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Re: (TV) old but new
Thanks Lee, Have you heard the "Phillipe de Barge" record, or the Electric
Banana stuff (the ultimate collection being the CD "The Electric Banana
Blows Your Mind"), all basically unreleased Pretty Things stuff from the
60's? If you are a fan of Townshend's guitar playing (esp. The Who Sell Out,
Tommy and all of the great singles), the Small Faces crisp power-pop, the
Kinks masterpiece, melodic wry Anglo-satire era, and Syd Barrett-era Pink
Floyd psychedelia, you will love it. The reviews of these records on AMG are
ridiculously uncharitable. Dick Taylor is a rock and roll guitar great. Esp.
songs like "Alexander", "Blow Your Mind" or "Running you and Me".
Scott
> From: "Lee Ritter" <poriver@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 05:58:54
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: Re: (TV) old but new
>
>
> AHH SCOTT, YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY A MAN OF DISCERNING TASTE. NOT MANY
> RECOGNIZED THE BRILLIANCE OF THE PRETY THINGS. THEY WERE VISIONARIES.
> AND THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN IN OR GIVEN UP TO THIS DAY. I SAW THEM DO AN
> ACOUSTIC SET AT THE WFMU RECORD SHOW MAYBE 18 MONTHS AGO &, UNLIKE TOM,
> PHIL MAY WAS NEITHER LANKY NOR TALL. I LIKE YOUR TASTE.
> LEE
>
>> From: SCOTT ALDRICH <scott.aldrich@worldnet.att.net>
>> Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
>> To: <tv@obbard.com>
>> Subject: Re: (TV) old but new
>> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:07:10 -0500
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Around 1980, as a freshman in high school, I had a garage punk band called
>> Dexter and the Dandelions. My bass player (and best friend's) older brother
>> was my idol, and we would listen to his copies of Marquee Moon, Adventure,
>> the Sex Pistols and the Kids Are Alright in his basement room after school
>> and play to them. Then we would run through covers: See No Evil, Wild
>> Thing,
>> Bodies, Career Opportunities, Miracle Man, Beat On The Brat, and Substitute
>> were our favorites as I recall. Another older kid, Hugh Lane (are you still
>> out there, Hugh?) was my mentor. He was a kind of Lester Bangs to me. I
>> gave
>> him guitar lessons (he was amazed I could play Pinball Wizard and Legal
>> Matter) and he would let me borrow his Creem and Punk Magazines and his
>> records: The Modern Lovers, the Small Faces, the Pretty Things, the
>> Stooges,
>> the New York Dolls, Nuggets, Them, and, of course Television were my
>> favorites. Luckily my mom was young and loved music (she was a big Beatles
>> and Who, Pete Townshend fan - fellow eastern meditation types) so she let
>> me
>> play these records to death. In 1980 the first single I bought (at Bleecker
>> Bobs when it was on MacDougal Street) was the Little Johnny Jewel 7" on Ork
>> records. I still have it, and it still gives me chills when I hear those
>> opening notes and that guitar tone. Also the Voidoid's "Blank Generation"
>> (the Ork records EP version), very similar vibe that instantly brings me
>> back to the lower east side in the late 70's. The influence of those
>> records
>> on my own sensibility has been incalculable.
>>
>> Responding to an earlier thread, my favorite unreleased Television song is
>> definitely "Adventure", although I wish there was a studio version of Judy.
>> The bootlegged version is unfortunately so warbled. It reminds me so much
>> of
>> "Venus", which along with "See No Evil" is my all-time favorite Television
>> song.
>>
>> Hope everyone on the list is well and a hearty greeting to the new list
>> members.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: "Pontrelli, Paul Jay" <jPontrelli@stites.com>
>>> Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
>>> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:17:10 -0500
>>> To: "'tv@obbard.com'" <tv@obbard.com>
>>> Subject: (TV) old but new
>>>
>>> For list members, regulars and lurkers, when did you first start
>> listening
>>> to Television?
>>>
>>> Me: 1988.
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