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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 1, 2021 8:52:02 GMT
Marquee Moon was an astonishing debut though I'll admit I didn't recognise that at the time
It's my album of the day today
So, Television...
Punk pioneers especially given original bassist Richard Hell arguably created the punk look What's yer verdict?  |
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Post by zeopold on Feb 1, 2021 9:51:03 GMT
One of those groups I overlooked in favour of the UK punk groups at the time... seminal, for sure.
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Post by personunknown on Feb 1, 2021 10:34:48 GMT
I bought the 12 inch single of the title track first, an astounding nine minutes of sonic wonder. The album was brilliant too. The follow up Adventure was always going to be in the shadow of the debut but it's a good record all the same. It would be fourteen years before they made another one, again not Marquee Moon but very enjoyable all the same.
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Post by stu77 on Feb 1, 2021 10:46:51 GMT
There's no denying their quality
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 1, 2021 16:21:38 GMT
*Television - Marquee Moon (1977)*
I first realised that Television were something special when I heard John Peel play Little Johnny Jewel which still remains my favourite song by Television.
Marquee Moon was an astonishing debut though I'll admit I didn't recognise that at the time. I didn’t really listen to it properly until recording it off a friend in the early 1980s.
I’m a bit out of step with critical consensus in that I like it a lot but I am not sure it’s quite the masterpiece that many claim. The title track is still stunning, the overall sound laid down the template for much of what became post-punk, the guitar interplay between Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd is arresting, the songs are good, but - for whatever reason - it’s not an album I play in its entirety very often and that’s because I find it a bit one note. It’s all good but, on balance, I prefer ex-Television bassist Richard Hell’s Blank Generation to Marquee Moon. Crazy talk huh?
7/10
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Post by personunknown on Feb 1, 2021 16:49:59 GMT
Heresy. You would have been burned at the stake 40 years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2021 18:49:01 GMT
I would agree with Nige on this the title track is brilliant but the rest is quite samey.
Not the worst record by s country mile. I always used to give it a spin after fighting the system from dawn to dusk👍
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Post by jsm on Feb 1, 2021 22:09:39 GMT
A mate bought it (Marquee Moon) when it was new and I made a tape. I always reckoned it was brilliant, although I never tried to follow up on Verlaine's other work.
You cannot compare Television and The Voidoids except to note they are completely different types of music. Voidoids = punk. Television = post-punk (even if it did come out in early 1977)
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Post by stu77 on Jan 1, 2023 23:25:25 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 2, 2023 9:33:29 GMT
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Post by stu77 on Oct 30, 2023 21:35:53 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 31, 2023 18:25:13 GMT
Looks promising - thanks  |
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Post by Billy Idle on Nov 1, 2023 10:00:19 GMT
wonder if theres anything new to learn in that mag .
Must be enough people willing to shelll out a tenner . Collecotrs I suppose .
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Post by stu77 on Jun 13, 2024 17:12:33 GMT
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