Re: (TV) VU--say it all at once--jay pontrelli is the best. you are welcome...

[Keith Allison <keith@marquee.demon.co.uk>]

In message <003901c5e788$b1179b50$f47c1942@concierge>, bunny pad 
<campreverb@gmail.com> writes
> and he just seems an ass quite basically. good point on the interviews 
> too, i'm still trying to get over reading an interview with Damien 
> Jurado-whose music I love

I'm reminded of something Tom Verlaine/Television's manager John Telfer 
said in an interview in 1992, re. Tom:

"A few people said, "Donbt work with him, hebs difficult". But 
hebs an artist - and no more difficult than anybody whobs 
intelligent and doesnbt stand fools."

and Tom's line in '87:

"The press doesn't deserve anything but lies."

The way people like Tom and Reed come over in interviews might just be 
partly down to the poor standard of most music journalism (the "fools" 
mentioned above?). How many times will Reed have been asked about Andy 
Warhol or Nico, or Tom or Richard about Marquee Moon or (shudder) Punk? 
Could be that if someone asked Lou Reed his opinion on how to build the 
perfect fuzz box they might discover that he's a charming, chatty, 
informative gent.

On the other hand, the stories of him gradually removing Quine's work 
from the recordings suggest that he's a small-minded control freak with 
an insecurity complex.

My original comment that he's "a prick" should really have been that 
that all the stuff I've read about him suggests that he's a prick.

Doesn't take anything away from "THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO", 
though.
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