After writing about the most representative Beach Boys song yesterday, I thought I'd continue in that vein today with the equivalent from the Roxy Music canon. "A Song for Europe" would have to be the choice. The romance among the ruins epic with its continental setting and theme of doomed beauty, and which includes sections sung in Latin (!) and French, is a pretty fair encapsulation of the Roxy world-view. And the music is halfway between the inspired wildness of their earliest stuff (an influence on the Sex Pistols' sound through Steve Jones, in fact) and the glossed poignancy of their later work. Both sides of the band are equally appreciated by fans, and on this one we get both. Here's the original: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u47h9fDGKxg), and here's a live version from a 2010 performance that features a splendid solo from saxophonist and co-writer Andy Mackay: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HqUW_OahuI&feature=related).