Picture it: Houston, Feb. 29, 1976: Houston's Music Hall....Roxy Music opens for Gary Wright on his "Dream Weaver" tour. I had floor tickets, and as a jock on FM rocker KLOL, I made sure to "tub-thump" the gig (spotlighting Roxy Music as the real reason to go!), not only on-air, but with my friends, as well. I'd be lyin' if I said I wasn't happy to see many, if not most, fans leave after Roxy and before Wright went on! Bonus: Texas native, Jerry Hall, had floor tickets, also, and was seated just a couple rows ahead of me. Rock'n'roll scenesters and elbow-rubbers will know that, at the time, Jerry was rubbing other body parts with Bryan Ferry at the time.....this show was mere months before Jerry discovered Mick Jagger.
@@mikewest1542 Well, sure...but, I gotta think, too, that this was a bungling on the part of Wright's people, putting him on the bill with the "culturally"-disparate Roxy. It'd be like putting, say, the Doobies on a bill with T. Rex. Mixing tasty and "safe" radio rock with edgy, provocative and flashy rock on the fringe, just begs for those dynamics...an early exit for your safe headliner following the rare and highly-anticipated appearance of your opener! The only other dynamic I can imagine is a simple corporate, record label merger of two acts from WEA (Warner-Elektra-Atlantic)....Roxy on Atco/Atlantic and Wright on Warners. Simple to pull off from a corporate perspective, but an artistic disaster, as proven on THAT night! Mike, if you'll pardon the shameless self-promotion (and having mentioned KLOL above), I just started a Substack page in which I've already accumulated a half-dozen or so articles from my FM rock jock days of the mid-'70s. Check me out here, if you'd like: bradkyle.substack.com ...........and, thanks!
Very astute. Glad the algorithm showed me to this page, where I am now a happy subscriber. I've been a Roxy Music fan since seeing them on their first U.S. tour in December 1972.
Bless you Justin, absolutely adore this song, Roxy Music done some amazing songs Editions of You, Song For Europe, Virginia Plain, I have many fond memories of driving through the New Forest in the south of England with my best pal in my prized Triumph Vitesse Convertable chasing chicks with early Roxy Music blaring out of the car speakers, a band along with Bowie influenced the New Wave scene immensely, seen them live a few times at there peak, Brian Ferry, Bowie, Gabriel, Eno, Byrne, Fripp all very special artist.
Some of Bryan Ferry's solo albums are great too. Another Time Another Place is fantastic. These Foolish Things another good one, just love his cover of Stones' Sympathy for the Devil, superb!
One of the greatest bands ever. Their first 3 albums changed the Music scene. And I think Bryan Ferry is one of the most underrated lyric writers. So cool. Love this track.
Try first 4 songs off of their first album - Re-make/Remodel, Ladytron, If there is Something and Virginia Plain and you'll understand why they had such big impact. What a debut!
Virginia Plain wasn't on their first album, it was just a single release. The B side, the numberer was missing from the album too. They are both on my CD version though.
Great reaction as usual! My favorite Roxy Music song. Just epic and so far ahead of their time. Just about anything off their first five albums are worth a listen. I think they are second only to the Beatles for most important and influential band, based off their initial run. When they reformed for Manifesto, they were good, but the spark had gone.
This is quintessential Roxy - an absolute Classic. To be honest it took me about 10 years of listening to this song before it 'grew' on me....now I think it's probably their Best! So many nuances and clever instrumentals, which take time to appreciate - like a fine wine. Love your critique of it, btw
My all time fave group, started day 1 of the debut. Lots of little details (castanets! whispers etc...) , great bass lines, wonderful intros and outros, outrageous and brilliant lyrics and unique vocals. In Every Dream Home will blow your mind! (sic)
Interesting esoteric suggestion to give this a listen. Excellent analysis! I love how at the break, the drums start simple and get progressively more complex as the song continues. If you like this, you might like "2HB".
Brian Eno left Roxy Music after only two albums, so my suggestion for a full-album reaction/review is Eno's ground-breaking first solo album: "Here Come the Warm Jets". It is completely entertaining!
What a great track from a crackin' band. That first section, fun, and frenetic. Put me in mind of the B52's who emerged several years later, fans I wonder? Then mellowing down to the 2nd part, a great slow rhythm that plays while Ferry recounts his tale in that fabulous voice of his. A fantastic song, beautifully played, and sung.
Thanks and well done, Justin. "Mother of Pearl" is one of the great songs from Roxy Music and possibly my personal choice for my favourite. But there are others, too. In at least one interview, Brian Eno (keyboard player, synth pioneer, music producer, ambient music composer, visual artist) said that Stranded was his favourite Roxy Music album, even if it was the one made right after he quit the band (he and Bryan Ferry were pulling in different directions). Not too surprising that you heard a similarity to David Bowie's sound in this song. He and Roxy were seen as two leading art-rock pillars of the glam-rock time in the UK, and both had bands with some terrific musicians. Guitarist Phil Manzanera, a member of Roxy Music, has released some great music as a solo artist, too, as has Bryan Ferry. Recently you've been listening to a couple of songs by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Interviewed about the origins of her music career, Siouxsie talks about getting dressed up to go to Roxy Music concerts with her friends and the effect of those events on her, in terms of both style and sound. That's in addition to later hanging out with the Sex Pistols and joining the punk scene for a while. Btw, one of the later Banshees hits was a cover of The Beatles song, "Dear Prudence". Different bands from different generations continue to influence each other. For example, I heard the influence of Roxy Music heavily in Japan, David Sylvian's first band, and plenty of later musicians have talked about their importance and influence - just as many have with David Bowie. Btw, kind of funny that you were singing a bit from The Smiths "How Soon Is Now" at the start of this video. No doubt that Morrissey's vocal style was influenced by Bryan Ferry.
Roxy is another rabbit hole to disappear down - enjoy. "Bitter-Sweet" was recently featured in the German TV show Babylon Berlin. I also love "She Sells" from the Siren album th-cam.com/video/2_PeLSHedxo/w-d-xo.html and the early "Pyjamarama" th-cam.com/video/65J6okdZZT4/w-d-xo.html
I got this album for christmas when it came out and I really loved it. For me it’s Roxy at their best. This track and Amazona are fantastic and really show that they were so much more than a ‘singles’ band (although they had some great singles as well). Thanks for doing this one Justin as very few reaction channels cover Roxy music.
"very few reaction channels cover Roxy Music". Exactly,and on the rare occasions they do it is usually the much later stuff (aka 'Avalon" their very last album). This is another reason I love this channel.
i'm 64 and bought this album when it came out..listened to it constantly..still love it..oh the memories ..great channel sir,love your reactions!..kent in ohio
Oh my God you are doing ROXY! Stick initially with the early albums-there’s great stuff later on, but it sounds like a totally different band. ROXY MUSIC IS PHENOMENAL
Yes, earlier stuff is better, Stranded, and my favourite Country Life. Last three albums were OK, Avalon the strongest, but didn't have the magic of those early albums! Love Ferry's solo albums as well, Another Time Another Place is fantastic , These Foolish Things another great one.
@@keithjones6023 should not have come back for manifesto Ferry comes back as Perry como started off as almost Lyden in energy unbelivable the difference.
Great pick!! (I think I did suggest this at some time in the past) Journalists at the time tagged Roxy Music, Eno, Mott the Hoople, T Rex, Sparks, and Bowie art rock or glam rock. They always need to put everything in a box, but most of the people I knew into prog rock back then were also into Roxy Music. It was all an alternative to the rock top 40. Roxy and Bowie were both foreshadowing the future of new wave in the 80s from the early 70s, and all of those future bands listened to Roxy and Bowie. And then Eno ended up producing half of the important 80s new wave bands.
There's a lot in Ferry's voice that reminds me of Russel Mael in Sparks, especially early Sparks like Kimono My House ( "This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both Of Us" if you haven't heard it).
@@keithjones6023 I look at Roxy having 3 phases. The first being the Brian Eno years. Very campy but some gems were made such as "If There is Something". The second phase, the Eddie Jobson years, is my favorite period and the 3 albums they made with him are fantastic. The last phase is my least favorite since (IMHO) they became too overproduced and slick.
@@sanddab There are a lot of bands and solo artists IMHO who produced their best work on their earlier albums. In some cases l think it was because they were almost trying too hard, and lost some of the simplicity and 'charm' of their early recordings. A couple of bands l could think of were Steely Dan, the Eagles and 10cc.
One of my fav Roxy songs, along with "A Song for Europe", "Out of the Blue", and "Both Ends Burning", "Flesh and Blood", and "Avalon". Another odd favorite is "Prairie Rose" where they go country on the album Country Life. There is a lot of subtle greatness to explore in the Roxy catalog.
Damn fine music! Roxy Music are one band that couldn't have replaced their singer, the musicianship and vocals together produce something very unique. So glad for your positive words JP.
Ooh, Roxy now, is it? All right, by all means go through the hits and the classics, but I hope you eventually give "Just Another High" from the "Siren" album a spin. It's one of their unsung masterpieces, if you ask me, and I can't understand why that is! It's got a great melody and the drumming is a real highlight as well.
Bowie was a friend of Ferry. He was quoted as saying that Bryan Ferry was the best lyricist of the 70s / 80s. Bowie covered a couple of ferry songs in his live shows.
Thank you for reviewing Roxy! I will almost always recommend listening to the studio version of anything with few exceptions. However. I'll recommend the live version of "Both ends burning".
Eno was gone by this album. It's a completely different sound than one or two. And my favorite. By Manifesto Bryan was completely becoming more engaged in the pop world. The cutting edge alt sound had disappeared. I felt this a beginning of the transition from alternative to a more pop sound. Mother of Pearl has its own unique style and is an iconic piece in alternative collections.
I only recently found your channel but wow. I’m in love with you. You are fantastic at this! Your smile when he sings “favorita” was magic. I can’t wait to see more of your stuff.
PS I met Ferry once after a show and we were all pressed against his car like you mentioned at one point, claustrophobic. He was absolutely lovely and sweet and signed stuff for me and my friend. He was smiling and laughing and just a very lovely person. I met him again at another concert and same thing. He’s just a very nice man.
Roxy Music were a little bit like a few other bands, l suppose Genesis was one of them. They started as more of an album track band with their first three or four albums, then taking a change of direction with a more commercial sound with their later music. Apparently Bryan Ferry's original plan was never to release singles already available on albums. This idea soon was forgotten however, their best albums for me were their first 5 with Country Life their greatest. Avalon their last studio album is well worth a listen.
@@sanddab l used to have that album, don't know what happened to it, l suppose that says it all really. From what I remember about it l think Love Me Madly Again was my favourite track, This is Tomorrow was good, hated Tokyo Joe. Sometimes an album just clicks, and I've loved ATAP since buying it, and love every song.
@@keithjones6023 ATAP are covers and 'In 'Your Mind' are all original songs, so I like them both but for different reasons. 'Love Me Madly Again' is genius the way it changes into a very different song midway through. It's my favorite on that album too.
@@sanddab The title track on ATAP is written by Bryan Ferry, a superb song. I've liked a lot of his cover's more than his own songs. His version of Sympathy for the Devil is fantastic. Going back to Love me Madly Again, it is a great song, as you say it's almost like two songs in one, with that subtle change mid way.
The first five Roxy Music album were sublime, strange that you should mention about David Bowie as you're probably aware he and Bryan Ferry were contemporaries, Bowie was a massive fan of Roxy Music, he even said so in an American TV interview in the mid '70s, at that time Roxy Music hadn't made it in American as Bowie had. 'Roxy' fans tend to for the most part either prefer the early stuff over the later stuff or vise versa (pre Manifesto/post Manifesto). For me the earlier output is far more interesting and is their period which I like best.
Both David Bowie and Talk Talk were inspired by Roxy Music. Your guess is not far from being true. Really like your way of analysing music and lyrics. Great reaction as always. Since you really like Scott Walker, I recommend his song "Farmer in the City". It doesn't have anything to do with Roxy Music, or maybe just the voices, of Ferry's and Walker's, are similar, crooner-like. Happy Easter again
My uncle told me some 40 years ago when I was a teenager that back in the day mother of pearl was a saying for high grade cocaine in 🇬🇧, wasn't sure whether to post it but there you go, sorry if anyone is offended but that's what my uncle told me🤔
Awesome, Awesome, Awesome.....Love it (ENO so CREATIVE) I bought this as soon as it came out in 73. Never got bored. Played thousands of times. Even scratched to hell (Vinyl record). IT IS SO MUSICALA ND RHYTHMIC. Mother of Pearl is the perfect female
Maybe it's just a shot in the dark bur Mr, Ferry is a pianist and the keys on many pianos are carved from .......... MOTHER ...... OF ....... PEARL !!!!!!
Most underrated Roxy song. I saw them inducted in to the RRHoF at Barclays in NYC. 😍 They were phenomenal and 1st time I'd seen the band together in awhile and not 😊 "Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music". 🙋🏿♀️ I'll take Bryan in any version. 🍿🐰
One of my Favourites from Roxy. Watch the Music Laden (German TV show) version on TH-cam. It’s amazing. I also heard you got Hackett Tickets!! You are in for a treat. Rock On!
When I was young I was a nerd who carried a briefcase with the name of 2 bands stenciled on it. Led Zeppelin was one, and Roxy Music was the other. They were my 2 favorite bands of the 70's. This is the 2nd reaction video of yours that I've seen. The 1st was off what I think was Roxy Music's best album, which is Country Life, and the song you were reacting to was their iconic Out Of The Blue, but this review interested me more. Mother Of Pearl is my all-time favorite Roxy Music song. I'd be willing to guess at this point that you've done a reaction video of a guy name Brian Eno as well. You're going down a great road. Keep up the good work.
Hi JP. Dave from unlocking London, hoping to travel soon on Trains And Boats And Planes. Stranded and For Your Pleasure are the two Roxy Music albums I have, and like Tony Etchells my favourite Stranded track is A Song For Europe. Love the slower section of Mother Of Pearl, which showcases Ferry's piano as well as those unique vocals. Great reaction as usual. I think you're right that Mother of Pearl represents something more substantial that Ferry is seeking in his life (maybe through drugs).
Way back in my addled youth in the latter part of the '70's, I was the only one in my circle who owned (or even liked) any Roxy Music. It was years later, I finally realized that for White middle-class American youth, Roxy's sound was just a bit too "Continental." Here in 2021, they are one of a handful of bands who's music from the early 70's, some songs still stand outside any kind of real time reference. Makes me think it was even better than I'd originally thought. David Bowie has some tracks like this, too. In answer to your "sounds like Bowie" comment, they were both part of that Glam thing going on at the time, and had a lot of contact with each other. Awesome reaction as always Justin.
Great review. Plenty of good songs on this album. Try Amazona followed by Song For Europe yo get a real flavour of Roxy in their pomp. Roxy and Bowie were contemporaries of course and each would have been well aware of the other.
Great intro with The Smiths 😎 The song by Roxy Music is extraordinary, anyways. I clicked the like button knowing in advance you would like the track 👍 I'm watching/listening. Maybe later I will write a more extended comment. Have a good day! Happy belated Easter, too 😊
I felt a little Eno in it, which Eno and Bowie worked together (well...so did Roxie Music and Eno). Basically, there's a lot of collaborations between the 3 in various ways, and so it may be hard to differentiate the influences sometimes lol I think I just confused things more.
Thanks for reacting to this; it is appreciated! I think your reaction is dead-on with respect to the frantic/partying lifestyle of the opening of the song, and the transition into the more reflective and "quiet" 2/3 of the song. Although I agree the latter portion does build, I don't think it ever really approaches the tenor of the introduction. I also agree with your thoughts about how it evokes Bowie to a degree. Just as "Queen Bitch" is the best Velvet Underground song Lou Reed never wrote, I think "Mother of Pearl" is the best Bowie song that David Bowie never wrote. Again, thanks for your analysis.
John Wetton once said that Roxy Music would have been much more successful if Bowie hadn't been around first. Bowie has covered only one Roxy song in his band Tin Machine. "If there is Something".
It's long been rumoured that he did a cover of "Ladytron" in the early seventies which was originally intended for a Pin-Ups 2, but has never seen the light of day.
You really should review their first album, when they exploded on the scene with such originality. There sound mellowed a bit, particularly when Bryan adopted the lounge singer personal, but it was never bettered.
First saw Roxy on Top of the Pops when I was about eight or nine around 1971 playing Virginia Plain. Was blown away by Andy Mackay playing electric oboe. I'm pretty sure that's also why my friend took up the oboe for the school orchestra a few years later.
GD I'm smitten with this song. Not so much the intro, but I can appreciate the frantic-ness from which it was coming from. It did make the reflection movement so to speak WAY better. Good song, great? Yep. Greatest song ever? Eh. To me Yep. Well written, lungs required for the full lyrical. Annunciation as musicality almost jazzlike in syncopation. Well played. Nice 70s rock vibe. How is this worse than stairway on that scale?
When first seeing Mother Of Pearl in the title, I thought of the Wishbone Ash song from the album New England. For me, their best album and one of the great hard rock albums.
New England is a great album, Lorelei and Mother of Pearl, love tho two. Argus and There's The Rub, are a couple of my favourites. Silver Shoes and Persephone are just fantastic!
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Phil Manzanera is a REALLY underated guitarist.
Heck, yeah
Every Dream Home a Heartache
I saw Roxy Music on their first UK tour in 1972 before anyone really knew who they were and they blew me away - fantastic band.
Picture it: Houston, Feb. 29, 1976: Houston's Music Hall....Roxy Music opens for Gary Wright on his "Dream Weaver" tour. I had floor tickets, and as a jock on FM rocker KLOL, I made sure to "tub-thump" the gig (spotlighting Roxy Music as the real reason to go!), not only on-air, but with my friends, as well.
I'd be lyin' if I said I wasn't happy to see many, if not most, fans leave after Roxy and before Wright went on!
Bonus: Texas native, Jerry Hall, had floor tickets, also, and was seated just a couple rows ahead of me. Rock'n'roll scenesters and elbow-rubbers will know that, at the time, Jerry was rubbing other body parts with Bryan Ferry at the time.....this show was mere months before Jerry discovered Mick Jagger.
@@bradsmack1 I loved Gary Wright in Spooky Tooth , but his M.O.R stuff , no thanks , no wonder they walked out after the sublime Roxy !
@@mikewest1542 Well, sure...but, I gotta think, too, that this was a bungling on the part of Wright's people, putting him on the bill with the "culturally"-disparate Roxy. It'd be like putting, say, the Doobies on a bill with T. Rex. Mixing tasty and "safe" radio rock with edgy, provocative and flashy rock on the fringe, just begs for those dynamics...an early exit for your safe headliner following the rare and highly-anticipated appearance of your opener!
The only other dynamic I can imagine is a simple corporate, record label merger of two acts from WEA (Warner-Elektra-Atlantic)....Roxy on Atco/Atlantic and Wright on Warners. Simple to pull off from a corporate perspective, but an artistic disaster, as proven on THAT night!
Mike, if you'll pardon the shameless self-promotion (and having mentioned KLOL above), I just started a Substack page in which I've already accumulated a half-dozen or so articles from my FM rock jock days of the mid-'70s. Check me out here, if you'd like: bradkyle.substack.com ...........and, thanks!
So did I, at the Lanchester Poly in Coventry. Blew me away as well.
I'm one generation later and got to see their farewell tour in 82. No one was sitting.
Bryan Ferry is a gift to the world of music.
Very astute. Glad the algorithm showed me to this page, where I am now a happy subscriber. I've been a Roxy Music fan since seeing them on their first U.S. tour in December 1972.
David Bowie spoke very highly of Roxy Music and always considered them to be, as he put it, "some of the best music coming out of Europe".
This is a classic and awesome song. The lyrics are incredible that’s not seen now. Elegance and style.
Even Brian Eno thought this was their best album! Just classic and still sounds fresh and amazing.
It's my favorite of theirs but For Your Pleasure is very close for me
One of my all-time favorites. When you think the sound is lush enough they sneak in a few notes on a marimba. What a fantastic group of musicians.
Bless you Justin, absolutely adore this song, Roxy Music done some amazing songs Editions of You, Song For Europe, Virginia Plain, I have many fond memories of driving through the New Forest in the south of England with my best pal in my prized Triumph Vitesse Convertable chasing chicks with early Roxy Music blaring out of the car speakers, a band along with Bowie influenced the New Wave scene immensely, seen them live a few times at there peak, Brian Ferry, Bowie, Gabriel, Eno, Byrne, Fripp all very special artist.
Absolutely one of the best bands ever. I had all the albums and then cd's. So influentisl to so many...
Some of Bryan Ferry's solo albums are great too. Another Time Another Place is fantastic. These Foolish Things another good one, just love his cover of Stones' Sympathy for the Devil, superb!
One of the greatest bands ever. Their first 3 albums changed the Music scene. And I think Bryan Ferry is one of the most underrated lyric writers. So cool. Love this track.
Try first 4 songs off of their first album - Re-make/Remodel, Ladytron, If there is Something and Virginia Plain and you'll understand why they had such big impact. What a debut!
Shock opening.
Virginia Plain wasn't on their first album, it was just a single release. The B side, the numberer was missing from the album too. They are both on my CD version though.
Happy that you do as much Roxy as you like, could listen to Brian on repeat forever
"Thus even Zarathustra
another time loser could believe in you" Love that one.
"A Song for Europa" and "Psalm" are great ones too and very intense.
Thank you! Such a great analysis for a first-time listening. You are a real musicologist
Btw, yes... a little Bowie.
Thats incredibly nice of you to write Jeffry, thank you
Great reaction as usual! My favorite Roxy Music song. Just epic and so far ahead of their time. Just about anything off their first five albums are worth a listen. I think they are second only to the Beatles for most important and influential band, based off their initial run. When they reformed for Manifesto, they were good, but the spark had gone.
This is quintessential Roxy - an absolute Classic. To be honest it took me about 10 years of listening to this song before it 'grew' on me....now I think it's probably their Best! So many nuances and clever instrumentals, which take time to appreciate - like a fine wine. Love your critique of it, btw
Phil Manzanera, one of the most underrated guitarists. He has a very unique style. Check out his work with 801 or Quiet Sun. great stuff
That little walking bass line in the transition from the beginning to the meat of the song was killer.
One of my favorites. This was my first Roxy album. I love them all now.
Mother of Pearl being the natural beauty, hidden in an Oyster shell. It's pure and not false.
The true masterpiece on this album is "A Song For Europe", hope you get around to it!
Yes!
While MoP is the true masterpiece of the album, I reckon you're also spot on. Who said two couldn't both be right?
Another of my top 3
It's "Amazona" for me. ... or maybe "Sunset."
No. This is THE masterpiece.
My all time fave group, started day 1 of the debut. Lots of little details (castanets! whispers etc...) , great bass lines, wonderful intros and outros, outrageous and brilliant lyrics and unique vocals. In Every Dream Home will blow your mind! (sic)
Interesting esoteric suggestion to give this a listen. Excellent analysis! I love how at the break, the drums start simple and get progressively more complex as the song continues. If you like this, you might like "2HB".
Great song, l love his cover of Stones' Sympathy for the Devil, superb!
Brian Eno left Roxy Music after only two albums, so my suggestion
for a full-album reaction/review is Eno's ground-breaking first solo album:
"Here Come the Warm Jets". It is completely entertaining!
No no, if you'll do the first, you also need to do the second! Jets and Tiger are twins!
Another top Roxy pick. Best of Roxy Music right there.
Love that you just let the song play and let us watch your reactions. So cool.
Glad youre enjoying 😁
What a great track from a crackin' band. That first section, fun, and frenetic. Put me in mind of the B52's who emerged several years later, fans I wonder? Then mellowing down to the 2nd part, a great slow rhythm that plays while Ferry recounts his tale in that fabulous voice of his. A fantastic song, beautifully played, and sung.
Thanks and well done, Justin. "Mother of Pearl" is one of the great songs from Roxy Music and possibly my personal choice for my favourite. But there are others, too. In at least one interview, Brian Eno (keyboard player, synth pioneer, music producer, ambient music composer, visual artist) said that Stranded was his favourite Roxy Music album, even if it was the one made right after he quit the band (he and Bryan Ferry were pulling in different directions). Not too surprising that you heard a similarity to David Bowie's sound in this song. He and Roxy were seen as two leading art-rock pillars of the glam-rock time in the UK, and both had bands with some terrific musicians. Guitarist Phil Manzanera, a member of Roxy Music, has released some great music as a solo artist, too, as has Bryan Ferry.
Recently you've been listening to a couple of songs by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Interviewed about the origins of her music career, Siouxsie talks about getting dressed up to go to Roxy Music concerts with her friends and the effect of those events on her, in terms of both style and sound. That's in addition to later hanging out with the Sex Pistols and joining the punk scene for a while. Btw, one of the later Banshees hits was a cover of The Beatles song, "Dear Prudence". Different bands from different generations continue to influence each other.
For example, I heard the influence of Roxy Music heavily in Japan, David Sylvian's first band, and plenty of later musicians have talked about their importance and influence - just as many have with David Bowie.
Btw, kind of funny that you were singing a bit from The Smiths "How Soon Is Now" at the start of this video. No doubt that Morrissey's vocal style was influenced by Bryan Ferry.
Roxy is another rabbit hole to disappear down - enjoy. "Bitter-Sweet" was recently featured in the German TV show Babylon Berlin. I also love "She Sells" from the Siren album th-cam.com/video/2_PeLSHedxo/w-d-xo.html and the early "Pyjamarama" th-cam.com/video/65J6okdZZT4/w-d-xo.html
Great song!! Thank you much.
I got this album for christmas when it came out and I really loved it. For me it’s Roxy at their best. This track and Amazona are fantastic and really show that they were so much more than a ‘singles’ band (although they had some great singles as well). Thanks for doing this one Justin as very few reaction channels cover Roxy music.
Happily Jim! Ty for watching
"very few reaction channels cover Roxy Music". Exactly,and on the rare occasions they do it is usually the much later stuff (aka 'Avalon" their very last album). This is another reason I love this channel.
@@TRANZEURO - absolutely
Thank you for the great music!
i'm 64 and bought this album when it came out..listened to it constantly..still love it..oh the memories ..great channel sir,love your reactions!..kent in ohio
Ty so much Kent!
Oh my God you are doing ROXY! Stick initially with the early albums-there’s great stuff later on, but it sounds like a totally different band. ROXY MUSIC IS PHENOMENAL
Yes, earlier stuff is better, Stranded, and my favourite Country Life. Last three albums were OK, Avalon the strongest, but didn't have the magic of those early albums! Love Ferry's solo albums as well, Another Time Another Place is fantastic , These Foolish Things another great one.
@@keithjones6023 should not have come back for manifesto Ferry comes back as Perry como started off as almost Lyden in energy unbelivable the difference.
Great pick!! (I think I did suggest this at some time in the past) Journalists at the time tagged Roxy Music, Eno, Mott the Hoople, T Rex, Sparks, and Bowie art rock or glam rock. They always need to put everything in a box, but most of the people I knew into prog rock back then were also into Roxy Music. It was all an alternative to the rock top 40. Roxy and Bowie were both foreshadowing the future of new wave in the 80s from the early 70s, and all of those future bands listened to Roxy and Bowie. And then Eno ended up producing half of the important 80s new wave bands.
There's a lot in Ferry's voice that reminds me of Russel Mael in Sparks, especially early Sparks like Kimono My House ( "This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both Of Us" if you haven't heard it).
This Town Ain’t Big Enough... just for the laughs. Or shock value. I do love that song, though!
Thank you JP!! One of my favorite Roxy Music songs!! IMHO, their 2 masterpiece albums are STRANDED and COUNTRY LIFE. SIREN is also fantastic.
Country Life has always been one of my favourite albums. It's just great from start to finish.
@@keithjones6023 I look at Roxy having 3 phases. The first being the Brian Eno years. Very campy but some gems were made such as "If There is Something". The second phase, the Eddie Jobson years, is my favorite period and the 3 albums they made with him are fantastic. The last phase is my least favorite since (IMHO) they became too overproduced and slick.
@@sanddab There are a lot of bands and solo artists IMHO who produced their best work on their earlier albums. In some cases l think it was because they were almost trying too hard, and lost some of the simplicity and 'charm' of their early recordings. A couple of bands l could think of were Steely Dan, the Eagles and 10cc.
A favorite track. Fantastic album all around. Good reaction !
One of our anthems as teenagers. Saw them on their "Street Life?" Tour "75." Awesome band and catalogue. Thanks Justin. You are too notch!
Ty!
One of my fav Roxy songs, along with "A Song for Europe", "Out of the Blue", and "Both Ends Burning", "Flesh and Blood", and "Avalon". Another odd favorite is "Prairie Rose" where they go country on the album Country Life. There is a lot of subtle greatness to explore in the Roxy catalog.
Love Country Life album, great from start to finish, All I Want is You and Prairie Rose just a couple of the great tracks.
'Viva Roxy Music' is a great live album for Roxy's early songs. 🖤
"If There Is Something" from that album is immense!
My favourite live album.. its incredible
It's by far one of the best live albums ever. Some of those live versions are total epics.
Roxy Music. Your favorite bands favorite bands favorite band.
That is accurate!
Awesome music. Even better when played in sequence.
Damn fine music! Roxy Music are one band that couldn't have replaced their singer, the musicianship and vocals together produce something very unique. So glad for your positive words JP.
Ooh, Roxy now, is it? All right, by all means go through the hits and the classics, but I hope you eventually give "Just Another High" from the "Siren" album a spin.
It's one of their unsung masterpieces, if you ask me, and I can't understand why that is! It's got a great melody and the drumming is a real highlight as well.
Bowie was a friend of Ferry. He was quoted as saying that Bryan Ferry was the best lyricist of the 70s / 80s. Bowie covered a couple of ferry songs in his live shows.
" But the search for perfection; Your own predilection; Goes on and on and on and on.
Perceptive as always - thanks very much for this classic
Perhaps my favourite song by Roxy Music - well done!
Always loved Roxy Music. Stranded was the first album I heard. And my favorite one .
Thank you for reviewing Roxy! I will almost always recommend listening to the studio version of anything with few exceptions. However. I'll recommend the live version of "Both ends burning".
roxy music so wouderful my tre loved it
Eno was gone by this album. It's a completely different sound than one or two. And my favorite. By Manifesto Bryan was completely becoming more engaged in the pop world. The cutting edge alt sound had disappeared. I felt this a beginning of the transition from alternative to a more pop sound. Mother of Pearl has its own unique style and is an iconic piece in alternative collections.
Eno, himself, in an interview thought this their most successful execution artistically of all the albums.
I only recently found your channel but wow. I’m in love with you. You are fantastic at this! Your smile when he sings “favorita” was magic. I can’t wait to see more of your stuff.
PS I met Ferry once after a show and we were all pressed against his car like you mentioned at one point, claustrophobic. He was absolutely lovely and sweet and signed stuff for me and my friend. He was smiling and laughing and just a very lovely person. I met him again at another concert and same thing. He’s just a very nice man.
Morning Caligulita! Ty so much for watching and enjoying! From your experience, Ferry seems like a great individual 😄
Also...your reference to Color of Spring by Talk Talk is much appreciated.
Great tune, great band, great video, you definitely get it. The second half of this tune feels like a nice warm spring day, like today.
Roxy Music were a little bit like a few other bands, l suppose Genesis was one of them. They started as more of an album track band with their first three or four albums, then taking a change of direction with a more commercial sound with their later music. Apparently Bryan Ferry's original plan was never to release singles already available on albums. This idea soon was forgotten however, their best albums for me were their first 5 with Country Life their greatest. Avalon their last studio album is well worth a listen.
"pyjamarama", "Virginia Plain" and "These Foolish Things" are all solid Roxy/Ferry tracks.
Bryan's solo album Another Time Another Place is fantastic!
@@keithjones6023 'In Your Mind' is the best Ferry solo album IMHO.
@@sanddab l used to have that album, don't know what happened to it, l suppose that says it all really. From what I remember about it l think Love Me Madly Again was my favourite track, This is Tomorrow was good, hated Tokyo Joe. Sometimes an album just clicks, and I've loved ATAP since buying it, and love every song.
@@keithjones6023 ATAP are covers and 'In 'Your Mind' are all original songs, so I like them both but for different reasons. 'Love Me Madly Again' is genius the way it changes into a very different song midway through. It's my favorite on that album too.
@@sanddab The title track on ATAP is written by Bryan Ferry, a superb song. I've liked a lot of his cover's more than his own songs. His version of Sympathy for the Devil is fantastic. Going back to Love me Madly Again, it is a great song, as you say it's almost like two songs in one, with that subtle change mid way.
In every dream home a heartache. Best Roxy imho.
CAME ACROSS THIS SONG BY MOTHER OF PEARL ON AN EPISODE OF "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER". 09/10/2024 IN DA HOUSE!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The first five Roxy Music album were sublime, strange that you should mention about David Bowie as you're probably aware he and Bryan Ferry were contemporaries, Bowie was a massive fan of Roxy Music, he even said so in an American TV interview in the mid '70s, at that time Roxy Music hadn't made it in American as Bowie had. 'Roxy' fans tend to for the most part either prefer the early stuff over the later stuff or vise versa (pre Manifesto/post Manifesto). For me the earlier output is far more interesting and is their period which I like best.
Both David Bowie and Talk Talk were inspired by Roxy Music. Your guess is not far from being true. Really like your way of analysing music and lyrics. Great reaction as always. Since you really like Scott Walker, I recommend his song "Farmer in the City". It doesn't have anything to do with Roxy Music, or maybe just the voices, of Ferry's and Walker's, are similar, crooner-like. Happy Easter again
Great Walker choice. Seconded!
My uncle told me some 40 years ago when I was a teenager that back in the day mother of pearl was a saying for high grade cocaine in 🇬🇧, wasn't sure whether to post it but there you go, sorry if anyone is offended but that's what my uncle told me🤔
I heard heroin...
Named our first used record store Street Life out of total reverence. Saw the Country Life tour in Chicago; changed my life. Heaven.
Roxy Music was the most underrated band ever. Now they are in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
As they should be :)
One of the greatest rock songs ever written, a pity they didn't continue with songs like this.
Awesome, Awesome, Awesome.....Love it (ENO so CREATIVE) I bought this as soon as it came out in 73. Never got bored. Played thousands of times. Even scratched to hell (Vinyl record). IT IS SO MUSICALA ND RHYTHMIC. Mother of Pearl is the perfect female
This is the first album after Eno left the band ( He also says its his favorite Roxy album ).
@@bjmoran887 But I thought Eno joined Roxy in 71. This album is 1973
@@karitane For your pleasure was the last album with Eno . They replaced him with Jobson .
Maybe it's just a shot in the dark bur Mr, Ferry is a pianist and the keys on many pianos are carved from .......... MOTHER ...... OF ....... PEARL !!!!!!
As I was listening to this song which I’ve never heard, I was thinking “Bowie”. So cool that we’re catching that same vibe! I like this song! 👍🏻👍🏻
Most underrated Roxy song. I saw them inducted in to the RRHoF at Barclays in NYC. 😍 They were phenomenal and 1st time I'd seen the band together in awhile and not 😊 "Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music". 🙋🏿♀️ I'll take Bryan in any version. 🍿🐰
One of my Favourites from Roxy. Watch the Music Laden (German TV show) version on TH-cam. It’s amazing. I also heard you got Hackett Tickets!! You are in for a treat. Rock On!
When I was young I was a nerd who carried a briefcase with the name of 2 bands stenciled on it. Led Zeppelin was one, and Roxy Music was the other. They were my 2 favorite bands of the 70's. This is the 2nd reaction video of yours that I've seen. The 1st was off what I think was Roxy Music's best album, which is Country Life, and the song you were reacting to was their iconic Out Of The Blue, but this review interested me more. Mother Of Pearl is my all-time favorite Roxy Music song. I'd be willing to guess at this point that you've done a reaction video of a guy name Brian Eno as well. You're going down a great road. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Tallesin :) I've been familiar with Eno's ambient work (I did album reviews for Airports and his latest release)
Hi JP. Dave from unlocking London, hoping to travel soon on Trains And Boats And Planes. Stranded and For Your Pleasure are the two Roxy Music albums I have, and like Tony Etchells my favourite Stranded track is A Song For Europe. Love the slower section of Mother Of Pearl, which showcases Ferry's piano as well as those unique vocals. Great reaction as usual. I think you're right that Mother of Pearl represents something more substantial that Ferry is seeking in his life (maybe through drugs).
In my top 3 Roxy tracks since the day I bought the original album in 197something
Way back in my addled youth in the latter part of the '70's, I was the only one in my circle who owned (or even liked) any Roxy Music. It was years later, I finally realized that for White middle-class American youth, Roxy's sound was just a bit too "Continental." Here in 2021, they are one of a handful of bands who's music from the early 70's, some songs still stand outside any kind of real time reference. Makes me think it was even better than I'd originally thought. David Bowie has some tracks like this, too.
In answer to your "sounds like Bowie" comment, they were both part of that Glam thing going on at the time, and had a lot of contact with each other.
Awesome reaction as always Justin.
Check out the album “801 Live”.
Roxy Music invented punk rock ❤
One of my favorites .
Great review. Plenty of good songs on this album. Try Amazona followed by Song For Europe yo get a real flavour of Roxy in their pomp.
Roxy and Bowie were contemporaries of course and each would have been well aware of the other.
Great intro with The Smiths 😎 The song by Roxy Music is extraordinary, anyways. I clicked the like button knowing in advance you would like the track 👍 I'm watching/listening. Maybe later I will write a more extended comment. Have a good day! Happy belated Easter, too 😊
Haha ty Paul!
I felt a little Eno in it, which Eno and Bowie worked together (well...so did Roxie Music and Eno). Basically, there's a lot of collaborations between the 3 in various ways, and so it may be hard to differentiate the influences sometimes lol I think I just confused things more.
Love your take on this one
Ty GG!
David Bowie was a big supporter and fan of Roxy
Way down low. Wooh-ooh!
Just brilliant!!!
This is such an intelligent take. 👌🏼
Thanks for reacting to this; it is appreciated! I think your reaction is dead-on with respect to the frantic/partying lifestyle of the opening of the song, and the transition into the more reflective and "quiet" 2/3 of the song. Although I agree the latter portion does build, I don't think it ever really approaches the tenor of the introduction. I also agree with your thoughts about how it evokes Bowie to a degree. Just as "Queen Bitch" is the best Velvet Underground song Lou Reed never wrote, I think "Mother of Pearl" is the best Bowie song that David Bowie never wrote. Again, thanks for your analysis.
John Wetton once said that Roxy Music would have been much more successful if Bowie hadn't been around first. Bowie has covered only one Roxy song in his band Tin Machine. "If there is Something".
It's long been rumoured that he did a cover of "Ladytron" in the early seventies which was originally intended for a Pin-Ups 2, but has never seen the light of day.
You really should review their first album, when they exploded on the scene with such originality. There sound mellowed a bit, particularly when Bryan adopted the lounge singer personal, but it was never bettered.
Justin you just mentioned Bowie. Looking so forward to the rest of "Diamond Dogs". By the way I agree the transitions in this song are great.
I've not heard a lot of these guys. Puts me in mind of Slapp Happy and Talking Heads. I believe John Wetton was with them for a minute.
The subtle ones from the Stranded album: Just Like You and Sunset are great too.
First saw Roxy on Top of the Pops when I was about eight or nine around 1971 playing Virginia Plain. Was blown away by Andy Mackay playing electric oboe. I'm pretty sure that's also why my friend took up the oboe for the school orchestra a few years later.
GD I'm smitten with this song. Not so much the intro, but I can appreciate the frantic-ness from which it was coming from. It did make the reflection movement so to speak WAY better. Good song, great? Yep. Greatest song ever? Eh. To me Yep. Well written, lungs required for the full lyrical. Annunciation as musicality almost jazzlike in syncopation. Well played. Nice 70s rock vibe. How is this worse than stairway on that scale?
Just finished Vikings. They should have pulled the plug after season 4. Amazona is my jam on this one.
For more Roxy, check out In Every Dream Home A Heartache off the second album. Sinister.
It might be worth giving the track that Mother Of Pearl blends into, Sunset, a review. It was a major influence on the sound of the band 'Japan'
Japan were a fantastic band heavily influenced by roxy music and glam rock early years
Ah. Paul Thompson's Snare.
When first seeing Mother Of Pearl in the title, I thought of the Wishbone Ash song from the album New England.
For me, their best album and one of the great hard rock albums.
New England is a great album, Lorelei and Mother of Pearl, love tho two. Argus and There's The Rub, are a couple of my favourites. Silver Shoes and Persephone are just fantastic!