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Roxy Music: Viva! Roxy Music

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Virgin Records
Released: 1976
Time:
 46:09
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Chris Thomas
Rating: ***....... (3/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.roxyrama.com
Appears with: Bryan Ferry
Purchase date: 2008.03.08
Price in €: 4,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Out of the Blue (B.Ferry/Ph.Manzanera) - 4:44
[2] Pyjamarama (B.Ferry) - 3:36
[3] The Bogus Man (B.Ferry) - 7:05
[4] Chance Meeting (B.Ferry) - 2:58
[5] Both Ends Burning (B.Ferry) - 4:46
[6] If There Is Something (B.Ferry) - 10:37
[7] In Every Dream Home a Heartache (B.Ferry) - 8:23
[8] Do the Strand (B.Ferry) - 4:00

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l

Roxy Music:
Bryan Ferry - Keyboards, Vocals
Andy Mackay - Oboe, Saxophone
Phil Manzanera - Guitar
Paul Thompson - Drums
John Wetton - Bass

Guest:
John Gustafson - Bass
Eddie Jobson - Synthesizer, Violin, Keyboards
Rick Wills - Bass
Sal Maida - Bass
Sirens - Vocals, Background Vocals

Chris Thomas - Producer
Steve Nye - Engineer, Mixing
Jon Walls - Engineer, Mixing Assistant
Rhett Davies - Engineer
Chris Michie - Engineer
Frank Owen - Engineer
Frank Own - Engineer
Bill Price - Engineer
John Punter - Engineer
John Walls - Assistant
Denis Blackham - Remastering
Bob Ludwig - Remastering
Christina Adamson - Crew

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s

1976 LP Atco 36139
1989 CD Reprise 2-26044
1989 CD EG 25
1989 CS Reprise 4-26044
1999 CD EMI 847436
2003 CD EMI 47436
2000 CD Virgin 47457
2000 CD Virgin 47457
2007 CD EMI 68826

Recorded at the Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland in November 1973; The City Hall, Newcastle, England in November 1974; The Empire Pool, Wembley, England in October 1975. All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology.

Assembled from three live shows three years apart, VIVA! ROXY MUSIC suffers a little from murky sound, but features uniformly inspired performances. Violinist Edwin Jobson gets his first real chances to shine on "Out of the Blue" (originally appearing on COUNTRY LIFE) and a ten and a half minute version of "If There is Something" (from ROXY MUSIC). "Pyjamarama", the band's second single, ups the funk groove of the original considerably, and to good effect. "Both Ends Burning" comes very close to outstripping the studio version, remaking the song in a faster and more furious mold. The last two tracks, however, are simply stunning. For the first, a version of "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" that doubles thelength of the original, the live production is perfect for the song's sparse desolation. Interestingly, Bryan Ferry's creepy, highly mannered vocal in this song was copied almost exactly a few years later by the vocalists of the Gothic rock movement. The last track, "Do the Strand", comes across asa frenzied locomotive accentuated by Andrew Mackay's saxophone. It also features the band performing brief excerpts of tango and waltz. Not many live albums are as essential as this.



As Roxy Music took an extended hiatus, the live album Viva! was released. Comprised of material recorded on tours from 1973, 1974, and 1975, Viva! is a tough, powerful document of Roxy at the peak of their live powers, featuring a fine cross-section of their best work.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



Roxy Music live war eine völlig andere Baustelle als die ausgefeilten Studio-Alben der Engländer. Meist gerieten dabei die wohlkonstruierten Melodramen etwas außer Balance, wenn sie den dekadenten Tüllvorhang mit manch schrägem, schrillem Ton zerissen und etwas chaotisch zu neuen Ufern ruderten. Demnach gestaltete sich das Livealbum Viva! aus dem Jahr 1976 als schwieriges Unterfangen. Die acht Stücke wurden im Verlauf von zwei Jahren bei mehreren Konzerten mitgeschnitten, wobei vier verschiedene Bassisten der ansonsten konstanten Besetzung Bryan Ferry, Andy MacKay, Paul Thompson, Phil Manzanera und Eddie Jobson angehörten. Auf der Bühne waren die britischen Glam-Popper eher Avantgarde-Rocker mit einem Hang zum Experiment und Verzerrer, ohne an Stil und Format zu verlieren. Deshalb ähnelt Viva! vom fiebrigen, aufrührerischen Klang her stark dem schnell eingespielten Debütalbum. "Chance Meeting", "Both Ends Burning" und "In Every Dream Home A Heartache" bieten ungetrübten Hörgenuss, andere, improvisationsreiche Stücke wie "The Bogus Man" oder "Do The Strand" sind spannendes Flickwerk auf der Suche nach einer Perfektion, die vermutlich nur gepflegte Langweile wäre.

Ingeborg Schober - Amazon.de



"...brilliant baroque excess..."

Mojo (Publisher) (1/00, p.108)
 

 L y r i c s


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


Chance Meeting

I never thought I'd seen you again
Where have you been until now?
Well how are you how have you been
It's a long time since we last met

It seems like yesterday when I first
Saw you in your red dress smile
How could I forget that day
I know that time spent well is so rare


Do The Strand

There's a new sensation
A fabulous creation
A danceable solution
To teenage revolution
Do the Strand love
When you feel love
It's the new way
That's why we say
Do the Strand
Do it on the tables
Quaglino's place or Mabel's
Slow and gentle
Sentimental
All styles served here
Louis Seize he prefer
Laissez-faire Le Strand
Tired of the tango
Fed up with fandango
Dance on moonbeams
Slide on rainbows
In furs or blue jeans
You know what I mean
Do the Strand

Had your fill of Quadrilles
The Madison and cheap thrills
Bored with the Beguine
The samba isn't your scene
They're playing our tune
By the pale moon
We're incognito
Down the Lido
And we like the Strand
Arabs at oasis
Eskimos and Chinese
If you feel blue
Look through who's Who
See La Goulue
And Nijinsky
Do the Strandsky
Weary of the Waltz
And mashed potato schmaltz
Rhododendron
Is a nice flower
Evergreenin'
It lasts forever
But it can't beat Strand power
The Sphynx and Mona Lisa
Lolita and Guernica
Did the (drum)Strand


If There Is Something

If there is something that I might find
Look around corners
Try to find peace of mind I say
Where would you go if you were me
Try to keep a straight course not easy
Somebody special looking at me
A certain reaction we find
What should it try to be I mean
If there are many
Meaning the same
Be specific just a game

I would do anything for you
I would climb mountains
I would swim all the oceans blue
I would walk a thousand miles
Reveal my secrets
More than enough for me to share
I would put roses round our door
Sit in the garden
Growing potatoes by the score

Shake your hair girl with your ponytail
Takes me right back (when you were young)
Throw your precious gifts into the air
Watch them fall down (when you were young)
Lift up your feet and put them on the ground
You used to walk upon (when you were young)
Lift up your feet and put them on the ground
The hills were higher (when we were young)
Lift up your feet and put them on the ground
The trees were taller (when you were young)
Lift up your feet and put them on the ground
The grass was greener (when you were young)
Lift up your feet and put them on the ground
You used to walk upon (when you were young)


In Every Dream Home a Heartache

In every dream home a heartache
And every step I take
Takes me further from heaven

Is there a heaven?
I`d like to think so

Standards of living
They are rising daily
But home oh sweet home
It only a saying

From bell push to faucet
In smart town apartment
The cottage is pretty
The main house a palace

Penthouse perfection
But what goes on
What to do there
Better pray there

Open plan living
Bungalow ranch style
All of its comforts
Seem so essential

I bought you mail order
My plain wrapper baby
Your skin is like vinyl
The perfect companion
You float in my new pool
Deluxe and delightful
Inflatable doll
My role is to serve you

Disposable darling
Can't throw you away now
Immortal and life size
My breath is inside you
I'll dress you up daily
And keep you till death sighs

Inflatable doll
Lover ungrateful
I blew up your body...
But you blew my mind

Oh Those Heartaches
Dreamhome Heartaches

Oh Those Heartaches
Dreamhome Heartaches

Oh Those Heartaches
Dreamhome Heartaches

Oh Those Heartaches
{Fades out then back again}


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?


Pyjamarama

Couldn't sleep a wink last night
Oh how I'd love to hold you tight
They say you have a secret life
Made sacrifice your key to paradise
Never mind, take the world by storm
Just boogaloo a rhapsody divine
Take a sweet girl just like you
How nice if only we could bill and coo

I may seem a fool to you for everything I say or think or do
How could I apologise... for all those lies
The world may keeps us far apart but up in heaven, angel
You can have my heart
Diamonds may be your best friend
But like laughter after tears
I'll follow you to the end


The Bogus Man

The bogus man is on his way
As fast as he can run
He's tired but he'll get to you
And shoot you with his gun

Focussed his mind
On something he cared about
But it came out a shout
Just like before

The bogus man is at your heels
Now clutching at your coat
You must be quick now hurry up
He's scratching at your throat

Concealed his doubt
By skilful evasion
But he couldn't find out
About deception

The bogus man is on his way
As fast as he can run
He's tired but he'll get to you
And show you lots of fun
 

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