Re: (TV) Philosophical (?) Question, or, A Question, Anyway

[Russ <russvr@gmail.com>]

I find similarities abound in the playing of Verlaine, Thompson, and Fripp
- even if the sound itself that they make is different by 180 degrees, the
modalities, the scalar knowledge, and the eases with which those scales
are translated to melodic statements are shared deeply by those three
guitarists, Lloyd is the fire-cracker, too. Lloyd is fantastic but his
playing is muscle compared to Verlaine's neuronic ( ;-) ) style.


On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Leo Casey <LeoCasey@comcast.net> wrote:

> Robin, I'm with you all the way.
>
> " . . . the only guitarist I heard who was saying something musically. . .
> .
> I was very influenced by Tom Verlaine-not stylistically, but in terms of
> approach and tearing up the rule-book." ---Dave (The Edge) Evans
>
> "Moby: I think my favorite guitar player of all time, though, would be Tom
> Verlaine.
>
> "Interviewer: What is it about him that grabs you?
>
> "Moby: It's the fragile beauty of the way he plays guitar. From a technical
> perspective he's very good, but more than that, just the emotional ... the
> quality of pathos to the way he plays guitar."
>
> Leo
>
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>
> I'm relaxing and listening to "Adventure" (red vinyl, 1978) and thinking
> that the solo in "The Fire" might be my favorite Television solo.  Which
> led
> me to thinking:
>
> Tom really took guitar, soloing in particular, in a new direction.  I just
> feel like all the indie bands learned from him, even if they didn't know
> they did.  He went in a direction that was strikingly different from the
> blues based rock and metal riffs everyone was recycling (punk included).
> Post-Hendrix, post-punk.
>
> At the same time, I'm imagining that I'm forgetting a bunch of folks.  Who
> did this with Tom?  Richard Thompson?  Robert Fripp?
>
> If anyone can follow what I'm saying.  My powers of communication may not
> be
> at their height right now.
>
> And now I'm thinking the solo in "Dream's Dream" might be my favorite...
>
> I should add, I absolutely love Richard's playing -- I actually really
> loved
> his Hendrix release.  But, I don't feel Richard's playing is as distinctive
> in direction as Tom's.
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