Street Life (Roxy Music song)

Infobox Song
Name = Street Life
Artist = Roxy Music
Album = Stranded
Released= 13 November 1973


track_no = 1
Recorded = September 1973 at Air Studios London
Genre = Art rock
Length = 3:29
Writer = Bryan Ferry
Label = EG Records
Producer = Chris Thomas
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next_no = 2"Street Life" is the opening track on Roxy Music's November 1973 album Stranded,the first Roxy Music album without Brian Eno.It was released as a single in the UK and reached number 9 on the chart. None of the the previous Roxy Music singles (Virginia Plain and Pyjamarama) had been included on their albums, so this was the first Roxy Music single to be present on an album.

In 2001, in the Roxy Reunion Tour, this was the second song to be played; "Re-Make/Re-Model" was first.

Covers

Bassist John Taylor, during his solo period after leaving Duran Duran in 1997, organized a Roxy Music tribute album called "Dream Home Heartaches: Remaking/Remodeling Roxy Music" (released 1999). "Street Life" was covered by Gerry Laffy and Simon Laffy, credited as Phantom 5. [ [http://www.trusttheprocess.com/TTPownit.music.html John Taylor's Trust The Process website] ]

The band Def Leppard covered "Street Life" on their album "Yeah!".

Morrissey also performed the song during some European festival dates during his 2006 tour.

Credits

* Bryan Ferry: Voice and Piano
* Andy MacKay: Oboe and Saxophone (and Treatments)
* John Gustafson: Bass
* Paul Thompson: Drums and Timpani
* Phil Manzanera: Guitar (and Treatments)
* Eddie Jobson: Violin, Synthesizer and Keyboards

References