Re: (TV) RE: Accidentially Hit the Send Button / Who Plays What When / To m's vs Richard's Tone

[Jay <piazzasanmarco@yahoo.com>]

richard lloyd impresses the head

tom verlaine the heart

dont you bastards understand this by now!

BALANCE

intellect/emotion = human spirit

good night

ps, just messin about the bastards part

--- "Casey, Leo J" <Leo.J.Casey@Volpe.dot.gov> wrote:

> I accidentially somehow hit the SEND button before 
> I finished typing my previous post (and before I 
> trimmed it).
> 
> so, here's what should have been included:
> 
> .....bLAH blah blah ..I think my memory's still 
> good--(maybe too good) and I swear I've seen 
> in-person parts/solos switched between them.
> 
> Another related fact:  Didn't't Amilcar Amarante 
> point out recently that you can see on the Brazil 
> video Tom('s fingers) playing a part/solo that 
> Richard usually does?
> 
> Ms Secret X told me quite awhile ago, that sometimes
> 
> Tom gave  almost all of the soloing to Richard (with
> 
> a couple of exceptions such as Prove It or the 2nd 
> one in MM)--as several on List have noted in the
> past 
> this mostly happens on nights when Tom just "isn't 
> into it". Also--she wrote to the List once saying
> Tom 
> is not adverse (one might even say he's
> 'magnanimous),  
> or isn't insecure about giving others (e.g., Richard
> ) 
> most of the spot-light.
> 
> I really believe that *sometimes, say, 10-15%*,
> maybe 
> to keep things from getting boring or stale [plus
> other 
> reasons], before the band goes on stage that night, 
> sometime earlier --hours[?] or minutes[?] or 
> days[?]--Tom might say to Richard to take/play my
> part 
> on "Z" tonight and I'll do the solo on "Y" tonight.
> 
> I think it's pretty obvious Tom can (technically or 
> otherwise) play any of the solos on the songs in
> their 
> live repertoire (not claiming they'd sound! like 
> Richard's solos--except they are virtually are 
> identical sounding on occasions on "Rhyme" and 
> "1880 Or So" , and on rare occasions even on 
> "Call Mr. Lee", BUT not talking Richard's last 
> "Lee" solo here.
> 
> In fact, in the switching parts incidences *that I'm
>  
> referring to*, for "Rhyme" and "1880 Or So",  Tom's 
> solo is more often so close/similar to Richard's , 
> that that is why it can be difficult to determine 
> who's playing what where when.
> 
> But even in these instances if you listen carefully 
> you can discern Tom's icy tone [meant as a
> compliment],  
> more tremolo, more vibrato, uses whammy bar more
> often 
> (than Richard), **more physically shaking of the
> neck** 
> (than Richard), more 'bending' the notes (related to
> 
> last).  In short, Tom's signature guitar sound.  
> Words totally fail me here  Jon Parles in a review 
> The NY Times describes what I'm unable to
> articulate. 
> 
> Half serious: Small (big?) favor to Keith, :>)
> I sent you this review NY Times (not on The Wonder 
> yet) recently; could you post just the single the 
> sentence describing Tom's tone that writer uses in 
> his opening paragraph? Pareles (could have been 
> another writer--Robert Palmer? or John Piccarella? 
> I'm pretty damn sure it was April 2x,  1987, and 
> definitely NY Times.
> 
> Separate but related:
> During all of Tom's electric tours 1981- 1987 he
> would 
> let Ripp play great majority of the solos on songs
> when 
> he could easily have done more of them.
> (In fact a couple of my friends unfamiliar with 
> Verlaine/Television's music would sometimes comment
> on 
> first attending a show that 
> they were more impressed with Ripp's guitar
> playing!)
> 
> Important: In the above,  I'm not talking about
> who's 
> a better guitarist --I think Richard's solos on
> e.g., 
> Ain't That Nothin',  Elevation and a myriad of other
> 
> songs are probably "superior" to anything Tom would
> have 
> replaced them with. I'm just saying they ***don't
> always 
> play the exact same parts. 
> 
>    
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Casey, Leo J 
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:26 PM
> To: 'tv@obbard.com'
> Subject: The Ominous Bond Theme Riff / Who Plays
> What When
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