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Bryan Ferry : Sign of the Times

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The second single from The Bride Stripped Bare, Bryan Ferry's "Sign of the Times" entered the UK charts at #69 on July 30, 1978. It is arguably the most Roxy of his singles. Bearded and apparently taking no advice about what you can wear in front of a chromakey wall, Ferry shot his video on the set of The Kenny Everett Video Show with a large hawk of some kind. The single only peaked at (CLAP CLAP) #37, but finished #10 on the list of NME's favorite singles of 1978.

Roxy Music would reform this month.

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Bryan Ferry : What Goes On

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On May 8, 1978 Bryan Ferry's cover of the Velvet Underground's "What Goes On" dented the U.K charts at #71. It would peak at #67. The track is from Ferry's new album The Bride Stripped Bare. At the time Ferry was in anguish, which might explain the beard in the videos below.

 His girlfriend ( and Siren cover model) Jerry "Prairie Rose"  Hall had left him for Mick Jagger. Ferry adds the line  "How does it feel to be loved" from another Velvet Underground track, "Beginning to See the Light" just to get in one more heartsick dig. 

Doesn't hold a candle to the original but that third Velvets album is an all time favorite of mine.