Roxy Music
Support: Rufus Wainwright
Date: July 16th, 2001
Venue: the Air Canada Center in Toronto, Ontario
I went to this show with my dad. It was WAY out of my budget at the time (as I was unemployed) but Roxy Music have been his favorite band for close to forty years (thirty at the time of this concert) so it was akin to my son going with me to see Mr. Bungle in twenty years. If they ever get back together.
Rufus Wainwright is a popular Canadian pop artist who never really broke out. I’m sure he has his fans but he’s stayed off the radar for most of his career and hasn’t “broken” into the mainstream just yet. I doubt he ever will. He is actually pretty good. My dad seemed to think his dad was an artist from the 1970’s. Further investigation learns that he is but I’m not familiar with his father or his music. According to setlist.fm one of the songs he played (One Man Guy) is a cover of one of his fathers songs. And my dad recognized that. I remember enjoying Rufus’ set but it was a little long for an opener.
Rufus Wainwright
1. Complainte de la Butte
2. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
3. Grey Gardens
4. Poses
5. April Fools
6. One Man Guy
7. Greek Song
8. In My Arms
9. California
This show was HUGE for my dad since it was the first time Roxy Music had gotten back together with four of the original members in over twenty years. The big highlight was Brian Ferry, Andy Mackay (saxophone) and Phil Manzanera (guitar). But little mention was made that their original drummer Paul Thompson was in the band as well and something is sticking in my head that the bass player at this show was a guy from one of their earlier albums too (they never had a steady bass player). Noticeably absent was Brian Eno. I never loved Roxy Music as much as my dad, I don’t think that’s possible, but I really enjoyed their first couple of albums. So I thought it was cool that they started the show off with three really good songs from those albums. Then the concert hit a huge snag for me: ten songs in a row that I’d never heard in my life and wasn’t too impressed with. I was really bored during that part of the show until the John Lennon cover Jealous Guy. Then they finally played something I’d heard (Editions of You) and I was glad the show was back on track. But I knew it was almost over. Which it was. Thankfully, the encore was mint. I’d never heard Love is the Drug but I thought it was pretty cool and I like Do the Strand. But For Your Pleasure is one of my favorite songs from any band. I didn’t think they’d play that and was so happy they did. In the end, there were a lot of songs off the first three albums I really would’ve liked to hear but I’m sure a lot of people who listened to them in the 1970s and early 1980s were really happy with the whole set, including that ten song lull. My dad loved the show. Imagine if your favorite band got back together after twenty years and put on a great show. That was this for him. I think he said he’d seen them in Toronto in 1974 and a couple other times. And I’m pretty sure he went with my mom to see them a couple years after this. I’m not sure what kept me from going, because I’d see them again. Ten song lull or not. For Your Pleasure is worth it alone.
Roxy Music
1. Re-Make/Re-Model
2. Street Life
3. Ladytron
4. While My Heart Is Still Beating
5. Out of the Blue
6. A Song for Europe
7. My Only Love
8. Oh Yeah
9. Both Ends Burning
10. Tara
11. Avalon
12. Dance Away
13. Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover)
14. Editions of You
15. Virginia Plain
[encore]
16. Love Is the Drug
17. Do the Strand
18. For Your Pleasure
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Follow up:
Wow, I can't believe this show was fifteen years ago. The review was written probably three or four years ago for another site.
According to wikipedia Roxy Music toured and recorded together until 2011 (although anything the recorded was eventually released as a Brian Ferry solo record in 2010). I remember him touring a few years ago but the magic seems to be gone now. I'm glad I saw them even though they weren't a "bucket list" band for me.
Rufus Wainwright is pretty much right where he was then now. He has his fans but he's well out of the mainstream eye.
Support: Rufus Wainwright
Date: July 16th, 2001
Venue: the Air Canada Center in Toronto, Ontario
I went to this show with my dad. It was WAY out of my budget at the time (as I was unemployed) but Roxy Music have been his favorite band for close to forty years (thirty at the time of this concert) so it was akin to my son going with me to see Mr. Bungle in twenty years. If they ever get back together.
Rufus Wainwright is a popular Canadian pop artist who never really broke out. I’m sure he has his fans but he’s stayed off the radar for most of his career and hasn’t “broken” into the mainstream just yet. I doubt he ever will. He is actually pretty good. My dad seemed to think his dad was an artist from the 1970’s. Further investigation learns that he is but I’m not familiar with his father or his music. According to setlist.fm one of the songs he played (One Man Guy) is a cover of one of his fathers songs. And my dad recognized that. I remember enjoying Rufus’ set but it was a little long for an opener.
Rufus Wainwright
1. Complainte de la Butte
2. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
3. Grey Gardens
4. Poses
5. April Fools
6. One Man Guy
7. Greek Song
8. In My Arms
9. California
This show was HUGE for my dad since it was the first time Roxy Music had gotten back together with four of the original members in over twenty years. The big highlight was Brian Ferry, Andy Mackay (saxophone) and Phil Manzanera (guitar). But little mention was made that their original drummer Paul Thompson was in the band as well and something is sticking in my head that the bass player at this show was a guy from one of their earlier albums too (they never had a steady bass player). Noticeably absent was Brian Eno. I never loved Roxy Music as much as my dad, I don’t think that’s possible, but I really enjoyed their first couple of albums. So I thought it was cool that they started the show off with three really good songs from those albums. Then the concert hit a huge snag for me: ten songs in a row that I’d never heard in my life and wasn’t too impressed with. I was really bored during that part of the show until the John Lennon cover Jealous Guy. Then they finally played something I’d heard (Editions of You) and I was glad the show was back on track. But I knew it was almost over. Which it was. Thankfully, the encore was mint. I’d never heard Love is the Drug but I thought it was pretty cool and I like Do the Strand. But For Your Pleasure is one of my favorite songs from any band. I didn’t think they’d play that and was so happy they did. In the end, there were a lot of songs off the first three albums I really would’ve liked to hear but I’m sure a lot of people who listened to them in the 1970s and early 1980s were really happy with the whole set, including that ten song lull. My dad loved the show. Imagine if your favorite band got back together after twenty years and put on a great show. That was this for him. I think he said he’d seen them in Toronto in 1974 and a couple other times. And I’m pretty sure he went with my mom to see them a couple years after this. I’m not sure what kept me from going, because I’d see them again. Ten song lull or not. For Your Pleasure is worth it alone.
Roxy Music
1. Re-Make/Re-Model
2. Street Life
3. Ladytron
4. While My Heart Is Still Beating
5. Out of the Blue
6. A Song for Europe
7. My Only Love
8. Oh Yeah
9. Both Ends Burning
10. Tara
11. Avalon
12. Dance Away
13. Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover)
14. Editions of You
15. Virginia Plain
[encore]
16. Love Is the Drug
17. Do the Strand
18. For Your Pleasure
______________________________________________________
Follow up:
Wow, I can't believe this show was fifteen years ago. The review was written probably three or four years ago for another site.
According to wikipedia Roxy Music toured and recorded together until 2011 (although anything the recorded was eventually released as a Brian Ferry solo record in 2010). I remember him touring a few years ago but the magic seems to be gone now. I'm glad I saw them even though they weren't a "bucket list" band for me.
Rufus Wainwright is pretty much right where he was then now. He has his fans but he's well out of the mainstream eye.
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