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I could show you in a word
If I wanted to
A window on a world
With a lovely view
From close up inside a single room
With an open book aside
Like you read in school
It's so easy, believe me
When you need fun
I do anything to turn you on
Anything to turn you on
It's raining in New York
On Fifth Avenue
And off Broadway after dark
Love the lights don't you
I could walk you through the park
If you're feeling blue
Or whatever
Spring Summer whenever
Winter through Fall
I'd do anything to turn you on
Anything to turn you on
I could leave you as you were
If I wanted to
Then I wonder is it fair
Now you're on your own
Who cares about you
Except me, God help me
When things go wrong
I do anything to turn you
Must phone me, you know me
When things go wrong
I do anything to turn you on
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 05:14 ..looks like he's having a stroke when he sings...like Jeff Bridges in "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" after a kicking by George Kennedy. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 15:30 DVD RECOMMENDATION: Roxy Music Live At the Apollo Extremely well-produced! (And terrific eye candy!!!!) |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 12:56 lily34 wrote: one of the first songs i had heard from roxy and is definitely my favorite. i just love how it begins and flows through. love it! great to hear it here, too! And I love the way Bryan falls apart at the end - God Help me when things go wrong! Yeh I been there, but things are better now. |
| Mandible | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 12:53 wtf? |
| hamer12string (Orlando, FL) | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 12:53 Love this record. |
| WayUpNorth (Down on the Farm) | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 12:52 anotherlistener wrote: Great album, romantic, sensual, and very sexy. Was then, still is now.  |
| themotion (somewhere between infinity) | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 12:52 i gotta say ... this is horrendous. imho |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 17:19 one of the first songs i had heard from roxy and is definitely my favorite. i just love how it begins and flows through. love it! great to hear it here, too! |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 17:07 Bill, I do not share your love of Roxy Music. |
| phineas | Posted: May 14, 2009 - 22:53 This album came out when I was in university, which is damned lucky timing... |
| LastChance | Posted: Apr 13, 2009 - 08:26 Yes! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 09, 2009 - 06:08 anotherlistener wrote: Great album, romantic, sensual, and very sexy. Oh, yeah. This one's on the nightstand... |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Nov 07, 2008 - 12:04 Orgasmic rock at its very best. |
| oscar_driver (Planet Earth) | Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 11:12 horrible 80's |
| SantaFeGrace (Santa Fe, NM) | Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 11:10 anotherlistener wrote: Great album, romantic, sensual, and very sexy. That's exactly why I love it!  |
| anotherlistener | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 07:25 Great album, romantic, sensual, and very sexy. |
| peyotecoyote (Home of Sir Frederick Banting) | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 07:21 ROSSinDETROIT wrote: Totally stupendous album. indeed...and as a complete work of music, it is one of my absolute all time favourites. |
| ROSSinDETROIT (Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.) | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 07:19 Totally stupendous album. |
| Excelsior | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 07:19 Utter schmaltzy crap. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Aug 03, 2008 - 15:33 Ok, so he would leave you if ... if ... if ... come on man , make up your mind! Geeze Louise, let's have some commitment to your commitments, eh? |
| birdland (Right about....here.) | Posted: Aug 03, 2008 - 15:30 This is really well thought out and executed. A joy to hear. |
| eastcoast | Posted: May 01, 2008 - 03:45 I have to agree with the consensus...pretty boring |
| justlistening (So. California) | Posted: Mar 30, 2008 - 15:56 davin wrote: Wow, this is pretty pansy.
Couldn't agree more. Bleh! Weak. Almost smarmy. No, it is smarmy. |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Mar 30, 2008 - 15:55 moonbat wrote: OK song from a great album.
Yes, you pegged it. |
| Xeric (Up on the Roof) | Posted: Mar 30, 2008 - 15:54 You know, if you combined this with ELP's "Still, You Turn Me On" . . . you'd have two sappy toss-offs from otherwise great bands. |
| ursus88 (MA) | Posted: Oct 25, 2007 - 10:57 Wow ... from 2004 to 2007 without a play? How could THAT happen? :) Great song; exceptional album. |
| davin (Victoria, British Columbia) | Posted: Oct 25, 2007 - 10:57 Wow, this is pretty pansy. |
| amoreena (St. Louis) | Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 15:41 Played this album over and over at my wedding reception/weekend after a sunset ceremony on the Galveston shore. Thank you, Bill...and Tom..... |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 15:39 Great Roxy Music |
| tulfan (One of the last ones in SE MI) | Posted: Jul 23, 2007 - 04:19 Still one of my favorite disks...I refer to it often... |
| ProfessorFrink (10 seconds in the future) | Posted: Jul 23, 2007 - 04:19 moonbat wrote: OK song from a great album.
What he said. |
| moonbat (Flying Low and Avoiding The Radar) | Posted: Jun 21, 2007 - 18:14 OK song from a great album. |
| morgsy67 (Cape Cod, MA) | Posted: May 21, 2007 - 09:23 I was introduced to this album by my older brother back when it came out- We were in his Porche 914 (Porche's crappiest model) I remember him saying, as he put in the tape, "You've got to heare this, there's not a bad tune on it." He was right. |
| gopre | Posted: May 21, 2007 - 09:22 Thanks for playing this. One of the first CDs I bought when the new medium came out. Great music and vocals. |
| rocco1207 (the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat) | Posted: May 21, 2007 - 09:20 Daveinbawlmer wrote: Love the bass on this track. Fantastic record, has stood the test of time. Still sounds wonderful.  I think its their best! |
| Daveinbawlmer | Posted: Sep 22, 2004 - 20:12 Love the bass on this track. Fantastic record, has stood the test of time. Still sounds wonderful. |
| ksb (Oakland, CA) | Posted: Aug 09, 2004 - 14:26 This entire album always reminds me of the dorm room of my first girlfriend in college. Had to force myself to listen to it after I kept finding her in my friend's dorm room. "I'm not going to let her ruin this album for me" I said each time I put it in the tape deck. So this album for me has gone from being: little known, to romantic, to painfull, to carthatic and is now just a great album. |
| llazare (Ann Arbor, MI) | Posted: Aug 09, 2004 - 14:14 Holy crap, 3 songs from 3 of my DIDs in the space of 1/2 hour. LOVE this record!!! |
| phineas (lotusland) | Posted: Aug 09, 2004 - 14:11 Great vocal, great bass, great lead guitar. Basically great. Really great. The drums are great too. It's great. |
| ScopArch (St. Johns' College High School 1972, D.C.) | Posted: Aug 09, 2004 - 14:11 Great classic Roxy tune from a classic album! Why hasn't it been played yet till now? Can play more often! |
| ninja_band (chicago, il) | Posted: Aug 09, 2004 - 14:11 may be my favorite track on this disc - excellent |