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Listed below are comments made by RoxyJohn between Friday, 18th September 2009 and Thursday, 5th November 2009.

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Next week's themes... 09:02am on 05 Nov 2009 Thursday - Bonfire Night

Roxy Music 'Both Ends Burning'
Phil Manzanera/801 'Baby's On Fire'
The Explorers 'You Go Up In Smoke'

J.O'B.
Next week's themes... 10:44am on 04 Nov 2009 Mark Smith R.I.P.

Another unsung hero taken to that great gig in the sky.

Mark Smith is a session bass player who has played with many artists including The Waterboys, Van Morrison, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music to name a few has died at the age of 49. I met Mark a few times and was one of the most unnassuming musicians I have ever met despite sharing the stage with some of the biggest names in modern music. One of Mark's most famous bass sessions was on 'Angels' by Robbie Williams. Now he is with the angels I am sure.

J.O'B.

http://www.marksmithbass.com/

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6arab_mark-smith-an-interview_music
Next week's themes... 10:58pm on 30 Oct 2009 Monday:
Discreet Music by Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno

Tuesday
Roxy Music 'Trash'

Wednesday
Roxy Music 'Mother Of Pearl'

Thursday
The over shadowed Roxy Music single 'Both Ends Burning'
Next week's themes... 08:57am on 27 Oct 2009 A wee thought for a theme:

'Over-shadowed singles"

You know the singles off an album that where over-shadowed by the more famous hit that gets played all the time. Usually the second or third single release from an album that doesn't sell as well because the first single was released before the album.

Roxy Music's 'Both Ends Burning' get forgotton about due to it more famous sibling 'Love Is The Drug' both from the 'Siren' album.

Good idea for a theme?
J.O'B.
Next week's themes... 08:24am on 27 Oct 2009 All you need is:
Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, Sharon Corr, Cara Dillon, Midge Ure, Brian May, Bill Wyman, Paloma Faith, Hayley Westenra, Clare Teal, Cara Dillon, Bailey Tzuke, Beth Rowley, Heather Small, Nick Mason.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBsXOKvi3Ss
Next week's themes... 7:30pm on 24 Oct 2009 Synth tracks

David Sylvian - - Bamboo Music
Japan - - Cantonese Boy
Japan - - Ghosts
Next week's themes... 7:29pm on 24 Oct 2009 #50 good on you for VP.

I will go for Roxy's 'South Downs' the b-side to Oh Yeah. It is a 5 minute atmospheric synth piece by Ferry. The track is so weird that when they put it on a box set called The Thrill Of It All, they laced the master tape on backwards and no one noticed. (until the fans heard it after it was released)

Trash 2 is a good synth track (B-side to Trash)

Simple Minds 'Theme For Great Cities', another cracker too

J.O'B.

P.S. what Manzanera track was played and what was the theme.
Next week's themes... 5:48pm on 24 Oct 2009 #34
"Facts about synthesisers

The word comes from the Latin syn meaning bad and thesis meaning idea."

I am not sure about that, I always thought it was the use of the word synthetic to make synthetic sounds.

J.O'B.
(Just back from most of October in sunnier climates)
Next Week's themes... 09:22am on 21 Sep 2009 Tuesday: Mortality

The title track from Bryan Ferry's 'Boys And Girls' album was written when his father died and has the line 'death is the friend I've yet to meet'

J.O'B.
Next Week's themes... 1:47pm on 18 Sep 2009 Monday: The Bairns

Bryan Ferry's son Otis, is credited with 'whip' on 'Cruel'. It can be heard at the end as he cracks the whip on the backbeat.

J.O'B.

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