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Subject: Re: Television Live (and twangless)
Richard Lloyd is now and forever on my guitar god list no matter
who he
In a message dated 99-04-06 17:19:33 EDT, you write:
Richard Lloyd is now and forever on my guitar god list no matter who he
plays
with.
Deb
he was teaching voice here in Hoboken at The Guitar Bar not long enough. If I
had only had the bucks...
Elena Skye
William F. Silvers writes:
Review/commentary on the re-release of Television's live BLOW-UP
record.
I don't get it. This has been on CD as a French import for, what,
six years or so? I've had it that long, anyway.
To be honest, it's not their best work. It's interesting, but the
Nah, Amy, I don't hate 'em or anything. I've just never quite been on the
wavelength. I enjoyed those shows way back when and I even see the sense
in which their were certain innovations there (like the phrasing thing
Barry mentioned). They just never rang my own little bell, etc
I did
I'm probably jumping into this late (sue me, I've been in bed with a fever
of 103 the past three days) but Richard Lloyd is indeed a guitar god. The
closest I ever got to seeing his fingers fly was a tour that the Heath
Happiness Show did with Butch Hancock in 1995. Lloyd was playing with HH,
Junior says:
And that Patti Smith quote was hilarious, thanks for that one! g.
It's even better if you imagine it being said in Patti's weird South
Jersey hippie accent.
So maybe Verlaine needs to do a tour with the Ex-Husbands now...
Shudder
Television isn't quite as twangless as you'd think, in my opinion. They are played a
different sort of twang than most of us are used to hearing. In my opinion, they
could have been one of the great bands of the 70s, had they not been sidetracked by
drug abuse. Tom Verlaine's vocals were an
Former and future Amy Haugesag wrote:
Bill writes:
I'm with you, which is why I baited the hook that way. (Though "Prove It"
does end up as a song I get stuck in my head from time to time) Wondered
if any NYC types who maybe saw them back in the day had different ideas.
the twin
In a message dated 4/7/99, 9:42:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
but Richard Lloyd is indeed a guitar god
He was great playing on the "Meet John Doe" tour as well. I had a space by
the stage right by him and though I find John Doe pretty darn easy on the
eyes -- I still couldn't take my eyes
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 7-Apr-99 Re: Television Live
(and tw.. by Brad Bechtel@macromedia.
More TV facts: Richard Lloyd also played with John Doe, on his CD
"Meet John Do
e". And Billy Ficca was the drummer for the Waitresses ("I Know What
Boys Like"
).
And the original
Carl Abraham Zimring writes:
Has Richard lloyd put out any solo work this decade? His record on
Celluloid about a dozen years ago was excellent.
I have an import LP that he did at some point on a Swedish label
with - I believe - a Swedish backing band. I think it was done earlier
in the
Review/commentary on the re-release of Television's live BLOW-UP record.
Seminal and magical or pretty much overrated, you decide.
http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/music/review/1999/04/06/verlaine/index.html
b.s.
Bill ponders the mysteries of Televison and that epochal artiste, Tom
Verlaine...
Seminal and magical or pretty much overrated, you decide.
Ah well, these are taste matters I know. I tend toward the latter
however I'd give their entire recorded output for a single
track by the Ramones.
Reply to: Re: Television Live (and twangless)
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion blah blah blah, but I have to interject an
objection here. I remember the first weekend I went to CBGB's, back in 75 or 76. First
night it was Mink Deville and Ramones, next night was Talking Heads
Bill Silvers wrote:
Seminal and magical or pretty much overrated, you decide.
I'm with you, which is why I baited the hook that way.
Lord, lord no. As Robin wrote, Marquee Moon stands up well over
time. Yeah, he's done some goofy stuff, but even the reunion
Televsion record was pretty
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion blah blah blah, but I have to
interject an objection here. I remember the first weekend I went to CBGB's,
back in 75 or 76. First night it was Mink Deville and Ramones, next night was
Talking Heads opening for Television. As great as Ramones were,
Actually, I saw 'em in 76 at CBGB's too old old old!!! and several
other times, but they didn't do any more for me then than they do
now, in retrospect.
Ah well,
--junior
Richard Lloyd is now and forever on my guitar god list no matter who he plays
with.
Deb
Bill writes:
I'm with you, which is why I baited the hook that way. (Though "Prove It"
does end up as a song I get stuck in my head from time to time) Wondered
if any NYC types who maybe saw them back in the day had different ideas.
Yep. And evidently Robin Hall did too (in fact, we were
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