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Roxy Music — Take a Chance With Me
Album: Avalon
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Released: 1982
Length: 4:38
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As they say, two can play
But keep that song away from me
In my time too much love
Has made me sad for so long
I was lost, can't you see
Through the long lonely night

Heaven knows, I believe
Won't you take a chance with me
Sometimes I get so blue
People say I'm just a fool
All the world, even you
Should learn to love the way I do

I was blind, can't you see
Through the long lonely night
Heaven knows, I believe
You can take a chance with me
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if only for the lyrics this song has to be on my favourite RP playlist! 
Posted 1 month ago by Stipe72    [ Reply ]
I wonder so many songs from Avalon got almost no radio airplay in the US in the 1980s, not even on the album oriented rock stations.
Posted 3 months ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 keenevision wrote:

This song, the whole album, represents a time in my life of choices made, regretted and finally accepted. I shiver with delight whenever this song plays…



Same! very much love this album.... Thanks Dave W.
Posted 5 months ago by akhuffman    [ Reply ]
Great segue from Radiohead "Everything in it's Right Place"
Posted 11 months ago by johnnycache    [ Reply ]
funny, after not hearing roxy music in several years, i was listening to our local NPR station on my drive to work this morning and heard Love Is The Drug - made me very happy. now, i'm about to turn off my computer and leave work for the day, and this will be the last song i hear on RP today. roxy music is so lovely. thank you RP!
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
This was one Bee-You-Tee-Full album.
Posted 1 year ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Delicious! Every time!!
Posted 1 year ago by deniseperry    [ Reply ]
That extended intro is amazing!
Posted 1 year ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
This is the height of 80's electronica.  Guitar, bass, drums...they're all still there, but the chorus is keyboard driven.   A time machine.
Posted 1 year ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
 dandueck07 wrote:
This album always brings back the same fond memories - blasting across Canada from the Okanagan in British Columbia with my newlywed wife to visit her family in Brantford, Ontario in my (then- our) 1980 Mazda RX7.   We cranked this cassette up loud and sang with gusto (our Italian cousin) only pausing to collect speeding tickets outside Yorkton, Saskatchewan (3 on one roundtrip).

Still LOVE this album - still married to the same beautiful woman - and still haven't paid those tickets . 



Good story. Thank You for sharing it!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Thought this was The The, and that's a compliment. Nice tune!
Posted 1 year ago by william.mj.dunn    [ Reply ]
This album always brings back the same fond memories - blasting across Canada from the Okanagan in British Columbia with my newlywed wife to visit her family in Brantford, Ontario in my (then- our) 1980 Mazda RX7.   We cranked this cassette up loud and sang with gusto (our Italian cousin) only pausing to collect speeding tickets outside Yorkton, Saskatchewan (3 on one roundtrip).

Still LOVE this album - still married to the same beautiful woman - and still haven't paid those tickets . 
Posted 1 year ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
I'm definitely loving the revamped Playlist, just when I thought RP couldn't get any better! I haven't heard RM here much...nostalgia <3

Posted 2 years ago by Baha_48    [ Reply ]
 Propayne wrote:

To me, Roxy was one of the few bands (Queen and Rush come to mind) that were so unique, they didn't seem to be as effected by changing musical trends.



affected?
Posted 2 years ago by rbrise    [ Reply ]
 zinzarin wrote:

It took me nearly three years after first hearing The War on Drugs to realize that that little nagging thing I kept hearing in their songs was Roxy Music.

Fantastic, both the influencer and the influenced!


Love both but can't say I hear RM in the Drugs' work. Except for maybe the long instrumental fadeouts. I'd say the main influences for the War on Drugs are Springsteen (guitarist and band leader Adam Granduciel named his kid Bruce), Dylan, and Tom Petty.
Posted 2 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:

This is a "10" album in my book.




Mine too!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
I lov the style of Roxy Music! 
Posted 2 years ago by karlasokolinski    [ Reply ]
This is a "10" album in my book.
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
This came out during a time of great upheaval and transition for me, and got even bigger as more changes came along. Immortal music with incredible power!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
sublime
Posted 2 years ago by yroom    [ Reply ]
Avalon is both of its time and perfectly timeless. It never gets old to me. Not a weak moment. How much more perfect can an album be?
Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
 zinzarin wrote:

It took me nearly three years after first hearing The War on Drugs to realize that that little nagging thing I kept hearing in their songs was Roxy Music.

Fantastic, both the influencer and the influenced!


The singer in War on Drugs sounds alot like Bob Dylan IMO.
Posted 2 years ago by terryweir    [ Reply ]
TOURING IN 2022!!
Posted 2 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
I forgot how good this is. Still resonates pure bliss with this guy.
Posted 2 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
Oh, HELL yeah!!! 
Posted 2 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:

Nice to hear this instead of the usual 'More Than This'.



But even more than this I would like to hear some of Roxy Music's older work when Brian Eno was still in it. There is none of that on RP's playlist. 
Posted 2 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Nice album but far from the astounding greatness of the first 2 albums.
Posted 2 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
This song, the whole album, represents a time in my life of choices made, regretted and finally accepted. I shiver with delight whenever this song plays…
Posted 3 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
This one goes to 11... the whole album...
Posted 3 years ago by xerces    [ Reply ]
Both Roxy Music and Yes released their best selling albums in the early 80s with significantly greater production values than their previous works. So polished. 
Posted 3 years ago by pfreet    [ Reply ]
Tasty elegant pop music.
Posted 3 years ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
It took me nearly three years after first hearing The War on Drugs to realize that that little nagging thing I kept hearing in their songs was Roxy Music.

Fantastic, both the influencer and the influenced!
Posted 4 years ago by zinzarin    [ Reply ]
Prefer the first three or four albums.
Posted 4 years ago by nickodgers    [ Reply ]
Going to see Bryan Ferry in two days! Looking forward to a great show.
Posted 5 years ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
To me, Roxy was one of the few bands (Queen and Rush come to mind) that were so unique, they didn't seem to be as effected by changing musical trends.
Posted 5 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
My favourite track from my favourite Roxy LP.
Posted 5 years ago by Fiddlefye    [ Reply ]
37 years ago, man, how time flies.
Posted 5 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Inducted into the idiotic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. About 20 years overdue.
Can we hear some stuff off the first few albums also? Please?
Posted 5 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Love their sound.  Going to see Bryan F. at the Chicago Theater this summer.  Should be a great time for all!
Posted 5 years ago by slates13    [ Reply ]
Roxanne Swederski where are you???
Posted 5 years ago by LinThizzy    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear this instead of the usual 'More Than This'.
Posted 6 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Such a great song.  Perfect for a cloudy day.
Posted 7 years ago by boxofrain    [ Reply ]
My favorite track from one of my top 10 albums of all time. It takes me back to a time and place, and always brings me a warm feeling. That's a 10 in my book.
Posted 7 years ago by Synth80s    [ Reply ]
Wore this record out....
Posted 7 years ago by Bert7    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Always loved the epic, spooky beginning to this, reminiscent of The Fixx and earlier Alan Parsons Project. The voice & guitars, so fine!

 
Excellent intro.{#Angel}
Posted 7 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Takes me back to one of my best moments in my life great album!!
Posted 8 years ago by jerryarnold1999    [ Reply ]
Priceless and full of simplest wisdom that serves well when explored to its almost fantasy-like boundaries
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Woohweee, I Loved this when it came out. I was 16.
Posted 8 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
Great song...great album.
Posted 8 years ago by monstrdog    [ Reply ]
Always loved the epic, spooky beginning to this, reminiscent of The Fixx and earlier Alan Parsons Project. The voice & guitars, so fine!
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
loved hearing Roxy back then, almost as much now!  Falling in love was so cool then
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Certainly not the best song on this album.

But - overall - this album is quite wonderful.

 
Posted 9 years ago by bill-1956    [ Reply ]
Excellent album.{#Cool}
Posted 9 years ago by MentalWedgie    [ Reply ]
{#Beat}
Posted 9 years ago by markus333    [ Reply ]
Such a romantic album…..
Posted 9 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]