Roxy Music - If there is something (John Peel Session 1972-07-18)

[@kelb6073]

This song is like a whole damn movie

[@3rdcoastbooks490]

Watch 'Flashbacks of a Fool' with Daniel Craig

[@carlteacherman194]

Indeed it is, and a great one, Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Felicity Jones and dear Miriam Karlin.

[@harrymapex]

In my opinion, the best song they ever did. I bought this LP in '72 (after buying the "Virginia Plain" single) and this track entranced me then and still does now - I'd go so far as to say this is one of my favourite top 5 songs ever. There again, what do I know........(!)

[@29supersolid]

Agree

[@carla_del_ponte]

what are the other four?

[@steveharris4695]

@@carla_del_ponte As of this moment (!): 2) Strawberry Fields Forever; 3) The Whole World Window (Cardiacs); Thanks but no thanks (Sparks); Mr. Armageddon (Locomotive). But it'll probably change tomorrow!

[@wayne4444]

Totally agree

[@FancyMcDancy]

You know enough mate.

[@DupaArt]

one of the greatest fucking original alternative rock bands ever.. nobody's sound is like Roxy Music.. I've been a fan since the late 70's.. hats off!

[@iamreg1965]

This song is fucking awesome, Roxy's masterpiece perhaps. The version on Viva is utterly sublime but so is the rest of that record, one of the greatest live albums ever put together. The song is so good even Bowie couldn't resist paying homage via Tin Machine.

[@w0mblemania]

OK, it's pretty raw and rough and hard-going in parts, but damn, it's unbelievable what confidence and ability these guys had, for such a new band. It's not like they'd been doing pub gigs for a decade or anything. There's a sophistication to this song that most other bands couldn't even approach.

[@asolarasolarasolar]

_it's unbelievable what confidence and ability these guys had, for such a new band._ Man, you nailed it.

[@poltergeistfm]

i love the "raw rough hard-going" vibe to these early recordings, especially this one.

[@krollpeter]

@@poltergeistfm the middle part from 5:30 is quite unfinished, raw or whatever, may be redundant. I like the flow the song has on the Long Player. In particular, the constant beat of the drums that keep the 3 parts of the song perfectly together. It is one of their best and one of the best.

[@RedWolfRedWolfRedWolf]

I class early Roxy as one of the best progressive rock bands. This song certainly is along with a good many others.

[@mirahmedali5286]

Absolutely magnificent. Incredible.

[@DupaArt]

Bryan Ferry is sophisticated as life is. Dream on boys and girls. It's what I do when I hear him sing a tale of emotions in the wind so moving, so badass, so fucking real.

[@charlieclaw6]

This song takes me right back.....when i was young. Love it.

[@brianmahoney1950]

For me, the best Roxy song. I was fortunate to have met Eno, and I think this was his masterpiece in the Roxy era. Brian, also, never sounder better. Phil, is an ace!

[@BoggWeasel]

Fun thing is, Eno admits he had no idea what he was doing but he was the only one who had some kind of understanding of music electronica (and it wasn't a lot). " I just used to stand there and twiddle knobs".......

[@tubatalabal]

This isn't Phil, I'm pretty sure. Davy O'List.

[@DaveAnchovies]

@@tubatalabal did he last long enough to the first us tour? if so, it must be. similar grooming styles.

[@tubatalabal]

@@DaveAnchovies I don't think so. From what I know of him, he had a singularly grating personality that led to his quickly joining, and then leaving, several bands.

[@wayne4444]

Absolutely a masterpiece since I discovered it from the film flashbacks of a fool .

[@bartdog69]

Best song ever!

[@ArchStanton-xw2bd]

Top 10

[@struszka]

Didn't know there was a Peel Session of them at all. But then again which really great band didn't catch his attention? Characters like John Peel are deeply missed these days....

[@cawag98]

Seems a different - and more intensely wonderful - version that the Peel session of the same song. on Spotify. I start listening during the instrumental part - about 9:45. Great great stuff!

[@NotAFanAnymore]

I’m a vinyl record collector and I’ve literally got a selection of just John Peel Sessions BBC. Brilliant stuff always. Roxy is missing from my collection. So good. The search is on!

[@corenliussulla8677]

the baseline is soooo amazing!

[@paulsavage5057]

The drumming is incredible in this song.

[@richrol58]

And he only got better (if that is possible)...

[@kelb6073]

Everything is incredible.

[@DM-hh7wl]

Yes, it's quite striking. Reminds me of some of the patterns that Ian Paice used to play, slowed down a bit for the tempo of the song.

[@thomasaushauser1940]

Soon this piece of music will be 50 years old and you can still hear it as if it were new. Surprisingly, you can also hear old music, several centuries old, as opposed to old literature, again and again, as if it were the first time. Music does not age. Literature does.

[@richrol58]

Hmm, that's a real problematic point of view...Would you deny that Shakespeare has nothing to say to humanity today? Or, even if you're talking about the language itself you don't think just listening to Shakespeare recited is no longer a pleasant experience...?

[@davidsigalow7349]

The first four Roxy albums still sound ahead of their time. Theg just released a live Bryan Ferry Band live show from 1974 which includes a fabulous version of "A Really Good Time" that makes you realize how good their so-called "minor" songs were.

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

Music is like a time machine.

[@bebop6174]

Great synthed sax McKay and Eno working in partnership!

[@billwilson2025]

The best Roxy years

[@NotAFanAnymore]

A Roxy jam. A bop if you will. On vinyl since the beginning. Still cranking it. Periodically. Cheers

[@jeromehiggins9135]

Superb take on a classic. I love band photos when the group looks more like a gang than a band.

[@visionthng6971]

Absolutely!

[@EcoSandy]

But what gang exactly are Brian and Bryan in ? ;)

[@ladytron9188]

This takes things to another level of sheer brilliance.Roxy gods of art rock.😍😍😍😍😍

[@DaveAnchovies]

ive never called or thought of them as art rock. post-punk before people realized proto=punk bands were thinking of something more than amps at 11 and songs about game of thrones type nonsense. ha. definitely gods of many things not yet invented, too. its definitely like nothing else at the time so i wouldnt argue that...i still cant figure out how long it took to break into the US. no radio hit until 5th album? shame on dr. johnny fever.

[@pacu9]

Goosebumps at the end

[@wayne4444]

the most amazing song I have ever heard nothing comes close it has everything thanyou roxy .

[@stevessssteve]

this version is a great piece of recording luck. today you wouldn't have much chance of hearing a song as good as this in its unaltered type form. yes there are a few unintentional moments but that just adds to the brilliance . when you play this song it always stays in your head all night, ; ferry singing I would do anything for you and the sax ,guitar and keyboard in the background.

[@antoonvanmaris58]

I would almost think , you never noticed , Roxy's drums ? I know they are a little bit further , in the back ground , as you call it , but pardon my comment , for me and I heard this album first , when it was brand , harry spankers and strait after that for at least 10 years , I could not start my day without it ! So , maybe this is all a bit unfair , since Roxy was one off the prime example's off bands , associated with producing a " wall of sound " and belief you me , life , they where nothing short of that ! But that is also , why I tell no more about , drums and things , find out yourself , you won't regret it .

[@richrol58]

@@antoonvanmaris58 Uhh...I agree (?)...And...There are plenty of examples where you don't have to strain in the least to hear Paul Thompson's "greatness"--a couple of my favorites: Out Of The Blue from Viva! and the Viva! version of this song...

[@chloeroberts8523]

simply irreplaceable sounds ,I crept into my big bruvs room to listen to this great music from the age of 3.ahh so many memories &now I'm forty six.bucket list material to go back to a roxy'77 concert.dreams are made of this,I'm sure of that!!!!!.😆😮.

[@NotAFanAnymore]

My big bruh had it as well n I’d play it over n over again. Especially those parts...I would do anything for you...timeless

[@stetrak1967]

My favorite version of a masterpiece

[@ianmacleod6745]

lift up your feet and put them on the ground you used to walk upon, when you were young...reminds me of the Start-rite poster from my childhood.

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

EXCELLENT picture of "THE" ROXY MUSIC ❣

[@georgepeponas7431]

Perfect song!

[@petal.4334]

Absolutely Funkin' Awesome ! Sheer Genius, beyond classification as music - This is Pure Writ Large . Sublime, extraordinary !! Definitely John Peel rubber stamp - THANKU Mr Ravenscroft and bless you - Rest easy my music governor / Friend of the music underclass ! and many thanks to the Hero who uploaded this masterpiece - best thing since Bowies Top of the Pops performance of Jean Genie was retrieved by Mr Fish eye Cameraman from the archive - watch that too { if you havent already } -share this music if you are a fan of genuine creative music /musicians , lastly Thankyou to E.G. {Band's Management } Island Records and all of Roxy Music who made this superb delight. xxx From Andy Beard.

[@reginaleona2662]

Liz O'neil awesomeness love it!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bhdctn]

Wow! Love this John Peel version almost as much as the original. I think this is more raw and you can definitely hear Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana influence in the guitar work. Hendrix could make incredible sounds but you can't tell in parts of this if it's guitar, oboe, sax, keyboard or what the hell it is. Brian Eno was amazing. This song is so well put together I'd rank it up there w Bohemian Rhapsody. What a BRILLIANT band. They have given me such enjoyment during a difficult time in my life. God Bless Roxy Music

[@whitneymacdonald4396]

Bohemian Rhapsody? Seriously, that can't be mentioned in the same breath as this.

[@aardvarkmcgillicuddy]

Jebus Bog in heaven and all the littel angles! This was nearly half a century ago!

[@pauldeadman5246]

18 thumbs down! What are they even doing here! Can't be Roxy fans.........

[@Blackscorpion1963]

Take your thumbs of it bro it'll shrink

[@69Phuket]

peel sessions...they dragged it out x

[@dodyvanrossum8586]

Møre then enough for me to share........

[@jeanjacques9980]

50 years ago the grass does seem to greener, remember listening to John Peel at the time, accompanying my A level studies. Recall seeing the band at Goldsmiths College and the Rainbow, happy days. I would edit the first 90 secs, where I think there might be a change of key, the rest is marvellous.

[@aktake2]

hypnotic riff

[@PALEFACERUDY]

aktake2 true that

[@MrBongoagogo]

Hello people let's not forget the great paul Thompsons solid driving drumming.

[@MrBongoagogo]

The great paul Thompson playing Roger's 🥁 on the 1st album is Sublime especially lady trone

[@carleveson7518]

fantastic , a real Tune played by real Musicians an a Legend front man ..

[@asolarasolarasolar]

Bryan's voice at the final verse is _impressive_ . the interpretation is poweful, it makes me want to start a band. hahahah

[@cawag98]

Just heard this version and heard the song for the first time on Boston's WZBC. Yes, that last verse - after the ad in the last couple of minutes. That's we why we Roxy.

[@Kitties71]

Just do it :)

[@dikbozo]

many have.

[@ph43draaa]

Guitar is insane here omg

[@julioventura3602]

great cut, love this version most.

[@johnnyb9829]

The mastermind behind Roxy was Ferry his brainchild the lyrics he produced were and are stunning. ENO was in essence a recorder and to some degree a producer of sound effects. Great combination talent…

[@Mungobohne1]

imagine all Roxy music fans in one room

[@whitneymacdonald4396]

Great post. It's so interesting to hear this as a work in progress. It's such an interesting song. As I saw in the comments below, it's easy to forget how young they were at this point and how unique their sound was.

[@cawag98]

Ok, for beginners, just slide with your pointer finger out to 10:00 to begin living and loving it. Then go find the version of this with Daniel Craig as video accompaniment. Repeat. You’re golden!

[@TheMangoDeluxe]

Roxy sacrificed the energy and electricity of early work like this for sophistication. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but in this song you can almost hear an alternative future for them where Brian doesn't discover white dinner jackets.

[@poltergeistfm]

and where the other brian won't just leave (while still inventing ambient music, collaborating/producing bowie talking heads etc.) but keeps enriching their sound. i, too, prefer my dandies rugged and deep.

[@nevets4ever4]

White dinner jackets, indeed! Kind of like Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood trading in their Radiohead chops for suits and ties? (Now there's a Monty Python skit idea in there somewhere.) Though knowing their talents they would both be thundering through the aisles of Henry Poole & Co. all decked out bringing Savile Row into the 21st century.....(my word - and I'm not even British - what's come over me?)

[@mozdickson]

Roxy's Everest summited so early on.

[@reidreido]

the piano break. Shake your head. wow

[@mariyamrahman8898]

All time favorite

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

Its not just one song... Its two different ones. Just like Fleetwood mac's 'The chain'.

[@iamreg1965]

I think it's three songs...each charting the ages of man/woman. My 2d's worth.

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

@@iamreg1965 still a fucking great song, even after all these years.

[@cashibacamrin]

I keep coming back for more

[@cashibacamrin]

Again and again. So good

[@billwilson2025]

Ferry uses vibrato as a weapon. A master

[@onthatbombshell]

God this comment is so accurate

[@cashibacamrin]

yo this is liiiiit🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@suzannji]

Growin' potatoes by the score? YESSS . . . the most brilliant song ever. Bryan Ferry is a god.

[@magsdaye8854]

Sublime

[@CBRTOi_24_fevral]

осторожно, эта песня может свести слушателя с ума

[@dimamedvedev363]

Та да! оШень мощная на любителя.

[@Ronan6610]

FANTASTIC!!!

[@oscar_red]

best version ever,sad, no live video((

[@ivorcarroll8709]

A great discovery, Poltergeist. I love unearthing stuff like this. However, the best verswion by far is the 10min 30sec live version on Viva; this one is rather raw by comparison, but hey, they were very young. Thanks for the contribution!

[@sws112playsroblox9]

Hello There ! Thanks Ivor - yeah ! really great version on viva! [ but it has been edited, chopping out Eddie Jobson's violin virtuosity - still fantastic thou ! ] but i do prefer the rawer version - more Sonic Attack & Brain Eno too ! but then the slicker Roxy Music is Superb too. - good thing is we can have both of them !! Cheers to Resident Poltergeist ! variety been the spice of life !? the unedited version on viva ! apparently used to be on " wolfgang's vault " - u could try contacting Wolfgang Deushle - must be the same guy i would of thought !?. Next on the list to enjoy will be " In Every Dream Home A Heartache " - another Roxy Music masterpiece !! the reason i probably prefer the John Peel Session Is because i am a Hawklord & an old glammy / punk rocker ! - punk aint dead ! - its just revolting -revolution rock ! All the best to all the true [ Roxy ] music believers . Kind Regards to all from Andy Beard xxx

[@Gambit771]

I prefer this one too. It seems more grander once it gets going. But both versions are fantastic.

[@adamwhite2329]

Agreed. To me, this will always be the definitive version. So much raw character in each unique part of it.

[@richrol58]

@@sws112playsroblox9 Jobson still has some "virtuosic" moments on the Viva! version, even with the edit, which I actually think represents a POSITIVE tweaking of the original unedited recording, which, incidentally is still available on Wolfgang's Vault (along with the entire!! concert from 1974, from which the VIVA! version of IEDHAH also was taken, of course--also played in that concert was All I Want Is You, Street Life, et.al..) BTW..."Wolfgang" refers to Bill Graham's actual birth name, right?--Is that whom you were referring to?

[@nickjones7504]

There is a live bootleg from Newcastle that has the full version of the Viva track including the full Jobson solo. Now that is the best version!!!!

[@jamesthomas-uc9wq]

Absolutely incredible stuff, I'm not sure that Roxy ever got better than this live. Some of the effects half way through sound ten years ahead of their time (think Jarre), and Bryans vocals are outstanding. The whole band are punchy and tight - thank you for uploading and making me revisit 'Roxy Music' vinyl.

[@peterfrance702]

Wow. Painfully rough. Still sublime.

[@PALEFACERUDY]

Brilliant

[@ianwyse4354]

Legends !

[@ing.pacolh7458]

Great great great

[@antheabarrett4541]

I just bloody loved it llllllllllllstull do

[@ronaldoleite1840]

Perfeito

[@franciscomendonca2494]

Perfeito!!

[@FunkATeer-qk7hq]

Sublime 💜🤘🏿

[@fabioluiz2309]

Reflexos da inocência

[@jameschavez6400]

Zeno AlwaysKnocksMeOut!

[@agegroot5666]

It's raw but see the contours of what would become their magnus opus. Glad the album-version and the viva version are so different...two great versions of the masterpiece,album version is a bit avant garde(accessible)... art-rock and the viva version is less avant garde..more rock but excellent too.

[@dantean]

Brilliant version. REALLY makes me wish I'd seen them then.

[@terryharrison5185]

I saw them twice then... Both times at Newcastle city hall 👍😎

[@patrickfluke8584]

When you were young............

[@billwilson2025]

A great vocalist! / stylist I see Sinatra in this guy

[@christophermartin5607]

I love this unpolished version . If your here you know it makes sense as Del Boy used to say xxx

[@franciscomendonca2494]

♥️ A maior, a melhor banda dos anos 70/80. Roxy Music é além do Rock. É arte!

[@pokoznavald1757]

❤

[@NotQuiteFirst]

🔥

[@rachelhollanda2789]

Thanks for shering, i really loved it!

[@chloeroberts8523]

Rachel Hollanda :you sound lish Rachel by chloe,s dad?????????.

[@MrMLD1972]

♥

[@wayne4444]

Wow is all

[@birneybrown7475]

In addition to the Enosification of Manzanera's guitar, Eno makes McKay's sax almost unrecognizable as an instrument.

[@ivarbrinkman2195]

My ATF song from RM. hypnotic.

[@johnbarnes1783]

epic

[@poltergeistfm]

!

[@emmanuelancelot6143]

Superbe simplement. Je ne comprends pas l anglais mais la chose me parle biens plus que cela .

[@carmelacarmela1771]

stupendi

[@patrickselden5747]

☝️😎

[@sabrinaeden]

Not on the new edition! Why??????

[@LaMusiqueChaotique]

🎇

[@mavenofmacau6391]

boys and girls, this is F'n HOT . 6 minutes too long, but still hot. the best roxy lineup because this is the group that produced FYP

[@lappkalap]

1:37...

[@julioventura3602]

reminds me of PINK FLOYD'S Pompeii album .

[@chloeroberts8523]

Julio Ventura :disagree totally different types of music,but floyd are amazing.

[@jayjay5640]

Life means something maybe ??

[@margaretwilkie3637]

Lots of uncontrolled energy and some out of tune playing here, but in this case it's like when huge things collide in space to make new worlds. They actually know what they are doing! The last verse is so majestic.

[@bebop6174]

I think this is David O'List on guitar and not Manzanera.

[@deadbeatdynamo]

Anyone know who this photo is by? I need to find more in the series -- pretty sure Paul Thompson is wearing a custom Spider-Man jacket!

[@richrol58]

Coooool...:) (Actually he probably insisted on putting it on to hide his Tarzan leopard skin...Haha!)

[@reidreido]

the best version of their best song. Period. Eno’s treatments are non pareil. Nothing they did comes close to this version. Is it really Manzanara on guitar here? So plugged in, unlike him

[@billwilson2025]

Phil Manzaretta!

[@oswing]

not Manzanera, I'm sure

[@antheabarrett4541]

They were a bit Jimmy hendrix I thought which is exellelent

[@richrol58]

Is this Manzanera or O'List?

[@bebop6174]

I think it's O'List.

[@archiejohnston498]

Definitely Mr. Manzanera

[@13strange67]

Sounds like Brian Eno is playing a Kazoo in this

[@plev10]

Phil Fucking Manzanera Ladies and Gentlemen

[@reinpost]

Now I know what's wrong: it's too fast! They must have been nervous. We also tend to do that when performing. Either that, or the recording has been sped up. Apart from that, impressive.

[@danasheys9300]

Its a great version but you have to be in the mood for it.. correct??

[@reidreido]

no idea of what you are saying. this is perfection in its madness. Nothing touches it. The pop versions of this are silly by comparison

[@reinpost]

@@reidreido I think it's pretty much perfect, but there is something about it that doesn't feel quite right to me. Of course the audio quality is pretty poor.