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Bryan Ferry — Slave To Love
Album: Boys And Girls
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7.3

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Total ratings: 1723









Released: 1985
Length: 4:17
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Tell her I'll be waiting
In the usual place
With the tired and weary
And there's no escape

To need a woman
You've got to know
How the strong get weak
And the rich get poor

Slave to love
Slave to love

You're running with me
Don't touch the ground
We're restless hearted
Not the chained and bound

The sky is burning
A sea of flame
Though your world is changing
I will be the same

Slave to love
Slave to love
Slave to love
Slave to love
And I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

The storm is breaking
Or so it seems
We're too young to reason
Too grown up to dream

Now spring is turning
Your face to mine
I can hear your laughter
I can see your smile

Slave to love
Slave to love
And I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

Slave to love
Slave to love
And I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

Slave to love
And I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

Slave to love
And I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

Slave to love
And I can't escape
I'm a slave to love
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snakes alive!
Posted 7 months ago by fredGarvin    [ Reply ]
Has always been one of my favorite songs.  
Brings back many memories.
Beautiful song.
Posted 8 months ago by Randy1cleo    [ Reply ]
Uhhh…whaaaat?
Posted 10 months ago by mdnlsn    [ Reply ]
Parts of that slideshow are reeeeally not matching the vibe. 
Posted 1 year ago by nevar23    [ Reply ]
 springof63 wrote:

Perhaps this should be followed by 'Men Without Hats' - 'Safety Dance'?


Because it always sounded like 'Safe To Dance' (to me anyway...)
yes, i am talking to myself here...
Posted 1 year ago by springof63    [ Reply ]

Perhaps this should be followed by 'Men Without Hats' - 'Safety Dance'?
Posted 1 year ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
I always assumed this song was "Shangri La".  Almost 40 years later I find out the real lyrics.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 apd wrote:

If there's "nothing wrong with that", and you can't believe that the actual song has a sexual preference, then why do you use "gay" as a pejorative? 
Idiot. 


is it a pejorative?
Posted 1 year ago by rbrise    [ Reply ]
 ice-9 wrote:

Damn, I thought it was "slave to lunch".  I'm changing my rating from an 8 down to a 2. 

Because otherwise it's a bad song.  




 my rating on your rating! lmao 
Posted 1 year ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
 meatmike wrote:

Such smooth, polished style.




I Agree!!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Damn, I thought it was "slave to lunch".  I'm changing my rating from an 8 down to a 2. 

Because otherwise it's a bad song.  
Posted 2 years ago by ice-9    [ Reply ]
 VonWeber wrote:

I totally loves this number from the movie 9/11 weeks  


Totally agree.

To me, no song was ever better matched to a scene in a movie than this one in 9 1/2 weeks. Nevertheless, Alec Baldwin might have had issues with it. Kidding.
Posted 2 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
A picture of old shackles in the slideshow. LOL.
Posted 6 years ago by igor    [ Reply ]
Such smooth, polished style.
Posted 6 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
Sounds very much like Tom Petty's Runaway Trains.
Posted 6 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
The Smithereens to Bryan Ferry, that hurts. Must be a reason.

Ok, sonically different, but the lyrics match up. Whew!
Posted 6 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
80s make out music
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Ferry's albums always have terrific bop and a delicious female visage  : )
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 yorch wrote:
You can play Bryan Ferry all you like as far as I'm concerned.  

 

Yes, please.
Posted 8 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
I totally loves this number from the movie 9/11 weeks  
Posted 8 years ago by VonWeber    [ Reply ]
You can play Bryan Ferry all you like as far as I'm concerned.  
Posted 8 years ago by yorch    [ Reply ]
11!
Posted 8 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]

Posted 8 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
10. Just to conpensate for all you haters. 😜
Posted 9 years ago by bendame    [ Reply ]
love this song - another example of the eclectic world of Radio Paradise!
Posted 10 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
Wow - too many negative comments about this song (although some of them are quite funny....)!  Only a 6.8?

This is a beautiful song!! {#Cheers} 
Posted 10 years ago by d48m02h1918    [ Reply ]
 Alpine wrote:

SEX TONITE!!!!!!!!



 

I hear "snakes alive".
Posted 10 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 amb599 wrote:
This song is very very very gay.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.  Just not my cup of tea.  Enjoy fellas.....
 
If there's "nothing wrong with that", and you can't believe that the actual song has a sexual preference, then why do you use "gay" as a pejorative? 
Idiot. 
Posted 11 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
I can't stand Bryan Ferry...Seriously...his music is just so BORING! Someone wake me up when this song is over.
Posted 11 years ago by mattrettig    [ Reply ]
 amb599 wrote:
This song is very very very gay.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.  Just not my cup of tea.  Enjoy fellas.....
 
Its not the reference to gayness, but the display of ignorance that confounds me.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:


{#Yes}      {#Bounce}
 


This disk is still a personal fave with Gilmour and Sanborn doing some fine work throughout
Posted 11 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Polished, classy and all around gem. Love Bryan and Roxy Music...whenever I hear them. Never tire of this music. Ever.
 
{#Mrgreen}
Posted 12 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
Polished, classy and all around gem. Love Bryan and Roxy Music...whenever I hear them. Never tire of this music. Ever.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Avalon Mach II
Posted 12 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
 citizenkeith wrote:
One of my favorite albums of the 80s. Excellent from start to finish...
 

{#Yes}      {#Bounce}
Posted 12 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Ah..yes. It's nice to be reminded every now and again that pop music CAN sometimes sound really good
Posted 12 years ago by ask    [ Reply ]
Nice late night music!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
This song is very very very gay.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.  Just not my cup of tea.  Enjoy fellas.....
Posted 13 years ago by amb599    [ Reply ]
One of his very best.
David Gilmour, and Mark Knofler played on this album - anyone know who's on this track ? I'd say Gilmour.
Posted 13 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite albums of the 80s. Excellent from start to finish...
Posted 13 years ago by citizenkeith    [ Reply ]
funny how the roxy music sound is so easily identified; eno included. i suppose it's because they are so different from the mainstream and worked well together. i like them all; grouped and as solo artists. enjoy!
Posted 13 years ago by maximinimalist    [ Reply ]
 Dillinquent wrote:
You haven't lived if you haven't listened to this album on headphones.
 
I can't stand it coming out of my computer speakers...
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
No connection here at all...

Without any doubt in my mind:

1
Posted 13 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 finkle007 wrote:
"If you had no hair, you'd look like Danny Devito"
 
Nicola T.....is that you?

Posted 14 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
You haven't lived if you haven't listened to this album on headphones.

Posted 14 years ago by Dillinquent    [ Reply ]
"If you had no hair, you'd look like Danny Devito"
Posted 14 years ago by finkle007    [ Reply ]
Make. It. Stop. {#Frustrated}
Posted 14 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Never understood the appeal of Bryan Ferry or Roxy Music. Other people must, based on the rating, but I get nothing from this song whatsoever...it sounds cheesy and sappy to me...too slick and overproduced for my taste.

I also remember this song on "9 1/2 Weeks", but, to me, it was a distraction, not an enhancement, to the movie. A film like that needed a truly sultry song, not this.

Just my two cents...


Posted 14 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
 EssexTex wrote:
It's not that no one can imitate him...why would they want to...I used to think there was something medically wrong with him, all that strange twitching....that said his version of "Jealous Guy"'s better than Lennon's
 
Any version (of anything) is better than Lennon's  {#Puke}
Posted 14 years ago by ianmoff    [ Reply ]
In my younger years I thought he was saying Safety Love.

Slave to Love...  Now it makes much more sense.

Posted 14 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
The entire album is amazing!!! Get it and you might as well order "Boys and Girls" at the same time.
Posted 14 years ago by sterlingy    [ Reply ]
This song is sultry, sexy, and gets me every.damned.time. 
Posted 14 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
Which one is the boy? 


Posted 14 years ago by infinity    [ Reply ]
 I think Talk Talk has a similar sound...smooth vocals.. bupanishad2012 wrote:
Bryan Ferry is a dynamite singer and far underrated in the USA. He has an unusual, sexy sound that no one else can imitate. Play him all you can! Please!
 


Posted 15 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]

SEX TONITE!!!!!!!!


Posted 15 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
OK. It's pretty good. I can't believe I reverted to my teenage years to rate this.
Posted 15 years ago by lingchih    [ Reply ]
Ah, thats better! Never too much Brian or Roxy.........
Posted 15 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Posted 15 years ago by MTachyon    [ Reply ]
Still sounds great after all these years!!
Posted 15 years ago by Mabels_Man    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by SpeckDog    [ Reply ]
circuitburn wrote:
Heard this in High School back in the day and loved the groove.......and still do.
So did I (and still do).
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
bupanishad2012 wrote:
Bryan Ferry is a dynamite singer and far underrated in the USA. He has an unusual, sexy sound that no one else can imitate. Play him all you can! Please!
It's not that no one can imitate him...why would they want to...I used to think there was something medically wrong with him, all that strange twitching....that said his version of "Jealous Guy"'s better than Lennon's
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Bryan Ferry is a dynamite singer and far underrated in the USA. He has an unusual, sexy sound that no one else can imitate. Play him all you can! Please!
Posted 16 years ago by bupanishad2012    [ Reply ]
...huh. i must be the wrong generation.
Posted 16 years ago by TheFriendlyCat    [ Reply ]
i was doing some work and had to check to see what song this was. it sounds so cheesy.
Posted 16 years ago by TN_John    [ Reply ]
Heard this in High School back in the day and loved the groove.......and still do.
Posted 16 years ago by circuitburn    [ Reply ]
When I grow up, I want to be Bryan Ferry.
Posted 16 years ago by saulpena    [ Reply ]
wow, I thought this was that other Brian Ferry song from this album that really really sounds like that other Roxy Music song (Avalon) they all sound so so similar but I have to admit they sound good
Posted 17 years ago by electronicshaman    [ Reply ]
Best Ferry song ever.
Posted 17 years ago by buddy0407    [ Reply ]
How sweet it is, to come home to RP after a month away... Mauritius might be paradise, and Dubai offered lots of luxury and fun, but there is no place like Tokyo, and NO PLACE LIKE RP! Thanks, Bill!
Posted 17 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Dated....sounds like Bowie.......sort of
Posted 17 years ago by Fiji5555    [ Reply ]
I never cared for this back in the day, but now I'm feeling strangely nostalgic...
Posted 17 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
I remember this from the movie 9 1/2 Weeks...Steamy goodness
Posted 17 years ago by RockinBlueVoodoo    [ Reply ]
Mmmmmm, nothing more romantic than a velvet jock strap! Gorky wrote:
It's like a velvet jock strap
Posted 17 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
RBS76 wrote:
Oh Flashback. This is also on the 9 1/2 Weeks soundtrack. Yup. Guilty, guilty pleasures. Also Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker) and This City Never Sleeps (Eurythmics) are on that soundtrack. Not terrible.
Indeed. Excellent soundtrack, and this one brings it all together. I can't explain it, but I harbor a bittersweet nostalgia for the mid-80's, particularly when I hear movie soundtracks. Yep, this one is awesome. Still jerks the heart strings after all these years.
Posted 17 years ago by esotericderek    [ Reply ]
fjordless wrote:
I thought I left the dentist's office two hours ago. I can't believe this is rated so highly.
Posted 17 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
MojoJojo wrote:
I'm not a slave to love, but like Buckwheat, I am nookin puh nub.
Depends, are you Munce. Tice. Fee Tines A Mady? Now if I could only find a Buckwheat emoticon...
Posted 17 years ago by Ando    [ Reply ]
I was only a little bit more than a kid when this songs filled the radio airplay at the time but I used to love it... and still it's incredibly evocative for me every time I hear it...give me a unique sense of tranquillity!
Posted 17 years ago by exciter76    [ Reply ]
I'm not a slave to love, but like Buckwheat, I am nookin puh nub.
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Such cheese. Such memories.
Posted 17 years ago by catrip    [ Reply ]
I thought I left the dentist's office two hours ago. I can't believe this is rated so highly.
Posted 17 years ago by fjordless    [ Reply ]
voodoodaddy wrote:
1985. My then-girlfriend and I had just moved in together, and there, amidst the boxes and paper stuffing, with furniture strewn about and ice cream melting on the dining room table, we danced to this whole album, stopping only to switch album sides (yes, girls and boys, we were playing an LP). That spring-time, we were truly slaves to love. Bryan Ferry has always held a soft spot for me ever since.
SOOOO romantic! Thanks for sharing the luv!
Posted 17 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
StevenQ wrote:
How about a leather jock strap lined with velvet? Would that be more, or less, fear inducing?
A bit. It appears my life is a bit more sheltered than I thought it was.
Posted 17 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
cattgirl813 wrote:
I would ask how you know what that sensation is like, but I'm afraid of the answer....
How about a leather jock strap lined with velvet? Would that be more, or less, fear inducing?
Posted 17 years ago by StevenQ    [ Reply ]
1985. My then-girlfriend and I had just moved in together, and there, amidst the boxes and paper stuffing, with furniture strewn about and ice cream melting on the dining room table, we danced to this whole album, stopping only to switch album sides (yes, girls and boys, we were playing an LP). That spring-time, we were truly slaves to love. Bryan Ferry has always held a soft spot for me ever since.
Posted 17 years ago by voodoodaddy    [ Reply ]
Oh Flashback. This is also on the 9 1/2 Weeks soundtrack. Yup. Guilty, guilty pleasures. Also Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker) and This City Never Sleeps (Eurythmics) are on that soundtrack. Not terrible.
Posted 17 years ago by RBS76    [ Reply ]
"Shake your rug...
Posted 17 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
Gorky wrote:
It's like a velvet jock strap
I would ask how you know what that sensation is like, but I'm afraid of the answer....
Posted 17 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
Jack_Jefferson wrote:
This sets the right ambience. I always imagine me in a hotel room in a tuxedo (tux tie untied) with disheveled hair drinking a scotch, a martini or some champaign waiting on an encounter (if you get my meaning) with a really hot wahini.
I always thought that the best encounters occurred in Urbana.
Posted 17 years ago by queenjill    [ Reply ]
Sinuous sleazy beat. I love the eighties. Pop music hasn't been as good since. Reminds me of dancing all night to fast music, then waiting for the slower sleazey stuff to start around 5 a.m.
Posted 17 years ago by StevenQ    [ Reply ]
Just turned the volume up a little.
Posted 17 years ago by brn    [ Reply ]
Smoooth. Love it.
Posted 17 years ago by Old_Pool_Skunk    [ Reply ]
Shesdifferent wrote:
Your in an alternate universe...now get down on your knees!!
That's gotta be the best offer he's ever had.
Posted 17 years ago by artmaven    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
Am I on the computer or in the elevator?
Your in an alternate universe...now get down on your knees!!
Posted 17 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Gorky wrote:
It's like a velvet jock strap
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............
Posted 17 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
What does this track remind me of? In the immortal words of Grandpa Simpson: "I had seeeeex." I really did. Back in the day.
and now you don't anymore?
Posted 17 years ago by fcatalao    [ Reply ]
Could've sworn this was "Avalon" at first...
Posted 17 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
Helchat wrote:
This is definitely NOT music to work by
agree, it makes me sleepy too !
Posted 17 years ago by rollo_tomasi    [ Reply ]
handyrae wrote:
How am I supposed to WORK after listening to this..........?
This is definitely NOT music to work by
Posted 17 years ago by Helchat    [ Reply ]
It's like a velvet jock strap
Posted 17 years ago by Gorky    [ Reply ]
Oh, how I love Bryan Ferry... let me count the ways
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
Still a great song after all these years. I would throw the album on when I was making out with my girlfriend in college. Too much information? Oh well them's the facts.
Posted 18 years ago by shockedmonkey    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
What does this track remind me of? In the immortal words of Grandpa Simpson: "I had seeeeex." I really did. Back in the day.
This sets the right ambience. I always imagine me in a hotel room in a tuxedo (tux tie untied) with disheveled hair drinking a scotch, a martini or some champaign waiting on an encounter (if you get my meaning) with a really hot wahini.
Posted 18 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
Wow m. Knopfler my new crush even better.
Posted 18 years ago by smileyally    [ Reply ]
How am I supposed to WORK after listening to this..........?
Posted 18 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Mark Knopfler (sp?) on lead guitar if memory serves me right.... Splendid!
Posted 18 years ago by Helchat    [ Reply ]
80's east coast. summer. blasting out on the lawn. stupefied from heat and drink. nice.
Posted 18 years ago by smileyally    [ Reply ]
What does this track remind me of? In the immortal words of Grandpa Simpson: "I had seeeeex." I really did. Back in the day.
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Having hear this a gazillion times way back when - I hear something different. I guess that's what "remastered" means. Not bad.
Posted 18 years ago by Darrooon    [ Reply ]
This whole album is one of my desert island discs. It and Avalon are a good 1-2 punch.
Posted 18 years ago by JohnnySockhead    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
Am I on the computer or in the elevator?
You're in a mile-high elevator. Relax and enjoy the ride.
Posted 18 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by pvcnote    [ Reply ]
Am I on the computer or in the elevator?
Posted 18 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
Couldn't agree with you more! shakitten wrote:
Doesn't matter what mood I'm in...BF and Roxy always seem to fit.
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
Doesn't matter what mood I'm in...BF and Roxy always seem to fit.
Posted 18 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Was "treated" to Gwen Stefani's rendition of this over lunch today...thanks for cleansing my palette, RP. Excellent tune.
Posted 18 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Great song from a great album in an era of GREAT music from BF and Roxy Music. Brings back so many memories for me!
Posted 18 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Absolutely yummy.....
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
GREAT song.
Posted 18 years ago by yogaboat    [ Reply ]
What can you say - Bryan Ferry's voice is melodically haunting - a great artist - 10. O:)
Posted 18 years ago by markvery    [ Reply ]