RIP Tom Verlaine

[smcfee]

I am sure we all appreciate his work in Television...

[Sunlight Caller]

Oh not another one, this has been a terrible year so far. I’ve been playing the first two albums a lot recently, and I’ve never tired of Marquee Moon, they created some mesmerising music that will stand the test of time. RIP.

[Steve F.]

Oh…my!

Thanks for the sad news.

[aith01]

Well, darn it...

[Digital_Man]

Sad news. I saw Television several years ago and they were really great. RIP Tom.

[mnprogger]

very sad.

Marquee Moon is a classic.

[jake]

That’s sad news - saw them back in the day - opening act was Blondie who were practically booed off the stage. Television were amazing.

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[Piskie]

Oh shit.

[clivey]

Oh shit.

I bought the very awesome red vinyl 12" single Foxhole when it was released in 78. All on the experience of seeing the video on the Old Grey W. T.

Loved the Guitar playing and sound.
RIP Tom.I will be listening later today

[Jerjo]

RIP to a trail-blazing pioneer. I'll be playing Marquee Moon a few times this weekend.

[Zappathustra]

Great guitar player, and great innovator - his albums sound completely contemporary even in our days. Everybody appreciates Marquee Moon, but I believe Adventure is also a very cool record, with it's more American flavor. On the other hand, I am not in the least familiar with anything he did outside Television. I had the feeling that the well dried quickly there, but maybe only due to my own ignorance.

[Munster]

Great guitar player, and great innovator - his albums sound completely contemporary even in our days. Everybody appreciates Marquee Moon, but I believe Adventure is also a very cool record, with it's more American flavor. On the other hand, I am not in the least familiar with anything he did outside Television. I had the feeling that the well dried quickly there, but maybe only due to my own ignorance.

Praise here for Adventure and Television's third album, which I hadn't heard until listening to it on Spotify today.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...-punk-guessing

[Steve F.]

On the other hand, I am not in the least familiar with anything he did outside Television. I had the feeling that the well dried quickly there, but maybe only due to my own ignorance.

I never owned anything, but I saw him several times with his band in the early mid 80s, and they were excellent.

[moecurlythanu]

I never gave Television a chance bitd, because they were one of the darlings of music critics whom I despised due to their disdain for Prog-Rock. In retrospect, I wish I had given them a chance, or at least attended a concert. However, I don't recall having an opportunity to see them. If they came to my area, I didn't know about it.

[spacefreak]

Amazing songwriter and a guitarist with a unique sound. Both Television albums and his "Dreamtime" solo are classics.

[spacefreak]

On the other hand, I am not in the least familiar with anything he did outside Television. I had the feeling that the well dried quickly there, but maybe only due to my own ignorance.

Dreamtime is as good as Marquee Moon. Amazing record. And with one of the best productions I ever heard on a new wave album.

[Trane]

RIP, of course

I never gave Television a chance bitd, because they were one of the darlings of music critics whom I despised due to their disdain for Prog-Rock. In retrospect, I wish I had given them a chance, or at least attended a concert. However, I don't recall having an opportunity to see them. If they came to my area, I didn't know about it.

I hate it when you agree with me (in this case 95%)... I feel like I went wrong somewhere down the line


Actually I have given Marquee Moon a chance a few times throughout different decades (starting in 77/8 until some 4 years ago), but it never clicked with me, but if they had come around my area, I'd have gone to see Verlaine & co.

[moecurlythanu]

I hate it when you agree with me (in this case 95%)... I feel like I went wrong somewhere down the line

You needn't worry. The Powerball has better odds.

[Zappathustra]

Dreamtime is as good as Marquee Moon. Amazing record. And with one of the best productions I ever heard on a new wave album.

thanks for the tip, will check it out

[hippypants]

I bought TV's first album and never could get into it until recently. I think the vocals were a turn off to me reminding me a bit of Talking Heads. I'm curious about some of their other output now. RIP

[arturs]

I bought TV's first album and never could get into it until recently. I think the vocals were a turn off to me reminding me a bit of Talking Heads. I'm curious about some of their other output now. RIP

Television were absolutely a Talking Heads-adjacent band, but so much more interesting instrumentally! IMHO Television and Discipline-era KC were the two bands that took that particular "new wave" sound and made the most substantively enduring music with it.

I think all three TV albums are worthy of extensive listening. I need to check out Verlaine solo. A friend's band used to cover some of his solo material and I remember liking it a lot.

RIP.

[polmico]

Patti Smith’s tribute to her friend:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...s-tom-verlaine

[Lopez]

No, not another one! Death just doesn't stop.

Love Marquee Moon.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Great guitarist, singer and lyricist.

Always loved Moon, and it was great to see the 'visions at Roskilde sometime in the early 90s when their entire encore consisted of old garage-psych classics by The Standells, Chocolate Watchband etc.

[Digital_Man]

Patti Smith’s tribute to her friend:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...s-tom-verlaine

Unfortunately I can't read that without subscribing. Oh well.