who else likes this singer. i'm a big fan of his roxy music thing. but i want to know if his solo's are good..im kinda put off by the record covers they look a tad cheesey. i mean i really like that song "slave to love" but it does sound cheesey a bit. so what album do you recommend.

his singing is what keeps me from enjoying Roxy Music.

Dayspring said:

He's the Anastacia of Glam Rock.

Dayspring said:

i have the same obstacle with David Byrne and Talking Heads, unfortunately. these are 2 groups i think i could really love, but the singing.... yeesh although in rock bands, singing is one of the easier things to get over, so i probably could grow to love them if i saturated myself with them and made myself like them.

MikeMatronik said:

i never commented on her singing. i actually think she's a good singer.

Dayspring said:

Neither have I of Brian's.

MikeMatronik said:

Spoken like a true Oasis fan! Show you subtlety, intelligence and originality and you reach for the nearest blunt instrument and beats its brains out to the sound of Cigarettes & Alcohol (a T Rex rip-off).


Do expand on your comment though, Mike. Don't be shy.

Dayspring said:

He is the HEART and SOUL of Roxy Music.

I love Roxy, but know very little of his solo stuff. Wish I could help more.

Dayspring said:

Tiny Tim meets Count Dracula.

I had trouble the first couple times I heard him too, but now I love his voice in all it's overly dramatic vibrato.

Dayspring said:

I actually see a lot of connections between those 2 bands. Maybe cuz they seem like the pre and post versions of Bowie's Berlin sound, thanks to Brian Eno. But I'm in love with Byrne's nervous outbursts. Always have been. I think it works.

ADORE Roxy Music.

Shapeshifter said:

I never purchased an Oasis album!




Who does "Cigarettes & Alcohol"?
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I love "If Your Love Strong Enough".

cool cats!

Tessa said:

huh?

As strange as his voice may sound (like a nervous old karaoke singer ), he's still an awesome and outstanding singer. Plus, his vocals are pretty influential. Look at many of the New Wave and Post-Punk bands that emerged after Roxy Music. Many of them, from Jim Kerr to David Sylvian to David Byrne to Martin Fry have taken their cues from their hero.

GangstaFam said:

You should purchase Girls and Boys from 85 (if you like Avalon, you're gonna like this one too) and In your mind (76) which sounds like a funkier and harder version of Siren

Surprised they know who Brian Ferry is.lol

boys and girls is his best album

Ferry rocks! You should get EVERY Roxy Music album(although Manifesto is lousy). On another note i bumped into the man the other week. I was walking by the local concert hall where he played that night and he came out. He was very polite and signed autographs for everyone and was very witty. As for his best solo albums. Boys and Girls and Bete Noire are his finest.

Bryan Ferry is awesome. I've been listening to "Kiss & Tell" lately. I really dig his version of "Crazy Love."

didn't he get into some hot water recently for talking about how much he adored Nazi culture and art?

RZR said:

I think he said that the Nazi iconography is very striking, and went on to clarify that he in no way supported anything the Nazi's stood for.

weepingwall said:

I loveeeee this man. He's one of my all-time favorite heart throbs. I love Roxy, but some of his solo stuff is good. Check out:

"Boys and Girls"

"Bete Noir"

"Taxi"


You can actually listen to the songs here:

http://www.bryanferry.com/bf_site.html

"Let's Stick Together" is very Roxy-esque too.

I LIKED Bryan Ferry's smooth tones, but having heard him perform material from his latest covers album, 'Dylanesque', on TV, it sounds like he is having serious vocal problems, as has been commented in some parts of the media. Whether it's age or what, I don't know, but to my ears, he don't sound like Bryan Ferry no more ...

Here's hoping he gets over it.

Miles said:

would you say his voice sounds..... Dylanesque?

RZR said:

Who knows, maybe Bryan and Bob have swapped voices for a while, meaning that Bob's gonna drop his own Bryan Ferry covers album - 'Ferryesque'