Do The Strand
Do the Strand is the first song from English rock band Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure. In contrast to the songs from Roxy Music's eponymous debut album, this song starts suddenly without any instrumental fanfare.
As with the rest of the album, the song was recorded at AIR Studios, Oxford Street, London.
In the mode of early 1960s dance craze songs such as The Twist, the song tries to convince the The Strand, which takes its name from a film noir advertisement for Strand cigarettes.
The lyrics include, as is typical for early Roxy Music, references to notable art, including The Sphinx, the Mona Lisa, Lolita and Picasso's Guernica. Bryan Ferry described his idea for "The Strand" as "the 'dance of life' – thus bringing to mind earlier dance phenomena, such as the avant garde passion and exuberance of both The Ballets Russes and the controversial Jazz Age dance craze 'The Charleston'."
The song gives no instructions on how The Strand should be danced. Simon Puxley, writing in 1973, suggested that the dance was "indefinable" and best thought of as "where it's at, whatever turns you on. The buzz, the action, the centre, the quintessence, the energy
Do The Strand
Do the Strand is the first song from English rock band Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure. In contrast to the songs from Roxy Music's eponymous debut album, this song starts suddenly without any instrumental fanfare.
As with the rest of the album, the song was recorded at AIR Studios, Oxford Street, London.
In the mode of early 1960s dance craze songs such as The Twist, the song tries to convince the The Strand, which takes its name from a film noir advertisement for Strand cigarettes.
The lyrics include, as is typical for early Roxy Music, references to notable art, including The Sphinx, the Mona Lisa, Lolita and Picasso's Guernica. Bryan Ferry described his idea for "The Strand" as "the 'dance of life' – thus bringing to mind earlier dance phenomena, such as the avant garde passion and exuberance of both The Ballets Russes and the controversial Jazz Age dance craze 'The Charleston'."
The song gives no instructions on how The Strand should be danced. Simon Puxley, writing in 1973, suggested that the dance was "indefinable" and best thought of as "where it's at, whatever turns you on. The buzz, the action, the centre, the quintessence, the energy