Tom Verlaine 1949-2023

[AshBuchanan]

RIP Tom Verlaine of Television. One of Punk's Pioneers.
https://www.clashmusic.com/news/reports-tom-verlaine-has-died/#.Y9W1pSLdtoI.link

 

[timbre4]

Sorry to be reading this news. I also enjoy his solo record Flashlight very much.

 

[user 1679]

Really saddened by this one. I loved Marquee Moon since I bought it upon release...followed his career until this day. I never got to see Television - their Toronto show scheduled after Adventure came ut was cancelled as they broke up. I did see about a half dozen of Tom's solo shows....band and alone...always so good.

A new TV album was in the works for the last several years but never quite got finished....what to do with those tracks now?

PM me if you'd like a link to my recording of the Toronto 87 show. It's up on DoD but not everyone accesses that site i guess,

 

[DuncanS]

Television's Marquee Moon is a brilliant album. RIP Tom Verlaine

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64442824

 

[mkt]

"Here's how it works. You’ll hear the first half of the song only in the very first cut, the demo that Television cut with Brian Eno in 1974 in hopes of a record deal that never materialized. After that, I crossfade straight to the solos of the ensuing tracks in chronological order, from 1975 to 2019. ... The damn thing is six and a half hours long"
https://www.tyburrswatchlist.com/50-ways-of-hearing-marquee-moon/