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More musings for me these past couple of days. I've always had an abrasive attitude, but my intellect is sharp, and this closely resembles what most dim-witted idiots can recognize as wit. Here is one of my classic replies to someone who made a good point:




You are no Soriano but you are right. It has become harder and harder to find their good records used.  As much as I like the third & fourth record (Stranded & Coutnry Life), start with the first record or For Your Pleasure. The two punk ballbusters (Remake/remodel and Editions of You) are on the first two records. If you like those proceed. It took me about a year to get into Roxy Music cuz I couldnt get past Bryan Ferry's voice. Then I took a mix tape a friend made me on a plane ride to NY and it clicked. It is perfect stuff to look at the clouds and shit hundreds of feet below by. Viva is an okay live album but the bootlegs blow it away. Siren is their last good record, kinda glam cocain dance stuff. There is also a good biography on  the band called Unknown Pleasures.

Stay away from the Best of... collections. The record companies remastered the songs for American ears, which means they took the edge off. They also remastered the later pressings of the first few records. Roxy is a case (as with Elvis Costello & the Jam) where it is better to track down the early pressings and especially the UK pressings. The UK pressings have a real nice noticable edge to them. The CD reissues sound more like the UK pressings than the US.

Eno got kicked out of the band because Ferry didnt like the press focusing on anyone other than him and Eno was getting too much press. Plus Eno fucked off a lot and had a hard time keeping up musically.  I guess he was a foil in that it kept the band a bit more primitive a bit longer. He was booted at the right time for both him and the band. They went on to do great stuff that they couldnt do with him and he was forced to take the music seriously and made some great records.