My mum loved this song soo much , she was such a brave strong woman , until cancer took her from us 😢💔mum we miss you and love you forever ….. This song was played at her funeral and breaks my heart the instant I hear it …. But wow what a song ! Thank you for such a masterpiece. Rip mum
The best cover version of this song ever. Not just Bryan's singing, but the whole act - gestures, face expressions, whistling... The guitar solo deserves appreciation on its own. A true masterpiece.
@@adriangabrielzancada1173 it's much better than the original in my opinion. Although I respect original version too (and without it there would't be this wonderful masterpiece), but anything musical touched by Bryan Ferry kinda turns into gold, such a smooth operator he is. 😍
@@bealeiere4121 Totalmente de acuerdo con lo que decis. Sin lugar a dudas es uno de los artistas mas destacado del new romantics , marcando su impronta sutil y de buen gusto musical y visual.!
Dear God, I can't imagine if I was born later and missed the 80's and 90's. I will leave this world with the best two decades just in time. I feel so sorry for the younger generation that they didn't experience life before this artificial crap of today.
I too think same as you, i'm glad i know that beautiful times in the seventies and first half of the eighties, Love that and Love Roxy Music. Respect !!!
Ofc 80s my teens but best pop groups . 90s rave , and so much . But music was better, society was better . And we where much happier . This song is a classic 👌
...'never go underground' - underground vs mainstream? Everything was fine down here, what you call it here? Call it what you will here Way down in this Subbacultcha.
This absolute masterpiece of a song actually got 4 incredible individual solos... guitar solo 1:50 which transforms into a saxophone solo 2:14, whistling solo 3:26 which transforms into a synth solo 3:50.. with whistling. Stunning.
One of the greatest "covers" of all time. Remember when this came out just a few months after the terrible murder of John Lennon. As some one else said , he would have been proud. The pathos, orchestration etc in this by Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music is simply beautiful. "Jealous Guy" what a song. The fade out whistling etc is beautiful.
Many "covers" are awesome. Sailing covered by Rod Steward. Without You covered by Nilsson and Mariah Carey. With a Little Help from My Friends covered by Joe Cocker. Always on My Mind covered by Elvis Presley and the Pet Shop Boys. Small selection... The original is often almost unknown.
For me I have to say this is a time when a remake is better than the original. There is so much feeling in this version and it really tugs on your heart strings.
Well the thing with Lennon's version was like many of his songs it was written for Yoko he loved her so much and people did not want to accept that and resented his leaving the Beatles with Brian it just does feel as personal.
@@annalisavajda252 H Anna . Just seen your comment and thanks for response. I appreciate your view and my comment is purely how I feel when listening to both versions.I was reluctant to post my comment as I truly admire John Lennon but had to be honest with my feelings.Kind regards.
@@franklittle5377 no, that was not what I ment. I ment both are wonderful. And John Lennon was brilliant. Unfortunately he died when I was quite a little girl and I discover his songs now, because I am learning to play piano. So I learn a lot about music and composer. So I fell in love with John's song and it is so heartbreaking that he hadn't much time.
This is a good arrangement and good production, BUT... There's no way this is BETTER than John Lennon's version! John's version comes from the depths of his soul, and his voice and his lyrics demonstrate that. Glad you admire the great works of the late, great John Lennon.
I agree, Melanie, these boys don't know the meaning. It's not just the clothes, represent what you are as a man who regards his lady as special as she is. Make her proud to have you.
I'm not ashamed to say I ripped off this look for my cousins wedding in the early 80s. The suit was a little darker, but had white shoes and a pink tie. 😜
This song saved my life many years ago. The saxophone solo in particular felt like a hug to me, Bryan Ferry's voice took me by the hand with its intense sense of understanding and I found the courage and strength to escape from years of humiliation, isolation and violence. Even today, after many, many years, the feeling is still the same. Thank you Brian Ferry for this wonderful gift. And for all other wonderful songs.💝🙏
I too have songs that seem to have just been there at the right time to envelope all my feelings and emotions of that particular point in my life , which come gushing back even now on hearing the song again. I'm so glad you found a better place
Um, I couldn’t agree more that this is a tremendous tribute, and arguably one of the all time greatest covers ever made by anybody… but to imply that the original had no soul is just complete and utter nonsense. The original was literally a man baring his soul. This cover takes the music to another level, yes… but believe me the soul was already there.
@@f.w.2054I think Lennon gave the original track a (slightly gritty, in the sense of musically imperfect) emotional authenticity and Nicky Hopkins' incomparable piano gave it soul. Seems to me that it's a bit like A Song for You, another song of apologetic disclosure and self doubt (in which Leon provided both the components I mentioned about Lennon's original ) covered by Donny Hathaway, (who made it much more beautiful). Except arguably Donny didn't significantly, or repeatedly, diminish either of those two elements (except there was nothing gritty in his singing, somehow it still rang very true for me ) . I love BF's musicality in this cover, but I personally find the slickness not a great fit with the vulnerable, self doubting subject matter.
Today is my Dad's birthday, 60th anniversary... My Dad is that guy who knows all the songs and singers from all around the world, this song was playing during dinner, I asked him who it was, straight away he answered Brian Ferry - Roxy Music - Jealous Guy... I am so amazed with his passion for music and his knowledge... Part of me admires him so much for this, the other part makes me angry for him to be such a brut sometimes. We don't talk too much because, life, younger brother problems and life again and again, but I do admire my old man so much... He gave me this good taste in music. He is still alive but I don't know why, I do miss him so very much... Thanks Dad for this good taste in music!
Der Song ist super 😊!!! Ach, wäre nochmal so jung 😮!!!! Ja, ich hätte viel anderes gemacht!!!! Aber nicht , das ich diese Musik hören darf!!! Das Pfeifen habe ich heute noch in den Ohren 😊!!!!
Timeless ageless classic. I have always considered John Lennon the ultimate songwriter, but Bryan Ferry's version sends tingles up my spine, from the vocals to the crying sax.
Yes I love John, George, Beatles John is or was the master in my eyes As much as I love John's original version I've got to agree. I love Brian Ferry's version better. And if John hadn't died. Brian would never have released it, as it was in memory of John's death Well done Brian RIP John x
Bin Ü 60, ich liebe diesen Song noch immer! So schön, fühle mich wieder in meine Jugendzeit versetzt wenn ich ihn 0:01 höre! Danke Bryan❤ 💕Grüße aus Austria
@@kevinprior3549 This was very early '80s though. And the sax player is Andy Mackay, who was a member of the band since the early '70s, so they weren't jumping on a bandwagon. But you're right that there were a lot of sax solos in the '80s. It was probably Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street in the late '70s that set the trend.
This will always be my favourite Roxy music son, Bryan is as is indeed the whole band classy,best dressed and frankly talented unlike so much current cr#p. I mean look at those suites
@@DanielThureskog Makes sense that it was the Prophet. That was one of the first widely used synthesizers. It was also used by Phil Collins around this time on In the Air Tonight.
Bryan Ferry has a stronger voice than John Lennon, but I think John’s version is better, I think it’s the piano, it makes it more emotional, I don’t cry at ferry’s version, but John Lennon’s is really sad X
I heared that song the first time in 1981 as a young man of 28. It became instantly one of my favourate songs and I'm happy listening to it here again.
I think you said it better than anyone else has (in this comment section). The original was already a beautiful, heartfelt song. A man baring his soul and confessing his sins… but Roxy Music just took it to a whole other level, and built (respectfully) upon the foundation presented in the original to an elegant, emotional masterpiece. This goes well beyond being merely a “cover”. This is one of the greatest tributes of all time, wrought with raw emotion and beautiful musicianship and production. Your summation is much more accurate than everything else I’ve read here.
No real doubt about it in my mind. As a huge Lennon fan even I know this is really Bryan Ferry's song, he just took ownership of it because he can sing it as it deserves to be sung.
I'm crying when I write this my dad loved Bryan ferry and roxy music, I was lucky enough to take him in 2,012 to Newcastle arena to watch your set he was gone 8 months after that, the smile on his face was worth every minute thank you for an amazing show I've still got all his roxy music on tape, that day was the last time me my dad and sister were together it was her birthday on the 1st of October it's ran into the 2nd your show was the last time we were together we have never spoken since he died. It unreal the you must get anyway thanks for the Newcastle arena what a show it was
This is ridiculous! John Lennon made this. So don't even think about that you might like this song! J-J-Just don't listen to Roxy music bullshit *John Lennon* yeah *John* freaking *Lennon* wrote this masterpiece goddess gracious!!
That synth music that was everywhere in the early 1980s, from Bowie, Roxy Music and Duran Duran - you just can't beat it and much kudos to anyone that lived thru it first hand like me. So many great memories.
One of those rare moments that a cover is better than the original by some margin. Everything about this is perfect. It's one that really pulls on the heart, you can literally feel the pain and regrets through Brian's vocals as if he'd written this himself. A masterpiece.
To make a cover for John Lennon tune, it takes a daring courage and a most serious talent. Bryan has achieved in this timeless classic something incredible, a better cover version than the original. I always argued, Bryan and Roxy Music are a category on their own, as one of the finest, most gifted and greatest bands of all time. I would suggest that there should be a museum dedicated to them, somewhere in central London, with all the memorabilia, style and elegance. A true national treasure. Avalon with Flesh and Blood albums could feel like bathing in organic milk and manuka honey, with sips of Dom Perignon, say 1947....
Why does it take courage from Bryan ferry hes a better singer than lennon ever was ferry added his own style to jealous guy and got it dead on lennon again couldn't do that because he didn't have the foresight or intelligence he wrote the song but couldn't do it justice like ferry did so what is thing about courage seriously
I was lucky enough to see Brian Ferry at a very small live concert in Germany, I’d say less than 1,000 people, with giant earthen owls eminating a scented smoke that, by it’s sweet odor, reminded me of something we used to “fly away” from our daily worries... It was a magic concert... stage catwalking straight into the crowd, Brian close enough to touch him, vibrating with a magical charisma that one would be unable to find these days in any of the so-called “stars”... That concert was pure magic, and I thank the lord on my knees that I was at the right place at the right time back then. My one man web design company that propelled me from the bottom to the top here in Thailand innthe late 90s was called Avalon, that should say it all. I love Roxy Music and Brian Ferry to bits. It was a magic time (80s and 90s)... A time that one can only dream of nowadays, where a socialist elite tries to strangle us all to death. My strength to overcome all this is the music of the 80s and 90s. Love to all you Roxy Music fans out there. ❤️☀️🇹🇭🏖🌴🥥🐘🌈
Nobody can deny the impact and importance of JL and of course the Beatles, but this has to be the best cover of all time, and absolutely shows Bryan is up there with the absolute legends and pioneers of rock/pop and not forgetting an icon of popular culture! BF "Legend"
Great song, but want to say a word for the video direction as it's as exquisite as the song itself. The slow panning, the mirrored image at the start, the cut from a close-up to an even closer up, the focus on a single band member at one time and the way the camera lingers on the sax player after his part. And Bryan Ferry looking, as he does, both deranged and yet unquestionably cool, in his pastille linen suit with eyes that could seduce millions into bed, whilst simultaneously snarling to the camera and singing about being a bit of a bastard. Utter utter utter brilliance.
Absolutely brilliant comment ... Bryan really is deranged, cool, seductive and a b😂Start snarling at the camera. I can't take me eyes off him even now after all these years. Thanks for nailing it!
Man Ferry nails the shit out of it, especially the whistle solo. Not to mention Manzanera and Mckay putting out a serious 80s vibe. What a bunch of real 80s men about town, not to mention their earlier gems. You dont pull off class like this unless you were in a shooting war with Bowie in the 70s and the rooskies
One of the finest songs ever written, and of course written by one of the finest songwriters in history the amazing John Lennon. Fantastic tribute to him by Brian Ferry.
Wow another classic that Roxy Music covered and improved - takes me straight back to my youth. How beautiful was he? Dark black hair and blue eyes - what a combo.. Effortlessly classy, stand out music, beautiful man with a unique voice and tons of style. I loved being a teenager/young woman in the 70/80's - we were spoiled for music.
How ultra-cool was Bryan Ferry! Handsome and cool. The video is timeless. Beautiful lush melody amidst horrible background tragedy. I love the strings at 3.50
I don't know why, but that final scene, with the sun rising behind the mountains, along with the whistling and the synthesizer, it all gives me a nice sense of hope. 🙏
Through the course of our lives, every one of us hears an inordinate number of songs. There are those we've forgotten about, those that were mediocre to say the least. those we thought were OK, those we thought were great, and those we thought were nothing short of amazing. And once in a while there's a track we will never ever forget because it/was FAR beyond that last category of "nothing short of amazing". I'm way more than halfway through my life (I won't make it to 102, that's without question!) and amongst the handful of tracks from my 51 years on earth I can place in that "elite" category proudly stands this sheer stunner.... Shivers down the spine (no, through the whole body) from start to finish? Too damn right....
![Bryan Ferry - Jealous Guy [2007-02-10 London]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zD_VrFJOnss/mqdefault.jpg)
![Coheed and Cambria - Searching for Tomorrow [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hDsYGLbmadg/mqdefault.jpg)
My mum loved this song soo much , she was such a brave strong woman , until cancer took her from us 😢💔mum we miss you and love you forever …..
This song was played at her funeral and breaks my heart the instant I hear it …. But wow what a song ! Thank you for such a masterpiece.
Rip mum
Condolences. We will meet again... ❤
May She rest in peace.
Condoglianze ❤
Wir werden uns alle sehen ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
The best cover version of this song ever. Not just Bryan's singing, but the whole act - gestures, face expressions, whistling... The guitar solo deserves appreciation on its own. A true masterpiece.
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Estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo!. Es mas.! Me tomaría la licencia para decir que es mejor que la versión original! Saludos desde Buenos Aires!
@@adriangabrielzancada1173 it's much better than the original in my opinion. Although I respect original version too (and without it there would't be this wonderful masterpiece), but anything musical touched by Bryan Ferry kinda turns into gold, such a smooth operator he is. 😍
@@bealeiere4121 Totalmente de acuerdo con lo que decis. Sin lugar a dudas es uno de los artistas mas destacado del new romantics , marcando su impronta sutil y de buen gusto musical y visual.!
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Dear God, I can't imagine if I was born later and missed the 80's and 90's. I will leave this world with the best two decades just in time. I feel so sorry for the younger generation that they didn't experience life before this artificial crap of today.
amen to that...and they know it, look at kate bush and zenana having a revival
I too think same as you, i'm glad i know that beautiful times in the seventies and first half of the eighties, Love that and Love Roxy Music. Respect !!!
Too right mate!
Ofc 80s my teens but best pop groups .
90s rave , and so much .
But music was better, society was better .
And we where much happier .
This song is a classic 👌
You missed the 60s and 70s as well, shame.
Effirtlessly cool. Us young dudes in rhe 80s all wanted to be like Ferry.
Bryan Ferry, the James Bond of pop !
Nadir Chiboubi can’t argue with that
Brilliant, lol
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Hahahaha hahaha, 007
Hahaah !! Great ! Just great !✔❤
I'm sooo jealous Bryan can whistle like that!!! I'M JUST A JEALOUS GUY!!! Bob
Bellissima canzone 🎉❤
❤🎉😢So i
They took this song to another level. From gold to diamond.
I miss those days,the music,everything from that time,it was beautiful
Music was beautiful then all the way till about 2005.... then it was just shite.... and has been since 😢
38 years later and it still sounds incredible.The greatest cover of all time.Genius
Yeah, I'd forgotten what a great cover this is.
@@codjh9 buying dulux and polyfilla when i first heard it
I’ve got to agree it’s so incredibly beautiful,smashes lennons’ original with respect to the legend.
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You are so right.
Bryan Ferry’s sound will never go underground,I could listen to him forever.
Me too I had all his albums saw him Roxy music at wembly love the sax and his wisling
@@lindsayives4915 🎸One of the Greatest Men out of the Uk,his music will live forever.Have a good day ☘️
...'never go underground' - underground vs mainstream?
Everything was fine down here, what you call it here?
Call it what you will here
Way down in this Subbacultcha.
This absolute masterpiece of a song actually got 4 incredible individual solos... guitar solo 1:50 which transforms into a saxophone solo 2:14, whistling solo 3:26 which transforms into a synth solo 3:50.. with whistling. Stunning.
u are correct sir never thought of it that way
Only they cut it short, really love the whistling till the very end.
Music is so dumbed down now compared to this. They took out all the solos too! Guitar and sax...
Agree 200%
@@antonioguine9670 300%
This was A TRIBUTE to John.
Possibly the greatest Lennon tribute ever
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…. then Bryan Ferry truly loved John Lennon, because this is the best version of this song EVER.
@@Metalhaid He was a Beatles fan n Lennon was his favourite one.
Today's music can not stand up to this Gold
One of the greatest "covers" of all time. Remember when this came out just a few months after the terrible murder of John Lennon. As some one else said , he would have been proud. The pathos, orchestration etc in this by Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music is simply beautiful. "Jealous Guy" what a song. The fade out whistling etc is beautiful.
This version was released 5 years after john lennons death not a few months
@@yaboyj2191 The original that I am referencing , that is Ferry's world wide hit was released in 1981, months after John Lennon's murder.
Couldn't have put it better
Many "covers" are awesome. Sailing covered by Rod Steward.
Without You covered by Nilsson and Mariah Carey.
With a Little Help from My Friends covered by Joe Cocker. Always on My Mind covered by Elvis Presley and the Pet Shop Boys. Small selection... The original is often almost unknown.
@@yaboyj2191 ... he's right, ya b.
Bryan Ferry, one of THE greatest voices ever...
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And elegance in motion too.
Roxy music - the sound of my life- who else is listening to this masterpiece in 2023?
Ich!❤Brian Ferry ever!Greetings from Munich,Germany,Bavarian.74Years old 👵💃😉
Ich komme seit Jahren immer wieder zurück zu dieser wundervollen Musik…. Love Bryan Ferry!
2024 and beyond for me! 👍
Love, love them
2024
This version of this song just never seems to date, it is truly timeless, I'm sure John Lennon would be proud
Nur mit Liebe und Gedanken
Absolutely x
88/87/1988
For me I have to say this is a time when a remake is better than the original. There is so much feeling in this version and it really tugs on your heart strings.
Well the thing with Lennon's version was like many of his songs it was written for Yoko he loved her so much and people did not want to accept that and resented his leaving the Beatles with Brian it just does feel as personal.
@@annalisavajda252 H Anna . Just seen your comment and thanks for response. I appreciate your view and my comment is purely how I feel when listening to both versions.I was reluctant to post my comment as I truly admire John Lennon but had to be honest with my feelings.Kind regards.
I agree Catherine , Its an amazing version, pure raw emotion .
Unachtsamkeit,aber auch achten alles was da kraucht in der Luft
You're entitled to your opinion. But you're wrong. This cover brings out the sonic drama of the composition but lennons original is easily superior.
Born in the 70's, had the pleasure of enjoying all the fab music in the 80's .
There is no better tribute to John Lennon than this. This cover is simply a masterpiece.
Yes it is too I had the words to it in smash hits as well. Remember seeing the video on top of the pops on tv at the time so too.
Брайан Ферри это гений таких единицы во всем мире Рашид 71 год петербург
I would take Brian Ferry over Lennon every day.
@@menchualcarazmoreno1743 so would I too for sure.
John Lennon was a music genius, and Bryan Ferry the perfect singer for this amazing song.
Yea Brian sings much more better than him
Bryan ferry sings this better than John Lennon? I don't want to live on this planet anymore
Exactly.
Poetry in motion... and so many memories! :-D
@@franklittle5377 no, that was not what I ment. I ment both are wonderful. And John Lennon was brilliant. Unfortunately he died when I was quite a little girl and I discover his songs now, because I am learning to play piano. So I learn a lot about music and composer. So I fell in love with John's song and it is so heartbreaking that he hadn't much time.
The coda of this song is surreal, could hear it for ages with or without the whistle
It is a cover. And for me one of the few times the cover is better than the original!
much better
I AGREE THE COVER IS AWERSOM BUT THE GREAT JOHN LENNON WROTE AN ABSOLUTE MASTER PIECE. :)
This is a good arrangement and good production,
BUT...
There's no way this is BETTER than John Lennon's version!
John's version comes from the depths of his soul, and his voice and his lyrics demonstrate that.
Glad you admire the great works of the late, great John Lennon.
@@lelandelizalde971 Lennon did great. Lennon was one of a kind. But the emotion Brian puts in this song. I think it hits me more
Bryan Ferry wow I wish men dressed like this today ! What a class act 💎💎💎
My mates and I dress just as well every weekend in England, that's what the weekends are for
Do not fear. Well dressed chaps are in the veritable millions in East Asia, particularly in Japan.
I agree, Melanie, these boys don't know the meaning. It's not just the clothes, represent what you are as a man who regards his lady as special as she is. Make her proud to have you.
I'm not ashamed to say I ripped off this look for my cousins wedding in the early 80s. The suit was a little darker, but had white shoes and a pink tie. 😜
@@matelot95 excellent 👌
To me one of best covers of all time.
HI
YES! Right up there with Jimi Hendrix doing Dylan's 'All along the Watchtower.' Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua
Toosiya Brandt amen
Omg yes x
I agree
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I almost forgot how awesome Bryan Ferrys voice was. He just blows me away!
Verry sensuelle !!!💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
and genial music
now only shit
absolutely - Ferry Brilliance !!!
Lindo 😍😘😘😘😘
Yes it’s incredible
Jeez, that Sax and Guitar solo plus Ferry’s vocals 😊❤
even the whistling is haunting
This song saved my life many years ago. The saxophone solo in particular felt like a hug to me, Bryan Ferry's voice took me by the hand with its intense sense of understanding and I found the courage and strength to escape from years of humiliation, isolation and violence. Even today, after many, many years, the feeling is still the same. Thank you Brian Ferry for this wonderful gift. And for all other wonderful songs.💝🙏
I too have songs that seem to have just been there at the right time to envelope all my feelings and emotions of that particular point in my life , which come gushing back even now on hearing the song again. I'm so glad you found a better place
@@harleythebrit6386 Thanks for your nice comment. I hope you too have found your place in life and can listen to the songs from the past with a smile.
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Respect to you
Glad to hear you have found peace , and well being , God bless you , music ie an powerful remedy, I do honestly believe that.
Musician for over 40 years and this is the only song (Brian Ferry version) that brings me too tears.... Roxy gave this song a soul. 😭
It had plenty of soul when Lennon did tHe origional!
Um, I couldn’t agree more that this is a tremendous tribute, and arguably one of the all time greatest covers ever made by anybody… but to imply that the original had no soul is just complete and utter nonsense. The original was literally a man baring his soul. This cover takes the music to another level, yes… but believe me the soul was already there.
@@f.w.2054I think Lennon gave the original track a (slightly gritty, in the sense of musically imperfect) emotional authenticity and Nicky Hopkins' incomparable piano gave it soul. Seems to me that it's a bit like A Song for You, another song of apologetic disclosure and self doubt (in which Leon provided both the components I mentioned about Lennon's original ) covered by Donny Hathaway, (who made it much more beautiful). Except arguably Donny didn't significantly, or repeatedly, diminish either of those two elements (except there was nothing gritty in his singing, somehow it still rang very true for me ) .
I love BF's musicality in this cover, but I personally find the slickness not a great fit with the vulnerable, self doubting subject matter.
Today is my Dad's birthday, 60th anniversary... My Dad is that guy who knows all the songs and singers from all around the world, this song was playing during dinner, I asked him who it was, straight away he answered Brian Ferry - Roxy Music - Jealous Guy... I am so amazed with his passion for music and his knowledge... Part of me admires him so much for this, the other part makes me angry for him to be such a brut sometimes. We don't talk too much because, life, younger brother problems and life again and again, but I do admire my old man so much... He gave me this good taste in music. He is still alive but I don't know why, I do miss him so very much... Thanks Dad for this good taste in music!
Lovely message Bruno, remind him time to time just how much you love him z
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Yes, this is best song i ever hear. Thanks Brian Ferry.
You're welcome mark. I personally think More Than This is my best song but this one is very good too!
I miss back in the day when music was so pure
No
...pure was YOU
Thanx for your. Comment your a nice person 😁
Please invent time travel so I can go back to the 80s. Less complicated life and great music.
Yeah great idea'', lets all vote on that one!!!!!!
Please do I'd be first one on it.
you could even turn on Radio 1 in 80's and sing or cry along
NO travel back in time to *1971* when this song was made *for Christ sake*
@@MakeAllThingsBeautiful this version is better
Der Song ist super 😊!!! Ach, wäre nochmal so jung 😮!!!! Ja, ich hätte viel anderes gemacht!!!! Aber nicht , das ich diese Musik hören darf!!! Das Pfeifen habe ich heute noch in den Ohren 😊!!!!
Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music their art stands apart even decades along time. ❤
My dad loved this tune.. great memories.. R.I.P dad.. love you always and forever xxxx
I know what it means to lose a Dad that you really cared for!
Auch mit dieser Musik aufgewachsen ,dein Vater!!
Wie ich auch !!!
COOL
SCHÖN GRUß UNBEKANTERWEISE!!!!
Möge dein dad in Frieden ruhen!!!!
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The older you get the worse life gets
@@bowjana8128 u are not alone
A suit proud to have been worn by this elegant man.
There are songs you will love your whole life long. This is one of them!!! ❤
@Gareth Thomas thank you very much, dear Gareth... 🌹
So true .
THIS IS A MASTERPIECE.
So beautifully stated and so true
@@greghall7796 thank you soo much, dear Greg... 🌈🌞🌈
I remember when Avalon was released in the eighties i was eighteen years old n now im sixty and I've learnt the hard way just love my music.
Timeless ageless classic. I have always considered John Lennon the ultimate songwriter, but Bryan Ferry's version sends tingles up my spine, from the vocals to the crying sax.
Fabulous song sadly just when I split up from my girlfriend.
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Er war ein ultimativer Songwriter ❤❤❤😍😍
Makes Goosebumps!
It's Roxy, it's also very sad making. Great version.
Oh 1980's I miss you. I miss your music.
You a hole this is *NOT THE ORIGINAL* If you wanna say that you miss this song say: I miss the 70's because it was made in 1971 by John Lennon!!!
@@JustBowser Get lost, kid.
@@JustBowser This was covered by Roxy Music as a tribute to John Lennon after he was murdered in 1981, so your the a hole for missing the sentiment.
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I am a huge John and Beatles fan but I’ve always thought this is easily the best version I’ve ever heard.
Yes I love John, George, Beatles
John is or was the master in my eyes
As much as I love John's original version I've got to agree. I love Brian Ferry's version better. And if John hadn't died. Brian would never have released it, as it was in memory of John's death
Well done Brian RIP John x
Bin Ü 60, ich liebe diesen Song noch immer! So schön, fühle mich wieder in meine Jugendzeit versetzt wenn ich ihn 0:01 höre! Danke Bryan❤ 💕Grüße aus Austria
Well now I feel old 😂
Na, na, na...😅@@BernadetteKildin
That guitar, sax and synth plus Bryan Ferry’s voice is incredible. One of the best cover versions ever. The synth that comes in at 03:50 wow…
Goosebumps
Perfect combination
Sax solos seem to be a common use in the 80s.
The sweet analog string sounds of the Prophet 5 Synth
@@kevinprior3549 This was very early '80s though. And the sax player is Andy Mackay, who was a member of the band since the early '70s, so they weren't jumping on a bandwagon. But you're right that there were a lot of sax solos in the '80s. It was probably Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street in the late '70s that set the trend.
Bryan captures the essence of this song, the heartbreaking bitter sweet feelings of regret and lost love, so beautiful, always loved it
Auf die Ohren Ausgleichen
Yes, definitely agree about Bryan capturing it!!
Einfach nur Gänsehaut .
Agree !!!!!!
Ferry is sublime. He even makes whistling sound cool.
Yeah, normally I hate when people whistle in a song, but Bryan gets a pass. It works beautifully here.
This will always be my favourite Roxy music son, Bryan is as is indeed the whole band classy,best dressed and frankly talented unlike so much current cr#p.
I mean look at those suites
One of the most exquisite synth solos of all time. So so good.
Yeah, I love string-synth. This is right up there with Love Will Tear Us Apart, I think.
What synth did he use? A Solina maybe, or probably Synclavier? cheers
@@patkelly8309 A Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 to be exact.
that last keyboard solo gives War On Drugs vibes
@@DanielThureskog Makes sense that it was the Prophet. That was one of the first widely used synthesizers. It was also used by Phil Collins around this time on In the Air Tonight.
Roxy Music were always a classy act. Thier influence on the groups in the 80s was obvious
If anyone has ever nailed a song it's this guy!
Sometimes I like the original and Bryan's covers equally. This is one. I can imagine Bryan singing that to me.
My dad's tune,, RIP 💙💙💙 I miss u so much, hope your dancing in heaven 2 this song ! See u when I get there dad 💙💙🕊 xx
My dads song too ❤
@@dannyferguson4827 ❤🫂
One of the best covers of all time and a fitting tribute to the genius that was John Lennon.
JOHN LENNON WAS / IS GOD
Roxy Music reached some kinda divine musical peak with this song that not even Lennon reached.
Bryan Ferry has a stronger voice than John Lennon, but I think John’s version is better, I think it’s the piano, it makes it more emotional, I don’t cry at ferry’s version, but John Lennon’s is really sad X
Lennon didn't have the sexy look
I heared that song the first time in 1981 as a young man of 28. It became instantly one of my favourate songs and I'm happy listening to it here again.
a true musical masterpiece in so many ways
Lennon wrote this ..Roxy perfected it.
The end with the synth,the guitar lick &
Bryan whistling...it doesn't get any better.
Love this song ❤❤❤
I think you said it better than anyone else has (in this comment section). The original was already a beautiful, heartfelt song. A man baring his soul and confessing his sins… but Roxy Music just took it to a whole other level, and built (respectfully) upon the foundation presented in the original to an elegant, emotional masterpiece. This goes well beyond being merely a “cover”. This is one of the greatest tributes of all time, wrought with raw emotion and beautiful musicianship and production.
Your summation is much more accurate than everything else I’ve read here.
Best cover ever , bryan s voice is incredible.
Possibly one of the best covers ever made..
Hoppy Hopkins No possibly about it.
No real doubt about it in my mind. As a huge Lennon fan even I know this is really Bryan Ferry's song, he just took ownership of it because he can sing it as it deserves to be sung.
Hurt - Johnny cash
The Best Version of this song.
The Amazing Bryan Ferry.
Timeless even in 2021.
Absolutely X
Agreed. Heard this before the John Lennon version.
Spot on!
The best 🎶♥️!!
love this group and this song even in 2024 i cannot let go of the 80's music it was the best
Beautiful man, beautiful singer, beautiful song.
I'm crying when I write this my dad loved Bryan ferry and roxy music, I was lucky enough to take him in 2,012 to Newcastle arena to watch your set he was gone 8 months after that, the smile on his face was worth every minute thank you for an amazing show I've still got all his roxy music on tape, that day was the last time me my dad and sister were together it was her birthday on the 1st of October it's ran into the 2nd your show was the last time we were together we have never spoken since he died. It unreal the you must get anyway thanks for the Newcastle arena what a show it was
Shut up
This is ridiculous! John Lennon made this. So don't even think about that you might like this song! J-J-Just don't listen to Roxy music bullshit *John Lennon* yeah *John* freaking *Lennon* wrote this masterpiece goddess gracious!!
Some day we’ll be together again with our parents and the people we love, and it will be forever!
Thats great story Dave .Sorry for your loss ..R.I.P.
JustBowser man, calm down. He just told about his memories and that‘s okay. So u r telling me that I‘m not allowed to like cover versions? Get a life
The moment his whistleing goes into the synths, gives me goosebumps every time!
w lammy it hits the soul...
Love it babe x
Show
the same:from 3.50, i am ko each time i heard it., and it is the same thing for so many years; strange feeling...
I saw him at Siromme Winery in Oz last year. Live he's awesome !!!!
That synth music that was everywhere in the early 1980s, from Bowie, Roxy Music and Duran Duran - you just can't beat it and much kudos to anyone that lived thru it first hand like me. So many great memories.
Mr Jones kudos for living thru it
Yeah I was there thru the Thatch years.
@@joefoley1480 Lol still alive to tell the tales.
@@arcadia1081 - The good of the 80s FAR OUTWEIGHS the bad.
Spoken like a true 80's Pop Aficionado 💐
One of those rare moments that a cover is better than the original by some margin. Everything about this is perfect. It's one that really pulls on the heart, you can literally feel the pain and regrets through Brian's vocals as if he'd written this himself. A masterpiece.
To make a cover for John Lennon tune, it takes a daring courage and a most serious talent. Bryan has achieved in this timeless classic something incredible, a better cover version than the original. I always argued, Bryan and Roxy Music are a category on their own, as one of the finest, most gifted and greatest bands of all time. I would suggest that there should be a museum dedicated to them, somewhere in central London, with all the memorabilia, style and elegance. A true national treasure. Avalon with Flesh and Blood albums could feel like bathing in organic milk and manuka honey, with sips of Dom Perignon, say 1947....
Why does it take courage from Bryan ferry hes a better singer than lennon ever was ferry added his own style to jealous guy and got it dead on lennon again couldn't do that because he didn't have the foresight or intelligence he wrote the song but couldn't do it justice like ferry did so what is thing about courage seriously
@Lisa Gallivan I stand by what I said 5 hours ago I won't contradict what I said i was right then i am right now
Lennon being a wife beater it's probably best to forget his version
@@MephProduction The Song's about Paul not his Wife.
Bryan Ferry - what a legend. Most stylish of all the 80s & 90s rockers,
Brian Ferry can really sing Jealous Guy. The best
yes, the best!
Yes indeed,the best ever
Is it the song Lennon or ferry or our conscious that brings a tear to the eye
Helen Rose
Bryan
@@ralex3697 yes Robin annoys me to hell when they spell it with an i.
The synth intro is so melancholic. One of their best songs, i have to add Avalon with the haunting female vocals is stunning as well.
one of my main criticism is that the synth intro should have been longer. it is soo good..
There’s a great story behind those female vocals on Avalon. It was a total last minute thing, not planned at all.
The hair style, the crying of the sax, the suits, everything in this piece of art made it so classy.
That is what happens when You go to Art College !
i fkn miss the 80s
That's why that kind of rock and roll is called glam rock
And that beautiful synth in the outro
@@derekstynes9631 Not anymore.
I was lucky enough to see Brian Ferry at a very small live concert in Germany, I’d say less than 1,000 people, with giant earthen owls eminating a scented smoke that, by it’s sweet odor, reminded me of something we used to “fly away” from our daily worries... It was a magic concert... stage catwalking straight into the crowd, Brian close enough to touch him, vibrating with a magical charisma that one would be unable to find these days in any of the so-called “stars”... That concert was pure magic, and I thank the lord on my knees that I was at the right place at the right time back then. My one man web design company that propelled me from the bottom to the top here in Thailand innthe late 90s was called Avalon, that should say it all. I love Roxy Music and Brian Ferry to bits. It was a magic time (80s and 90s)... A time that one can only dream of nowadays, where a socialist elite tries to strangle us all to death. My strength to overcome all this is the music of the 80s and 90s. Love to all you Roxy Music fans out there. ❤️☀️🇹🇭🏖🌴🥥🐘🌈
David bovie Lets dens
BrYan!
The “Master of Cool” who absolutely masters this incredible cover version.
40 years later still sounds amazing, a testament to Roxy's interpretation making it an even bigger classic than the original.
Yep!
Yeah absolutly
Lennon may have written this but roxy music made it.
I totally agree
100%
Nobody can deny the impact and importance of JL and of course the Beatles, but this has to be the best cover of all time, and absolutely shows Bryan is up there with the absolute legends and pioneers of rock/pop and not forgetting an icon of popular culture! BF "Legend"
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Best cover, no. Best Tribute, yes
My .02, Johnny Cash “Hurt” is a better cover.
Hats off to Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music....
A worthy cover version.
Unser ferry
it doesn't get any smoother than this, Brian Ferry is one of the few that can take a good song and make it great
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@@philiphalpenny9761 😂
It was already a great song, but I agree this version is better.
I thought you were quoting a line from ''Hey Jude'
Everything about this guy exudes sophistication and class. And the band, real heart and soul.
Such a beautiful song, Roxy as always produces a unique sound to a classic. Will always love Roxy Music
Great song, but want to say a word for the video direction as it's as exquisite as the song itself. The slow panning, the mirrored image at the start, the cut from a close-up to an even closer up, the focus on a single band member at one time and the way the camera lingers on the sax player after his part. And Bryan Ferry looking, as he does, both deranged and yet unquestionably cool, in his pastille linen suit with eyes that could seduce millions into bed, whilst simultaneously snarling to the camera and singing about being a bit of a bastard. Utter utter utter brilliance.
Absolutely brilliant comment ... Bryan really is deranged, cool, seductive and a b😂Start snarling at the camera. I can't take me eyes off him even now after all these years. Thanks for nailing it!
Yes those eyes could seduce me into bed ;-)
Man Ferry nails the shit out of it, especially the whistle solo. Not to mention Manzanera and Mckay putting out a serious 80s vibe. What a bunch of real 80s men about town, not to mention their earlier gems. You dont pull off class like this unless you were in a shooting war with Bowie in the 70s and the rooskies
Adrian Willliams
Get back down to your basement
Roxy music LA mia gioventù una canzone che non muore mai non può fantastica ❤
Version wouldn't exist without Lennon and he deserves all the credit for it. But I just prefer this version, sounds to it are just perfect.
One of the finest songs ever written, and of course written by one of the finest songwriters in history the amazing John Lennon. Fantastic tribute to him by Brian Ferry.
Best not you forget who the song was written to and for.....
Wow another classic that Roxy Music covered and improved - takes me straight back to my youth. How beautiful was he?
Dark black hair and blue eyes - what a combo..
Effortlessly classy, stand out music, beautiful man with a unique voice and tons of style.
I loved being a teenager/young woman in the 70/80's - we were spoiled for music.
we sure were .I was a very young music loving teenager in that year too
Brilliant cover version. Just look at Bryan Ferry in this video, he was the original New Romantic, just so cool ❤
the whistling at the end of this track is epic by 'mr cool' ferry.
Everything these guys do, they do it well. Even if it's a cover.
Brian has such a unique voice.
A blue/grey suit and a pink tie.... So chic ! So elegant !!! So british....This man is the definition of a gentleman....
& all that style only 2 years after the 70s!!!
He looks like prince Charles, but, of course, in a really better version.
the two dapper gentlemen of modern music, this guy and david bowie.
The nazi's may have had the best style, but Bryan sure comes a close 2nd.
And don’t forget the white shoes! God I miss the ‘80s
I'm from Israel and I love Bryan Perry and Roxy Music so much, British music at its best
Timeless classic. Never gets old.
Sublimely brilliant, is there such a saying?. But u know what I mean.
Gute idee
The cry of this guitar in the background is heavenly!
This was one of my Mom's favourite songs. Always think of her when I hear this and Bette Davis Eyes which was also one her favs. Miss you Mom, R.I.P.
2024 loving this masterpeice listening from Seychelles especially the whistling great memories.❤❤
Bryan Ferry......smooth, smouldering, addictive and has won my heart with those eyes and facial expressions. One handsome Gent.
Bryan Ferry wore his suits with class and style--and still rocks!
How ultra-cool was Bryan Ferry! Handsome and cool. The video is timeless. Beautiful lush melody amidst horrible background tragedy. I love the strings at 3.50
He’s much older now, but still very cool.
I don't know why, but that final scene, with the sun rising behind the mountains, along with the whistling and the synthesizer, it all gives me a nice sense of hope. 🙏
Through the course of our lives, every one of us hears an inordinate number of songs. There are those we've forgotten about, those that were mediocre to say the least. those we thought were OK, those we thought were great, and those we thought were nothing short of amazing. And once in a while there's a track we will never ever forget because it/was FAR beyond that last category of "nothing short of amazing". I'm way more than halfway through my life (I won't make it to 102, that's without question!) and amongst the handful of tracks from my 51 years on earth I can place in that "elite" category proudly stands this sheer stunner....
Shivers down the spine (no, through the whole body) from start to finish? Too damn right....
Lee I like your comment, can I recommend a song to you I think you may not have heard and I reckon you will place It in the elite category
Yes YES Lee, but are you sure ?
@@MrDaiseymay Well, re-reading it, I suppose I might have been a little ambiguous in my comment! 😄