Roxy Music. So underrated

[prowla]

I like a bit of Roxy Music and even have a box-set of their albums.

I do have some negatives though:

• I could do without some of the over-affected singing - he's got a great voice which stands up on its own.
• I just plain do not like Virginia Plain (and we used to play it in a band I was in).
• I'm not a fan of Jealous Guy either, but I guess it made him a load of money! 🙂

I saw Bryan Ferry at Hammersmith Apollo (I think it was called the Apollo) some years ago; I parked at Westfield, so that puts it after 2008.

One or two of his old mates were in the band and it might've been Guy Pratt on bass; there were a couple of dancers on a raised platform at the back.

It was a rather good show.

[SICbass]

43 minutes ago, Beedster said:

 

Gary Tibbs' bass line on Trash makes me fall in love with bass again every time I hear it, nothing special technically but perfect for the track, what bass is all about 👍

 

 

And I love the fact that, even through telephone speakers it sounds sooo like a pbass.

[SICbass]

2 minutes ago, prowla said:

I like a bit of Roxy Music and even have a box-set of their albums.

I do have some negatives though:

• I could do without some of the over-affected singing - he's got a great voice which stands up on its own.
• I just plain do not like Virginia Plain (and we used to play it in a band I was in).
• I'm not a fan of Jealous Guy either, but I guess it made him a load of money! 🙂

I saw Bryan Ferry at Hammersmith Apollo (I think it was called the Apollo) some years ago; I parked at Westfield, so that puts it after 2008.

One or two of his old mates were in the band and it might've been Guy Pratt on bass; there were a couple of dancers on a raised platform at the back.

It was a rather good show.

My older brother went to see Roxy Music play in a club either in Liverpool or Birkenhead in the early 70s for 64p.

[prowla]

9 minutes ago, SICbass said:

My older brother went to see Roxy Music play in a club either in Liverpool or Birkenhead in the early 70s for 64p.

I can beat that - my ticket was free!
(It was some promotion, but I don't remember which company.)

[casapete]

28 minutes ago, prowla said:

One or two of his old mates were in the band and it might've been Guy Pratt on bass; there were a couple of dancers on a raised platform at the back.

It was a rather good show.

Guy Pratt has appeared on many of Bryan Ferry’s albums over the years, along with ace guitarist

Chris Spedding who started working with Bryan early on in his solo career. He also toured with Roxy. 

[mikebass456]

Currently reading "The Thrill of it All" - the story of Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music. 

Am only a Greatest Hits CD deep into them, but still enjoying finding out more about them.......

Only paid £4 for the book - apparently it's worth about £50! 

[prowla]

Just now, casapete said:

Guy Pratt has appeared on many of Bryan Ferry’s albums over the years, along with ace guitarist

Chris Spedding who started working with Bryan early on in his solo career. He also toured with Roxy. 

I think it was Chris Spedding on guitar and maybe Roxy's drummer.

[Beedster]

1 hour ago, SICbass said:

And I love the fact that, even through telephone speakers it sounds sooo like a pbass.

 

I love the fact that he gets so much video real estate in that clip, especially when you consider he was the 20-year old newbie in a pretty established band with some pretty serious musicians. Having said that, IIRC even given his youth he'd already done stints with Vibrators and Adam and the Ants, so some decent experience.

 

But man, the first time I heard that bassline I was hooked for life, so tight, present, and insistent. Beautiful work 👍 

[spongebob]

 

Gary looks pretty cool here too….love this ‘later’ track, always dug the driving bass. 

[BassBiscuit]

1 hour ago, prowla said:

I think it was Chris Spedding on guitar and maybe Roxy's drummer.

Paul Thompson...?

[spongebob]

4 minutes ago, spongebob said:

 

Gary looks pretty cool here too….love this ‘later’ track, always dug the driving bass. 

Quoting myself here…..just looked at the Wiki album write up, and the album has about 3 bassists! Says Phil Manzanera played bass on this! Don’t know why Gary isn’t on the whole album. 
 

Don’t know what he’s doing now?