MORE
THAN THIS
BRYAN FERRY/ROXY MUSIC
SONGWRITER: BRYAN FERRY
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: AVALON
LABEL: POLYDOR RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1982
"More Than This"
is a 1982 single by English rock band Roxy Music. It was released as the first
single from their final album, Avalon, and was the group's last Top 10 UK hit
(peaking at #6). Although it only reached #102 (on Billboard's Bubbling Under
the Hot 100 chart) in the United States, it remains one of Roxy Music's
best-known songs in America.
The American alternative
rock band 10,000 Maniacs released a successful cover version in 1997 which
peaked at #25, and British singer Emmie released a dance cover version which
reached #5 in the UK in January 1999.
The cover of the single's
release is the painting Veronica Veronese, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, which was
completed in 1872 with Alexa Wilding as the model.
Bryan Ferry CBE(born 26
September 1945) is an English singer and songwriter. His voice has been
described as an "elegant, seductive croon". He also established a
distinctive image and sartorial style; according to The Independent, Ferry and
his contemporary David Bowie influenced a generation with both their music and
their appearances. Peter York described Ferry as "an art object" who
"should hang in the Tate".
Ferry came to prominence
as the lead singer and main songwriter with the glam art rock band Roxy Music,
achieving three no. 1 albums and 10 singles which reached the top 10 in the UK
between 1972 and 1982. Their singles included "Virginia Plain",
"Street Life", "Love is the Drug", "Dance Away",
"Angel Eyes", "Over You", "Oh Yeah", "Jealous
Guy", "Avalon", and "More Than This".
Ferry began his solo career in 1973, while still a member
of Roxy Music. His early solo hits include "A Hard
Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "Let's Stick Together" and "This Is
Tomorrow". Ferry disbanded Roxy Music following the release of their
best-selling álbum Avalon in 1982 to concentrate on his solo career, releasing
further singles such as "Slave to Love" and "Don't Stop the
Dance" and the UK no. 1 album Boys and Girls in 1985. When his sales as a
solo artist and as a member of Roxy Music are combined, Ferry has sold over 30
million albums worldwide.
As well as being a
prolific songwriter himself, Ferry has recorded many cover versions of other
artists' songs, including standards from the Great American Songbook, in albums
such as These Foolish Things(1973), Another Time, Another Place(1974), Let's
Stick Together(1976) and As Time Goes By(1999), as well as Dylanesque(2007), an
album of Bob Dylan covers. In 2019, Ferry was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame as a member of Roxy Music.
I could feel at the time
There was no way of knowing
Fallen leaves in the night
Who can say where they're
blowing?
As free as the wind
Hopefully learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning?
More than this, you know
there's nothing
More than this, tell me one
thing
More than this, ooh, there
is nothing
It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like a dream in the night
Who can say where we're
going?
No care in the world
Maybe I'm learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning
More than this, you know
there's nothing
More than this, tell me one
thing
More than this, no, there's
nothing
More than this, nothing
More than this
More
than this, nothing.
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