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Re: (TV) "the fire " video/
That's an interesting & informative quote from Tom re. Tom's lyrical &
instrumental "angst classic", "The Fire", Deb found at Keith's site & posted,
one I'd not seen before. I never could figure out what the album credit to
Tom for playing "switchblade guitars" might mean till reading this
explanation from Tom. I recall reading a different interview where Tom also
mentioned the unusual ondioline keyboard used on The Fire where he said you
could bend notes on it, as you'd bend notes on a guitar, by shaking a key. But
when I saw the recent video of Rip playing that same part on slide, not on the
ondioline, I'd quite forgotten the original recording had used that exotic
keyboard. Rip deserves extra credit for convincingly recreating that keyboard
sound on slide strat!
Thanks to those knowledgeable in guitar lore here who
answered the question I posed re. when Tom might have abandoned Jazzmasters &
Jaguars in favour of strats.
I didn't know he'd almost completely switched
over a long while back, mid-'90s I think Amilcar said. Dennis mentioned
something Id also read in an interview, about Tom saying he originally bought
a Jazzmaster 'cause of "economics", as they were about the cheapest Fenders
one could buy in the mid-'70s. Tom also said the Jazzmaster became "part of
the sound" of the band. So, I guess he liked that sound enough to keep it
going a long while. I see Thurston, who started playing the Jazzmaster decades
ago presumably after first seeing & hearing Tom play one, still favours the
Jazzmaster today, long after Tom abandoned it. There must a whole lot of
Jazzmaster & Jaguar players out there today whose use of them derives partly
or wholly, directly or indirectly, from Tom having made those once unloved,
unpopular guitars semi-famous. Except Tom doesn't play them anymore!
-Bob
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From: postitnote <postitnote@sbcglobal.net>
To: tv@obbard.com
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:27:04 PM
Subject: Re: (TV)
"the fire " video/
This is from Keith's site from Elektra 4/78 (Tom
Verlaine)on The Fire:
"The Fire" (Tom Verlaine) : "The weird organ sound is
an ondioline, invented by a Frenchman in the 40s. It's a 36-note keyboard
instrument that can quiver a note by shaking the key. The song is influenced
by an old album, 'Music From The Twilight Zone'. Another strange sound is a
switchblade knife bowing the guitar strings on the intro. The lyrics are the
story of two people whose interior experience suddenly matches up with the
world around them. It's difficult to explain."
I just love the lyrics to
this song, it blends so beautifully w/ the music.
--- On Sun, 4/28/13, Bob
Beatty <bobjb2002@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> From: Bob Beatty <bobjb2002@yahoo.ca>
>
Subject: Re: (TV) "the fire " video/
> To: "tv@obbard.com" <tv@obbard.com>
>
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 12:31 PM
> Nice video. Thanks Amilcar. Like Deb,
> I too am glad they resurrected The Fire.
> This song reminds me I wish
Television/Tom solo had used
> slide guitar on more
> songs, as the slide
really helps make The Fire sound
> special, plus in general
> I like the sound
of slide. So expressive (to my ears). Rip
> seems to do a good
> job with the
slide part.
>
> Btw, has Tom abandoned Jazzmasters & Jaguars in
> favour of
Strats for live performances by now? From recent
> videos, it looks
> like
Television's turned into a twin Strat band.
> ________________________________
> From: postitnote <postitnote@sbcglobal.net>
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Sent:
Sunday, April 28, 2013 8:13:50 AM
> Subject: Re: (TV)
> "the fire " video/
>
>
> 'The Fire'...now this is what I'm talkin' about. Wooo
> Hooo! This sounds
gorgeous. I believe Tom has talked
> in the past about how he
> didn't like
to play slow songs much on tour as he didn't
> think they went over
> well
with the audiences, well, this one seemed to def go
> over well. Maybe the
>
success of that will make Tom change his mind. Thanks
> Television for
playing
> that, if they would only add 'Torn Curtain' to their set
> list,
that would make
> me happy.
>
> Thanks Amilcar for this and the music
download too, I
> haven't had
> time to hear it yet, but I plan to hear it
today.
> Thanks for recording and
> sharing all of this...very nice of you.
>
> Deb
>
> --- On Sun, 4/28/13, amilcar
> amarante
<amilcaramarante2002@yahoo.com.ar>
> wrote:
>
> > From: amilcar amarante
>
<amilcaramarante2002@yahoo.com.ar>
> > Subject: (TV) "the fire " video
> > To:
> "tv@obbard.com"
> <tv@obbard.com>,
> "tv gr"
<television-group@yahoogroups.com>
> >
> Date: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 3:56 AM
> > enjoy !
> >
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MY_eWifew4
> >
> >
> >
AMILCAR AMARANTE
> >
> http://temper.bandcamp.com
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