tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752666223633131197.post4161031163188068033..comments2024-03-27T09:53:13.770-05:00Comments on Mark My Words: "For Your Pleasure," an Essay on Roxy MusicMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04638783212215818291noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752666223633131197.post-56066421511655272132020-08-28T00:23:40.639-05:002020-08-28T00:23:40.639-05:00Anonymous, and Mark, if you are still wondering af...Anonymous, and Mark, if you are still wondering after these five years (what's five, next to the almost 50 since Roxy?), i will say that to this 24 year old, the band is extremely impressive in all its phases. I find the earlier period to be a little more frantic in a way that somehow more obviously admits its time period, and this can sometimes shake me from the band's futuristic spell (which to me is still timeless in its interpretation of the future....), but as Mark said, they sounded fully formed from the beginning. (The early frantic stuff I'm referring to: Virginia Plain, Do the Strand, Ladytron).<br /><br />If you're curious about youngsters' thoughts, imagine my curiosity about what it was like to experience Roxy at the time, to actually see them in the shiny alien flesh... i'd love to hear reports. <br /><br />Also, how after all these years do you think the importance of watching the band has held up? Bryan Ferry mentions in interviews that their identity is in their presentation as much as it is in the music. I don't know if it affects me as much as the music does, but i still am unironically captivated by their image. <br /><br />Thanks Mark for this writeup! mirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991542534471150816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752666223633131197.post-52786788676244545242015-10-30T13:22:56.212-05:002015-10-30T13:22:56.212-05:00Thanks for the comment. Personally, I think that R...Thanks for the comment. Personally, I think that Roxy's early stuff holds up very well. But then I listen to a lot of music from before I was born. I think "Stranded" has a lot of great songs on it, like "Street Life," "A Song For Europe," and "Mother of Pearl." I also like "Country Life" a lot, that's a fantastic album from start to finish.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638783212215818291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752666223633131197.post-50438689766020171912015-10-19T19:37:14.766-05:002015-10-19T19:37:14.766-05:00It's interesting to me to read things written ...It's interesting to me to read things written about Roxy by people much younger than I who had discovered them after 2000. I was 14 in 1975, and obsessively acquired and listened to each of the first five Roxy Music albums, plus the live "Viva!" album. I wonder how well their music, especially the earlier stuff, holds-up for people who'd not been born yet when it came out, but I myself have known some, and initiated some, latterday fans. To me, being of the era, the band's music declined after the fourth album (and they got chick backup singers for live shows), but there's not much other stuff from the '70s that I can stand to listen to anymore, much less enjoy the hell out of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752666223633131197.post-23008659622121040102014-11-24T09:41:48.998-06:002014-11-24T09:41:48.998-06:00Hey E! Thanks! I'm looking forward to the delu...Hey E! Thanks! I'm looking forward to the deluxe editions as well, hopefully there will be enough bonus stuff to make an upgrade worthwhile.<br /><br />I agree, I don't think they ever put out a bad album.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638783212215818291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-752666223633131197.post-38685665790557961642014-11-21T11:31:17.945-06:002014-11-21T11:31:17.945-06:00Inspired write up, as always. I am very much looki...Inspired write up, as always. I am very much looking forward to the (overdue) Deluxe Editions set for release next year. They're starting in chronological order, so the first 2 Eno ones will represent first. The way it should be. <br /><br />But I love all phases of Roxy Music, and don't believe they ever put out a bad album. Uncle Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570327775449916376noreply@blogger.com