Random Track of the Day
Wednesday, November 9 2011
Someone we haven't heard from at all during the course of my journal, in any capacity, is Bryan Ferry. The random-o-meter rectifies that now, with a track from his fifth solo album, the rather tittilatingly-titled (try saying that after six pints of wicked strength lager!) “The bride stripped bare”.
Sign of the times --- Bryan Ferry --- from "The bride stripped bare" on EG
Always a distinctive voice, Ferry was the frontman for Roxy Music for over ten years, and for this album he pulled in top talent like John Wetton, Herbie Flowers and the incomparable Mel Collins on sax. It's a rocker, with a hard edge reminiscent of his early work with the band, in the vein of “A hard rain's gonna fall” or “Virginia plain”.