![]() It seemed natural, like he was responding to my music and I was responding to his vocals. Soldier of Fortune is a blues rock ballad written by David Coverdale and Ritchie Blackmore and originally released on Deep Purples 1974 album Stormbringer. ![]() “Then he re-recorded it with a band at half-tempo, which resembled my version remotely, and then I changed the instrumentation, which led him to re-record the vocals. “We recorded a sketch that was a bit similar to the original,” Terje told Rolling Stone earlier this year. Aside from Marr, Avonmore includes guests like Nile Rodgers, Ronnie Spector, Mark Knopfler and Norwegian dance producer Todd Terje, whose plodding “Johnny and Mary” collaboration (previously released on his own It’s Album Time! LP) closes the record. ![]() The album, titled Avonmore, is Ferry’s first collection of new material since 2010’s Olympia, and the song, “Soldier of Fortune,” available below, features Johnny Marr helping out with Red Hot Chili Peppers-esque acoustic guitar riff. His catalog sales ramped up, and suddenly he was cool. Three tracks into Bryan Ferry‘s new album, the former Roxy Music frontman gets reflective, singing lines like, “I was walking down the street, and I saw you in the rain/It’s breaking my heart, and I want you back again” as he builds toward a chorus that ends, “I had the world on a string and I threw it all away.” More Songfacts: Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon Neil Diamond Neil Diamond got a big boost in 1994 when Urge Overkill's cover of his song 'Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon' was used in the movie Pulp Fiction.
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