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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on September 08, 2004, 03:54:00 pm
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You guys sometimes talk about television. Is it worth getting?
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I would start with Marquee Moon.
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Maybe you can burn a copy for Rhett. It would make him feel special.
Originally posted by mark e smith:
I would start with Marquee Moon.
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After today and all of the attention it has brought I am sure Rhett feels special enough.
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I bought their self-titled album in 92 when it came out on cassette. Nothing special.
Originally posted by mark e smith:
I would start with Marquee Moon.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I bought their self-titled album in 92 when it came out on cassette. Nothing special.
look at mark e smith's post again and follow his instructions. . .
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I rather like that 1992 album, it is certainly no Marquee Moon, but No glamour for Willi is still pretty great.
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there's no doubt that marquee moon is the essential television record, but that self-titled album has plenty of great songs on it. it's probably one of the best "comeback" records by anyone.
i actually like adventure , too. tom verlaine's first few solo albums have lots of good moments as well.
i could go on and on about the brilliance of television and verlaine/lloyd, but it basically comes down to this: they were a classic rock band in the 1975-1978 milieu of NYC punk. you can hear as much dylan/allmans influence as the velvets in their music. when everybody else was writing terse, urgent anthems, television were writing epic songs with unique melodies and arrangements.
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Marquee Moon, especially the new remaster, is a masterpiece. The 1992 self-titled LP is a horrible representation.