I remember as an 8 year old this video made me want to write, draw, really anything that had to do with creation. Watching this again as a 50year old I see why. The visuals and nuances are so good. After you saying who the director is it finally makes sense to me!
@@rosharofficial Ridley’s background was in commercials. Great eye for the visual. He also created the Apple Macintosh 1984 commercial. He also did a number of Chanel No. 5 commercials.
I was born in 1966 and feel lucky to be a teenager in the 80's. Carefree years, great music, I could go on. I'm 58 years old now and I no longer fit into this world and neither do I want to. It's changed and not for the better. Homesick for what once existed but will never return and now looking forward to going home whenever it's my time to depart from his earth. I feel sad and worried for today's children and future generations. Their freedom is being stolen and they will surely have a fight on their hands to reclaim it.
I was born in 1982 and am now 42 years old, but I feel that what you're saying is very true. Although I only experienced a few years of the 1980s as a child, the music and the atmosphere of that era were undoubtedly wonderful. Despite having little firsthand experience of it, the 1980s continue to be an object of admiration for me to this day.
'66 here as well, share many of your feelings, except I am not ready to go yet. There are still good times to be had, even if the world has taken a turn for the worse.
All of you, the children of the 80s. You who, like me, experienced an extraordinary era. Remember this explosion of music, this carefreeness.. Never again will we experience this, but it remains alive in us... It's our heritage...
There are many beautiful, thoughtful comments here, but your’s hit a chord and brought tears to my eyes. A sense of joy for a life well lived back then, a sense of loss in the now.
You suckers just got old. You were happier because you were younger. Suckers in 2050 will swear the 2020s was the best decade. Etc etc until the end of time.
Hello, My Brit pals gave me the first Roxy Music album for my fifteenth B-day. My first encounter with the dazzling force of combined genius that has guided me through many dark times . I'm now 65, Too old to die young, and too young to die! Ha! Ha!
@@lavidaesunalenteja336 Hello. I respectfully disagree. I am not a songwriter or musician, so I can only speculate about why she is vocalizing the way she is. But for some reason I'm reminded of the calls and songs that various birds make. And if that was the intent, to go with the falcon-themed visuals of the video, Yanik Etienne has added depth and dimension to the song in a way that is both otherworldly and shows her gifts for vocal range and ability to sustain it for as long as she did. When Roxy Music plays Avalon, no backup singer can match what she has done for this song. This version of Avalon remains definitive and canon.
@@dagdork6662 From Mix Magazine and then Wikipedia - ""The song's distinctive backing vocals were performed by Haitian singer Yanick Étienne, whom Bryan Ferry encountered during the recording of the album. He heard her in the adjacent studio and invited her to contribute backing vocals to the recording. " A serendipitous meeting. It might have been a type of signing to which she was accustomed?
Actually I think the 80s was one of the less creative decades Roxy Music was cool in there way and this video proves how very 80s they were. However I could go through a string of bands from the 60s will say the Sonic's and Stooges on one end to say Jefferson Airplane. And the first jam band the 70s gave us everything from Black Flag tell Linda Ronstadt the 90s had the popularization of punk. With everything from Alanis Morissette to Nirvana and mudhoney. The 2000s kind of sucked but you get the highly overrated but influential White Stripes. Is The Strokes in The Killers. I'm just scratching the surface of each decade to show that it has more to do with Nostalgia and where you may have been when you heard a certain song then one decade being necessarily more important to the than the other. Not my favorite Brian Eno project but definitely set the tone for a lot of what came in the 80s .
Same age as you Brother... In my opinion the 80s was a sublime decade... every teenager should have a wonderful story to tell their Children and Grandchildren about growing up in their time, if I had a chance to travel back in time , it'll be to the 80s most definitely.
As a man of 52, every time I listen to the sublime music from the 80's I feel nostalgic, happy and sad all at the same time.....then I wonder where the last 35-45 years have gone! WTAF?! 🥲
This is honestly a perfect song. Bryan Ferry sings about being captivated by a woman at a party and compares her to the mystical island of Avalon in that she's literally like a heavenly island in a sea of people at a party. What a beautiful sentiment.
This video set all of the unreasonably high expectations of how 12 year old me thought I'd spend all of my Saturday nights as an adult. I thought there'd be falcons, dancing in castles and Bryan Ferry in a tux. There's only laundry, cat hair and my husband snoring on the sofa in a tshirt.
Everyone born after the 80s also knew the 80s. Either some were here alive and left or in spirit. Spirits have access to all music.....the first message I got from my mother was she was enjoying all the music.....the second message I got was when she comes to visit she's just floating around.....my little house is a storage unit for when I can build a large house on my property.
Im here 2024 only cos I heard this today playing in my new doctors surgery , no health issues, just signing up with new GP in ROI......Bryan Ferry legend #roxymusic
I remember like it was yesterday hearing this song for the first time in 1982, the year I turned 16 and left High School. I loved this song then, I love it more now. The 80's.
Ah, - the perfect music for the initiation of a night with special someone, where the chemical connections of both participants are burning bright; or, for driving the faded streets of your younger days, with everything seen and felt in a nostalgic, comforting glow; or, for a warm embrace on a high rise balcony with a view of millions of twinkling lights below and beyond; or -- just for a lazy cozy Sunday morning at home… This is music for all those moments in a life that are beautiful, majestic, romantic, exquisite. Timeless.
This song came on the radio when I was driving to the funeral of an 18 year old named Mark, he was reckless, like myself and of similar age. I couldn’t get it out of my head, that it could’ve been me in that coffin. I have continued to be reckless for the past 42 years, touch wood, with no serious consequences . I believe that Mark is somehow living his life through me. When I hear Avalon it makes me melancholy, but reminds me to live life to the fullest and don’t worry about petty things.
I used to get chills listening to this song. One of the best albums ever. I'm 62 now and still gets chills. Bryan Ferry still is one of the sexiest men alive. Jerry Hall was an idiot.
Lost my youngest bro last year 55, we were in the army together in the eighties both loved Roxy played this at his funeral, god bless you little bro KARL. Love from tony💖.xx(Avalon).
Can I go back there. I was there in the 80's. It was such a great time. Such class, beauty and high aspirations for the future and that shining city on the hill...sadly today, not so much.
Road tripped from Newport to Mexico in 83 with a buddy and our GFs, this was the only cassette in the car, the radio didn't work but the tape deck did. Listened to this entire album non stop, repeatedly, all the way there. Should have been sick of it. Not. While they all slept on the trip back I listened to it again, and again as I drove, and Avalon became not only in my top 5 songs ever but thee defining soundtrack to my memory of that trip. It's a place I think back to often.
Oh how lovely. Congratulations, new Mama! Welcome to the world little angel warrior. We are so glad to have you with us. Blessings for a life well lived and a heart well loved. 💞
I was brainwashed into Roxy and Bowie when I was able to listen to music by my dad. Such memories when I was young when my dad use to sit me down and play his vinyls every Saturday afternoon. I'm 42 now and how the music has shaped who I am today. Thank you Ferry, Bowie, Eno, Lou, Iggy and the rest. You help form a bond with my dad.
My younger brother, whom I clash with horribly on politics ( he hates Trump) told his wife that he "needed his older brother." He told me that it was me who shaped his taste in music. Bowie; Roxy Music; Peter Gabriel; Elvis Costello; Iggy Pop and assorted 80's new wave. I was massively flattered. Sadly, I let politics get in the way of our relationship. Gotta' put that away and save the relationship. People matter. Politics come and go.....
@@aaronbeauchamp3312 It is never worth it . They (politicians) always ended up drinking coffee with each other and making alliances. Call your brother and tell him the history of you two is way beyond of whatever politicians are on the run,.YOU LOVE EACH OTHER and do not allow politics break it apart! Call him!
A day has never gone by without me listening to this track since 2012 (through some video game). Don't blame me, I am just 24yrs old 🙈 I actually listen to the whole album, but this track is my favourite. And there's also Slave to Love, which I found out about while watching Kingsman The Secret Service.
@Geert Van den ☆ I thank you for sharing this comment with all of 'Mother Earth'. It will always be remembered, and never forgotten. Thank you Mate. Take Care and Be Well Always My Friend:🇬🇧🇺🇸 ®️.
@@jeff-bg2fn ☆First I Thank you for agreeing with me. For 'Women In Chains' ~ by 'Tears For Fears' . Also, your other selection by; 'Entangle' of Genesis. Two of my favorites, I have to say your selections, are nothing short of Superb. I say to you Jean in closing. Take Care and Be Well My Dear Friend:🇬🇧🇺🇸 ®️.
@@growingupwithfloyd2184 thank you. Be well too. If you suppose that i like Pink floyd too, you are perfectly right. Of course . Thank you from France.
Class meets decadence, laziness meets brilliance. The sax and the the female backing vocal are just mesmerizing. One of the ultimate 3 am last glass of whisky songs I know.
Perfect. 3am last glass of whiskey song. I've been searching for that phrase to describe the feeling of this song, especially the outro. Thanks, I'm stealing that!
Hello! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day..Stay Safe!
@@courtneykirk478 I think they heard her singing in an adjoining studio where they were recording (the Bahamas?) and just basically went and asked her if she was free and the rest, as they say, is history
Bryan Ferry for me was the James Bond of music, he always had the best clothes and had all the beautiful women on his arm and just oozed charisma and sophistication. Roxy Music were the personaification of coolness and made some of the best music during the 70s and early 80s
That rare moment in musical time when all of the planets align for a perfectly constructed and performed song that captures the era, nails the vocals and takes the listener to a place few have visited but wished existed in their world. Just sublime.
I used to stare at the Avalon album cover for hours. With this track playing on the record player, the cover photo pulls you in as you'll swear you're right there floating over the misty covered waters. Don't know why but it always spoke to me. And still does.
I was 30 years old at that time. We still had good music, and freedom. Free to travel, free to smoke, free to have fun. I thought that kind of life would last forever.
One of the most beautiful songs ever. Saw the Avalon tour in 1983 Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto. I have seen many concerts in my life, but that show was simply just the best. I remember Bryan singing this song that night like it was yesterday. The back up singers in blue and green shimmering dresses sparkling in the lights. Magical, beyond words....
Those of us, born 1960, we really were the ones that enjoyed this. Mid-20s in LA. LA was a great place for music in the 80s and we were in our prime. Roxy Music was great. along with a lot of others we could see on sunset
Probably the *best* year for music, in *so* many genres - it was like a musical evolutionary explosion which even outdid the '60s and will never be beaten. (But never say never...😼)
The song of a semi-paranoid man in love at first sight with an effortlessly beautiful woman. The zoom in close ups of the band adding to his worry that she might be too good to be true, and we as the listeners will never know if she was. This song is an 80s gem classic 👍
As Brits it would at least have been legal... Though Sophie Ward is 17 here and Bryan is 38! Sexting between them (if it had been possible in 1982) would have got Bryan in jail, though... It's a mad world. 🙀
...... ВСЕ МУЖЧИНЫ ВЛЮБЛЯЮТСЯ , ПО - НАСТОЯЩЕМУ ! ИМЕННО С ПЕРВОГО ВЗГЛЯДА ..... ЭТО СОВЕРШЕННО ИНТУИНТИВНОЕ ОЧАРОВАНИЕ ---- МОЖЕТ ПАМЯТЬ С ПАРАЛЛЕЛЬНОГО МИРА ...... НО ! А СО ВТОРОГО ВЗГЛЯДА МОГУТ И РАЗЛЮБИТЬ.....))))
Oh my goodness ... wasn't prepared for this on a snowy night in UK ..... memories 😊 I actually got to dance with Mr Ferry in a little Night Club in Kensington way back in the day ... all v innocent. A real gentleman.
Worked at a posting in an overseas embassy. I (and other staff) were invited to a new years eve event hosted by the American Consulate in the local opera house. Just after the new years countdown, this came on and I danced with and kissed a beautiful Asian woman who disappeared into the night and I never saw her again. I have always felt that in that few minutes, I lived this video. How cool is that!
That's the feeling that is revived in me whenever I hear this song. A kiss, a look, a comment. Those days were so filled with mystery and the promise of things to come that I had little experience with. God they were wonderful.
I used Avalon as my wedding waltz in 1985 and still love it.Its the only album I've got where I love every track still together 37 years later Bryan Ferry still going
@@johnkristof8395 It might just be................ " The Perfect Song ". With it`s underlying nostalgic beauty it could be played at weddings, Funerals, and everything inbetween. The fact that you picked it, as your " Closing Song "......shows what kind of DJ you are.......a Great One.........telling people to....." F-Off ".........in the most beautiful way possible.............❤
I've been a songwriter for over 20 years and Roxy Music was one of the groups that kept burrowing into my brain during sessions. You won't hear anything like this today and it's sad. The haunting melody of this song has stuck with me since the first time I heard it. I wish we were celebrating this today and modern musicians (at least the ones who get on the air) could go back and just do what works.
What's really sad is your inability to accept change. Great music is made every day and if you don't like it then the problem is you. If you can't look at the column on the right and find great music then why are you here? As the Doobie Brothers sang, "Listen to the music.
From what Bryan said, they were finishing recording in New York with Rhett Davies, and Ferry heard a girl singing in the corridor. The girl was Yannick Etienne from Haiti, and he was so impressed he asked her to sing the final part without the band knowing about it. Turned out pretty good I think.
I d Never heard of Roxy until I was in my late 30s . More Than This , fell in love with them . I have listen to every one of their songs and often . Just super music. Blend of vocal , beat , harmony, dance steps , and visuals , just lovely music !
Back in the early 1990's my parents gave me a walkman for my birthday. I woke up that morning and opened the present before anyone else was up. There was a tape in the Walkman: Roxy Music's greatest hits. I grew up listening to them. I can still remember the positive feeling this song gave me, listening to it as a little kid. I love this band and always will.
It's basically 80s synthpop, being the sub-genre of New Romantics. Also see "(Feels like) Heaven" by Fiction Factory, "Maid of Orleans" by OMD, "Vienna" by Ultravox, "Voyage, voyage" by Desireless, "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie, "Forever young" by Alphaville, "The Great Commandment" by Camouflage, and "Fade to grey" by Visage, which are all New Romantics songs.
I saw the last Roxy Music concert in the US the other night at the Forum in LA it marked the end of an era. Thank you Bryan for 50 years of incredible music and showmanship.
How can avalon only have 35 million views it is a masterpiece wonderful arrangement and production it's musical art at its finest. Roxy and Bryan ferry are just different class ❤
I was in college in the 80's and worked at a restaurant when not in school and in the summers. The place played 80's music 24/7, and I got hooked on punk, pop, British, and MTV music videos. I don't remember this song, but I heard it on Sirius XM's New Wave station a few months ago. Damn!! What a song! I almost pulled the car over to soak it in. I so wish I could go back to the 80's and do it all over again....sigh
I can and still do listen to all that great music, it still lives! Thankfully Reagan and Thatcher are dead, and Trump and Johnson are just a minor hiccup we know how to deal with😺...
Back then Brian Ferry was the coolest dude in town, and for me he always will be. He made it look effortless, the sign of a true master of his craft. Such a great band and, as others have noted, a timeless album. So fortunate to have been in my late teens/early twenties when Roxy Music were at their peak.
when i was 18 ,..back when this came out, i wasnt too impressed with ferry and his tuxes.. now, at 60 i see the wisdom of his style. there will never be another cool cat like THIS guy
There's also the fact that this guy could ANY woman he wanted---and no doubt he bedded quite a few! Basically the opposite of my love life (or lack thereof). *sigh*
The Avalon music video was directed by Ridley Scott and shown on MTV in 1982 less than a year after MTV was launched in August 1981.
I remember as an 8 year old this video made me want to write, draw, really anything that had to do with creation.
Watching this again as a 50year old I see why. The visuals and nuances are so good.
After you saying who the director is it finally makes sense to me!
@@rosharofficial Ridley’s background was in commercials. Great eye for the visual. He also created the Apple Macintosh 1984 commercial. He also did a number of Chanel No. 5 commercials.
Forget the video, it's the music that matters. Let the sound create your own video
Love this video and song I remember watching it on mtv
@@C.E.K. Music videos and concerts are part of a great music.
I was born in 1966 and feel lucky to be a teenager in the 80's. Carefree years, great music, I could go on. I'm 58 years old now and I no longer fit into this world and neither do I want to. It's changed and not for the better. Homesick for what once existed but will never return and now looking forward to going home whenever it's my time to depart from his earth. I feel sad and worried for today's children and future generations. Their freedom is being stolen and they will surely have a fight on their hands to reclaim it.
Well said that was a mouthful true though share the same sentiments ❤️🇿🇦
I was born in 1982 and am now 42 years old, but I feel that what you're saying is very true. Although I only experienced a few years of the 1980s as a child, the music and the atmosphere of that era were undoubtedly wonderful. Despite having little firsthand experience of it, the 1980s continue to be an object of admiration for me to this day.
La música de los 80 es insuperable
I’m right there with you. 😢
'66 here as well, share many of your feelings, except I am not ready to go yet. There are still good times to be had, even if the world has taken a turn for the worse.
All of you, the children of the 80s. You who, like me, experienced an extraordinary era. Remember this explosion of music, this carefreeness.. Never again will we experience this, but it remains alive in us... It's our heritage...
There are many beautiful, thoughtful comments here, but your’s hit a chord and brought tears to my eyes. A sense of joy for a life well lived back then, a sense of loss in the now.
You suckers just got old. You were happier because you were younger. Suckers in 2050 will swear the 2020s was the best decade. Etc etc until the end of time.
70s too
Así es... Concuerdo plenamente ✨✨✨
circa 1978 here........
the 80's will never die🤩🥰
It's a crime this song never reached the top10 . It had no.1 written all over it.
one of the best things about 50 years old is the fact that i lived my teenage in the 80's that is priceless and Iam grateful !!!
I turned 50 last week!!
I Love this Music.🥰
Love you
I love all of u my age. The 80s we are connected
@@MrMB040 you count
This is the the most beautiful song ever recorded, it's from heaven, and it saved me many times as a young adult from wanting to end it. I'm now 55.
I just cried reading your post. Hope you are winning in life now.
Amazing, it may not be your birthday, but Happy Birthday to you 🎉celebrate every day!!!
Hello,
My Brit pals gave me the first Roxy Music album for my fifteenth B-day. My first encounter with the dazzling force of combined genius that has guided me through many dark times . I'm now 65, Too old to die young, and too young to die! Ha! Ha!
Music. The finest medicine. No prescription needed!
The world doesn't make music like this anymore 😢
The world doesn’t deserve…
not from the world....this comes from our owners
This wonderful artist, Bryan Ferry brings me too tears. I just listen too him over and over.
Music is eternal
@@patharrison7102 Oh, fuck that has so much meaning. My best wishes to you xx
Whoever is singing back up vocals is next level
Yanik Etienne,
Haitian vocalist, Yannick Etienne
@@lavidaesunalenteja336 Hello. I respectfully disagree. I am not a songwriter or musician, so I can only speculate about why she is vocalizing the way she is. But for some reason I'm reminded of the calls and songs that various birds make. And if that was the intent, to go with the falcon-themed visuals of the video, Yanik Etienne has added depth and dimension to the song in a way that is both otherworldly and shows her gifts for vocal range and ability to sustain it for as long as she did. When Roxy Music plays Avalon, no backup singer can match what she has done for this song. This version of Avalon remains definitive and canon.
@@SanjaySingh-oh7hv I agree with you! You lil misunderstood what I meant
@@dagdork6662 From Mix Magazine and then Wikipedia - ""The song's distinctive backing vocals were performed by Haitian singer Yanick Étienne, whom Bryan Ferry encountered during the recording of the album. He heard her in the adjacent studio and invited her to contribute backing vocals to the recording. " A serendipitous meeting. It might have been a type of signing to which she was accustomed?
I remember standing on my mum's toes and dancing to this song when I was little. Hearing this brings a tear I must admit. Miss you mum.❤
❤
Awwww bless 💖💖
God bless your mum❤
@@K-a-n-d-i-s thanks.🙏🏴
@@nagadorset thanks🙏🏴
I was 17 in 1980, how lucky was that, fantastic times.
This video is probably best of ever times
I’m 61 & I’m glad that I experienced the 80s as a young man in my 20s
Me to 🙂
Same, what a decade to be alive! All the best from 🇨🇦
Bryan Ferry was the smoothest cat of the 80's .Very underated , was the 80's AMAZING or what? Never be another Decade with such diversity.
M'MMM UNLIKE THE TODAYS ENFORCED ,SO-CALLED ''DIVERSITY'' THIS WAS CREATIVE FROM A NATURAL FLOW OF IDEAS.
Actually I think the 80s was one of the less creative decades Roxy Music was cool in there way and this video proves how very 80s they were. However I could go through a string of bands from the 60s will say the Sonic's and Stooges on one end to say Jefferson Airplane. And the first jam band the 70s gave us everything from Black Flag tell Linda Ronstadt the 90s had the popularization of punk. With everything from Alanis Morissette to Nirvana and mudhoney. The 2000s kind of sucked but you get the highly overrated but influential White Stripes. Is The Strokes in The Killers. I'm just scratching the surface of each decade to show that it has more to do with Nostalgia and where you may have been when you heard a certain song then one decade being necessarily more important to the than the other. Not my favorite Brian Eno project but definitely set the tone for a lot of what came in the 80s .
Same age as you Brother... In my opinion the 80s was a sublime decade... every teenager should have a wonderful story to tell their Children and Grandchildren about growing up in their time, if I had a chance to travel back in time , it'll be to the 80s most definitely.
Underrated??? Nonsense..
Roxy Music weren't underrated FFS
The production on this can’t be overlooked, it’s perfection
It really is @TheNarcropolis , it really is♥
emo psybient samba
A masterpiece album.I was 19 when it dropped.Turned my friends on to it.Beautiful melodies and textures.
Roxy Music特有の１つの世界観がある。
こんなに粋でオシャレなアーティストは他にいない。
Bob Clearmountain
Hacia años que no la oía, con 66 años y aún me emociona la música de los 80, jamás habrá otra como esa época....por cantidad y por calidad.
As a man of 52, every time I listen to the sublime music from the 80's I feel nostalgic, happy and sad all at the same time.....then I wonder where the last 35-45 years have gone! WTAF?! 🥲
Mate … wait until you’re 64 😬
Ugh.. same. A sad nostalgia.
Same here mate. Where has the time gone ?
Wait till you’re 73 and your body becomes your enemy. You’re still young at 52 just go out there and enjoy if you can.
@@nc1807 You were obviously in your teens during the 60's my friend so there is a part of me that is envious of your experience too! 😉
This is honestly a perfect song. Bryan Ferry sings about being captivated by a woman at a party and compares her to the mystical island of Avalon in that she's literally like a heavenly island in a sea of people at a party. What a beautiful sentiment.
That’s a nice way of describing the song. Albeit the word ‘literally’ is not needed, that means that she’s not a person but an island.
nope.. thats not the message.... es geht um dinge die menschen nicht verkraften könnten, wenn sie offen angesprochen werden.
Well put
@@HappyHell_84 Like many songs (not all) it's sometimes best to let people have their own meanings. It makes the memories stronger. :)
These youngsters love the word "literally"😂
This video set all of the unreasonably high expectations of how 12 year old me thought I'd spend all of my Saturday nights as an adult. I thought there'd be falcons, dancing in castles and Bryan Ferry in a tux. There's only laundry, cat hair and my husband snoring on the sofa in a tshirt.
Melanie Nelson best comment I’ve read to sum up my disillusionment with Saturday nights as an adult
А я рядом - и ничего...
Melanie Nelson One of the best comments ever. Lol.... I was 19 but felt similar. 😂😂😂
Haha come live with me.
I've got a pigeon with a broken wing. I live in a dilapidated shed.
Bring me a tux, we can dance 😂
Hang in there Melanie. Life is still good.
It's 2025, and it still sounds good.👍
Enjoying a bryan ferry moment
Yup agreed, still certainly does, from 1982...and on!✌️
Yeah Happy year 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Looks good too. High quality video
Can't stop listening to this
I'm 26 but the 80's songs are something out of this world!! Amazing 😍
Everyone born after the 80s also knew the 80s. Either some were here alive and left or in spirit. Spirits have access to all music.....the first message I got from my mother was she was enjoying all the music.....the second message I got was when she comes to visit she's just floating around.....my little house is a storage unit for when I can build a large house on my property.
Ha, dig deeper kid..lol. it wasn't all this good.
@@jasonkimber9392 ya it was
duh!!!
No autotune in the 80’s, no effects (unless a smooth reverb) the singers used to sing with real and pure voice in studio !.
Im here 2024 only cos I heard this today playing in my new doctors surgery , no health issues, just signing up with new GP in ROI......Bryan Ferry legend #roxymusic
I'm listening to it in December 2024 🎉🎸🎶🎵👍
So I got the 60s music, the 70s music AND the 80s music. So grateful to be born in the mid-50s. I've had best life....
I so agree ... I was born in '58 .... exciting times on the music scene in the 70's ❤ x
I was born 58, a kid in the sixties a teenager in the seventies, what a great time for music
Agree. Things went seriously downhill mid 90s
how could this masterpiece, a forever classic gather only 32 millions views, and despacito several billions. Something is wrong with this world
A voice as smooth as molten chocolate. This song never gets old.
This song is another reason why the 80’s is the best decade in music. Congratulations, Roxy Music!
Ese esmoking blanco
I must admit all that intense staring into the camera makes me giggle, but yes it is a beautifully haunting song
1970s the best
80's BEST music decade.
True the português verdade
I remember like it was yesterday hearing this song for the first time in 1982, the year I turned 16 and left High School. I loved this song then, I love it more now. The 80's.
J’écoutais les moody blues quand j’avais 16 ans et maintenant j’en ai 63 et j’aime toujours autant!❤
@annereal6589
On The Threshold Of a Dream
When he catches the falcon and they both look at the camera. Perfection.
Except the falcon has its hood on. It would never fly like that. It is a trick. Sorry about that.
The whole album is a masterpiece from start to finish. Some of the music from this era is unsurpassed and today's offerings pale in comparison.
Ah, - the perfect music for the initiation of a night with special someone, where the chemical connections of both participants are burning bright; or, for driving the faded streets of your younger days, with everything seen and felt in a nostalgic, comforting glow; or, for a warm embrace on a high rise balcony with a view of millions of twinkling lights below and beyond; or -- just for a lazy cozy Sunday morning at home… This is music for all those moments in a life that are beautiful, majestic, romantic, exquisite. Timeless.
Avalon and Flesh & Blood are both masterpieces IMO. Beautiful albums
You're exactly right
I remember when this came out , pure magic ! Those times were real artist ,with originality ! Music today sucks , I hate these times !
@@MrShepardDog You could write songs
This song came on the radio when I was driving to the funeral of an 18 year old named Mark, he was reckless, like myself and of similar age. I couldn’t get it out of my head, that it could’ve been me in that coffin. I have continued to be reckless for the past 42 years, touch wood, with no serious consequences . I believe that Mark is somehow living his life through me. When I hear Avalon it makes me melancholy, but reminds me to live life to the fullest and don’t worry about petty things.
The most romantic, prolific musician and lyrisist ever...❤and singer.
Here's to all of us who are homesick for a place that no longer exists.
I hear you Brother…
So totally agree. Am homesick too. It's a desolate place to be and painfully acknowledge that it will never return as the place we knew.
If it ever truly did to begin with…
As long as you remember, it will always be there.
So well put. Those of us of this age are marooned, with absolutely no way to find our way home.
I used to get chills listening to this song. One of the best albums ever. I'm 62 now and still gets chills. Bryan Ferry still is one of the sexiest men alive. Jerry Hall was an idiot.
im also 62, we had the best music EVER.
Never liked this song but I’ll admit Bryan Ferry is one incredibly handsome man.
She prefers Rupert Murdoch these days...Eww!
Yes, she was an idiot! What a wonderfully handsome man!
I'm 63. Roxy and Ferry made some superb songs and top videos.
Lost my youngest bro last year 55, we were in the army together in the eighties both loved Roxy played this at his funeral, god bless you little bro KARL. Love from tony💖.xx(Avalon).
sorry for your loss Tony, nice choice of music all the best
aww so sad
RIP
Oh man! So sorry to hear of your loss Tony. But what a beautiful, dreamy piece of music to choose!
Tony Higgs sorry for your loss, hope you're doing well ❣️
Can I go back there. I was there in the 80's. It was such a great time. Such class, beauty and high aspirations for the future and that shining city on the hill...sadly today, not so much.
Road tripped from Newport to Mexico in 83 with a buddy and our GFs, this was the only cassette in the car, the radio didn't work but the tape deck did. Listened to this entire album non stop, repeatedly, all the way there. Should have been sick of it. Not. While they all slept on the trip back I listened to it again, and again as I drove, and Avalon became not only in my top 5 songs ever but thee defining soundtrack to my memory of that trip. It's a place I think back to often.
I just had my daughter a few hours ago, this is the first song we listened to together. It’s always been my favorite.
Oh how lovely. Congratulations, new Mama! Welcome to the world little angel warrior. We are so glad to have you with us. Blessings for a life well lived and a heart well loved. 💞
💯💯💯
aww, how sweet!! me and my mum used to listen to this when I was a child..she is unwell now and this brings back so many good memories of mum.
Oh wow!!!!! Congrats!!!! This is one of the best songs ever!!!!
How lovely! Many congrats! You should call her Tara after the last track on the album!! Just an idea of course , again many congrats.
A 40 year old song that sounds so damn good. It's unique and fresh.
A LOT FROM SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES.
THERES A LOT OF LESSOR KNOWN GROUPS AS WELL.
The way all the parts go together. It's hypnotic, a great piece of music
Yes is the best time for muziek
The muziek kept me alive
It sounds better than it looks on video she is so rigid dancing and that poor Falcon is blindfolded animal cruelty
This album is so beautiful. Timeless. I'm 59 and still love it.
R.I.P. Yanick Etienne. This album is magnificent, with every tune a masterpiece.
Damn, the female singer in this song died?? Sorry to hear that!
RIP 🙏
Her vocals on the outro are the reason I fell in love with this song. I can't think of any other vocal performace so beautiful and moving.
I was brainwashed into Roxy and Bowie when I was able to listen to music by my dad. Such memories when I was young when my dad use to sit me down and play his vinyls every Saturday afternoon. I'm 42 now and how the music has shaped who I am today. Thank you Ferry, Bowie, Eno, Lou, Iggy and the rest. You help form a bond with my dad.
You seem like a good person. Wish you and everyone who reads this health and happiness and peace of mind!
Wow. I could have written this. Thankful for the great, great memories.
My younger brother, whom I clash with horribly on politics ( he hates Trump) told his wife that he "needed his older brother." He told me that it was me who shaped his taste in music. Bowie; Roxy Music; Peter Gabriel; Elvis Costello; Iggy Pop and assorted 80's new wave. I was massively flattered. Sadly, I let politics get in the way of our relationship. Gotta' put that away and save the relationship. People matter. Politics come and go.....
@@aaronbeauchamp3312 It is never worth it . They (politicians) always ended up drinking coffee with each other and making alliances. Call your brother and tell him the history of you two is way beyond of whatever politicians are on the run,.YOU LOVE EACH OTHER and do not allow politics break it apart! Call him!
@@danilo3049 I visited him and my family in the Midwest for two weeks in June. Had a good time and enjoyed his company. :)
This song has one of the most tasteful guitar tracks ever recorded.
The whole song is perfection.
Brian Ferry the coolest man in music always sharply dressed with a voice like honey
And the bow tie
This is priceless I'm 52yrs I love this song from when I was 10yrs old
A day has never gone by without me listening to this track since 2012 (through some video game). Don't blame me, I am just 24yrs old 🙈
I actually listen to the whole album, but this track is my favourite. And there's also Slave to Love, which I found out about while watching Kingsman The Secret Service.
I'm 62 , we had the best music EVER.
The "Real" James Bond of Music - so classy , so timeless, so wonderful
А я добавила бы к Брайану ещё Роберта Палмера. Мне кажется,он тоже "Джеймс Бонд рока"😉
True words
One of the most beautiful songs ever.
@Geert Van den ☆ I thank you for sharing this comment with all of 'Mother Earth'. It will always be remembered, and never forgotten. Thank you Mate. Take Care and Be Well Always My Friend:🇬🇧🇺🇸 ®️.
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I am agree with you .
With " woman in chains " of Tears for fears, and " entangled " of Genesis.
@@jeff-bg2fn ☆First I Thank you for agreeing with me. For 'Women In Chains' ~ by 'Tears For Fears' . Also, your other selection by; 'Entangle' of Genesis. Two of my favorites, I have to say your selections, are nothing short of Superb. I say to you Jean in closing. Take Care and Be Well My Dear Friend:🇬🇧🇺🇸 ®️.
@@growingupwithfloyd2184 thank you.
Be well too.
If you suppose that i like Pink floyd too, you are perfectly right.
Of course .
Thank you from France.
Bryan Ferry is an all time class act. His voice and music he plays are simply fantastic
Class meets decadence, laziness meets brilliance. The sax and the the female backing vocal are just mesmerizing. One of the ultimate 3 am last glass of whisky songs I know.
Perfect. 3am last glass of whiskey song.
I've been searching for that phrase to describe the feeling of this song, especially the outro. Thanks, I'm stealing that!
single malt I hope?
@@ppilot41 Single Matt, single malt. Always.
@@mattgilbert7347 Me too!
A fabulous piece of Music. Yes, mesmerizing. Even this vid does not do it Justice.
Sophie Ward is just beautiful in this video.
Perhaps but she had a big ass.
This song embodies why the 80s are the greatest era in music
Loved this song for years. So elegant
So so sophisticated and cool. This is an endless song that never gets old.
YOU KNOW IT!!👍👍😮😮
thats a fact jack....
Weak vocals
This is sophisti pop
@@leonardoflorindoa.rodrigue5415 So cool so chic.
This has to be what music sounds like in heaven, endless, timeless, smooth, suave, need I say more
Yes it's like a beautiful dream
You must be kidding. Boring and repetitive.
Smooth. And sensual😊
@@lilybond6485 yes it must be difficult since you cant snort coke to it right?
NicKey: Is that what YOU do ? Illegal drugs ?
Bryan Ferry's Singing Style is Unique. I love it 🥰
Hello! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day..Stay Safe!
Cierro los ojos❤
Escuchando ❤
Y me vuelvo a los 80 y yo con 17 años ❤😢
Honestly, I prefer listening to old songs. The songs of the 70s 80s 90s are very beautiful, compared to today's songs which sound a bit stiff.
So very true!
No need for auto tune. They could sing. 👌
Still seems like yesterday 41 years later.
The 70s and 80s music can't be beaten. Young people now have no idea what they missed.
"now have no idea what they missed."
But SOME of them are beginning to !
That's because we were young people then. I think every generation thinks the same about the music of their youth.
so true my frend
but I'm 20 yers old
i love this song.....
some of them don't find this beautiful, my gf does not ='(
I could watch this over and over, and I bet that Princess Diana would have loved it too!
And Bryan Ferry is a Libra too!!
I saw Bryan Ferry in Toronto over 35 years ago. He opened up with Avalon, 2 notes and I knew what it was! Amazing!
I saw Roxy twice. At 73 still feel like they are hipsters
The female vocals are perfection to wonderful point. Exquisite.
Yannick Etienne
@@courtneykirk478 is that the name of the singer?
@@timothygrayson The actual singer was from Haiti, and her name was Yannick Etienne.
@Courtney Kirk very beautiful vocal work and thanks for the info.
@@courtneykirk478 I think they heard her singing in an adjoining studio where they were recording (the Bahamas?) and just basically went and asked her if she was free and the rest, as they say, is history
Beautiful music, only people who listen to music like this understand music.
Wow, that's judgemental!
Sensuous and emotionally captivating. No one is making music of this calibre any more.
Bryan Ferry for me was the James Bond of music, he always had the best clothes and had all the beautiful women on his arm and just oozed charisma and sophistication. Roxy Music were the personaification of coolness and made some of the best music during the 70s and early 80s
Mr Ferry and Roxy aremy favorite all time band and your coment is spot on
Great comparison
Totally agree
Scene in 3:20 is epic. I want to touch myself
Yes, but more the Roger Moore Bond, not the Sean Connery or Daniel Craig's type.
That rare moment in musical time when all of the planets align for a perfectly constructed and performed song that captures the era, nails the vocals and takes the listener to a place few have visited but wished existed in their world. Just sublime.
Bryan Ferry has always been swoon-worthy. So suave. So talented
I used to stare at the Avalon album cover for hours. With this track playing on the record player, the cover photo pulls you in as you'll swear you're right there floating over the misty covered waters. Don't know why but it always spoke to me. And still does.
Awww....that's so sweet....❤
I was 30 years old at that time. We still had good music, and freedom. Free to travel, free to smoke, free to have fun. I thought that kind of life would last forever.
Time is a merciless bastard.
Remember how romantic and dreamlike the 80s were.
Ah yes .. But why is it ..
“When you Bossa Nova
There’s no holding” 😢
Ans sailing by Christopher Cross.
Yes.
@@wish21100good one
Un brano da sogno.😊
One of the most beautiful songs ever. Saw the Avalon tour in 1983 Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto. I have seen many concerts in my life, but that show was simply just the best. I remember Bryan singing this song that night like it was yesterday. The back up singers in blue and green shimmering dresses sparkling in the lights. Magical, beyond words....
Avalon is on Newfoundland
Those of us, born 1960, we really were the ones that enjoyed this. Mid-20s in LA. LA was a great place for music in the 80s and we were in our prime. Roxy Music was great. along with a lot of others we could see on sunset
1982. A great year for music. I dont think knew how much we'd appreciate how good this was in 2022.
Probably the *best* year for music, in *so* many genres - it was like a musical evolutionary explosion which even outdid the '60s and will never be beaten. (But never say never...😼)
@@scotmark God I hope you are right
The song of a semi-paranoid man in love at first sight with an effortlessly beautiful woman. The zoom in close ups of the band adding to his worry that she might be too good to be true, and we as the listeners will never know if she was.
This song is an 80s gem classic 👍
As Brits it would at least have been legal... Though Sophie Ward is 17 here and Bryan is 38!
Sexting between them (if it had been possible in 1982) would have got Bryan in jail, though...
It's a mad world. 🙀
...... ВСЕ МУЖЧИНЫ ВЛЮБЛЯЮТСЯ ,
ПО - НАСТОЯЩЕМУ !
ИМЕННО С ПЕРВОГО ВЗГЛЯДА .....
ЭТО СОВЕРШЕННО ИНТУИНТИВНОЕ ОЧАРОВАНИЕ
---- МОЖЕТ ПАМЯТЬ С ПАРАЛЛЕЛЬНОГО МИРА ......
НО ! А СО ВТОРОГО ВЗГЛЯДА МОГУТ И РАЗЛЮБИТЬ.....))))
2022 and I still love this song, timeless, amazing, wonderfull!!!!
I just saw them the other night in Madison Square Garden. Packed house, they were amazing. And of course, this was in their set.
Absolutely
11/22 and still here
At least 40 of those views are from me THIS year alone. Today is 12/23/22
2023 !!!! :)
Oh my goodness ... wasn't prepared for this on a snowy night in UK ..... memories 😊 I actually got to dance with Mr Ferry in a little Night Club in Kensington way back in the day ... all v innocent. A real gentleman.
This song and pretty much anything Bryan Ferry sings really holds up over time. Not to mention, he's really smooth.
Worked at a posting in an overseas embassy. I (and other staff) were invited to a new years eve event hosted by the American Consulate in the local opera house. Just after the new years countdown, this came on and I danced with and kissed a beautiful Asian woman who disappeared into the night and I never saw her again. I have always felt that in that few minutes, I lived this video. How cool is that!
I think I married that Asian girl! :)
@@earnestthompson5136 Was she just a little over 5ft, dark eyes, black hair?
I think sometimes only sometimes the brief encounters are the ones that stay with you the most..
That's the feeling that is revived in me whenever I hear this song. A kiss, a look, a comment. Those days were so filled with mystery and the promise of things to come that I had little experience with. God they were wonderful.
Ever had contact with her since, Bill?
I used Avalon as my wedding waltz in 1985 and still love it.Its the only album I've got where I love every track still together 37 years later Bryan Ferry still going
❤.
That must`ve been so beautiful..........................there couldn`t have been a dry eye in that room.............❤
I used to DJ a lot of weddings. This was always my closing song.
@@johnkristof8395 It might just be................ " The Perfect Song ". With it`s underlying nostalgic beauty it could be played at weddings, Funerals, and everything inbetween. The fact that you picked it, as your " Closing Song "......shows what kind of DJ you are.......a Great One.........telling people to....." F-Off ".........in the most beautiful way possible.............❤
Damn, you are a mind reader!
Its December 2024. I still get emotional listening to this song. Especially towards the end of the song. So many members of my family have passed. 😢😢❤
I've been a songwriter for over 20 years and Roxy Music was one of the groups that kept burrowing into my brain during sessions. You won't hear anything like this today and it's sad. The haunting melody of this song has stuck with me since the first time I heard it. I wish we were celebrating this today and modern musicians (at least the ones who get on the air) could go back and just do what works.
Good music (with a few exceptions) died in the early 1990's
@@alfie8472 Very true, few good songs did exist in late 90s as well but then good music did indeed die
Great soundtracks an they could play gr8 on the old grey whistle test too
What's really sad is your inability to accept change. Great music is made every day and if you don't like it then the problem is you. If you can't look at the column on the right and find great music then why are you here? As the Doobie Brothers sang, "Listen to the music.
@@mustafashaban: Bullshit. Your ability to appreciate it has gone away. Every year half the music sucks while the rest rocks on.
La chanson est d'une sophistication extrême et Ferry a une classe folle ! La perfection à l'état pur ...
Hey! How does get stuffed sound !?!
Rock stars in Tuxedos!
Oui, très magnifique.
From what Bryan said, they were finishing recording in New York with Rhett Davies, and Ferry heard a girl singing in the corridor.
The girl was Yannick Etienne from Haiti, and he was so impressed he asked her to sing the final part without the band knowing about it.
Turned out pretty good I think.
I d
Never heard of Roxy until I was in my late 30s . More Than This , fell in love with them . I have listen to every one of their songs and often . Just super music. Blend of vocal , beat , harmony, dance steps , and visuals , just lovely music !
Back in the early 1990's my parents gave me a walkman for my birthday. I woke up that morning and opened the present before anyone else was up. There was a tape in the Walkman: Roxy Music's greatest hits. I grew up listening to them. I can still remember the positive feeling this song gave me, listening to it as a little kid. I love this band and always will.
This song had everything...Jazz, Reggae, New Wave, Pop, etc... Take your pick! That is the genius that was Roxy Music!
It's basically 80s synthpop, being the sub-genre of New Romantics. Also see "(Feels like) Heaven" by Fiction Factory, "Maid of Orleans" by OMD, "Vienna" by Ultravox, "Voyage, voyage" by Desireless, "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie, "Forever young" by Alphaville, "The Great Commandment" by Camouflage, and "Fade to grey" by Visage, which are all New Romantics songs.
Gorgeous song. Bryan's voice is at his peak in my opinion.
You're quite right. His voice peaked 40 years ago. Totally shot now.
This generation will never understand the music videos like this, like we did in the 80's. Sad.
Why. This is crasy good music. And i know from my son he loves it too. Cheers Yannick Love
I saw the last Roxy Music concert in the US the other night at the Forum in LA it marked the end of an era. Thank you Bryan for 50 years of incredible music and showmanship.
I just saw them in London, I totally agree, fantastic 👏
Seen them in Manchester last month, what a great show, something I will never forget....
How lucky are you.
I love roxy music. Their greatest hits cd is in my car at this moment.❤
Ferry painted canvases with his music. Sublime.
This song reflects all of the good things from the 80s and it was so good. To be savored like a fine wine.
This is magical and the perfect date night song. The Sax solo makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
How can avalon only have 35 million views it is a masterpiece wonderful arrangement and production it's musical art at its finest. Roxy and Bryan ferry are just different class ❤
I was in college in the 80's and worked at a restaurant when not in school and in the summers. The place played 80's music 24/7, and I got hooked on punk, pop, British, and MTV music videos. I don't remember this song, but I heard it on Sirius XM's New Wave station a few months ago. Damn!! What a song! I almost pulled the car over to soak it in. I so wish I could go back to the 80's and do it all over again....sigh
I can and still do listen to all that great music, it still lives! Thankfully Reagan and Thatcher are dead, and Trump and Johnson are just a minor hiccup we know how to deal with😺...
Back then Brian Ferry was the coolest dude in town, and for me he always will be. He made it look effortless, the sign of a true master of his craft. Such a great band and, as others have noted, a timeless album. So fortunate to have been in my late teens/early twenties when Roxy Music were at their peak.
when i was 18 ,..back when this came out, i wasnt too impressed with ferry and his tuxes.. now, at 60 i see the wisdom of his style. there will never be another cool cat like THIS guy
Well Said mate, I think they're one of the best bands that's ever made records, let alone in the eighties.Real class.
There's also the fact that this guy could ANY woman he wanted---and no doubt he bedded quite a few! Basically the opposite of my love life (or lack thereof). *sigh*
It’s amazing how hearing a song can take you back to when everything felt right with the world !
I'm betting that if you were asked 'back then', the world may not have seemed quite so 'right'...
Fantastic song either way though.
Tunes are the pins that transfix the butterflies of our nostalgic memories.
Absolutely melissa, we had the best music EVER. I want to go back and stay there forever.
😆
well its shite now in the UK 2022
The bass guitar in this song is just beautiful. It's the very DNA of this record.
My mum was born the year this song came out. She named me Avalon 24 years later! ❤️
Beautiful story... Glad she was not born the year Gladiator came out
Great name!
Nice!
What a beautiful name
WONDERFUL NAME AND STORY..IM 66 AND JUST HEARD THIS SONG. I was under blackout conditions in U.S.Army, M.P. ACADEMY..All 1981 was lost to me.
During this period, Ferry was the epitome of cool. Both he and his music were sleek in the extreme.
From someone who was born in the late 90s and had never heard this song until this year, this is one of the most beautiful songs ever.
アルバム全曲 素晴らしいですよ！
One of the best songs of the past fifty years... he expresses a feeling rarely found in music .. a longing