Tom Verlaine RIP

[belboid]

Well that’s shit. Just 73

Tom Verlaine dies at 73

We are sorry to hear of the death of Tom Verlaine. The legendary guitar player snd key driver of Television has passed away at 73. The band emerged in the

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[editor]

That really fucking sucks

Reports: Tom Verlaine Has Died | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Reports are coming in from the United States that Television founder and guitarist Tom Verlaine has died. Multiple sources have confirmed the news,

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[danny la rouge]

Ah, shit. That’s very, very sad.

 

[planetgeli]

Everyone likes Marquee Moon don't they?

This is well shit. On top of everything else that's well shit too right now.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Only really got into Marquee Moon recently. The thing about it is not how many other bands ripped it off, but how badly they all missed the point. Those jaggedy guitars, tricksy rhythms and drawling vocals would all have been for shit without Verlaine's ear for a great tune.

RIP Tom.

 

[maomao]

Marquee Moon is one of the very few ten minute album tracks that actually deserves to be ten minutes long.

RIP Tom.

 

[Hollis]

Another band I first heard of on the mid-80s version of 'Whistle Test' - with their weekly archive clip:



Finally got to see them in 2016 at Electric Brixton - great show from memory.

 

[redsquirrel]

Ah crap, and 73 is hardly an age these days.

Will give Marquee Moon a listen today

 

[The39thStep]

Totally unique RIP Tom

 

[SpookyFrank]

Marquee Moon is one of the very few ten minute album tracks that actually deserves to be ten minutes long.

Recorded in one take apparently.

 

[Griff]

That's pretty sad to hear.

Love Marquee Moon.

RiP Tom.

 

[RainbowTown]

Keith Levene, Jeff Beck and now Tom Verlaine. All within 12 weeks of one another.

Marquee Moon is simply a wonderful, singular album. Thanks in no small part to Verlaine. RIP.

 

[danny la rouge]

I had a WhatsApp from an old school friend who says he’s put on the vinyl of Marquee Moon which I’d given him way back when. Which I can’t remember, but it’s nice to know he still does. I’m transported back to a simpler time.

 

[Voley]

The bit in Marquee Moon where the guitar rises and rises and rises: one of my favourite bits of music by anyone.

RIP Tom. You were ace.

 

[RD2003]

Everyone likes Marquee Moon don't they?

Yes. Or at least it's been a constant for me ever since I finally bought the vinyl about 1980, after meaning to for a couple of years. RIP Tom.

 

[oryx]

While Marquee Moon is recognised as their greatest album I used to really like Adventure. Especially the track called Days. I bought a vinyl copy secondhand a few years after it came out and it reminds me of a very specific time in my life (early studenthood).

RIP.

 

[Griff]

Had the 12" of Foxhole on red vinyl as a kid in the late '70s and it aways sounded fantastic

Great to hear Tom Robinson play it on 6 Music this evening. Tune!

 

[Chilli.s]

RIP, hugely influential Marquee Moon

 

[seeformiles]

I never really “got” Television - although not for want of trying on the part of one particular friend who’s quite cut up about this. Some interesting guitar bits but one of those ships that sailed without me. RIP anyway.

 

[CNT36]

Tom Robinson's radio 6 show last night was a tribute.

BBC Radio 6 Music - Now Playing @6Music, Tom Verlaine Tribute

Help build a playlist dedicated to the Television frontman.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[oryx]

Tom Robinson's radio 6 show last night was a tribute.

BBC Radio 6 Music - Now Playing @6Music, Tom Verlaine Tribute

Help build a playlist dedicated to the Television frontman.

www.bbc.co.uk

That sounds excellent. Missed it last night but might catch up on Sounds.

 

[belboid]

Here’s a great recording of a radio show TV did with Gaylord Fields, two hours of eclectic musical choices and fascinating conversation.

Tom Verlaine, the innovative singer/guitarist, most famously of the trailblazing late-70's New York band Television, stops by to chat and perform guest DJ duties.: Gaylord Fields's show

Audio & playlist from January 8, 2006

wfmu.org

 

[stockwelljonny]

Nice piece in the LRB

James Wolcott | Remembering Tom Verlaine · LRB 3 February 2023

I was standing on the uptown side of the subway platform when I felt a pair of hands on my shoulders, pressing as if...

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