BBC 4 Roxy Documentary
Posted by Grant on 20 September 2008 - 8:13pm.
What did anyone else think?
Me? It was..okay, a bit simplistic. An hour was too short.
I think Ferry got off lightly though.
They should've interviewed David Buckley whose "Thrill of it all" is THE BEST Roxy biography for a bit of critical perspective.
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Good to see Brian Eno chuckling ...
...seemed like there were no hard feelings. I missed the end - did they show the Big Train's version of Virginia Plain? Or Vic and Bob's?
Missed it. Damn.
Oh...here it is!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00djn0s/b00djmxl/
Yes...
...a bit of a mixed bag. Good to see Eddie Jobson interviewed, some nice rare footage and also to see some new material, however briefly. But yes, I felt it skimmed the surface a bit. David Buckley is a terrific writer, his Bowie and Roxy books are some of the best music biographies I've read, and yes, I'd have welcomed his contributions.
wot? no solo stuff.
It seemed a bit of a puff piece really. im not sure you can do the story without the solo careers
It was probably about as
It was probably about as much as you could do in an hour. Even so, Roxy's story doesn't really fit any sort of satisfactory arc - it doesn't end in a bang but a whimper, with Phil and Andy going home from the tour in 83 and nobody picking up the phone after that.
I can't listen to Roxy anymore
which is a shame as I love the first three albums so much. I simply detest Ferry's odious son so much. That, and Ferry senior's comments regarding the countryside alliance and nazi architecture has resulted in the "depodding" and lofting of all Roxy material.
Irrational, I know. But there you go.
I completely agree
Like I say, he's not been taken to task enough for the behaviour of his spoilt son.
However, I can disassociate myself from his current status as class traitor by relaxing in the glory of music from an age before he betrayed his roots.
I won't buy the new album though.
Quite the opposite.
When Ferry picked up the Lifetime achievement award at the NME awards a couple of years ago, he dedicated it to his "brave" son who, along with his foxhunting friends, had just stormed the Houses of Parliament. Of course, as they were privately educated, white and upper class they were lauded as heroes amongst the right wing press. It would have been a different story had they been of middle eastern appearance, I suspect.
Anyone who raises a wanker like that has got to be a tosser in my book. I don't care if he wrote Editions Of You or not.
Absolutley agree
I was ambivalent about Roxy - quite liked some of the music, didn't like the arch posing. But BF's idiot son and his public support of him sealed it for me. Tossers the pair of them. Phil Manzanera is quality though.
Is Bono the number one fan
Is Bono the number one fan of absolutely everyone? I'm amazed Bob Geldof didn't pop up as well being incredibly passionate about how f**king wonderful Roxy were. On the other hand, good to see Steve Jones interviewed - he rarely appears as a talking head and he had far more interesting things to say than Bono's generic BS.
Couldn't believe...
... that the first voice to be heard was bloody Bono's.
Then again I should have known better.
How many tribute shows/documentaries etc. has this charlatan been on?
Raises a smile
The link says it all...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1060945/Pictured-Bryan-Ferrys-so...