Bryan Ferry-Nazi follow-up

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LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Bryan Ferry apologized on Monday for remarks he made in an interview with a German newspaper in which he praised the Nazis' iconography as "just amazing" and "really beautiful".
The 61-year-old lead singer of Roxy Music told Germany's Welt Am Sonntag newspaper last month: "The way that the Nazis staged themselves and presented themselves, my Lord!
"I'm talking about the films of Leni Riefenstahl and the buildings of Albert Speer and the mass marches and the flags -- just fantastic. Really beautiful."
In a statement, Ferry said he was "deeply upset" about the negative publicity the interview triggered, and added:
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"I apologize unreservedly for any offence caused by my comments on Nazi iconography, which were solely made from an art history perspective.
"I, like every right-minded individual, find the Nazi regime, and all it stood for, evil and abhorrent."
Jewish leaders in Britain, some of whom had condemned Ferry's comments and questioned whether he should be dropped by the Marks & Spencer retail chain that employs him as a model, welcomed Ferry's clarification.
"We do welcome the fact that he has issued a swift comment that there was no intention to condone the Nazi regime," said Jeremy Newmark, chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council

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Topic - Bryan Ferry-Nazi follow-up - Duilawyer 15:10:03 04/17/07 (8)

Rocky Road or National Inquirer - JeffH 15:02:25 04/18/07 (0)

Re: Bryan Ferry-Nazi follow-up - halfnote 22:01:32 04/17/07 (3)

Nazi propaganda and graphics - dave c 22:37:33 04/17/07 (2)

Re: Nazi propaganda and graphics - halfnote 11:10:45 04/18/07 (1)

Epoxy Music - dave c 14:35:19 04/18/07 (0)

Re: Bryan Ferry-Nazi follow-up - ScottZ 17:34:58 04/17/07 (2)

I never got it when he paraded across the stage singing - Duilawyer 17:46:45 04/17/07 (1)

I would have thought your heading said it all. nt - dave c 22:34:12 04/17/07 (0)

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