Same Old Scene

Featured on Roxy Music's seventh album, Flesh + Blood, "Same Old Scene" is a shimmering ode to the impermanence of love. Frontman Bryan Ferry begins the song by acknowledging "nothing lasts forever," hinting at the loss of a previous relationship. As "Same Old Scene" progresses, Ferry contemplates moving on with a new love interest, but he's not sure he can survive further heartache: Young loving may be Oh so mean Will I still survive The same old scene?

This song finds Roxy Music experimenting with more electronic instrumentation. In an interview with Classic Pop on November 8, 2022, Ferry credited Flesh + Blood producer Rhett Davies and the London recording studio where they made "Same Old Scene" for providing the inspiration: "We'd become interested in drum machines and sampling etc. and our producer Rhett Davies played a big part in the sound of this record with the triggered strings. Basing Street Studios in Notting Hill was a good change of scene for us. The great bassist Alan Spenner is on this track as well as most of the Flesh + Blood album."

David Mallet, the British filmmaker behind some of rock music's most celebrated videos, including David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" (1980), Billy Idol's "White Wedding" (1982), and Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" (1984), directed the visual for "Same Old Scene." It takes the form of a simple performance video, with black-and-white footage of Roxy Music in a recording studio interspersed with clips of Ferry dancing in a suit.