Roxy Music - Virginia Plain - Top Of The Pops - 24th August 1972

During discussions about the greatest 1970s rock acts, one band, at least in the United States, never seems to be part of that talk: Roxy Music. 

Early on, as you'll see in the video of their 1972 performance of "Virginia Plain," they seemed to be a glam-rock act. Note lead singer Bryan Ferry's clothing and eye shadow. But Roxy had progressive rock tendencies. By the end of their dazzling recording run in the early 1980s, Roxy Music transformed their sound into baroque pop. 

Ferry later dropped his glitter duds for a tuxedo, and he cut his hair to a short look, well, short for the early '70s. 

Roxy was a major influence to many new wave rock bands, including Talking Heads, Duran Duran, and Depeche Mode. Roxy Music's first keyboardist, Brian Eno, produced Talking Heads' artistic breakthrough, Remain in Light.

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