Still years ahead of their time, at least this incarnation of Roxy music was. Descending into what often felty like easy listening later on post Eno. Having said that, there’s plenty out there who prefer that version, and who am I to argue. I caught them the first time around, but was a little too young to get too wrapped up in them and Bowie. Still, it was easy to understand that they were something special and original. Everything jars but still comes off. Their pervasive dissonance a calling card, along with Ferry’s delivery. The lyrics are absurd, but ingenious. Finishing with:
“The Sphynx and Mona Lisa, Lolita and Guernica, Did the strand”
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