Bryan Ferry / Roxy Music / New Romantic
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i loved the karaoke scene in 'lost in translation' when bill murray sang roxy music...
more than this....tell me one thing....more than this....
OT-why don't we have any good songs like that for karaoke...
i wonder if they really have that in japan or if it was just for the movei...i bet they really have it...will someone please take me to japan?!?!...
ok...back on topic....hee...
more than this....tell me one thing....more than this....
OT-why don't we have any good songs like that for karaoke...
i wonder if they really have that in japan or if it was just for the movei...i bet they really have it...will someone please take me to japan?!?!...ok...back on topic....hee...
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I think that's rightOriginally posted by softgrey@Jun 8th, 2004 - 12:00 pm
i loved the karaoke scene in 'lost in translation' when bill murray sang roxy music...
more than this....tell me one thing....more than this....
OT-why don't we have any good songs like that for karaoke...
ok...back on topic....hee...
we have/had ( beause it seems that karaoke is not doing a good business now )Tokyo Joe, Avalon, More Than This, the Same Old Scene, etc.
and I will whenever you like.
this cover is best for me.
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oh me too runner...it didn't work when i tried to upload it...
that picture conjures up so many images for me and it goes perfectly with the music...
well..i'll see you in japan soon i hope...will you take me to karaoke...?...
that picture conjures up so many images for me and it goes perfectly with the music...
well..i'll see you in japan soon i hope...will you take me to karaoke...?...
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haha...i know some japanese people runner...one of my good friends is from tokyo...she'e only living here 3-4 years since she got married...strong accent indeed...anyway...i don't speak any japanese...so you're still doing better than i am... 
what is that album?...it does have the feeling of avalon...
who is wishbone ash>
what is that album?...it does have the feeling of avalon...
who is wishbone ash>
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thank youOriginally posted by softgrey@Jun 10th, 2004 - 1:35 am
haha...i know some japanese people runner...one of my good friends is from tokyo...she'e only living here 3-4 years since she got married...strong accent indeed...anyway...i don't speak any japanese...so you're still doing better than i am...
what is that album?...it does have the feeling of avalon...
who is wishbone ash>
as for Wishbone Ash, I had only Argus (LP).
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THE REMIX
Very Ferry
By GLENN O'BRIEN
Published: September 19, 2004
The fashion flock has a kooky way of describing seasonal direction, saying things like, ''This season is all about Dickens.'' Or Sikhs or pimps or Puritans or Studio 54. For men, this season is apparently all about Bryan Ferry. One of New York's top merchants told me that his buying inspiration was Ferry, the former lead singer of Roxy Music, and ''the idea of an English rock star who lives in the country but still gets dressed up, with velvet and razor-sharp tailoring.''
I like the idea that this fall is about Bryan Ferry, because he's one of the few men in the public eye who has got it right. Maybe this means we won't have to look at so many men in horse-dragged jeans and belts that buckle over the pubic bone. Maybe urbanites will look a little less like trick-or-treaters and more like grown-ups. Besides, I'm all for Ferry's star rising. He is that rare artist who stands unashamedly for intelligence and refinement.
To coincide with his all-about-ness, there is a new CD box set, ''Bryan Ferry + Roxy Music: The Platinum Collection'' (Virgin), as well as the coming book ''Both Ends Burning: The Complete Roxy Music'' (Reynolds & Hearn). It's almost as if we're finally seeing the light at the end of civilization.
I called Ferry (full disclosure: once, after a few drinks, I grabbed a P.G. Wodehouse book out of his hands and threw it off a balcony) and asked him how he felt about his being an impetus for fall men's wear.
''Really?'' he asked. ''I'm in vogue? Umm. Errrr. Who am I influencing?''
I listed designers allegedly under his spell, including Alexander McQueen and Tom Ford in his final collections for Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent.
''Well, I've always been a big fan of Savile Row,'' Ferry said. ''But I do think in the last few years, ready-to-wear people have been doing better things, people like Dolce & Gabbana and Hedi Slimane and Tom Ford. But they're all similar to things I wore ages ago, really. I like things that will look good next year, I suppose. That doesn't sound very exciting, really. Does it?'' I assured him it would sound smart in print.
''Just what I wanted!'' Ferry said.
So, there you have it, from the mouth of fashion's inspiration: this fall is all about next fall. Finally!
SAVILLE ON SAVILE: SINGING FERRY'S PRAISES
As an art director, my entree to fashion and visual culture was courtesy of Roxy Music. The cover of ''Another Time, Another Place,'' Bryan Ferry's second solo album, released in 1974, was like a picture window to an aspirational world. I was 19, I lived in the industrial north of England and I was on the learning curve of glamour. My next-door neighbor gave me a white Vegas-style tuxedo, and I had white shoes like Bryan did. I learned about style through his sartorial journey: it starts off almost post-Elvis, and it ends up in a Harris tweed jacket. Bryan is really fantastic at taking Savile Row and giving it a bit of sex appeal. Any man would do well to follow suit.
PETER SAVILLE
THE REMIX
Very Ferry
By GLENN O'BRIEN
Published: September 19, 2004
The fashion flock has a kooky way of describing seasonal direction, saying things like, ''This season is all about Dickens.'' Or Sikhs or pimps or Puritans or Studio 54. For men, this season is apparently all about Bryan Ferry. One of New York's top merchants told me that his buying inspiration was Ferry, the former lead singer of Roxy Music, and ''the idea of an English rock star who lives in the country but still gets dressed up, with velvet and razor-sharp tailoring.''
I like the idea that this fall is about Bryan Ferry, because he's one of the few men in the public eye who has got it right. Maybe this means we won't have to look at so many men in horse-dragged jeans and belts that buckle over the pubic bone. Maybe urbanites will look a little less like trick-or-treaters and more like grown-ups. Besides, I'm all for Ferry's star rising. He is that rare artist who stands unashamedly for intelligence and refinement.
To coincide with his all-about-ness, there is a new CD box set, ''Bryan Ferry + Roxy Music: The Platinum Collection'' (Virgin), as well as the coming book ''Both Ends Burning: The Complete Roxy Music'' (Reynolds & Hearn). It's almost as if we're finally seeing the light at the end of civilization.
I called Ferry (full disclosure: once, after a few drinks, I grabbed a P.G. Wodehouse book out of his hands and threw it off a balcony) and asked him how he felt about his being an impetus for fall men's wear.
''Really?'' he asked. ''I'm in vogue? Umm. Errrr. Who am I influencing?''
I listed designers allegedly under his spell, including Alexander McQueen and Tom Ford in his final collections for Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent.
''Well, I've always been a big fan of Savile Row,'' Ferry said. ''But I do think in the last few years, ready-to-wear people have been doing better things, people like Dolce & Gabbana and Hedi Slimane and Tom Ford. But they're all similar to things I wore ages ago, really. I like things that will look good next year, I suppose. That doesn't sound very exciting, really. Does it?'' I assured him it would sound smart in print.
''Just what I wanted!'' Ferry said.
So, there you have it, from the mouth of fashion's inspiration: this fall is all about next fall. Finally!
SAVILLE ON SAVILE: SINGING FERRY'S PRAISES
As an art director, my entree to fashion and visual culture was courtesy of Roxy Music. The cover of ''Another Time, Another Place,'' Bryan Ferry's second solo album, released in 1974, was like a picture window to an aspirational world. I was 19, I lived in the industrial north of England and I was on the learning curve of glamour. My next-door neighbor gave me a white Vegas-style tuxedo, and I had white shoes like Bryan did. I learned about style through his sartorial journey: it starts off almost post-Elvis, and it ends up in a Harris tweed jacket. Bryan is really fantastic at taking Savile Row and giving it a bit of sex appeal. Any man would do well to follow suit.
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Him and I - we go back a long way 
B)
Thanks soft, for rekindling all that love.
B) Thanks soft, for rekindling all that love.
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Bryan Ferry has a great style!!! Actually that's the style of clothes I like to wear 
That's elegance!
I love "Avalon" and just can't get enough of "Slave To Love", I love the scene in 9 1/2 Weeks where this song is played!
I didn't know Jerry was his girlfriend! Elizabeth reminds me of her mother at the Ferry era pics u posted here.
That's elegance!I love "Avalon" and just can't get enough of "Slave To Love", I love the scene in 9 1/2 Weeks where this song is played!
I didn't know Jerry was his girlfriend! Elizabeth reminds me of her mother at the Ferry era pics u posted here.
