{"id":848,"date":"2015-08-11T16:22:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T16:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=848"},"modified":"2016-01-17T23:05:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T23:05:03","slug":"rs-396-roxy-music-for-your-pleasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=848","title":{"rendered":"RS # #396: Roxy Music, For Your Pleasure"},"content":{"rendered":"

#396<\/p>\n

Roxy Music,\u00a0For Your Pleasure<\/em><\/h3>\n
Release Date:<\/span>\u00a01973
\nPreviously Owned:<\/strong>\u00a0No<\/div>\n
First Time Listen:<\/strong> Yes<\/div>\n


\nImpressions:<\/span>\u00a0Roxy Music was never on my radar. No idea why…maybe they didn’t quite fit into a movement I liked. Too early for punk and not popular enough to show up on classic rock radio. I was taken off guard by Brian Eno’s\u00a0other solo entries on this list<\/a>… so\u00a0let’s see what his band\u00a0has got to offer… Crazy, neurotic opening tune “Do The Strand” with stuttering piano chords and wailing saxophone makes it seem like you joined the album in media res<\/em>. Not too commerical sounding, these songs have avant-garde surfaces and go to crazy places, but still maintain a\u00a0funky and\/or\u00a0rocking\u00a0foundation.<\/p>\n

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For My Pleasure? Okay…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spacey guitar\/keyboard moody sounds in slower numbers “Beauty Queen” and “Strictly Confidential” make Roxy Music sound like\u00a0a band slowly going mad. Eno vs Ferry, experimental vs commercial, uptight vs decadent… it’s a compelling battle\u00a0that makes the songs feel cinematic and uncomfortable despite the album title. Ferry’s fluttering croon is not always my taste as a vocalist but the music never fails even when\u00a0it’s\u00a0seems like it’s swerving all over the road. Even when they are singing about a relationship with inflatable doll. The rocking “Editions of You” sounds like a blueprint for Talking Heads neurotic vibe. \u00a0Man, some super sneaky top notch guitar solos show up here and there. “The Bogus Man” is a long, extended lopsided stomping jam. This is great stuff. They pull out anything like sax, harmonica, weird distorted keyboards whatever is needed. “Grey Lagoon” is a stone cold jam, surprisingly grooving and with a warped-gospel taint that instantly became one of my favorite songs.\u00a0Nice stuff, another big surprise… I guess I’m a huge Eno fan and never knew\u00a0it!<\/p>\n

Starred Songs:<\/span>\u00a0“Do The Strand,” “Editions of You”
\n<\/span>Sneaky Tracks:<\/span>\u00a0“Grey Lagoon”<\/p>\n

Should this be on the list:<\/span>\u00a0Yes
\nWill You Listen To This Album Again:<\/span>\u00a0Sure
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Druggy\u00a0yet occasionally grooving ’70s\u00a0glam rock that marries Brian Eno’s inventive sounds and Brian Ferry’s decadent warbling\u00a0and works<\/div>\n
Rating:<\/span>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u26051\/2<\/div>\n