Roxy Music
Roxy Music were an English rock group formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. Alongside Ferry, the other longtime members were Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone and oboe) and Paul Thompson (drums and percussion). Other former members include Brian Eno (synthesizer and "treatments"), Eddie Jobson (synthesiser and violin), and John Gustafson (bass). Although the band took a break from group activities in 1976 and again in 1983, they reunited for a concert tour in 2001, and toured together intermittently between that time and their break-up in 2011. Ferry frequently enlisted members of Roxy Music as session musicians for his solo releases.
Roxy Music attained popular and critical success in Europe and Australia during the 1970s and early 1980s, beginning with their debut album, Roxy Music (1972). The band were highly influential as leading proponents of the more experimental, musically sophisticated element of glam, as well as a significant influence on early English punk music. They also provided a model for many new wave acts and the experimental electronic groups of the early 1980s. The group are distinguished by their visual and musical sophistication and their preoccupation with style and glamour. Ferry and co-founding member Eno have also had influential solo careers, the latter becoming one of the most significant record producers and collaborators of the late 20th century. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Roxy Music No. 98 on its "The Immortals – 100 The Greatest Artists of All Time" list.
Roxy Music (album)
Roxy Music is the debut studio album by the English glam rock band of the same name. It was released on 16 June 1972.
It was generally well received by contemporary critics and made it to number 10 in the UK Albums Chart.
Music and lyrics
The opening track, "Re-Make/Re-Model", has been labelled a postmodernist pastiche, featuring solos by each member of the band echoing various touchstones of Western music, including The Beatles' "Day Tripper", Duane Eddy's version of "Peter Gunn", and Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"; the esoteric "CPL 593H" was supposedly the license number of a car spotted by Bryan Ferry that was driven by a beautiful woman. Brian Eno produced some self-styled "lunacy" when Ferry asked him for a sound "like the moon" for the track "Ladytron". "If There Is Something" was covered by David Bowie's Tin Machine, and was later featured quite extensively, almost as a central figure, in the British film Flashbacks of a Fool.
Several of the album's songs were thematically linked to movies. "2HB", with its punning title, was Ferry's tribute to Humphrey Bogart and quoted the line "Here's looking at you, kid" made famous by the 1942 film Casablanca; "Chance Meeting" was inspired by David Lean's Brief Encounter (1945). "The Bob" took its title from Battle of Britain (1968) and included a passage simulating the sound of gunfire.
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ALBUMS
- 5 Album Set released: 2012
- The Complete Studio Recordings released: 2012
- Essential released: 2011
- 12 of Their Greatest Ever Hits released: 2009
- The Collection released: 2004
- The Platinum Collection released: 2004
- Live released: 2003
- The Best of Roxy Music released: 2003
- Concert Classics released: 2002
- Roxy Music released: 2000
- The Early Years released: 2000
- More Than This: The Best of Bryan Ferry + Roxy Music released: 1999
- Tokyo Joe: The Best of Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music released: 1997
- The Thrill of It All released: 1995
- Heart Still Beating released: 1990
- Viva! released: 1989
- The Ultimate Collection released: 1988
- Flesh + Blood released: 1987
- Avalon released: 1987
- Street Life: 20 Great Hits released: 1986
- Manifesto released: 1984
- Country Life released: 1984
- The Atlantic Years 1973–1980 released: 1983
- The High Road released: 1983
- Greatest Hits released: 1977
- Siren released: 1975
- Stranded released: 1973
- For Your Pleasure released: 1973
- First Kiss released:
More Than This: The Best of Bryan Ferry + Roxy Music
Released 1999- Virginia Plain
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- Street Life
- These Foolish Things
- Love Is the Drug
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Dance Away
- Let's Stick Together
- Angel Eyes
- Slave to Love
- Oh Yeah
- Don't Stop the Dance
- Same Old Scene
- Jealous Guy
- Kiss and Tell
- More Than This
- I Put a Spell on You
- Avalon
- I'm in the Mood for Love
Tokyo Joe: The Best of Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
Released 1997- Tokyo Joe
- Virginia Plain
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- Street Life
- These Foolish Things
- Love Is the Drug
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Dance Away
- Let's Stick Together
- Angel Eyes
- Slave to Love
- Oh Yeah
- Don't Stop the Dance
- Same Old Scene
- Is Your Love Strong Enough?
- Jealous Guy
- Kiss and Tell
- More Than This
- Avalon
- Your Painted Smile
Street Life: 20 Great Hits
Released 1986- Virginia Plain
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- Pyjamarama
- Do the Strand
- These Foolish Things
- Street Life
- Let's Stick Together
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Love Is the Drug
- Sign of the Times
- Dance Away
- Angel Eyes
- Oh Yeah
- Over You
- Same Old Scene
- In the Midnight Hour
- More Than This
- Avalon
- Slave to Love
- Jealous Guy
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In The Midnight Hour
by: Roxy MusicI'm gonna wait till the midnight hour
that's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour
when there's no one else around
I'm gonna take you girl and hold you
and do all the things I told you
in the midnight hour
I'm gonna wait till the stars come out
and see that twinkle in your eye
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour
that's when my love begins to shine
I'm gonna take you girl and hold you
and do all the things I told you
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