Sorta neat to have taken note of how many covers from Roxy’s Avalon Robyn has been recorded covering. I’ve compiled them to this playlist if you wanna check ‘em out.

I often wonder if Gene himself ever heard this, or Andie MacDowell?

Hackman was great in 'All Night Long' (1981)

Heard this song on the radio like, 20 years ago and comeback to it just about every time... someone talks about Gene Hackman.

So doun't talk to me about gene hackman.

yup, i figgered there would be some connective tissue & nerves & stuff betwixt these two favorites of mine. nuttin' more den' dis!"

Robyn, would you mind if we discussed actor Hackman?

A thing of beauty.

"But when he got his, I really felt for Gene". No one else ...

genius. love on you baby..

got to love this guy

KFJC 89.7 FM in Los Altos Hills (Where i've Deejayed since 1989) has a gorgeous version of Robyn singing this on snazzy red vinyl...

Wonderful!!

Beautiful. Robyn, your lilt make me swoon. :)

Still God...after all these years...

Big fan of Robyn's, hadn't heard this before, so thanks for posting. Agree with many of the comments, including the one re "earnest". He is minimised and marginalised by being funny, but many people miss the earnest in him. The saddest and most earnest songs often start with a joke, just to get rid of it!

Roxy is sacred. So is Robyn Hitchcock. And this is good.

I saw him do this way back in the late 80s at an in-store at Tower Records (Sports Arena) in San Diego.

He did this when I saw him solo at Maxwells... beautiful then...

Definitely one of my favorite gigs of all time ... Watching Jake play bass on that tiny boat without falling over ... the slowest beer flow of all time, and utterly brilliant music ... Who out there still has their ticket to prove it? :)

This is terrific! Idiosyncratic, of course. But best of all--earnest.

Oh, oh, oh

What, every song must be a serious, articulate masterpiece? This is whimsical, absurd, slapdash brilliance. It seems likely you should try to enjoy your life a bit more, open up to the lighter, comedic touches. They're just as rewarding, and they make the dark bits darker by contrast.

Well said!

sorry using someone else's computer lolx

Alex and James,,Isle of Wight,,, we were there ! excellent! xx

Roxy is great-Love it all even with the personnel changes over the years...But take Robyn's cover as a compliment. Covers shouldn't always try to be exactly like the original.

Another clown ... Which shitbox school did you attend Iain Stewart..??? The Dunfermline Dunghill for Dunces Primary ???.. Bet it went all downhill after grade 4 eh ...Got a job as a toilet brush in the local disco and worked your way up to a mop... Criticise somebody who deserves it you parasite... Robyn Hitchcock certainly doesn't.

Aw c'mon Mindlock...

what? at his worst he is a snot ripping Lennon and Syd Barret. at his best he is remarkable. some great Soft Boy and solo stuff but not this

he kinda looks like James May XD

Was this recorded on the boat trip in August 2000? If so, I was there too!

Sounds like alterned tuning

i use it to but only for acoustic guitar, on the electric i use 1.5

Nice!!!

I use .73 picks too!!! :)

I suspect the ultimate version of the Harry Potter franchise for Hitchcock fans would be where they substitute the name "Voldemort" with "Gene Hackman".

I'd love to visit Laszlo Shops and shop around for Laszlos, you know find some fresh ones or maybe find a Laszlo that's not so tight-fitting. Or maybe I should lose weight and pick up some other unit of measurement.

i just listened to a few songs for Robyn and i fell in love with his music because it's the most pure and honest music songs without any kind of faking That's what we are missing with our time amazing man i am going to listen more for him :D

would have been much better with a little backup from the Egyptians! But,,,, thats just me!

Transcendant.........so nice to hear the lushness of the lyrics and melody without a lush production. I am sure the ferryman would approve. Hats off Robyn

Syd Barrett...

I wish we had a Laszlo Shop around here. Thanks for posting this! ^_^

Um ... I really enjoyed it ... It's funny how much you look like Peter Fonda - are you Peter Fonda? Is that why you don't want to talk about Gene? You are an Oz or a Kiwi, and seriously I think you are very funny. Enjoy.

Perfect. Thank you very much. What's the where/when?

@bathsheba56 He sure does get to the heart of the song. I love his cover of Roxy Music's 'Take a Chance with Me' as well.

Absolutely awesome!!! Thank you so very much for sharing!

Thank you.

Robyn really captures the heart of this one

This is very hard to play. Robyn is guy who has been out there for years, playing solo a lot of the time. He understands, maybe, as he said, from his appreciation of "Visions of Johanna," how one guy can get up there with a wood box and six strings and an understanding of the heart, and make people get the shivers. Thanks for posting. And thanks Robyn.