{"id":2216,"date":"2015-06-16T11:49:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T10:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyeplug.net\/magazine\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2011-06-13T11:04:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T11:04:31","slug":"roxy-music-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98manchester-manifesto%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/roxy-music-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98manchester-manifesto%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"Roxy Music \u2013 \u2018Manchester Manifesto\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

DVD\/CD set, Easy Action\/AVF<\/strong><\/p>\n

Originally filmed by Granada TV in May 1979, this concert from Manchester Apollo was part of the band\u2019s comeback UK tour following their three year hiatus. Garnished with three numbers from the recently issues Manifesto <\/em>(interestingly, no \u2018Dance Away\u2019 or \u2018Angel Eyes\u2019), the drew heavily upon the group\u2019s impressive back catalogue, while showcasing their visual metamorphosis from post-glam butterflies to singles bar lounge lizards.<\/p>\n

Although filmed by what Ferry describes as the \u2018outside broadcast from Coronation Street<\/em>\u2019 the reproduction quality for viewing on contemporary HDTVs is good, especially when one considers the technology available at the time. There\u2019s some nice period lysergic special effects during \u2018In Every Dream Home A Heart Ache\u2019 and multiple camera angles are well utilised. Additionally, the concert has been enabled for 5.1 surround sound.<\/p>\n

Given that the band had moved on from the extravagant costume party of the Eno era, much of the visual focus falls on their frontman, who \u2013 fully aware of the camera\u2019s presence at all times \u2013 runs through a comprehensive range of emotive gurning that draws the close-up lens magnetically to him. Dressed in cerise leatherette suit, white shoes and wearing a good hundredweight of slap, Ferry initially resembles David Sylvian\u2019s big brother, but as he gets sweaty, suave seems to leak from his very pores. At one point, I found myself riveted to tracking the progress of a rivulet of sweat as it traversed the right side of the frontman\u2019s fizzog.<\/p>\n

While he occasionally starts dancing like a man on his way from buffet to dance floor at a wedding reception, when Ferry breaks out the moves \u2013 as he does for \u2018Love Is The Drug\u2019, the effect is somewhat mesmeric. After a bravura <\/em>Manzarek solo on \u2018Dream Home\u2019 and Bri\u2019s harp interludes during \u2018Ain\u2019t That So\u2019, the quintet shift into a powerhouse home stretch that has the previously seated audience on their feet for \u2018Love Is The Drug\u2019, a high-octane \u2018Editions of\u00a0 You\u2019 (which provokes an outbreak of duckwalking by Messrs McKay, Manzarek, and Tibbs) and \u2018Re-Make\/Re-Model\u2019. The final track culminates in a rapturous response, inspired in no small part by Andy McKay\u2019s sax heroics \u2013 although dressed like an Orwellian ticket inspector; the horn titan provides the band with a second visual focal point throughout.<\/p>\n

Finally, the band return in shirtsleeves for a post-coital \u2018Virginia Plain\u2019, which culminates in the customary participative climax. On the whole, it\u2019s an engaging performance that amuses and delights in pretty much equal measure.<\/p>\n

The set also includes a sleevenote booklet and a CD recording of the concert that brings out the aural nuances of the performance particularly well.<\/p>\n

To order Manchester Manifesto <\/em>direct, click HERE<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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