, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music blow me away with their version of this Neil Young Classic.

[icenine2]

I've been a Neil young freak since the Buffalo Springfield days and when I first heard this version from Radio City Music Hall in 1982 I thought that it was....stunning. Great job!

[EVIL1CANIVAL]

Great cover, incredible

roxy music rock my world

[BigDen05]

They definitely made it their own I'll give them that, and I surely don't judge anyone who likes this version

Personally, though, I think this is an absolutely horrible rendition of it. Long

[lleho]

Listening to this song my heart is happy.

[sspaay]

Holy Cow! One of the few times the cover is better than the original. Wonderful job by Brian and Roxy on a great song.

[sheflew]

One of the great get-your-blood pumping peices of song-writing. If this doesn't make you want to embrace life, and plant a passionate smacker on the nearest pair of pretty lips, please god let us never be sat together on a long train journey. And how well this shows the capacity of Roxy Music to fire up an audience. Each to their own, but If only Bryan Ferry had grasped the opportunity to let his voice soar on the tag "getting blown away". And of only Andy Mackay sounded like Clarence Clemens.

[julyarchives]

great song by a great singer

regards

jimmy

[81Bear]

A great song can be done a lot of different ways. Neil does this one very differently when it's just him and the pump organ than the guitar showcase with Crazy Horse. I'll bet he loves this one.

[darralllonworth]

Think i was at this concert Frejus Amphi Theatre France 1980, very hot night, great gig 15000 people - fantastic , nice to see it again 30 yrs later = Darral

[calinder403]

just bought this song - on Vinyl people. That's right vinyl. Never forget. And guess - what I played it on my turntable (aka record player). Please - get off digital - the Big Lie is over: vinyl rules. CD's were, are, and remain bogus.

[necrotelicomnicon]

@calinder403

Yeah, I agree. I enjoy going down in the basement and listen to my dads vinyl-collection (I'm 17) much more than listening to the same music on youtube. When people started being able to download for free, the music lost it's value. Very few, especially young, people today cares for music.

[vierdiez]

@anthonyhollis1: I think Roxy´s version has a lot of passion... different from Neil Young´s though. It does lack the rawness because they´re different artists, but I still think it´s a great tribute to Mr. Young.

[jon3m2007]

Mr Ferry u are a chilled out breeze - NOT A FKIN HURRICANE - best u stick to wot u know ( listen to ur band mambers_ maybe)

[vierdiez]

Should we take your criticism seriously?... No, you´d better learn how to write instead.

[necrotelicomnicon]

@jon3m2007

This is a great cover. Shut up.

[absolutlooney]

@jon3m2007

"You are like a hurricane - There's calm in your eye."

This is the beauty of the lyrics. It is the calm in the eye that makes her the hurricane of emotions.

[bartonim]

@anthonyhollis1 Think of it as an interpretation. Of course, Neil's is

best, but a fitting tribute!

Peace!

[MsJeff63]

@anthonyhollis1

Concert de Fréjus ( France - VAR ) . J'ai encore mon ticket d'entrée. Brian en smoking sur scène.Concert fabuleux aux arènes de Fréjus, à ciel ouvert avec feu d'artifice en final.

[Adnoydal]

brian always looks and sounds like a bank teller on lunch break living his "wildest" fantasies

[Queenesy]

I love your kind of thinking - you took the words right out of my mouth :-)

[mad4timbo]

This is my new fave song from the Heart still Beating album. Listened to it 5 times a row. I love it!

[diamondrhyme]

personally, I think this version is cold and bizarre!

[cochranexyz]

Great version of this song!

[tormaturmix]

The Mission

[Videomanjohn]

This is from the Roxy Musique "High Road" live album...someone should post the version of Jealous Guy from the album.. saw it years ago at the Bulldog in Amsterdam.. . astonishing.

[spooksixsix]

this version of the song is as original as the original.

[CSXer]

I have a bootleg live CD where they use this same intro for Out of the Blue, but it's done in like a bosa nova or samba beat.

[jstu15]

Its a great tribute to both to elicit such passion from both sides. But being a NY fan I think it goes to show what a great artist he is to have so many songs covered so well. To have as many songs covered, and covered well, most artists would love to have that many songs recorded. Love live Neil, and this cover.

[Bklyn4ever]

Hey, the dude in the back-up group forgot his shirt.

[Gonzoroy]

thanks masner, hi to dad!

[mytorque]

pinca you where there to see the H in dions shop hahahaha. WOW

[bartleby2007]

i seen both neil young and bryan ferry live a few times.

great performers both of them.

[richjarr]

Sorry guys - don't want to "wreck the party" but I will never forgett the first time I watched with dropped jaw Neil Young blow me away with this track - from a Roxy fan of thirty - seven years and counting....

[kferris575]

I love this version of Like a Hurricane.

[utterrym1]

Roxy Musics "Avalon" (1982) still holds up as the best make out album of all time !

[papaworkz]

Admittedly the sound quality is poor, but the version is so much more urgent than Neil's (which I love too).

[whalestail1955]

I am a huge Neil fan but this is absolutely the best version of LAH that exists. the recording quality is bad but in the better recordings it stands alone. Some people just don't get it.

[CoffeeCosta]

Jeepers!!...I'm a huge Roxy fan since age 10.. but I tuned-out at 0.57...This absolutely SUCKS. Some songs just shouldn't be covered. This is one of them.

[eemjmm]

The SOUND is crap--it was great live --I agree it is poor compared --sound-- crap

[mad4timbo]

Great sax solo by Andy as usual!

[ajb15002]

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. God bless Neil Young.....eh

[ziggylives1]

I heard this version first but I really prefer it to the original

[133Daddy]

Sounds like the Happy Mondays

[BuddyKatt]

I am trying to find old RM; it's hard to find

[eemjmm]

if you mean REALLY old --try Sultanesque on You Tube and search for more --If you mean commercial --try Do the Strand and Virginia Plain

[Gonzoroy]

looks like Fripp get's ripp'in at the end.

[MrUSCFan]

His name is Phil Manzanera! Robert Fripp had nothing to do w/ Roxy Music!

[grooveycat]

have a worn out E.P.I think you called them back then in the good old days of vinyl, anyhow this was on it & jealous guy, plus a couple of other tracks for the life of me I can't bring to mind, does anyone have post they can put on, the collection was called 'Roxy Musique' damned fantastic, would love to get another copy somehow, somewhere, help if u can, many thanks x

[camyrobb11]

this is crap, neil young is so much better

[jnrjammy]

this is a comedy version. ferry is captain devoid of funk.

[mad4timbo]

Correction, I have just listened to Neil Young's version & this one is definitely better!

[SCLOUD3112]

Neil Young doesn't do a 'version' - it's his song. He wrote it, lived it. I like roxy music, but this twattish 80's singalong version is like comparing the works of Jackie Collins with Anton Chekov. And if you don't know which is which here, get your ears cut off, because music obviously isn't your forte.

[mad4timbo]

I haven't heard Neil Young's version of this song but I love this version!

[Ptrgamb]

Roxy Music is my all-time favorite band, but this is not a high point for them. Neil's version is far, far better. As far as Roxy's covers go, "Jealous Guy" is superior to this.

[Mateo808]

I've found that every N cover is better than NY would have done it... if you ever get a chance, check out Simple Minds version of the Needle and the Damage Done, that song took a dark dusty little tune and pulled it deep into a darker more disturbing place. It's well worth a listen. BTW Roxy Music just slays me!

[grambo365]

Dude, stop smoking crack! Roxy Music/Brian Ferry blow Neil Young out of the water. These guys are so smooth, in fact there aren't enough "O's" in smoooooooooooooooooth to describe them! Neil Young is a burn out!

[kannuk008]

Have to agree with the detractors here... Roxy Music and Brian Ferry are great at what they do, but this is not in their league. And that's a scientific fact.

Actually, covering this song does a disservice to Roxy Music.

If you want to hear "Like a Hurricane" sung by Neil Young in the 1980s, check out the live version of the song that he does in Berlin 1982.

[mgssol90]

Neil needs to school these 80s fools.

[polobluenikos]

80s sweetness nostalgia. Roxy and BF are untouchable

[0marylene]

Extrait de Roxy Music "The high road" enregistré en public le 27 août 1982 à Fréjus (en France) Cette vidéo est génialissime !

[mad4timbo]

I have new found respect for the Saxophone thanks to Andy Mackay - Genius!

[KHeyHeyHey]

I don't think bryan ferry should be singing this song

[Electra100]

Whyever not ???? Roxy are doing a great job here.

[eemjmm]

Still good -standalone -quality -no matter who is 'better' each is good -peace

[darapperr]

Nice try, but Neils' version is way better, sorry to say.But that doesn't really matter, Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry alone both are brilliant!

[joethfc]

neil's is unbeatable but this is an interesting variation

[bigdikfactory]

The best he ever looked, i saw this at Radio music Hall 1983

[chipchance]

I can't thank you enough for supplying this video! You are my new hero!

[holloholloway]

Let me make something clear. Andy newmark is no paul thompson. This ain't roxy music mate it's bryan ferry. I prefer to think of roxy from the early 70s when they were experimental, not this abortion. Ferry what did you do brother.

[realguy9]

I'm 44 and that still makes my nipples hard

[marko65]

me too! (44here)i thought i was just cold!

[mjookie]

The genius of Bryan Ferry is he has always been able to make ANY song his own

[0marylene]

Je préfère 1000 fois cette version à l'originale de Neil Young que je trouve bien fade et ennuyeuse par rapport à celle-ci ! Bryan Ferry magnifie tout ce qu'il touche !

[usignup]

this Neil Young song was OWNED by Roxy from the first NOTE.

Allan Spenner on the Bass.

Andy Newmark on the Kit.

TIMELESS!!!

[moblues61]

Look, I love this version as well. But OWNED? I don't think so. Neil's version has a different vibe and tenor. Both rock and stand on their own merits. They are almost like two non-identical twins birthed by the same muse mother.

I dig them both.

[makingsense53]

Well said mate. The same muse mother, I love it. You've got a promising writing career ahead of you. Merry Christmas.  Peace.

[eemjmm]

Same thoughts --above your comments same page--roxy Music ==wide range -Neil young --his own mark -all god --two botlles of wine --typing --not bad!

[bryanferrfan]

This clip was taken from the live performance of Roxy Music in 1982 in Frejus, France it is also available on the VHS and DVD called "High Road". Big time Roxy fan here.

[ordae58]

I've still got the video although its a wee bit worn now. absolutely brilliant

[dancingchexmix]

nammyohorengekyo - merci now gustav 9-1-08

[Knukleheada]

this rapes neil young totally.

[fringer814]

manzy freaks bad ultra jam no?

[NeverforgetElvis]

Yeah buddy. If Neil Young saw this he'd throw his guitar away and quit music. I've got a couple live Roxy versions of this and they all kick in their own way.

[0marylene]

Merci pour cette vidéo ! J'adore !

[mdmdawg]

love ya work byran and neil!! fn ledgends

[PLR2]

is that a sparks dork politicizing roxy f ing music?!!

everything this man ever did was to escape ingsoc and its droll boring bs.

[pjama72]

take your political views from here with you and go to a site that will siut your sik carry on

[smoke117]

This is awful.

[TheRocinanteKid]

Fail.

[shadowfax5449]

Good cover version, still got the original video.The Man still packs em in even though he an O.A.P. He covers other artists song with his style but with respect. Need more like him.

[sparksrule]

Quite appropriate that both Neil and Bryan have had very right winged tendancies in their careers

[sparksrule]

synchronised dancing and all!

[jgirl63]

Interesting to read the range of reactions to this song. I'm an absolute fan of both Neil Young and Roxy Music. Entirely different takes on the same song -- they both stand on their own. To my ears, this version has amazing energy and power.

[mdmdawg]

hell yeah mate love ya taste im the same! very true words

[mtopper66]

I love early Roxy, but by the time of this concert they sounded like an 80s lounge act--way too slick. I agree with the other poster that Neil's original has a raw beauty that is nowhere near this faux-disco version.

[alexitin]

I love both versions... different moods... or different people sharing the same sorts of emotion.

[OzzInter]

Ferry does versions of other people's songs as well writing his own.

He has covered some John Lennon and Bob Dylan works and well as this Neil Young song.

These are done homages to great song writers, not satires.

This version of "Hurricane" has the same swirling, hurricane like feel of the Neil Young original.

My favourite version of "Hurricane" is the "unplugged" version done by Neil Young on a pump organ!

[PANGMAN420]

u r such a butcher....and this is the worst cover i ever heard!

[frenchgirlcrazyofth]

i prefer neil young's...i really do ^^

[bone196666]

even though I love neil...this song is awesome but bryan

[collinsmagic]

Neil and Bryan....my idols while growing up....two totally different talents...both great in their own way. Isn't music great.

[bjo1953]

Not being a N Young fan..hey, I tried, years ago... ok. At least they turned me on to the song. NOW....go listen to their version of Jealous Guy.

[lleho]

Does anybody knows what's the name of the guitarist?(not Manzanera's)

[wolfblister]

isnt that neil hubbard?

[lleho]

I think so. Thanks.(Does anybody know...)

[dreyam]

Whoa... I mean, I LIKE Roxy Music... but that just set my teeth on edge.

[TheLubeGuy]

I didn't just hear this...my mind is gonna erase it and just remember the original. This is apauling, and would be funny, if it wasn't meant to be a piss take. ..But those guys look like they mean it. Anybody out there watching go and watch the live Neil Young ORIGINAL VERSION!!!

[swelstead]

I heard this version first - in, like, 1985 - and for years had no idea that a Neil Young version even existed. (This definitely isn't meant to be a piss-take - it's on at least 2 Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music albums.) But I think you'll find that anyone who heard the Roxy version first prefers this; anyone who heard the Neil Young version first prefers THAT.

Won't go so far as to say the Neil Young version is appalling, but NY's voice (whine?) does tend to grate on the nerves.

[bobthehobo65]

I agree to some degree. I respect these guy's musicle abilities, but this (and many other attempts) is just way too cheesy 80's to for the beauty of Like a Hurricane. Only Neil can do it like Neil can. His style is broken and very emotional, this is too clean and choppy. The band itself is probably great but I just dont think that they can captur the beauty of the song like Neil can

[mibeesaye]

Listen to Roxy...shagheed philistines!!! The man`s paying superb homeage to a great guy...

[mrduckspeak]

The silly old tart should stick to M&S adverts. This is a travesty. However, I have shared it with several fellow Neil fans who all find it as unintentionally hilarious as I do. As we're in season of goodwill I say anything that makes us laugh shouldn't be frowned upon! :-)

[hearsay58]

Who are you calling silly old tart - it takes one to know one!!! Al least he can still pull 25 year olds.

[crh4878]

Are those the same backup singers that toured with The Talking Heads in 1980?

[bjo1953]

Yeah...Ferry turns this into one sexy song.

And if you don't have this DVD you should run out and get it!

[Catrancher99]

G-sus. Some people are really cretinous, I love both Neil Young and Roxy Music, and I was impressed with Roxys cover of this song when it came out - an excellent version. I bet Neil appreciates it. But, you know, a "Johnson" is a euphemism for a dick. LMAO

[torrentrain]

Just to clarify.. this is a cover of Neil Youngs song... just like All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix is a cover of Bob Dylans song... I actually enjoy this version.. it is a different approach.. but a refreshing one... but the original will always be my favorite...

[masner]

Now that's productive. I was going to delete your lame ass comment. But, then I decided that I should leave it up and let the world see for firsthand what a nice guy you are. It's great to see people enjoying their life as much as you obviously do. Cheers!

[velouria11]

Hehe nice comeback :)

Guess some people just don't (or can't!) 'get' the quality that is Bryan and Roxy Music ;)

[killbot6767]

calm down. maybe you should seek help for your anger issues?

[redbiter]

hey jonson ,are you writing from a mental institution ?????????? LOL

[paulsmartialarts]

You must be one of these 'cunts' I've heard so much about. There's come in your eye.

[lleho]

Neil Young song is this, too.

[SethWinston]

Pepper -- You saw Roxy Music in 1975? Put me down as officially jealous. First

time I saw them... Paris, September 9, 1982. On my honeymoon. Had married

my English girl in London the day before. Show wasi "under the bigtop," in a circus tent. "Avalon" tour. Incredible. Romantic. But now as I look back, I wish the show hadn't been so good. I might have wised up and gotten divorced a lot sooner if I hadn't gone to that concert.

[redbiter]

yea,we all make mistakes in that department LOL

[rightfrigginnow]

Originally Brian Ferry wrote the lyric as "You are like Reuben 'Hurricane' Carter, your fists are fast but I wish you were smarter." Then, not to be beaten to the punch, so to speak, Bob Dylan hurriedly wrote and released his song about Hurricane Carter, and an extremely pissed off Ferry made some last minute changes in the studio, and unintentionally, made history.

[SethWinston]

You don't know what the hell you're talking about. This is a NEIL YOUNG SONG.

And it's got nothing to do with Reuben "Hurricane" Carter. It's about a woman.

"I wanna love you, but I'm getting blown away."

[SethWinston]

You don't know what the hell you're talking about. This is a NEIL YOUNG SONG.

And it's got nothing to do with Reuben "Hurricane" Carter. It's about a woman.

"I wanna love you, but I'm getting blown away."

[PepperWhite62]

Actually Hurricane was a Dylan song about Reuben 'Hurricane' Carter. Like a Hurricane is a completely different song by Neil Young.

[SethWinston]

Thanks for your comment. Of course the Dylan tune "Hurricane" is about Reuben Carter. I was responding to rightfrigginnow's totally incorrect

comments that Bryan Ferry wrote a song with Ferry's lyric "You are like

Reuben 'Hurricane' Carter. Neither Ferry or Roxy Music ever did a song

about Carter. For years Roxy Music has been doing a fabulous cover of

Neil Young's "Like A Hurricane." First saw Roxy Music play it live in

Paris in September, 1982,

[PepperWhite62]

I really love Ferry. I first saw Roxy in 1975 at Kent State Univ in Ohio. I think I was 13. Last saw Ferry in 99 at the house of Blues. Just bought the new CD, Dylanesqe, wasn't impressed at first but it grew on me.

Peace,

Peppper