Roxy Music - Virginia Plain (Live 1976)

[countrychess]

awesome !

[chuckwagen]

Who is the bassist?

[Lokiboy8]

Curse you, FelicitasS66! Curse you, youtube! I remember when Roxy Music hit our shores and blew our minds -- So, I start watching and I JUST CAN"T STOP!!! -Click- Oh, wow -- Bryan at Live Aid! -Click- Oh my god -- Out of the Blue, from '76! -click- Oh! Oh! Isle of Wight!!! -Click- Street Life!! -Click- Yes! Yes! Mother of Pearl!! Arghhhhhhhh! What can I say -- some artists just take you away, heart mind and soul...... "So, what happened to Marc?" "Oh, my -- he got teleported back to '73"

[TheLEJT1]

@Lokiboy8 HAHAHA! Love it! Quite right too!

[Mangosunsplash]

@Lokiboy8 Yes!Yes! I happened to have a vynil of 'STRANDED'[their 2nd.album?!] :kinda special -'coz it was stolen from Mick jagger by 'Cheynne's' NANNY!!!!!Their 1st album was the 'definitive art/glam' rock..w.ENO,of course! As far as i remember :B.Eno ALSO played on their 2nd album!!!!!It was NOT Eddie Jobson! whatever :they were great at that time :still not commercial/too polished!!!! creashonrebel@yahoo.com

[ste7en43]

...Glam rock so much to admire, so much to ridicule; Roxy Music were the ultimate Glam Band, the caviar act...genius!...

[fr9an4ces]

Brilliant

[BraddSkubinna]

I am pretty sure that Brian Eno did not play with them after 1973. That didn't look like Eno.

[ruadhanmcelroy]

@BraddSkubinna You're right, and it's not. It's Eddie Jobson, ENO's replacement.

[niwreyenrac]

SunshineInWoods has a very good ear.  Velvet Underground sounds like early Roxy Music.

The synth man in this vid is brian eno , who worked with John Cale, and Lou Reed, who were seminal to the Velvet's early times. Search on Brian Eno, John Cale for some excellent period companion music.

[marcabra]

@niwreyenrac Not Eno. Eddie Jobson.

[SunshineInWoods]

Doesn't it sound somehow like Velvet Underground?

[ximeunneo]

I agree!! but I think RoxyM added some more elements.

The Velvet is a little bit more blue and moody.

I LOVE BOTH bands!!!

[treasures2jp]

Bryan, please never fail to remember "Tokyo Joe" (leader of Sadistic Mica Band), who passed away last month

[SOMOGYI8230]

I think it is equally good (and raw) as the album version. This and Do The Strand are my favourite Roxy Music-tracks (by far).

[maryjaneskull]

this is like my favorite song of roxy music!!!!! viva le glam!!!!!

[skvirre]

mycket bra..

[n0wave]

They seem to be much less glam than in earlier videos - was that style out of fashion by this year?

[bootheavy]

The original is much more raw with Eno's rendition of the electronic treatment - since Eno was more of an experimenter. This version sounds too controlled.

[totenkopfdivision]

Eno was good in Roxy but without a doubt Bryan Ferry was the main man, not just a frontman. For instance Eno never wrote a song for Roxy in his time with them. Got to admit though I thought they were going to break up at the time when Eno left as Andy Mackay had the right hump.

[bootheavy]

As an individual, I think Ferry is an asshole, but he is creative - I generally don't like 80's music but what he did with "Same Old Scene" was pretty amazing. At the beginning of his career with Roxy Ferry never let anyone write other than himself -this is why Eno left. Ferry was overly dominant demanding with the rest of the band.

[BigDeanoSyd]

Eno wanted to turn them into King Crimson, Ferry had to assert his unique vision and take control...Eno contributed greatly at the beginning, but he was wrong for them in the end...they're good friends now!

[bootheavy]

It's funny you mentioned King Crimson since it was Bryan Ferry whom initially auditioned for King Crimson for the lead singer spot when Greg Lake left the band. What Ferry wanted was to be mainstream and be in complete control of song writing duties. Eno having more balls than the rest of the band fought this since the very beginning. That's alright though since Eno went off to have a great solo career which included Phil Manzenera in his greatest solo work.

[BigDeanoSyd]

Look I do love Eno...but Roxy was Ferrys artwork, they were one mans vision, poor Mr Ferry was slowly and painstakingly dabbing away at his canvas and this impish upstart Eno was splashing random technicolour brushstrokes over the top...and I'm afraid dear chap he just had to go!... Also we would never have had that masterpiece of brittle, stylish decadence that was 'Country Life' if Mr Eno had stayed...The 'Fuhrer' won over and Roxy remained true to his vision! And what a vision!

[Pwecko]

I'm sorry, but Country Life was the beginning of the end for Roxy Music. After that they really went downhill. Eno was more like the bit of grit in an oyster that leads to the formation of the pearl. Without him, Roxy became ordinary. In my opinion, of course.

[BigDeanoSyd]

opinions opinions...yes we all have them...I agree Eno was a creative force....I still think Country Life is a great album...

[jasonjarvis1988]

Also siren was a great album

[butterworthpa]

Would't have happened without Brian Ferry though!

[nipman49]

Roxy Music was so much more than Ferry he was only the front man ENO is a god

[hearsay58]

I believe BG wrote most of the songs - SAY NO MORE

[HotTimeHarv]

Decent performance, but Bryan Ferry's voice sounds like he's a little winded. Was he a heavy partier like most on his scene? Cheers...

[Daveparts]

If you havn't seen Roxy Music Live, you havn't lived. A great band, but when you see them live, you realize what really good musicians they are.

[dreadOFdread]

i guess most of the population hasn't lived then... but i understand your hyperbole :)

[pipefitter0127]

Great live version...good sound quality

[Zzz80]

Love the way they sounded live in '76!

[muushi]

Wow. Never seen this Japanese concert footage before. Bryan looks great with his spiv moustache, he looks like Private Walker off Dad's Army!

[sanotomohiko]

1976 roxyrock! best1