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Tom Verlaine

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Fuck.

That's all.
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  • jonnyburgojonnyburgo Frets: 11799
    Yep, another game changer gone this year. RIP.
    "OUR TOSSPOT"
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  • Strat54Strat54 Frets: 2170
    Gone right off 2023 already. RIP TV.
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  • freakboy1610freakboy1610 Frets: 1178
    A wonderful guitar player with a style of his own. Very sad he's gone.
    Link to my trading feedback
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  • Vintage65Vintage65 Frets: 189
    edited January 2023
    RIP one of the greats.


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  • JodyJamesJodyJames Frets: 28
    Aw fuck. Right up there for me. Only saw Television once in 2001 when I was 18, kept missing them each time after that.
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  • GreatapeGreatape Frets: 3293
    Fuck it. 

    Fuck fuck fuck. 

    RIP 
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  • DeijavooDeijavoo Frets: 3275
    Gutted.
    Trading History: http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57898/deijavoo/p1

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  • SeziertischSeziertisch Frets: 1170
    No rocks going to be broken. 

    One of the all-time greats.
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  • paulcayepaulcaye Frets: 58
    2023 the year that keeps on fucking giving.  
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  • monquixotemonquixote Frets: 17108
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    Produced one of the all time classic albums. 

    I shall be having it on tomorrow morning.
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6199
    The darkness doubled. RIP TV. 
    feedback here
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  • euaneuan Frets: 1051
    Actually one of the best.
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  • BrioBrio Frets: 1499
    Playing Marquee Moon now. Woke up for a leak. Saw this and now can't sleep.
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  • robertyroberty Frets: 10231
    Woah wtf
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  • TheBigDipperTheBigDipper Frets: 4501
    edited January 2023
    This one is personal.

    The player who helped me realise "edge of breakup" was the sound I liked the most -  in a band that helped me decide that "lead" and/or "rhythm" guitar wasn't for me. So pleased I got to see him - when Television reformed, they made a fine third album  and came to the UK.
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  • usedtobeusedtobe Frets: 3841
    Shocker! RIPTV
     so if you fancy a reissue of a guitar they never made in a colour they never used then it probably isn't too overpriced.

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  • Caffeine_VampireCaffeine_Vampire Frets: 3475
    Very sad, I got into Tom Verlaine and Television via Patti Smith and he altered my idea of what a rhythm guitar could be in a band. RIP.
    'Vot eva happened to the Transylvanian Tvist?'
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  • MoominpapaMoominpapa Frets: 1649
    1977, I read Nick Kent's review of Marquee Moon in NME and on the strength of that went out and bought the album. Absolutely wonderful - one of the defining records of the late 70s. Very sorry to see this news.
    Trading feedback info:  https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/134309/

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  • BoromedicBoromedic Frets: 4327
    Just seen the news, should be more of a fuss but there won't be. A real game changer and influence for loads of others. RIP Tom, still one of my fave vinyl LPs.

    My head said brake, but my heart cried never.


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  • 57Deluxe57Deluxe Frets: 7208
    Forever "Foxhole Foxhole"
    <Vintage BOSS Upgrades>
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  • Tele-scopicTele-scopic Frets: 63
    46 years on (46? Surely not ...), I still listen to Marquee Moon with a sense of wonder.  Thanks Tom.
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  • DarnWeightDarnWeight Frets: 2562
    Rightly revered for his writing and playing (that little freeform birdsong Verlaine/Lloyd section at 8:45 of Marquee Moon kills me every time), a little appreciation for Tom's singing is in order.  Utterly distinctive, emotional, a little knowing, and absolutely in keeping with the music.  His vocal on "Elevation" gives me goosebumps to this day.

    Also, his solo work is hugely underrated, with the Flash Light album being a huge favorite of mine.  Some absolutely great tracks on that one..."Cry Mercy, Judge", "A Town Called Walker", "Scientist Writes A Letter", "The Funniest Thing"...I love it. 

    RIP Tom
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  • ElectricXIIElectricXII Frets: 733
    Really sad this. The only positive thing this weekend is that Zahawi has finally been sacked by that spineless twat Sunak.
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  • SeshSesh Frets: 1726
    Damn. Just heard.  RIP
    Can't sing, can't dance, can handle a guitar a little.
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 20197
    I'm listening to Marquee Moon, for the first time ever.

    I've been aware of Television for decades, I knew how revered and influential they were, I could name most of the band members, I could recognise that album cover a mile off... but somehow I'd never actually heard it.

    RIP, Mr Verlaine.
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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 16332
    Very genuine, appreciative, real & honest tribute to Tom Verlaine on 6Music tonight.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hbpm
    RIP.
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  • oh_pollooh_pollo Frets: 742
    Great tribute in the Guardian by Chris Forsyth: Tom Verlaine: a guitar antihero whose sensibility was more classical than Clapton




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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    DarnWeight said:

    Also, his solo work is hugely underrated, with the Flash Light album being a huge favorite of mine.  

    Mine too. A superb album.
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  • RedlesterRedlester Frets: 1072
    oh_pollo said:
    Great tribute in the Guardian by Chris Forsyth: Tom Verlaine: a guitar antihero whose sensibility was more classical than Clapton




    Completely agree. A lovely piece. 

    I hadn't heard the news until just now, when I saw this piece posted on the Guardian site. Very, very sad, but this writing is a fitting memorial alongside the records. 

    Some superb tributes on Twitter too. 

    Brilliant, brilliant player, performer, musician, writer.  
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  • DarnWeightDarnWeight Frets: 2562
    This is, as you'd expect, both a wonderful piece of writing, and very touching...

    Patti Smith - "He Was Tom Verlaine"  [from The New Yorker]
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