Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl (Live in Stockhom 1976)

Roxy Music performs their classic for a Swedish crowd.
Roxy Music is an English art rock band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone and oboe) and Paul Thompson (drums and percussion). Former members include Brian Eno (synthesiser and "treatments"), and Eddie Jobson (synthesiser and violin). Although the band took a break from group activities in 1976 and again in 1983, they reunited for a concert tour in 2001, and have toured together intermittently since that time. Despite a 18-year gap between activity Roxy Music never officially split up. Ferry frequently enlisted many Roxy members as session musicians for his solo releases.
:: Mother of Pearl ::
Turn the lights down
Way down low
Turn up the music
Hi as fi can go
All the gang´s here
Everyone you know
It´s a crazy scene
Hey there just look over your shoulder
Get the picture?
No no no no .......(yes)
Walk a tightrope
Your life-sign-line
Such a bright hope
Right place, right time
What´s your number?
Never you mind
Take a powder
But hang on a minute what´s coming round the corner?
Have you a future?
No no no no .......(yes)
Well i´ve been up all night again
Party-time wasting is too much fun
Then I step back thinking
Of life´s inner meaning
And my latest fling
It´s the same old story
All love and glory
It´s a pantomime
If you're looking for love
In a looking glass world
It's pretty hard to find
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't trade you
For another girl
Divine intervention
Always my intention
So I take my time
I´ve been looking for something
I've always wanted
But was never mine
But now I've seen that something
Just out of reach - glowing -
Very holy grail
Oh mother of pearl
Lustrous lady
Of a sacred world
Thus: even zarathustra
Another-time-loser
Could believe in you
With every goddess a let down
Every idol a bring down
It gets you down
But the search for perfection
Your own predilection
Goes on and on and on and on
Canadian club love
A place in the country
Everyone's ideal
But you are my favorita
And a place in your heart dear
Makes me feel more real
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't change you
For the whole world
You're highbrow, holy
With lots of soul
Melancholy shimmering
Serpentine sleekness
Was always my weakness
Like a simple tune
But no dilettante
Filigree fancy
Beats the plastic you
Career girl cover
Exposed and another
Slips right into-view
Oh looking for love
In a looking glass world
Is pretty hard for you
Few throwaway kisses
The boomerang misses
Spin round and round
Fall on featherbed quilted
Faced with silk
Softly stuffed eider down
Take refuge in pleasure
Just give me your future
We'll forget your past
Oh mother of pearl
Submarine lover
In a shrinking world
Oh lonely dreamer
Your choker provokes
A picture cameo
Oh mother of pearl
So so semi-precious
In your detached world
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn´t trade you
For another girl

[@wild6child6]

That singer is a straight up vibe

[@larsheihei3683]

We would never have had this kind of art without drugs.

[@larsheihei3683]

And that's the fucking truth

[@motherofpearlmusic2015]

This is just one of the most mesmerizing songs ever written. Beautiful, sophisticated, spellbinding, deep... Ferry at his best.

[@DavidJones-sc6jc]

Genius. That’s all.

[@mohawk4430]

I agree!! Your description is spot on!!!

[@AlanSpringer2074]

I agree.

[@georgefifth846]

@@mrGoesto11 be silent u little prick

[@tjcoolk]

@@mrGoesto11 You're either a troll, or someone so unable to see beauty it's saddening.

[@raymondfarr2074]

Zep fans have stairway to heaven.. mother of pearl is our stairway to heaven.. brilliant...

[@alanscottnoblitt5681]

Very well put

[@rdjb9650]

Queen have BoRap, Purple have Child in Time, The Doors have When the Music’s Over and The End, and then there is this magical, monstrous, mystical masterpiece.

[@lukeobrien7578]

Discovered Roxy Music in 1999 at 20 years old. Ever since, I’ve come to realize that you either love Roxy Music or you simply don’t know their music.

[@yardleylfc]

As with most my friend. Pantomime music at a very sophisticated level of compassion and execution. Cleverly orchestrated with fantastic sounds that make you travel in wonderland.

[@DeborahWright-kw3nf]

I got into RM when they happened in the 70s and I was in the 6th form. I took them to Uni and they have been a staple in my life ever since.I was an Art student and their music was pure poetry to me. Strangely it's only now that I realise how gorgeous he was!

[@jonnyrocket3659]

what a fucking artist.. I remember those Bowie & Roxy nights in the nightclubs in my late teens.. Bowie and Roxy all night, but maybe some Buzzcocks and Joy Division thrown in to the mix.. great memories

[@larsheihei3683]

The rest of your life must have been an anti klimax compared to that.

[@keithmackenzie-ingle757]

Legend has it that Ferry wrote the lyrics in one night and delivered them the next day in the studio in ONE TAKE!!!!!!

[@vambo13257]

I am sure that is the case with Love is the Drug

[@letsgobrandon.]

Andy Mackay wrote "Love is the Drug"

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@@letsgobrandon. That's good to know, some of the words are a bit on the nose 😅

[@Albrecht777]

@@letsgobrandon. The credit for "Love is the Drug" is Ferry / McKay, which would suggest lyrics by Ferry and music by McKay, although I could be wrong regarding the division of labour.

[@slyslaughter5115]

"If you're looking for love in a looking-glass world, it's pretty hard to find."

[@joseantoniocespedes8599]

Roxy Music with the great Phil Manzanera at guitar...terrific...

[@johnmckenna8544]

What a band they will always be in my mind.!!

[@Meterman13]

I have all of phil’s solo work amazing stuff!

[@alanbobbymcguire5099]

This song helped me in my hours of feeling alone unloved and ready to be put in a home. 1976 is when I found this absolute gem.

[@jeffryhammel3035]

I'm 63 now and didn't discover it until 2022! How in the World did it take so long. What a song.

[@acidqueen3128]

He's so fine 💓💓💓💓

[@youraccountingprofessor5013]

Man how this song brings back memories....standing by my Honda, parked in a secluded spot down by the Potomac River on a torpid summer's night, watching the stars as the moon reflected off of the river's ebbing tide, pot smoke hanging heavy in the still night's air, mesmerized by the moon's glinting reflection in my girl's eyes. The sheer peacefulness of song and life and love all melding together in a perfect symphony of youth with all it's hopes and dreams.

[@artrock5741]

The 19-year-old keyboard player funking it up on the clavinet, Eddie Jobson, went on to become one of the top Emerson-level keyboard players in the world!! Went straight from the innovation of Roxy to the brilliance of Zappa and on to UK, one of the greatest prog-rock bands ever. What a career.

[@johnhareiel5118]

They are the greatest. Nice to see folk that like them

[@caballopalido]

ZAPPA WAS GAY AND LOSERY AND AWFUL AND SUPER PRETENTIOUS AND BAD MUSIC

[@wayneelliott7011]

Nice Violin Player as well.

[@Kwinquark1]

@@wayneelliott7011 with a very pretty polycarb violin

[@Matt-uj6jm]

Blessed to say my brother in law sang backing vocals with Roxy music back in the day. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@classygary]

Oh what a dreamscape what planet did I land on this time . hahaha What a base line performance Roxy Music casts a very long shadow. Top notch stuff here kiddies 👴🏻

[@zpupkuchlup]

gonna get high and listen it for 8 times in line

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

@szs voc who do we call when the fun police show up?! J/K You just sound like a typical dumb shit old asshole

[@NEVERagainEVER423]

Gonna relax and get excited listening to this forever

[@sulfuricdude6099]

Despite being 17 years old, whenever I get married I want this song to play at my wedding.

[@pietkonijn5522]

Don't get married !!

[@luckduck5961]

I love that at 17 you have such fine taste! A rarity.

[@biggnafron28]

amazing live take of an amazing song. thanks for posting

[@WHEREtheFUNK]

Art and poetry wrapped in a musical wrapper. His confidence is a wonder.

[@rel9qr]

he actually was very insecure throughout his life, so this is even more impressive

[@robotboy15]

"He remembers all the punks and the hippies too...and he remembers Roxy Music back in "72."

[@williambentley2802]

First 5 albums magnificent..

[@krollpeter]

Ecactly. The first album was groundbreaking in several ways, but has some weak moments from budget constraints. Also the sound is not that good. 8.5 out of 10. But what follows then is a row of three 10 out of 10 albums, and one 9 out of 10. Sentimental fool, get that! You will see both ends burning, discover the heartache of every dream home, and finally know how mother-of-pearl really looks like.

[@donaldcunningham2386]

For Your Pleasure.. my first intro to Roxy, and one that's stayed with me since 1973.

[@mikjanbubble]

It’s great to be back in…… Stockholm?

[@willalwaystelehandler8450]

Incredible performance super sonic 🎵🎶 super cool Bryan,

[@tonycogan6714]

Great lyrics, great groove to this song. You don't hear lyrics like these today!!

[@markmeade2937]

Art , music and poetry combined, then add the talent of Roxy Music and what you have is one brilliant groovy peace of music that just drifts into your mind via your ears and gos around your brain and stays there forever ……. Music, just bloody wonderful 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@jaynesimpson3716]

Even with a mustache.......he is lovely......one of England's greatest

[@jaynesimpson3716]

Ha, but David didn't rock it like Ferry

[@WHEREtheFUNK]

This song is a two for one masterpiece

[@CurtisLinder]

It's like a glorious 2 min. intro - towards the tasty and funky breakdown coda - must be divine intervention...

[@NEVERagainEVER423]

I can watch this over and over and over...and I have and will continue to do so. Bryan Ferry and Ray Davies have the most beautiful, enticing hands...

[@sabinescheer7803]

Asolutely everything about Bryan is seductive!

[@tranquilityandlove4746]

There’s something super special about this song and performance. It leaves in me an indescribable feeling.

[@NEVERagainEVER423]

Ecstatic

[@johnhareiel5118]

Me too! This song is so poignant

[@radhasundari108bts]

One of the most hypnotizing, alluring vocals and music I've ever experienced. This is an incredible performance.I was listening to this In Detroit at the time this concert took place. Fortunately, some priceless experiences stay in your consciousness forever.Much like the Summer of "67.Thank you Roxy Music!

[@DK-lc6bm]

Beyond Freakin' FANTASTIC!!!!!! So damn SUAVE! In all seriousness, this makes me want to time-travel to 1976, and just rock-out live to this Ferry brilliance!!! It never gets old, it never stops making you dance! It is, undoubtedly, MAGICAL!!!! XOXOXOX

[@boujiatexas1870]

A beautiful song like this kind of needs a 70 porno mustache to go with it.

[@tinmachine693]

From waiter to airline pilot in a seemless manoeuvre. Nice one Bryan. 😊

[@regineschmidt9494]

Love of mey live. 😅 Noch mehr sexy geht gar nicht. ❤💋💋💋💃💃💃

[@helenl2343]

To me, this is Roxy Music summed up into one song... 🍊🐊

[@Blackscorpion1963]

Earlier live performances of this timeless classic from Roxy Music are my favorite. And this is one. Stunning!

[@johngoodyear3933]

this is actual genius in action omg if only it was realized at the time .....just love love love this

[@jewelcitizen2567]

Love this particular performance. Ferry’s flying higher than Neville Bartos… 👌🏻

[@johnmckenna8544]

Everyone enjoy this one, and youngins better treasure this one, because your generation could never equal this kind of music.!!

[@dugitomi]

it's great to be back in Stockholm, huuooo huuooo, or we think it is -- one of the greatest introductions ever

[@donaldcunningham2386]

BF said exactly the same thing on the Manifesto tour!

[@stangetz534]

best version

[@anshul24081993]

Any one after "How I Met Your Mother"? In Love with Robin?

[@thishiplady9161]

My late husband always said that this song reminded him of me :/ Roxy Music is underrated

[@krollpeter]

Are you from the US?

[@jmassey611]

No their not!

[@wildmind365]

when u realise this performance is 44 years old

[@joe22589]

Frankly spoken it's 44 years young

[@wildmind365]

update , now it's 46 years old

[@davidsigalow7349]

They were always "ahead of the curve," and still are.

[@rubytroy7756]

Yes mesmerising 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤

[@johnhuxtable2306]

This song has got the lot, normally it’s the music for me, but the lyrics are so off the wall brilliant.... this will never date

[@johnhareiel5118]

I always loved the lyrics as well. Rhey bounce back n forth covering most things in life

[@wolframbuchholz3465]

Tz32r23tt23rttrf

[@pheebsbee1280]

I want this song played at my funeral. Beautiful

[@dedosdepylot]

Fi Handley me too!! yeah

[@MrSebboxxx]

Mother of pearl

[@IWASBINDCANTUC]

Fi Handley not yet hopefully

[@iadorenewyork1]

I am curious about why it seems a coda for the end of your life. (I’m currently picking out music for my own funeral, so I’m thinking about all this.)

[@charleseadie5796]

Likewise.

[@mapsan1]

I "know" that shirt, I was very proud of finding a sort of that in a charity shop -76 (and I had seen this performance on Swedish TV - I think we were a spoild crowd despite our goverment...

[@MrCitalo]

PERFEKT,.,,,

[@domais68]

Great song! Even better lyrics!

[@ndec5139]

A mesmerizing song! Roxy Music’s earlies albums were all real gems.

[@jjseandxcefree]

Uncompromising. Visionary. Literate. that's why i still listen to RM and nothing current.

[@mont-reicadaxac9755]

Grande Mr. Ferry.

[@deltazulu70]

I first saw Roxy Music in 1971 just before they released Virginia Plain and have followed them ever since. Their music has always been special and individual 😎

[@JohnMcKenna-of8tl]

Country life was when I got hipped to the beat I was 14.!!!

[@giapamelax]

I want this song, my song to be in my life every day when I drive, every special moment until my time to depart from this world comes... I've been so lucky I was loved by a man the way this song explains.

[@impowaster]

This song is about his addiction to Cocaine

[@NEVERagainEVER423]

@@impowaster no

[@classygary]

@@NEVERagainEVER423 yes

[@gregbowden5876]

I don't know what to say just amazing!!

[@davidklein1903]

This is my favorite rendition of this epic song. Never gets boring to listen to it.

[@fredsnyder8252]

Saw them in concert- we wish they would reform this - we've seen Bryan x2 solo & Roxy Music's 50th reunion tour & he didn't perform it. It's our fave!!

[@sabinescheer7803]

Geile Zeiten !! Love this sexy and talented guy.

[@UltanMashup]

Outstanding performance of a monster of a well-crafted song.

[@stiofandundealgan1280]

A legendary pop rock band who inspired, with Bowie, the new wave music of the 80's and the following pop rock years !

[@guidosiebert6284]

Eh don,t foget Marc Bolan-Pretty please

[@sillysod33]

Binge listening: Month 3.

[@shadowplay5363]

No wonder many punk bands were Roxy Music fans, they could sound very proto-punk in the early, and wonderful, albums.

[@Steve-dv8zr]

Just fkn SLICK....

[@johnsilver2832]

God, i was born in1976. What a beautiful song

[@MrSebboxxx]

omg I was 20 and such a fan of Roxy Music :-)

[@alanscottnoblitt5681]

Capital i, agreed, I love the music beyond all words.

[@ivalard]

Bryan is so cool‼️❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaelnewman2133]

Absolutely Fantastic!

[@Dan-nt2yb]

My favourite RM song.😃👍🏾

[@valivideography]

So underrated... This song is madness! 😁

[@speedbirdconcordeBOAB]

Underrated? Nonsense.

[@karapana8398]

he is a good singer, isnt he?

[@TheTestingGrounds]

Damn, they are GOOD

[@TheAcenightcreeper]

Well Ive been party time wasting is too much fun...when nuclear war is imminent...needed a good cheer up, In times of depression and nuclear war, you can always depend on Roxy Music to bring a smile to your face

[@georgefifth846]

Hmmmmm okey...whatever u say bro..

[@hansmaussen2134]

Yes, this is a masterpie

[@raymondperrelli2539]

My thoughts exactly!

[@top_gallant]

Years ago I heard this song in a film called SLC.

[@bdfunke]

My favorite Roxy tune.

[@davidkavanagh9551]

Fucking 53 years of age and I've only just come across this. 🤔🤔🤔

[@tigertuft]

sound quality is outstanding on this.

[@andromedapersea4792]

Ferry nous charme et ondule ..quel sensuel moment merci bryan

[@briantripoli5348]

Wow ..... i needed this break from....this time in life.

[@TariqKhan-xt5qs]

1974 Musikladen, is my all time favorite

[@ellel5363]

How great is this!

[@urbanfryk4590]

Very good! All the best from Sweden!

[@pepperachu]

They got pretty close to the studio version

[@JohnMcKenna-of8tl]

This band and crack cocaine, got me through some of best moments of my life.!!!

[@ruitsgm]

One of my all time music heroes

[@franklinloll2229]

So loud, just pounding fascinating sounds

[@Reinh4444]

B R I L L I A N T ! ! !

[@michaeldeanmcdaniel4427]

Totally incredible!

[@pbot2029]

Ha ha, SLC Punk brought me here. Love this song though, and love this performance more than the studio version

[@NudeAvenger]

That's cool! SLC Punk was a great movie.

[@opacid]

+Param Bhattacharyya The funny thing is, I was into punk in to 80's and had this album; although quite different from punk.

[@PatrickLannigan]

+Opacid Krash This is what the early punk adopters listened to before punk + Iggy Pop

[@opacid]

I love that song :D

[@opacid]

Hehe, Brian Ferry.

[@deborahadoptanteatube7266]

Beautiful.

[@JohnChalmers617]

There is done unbelievably by a young woman armed with only a n accostic guitar . Brian Ferry would be proud !

[@TrackratTv]

He looks like he's sweating, but it's pure talent coming out of his pores

[@uziforyoutosay1749]

More like a coke sweat

[@larsheihei3683]

@@uziforyoutosay1749 yup! 😂

[@rel9qr]

@@uziforyoutosay1749he never did drugs

[@bloodflower2141]

lovin the vietnam vibes

[@MrCitalo]

ow w e know from where "STONE ISLAND"has his FASHION IDEAS,,,,,,,MR;;;FERRY;;!)/1971......LOVE THE GUY,,,,,LOVE THE WHOLE BAND,,,,,

[@marianacingolani3476]

Nunca me voy a cansar de escuchar esta canción!

[@Giuliano-et3ef]

Yo tampoco, la primera vez que esqueche esta canzion tenia 20 anos(1984) super guapa....la peli eras lsc punk

[@De132an]

Miss Eno!

[@miranzejnelagic8822]

I love this song

[@thomaspluto4979]

I'm always saying "Mother of Pearl!" instead of cussing. Now I know where I picked up the phrase.

[@stevelanciloti1071]

Great debanaur look Bryan Ferry

[@Mewhen12369]

Piano part on a clavinet sounds very interesting.

[@BrianKlobyGuitar]

Most Awesome :)