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

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I also think that Robin is pretty spot on w/ this.  And I also so love the solo on "The Fire".  The love the entire song too.  And I don't have the quotes like Leo does, but we know Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth was very much influenced by Tom.





--- On Fri, 11/16/12, Russ <russvr@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Russ <russvr@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (TV) Philosophical (?) Question, or, A Question, Anyway
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Friday, November 16, 2012, 6:10 AM
> 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com]
> On Behalf Of robin
> > dunn
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:42 PM
> > To: tv@obbard.com
> > Subject: (TV) Philosophical (?) Question, or, A
> Question, Anyway
> >
> > 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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