http://www.roxyrama.com/blog/index.php Roxyrama's Manifesto en-UK http://backend.userland.com/rss092 <p>The recent release of the movie 'Flashbacks Of A Fool' has brought new interest in the Roxy Music song <a href="http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/lyrics/roxy_music/if_there_is_something.shtml">If There Is Something</a> which features prominently in the film. I've had so much interest in the song from correspondents, I thought I would write a piece on it. The film also features Roxy's Virginia Plain.</p> <p>The movie stars James Bond star Daniel Craig as a fading British actor whose once-successful Hollywood career is on the slide. The death of his childhood best friend prompts him to journey back home to his English seaside hometown. He begins to think about his life over the years, and more specifically his teenage years. Craig's character relives his experiences of this time, including the tragedy that forced him to flee for a new life.</p> <p><img src="http://www.roxyrama.com/blog/media/flashbacks.jpg" width="450" height="339" alt="Flashbacks of a Fool" /></p> <p>See a trailer at the official site <a href="http://www.flashbacksmovie.co.uk">here</a></p> <p>The film went on general release in the UK on Friday 18th April 2008.</p> <p>There is a soundtrack album available, which has the following tracks:</p> <p>Sons Of - Scott Walker<br /> Sea Beyond - Richard Hartley<br /> Regina Coeli Laetare - Various<br /> It Ain't Easy - David Bowie<br /> Ruth's House - Richard Hartley<br /> <strong>Virginia Plain - Roxy Music</strong><br /> Runaway - Richard Hartley<br /> <strong>If There Is Something - Roxy Music</strong><br /> Jean Gemie - David Bowie<br /> Simple Things - Richard Hartley<br /> What Goes Up Must Go Down - War Zone</p> <p>If There Is Something is the third track on Roxy Music's debut album, and begins almost as a pastiche of country music, with bluegrass guitar and a honky tonk style piano while Bryan Ferry warbles theatrically over the top.</p> <p>The mood of the song changes with an repeated descending instrumental interplay between Phil Manzanera's guitar and Andy Mackay's saxophone, Ferry's vocals return, the <a href="http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/lyrics/roxy_music/if_there_is_something.shtml">lyrics</a> taking on a bathetic quality as Ferry sings about his desire for an idyllic life. </p> <p>The refrain 'when you were young' sung as a call-and-response is a major feature of the song, with Ferry recalling his pony-tailed lost love. </p><img src="http://feeds.roxyrama.com/~r/RoxyramaBlog/~4/279097697" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.roxyrama.com/~r/RoxyramaBlog/~3/279097697/flashbacks_of_a_fool http://www.roxyrama.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/27/flashbacks_of_a_fool