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Instead he stylishly cruises through the number and displays
a skill that few have - knowing that you don't need to paint
your face, wear gaudy clothes, or ram your tongue down the
crowd's throat to be the main man.
Quietly grooving with the music he leads his band and back-up
singers in a concert that will grab you with its class and,
above all, terrific music.
For Roxy Music fans there are some wonderful tracks - Out
of the Blue, Both Ends Burning, My Only Love, Editions of
You - and covers of Neil Young's Like a Hurricane and John
Lennon's Jealous Guy, which absolutely dumps on the original.
But for mine, if you want to get off your seat and boogie
around the room it's got to be the massively successful Avalon,
Dance Away and Love is the Drug. They are the epitomy of Roxy
Music and are addictively repeat plays.
The transfer of The High Road is pretty good, considering
the age of the film stock and is quite visually soft. Still
there's plenty of stage colour and youngsters can see how
concerts used to be.
But it's the music more than the visuals and the sound is
very good. This is a put-on-the-player-and-crank-the-volume-up
DVD. It's only Dolby 2.0 but you don't need gazillions of
channels when this mob plays.
I only saw the band perform once, but all those fantastic
memories came back with this release.
Conclusion:
Rating: 90%
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