It was a mere prelude.
Its unlike anything else in a 50-year oeuvre that dates toRoxy Musics dazzling self-titled debut in 1972.
Ferry is a songwriter whose lyrics Duran Durans Simon Le Bon compared to open-heart surgery.
Bryan Ferry and Amelia Barratt
Lets say hes rather particular about his words, but here he gave Barratt the scalpel.
I mean Ive wanted for a long time to do more instrumental thingsfor years.
Before my first listen I was skeptical, preferring sung lyrics to the spoken word.
I work very much by instinct and feeling, rather than over-intellectualizing, says Ferry.
Florist rouses a similarly contemplative feeling.
Ferrys criterion for all his work is straightforward: I like to make people feel something, he says.
Because of the spoken-word nature of the songs, listening toLoose Talkrequires more attention than other albums do.
In turn, its more evocative than most other albums.
For the deepest impact, both Barratt and Ferry suggest listening in a moving vehicle.
Perhaps a plane flight.
A road trip, in a car, says Ferry.
Certainly, on the track Loose Talk, itself, I can see the windscreen wipers going.
Ferry has always been the most cinematic of pop stars.
A video without which George Michaels Freedom 90 wouldnt exist, if you ask me.
Ferry is the man behind the cameraan iPhone camera, as it happenson theLoose Talkvideos made so far.
Movie buff that he is, I had to ask him if hed seenA Complete Unknown.
The man himself likes a combination of Fred Astaire and Gary Cooper for the part.
While the AI geniuses work on that, I have another idea: Jacob Elordi.
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