Roxy Music With Brian Eno - Grey Lagoons Live

[CitizenGatsby]

Oh my God! That was fucking amazing. "Grey Lagoons" is so ridiculously underrated. I love this song. :D

[ramjet300]

One of the most under rated Roxy tracks, pure genius

[elsykilmister]

El primer Roxy Music era una delicia.

[801liveable]

this video illustrates one of the reasons ENO, left ROXY MUSIC..ENO and BRYAN FERRY at both ends of the stage maybe fighting for number one billing. i read it was during a live performance of "STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL" that FERRY thought ENO, on the other side was trying to upstage him..after the song FERRY stormed off the stage ranting he would never work with ENO again..but in this video listen to eno sing his heart out..listen to ANDY MCKAY'S honking sax..and BRYAN FERRY looks like DRACULA..

[hahasaidthecar]

@801liveable it was during "Beauty Queen" that Eno himself walked off stage, wiping his hands of his most fervent fans, who insisted on chanting "Eno, Eno, Eno" during a favourite song. Bryan, who was rattled by this, did indeed say he wouldn't work with Eno again. There was rivalry for sure, and a battle for the direction of the band. Ferry won. Much like the Cale/Reed split in the Velvet Underground. It was a split that ultimately benefited both camps.

[801liveable]

@hahasaidthecar You're right it was "Beauty Queen"...Brian Eno, had no claim on the band anyway..As he admits Roxy Music was Bryan Ferry's baby..He created the concept..Formed the band..Created the style..Wrote all the music(on the first 2 albums)..and sang the songs..Eno, treated the instruments..You couldn't tell who the frontman was onstage in the early days..Ferry, admits he was too insecure to take center place..It was at the insistence of EG records, that he go there..

[tonyvideo2000]

If you were a kid in the NYC metropolitan viewing area in the late 1960's you saw Sandy Becker do his Hambone dance. I wonder if that made us readymade Roxy fans as we got older?

[udohood]

@tonyvideo2000 fuckig brilliant! Sandy Becker was ahead of the curve....

[Maguirearch]

That Extreme Prog rock outfit that were a bit Like em...... "Gong" with genius guitarist "Steve Hillage"......"I Never Gild Before" ...is taking extreme wackyness to another level..

and they released thier Angel Egg Album same year 1973.....

Really far out stuff

[kristoscan]

manzanera,thompson,and mackay the real concrete to this group screw eno/ferry. Also Eno is completely jacking w/ Ferry's sound/singing in this clip. Oblique strategies shoulda seen this 1 coming!

[kristoscan]

In all respects they had the greatest schizo band etho: muscular but weak,great effects,looked like half a metal band. truly prog rock and gliiter combined. The old saying that prog is punks cousin could be no more right than this w/combo.

[kristoscan]

Ohh that's where Liberace left his old blazers! Seriosly is that Eno warbling his harmony/bbacking vox, need remade/remodeled.

[pmanster]

I think America did not get it for the most part. They are a super group in Europe and you hear them all over the radio in most of the countries. I was in Spain and hear them daily on the radio as I ate breakfast with my wife. Not sure why but they are THE super group in my mind. Talent, sound, feel. They had it all. Unique and wonderful.

[leonakita]

Many thanks to all who post such classic clips. So few videos featuring Brian Eno at this time, and this one has him dominating background vocals in full ostrich feather attire! Its a shame Eno drew so much attention away from Ferry, that it caused dissention in the band resulting in him walking away. Roxy never sounded quite the same without him, with all due respect to Eddie Jobson. Nice to see so many years later Ferry and Eno working together on projects, proving they can overcome diff.

[sonoflambeth]

what about the sound?

[emmah491]

Brilliant!! Would be nice louder please!

[martianshoes]

I saw Roxy open for Flash and Humble Pie in '73...funny how a promoter would stack up a dissimilar bill like that...Glam, Prog and Grit. I am not an expert but I could have sworn I saw Eno and Ferry looking daggers at each other on the stage...and some vehement mouthings going on, too....

[freestyleminibus]

shahame about the level

[CrimsonKing73]

why is there sound coming out of only the right channel? LOUDER! The reason why everyone is so critical of Eno's voice here is because he is too high in the mix for television.......it ALWAYS seems to be the case that live audio engineers could NEVER get it right in terms of the mix for TV........just look and listen to Yes Live at QPR May 1975........horrible mix, worse than this one.....just change it to MONO for god's sake so sound comes out of BOTH speakers. and is LOUDER...please?

[leutdan]

remote control...get off junk now

[sortabli]

Eno look scares me.

[leutdan]

3:34 - 3:39 - look like somebody weird hippie girlfrien

[thejimmyzshow]

Fascinating.

[baronepam]

TY for posting this vid, I am so blessed to have been a Roxy fan from late 1970's actually saw them perform live several times but nvr with Brian. So grateful!

[Knepperify1]

The multi-instrumentality of this band was just off the charts. Oboe, sax, violin, harmonica, tape treatments, keyboards, synthesisers and the usual bass, guitar, drums and vocals.

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All done live in real time. No computers or disc drives to keep you in tune or in time.

[leutdan]

@Knepperify1

just because you can pick it up and hit it or blow into it or squeeze it or whatever doesn't mean you're a virtuoso.

[daveisbowie]

Anyone who is in music, can see/hear that it is a live performance.

[2HB2HB]

They are the best ever.

[Dashativity]

I wish it showed more Eno. His outfit is so over the top and his background vocal are distinctively Eno.

[tompom89]

Roxy are just the best band ever end of! Eno looks like something from another planet! He always went beyond all the other band members with his clothes

[schragemusik]

@tompom89 You're right about Eno. The trouble was, this 'excess' caused him to become more noticed than Bryan Ferry (I was at many of those early concerts and someone would be bellowing 'Eno' all the way through). This obviously pissed Ferry off a treat. It's a shame, because I often wonder if Roxy would have continued their inovative path if Eno had stayed. (But, of course, then we might not have had Eno's important input to modern music - there's scope for another 'Butterfly Effect' there) :-)

[vunderground1]

Epic backing vocals. Yes, everything they did was intended; it's art-rock ffs! As they'd not know they were 'out of tune'. Hadaway and shite man.

[suzesrc]

genius , thanks for posting ... vive'  roxy

[dleestan]

OMG everything is out of tune starting with that horrible sounding bass guitar and Bryan Ferry's warble. Phil's guitar and solo were in another key you could hear it when he followed what was actually a decent harmonica solo by Ferry.

[screamedthemouth]

In this performance (as usual with TOTP) only the vocals are live

[uItravioIet]

@screamedthemouth The music is obviously live. It's very different from the LP.

[geordiejohnh]

@screamedthemouth

This is a LIVE performance on BBC2 on a show called FULL HOUSE, NOT TOTP; I remember it, COS I TAPED IT IN 1972 on an old reel to reel recorder with a mic in front of the telly , Roxy did a three song set including "for your pleasure". The clip you just watched was then used by Steve Wright in the TOTP special. and the so called MC got the name of the band wrong too!

They were still an amazin band!! Cheers GeordiejohnH

[TheThroney]

@dleestan i dont think its out of tune i just think the sound recording is not so good

[leutdan]

@TheThroney - Vocals need HELP. Brian Ferry always sucks when evaluated on technique. But style? No one sounds like him. He's like a crappy David Bowie. The instrumentation is sloppily tuned at best in spite of how shitty the recording is. So they weren't Steely Dan. They were gritty, glittery, seedy, depressing, and weird. They had a definite niche as far as image goes. They should have scored every John Waters movie. It seems like they all would hang together. I like For Your Pleasure, #1 & #5

[martianshoes]

@leutdan All that and a bag of Fritos...you nailed it neighbor

[adivadiv]

Guy's, listen to this,,,,,,, I seen them in PLYMOUTH guildhall when I was a kid and into Led Zep. All the bands of them times were musicaly talented and I seen most live . That's it. Roxy music were fogging amazing.

[eschermenenzerico]

Chapeau. The solo of Phil Manzanera is deliberately out of tune and out of sync,not an easy performance at all. In those days I knew that they were the best,but not many people in Italy shared my opinion: now,I can say that _I_ was RIGHT! Thank you for the music you've made.

[jackHNv]

Roxy were so fucking cool!

[plopnod]

To the critic 'fuckamericanidiot' This is how they wanted to sound,and it sounds great!They were very inovative ,and original.Eno's backing vocal is great and Manzanera's solo kicked

[uItravioIet]

I loved Eno when he looked like a drag queen. :)

[dws901]

Poor performance by Manzanera?!

Out of tune Eno vox?!

He hardly holds the note right?!

Everyones a fuckin' critic...when was the last time you guys were on stage if ever?!

Do you even Play music?!

This is fuckin' brilliant...

wish I was there.................

[sarpedon3]

anyone find another version where all the music isnt concentrated into the right channel? My sound card is half-fucked and nothing comes out of the right channel in stereo, so i basically cant hear this.

[vunderground1]

Just go buy the record dude. Money well spent :)

[neymason]

Brian Eno's backing vocals, priceless!!! LOL

Despite that, I think he's a genius of pop music. ENO ROCKS!!!!!!!!

[samdutton]

yeah -- it's like... doo wop!

[fuckamericanidiot]

poor performance on the part of phil manzanera i think, that solo is weak, much better on the studio version

[freestyleminibus]

This is out of this world...more volume

[mellobbello]

MERAVIGLIOSO

[koufaxkicks]

My God, they were sooooo fucking ahead of the curve. There was nobody like them unless you count the hundreds of bands who came after them and tried to emulate them(i.e. Duran Duran).

[Maguirearch]

@koufaxkicks

That Extreme Prog rock outfit that were a bit Like em...... "Gong" with genius guitarist "Steve Hillage"......"I Never Gild Before" ...is taking extreme wackyness to another level..

and they released thier Angel Egg Album same year 1973.....

Really far out stuff

[ludgang5]

fantastic

[lennycaprino2]

I Saw them live at The Hollywood Palladium in 1972 I think..... they just blew me away! Ferry has an incredible voice!

[fourflores]

Yes, he did. First time I seen a Moog Syn.; As I recall, festival style seating. Ten Years After also performed. Tickets were probably $5. Good memories.

[lennycaprino2]

I saw The Kinks at the Hollywood Palladium Too ....Great times many other bands Uriah Heep and I did see The Ten Years After show with ALvin Lee if I take some time I will remmeber the others yes Tickets were $5.00 always festival seating and upstairs too I think!

[skranker]

type &fmt=18 at the end of the URL and press "enter"

[artrock101]

Don't get me wrong, I'm totally grateful for this posting, it's one of my favorite Roxy tunes... just wish the sound was a little better/stereo... but it's still awesome!

[furtwangle]

As I thought. Riff Raff was Brian Eno all along.

[Genemusic111]

Which one is Brian Eno here?

[Electra100]

Eno's the one with long, fair hair & white, shaggy, shimmering top on. He's providing the "aaaaahhhhh" backing vocals.

[artrock101]

He's far stage-right (or far left looking at the stage) in the shiny silver jacket and long blonde hair. You can see him well in 3:35-3:40.

[Deposetheboyking]

Doesn't matter what he does...not only is BF a great lyricist and singer....he's really hot. Jeez...

[bk5612]

wow.....now THAT is REAL music......what an underrated group especially here in America

[PAULOcbi]

@bk5612 America was still wearing blue jeans and lumberjackets in the `70`s,.Homophobic as all get out too.

[JackM2409]

@bk5612 in a documentry they said they went ther but americans just didnt get it, a dont know how, they are so much better than david bowie

[edmonddantes64]

I think the audience is sedate because they really don't what to make of Roxy Music...such an eclectic mix of musicians...but the sound was incredible.

[budfoon]

I always laugh at how sedate the audiences are in many of these old vids!

[MoniMA71]

This is the first (and hopefully the last) time I find a guy with eye shades attractive. :-)

[DeleriosoAnormal]

Blue suns and grey lagoons

Silk starfish with honey moons

All these and more to choose,

if you...

[chempanillo]

Joder, qué caña

[PolaroidDroid]

When you see videos like this and and other stuff from the 70s and early 80s, you see how safe popular music is now. It's cool to express yourself in a dumb negative way, like a gangster or a stripper. Anything else though, is looked at as 'gay'.

It's mental.

[PolaroidDroid]

They seem to exist in their own time and space. The feel to the music is so out there and yet very soulful.

This band were popular in the 70's. What's popular now? Bitches and bling. Tits and ass. Pop idol. It's a shit state of affairs.

I just hope the next gen of kids see stuff like this and decide to go rip shit up and experiment a bit.

Not to be too negative though, there is good new inovative stuff out there. But you really to look.

[imagewurks]

You kind of nailed it there. I can't say anything you didn't say already. Damn, I hate that.

[PolaroidDroid]

I know exactly what you mean. That happens to me all the time.lol. I'm glad we agree.

[clive66swimworldwide]

not 1 good note in any solos..terrible...but the greatest band ever!!

[throbule]

Does not matter who wrote what - all 5 original members were outstanding musicians. If one was missing in those early days, it would never have sounded as it does - an amazing and seminal band......

[dirk1959]

Roxy Music IS Bryan Ferry .... he wrote about 90% of all the original Roxy songs ('cept for a couple of ' B ' sides on early singles ) and co-wrote all the rest ......

So there's Roxy with or without B Eno .... but no Roxy at all without Ferry ..........

[Electra100]

Spot on dirk! Without Ferry none of these songs would exist in any form. AT ALL. Ferry wrote all of the songs on the first two albums, ie the albums Eno was on.

[debaucheryofgod]

you both may be correct, but everything after those first two albums kind of sucks. correlation or causation?

[Electra100]

Stranded sucks? Really? Eno says it's his favourite Roxy album. The fact is Roxy were great with or without Eno.

[wotererio]

the CD avalon sucks! that whas really wasting of their time. not even one good song!

[Ptrgamb]

Phil Manzanera was more important to Roxy than Eno was

[fuckamericanidiot]

god bryan ferry's voice on this is so good, same for if there something; amazing

[osunvid]

Ferry's voice is great despite the way out of tune vox by Eno.

[JakobZetterstrom]

No accounting for taste, but the blend of Ferry's soapy and slightly wobbly over-timbred voice and Eno's open raspy (and in fact totally correctly pitched) talk-voice singing on this particular clip are actually my favourite vocal harmonies ever...

[fuckamericanidiot]

he hardly holds the right note well, i don't have a problem with it but i don't appreciate people saying things that aren't true and correcting people when they're wrong themselves. really bugs me

[JakobZetterstrom]

:) Have you listened to the studio recording of this song? The highest part of the background vocal harmony? You can claim those aren't 'right notes' either and I sure won't argue further, it's just funny because I heard this very clip for the first time very low in the background somewhere sometime, and when I heard the harmony (Ithat several ppl have problems with, but I think it's more the mix of singing styles than notes) I immediately went 'Hey what's THAT? That's GREAT!'

[wintervannicola]

I read the debates often about who is and was more important to Roxy Music, Ferry or Eno. Nothing is more important than a good lead singer. Very hard to find one, especially now a days.

[milk115]

its all about the whole band ...a magical set up ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,listen to roxy minus ferry ...on eno,s here comes the warm jets blows me away

[Electra100]

Yes, Warm Jets sounds like Roxy only with inferior vocals & lyrics. Imo Roxy sounded better without Eno than without Ferry. Love them with both though.

[killybay2]

lol...Brian Eno was at least 30 years ahead of his time...Amazing. Great to see Roxy Musics career was well documented. Deservedly so.

[liquidlena]

oh, and this is one of ROXY's best tunes. IMO :)

[liquidlena]

lol @ eno being a 'crappy' vocalist. eno certainly knows his own strengths and weaknesses. my guess: he would be the first to admit that 'it's not about' his vocals. he's always had so much more going on. at any rate: eno is amazing; ROXY is amazing. proceed... rock on...

[imbestia]

genius.

[milk115]

do not try and rate the genius of early roxy go back to listening to bay city rollers,, you clown

[gonativorels]

Eno is the crappiest singer ever to get a gig. Fortunately his talent lay in creating "textures". Could you imagine if every arty band sounded like CAN or Kraftwerk. Mein Gott !!!

I'll have to rate this a 5.

[swans1997]

@gonativorels I don't know about you, but, I think if more "arty" bands had the talent and imagination, of Can or Kraftwerk, I think prog or "arty" music, would be better.

[gonativorels]

@swans1997 I have to agree with you there. I think eno made a career out of playing his 'music' out of tune with the rest of the world. Look at him now, reaching his influential peak. Whereas Ferry, peaked nearly 30 years ago. Either way we look at it, we were blessed with their inventiveness, and I personally remain thankful for both of their careers as will many new devotees of their style and substance in future.

[chelm3113]

saw them as well spring 73 in Leeds but with Brian Eno ( supporting group The Sharks featuring Chris Spedding ) Great evening !

[milk115]

saw them live 73 and 74 in leeds ,,,sadly just after eno left in 73,,, still never disapointed ,,,the best line up ever ,,,ferry at his rawest best

[FayLovsky]

i envy you!

[molleechopper]

now u opened "the can". someone video-ed  the evening,let every brian fan -try 2 find it .

[FayLovsky]

One of the most underrated indeed, it's my favourite from the 'For Your Pleasure' album together with For You Pleasure ..o and I think Bryan Ferry is just fabulous. I'm a big fan of their earlier outfits :P

[coolbluezzz]

Bryan ferry is a freak

[liquidlena]

the pinnacle of fabulosity

[noddyneeds]

I just love this rare Roxy footage that turns up every now and then

[Queenesy]

that's the beauty of YouTube...without that i'll probely never got to see this great clips!!! glamm rock never die :-)

[bryanferrysfan]

One of the most underrated Roxy tracks from the " For Your Pleasure " album released in 1973

[shame69]

Genius! Love it, love it, love it - Eno's backing shouts are adorable. But why does Steve Wright have to ruin it with his mindless babble at the end?

[enforcer143]

One of the best harmonica solo's ever,has always been one of my favorite tracks since it came out.

[DianaSainsbunny]

WHY indeed! Well because someone I know liked him and I was trying to understand why YOU DUMB BUM!

[BruceinFalkirk]

That must have come as a surprise to his wife.

Ever heard of glam rock?

[DianaSainsbunny]

Yeah it must have and to his Fox hunting son as well!

Ever heard of Bi-sexual?

[BruceinFalkirk]

Or it could just be that he is straight and that this was a look that the entire band was into for a brief period of time.

[DianaSainsbunny]

Maybe so and I don't have anything against fags but seriously he can't dance to save his life his singing is morbid - I have tried to find something to like about him and well ...nah nah!

When you look at him today he still has the same way about him poor guy why doesn't he just come out and admit it - he would be a lot happier!

[BruceinFalkirk]

So why are you wasting your time looking up music you don't like?

You prize plum

[swans1997]

Maybe so but Billy Joe with all his wanna be Joe Strummer so bad posturing and his faux British accent with a cold voice bugs the hell outta me. He's the geek.

[uItravioIet]

@DianaSainsbunny You don't have anything against "fags"?? I don't have anything against cunts either, unless they're stupid cunts, like you.

[beepmotherfuckerbeep]

Holy shit, where did you get this?

[PeterVonRock]

Do they have dummys for audience? Or are they just stunned by Roxy's excellence?

[titchbek]

this was a tv audience for a late night "arty" programme. I remember sitting through 45 minutes of mind-numbing tedium before roxy came on..the audience were probably asleep by then.

[PeterVonRock]

That explains it. Were you a Roxy devotee back then? I researched a little and found out that they also played 'Ladytron' and 'For Your Pleasure' at this show called Full House. Is that correct?

[DundeeBhoy2007]

You guys seem to know more about this than me. I wasnt born when this was done, im one of the younger roxy fanatics.

[titchbek]

yes i had seen roxy on "the old grey whistle test" months earlier and never heard (or seen)anything like it.Loved the first two albums.They got a little too commercial for me after that.They played ladytron (the presenter Totally screwed up the title)as i recorded the show on a woolworths cassette recorder £18.99 and "for your pleasure" cant quite remember the title of the show but "full house does "ring a bell.....oh and Family were on there the following week.

[PeterVonRock]

I wonder how Roxy Music would have evolved if they have kept Eno, and Ferry had stuck more to the original idea behind Roxy. Ferry has admitted that he thinks the first two albums with Eno are Roxys best. And your mention of Family - another great band.

[0marylene]

Merci d'avoir mis cette chanson ! Elle est superbe ! J'adore !

[DundeeBhoy2007]

Die rien!