What’s your favorite "strange but perfect" lyric from the 70s? 🥔🌹
Roxy Music’s "If There Is Something" (1972) is a wild journey from jaunty country-rock to an emotional, saxophone-drenched finale. It starts with Bryan Ferry singing about growing potatoes and ends with a heartbreaking reflection on youth: "The hills were higher... the grass was greener."
Ever listened to a song that feels like an entire lifetime in six minutes? 🎶
: The track highlights the early "splatter art" era of the band, featuring the experimental soundscapes of Brian Eno before his departure. If There Is Something | Pushing Ahead of the Dame
: One of the most famous, idiosyncratic lines in rock history— "I would put roses 'round our door / Sit in the garden / Growing potatoes by the score" —symbolizes a deep, domestic devotion.