Television - Marquee Moon (Dig)
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Artist: TelevisionBrand: Rhino
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-09-23
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- See No Evil
- Venus
- Friction
- Marquee Moon
- Elevation
- Guiding Light
- Prove It
- Torn Curtain
- Little Johnny Jewel, Pts. 1 & 2 [*]
- See No Evil [Alternate Version][Alternate Take][#][*]
- Friction [Alternate Version][Alternate Take][#][*]
- Marquee Moon [Alternate Version][Alternate Take][#][*]
Free Music Notes for Marquee Moon (Dig)
Free Music Review: A rock 'n roll staple gets the re-mastered treatment.
Hit: 5 Stars
Television is an oddity - associated with punk even though they have more in common with Ayler than The Clash, it's a band that was nevertheless associated with the burgeoning NY punk scene. That scene, having been forced to find new places to play after Mercer came tumbling down, found three new digs to occupy - CBGB's, Max's Kansas City and 82 Club. Television, in spite of having played a long engagement at CGBGB's, were mostly looked upon as a Max's band, much like Patti Smith was. GBGB's is now known as the house The Ramones built but Blondie and The Talking Heads played there often enough to call it their backyard.
The point of all this is that riding the Patti Smith wave, record execs were looking to catch some big fish playing in the NY pond, and some of these fish were Television (around 1974 they were probably looked upon as most likely to succeed), The Ramones, Talking Heads, Richard Hell, Suicide, Johnny Thunder and The Heartbreakers and Blondie. As a result, these bands get lumped together even though Television has more in common stylistically with The Albert Ayler Trio than they do with The Ramones. That Verlaine held the Ramones beneath contempt should tell you all you need to know about what he thought of having Television lumped in with that crowd.
Television is not three chord rock. It's not angry in the way The Sex Pistols were angry (actually most American punk isn't angry the way Brit punk was). What Television Is, it's a combination of kids tired of the same old crap. It's a handful of guys who liked VU and Albert Ayler and old black blues men and Captain Beefheart. If you wanna call it punk, you should really call it art-punk. That's especially appropriate since Verlaine took his moniker from a French poet. The problem is that when people first get introduced to Television as a punk band they don't get it. They expect three chords played fast and angry and the expectations are met with arpeggios and harmonics and astonishingly artful drumming. In other words, the expectations are NOT met.
But if you don't like something, it doesn't necessarily mean it sucks. Hardcore punkers will most likely be disappointed with Marquee Moon's lack of anger. Jazz heads will be disappointed with Marquee Moon's structure. Deadheads will be disappointed with Marquee Moon's lack of relaxed atmosphere and Verlaine's screeching voice. The only ones not disappointed will be those that are open to hearing something new.
"Venus", "Prove It" and "Torn Curtain" don't feature chug-a-lug, downstream picking. They feature shimmering guitars interplaying with complex chords and delicate drumming, walking bass lines and counterpoint - not typical punk staples. Heck, "Guiding Light" even feature (gasp!) piano.
The new and re-mastered edition features Patti Smith pal R. Mapplethorpe's original shot of the undernourished band and Mr. Ficca's giant afro) as well as a handful of alternate takes, a 7 minute "Little Johnny Jewel" and an unreleased cut.
To my ears, Television belongs right in between The Velvet Underground and Big Star, having carved itself into a niche that no one is entirely sure how to categorize (I only care enough to do so because their own confused status seems to demand a clarification so perhaps art rock or smart rock will do the trick).
Marquee Moon (Dig) Poster
Television was one of the most creative bands to emerge from New York's punk scene of the mid-'70s, creating an influential guitar vocabulary. Guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd didn't follow the accepted rock structures for improvisation; they removed the blues while retaining the raw energy of garage rock, adding complex solo lines that recalled both jazz & rock. With its angular rhythms and fluid leads, Television's music always went in unconventional directions, laying the groundwork for many of the guitar-based post-punk pop groups of the late '70s and '80s. This, their debut album, was a UK Top 10 Hit and remains one of the most influential rock recordings of the late 20th Century. Out-of-print on vinyl for many years, this is now available on 180 gram vinyl with gatefold sleeve.A classic bit of punk rock from 1977, that classic year of punk. Whereas most of this New York City group's peers turned up the distortion, revved up the tempo, and stripped their songs down to tight three-chord anthems, Television did something startlingly different. Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd allowed themselves the space to develop clean, powerful, unexpected guitar leads. To top it off, Verlaine's songs were thought-provoking, memorable, danceable, and unlike anything else going. "Prove It" was the hit in England, but independent radio stations wore the grooves down on the title cut, "See No Evil," and the stunningly brilliant "Friction." --Percy Keegan
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