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I will meeting Bryan Ferry. From Bryans earliest recordings with his group Roxy Music at the beginning of the 1970s. Bryan Ferry has taken his place as one of the most innovative and distinctive singers and lyricist to emerge in popular music. In his music you hear an original vocal brilliance which merges with effortless breath taking elegance the poise of Sinatra the charisma of Gainsbourg and the intensity of Johnnie Ray. But then there was something extra a quality of nuance verve and performance which seemed so ultra modern and so refined that it seemed to break wholly new ground. The emotional intensity of Bryan Ferry..s vocal style can be heard to great effect on his epic interpretation of the Bob Dylan classic A hard Rain..s a gonna fall. This spectacularly theatrical artisticaly defining opening track on his first solo album These foolish things released year 1973 would introduce what Bryan has described as his ready mades cover versions of recordings by in his own style. Like all great singers he turns the cover version into a form of self portraiture. In the case of A hard rain..s a gonna fall Bryan creates an astonishing fusion of racing evergy and high sophistication turning Dylan..s political allegory into a bravura display of snarling swaggering cool. Bryan Ferry..s vocal genius lies in his peerless ability to merge musical styles from French chanson through classic crooner to hard edge rock creating that sheen of pure drama which has become his artistic signature. This was the case with his thunderous pulsing interpretation of the northern soul classic The in crowd which became a hit for Ferry year 1974. Once again Bryan Ferry takes the existing style of a recording and then creates an amplification of its entire tone and meaning. In this case the effect of such interpretation is to create a cover version which has the sensuality of pure pop and the emotional sophistication of cinema. Indeed Ferry..s interpretation of The in Crowd has become an iconic statement about high fashion high society and high living the mythic soundtrack to the legend of the Jet set. Through out the first half of the 1970s Bryan Ferry recorded an unbroken series of aggressively modern intoxicating cover versions inclufing two of his best loved tracks Shame Shame Shame and Wilbert Harrison..s Let..s stick together. Both of these track..s took strength from their pounding mesmeric beat which became the perfect chassis for Ferry..s vocal. More than any other singer of his generation Bryan Ferry performs a song in such a way as to make it entirely his own. His vocal style brings a whole world to life making each song a dramatic performance. Tokyo Joe released in 1977 is a perfect example of Ferry at his most filmic. Inspired by a Hollywood musical from the 1930s this track maintains a high enegry subterranen night club feel which often distinguishes the potent atmosphere of Bryan Ferry..s recordings. As also defined by his work with Roxy Music Bryan Ferry achieves a perfect tension between langour and melodrama the results of which become a classic definition of high romance. Many of Ferry..s greatest songs describe the fate of the lonely isolated romantic always on the outside even at the heart of the grandest party or the most exoctic city.