Re: (TV) Marquee Moon to be performed in its entirety

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--- On Fri, 4/19/13, Glenn Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Glenn Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (TV) Marquee Moon to be performed in its entirety
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Friday, April 19, 2013, 3:01 PM
> As an Australia, I never ever ever
> thought I'd get to see Tom Verlaine 
> live, so I don't really care if he tours with the Three
> Stooges -- I'll 
> be there.
> And I'm sure it will be one of the highlights of my life.
> 
> Glenn C.
> 
> 
> 
> On 20/04/2013 4:15 AM, Dave Marin wrote:
> > I have to say my feelings pretty much mimic Leif's.
> when I saw the new Brazil videos I was unimpressed and
> certainly had no desire to want to run out and see them live
> (not that I plan on having that opportunity any time soon
> living in NY).  Just seems uninspired.  And that
> wacky nonsensical new song (is it even being sung in
> English?) doesn't help matters.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Apr 19, 2013, at 12:44 PM, leif joley <leifjoley@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> My reasoning goes like this: Television minus Lloyd
> but plus Rip could very
> >> well be viewed as a legitimate third version of the
> group, if they were to be
> >> considered an ongoing creative force, by which I
> mean a group that creates new
> >> music, not only rehasing old favourites. I watched
> these new Brazilian videos
> >> and what did I see? Four old fellows rehashing old
> favourites. This might've
> >> been, to some extent, the case with the 00's shows
> too, but at least these
> >> shows featured the original line-up of what I
> consider the best rock group
> >> ever. Yes, members join and leave bands, but admit
> that there's is a... let's
> >> call it "supernatural" element to some
> constellations -- here: the guitar
> >> chemistry between Verlaine and Lloyd. If I have to
> critizise anything Lloyd
> >> did during the 00's shows I saw, it was that he
> seemed to copy his own solos,
> >> something that noone can accuse Verlaine of -- even
> though admittedly Lloyd
> >> offered much more staggering guitar pyrotechnics
> than his partner. And now,
> >> with a "MM" performed all the way through, then for
> example Jimmy Rip is
> >> supposed to rip off Lloyd's grandiose solo in
> "Elevation"? To me, there's a
> >> lack of taste on display here. Moreover, it's
> unimaginative and the reasons
> >> for it are transparent.
> >>
> >> To dwell on those videos from Brazil a little
> further -- I saw these four lads
> >> doing the decades-old stuff in an absolutely
> non-exceptional way, and I
> >> thought: "They're doing this for the money."
> Perhaps not entirely, because it
> >> must be fun to get to play together with your
> friends in an exotic country,
> >> where it's nice and warm and which Verlaine, Smith
> and Ficca perhaps haven't
> >> visited before. And upon that, get paid a handsome
> sum. Nobody has the right
> >> to deny anyone else the right to earn some easy
> money, but I believe that we
> >> should all be frank about it: it's all about the
> money now. First Brazil, then
> >> Japan and North Korea, then Australia and next year
> probably Saudi Arabia. Who
> >> wouldn't be happy as a little child to go there and
> get paid for it?
> >>
> >> Leif J, Sweden
> >>
> >>> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:52:33 -0400
> >>> Subject: Re: (TV) Marquee Moon to be performed
> in its entirety
> >>> From: emilie.t.hsu@gmail.com
> >>> To: tv@obbard.com
> >>>
> >>> Do we know for sure that Richard won't play
> ATP?
> >>> Has anyone gotten more information about the
> May 24 show that Richard is
> >>> scheduled to play at Bowery Electric?
> >>> It's scheduled but the tickets are not on sale
> yet.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Phil Obbard
> <pobbard@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I don't think there's anything sleazy about
> it. Music is meant to be
> >> heard
> >>>> live. I'd be happy if a no-name bar band
> was playing MARQUEE MOON live;
> >>>> it's a
> >>>> bonus to have most of the original lineup
> doing it. Just wish it were a
> >> bit
> >>>> closer to Boston! Or that there was any
> chance of a decent recording
> >>>> emerging
> >>>> from the show (or a broadcast).
> >>>>
> >>>> Let's remember, Lloyd voluntarily left
> >>>> Television. Perhaps they should be billed
> as the Tom Verlaine Band, but
> >>>> that's
> >>>> another debate.
> >>>>
> >>>> --Phil
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ________________________________
> >>>> From: leif joley
> >>>> <leifjoley@hotmail.com>
> >>>> To: "tv@obbard.com"
> <tv@obbard.com>
> >>>> Sent: Friday,
> >>>> April 19, 2013 7:19 AM
> >>>> Subject: RE: (TV) Marquee Moon to be
> performed in its
> >>>> entirety
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Seems like the Melbourne show doesn't
> generate much enthusiasm in
> >>>> here... and
> >>>> I have to agree about it. If "MM" was to be
> performed in another
> >>>> half-backwards part of the world -- like
> Scandinavia, for instance -- I'd
> >>>> definitely attend because this is, after
> all, Television, although not in
> >>>> its
> >>>> optimal line-up. An event like this without
> Lloyd in the equation --
> >> isn't
> >>>> there something... sleazy about it?
> >>>> Leif J, Sweden
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