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RE: (TV) The 20 Longest Live Versions Of The Song 'Marquee Moon'
Damn, I'm laughing my ass off.
And thinking that there are known versions of Sister Ray that go past 45
minutes. And no Garcias or Leshes were involved.
Great job Bro. Leo. That damn blizzard paid off for some of us!! Mom
always liked you best.
Richard rules, Tom drools.
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From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of Leo
Casey
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 12:53 AM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: (TV) The 20 Longest Live Versions Of The Song 'Marquee Moon'
The 20 Longest Live Versions Of The Song 'Marquee Moon'
Part 1 of 4
Preface:
RE Joe's: Marquee Moon was released on this day in 1977. Thanks to Tom,
Richard,
Billy and Fred for 36 years of amazing music.
I have been working on what follows for some time. Given as Joe said that
it's the 36th anniversary, and given it's The Great Blizzard of 2013 in New
England :> ), I thought now might be an appropriate time to send this to the
List.
My only fear is that its original formatting might get totally mangled when
it appears as an email at the M M List members' end. (So, if anyone has
trouble reading this emailed version and would like to have a copy of the
original WORD document from which this email was constructed, then contact
me off-list and I will send you a copy of the original WORD document as an
email attachment with all its glorious red, blue, bolds, italics,
underlines, spacings, and asterisks.)
I am sending this in 4 Parts so as to not overwhelm anyone. If you can't
stand the suspense you can simply jump to Part 3 that contains the longest
20 live versions of 'Marquee Moon'. If I don't respond to any feedback
from M M Listers it means I have lost electric power from the Blizzard for
several days!
In April 2012, Deb (aka Postitnote) on the Marquee Moon Mailing List, wrote:
"Personally, I like the 'idea' that they would do a fade-out on the song ['M
M'] ending on purpose. I remember reading in one Tom interview that
originally it was even a much longer song. I can't remember exactly, he said
it had something like 30 verses to it. Maybe he was joking, I don't know.
But w/ the fade-out I like the idea that it could possibly go on and on.
Does anyone know which is the longest recorded) live version that they ever
did of it?".
The answer is given below.
Part 1 of 4: The 20 Longest Live Versions Of The Song 'Marquee Moon'
Marquee: 1) a large tent set up for an outdoor party, reception, or
exhibition. 2) a permanent canopy often of metal or glass projecting oven an
entrance as of a hotel, or theater). 3) box office < ~ value>. 4) the first
word of the title of a great song.
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"While Television was among the earliest trailblazers in the 1970s new wave
explosion, and the first to make a mark at New York's punk Mecca CBGB (they
even built the stage that they and thousands of other bands played on),
their basic style had little to do with the aggressive 4/4 drive of the
Ramones and the Dead Boys; guitarist Tom Verlaine often cited Moby Grape as
a crucial influence, and the psychedelic undercurrent in the band's approach
was rarely clearer than on the title song from their brilliant 1977 debut
album, Marquee Moon. Perhaps reminded of Moby Grape's tightly meshed
three-guitar lineup, the framework of the song 'Marquee Moon' is rooted in
three interwoven rhythm parts -- a double-timed guitar riff that hits on the
first and third beats in the left channel, a trilled guitar pattern in the
right channel that rides through the third and fourth beats, and a two-note
bass riff that surrounds the first and third. Brought together, the three
fused into a single melodic pattern that was spare but hypnotic, and strong
enough that guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd could veer off into
extended solos without the structure falling apart. While 'Marquee Moon' had
a lean, muscular sound that set this band apart from, say, the Grateful
Dead, there's no mistaking that Verlaine and Lloyd loved a good jam, and the
tune's ten-plus-minute length on Marquee Moon gave both of them plenty of
room to explore the sonic landscape. The original studio version is one of
the great guitar moments in rock history (Verlaine's final solo is nothing
short of sublime), and Television's live renditions of the tune (preserved
today on a handful[ sic?!?] of bootlegs and the semi-authorized live
document The Blow Up are, if anything, even more impressive.".
http://www.allmusic.com/song/marquee-moon-mt0011704698
Part 2 of 4 to follow.
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