Having got back to the UK, and having a brain that is still mainly mush from jet lag, I decided to see what I could find on the BBC iPlayer. So I have just spent a happy, nostalgic hour listening to a BBC 4 Documentary called The Roxy Music Story. It was great to see people like Bono, Siouxsie, John Taylor and even Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols talking about what big Roxy fans they had been, and of course to listen to the band members tell their stories. A particular surprise for me was listening to Nile Rodgers talking about how Roxy had influenced him in creating Chic, and how the Chic sound then influenced the new, second-wave, disco-fied Roxy. And there was lots of fabulous music too, of course.

One thing that did make me sit up and think was Phil Manzanera pointing out that there were no Roxy tribute bands when they reformed in 2006. How could there be, really? You could maybe reproduce the sound, but the performance? I don’t think so (though maybe I’m wrong). Besides, so much of what has come since has been a tribute to Roxy. The title of this post was picked deliberately because Adam and the Ants used it on marketing stickers that the spread around the Tube in London in an early form of viral marketing before they became famous.

So yeah, I guess I never did achieve my ambition to be a Roxy Music cover girl, and doubtless I never will now, but thanks for the memories, boys. I still love you.