Behind The Sophisticated & Elegant Father of 80s New Wave Plus Top 5 songs | VOX | Professor of Rock

Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music crafted his own distinctive singing style- developing a beautiful voice that matches his sophisticated flair- elegant, charming, and gallant. He has quietly become one of the most influential artists of the Rock Era- deeply affecting many notable performers, including Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Morrissey and David Bowie- particularly his Serious Moonlight phase. If David Bowie is the ’thin white duke’, then, at 6 foot one inch, Bryan Ferry is the ’tall suave chevalier. We cover his top 5 songs, that we call a fiver, songs like Love is the Drug, More Than This, and Slave to Love.
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#5- From 1980, “Over You” the lead single off the Roxy Music album Flesh + Blood (Flesh and Blood).
Co-written by Bryan & guitarist Phil Manzanera- “Over You” was a #5 hit in the UK.
Bryan performs “Over You” with the pining of a desperate lover.
#4- “Sensation” - from the 1985 solo Bryan Ferry release Boys and Girls, which is a SUPERB album. I like to call the Boys and Girls album Bryan Ferry’s 'solo Avalon', because it has so many amazing cuts.
#3- “Love Is the Drug”
It was the only Roxy Music song to break the Top 40 in American- reaching #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975
The song was much bigger in the UK- rising all the way to #2, and #3 in Canada.
#2- From 1985 “Slave to Love”
The first single from the Boys & Girls record.
It was a #10 hit in the UK
#1- “More Than This” the melancholy masterpiece from the vaunted Roxy Music album Avalon- released in 1982.
Bryan Ferry just simply nails this song with a powerful tone of despondency in his vocal performance that resonates with anyone that has felt the agony of a broken love affair. It’s a vicious punch to the stomach that can hurt far worse than any other physical affliction.
Bryan Ferry has been asked many times why he thinks “More Than This” has endured, and his answer is fundamental. He believes that the gloomy dreariness of the constant clouds and rain that he experienced while writing the song in Western Ireland put him in a perfect state of mind to come up with such a wonderfully dark composition.
“More Than This” ascended to #6 in Australia and the UK
In America, it attracted a cult New Wave following, but failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100.
It is difficult to mention my appreciation for Bryan Ferry’s vocal performance on “More Than This” without gushing over the depth of the entire Avalon album on which “More Than This” is the first cut.
The title track, for instance, is an incredible song, as is “The Space Between” and “the Main Thing”, but all 10 songs on the album are outstanding. Even the instrumental “Tara” is beautiful, showcasing Andy MacKay’s stellar talent as a saxophonist, and Bryan Ferry is extraordinary throughout.