{"id":31475,"date":"2026-09-17T05:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=31475"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:05:37","slug":"phil-manzanera-roxy-rock-en-en-espanol-y-mucho-mas-part-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/phil-manzanera-roxy-rock-en-en-espanol-y-mucho-mas-part-2-of-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Manzanera: Roxy, Rock en en Espa\u00f1ol y Mucho M\u00e1s (Part 2 of 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Part One<\/a>…<\/i><\/p>\n

Bill <\/b>Kopp<\/b>: Each time that Roxy got back together, based on what you wrote in your book, it seemed that Eno was extended at least a <\/b>pro forma<\/b><\/i> invitation to participate. And as we know, in each case he said no. Was there ever a point at which you sensed, \u201cMaybe this time he might\u201d? <\/b><\/p>\n

Phil <\/b>Manzanera<\/b>:<\/b> Well, in 2005, we actually rang him up and said, \u201cLook, let\u2019s go and do some tracks with the original producer, Chris Thomas, producing.\u201d So I went 10 minutes from here, picked him up, went to RAK Studios and pushed him in the door. I said, \u201cI\u2019ll just go and park the car.\u201d And then we were off. And then we came back here to my studio, and we did more work on stuff.<\/p>\n

But it was rubbish, really. Well\u2026 \u201crubbish\u201d is too strong\u2026<\/p>\n

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Bill: It wasn\u2019t to the standard you wanted?<\/b><\/p>\n

Phil:<\/b> It wasn\u2019t. It\u2019s like a football team. You can get all the names in and everything, and then you lose the match. We tried. But sensibly, we didn\u2019t just persevere and finish it off and put it out, because it would have been a disappointment, quite frankly.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got the tracks on my laptop here somewhere, and a few of them have been recycled, if you like. I think one was recycled onto one of Brian\u2019s solo albums, but I can\u2019t remember the titles at all. And because he\u2019s not far from me here, Eno has been on pretty much every solo album I\u2019ve ever done. Even the last batch; I\u2019d just pop down there and I said, \u201cJust put whatever you want on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

And occasionally he\u2019d say, \u201cWould you come down? Just play.\u201d And I\u2019d play. And then a year later, he said, \u201cOh, by the way, you\u2019re on the new David Byrne album. That time you came down here, I recycled it and put it on.\u201d And I\u2019m thrilled.<\/p>\n

Bill: That reminds me of Jay-Z\u2019s \u201cNo Church in the Wild\u201d sampling the title track from your 1978 album <\/b>K-Scope<\/b><\/i>. That was amusing; that whole story had passed me by when it happened\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

Phil:<\/b> Yeah, that was an amazing story. I\u2019m coming to these book talks in Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee. And I say to the people interviewing me, \u201cDon\u2019t tell me what the questions are going to be; you\u2019ll probably get the same answers, whatever the questions.\u201d But one of the stories I tell is about how that happened, the Jay Z and Kanye West thing. (It\u2019s a shame Kanye turned into total loony.)<\/p>\n

But funny enough, then I realized that over the years, they had sampled [Robert] Fripp, and they\u2019d sampled all sorts of the strangest people. That\u2019s the thing about sampling: they pick from anywhere, and the strangest combinations end up right. You could never predict. And you could never go out and say, \u201cOh, please use my riff\u201d or anything; it just doesn\u2019t work that way.<\/p>\n

Bill: There\u2019s a website called whosampled.com\u2026 <\/b><\/p>\n

Phil:<\/b> You\u2019re absolutely right. And the first time I was sampled was when Ice-T took the riff from [Roxy Music\u2019s] \u201cAmazona\u201d [on \u201cThat\u2019s How I\u2019m Livin\u2019\u201d from 1993\u2019s Home Invasion<\/i>]. I don\u2019t think I put that in the book. But I [received] a phone call saying Ice-T sampled the thing. And I said, \u201cWell, that\u2019s really great. Thanks. Bye.\u201d But you have no idea what it meant.<\/p>\n

Bill: One of the things that I discovered reading <\/b>Revoluci\u00f3n to Roxy<\/b><\/i> is just how massive your discography is. Your book has really sparked my interest, especially about some of those Spanish language albums by H\u00e9roes del Silencio, the band from Spain. <\/b><\/p>\n

Phil:<\/b> This year, Enrique Bunbury, the singer \u2013 who is still a very close friend \u2013 won the Outstanding Achievement award at the Latin Grammys. Draco Rosa, who is from Puerto Rico, won a Grammy. Fito P\u00e1ez from Argentina wins Grammys all the time. They\u2019re like the gods. I was very lucky to be able to work with these very talented rock en Espa\u00f1ol<\/i> people.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s a whole different kind of thing. Because I speak and understand Spanish, I was getting extra cream from all this Latin music. Rock orientated, with amazing lyrics and things like that. So I had Anglo Saxon type of English rock, I had the rock en Espa\u00f1ol<\/i> with great musicians, and German singer Nina Hagen, a French guy and some Italian guys. It was just so much fun! I can\u2019t believe it. When I put together the discography, I said, \u201cI just need to lie down here!\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill: In the book, you discuss <\/b>801 Live<\/b><\/i>, but I don\u2019t think there was anything about 801\u2019s <\/b>Listen Now<\/b><\/i> LP; that\u2019s one of my favorite albums of the era.<\/b><\/p>\n

Phil:<\/b> Obviously that was a continuation. We did 801 Live<\/i>, then Eno went off to work with Bowie; that seemed like the rest of his life. And he moved to New York.<\/p>\n

But we wanted to go on. So I used pretty much all the musicians who were on 801 Live<\/i> on Listen Now<\/i>, but with some songs. Then we did a tour; we recorded some of those gigs and we put them out [801 Manchester<\/i> and Live at Hull<\/i>]. But obviously a different [lineup]; different drummer. You know what it\u2019s like; people are busy. Simon Phillips had decided to go to America as well, and then off on his amazing career. But to have him when he was 18\u2026 once people saw him at my gig at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, then Jeff Beck rang Mick Jagger…
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Bill: His dance card was full, yes. <\/b><\/p>\n

Phil: I said, \u201cSimon, you\u2019ll never have to worry again, mate.\u201d Just listen to the drums on 801 Live<\/i>. That is what they call a drum tour de force<\/i>. Next year we\u2019re going to do a special deluxe edition of 801 Live<\/i> with tracks that people haven\u2019t heard, from the sound checks and things like that.<\/p>\n

Bill: There was a <\/b>801 Live Collectors Edition<\/b><\/i> in 2009 that included some sound check recordings. Will this be something else?<\/b><\/p>\n

Phil:<\/b> Yes. We actually found the analog tapes, so we can sort of remix it. Obviously they\u2019re the same tracks, but all the solos are different. And I\u2019m very excited about that.<\/p>\n

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