RE: (TV) Videos /' Hummable' Melodies/hooks in Television's & Ve rlaine's Music

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

Just to be clear, I find these discussions fun and 
very interesting--I'm not out to attack anyone here.

>Great songs all, of course. .  But "Glory"?

>When I see the glory...  I ain't gotta worry

>Catchy, but melodic minimalism.  "Days" also 
>seems to consist of just two notes. 

Hey Mark, I'm not trying to be argumentative
but I thought we were discussing 'humability', 
potential 'hitability', commercially accessible, 
or melodicism, but now in mid-stream your 
changing to a whole different criterion: melodic 
complexity.  That's ok , but if you want melodic 
complexity in Television or Verlaine's solo stuff 
I/we/you can supply it in droves.

IMHO "Glory" could've been a big radio hit; 
partly because it's melody is so great, and 
partly because its melody is so simple---simple 
but deceptively simple esp. the very beginning 
where Verlaine goes up/down? the fret.

Whenever I had parties with most attending 
not ever having heard Television/Verlaine, 
(say 85 out of 100 attending party), invariably 
the songs that got most common folk, 
non-wavers, non-musical-cognoscenti, 
non-intellectual-rockers, Non-NYorkers, 
non-dancers, or fans of e.g., Billy Idol, 
on the dance floor were: 
"Glory", "Kingdom Come", "Always", "See No Evil", 
"Mr Blur" and "Breaking In My Heart".

>Your comment "not the 23 minute version" speaks 
>volumes about why Television scared off the commercial 
>audience.

Yes, of course, but it was meant to be humorous. 
OTOH: How do you explain the fairly large commercial 
success of PHISH or the Grateful Dead or other 
current groups whose live sets include real 
long versions of their studio songs?

>It's just that the songs are so good we don't notice.  
>I find this remarkable. 

Very well put (but some people notice).

>Okey-dokey.  So the reason wasn't not enough videos 
>(or they needed more $$$) and it wasn't the tunes.  
>So what is the explanation?  (Actually, I admit 
>it's not the kind of thing that can really be 
>explained--just making conversation.)
	
Too late, my explanation is coming in next 60 seconds.

Leo
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