Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl

[josie426]

Happy Birthday to Phil Manzanera!

[sphinxpuzzle]

You are a *Rock GOD*, Bryan.

[penitentiaryofdreams]

GLORIOUS to Nth degree

[MrPhilloo]

PERFECT YES YES YES YEEEEEEEEAAAAHHHAHAHAH

[publicartgroup2]

Bryan Ferry most underrated songwriter of his generation.

[publicartgroup2]

jst absolutely lyrically outstanding!! He can go from talking about lusting for female goddess perfection to referencing Nietzsche (in the 'Zarathustra' line) to his own passion and desire for a simpler life........what else can i say but, 'Roxy I wouldn't change you for another girl.'

[jlovebirch]

Great to see this. I saw Roxy in Oakland, Calif in 1979 and Ferry's voice was richer and deeper with a killer version of this song was the ultimate -- with a better ending. This show was broadcast on the radio and became an Italian bootleg called Song for Europe. Well-worth finding.

[llanbo]

Anyway, possibly the best bass playing of anyone ever (who isn't Herbie Flowers. Possibly. Or maybe Bootsy)

[Iacobbos]

knew about Roxy Music before HIMYM

I am awesome

[cateye288]

I heard this on "How I Met Your Mother", and, like I always do when I love a song, wrote down as many lyrics as I could and promptly Googled it. Some of my favorite songs have come from random radio plays, or in this case, TV. I give them major kudos...

[cateye288]

@cateye288 : He kind of looks like Ted here!

[llanbo]

@cateye288

Yeah. Ted Bundy. Who should have been unleashed on the cast, crew, writers and producers of that AWFUL show before they reached adulthood and a career.

[MsMagicalCat]

My all time fav Roxy track..absolutely fucking fantastic ! thanks alot;)

[801liveable]

@MsMagicalCat it is fantastic, isn't it?...i'll bet one the best things you've ever seen or heard..it's pretty amazing. a lot of their performances are like this..WHY ISN'T THIS BAND IN THE ROCK HALL OF FAME?

[MsMagicalCat]

@801liveable Totally agree there with you my friend.I have moved to a place+have Brian Ferry living very near me+he's often on the beach by my house lol

Mr Ferry is most def the quintessential English gentleman ,elegance never goes out of fashion!.Yep..,She Sells +In Every DreamHome A Heartache are quite amazing in every way too

.I'm a total Brian Eno freak,probably have more of his stuff in my collection than anything else,I can't stand most of the dross people are into today .Cheers Sophie:)

[801liveable]

@MsMagicalCat so you live close to BRYAN FERRY? about the closest i ever got to him was the 5th row at a show. i have seen him and ROXY MUSIC several times. yeah, ENO, is something.i think he's funny as hell."ANOTHER GREEN WORLD" is one of the all-time best and the "GREAT PRETENDER" is my favorite song.i also like the "TRUE WHEEL"..."we are the 801". by the way i'll be seeing BRYAN FERRY in CLEVELAND in about a week.nice communicating..i'm sure will talk again.take care.

[MsMagicalCat]

@801liveable wow..Another Green World is one of the most listened albums in my flat !! lol..I am from Liverpool originally+moved to East Sussex (about 50 mins from London) about 9mths ago

,I live facing the English Channel right by the beach.Brian Ferry has a home down here+is often on our beach..Dave Gilmour,Robert Fripp+until he died Gary Moore literally lived around the corner..lol.I really hope you have a great time at the concert..have a beer for me!!!!

take care Sophie:)

[801liveable]

@MsMagicalCat just came to my mind.ROBERT FRIPP and ENO, have had some great team-ups.the landmark "NO PUSSYFOOTING AROUND" comes to mind.earlier i said ENO, is funny as hell...i love listening to him talk he is a genius."BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE" and "TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN BY STRATEGY" are both brilliant.from those albums..KINGS LEAD HAT..METAL WAYS..BACKWATER..CHINA and the aforementioned THE GREAT PRETENDER and TRUE WHEEL are all great. turned on to ENO and FERRY in college 1973.

[MsMagicalCat]

@801liveable It's really great to meet someone with most "excellent" taste in music.around these parts too !;)

Yes I agree, Eno,the guy is a humble,intelligent man,yet quietly influential to many genres in modern music.Sadly I missed the arts festival he hosted down here in Brighton last summer,it happened just before I left Liverpool;( Hope he hosts another one as this wee town has some great music/arts events.I'm really into ambient music these days to chill out+esp paint tosoothes my soul;)

[801liveable]

@MsMagicalCat do you have ENO'S..."MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS"?..that's pretty ambient stuff..

[organaphus]

@801liveable I got "On Land" the other day, along with the original Tubular Bells-interesting evening's listening!

[801liveable]

@organaphus not familiar with "ON LAND"...know "TUBULAR BELLS".. got the album back in 1974..have cd today..it does make for interesting listening..

[marked1959]

best version i have ever found plz keep in posted i must play 5 times a week thanx

[CitizenGatsby]

Fucking brilliant.

[020djm]

Brill! I have the appropriate 1970s albums [as vinyl LPs] and I enjoyed your video footage.

[igornitro1997]

Thumbs for How I Met Your Mother!!!

[PRIVATEAYEIEYE]

This persona of Ferry's parodied the self-absorbed minds of the jet-setting mall rats that would take up so much of our time in the FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE!!!!.

Can't you imagine some drunken trust fund baby stumbling after Paris Hilton spewing well educated coke spun words of love and regret as she splits with the Maloof Bros?

[lariceable]

All these years later and I can still escape with this song. Long live Roxy music.

[DaDa2Phlux]

Great style as counterpoint (forgive me) to those beautifully jagged solo's by Manzanera.

[neiler101]

One of the best songs ever and yet still not the best song on Stranded! Honours go to Psalm. ENO got it right, Stranded is the best Roxy album

[thementiband]

one of the best frontmen ever

[ruadhanmcelroy]

Yes, it's post-ENO, but still an amazing song.

[TVybe]

Eeeee.... there was a couple of Yorkshire born Trini-teens (?) in the frontt row at the Leeds University "Stranded" Gig 1975.... my kid-brother and I (aged 17)....

Thanks for the fabulous soundtrack to my teen years Roxy...

GOT to dig out that vinyl NOW!!!!

[butterandcheese92]

I heard this on SLC Punk! and never looked back.

[TweekDash]

I only ever listen to the last minute of this song.

[buckysmike01]

Priceless!!! Thank God we have gems (vids) like this from back in the day when music was just that...music.

[sheffield1867]

Just like to thank my older Brother ans Sisters for making me listen to this stuff in the 70's. Saw them for the 1st time in Feb. Still my Fav. Band.

[hepburn118]

back when music was real and spoke to me!

[thingfisher]

Totally dig it.

[LadderEnterprises]

such a good song... and he nails it.

[cromagno]

I love that this band has a Nietzche reference

[Justen1980]

@cromagno whats the nietzsche reference

[cromagno]

@Justen1980

Hi Justen-the part where Ferry sings "Thus even Zarathustra, another time loser, could believe in you"

I'm assuming it's a reference to Thus Spoke Zarathustra

cheers

[bjorntooski]

ROXY ROCKS ON 8 TRACK RAINBOW RECORDS CENTRALIA WA.1975-1988RIP Jim Deacon

[WHEREtheFUNK]

way out there ahead of their time. fantastic. Trailblazers

[plopplop1983]

right place right time......



[hatmap]

Ay carumba! What a great song. Great lyricism. Bryan Ferry wrote so many awesome songs and what a great collection of musicians!

[sergio39046]

la periode Roxy avec eddie Jobson aux claviers etait absolument fabuleuse.

[beepmotherfuckerbeep]

I wish I could be as classy and cool as Bryan Ferry.

[tmc515]

Wow, wow, freaking wow!

[tmc515]

This was groundbreaking in the 70s'. To witness this must have been amazing. Wow.

[TumbrelJockey]

@tmc515 Our cultural make over in the 60's(jeans long hair ,beads etc.was on the path to becoming a new "establishment-this Continental persona of Bryan's was counter-revolutionary and very astute move as far as promotion of the band as a whole goes.Can you imagine what the genius of the late Cobain could have done over time by going against grunge type casting ? He might still be here & I mean that w/ all due respect folks...

[DaDa2Phlux]

@TumbrelJockey You are talking heresy ....I love it

[savagestranger]

The way you define the song in relation to a common sitcom tv show puzzles me. if that's how you found it, i could understand that. i appreciate the footage. :)

[plopplop1983]

fucking madness...

[zeppelinrock]

I'm hearing this song for the first time, it's so good! Every music shop I've looked in here (Perth), doesn't have many Roxy Music cd's :( Only Avalon, and best-of's

[stealthturd]

We understand poju2. Your English skills don't matter, loving the song is all that really does. Preach the gospel of Roxy Music to your teenage friends! :)

[NS9144]

The epitome of "cool"

Bryan Ferry

[ajb15002]

@lankylad, you sound like a pencil-dick homo...

[ajb15002]

YO WIGGER, NEED A LIGHT??? xP

[ChestTat]

fuck how I met your mother you guys suck, ferry and jobson hate you for being mindless fuckwads, god u love cbs hahaha

[poju2]

When this song was in How I Met Your Mother episode "Milk" I kind of falled in love to this and I have been listening this band since then and I am only 16 so don't say that young people doesn't appreciate old music. And I am sorry about my bad english skills but I hope that even some of you understands.

[piegirl58]

I've been doing the same thing!!

[ajb15002]

I wish kids could find themselves in deep music instead of deep into crack and gangbanger wiggershit...

[lankylad99]

dickhead

[troylittle1234]

great change, the interpretation of the song to start with is completely different to the end. Love the use of it in 'Milk' the episode of How I met Your mother

[DeleriosoAnormal]

I followed them for 3 shows in a row in 1975. They were actually very tight and practiced. Bryan performed the songs exactly the same way each night, mannerisms and all. It was just like this video!

[swonetchko]

Why's the audience so stiff?  Are they "Ossis"?

[andere111]

highly stoned imo ;)

[bradominus]

No, that's just his style - he really gets into the music.

[bradominus]

Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with them - they're just Europeans... ;)

[tmc515]

@swonetchko they are in awe and highly stoned.

[tmc515]

they are in awe and highly stoned.

[scrabtree1]

@swonetchko Totally blown away.



[fuckamericanidiot]

@swonetchko they're german

[seanbootsean]

one of the best songs of all time

[bobgure]

Stranded is my Sgt.Pepper.

[brennka]

One of the coolest singers of all time