If There Is Something

If There Is Something

Infobox Song
Name = If There Is Something
Artist = Roxy Music
Album = Roxy Music
Released= June 1972


track_no = 3
Recorded = 17 March 1972 at Command Studios, London
Genre = Art/Glam-rock
Length = 6:34
Writer = Bryan Ferry
[Label =]
Producer = Peter Sinfield
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"If There Is Something" is a song by Bryan Ferry, recorded by his Roxy Music for their eponymous debut album. A live version can be found on their "Viva!" live-album.

The song begins in a rather light-hearted, jaunty fashion, a slight pastiche of country music, with honky tonk style piano and twangy guitar. Ferry's singing is nonchalant and jocular.

However the mood of the song builds with a repeated instrumental motif played between guitar and saxophone, Ferry's vocals re-entering to provide a fraught vocal climax, the lyrics including a mention of passion for potatoes.

The instrumental motifs then return, finally giving way to an emotional end section where Ferry's impassioned and melancholy vocals are set on top of a lush blend of backing vocals and the mellotron "three violins" tape set.

The song features in the 2008 film starring Daniel Craig entitled "Flashbacks of a Fool" - where a young Joe Scott and Ruth Davies dance in Ruth's living room to it; Joe dressed as Bryan Ferry.

Live performances

The song was played on all the early Roxy Music tours and the instrumental passages were extended greatly, increasing the length of the song from 6:34 to sometimes over 12 minutes. On 18 February 1972, the BBC sessions aired a performance of over 11 minutes. During the Country Life tour the song was also performed, and the performance at Newcastle City Hall on 27 or 28 October 1974 was used for the 1974 Live album "Viva!".After 1975 however, the song was no longer played until the Roxy Music Reunion tour in 2001.

Musicians


=On the "Roxy Music" album-version=

* Andy MacKay – saxophone, backing vocals
* Bryan Ferry – Voice, Piano, mellotron
* Eno – EMS VCS 3 synth, backing vocals
* Graham Simpson – Bass Guitar.
* Paul Thompson – Drums
* Phil Manzanera – Guitar


=On the "Viva!" live-version=

* Andy MacKay – Saxophone And Oboe
* Bryan Ferry – Voice And Keyboards
* Eddie Jobson – Strings, Synthesizer and Keyboards
* John Wetton – Bass
* Paul Thompson – Drums
* Phil Manzanera – Guitar

Cover versions

* Tin Machine covered their song on their Tin Machine II album in 1991.

External links

* [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/roxy+music/if+there+is+something_20118969.html Lyrics]


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