Bryan Ferry

Once, I found it trashy and unsustainable in its kitsch - a polished decadentism, salon-esque, deliberately straddling the line between a strongly homo image and an arrogant, suffocating elegance, the dictatorship of overcoats and Craxi-style parties, a symbol of a time when the display of well-being (real or not) overshadowed everything else. Over time, I've reevaluated some individual tracks, even the most tear-jerking ones; even after 30 years, you can still smell that wax, polished shoes, and f..