Tom Verlaine dead

Svetlovska

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/28/tom-verlaine-frontman-and-guitarist-of-us-band-television-dies-at-73?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

lukesleepwalker

Ugh, one of my heroes. Marquee moon is a truly sublime piece of art.

Simon

@lukesleepwalker said:
Ugh, one of my heroes. Marquee moon is a truly sublime piece of art.

+1.

michael_m

Sad news. He and Richard Lloyd put together some of the greatest guitar arrangements of all time on Marquee Moon.

JeffChasteen

This hits so hard.
Rest In Peace, Mr Verlaine.

espiegel123

He was such a powerful and unique player. His playing on the cassette-only (at the time) version of Little Johny Jewel was a mind blower.

barabajagal

More sad news 🥺

ExAsperis99

I love Television, but this performance with Luna is magical. (It’s like the most New York connection. A song about Suicide too!)

purpan2

Truly sad. I’m grateful I got the chance to see Television on the Marquee Moon tour in the UK. Wonderful musician. I love his solo work too. « The Scientist Writes a Letter » is haunting.

Poppadocrock

@lukesleepwalker said:
Ugh, one of my heroes. Marquee moon is a truly sublime piece of art.

That is a classic album. Sad loss.

HotStrange

Oh man this hits hard. Marquee Moon is one of my all time favorite albums. He also penned one of my favorite Bowie songs - Kingdom Come.

mlau

🎩🌹

richardyot

@ExAsperis99 said:
I love Television, but this performance with Luna is magical. (It’s like the most New York connection. A song about Suicide too!)

I've had that album for years and years and I never knew Tom Verlaine played on that song (which is one of Luna's best).

(Edit) listening back to it now it should have been obvious that the lead part is nothing like Dean Wareham or Sean Eden's playing.

JanKun

@lukesleepwalker said:
Ugh, one of my heroes. Marquee moon is a truly sublime piece of art.

+1

Schmotown

Their third album, “Television”, is a favorite, maybe because I got to know it first… https://music.apple.com/us/album/television/724086650

gkillmaster

I got to see a Television "reunion" live about 5 years ago in SF. Sad to hear. They were seminal for me. Marquee Moon is a good friend.

lukesleepwalker

@richardyot said:

@ExAsperis99 said:
I love Television, but this performance with Luna is magical. (It’s like the most New York connection. A song about Suicide too!)

I've had that album for years and years and I never knew Tom Verlaine played on that song (which is one of Luna's best).

(Edit) listening back to it now it should have been obvious that the lead part is nothing like Dean Wareham or Sean Eden's playing.

Same here! I have listened to that Luna song countless times and never realized Verlaine played on it.

bygjohn

So sad. Words From The Front is my favourite of his solo albums. The guitar solo on the title track rips me apart every time.

michael_m

I’m sure he must have been one of the big inspirations for the use of a Jazzmaster for indie guitarists. I certainly associate him with playing one when no one else really did.

JeffChasteen

@richardyot said:

@ExAsperis99 said:
I love Television, but this performance with Luna is magical. (It’s like the most New York connection. A song about Suicide too!)

I've had that album for years and years and I never knew Tom Verlaine played on that song (which is one of Luna's best).

(Edit) listening back to it now it should have been obvious that the lead part is nothing like Dean Wareham or Sean Eden's playing.

I was listening to that song with a friend. He exclaimed, “Man, that sounds like Jerry!”
I replied, “I see where you could hear that, but I’m pretty sure that’s a guy named Tom Verlaine”

JeffChasteen

@gkillmaster said:
I got to see a Television "reunion" live about 5 years ago in SF. Sad to hear. They were seminal for me. Marquee Moon is a good friend.

I saw that tour. There were just a few dates: Athens, SF, NYC, and maybe Austin?

Marcel

A great song by him : ‘The Scientist Writes A Letter’.