The first time I heard Roxy Music in 1972, it struck me that I was listening to the past through new ‘modern’ ears and minds. I never heard anything like Roxy or the strange quality of Bryan Ferry’s voice. It was new to me, yet, Ferry had the trace of an aged crooner; it was done uniquely. Like Bowie, Ferry has a foundation from which he draws the idea of romance, which seems to be an infinity pool, and will drop off from a large cliff. I have been listening, purchasing, and thinking of Bryan Ferry for fifty years. I never tire of him because his obsessions are so thorough and cinema-like.
Bryan Ferry's earlier lyrics and vocal delivery are quite astonishing. Every time.
vlad the impaler as a crooner!!