Bryan Ferry - New Town Video Review

by Myrna Minkoff

NME, 21st October 1989

Bryan Ferry: New Town (Virgin Vision, £9.99)

FERRY is just the definitive hoofer. The greatest dancer, partnered splendidly by his strangely hunched trousers. This is the 'Bête Noire ' tour as it went through Europe, as the moody black and white shots of Berlin and other 1992-style places testify. But neither this nor the bizarre new-age exotica of the stage set provides a diversion to rival the sight of Ferry rocking out. He gives us the old favorite, the air-guitar (which we believe he invented) and its cousin the air-bass. Then he progresses to two new dance variations, air-spade and (the best) air-wheelbarrow. Yet he still looks cool. The great man.

There aren't many live vids worth spending 90 minutes looking at. New Town is one of the few including, as it does, a divine swoop through the Ferry/Roxy archives and some cracking current stuff. What's more, you can mute out the sodding lead guitarist which is more than you could do at Wembley. Hurrah.

Text copyright 1989 New Music Express, used without permission.
With thanks to Grant Goggans.

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