September Song... More Than This

I could feel at the time

There was no way of knowing

Fallen leaves in the night

Who can say where they're blowing?

As free as the wind

Hopefully learning

Why the sea on the tide

Has no way of turning?

More than this, you know there is nothing

More than this, tell me one thing

More than this, there is nothing

It was fun for a while

There was no way of knowing

Like a dream in the night

Who can say where we're going?

No care in the world

Maybe I'm learning

Why the sea on the tide

Has no way of turning?

More than this, you know there is nothing

More than this, tell me one thing

More than this, now there is nothing

More than this, nothing

More than this

More than this, nothing

Bryan Ferry

1982

This goes out to regular reader- Rico

A Little Ferry Dust

“Other bands wanted to wreck hotel rooms, Roxy Music wanted to redecorate them.”

I have been a fan for more than 40 years, I only saw him in concert only once, in the mid-1980s, & I found Bryan Ferry to be one long, tall, cool drink of water. From Virginia Plain in 1971 to Tender Is The Night from last year's album- Olympia, Ferry has been a favorite of everyone at Post Apocalyptic Bohemia.

Ferry has maintained his status as one of the coolest guys with his suave personal style & smooth crooning, with seemingly little effort. His tastes in all things are refined: beautiful women, fine art, fashion & design.

Ferry has enjoyed longtime partnering with clothing designer Antony Price of London’s King’s Road, together they created Ferry’s signature image & look & his love for beautiful spaces.

Perhaps best remembered for his soulful keyboard pop covers of classic  songs like Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Dylan's A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, Ferry’s traditionalist singing style is the perfect counterpoint for Roxy Music’s experimental art rock experimentation.
 

 
Ferry's satin, smooth, space-age cabaret style with Roxy Music is incredible: Love Is the Drug, More Than This, Slave To Love, Don't Stop The Dance, Is You Love Strong Enough, Kiss & Tell. Ferry has devoted much of his solo work to tender re-workings of songs varying from Soul, Rock & Standards from the 1920s-1960s, including an album of all Dylan covers. His succulent voice possesses a powerful seductiveness that is difficult to resist.
 
For those of us at Post Apocalyptic Bohemia, he is all that. Ferry turns 66 years old today.