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Roxy Music: Heart Still Beating

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Virgin Records
Released: 1990
Time:
 67:57
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Rhett Davies
Rating: *****..... (5/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.roxyrama.com
Appears with: Bryan Ferry
Purchase date: 2008.05.20
Price in €: 4,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] India (B.Ferry) - 0:53
[2] Can't Let Go (B.Ferry) - 5:20
[3] While My Heart Is Still Beating (B.Ferry/A.Mackay) - 3:52
[4] Out of the Blue (B.Ferry/Ph.Manzanera) - 4:26
[5] Dance Away (B.Ferry) - 3:45
[6] Impossible Guitar (Ph.Manzanera) - 3:41
[7] A Song for Europe (B.Ferry/A.Mackay) - 6:27
[8] Love Is the Drug (B.Ferry/A.Mackay) - 3:52
[9] Like a Hurricane (Young) - 7:43
[10] My Only Love (B.Ferry) - 7:16
[11] Both Ends Burning (B.Ferry) - 5:32
[12] Avalon [live] (B.Ferry) - 4:23
[13] Editions of You (B.Ferry) - 4:10
[14] Jealous Guy (J.Lennon) - 6:32


 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l

Bryan Ferry - Keyboards, Vocals
Guy Fletcher - Keyboards
Neil Hubbard - Guitar
Andy Mackay - Oboe, Saxophone
Jimmy Maelen - Percussion
Phil Manzanera - Guitar
Andy Newmark - Drums
Alan Spenner - Bass

Tawatha Agee - Background Vocals
Michelle Cobbs - Background Vocals
Fonzi Thornton - Background Vocals

Rhett Davies - Producer, Mixing
Bob Clearmountain - Mixing
Arun Chakraverty - Mastering
Bob Ludwig - Remastering
Tony McGee - Photography
Nick Savage - Post Production

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s

1990 CD Reprise 2-26402
1990 CS Reprise 4-26402
1990 CD EG 77
1999 CD EMI 847440
2000 CD Virgin 47461
2007 CD EMI 68830
2008 CD CRC 169132
2008 CD Caroline 16913

Recorded in 1982 before an extremely vocal - and, from the sound of it, very large - French audience, HEART STILL BEATINGis Roxy Music's second live album (1976's VIVA! was the first). The set list is evenly divided between material from the band's early and late periods. Far from a greatest hits live collection, many of the earlier tracks, while not greatlydifferent from their original versions, are slightly reworked so as to smooth out some of the rough edges - see "Out of the Blue" from COUNTRY LIFE. "Both Ends Burning", as on the earlier live album, is played fast and loud to great success. Guitarist Phil Manzanera gets to create some fireworks of his own in the original instrumental, "Impossible Guitar". The live version of "Avalon" is an altogether warmer-sounding affair that the original, which changes it focus slightly - not better or worse, just a different take on an amazing song. An unexpected highlight is a blistering cover of Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane". Released commercially in 1990, this collection makes a nice coda to the Roxy Music catalogue.

Recorded in Frejus, France in 1982.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.



Recorded live in France in 1982 but not released on CD in the U.S. until 1990, Heart Still Beating isn't quite in a class with Roxy Music's first live album, Viva, but nonetheless gives us a lot to be excited about. Lead singer Bryan Ferry and guitarist Phil Manzanera sound quite inspired much of the time, and Manzanera delivers some excellent solos. Longtime Roxy devotees will want to savor engaging versions of "Out of the Blue" and "Both Ends Burning" (both of which were heard on Viva), as well as such favorites as "Dance Away," "Avalon" and the clever "Love Is the Drug." Roxy comes closer to a mainstream rock sound on enjoyable interpretations of Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane" and John Lennon's "Jealous Guy," but even then, the distinctive band's quirky art-rock tendencies remain.

Alex Henderson - All Music Guide
  

 L y r i c s


Impossible Guitar

Instrumental


Can't Let Go

Well I rush out blazin'
My pulse is racin'
As the rain streams down my face
There's no turning back now
To fight with fate
Outnumbered, out of place
They said go west young man, that's best
It's there you'll feel no pain
Bel-Air's okay if you dig the grave
But I want to live again
Can't let go
There's a madness in my soul tonight
Can't let go
Must ride like the storm
Can't let go
Will I run out of control tonight
Can't let go
Until every trace is gone
It's a winding road from Cuesta way
Down sunset to the beach
Though Canoga Park is a straight safe drive
It's too far outta reach
But now the headlights are flashin'by so fast
All directions seems the same
And the windscreen wipers keep a beat repeatin'
You can't let go again
What's in a name on the street tonight
I'm only a face in the crowd
All in the dark and afraid tonight
Nowhere to run or to hide
But I can't let go
Sometimes the world outside'll take you in
With just a smile
And you so blinded with desire
A hundred sleepless nights have left me
Wasted and so cold
But I can take it I'm hangin'on
Can't let go
There's a madness in my soul tonight
Can't let go
Must ride it like the storm
Can't let go
Will I run out of control tonight
Can't let go
Until every trace is gone


While My Heart Is Still Beating

All of those people
Everywhere
Ever so needing
Where's it all leading
Tell me where
Nothing insincere
I'd better have pity
I'd better go easy
I never will lay down
While my heart is still beating
Where's it all leading
Walk on air
Am I still dreaming
Words to spare
Lost in their meaning
I'd better be strong now
I'd better stop dreaming
My heart has flown away now
Will it never stop bleeding?


Out Of The Blue

All your cares
Now they seem
Oh so far away
All your fears
I fear I once shared
Now I know
There's a future
For all of us
Not so long ago
I was so scared
You seemed so sad
I could see
Through your twisted smile
So unsure
Always confused
Pale blue eyes
Gazing down
From your ivory tower
Through the haze
All broken and bruised
Then: out of the blue
Love came rushing in
Out of the sky
Came the sun
Out of left field
Came a lucky day
Out of the blue
No more pain
I don't mind
If it's only
A passing craze
Throwaway lines
Often ring true
If I were you
I would stay
For a little while
If you were me
Would you walk out
In style?


My Only Love

Do I ever wonder?
More than words can say
Heaven knows it's hard enough to pray
Let me tell you something
There's a change in me
Even now you're gone you'll always be
My only love
Does it seem so funny
For a fool to cry?
Do you know the meaning of goodbye?
There's a river flowing
By a willow tree
When you need to know remember me
My only love
Let me tell you something
More than words can say
But they're all I have, no other way
There's a river flowing
By a willow tree
When you find you're there remember me
My only love


Love Is The Drug

Ain't no big thing
To wait for the bell to ring
Ain't no big thing
The toll of the bell
Aggravated - spare for days
I troll downtown the red light place
Jump up bubble up - what's in store
Love is the drug and I need to score
Showing out, showing out, hit and run
Boy meets girl as beat goes on
Stitched up tight, can't break free
Love is the drug, got a hook on me

Oh oh catch that buzz
Love is the drug I'm thinking of
Oh oh can't you see
Love is the drug for me

Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor
Lumber up, limbo down
The locked embrace, the stumble round
I say go, she say yes
Dim the lights, you can guess the rest

Oh oh catch that buzz
Love is the drug I'm thinking of
Oh oh can't you see
Love is the drug, got a hook in me
Oh oh catch that buzz
Love is the drug I'm thinking of
Oh oh can't you see
Love is the drug for me


Like A Hurricane

Once I thought I saw you
In a crowded hazy bar
Dancing on the light from the star to star
Far across the moonbeams
I know that's who you are
I saw you're brown eyes turning once to fire
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eyes
And I'm getting blow away
To somewhere safer where feelings stays
I want to love you
But I'm getting blown away
I am just a dreamer
But you are just a dream
You could have been anyone to me
Before that moment you touched my lips
That perfect feeling when time just slips
Away between us on your foggy trips


Jealous Guy

I was dreaming of the past and my heart was beating fast
I began to loose control
I began to loose control
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy
I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore
I was shiverin' inside
I was shiverin' inside
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

musical interlude

I was tryin to catch your eye
I thought you was tryin' to hide
I was swallowin my pain
I was swallowin my pain
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy


India

Instrumental


Editions Of You

Well I'm here looking through an old picture frame
Just waiting for the perfect view
I hope something special will step in to my life
Another fine edition of you
A pin-up done in shades of blue

Sometimes you find a yearning for the quiet life
The country air and all its joys
But badgers couldn't compensate at twice the price
For just another night with the boys oh yeah
And boys will be boys, will be boys

They say love's a gamble, hard to win, easy lose
And while sun shines you'd better make hay
So if life is your table and fate is the wheel
Then let the chips fall where they may
In modern times the modern way...ay...ay...ay

And as I was drifting past the Lorelei
I heard those slinky sirens wail - whooo
So look out sailor when you hear them croon
You'll never been the same again oh no
Their crazy music drives you insane - this way

So love me, leave me. do what you will
Who knows what tomorrow might bring?
Learn from your mistakes is my only advice
And stay cool is still the main rule
Don't play yourself for a fool
Too much cheesecake too soon
Old money's better than new
No mention in the latest Tribune
And don't let this happen to you.


Dance Away

Yesterday, when it seemed so cool,
When I walked you home, kiss goodnight,
I said "it's love", you said "alright".
Its funny how, I could never cry,
Until tonight, when you pass by,
Hand-in-Hand with another guy,
You're dressed to kill, and guess whos dying...

Dance away the heartache,
Dance away, tears.
Dance away the heartache,
Dance away, fears.
Dance away...

Loneliness, is a crowded room,
Full of open hearts, turned to stone.
All together, all alone.
All at once, my whole world had changed.
Now I'm in the dark, off the wall,
Lit the strobe light up the wall.
I close my eyes, and dance til dawn.

Dance away the heartache,
Dance away, tears.
Dance away the heartache,
Dance away, fears.
Dance away...
Dance away...
Dance away...

Now I know, I must walk the line
Until i find an open door,
Off the street or onto the floor.
There was I, many times a fool,
I hoped and prayed, but not too much,
Out of reach is out of touch,
All the way is far enough.

Dance away the heartache,
Dance away, tears.
Dance away the heartache,
Dance away, fears.
Dance away the heartache,
Dance away, tears.
Dance away the heartache,
Dance away, fears.
(fade)


Both Ends Burning

Please don't ever let me down
'Cause you know I'm not so sure
Do I have the speed to carry on
Burn you out of my mind, I know
You're a flame that never fades
Jungle red's a deadly shade
Both ends burning, will the fires keep
Somewhere deep in my soul tonight
Both ends burning
Burning
Burn
Now my course is plain as day
Running bold across to play
Both ends burning with a strange desire
That feeds the fire in my soul tonight
I will dance the night away
Living only for today
Both ends burning while you're counting sheep
Hell - who can sleep in this heat this night?
Tell me will I ever learn?
It's too late, the rush is on
Both ends burning and I can't control
The fires raging in my soul tonight
Oh will it never end?
Put your foot around the bend
Drive me crazy to an early grave
Tell me what is there to save tonight
Both ends burning
Burning
Burn
Keep on burning till the end, until the end
Keep on burning till the end, the very end


Avalon

Now the party's over
I'm so tired
Then I see you coming
Out of nowhere
Much communication in a motion
Without conversation or a notion
Avalon

When the samba takes you
Out of nowhere
And the background's fading
Out of focus
Yes the picture's changing
Every moment
And your destination
You don't know it
Avalon

When you bossanova
There's no holding
Would you have me dancing
Out of nowhere
Avalon ...


A Song For Europe

Here as I sit
At this empty cafe
Thinking of you
I remember
All those moments
Lost in wonder
That we'll never
Find again
Though the world
Is my oyster
It's only a shell
Full of memories
And here by the Seine
Notre-Dame casts
A long lonely shadow
Now - only sorrow
No tomorrow
There's no today for us
Nothing is there
For us to share
But yesterday

These cities may change
But there always remains
My obsession
Through silken waters
My gondola glides
And the bridge - it sighs ...
I remember
All those moments
Lost in wonder
That we'll never
Find again
There's no more time for us
Nothing is there
For us to share
But yesterdays

Ecce momenta
Illa mirabilia
Quae captabit
In aeternum
Memor
Modo dolores
Sunt in dies
Non est reliquum
Vero tantum
Comminicamus
Perdita
Tous ces moments
Perdus dans l`enchantement
Qui ne reviendront
Jamais
Pas d'aujourd'hui pour nous
Pour nous il n'y a rien
A partager
Sauf le passé
 

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