Re: (TV) Tom interview from 2006

[Phil Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com>]

Again, a little late to respond, but: To me, FLASH LIGHT sounds like a product
of its time -- overly compressed and FM-ready, for one, unlike the "open"
sound of some other Verlaine recordings (.e.,g WARM & COOL, or most of his
debut, parts of WORDS). But that's OK -- being a product of 80s production
isn't necessarily a bad thing. I would be interested to hear a remixed FLASH
LIGHT, with a slightly less compressed/cluttered sound, but I am not holding
my breath. (Same goes for DREAMTIME, btw).

--Phil
 
________________________________
 From: leif joley <leifjoley@hotmail.com>
To:
tv@obbard.com 
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 6:40 AM
Subject: RE: (TV) Tom
interview from 2006
 
The complications about the follow-up to "Cover" is
well-known, with all the
recordings that were later used as B-sides, but I
wasn't aware that Verlaine
didn't approve of the mix. That said: Personally,
I've never had any problems
with the "Flash Light" sound. To me, it's not
especially "80's", and if it is,
then I think the production (and mixing)
makes full justice to these songs.
Big, loud, blaring, with many guitar
playing things going on throughout. To
me, it makes for a LP that's in my
personal grading is tied on a second place
(together with "Dreamtime") if
we're talking about his solo catalogue -- but
none can challenge the first one
as being the best one.

Leif J, Sweden



> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:17:43
-0700
> Subject: Re: (TV) Tom interview from 2006
> From: russvr@gmail.com
>
To: tv@obbard.com
>
> Fabulous post, Deb. I've only read the first couple
pages and have to leave
> the rest for later, but this a great find!
>
> Russ
Van Rooy
> On Sep 27, 2012 7:53 AM, "postitnote" <postitnote@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
>
> > Has everyone read this interview w/ Tom?  It says it's supposed
to be the
> > full interview where the published one was cut down.
> >
> >
http://televisionmusic.livejournal.com/4816.html
> >
> > I just thought it was
an interesting read and Tom seems more talkative
> > than usual.
> >
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