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Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things Audio CD

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Bryan Ferry Band: Bryan Ferry
Title: These Foolish Things
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Release Date: 2000-03-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 2: River of Salt 3: Don't Ever Change 4: Piece of My Heart 5: Baby I Don't Care 6: It's My Party 7: Don't Worry Baby 8: Sympathy for the Devil 9: Track of My Tears 10: You Won't See Me 11: I Love How You Love Me 12: Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever 13: These Foolish Things

These Foolish Things
His rendition of Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" is astounding as is his version of "These Foolish Things". These Foolish Things being Ferry's 1973 release and his debute solo effort and contains cover versions of songs by the likes of Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Elvis Presley. Ferry looks quite stylish on the cover and his vocal skills are right on the mark. 5/5.


A Great Debut
It's almost blasphemous the way he covers some of these songs, but that's probably why it's so great. This man is such a spaz.

If anyone wanted to take songs and made them his own, this album could be the blueprint. I remember getting the cassette years ago, and liking one side more than the other, but it's all so shockingly retarded you have to love it. He makes Dylan sound like The Monster Mash.

I could never tell if he was joking. Is this camp, or is Bryan Ferry just that freaking weird he doesn't know how strange these covers are? This is one twisted puppy. But what could I say, that you couldnt gather from listening to the song samples. If you can appreciate the absurdity of it, you'll love it. I'm going to pick up his Dylanesque next. .


Bryan's solo Debut.
Ferry has selected a premium batch of cover songs for his signature interpretations, and his taste is (of course) impeccable. An excellent tour through the history of Rock/Pop music of the mid-20th century. The weakest point on the album is probably his cover of 'Sympathy for the Devil' which I had long thought could not be tackled by anyone other than Jagger - that was, until Laibach got a hold of it and turned it upside down and inside out (to great effect). The remainder of the album is great though, and Bryan manages to reinterpret many of these classics without forsaking the power of the originals. An impressive opening salvo.


"trudi51" is sadly mistaken
So "Trudi" didn't like "Hard Rain. "These Foolish Things" represents the more "pop" side of Bryan Ferry, and, if you read the liner closely enuf, you'll see that, it all but name, it is a Roxy Music album/cd, with all the "Stranded"/"Country Life"/"Siren" musicians featured (which means, thank goodness, none of "Eno's" foolishness). . . ?" Sorry, darlin', that is the absolute very best "Dylan Cover" I'VE ever heard. And Ferry's rendition of Leslie Gore's "It's My Party" is an absolute hoot, too. Really, the only drawback is Ferry's way-over-the-top "dramatic" rendition of the Stones "Sympathy For The Devil," but - hey - this is a collection of one man's favorite pop songs, and he does pull it off EVER-So-Well! Say it again: FIVE STARS! .


Prime Ferry
That year saw the release of his debut solo album which happens to be one of his finest collection of cover songs if not the best and Roxy Music's "Stranded"-arguably their best album as well. Musically,1973 was a very good year for Bryan Ferry. Seemingly everything Bryan touched that year was golden. "Hard Rain" is wonderful with its orchestral flourishes, adding more color and textures to the already colorful lyrics of Bob Dylan. Some may think it's overdone but I love its new theatrics. The Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil" also gets a full blown orchestral treatment with Mr. Ferry indeed sounding quite devilish. Other highlights include his funny, high camp version of "It's My Party", the rousing versions of "Don't Ever Change", "Piece Of My Heart", Baby I Don't Care", "You Won't See Me", "I Love How You Love Me", and "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever". The pathos displayed in songs like "River Of Salt", "Don't Worry Baby", "The Track Of My Tears" and the title song is absolutely riveting. Hearing these songs is almost like seeing them acted out because of Ferry's inherent theatricality. In addition to the songs themselves, the wonderful remastering of this CD makes it a neccessary one to own if you dig all things Bryan Ferry. Check It Out!.


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