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Roxy Music — Love is the Drug
Album: Siren
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Released: 1975
Length: 4:05
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T'ain't no big thing
To wait for the bell to ring
T'ain't no big thing
The toll of the bell
Aggravated, spare for days

I troll downtown the red light place
Jump up bubble up, what's in store
Love is the drug and I need to score
Showing out, showing out, hit and run
Boy meets girl where the beat goes on
Stitched up tight, can't shake free
Love is the drug, got a hook on me

Oh oh catch that buzz
Love is the drug I'm thinking of
Oh oh can't you see
Love is the drug for me
Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor
Lumber up, limbo down

The locked embrace, the stumble round
I say go, she say yes
Dim the lights, you can guess the rest
Oh oh catch that buzz
Love is the drug I'm thinking of
Oh oh can't you see
Love is the drug, got a hook in me
Oh oh catch that buzz
Love is the drug I'm thinking of
Oh oh can't you see
Love is the drug for me
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 Jelani wrote:


hahahaha!



Very well stated!!
Posted 3 days ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 dischuckin wrote:

reminds me of the clash



hahahaha!
Posted 1 month ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 Sneak wrote:

So '70s but still so danceable.




20's is the new 70's
Posted 1 month ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
So '70s but still so danceable.
Posted 3 months ago by Sneak    [ Reply ]
reminds me of the clash
Posted 3 months ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
We do be dancing..
Posted 3 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:

I'm  67yrfs old  & started listening to them when "For Your Pleasure" was released. in 1973. My 2 favorite  tunes were : "Do The Strand" & "Editions of You"!  The entire album was and still is GREAT!!

56 yrs old here, think 'Avalon' was their best but happy to agree to disagree :) 
IMO, there's lots of good to be found in Ferry's solo albums 'Bete Noire' and 'Boys and Girls' also!

Posted 1 year ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
I'm  67yrs old  & started listening to them when "For Your Pleasure" was released. in 1973. My 2 favorite  tunes were : "Do The Strand" & "Editions of You"!  The entire album was and still is GREAT!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Hard to believe this song is almost 50 years old.  What does that say about today's (2022) music?
Posted 2 years ago by gregskrtic    [ Reply ]
 siqbal wrote:

So happy they were finally inducted into the Hall of Fame last year.



A little late to the party since these guys were recognized as groundbreaking in the 20th century. You might be surprised that a number of artists want no part of the "honor". It's the recording industry giving you a lifetime achievement award often before the artist is dead as if the artist was determined to be at end of their career. 
Posted 2 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 annds wrote:

Tired of this song.  


Awww...maybe rest yourself. Don't overdo it. It's rough listening to music you don't have to choose yourself. Hang in there.
Posted 2 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

Love is indeed a drug.  A habit-forming narcotic.  Human beings will do very strange things to keep it flowing.

(I am getting married again next month, after ten years of being single.  Love is an intoxicating, deeply addictive drug.)



"Love is a state of insanity, marriage is the promise to stay that way." -GBS
Posted 2 years ago by folkes.tom    [ Reply ]
Love this song gave it a 10
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
The very first time that I heard this song, I was very young. I couldn't 'guess the rest.'
Posted 3 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
annds wrote:
Tired of this song.

 bahalana wrote:
I got tired of your mom.

How nice. Families are reuniting right here on Radio Paradise.
Posted 3 years ago by mattenuttall    [ Reply ]
 annds wrote:

Tired of this song.  



I got tired of your mom.
Posted 3 years ago by bahalana    [ Reply ]
 meanderer wrote:

Quite a regular segue from the comments section... Couple of truly awesome bass lines

Gotta Love RP 
 
Look after the king of R n R please 
Posted 3 years ago by 69Grace_M    [ Reply ]
 mjgrisaffi wrote:
Incredible segue between this song and Cake’s “Love You Madly.” Thank you, RP!
 
Quite a regular segue from the comments section... Couple of truly awesome bass lines

Gotta Love RP 
Posted 4 years ago by meanderer    [ Reply ]
I thought the line was "I say coke, she says yes" for all these years!
Posted 4 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
For decades I thought this song was sung by The Clash, as it sounds like a distant cousin of Rock the Casbah
Posted 4 years ago by Fooboy    [ Reply ]
So happy they were finally inducted into the Hall of Fame last year.
Posted 4 years ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
Based on the album cover model's current husband (Rupert Murdoch), I would say "money is the drug" is more true... or maybe Jerry Hall is just an awful human being.
Posted 4 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
Love is indeed a drug.  A habit-forming narcotic.  Human beings will do very strange things to keep it flowing.

(I am getting married again next month, after ten years of being single.  Love is an intoxicating, deeply addictive drug.)
 

So you're only 10 years old?
Posted 5 years ago by GTDphotography    [ Reply ]
This song always reminds me of  The Monks - Nice Legs Shame About Her Face
Posted 5 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
In today's world, he would be singing "Sex is the Drug" and we would see this song in a different light, perhaps 6,000K?
Posted 5 years ago by jamesshoemark    [ Reply ]
Just the first note identifies this song, and gets me hitting PSD. Ferry's yuprock and fascist chic has always repelled me, going back to the 80s.
Posted 5 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Tired of this song.  
Posted 5 years ago by annds    [ Reply ]
Incredible segue between this song and Cake’s “Love You Madly.” Thank you, RP!
Posted 5 years ago by mjgrisaffi    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

It must be a very slow-growing moss; this song came out over forty years ago.
 
Must be that dmcanany meant lichen vs. moss; that stuff takes much longer to grow!  
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 dmcanany wrote:
Slowly growing on me. Like moss. But, you know, I kinda like moss. 
 
It must be a very slow-growing moss; this song came out over forty years ago.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Slowly growing on me. Like moss. But, you know, I kinda like moss. 
Posted 5 years ago by dmcanany    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}welcome to the rock n roll hall of fame !
Posted 5 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
Going to see Mr. Ferry solo this August...can’t wait
Posted 5 years ago by chuck.b.meyers    [ Reply ]
Long Live  RP





                                                                                         
To me a STRONG 8 - Most Excellent

Posted 5 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
rokanje
Posted 5 years ago by Rokanje    [ Reply ]
                                                                                                             
Posted 5 years ago by Rokanje    [ Reply ]
Good article in the Wall Street Journal this week about the origin of this song.  Definitely ahead of its time.
Posted 5 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Roxy Music is The  Drug !!!
Posted 5 years ago by musman    [ Reply ]
I'm a sucker for a good bass line brought forward in the mix.
Posted 6 years ago by cob427uk1    [ Reply ]
That's the second time today that song comes to me! I <3 it. Earlier today I listened to the version by The Rats (From album "Turn Ons") in Spotify. I guess I'll be playing Grace Jones's version right after Roxy Music. Third time's the charm. :-)
Posted 6 years ago by cmelibeu    [ Reply ]
Another song I never hear on the radio
Posted 6 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Sophisticated, intelligent pop! A quality that is dwindling away from today's pop scene. 
Posted 6 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}zesty ! would love to hear " both ends burning" from same album very zesty as well
Posted 6 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
 haresfur wrote:

Roxy Music - Brian Eno ≤ mediocrity

ETA: Ok, Mother of Pearl is brilliant 


This was the last album of theirs that I really liked.  
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
The song is quite good, but the segue from Cake is MOST excellent. Bows to the master DJ. {#Dance}
Posted 6 years ago by Broken_Ear    [ Reply ]

Roxy Music - Brian Eno ≤ mediocrity

ETA: Ok, Mother of Pearl is brilliant

Posted 7 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
 musikluvr wrote:
No, thank YOU. And where can I get some of these pickles of which you speak? 
 
Everybody in my hotel room loves this splendiferous classic song more than zesty pussy pickles, which you can find in every corner of the planet Earth, musikluvr...  we be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  hope life is grand for you these days, musikluvr...  love Radio Paradise...
Posted 7 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
BLISS! (Time for another donation.) ;-)
Posted 7 years ago by rocklandlove    [ Reply ]
 rocklandlove wrote:
EXCELLENT segue out of Cake, Bill! In honor of it, I just pledged again!

Thanks for the daily delight.

 
Same segue today!  I love it!
Posted 7 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
awesome song still  : )
(congratulations unclehud hope you have a 10 year Honeymoon!)
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
Love is indeed a drug.  A habit-forming narcotic.  Human beings will do very strange things to keep it flowing.
(I am getting married again next month, after ten years of being single.  Love is an intoxicating, deeply addictive drug.)
 
Congrats, unclehud!
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Love is indeed a drug.  A habit-forming narcotic.  Human beings will do very strange things to keep it flowing.

(I am getting married again next month, after ten years of being single.  Love is an intoxicating, deeply addictive drug.)
Posted 7 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
The groundwork of this band definitely helped lay the foundations for the cool quirkiness of B-52s, Devo, Talking Heads, The Cars, etc!
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Bill - you guys are really making me happy today.  More messages from the Great Beyond.  <3
Posted 7 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
1975 this was a Scandal!  {#Lol}
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all across the holy moly world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners and B.F. Skinner...  we love this splendiferous classic song more than zesty pussy pickles...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...  thank you...

 
Ha, ha , ha!
Very good!
Posted 8 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Never heared this before! Very good song!
Posted 8 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Big influence on Talking Heads right here.
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
love this song  : )                                  wow Lazarus, "pussy pickles"    {#Dance}
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I'm listening to Roxy Music from the beginning... 😵👍🏼🙃
Posted 8 years ago by DeeJay27    [ Reply ]
Yeaaaaaaaaaaah !
Posted 8 years ago by TianGongZhong    [ Reply ]
Bryan is awesome, Thanks Bill and Becky!
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT segue out of Cake, Bill! In honor of it, I just pledged again!

Thanks for the daily delight.
Posted 9 years ago by rocklandlove    [ Reply ]
YES! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 10 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all across the holy moly world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners and B.F. Skinner...  we love this splendiferous classic song more than zesty pussy pickles...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...  thank you...

 
No, thank YOU. And where can I get some of these pickles of which you speak? 
Posted 10 years ago by musikluvr    [ Reply ]
very aggressive bass
Posted 10 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
Love IS a drug.  As powerful and addictive as any narcotic.

 
Nearly, just nearly...!
Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
INCREDIBLY GOOD!
Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all across the holy moly world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners and B.F. Skinner...  we love this splendiferous classic song more than zesty pussy pickles...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...  thank you...
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Glad I'm not alone in Vancouver with that sentiment. 

Krispian wrote:

Yes, it was very impressive!

 


Posted 11 years ago by badstudent    [ Reply ]
 alux wrote:
This tune is worth it just for the album cover.

 
Very true 
Posted 11 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Bryan Ferry RULES!
thank you soooooooooooooooooooo much!
Posted 11 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Love IS a drug.  As powerful and addictive as any narcotic.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Krispian wrote:

Yes, it was very impressive!

 
Still works! Well done, Bill. 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This post apparently contained an image that was dragged into the post editor. Sorry, but any text contained in the post after this point has been lost.
Posted 11 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite seggies in the library.
Posted 12 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
 Aud wrote:

Ooooo, crossfade from Cake-Love You Madly to THIS!!  Bravo!

 
Yes, it was very impressive!
Posted 12 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
 TheMagus wrote:
Lets remember it was all down to the great Brian Eno
 
Brain Eno had left the group a couple of years before this song was recorded; he's only on their first two albums.  This is still a great tune.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
This is just great stuff! Gonna party with Romeotuma now!
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Tony Reason

"If I had to choose between the two Brians, and I really would hate to do so. I would have to err on the side of Eno."

Tony Reason
Posted 12 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
Supa dupaa!  I'm jumpin' up - bubblin' up, cunt ja see?
Posted 12 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Ok, time to pour myself a drink.
Posted 12 years ago by CWKeeney    [ Reply ]
 meinthecorner wrote:

I second that ovation!{#Clap}{#Clap}
 
Ran in from the car to post, just to see I'm thirding( if that's a word...){#Mrgreen}
edit....actually fourthing

Posted 12 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
 meinthecorner wrote:

I second that ovation!{#Clap}{#Clap}
 
A third motion from me. Nice segue from one to the other. Love this song and Roxy Music! Ultimate CLASS ROCK!
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 Aud wrote:

Ooooo, crossfade from Cake-Love You Madly to THIS!!  Bravo!

 
I second that ovation!{#Clap}{#Clap}
Posted 12 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]

Ooooo, crossfade from Cake-Love You Madly to THIS!!  Bravo!


Posted 13 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
This tune is worth it just for the album cover.
Posted 13 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
Some more great Roxy Music!
Posted 13 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
 TheMagus wrote:
Lets remember it was all down to the great Brian Eno
 
He left after album number 2. Siren is the band's fifth album.

Posted 13 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Lets remember it was all down to the great Brian Eno
Posted 13 years ago by TheMagus    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 13 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine is the drug I'm thinking of....no it was probably a good substitution
Posted 13 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]

My cowbell detector just went crazy


Posted 13 years ago by justsomeone    [ Reply ]
 stevano wrote:
Hey Bill. How about playing "Virginia Plain" from Roxy?
It's not such an earworm, less-known to US listeners – and I think, much more RP.

BTW: You and Rebecca have made RP into the best radio station / music resource / music community, that I've ever found, bar-none. Keep up the brilliant work!
 
Neat-O viddy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEalg62F8Zg

Posted 13 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]
{#Bounce}{#Bounce}{#Bounce}{#Bounce}{#Bounce}{#Bounce}{#Bounce}{#Bounce}{#Bounce}{#Bounce}{#Bounce}
Posted 13 years ago by X-jock    [ Reply ]
More early Roxy please!
Posted 13 years ago by Stranglersfan    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill. How about playing "Virginia Plain" from Roxy?
It's not such an earworm, less-known to US listeners – and I think, much more RP.

BTW: You and Rebecca have made RP into the best radio station / music resource / music community, that I've ever found, bar-none. Keep up the brilliant work!
Posted 13 years ago by stevano    [ Reply ]
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:
Meh. Not as insipid as Avalon, but still not doing it for me.

Edit: that ending was terrible. 3—>2
 

Me, I think this is one of the sexiest songs every recorded (as dumb as it is). I think it has to do with a combination of the bass with the irresponsible lyrics. Mmmmm.
Posted 14 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
 stevesaw wrote:

Hmm - that cover looks more Gollum than Siren.....

 
You must have been looking at a different picture - that's a prime Jerri Hall.

Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Fun segue from My Moon My Man where Feist runs out and gets into a car.
Posted 14 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:
Meh. Not as insipid as Avalon, but still not doing it for me.

Edit: that ending was terrible. 3—>2
 
Meh to your meh....
Posted 14 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
Young Duran Duran claimed Roxy Music as their biggest influence. I really hear it here.
Posted 14 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
Meh. Not as insipid as Avalon, but still not doing it for me.

Edit: that ending was terrible. 3—>2
Posted 14 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
Awlsum song!!{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
isn't this the coolest song about love ——ever?
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Love the "My Moon My Man" to "Love is the Drug" segue - walk out to car, car starts, car takes off.

Hmm - that cover looks more Gollum than Siren.....

Posted 14 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]

Bowie's Life on Mars and now this.... I'm in Heaven.


Posted 14 years ago by musickat    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:

That version of Eight Miles High is on Flesh and Blood. I bought the vinyl album when it came out in 1980, that's 29 years ago - so it has had a long rest. This song is from the Siren album that came out in 1975. The first 5 Roxy albums, including Siren, are pretty cool art rock albums. There is a small component of Cheese in their work ( I'm sure it's courtesy of the crooner himself, Mr Ferry) but then again, cheese can sometimes be pretty tasty. {#Tongue}

 

The "fromage a trois" ... smelly but it tastes good.
Posted 14 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
 keller1 wrote:
The "fromage" thing is coming up more and more on Roxy strings —- there's a whole fondue set on the Avalon comments.

My "au gratin" view is that the Roxy stuff needs a long, long rest, especially that gawdawful version of Eight Miles High.
 
That version of Eight Miles High is on Flesh and Blood. I bought the vinyl album when it came out in 1980, that's 29 years ago - so it has had a long rest. This song is from the Siren album that came out in 1975. The first 5 Roxy albums, including Siren, are pretty cool art rock albums. There is a small component of Cheese in their work ( I'm sure it's courtesy of the crooner himself, Mr Ferry) but then again, cheese can sometimes be pretty tasty. {#Tongue}

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
Quel fromage.
 
The "fromage" thing is coming up more and more on Roxy strings —- there's a whole fondue set on the Avalon comments.

My "au gratin" view is that the Roxy stuff needs a long, long rest, especially that gawdawful version of Eight Miles High.

Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Excellent seamless transition from Feist "My Moon My Man"!

Posted 15 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
I am sitting in my cube writing a training program for Self-administered Specialty Drugs. The word drug is on every page more or less. Then this song comes on and three beats into it I knon it will now be forever linked to this training module.
FOREVER.

D'Oh!
Posted 15 years ago by rolland69    [ Reply ]
Hannio wrote:
Quel fromage.
 

{#Lol} 
Posted 15 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Hmmm.. this sounds strangely similar to that Anna Ternheim song from about an hour ago. I wonder what they'd sound like back-to-back...

Posted 15 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
 jh483504 wrote:
outro, Feist's My Moon My Man:  clack of heels on hardwood
intro, Roxy's Love is the Drug: walk, walk, car door slams

I just love it when Bill messes with random segues.

 
Yeh, it sounded like Feist walked out of the studio and into Bryan Ferry's sports car. Now that's an odd couple. {#Lol} But the segue works!

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
outro, Feist's My Moon My Man:  clack of heels on hardwood
intro, Roxy's Love is the Drug: walk, walk, car door slams

I just love it when Bill messes with random segues.

Posted 15 years ago by jh483504    [ Reply ]
Great Transition: Feist "My Moon My Man" to this...
Posted 15 years ago by fncll    [ Reply ]
Rumor has it they'll tour later this year!{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 15 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
Clever segue from the Feist song. Thanks Bill.
Posted 15 years ago by Trey    [ Reply ]
Bill I weep with gratitude for your genius.  I just caught the car connection in the segue from feist.
Posted 15 years ago by pugifat    [ Reply ]