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| Author: | VivaRoxyMusic.com [ Tue Jun 10, 2025 12:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Bryan Ferry - Help me (Live) |
I was asked to play some Roxy/Ferry music at the recent Glasgow Convention. This was done within the confines of a small band using backing tracks for some keyboards, bass, drums and some backing vocals. The first thing that I wanted to do was to have a female singer, so that there is no chance of a comparison with Mr Ferry. I also wanted to do something less known from the Roxy/Ferry canon. I chose Help Me, not necessarily a favourite of mine, but more as it has never been done live and as an obscure track that Bryan did for a soundtrack. This is our own spin on Help Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IrXEWP6K-w J.O'B. |
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| Author: | UKRichard [ Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bryan Ferry - Help me (Live) |
Musically excellent, John and a wonderful vocal too. A good choice. Loved your guitar solo. What else was on your set list? |
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| Author: | VivaRoxyMusic.com [ Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bryan Ferry - Help me (Live) |
Thanks Richard. Help Me is not everyone’s favourite, but one of the reasons I chose to do this song was that it was an obscure, tucked away song in the Ferry canon. Although there are a lot of die-hards at the convention, we were also aware that there are a lot wives, husbands, friends who want to hear the hits. It was a case of balancing that. We looked at songs that neither Bryan or Roxy had performed live before, so within the set were: Help me, Is Your Love Strong Enough? & No Strange Delight. We also wanted to put our own spin on some songs too, so we did a sort of piano/vocal intro & first verse to Pyjamarama, and similar to Angel Eyes. These will all end up on YouTube eventually as we edit each video as we had 5 cameras recording it all. It takes time song by song to edit them. Katie is someone local to me that I am producing an album for and her late father was a huge Roxy fan, so she was delighted to do the gig. Oliver is of course the sax player in Roxy Magic, and also a member of the convention committee. I did guitar & keyboards. I did backing tracks with bass, drums and some keys at home. It was neither practical or efficient to rehearse a full band for this so the backing tracks were the compromise. This video is of the opening of the show where I used themes from two Roxy tracks to seque into the opening song. One of those themes ‘Trash 2’s intro had never been performed live before. https://youtu.be/-TfJZW5QqMU?si=K4gC6xzFwdP4Y9WR |
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