Re: (TV) MM fadeout

[Rex Broome <rexbroome@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Jesse Hochstadt <jesseh58@yahoo.com>wrote:

> I seem to have deleted Phil's post linking to the Steve Hoffman Music
> Forum, but I noticed this comment there, from "ralphb": 'According to
> Verlaine, he wanted "Marquee Moon" to have a circular, never ending
> quality, so he went with the fade.' I don't recall whether I ever read of
> Tom saying this, but it's exactly how I feel, and it's one among many
> reasons why I will never get rid of my MM vinyl. The first time I heard the
> "full stop" ending, I was like "Who the hell screwed this up?" The song is
> so filled with images of doubling, cycling, returning, that it always
> seemed virtually _necessary_ to have the return-to-the-start ending (at
> least on record). Of course it's also the version I heard first....
>
>
> It's probably been discussed dozens of times on the list before, but how
> do others feel about this?
>

Personally I'd like to hear a version which really does go through the
whole song at least twice before fading out.
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