From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V3 #360 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Monday, October 4 2004 Volume 03 : Number 360 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 12:55:08 -0700 (PDT) From: chris adams Subject: Re: seven-seas Television/Patti Smith Little Johnny Jewel, by chance? (Probably stupid of me to ask, but...) Personally, I wish Verlaine would avoid that 3rd "Television" record. I put it in quotes because Marquee Moon's obviously godhead, Adventure's solid, and the virst 3 Tom solo records lie somewhere in between those 2 signposts. But Jesus that 90's Television record sucks so bad it brings me to paroxysms of condensed, chunky, nerve-shattering ennui. Like when yr on a bus dying of boredom and exhaustion, going through nic fits, stuck in traffic in New York and it's hot and yr sitting next to a very large, hygenically questionable person. Who's snoring. And drooling. On you. - -Chris A. Red wrote: WOW! Television were amazing!!!!!!!!!! :-)))) I can see why Will worships those guys....they make playing guitar look as easy as eating chocolate pudding!! hehehehhee I was mezmorised all through the entire gig!! I arrived at Roseland Ballroom only 10 mins prior to the doors opening (because we'd spent the day sight seeing) and the line was almost to the other end of the block! But I still got close, about 6 people back from the stage. I would have been a lot closer but some chick was taking WAY TOO FUCKING LONG at the damn T-shirt counter!!!! ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!! The T shirt guy even told her to hurry up! LOL And why do all the TALL people think they need to stand right at the stage?????????? >:-/ It was a very mixed crowd! Old hippies to young teens and goths! They only played 7 tracks and an encore, but their set lasted about an hour and 15 mins. !! They opened the show with '1880 Or So'. The guitarist played his baby blue Fender Strat. The bassist was very impressive!!! Dunno what type of guitar he was playing. Tom Verlaine was just amazing. :-) The drummer was superb too, but someone needs to tell him that gray fros aren't very hip these days!! hehehehheeee ;-) 4 top notch musicians indeed!! After '1880 Or So', the guitarist switched to his other Strat and they played two new tracks. Both pretty cool. I loved the endings coz they played them out long and jamming styled! Next they played 'Prove It' and 'Call Mr. Lee'....both excellent! At the beginning of the next song Tom said.....'I'm not sure if we have a lighting guy tonight, but if we do this is a sort of 'blue' tune....' a minute later some blue lights appeared and they played another unfamiliar track that started out: "You're so great you're so great you're so great you're so great you're so great you're so great....." He sung those lyrics pretty fast, and then they played a bunch of music and then he sang another line in the same manner......and then more music...and then "I don't forget I don't forget I don't forget I don't forget I don't forget I don't forget I don't forget I don't forget ........" dunno the title, but it was so great so great so great!! ;-) The next track was stunningly brilliant!!!!! Again, very few lyrics... but the bass was f-ing AMAZING! It was a very guitar driven track that just went on and on...I was in heaven! I asked the guy next to me which song it was and he didn't know either. Maybe another new one? But it was genius! And after it slowed back down and he sang a few lines you thought it was over...and they started back up again and it went on.... Just brilliant!! :-)))) They did an approx 10 minute version of Marquee Moon for the encore! Great show indeed! Could have been a little longer...... but since it was a Patti Smith show, I guess they couldn't. :-( I watched about 4 of her songs. The first two were amazing! I was surprised coz I didn't really know what to expect. (never got any of her stuff) She's a very energetic performer and her band is amazingly talented!! She really worked the crowd. Always smiling and totally into her songs! When the 3rd song started the crowd went wild, but I dunno, it didn't really do anything for me... and the 4th song was even less appealing (slow) to me so I just left. My back was in agony from walking the streets of NYC all day and standing on that hard gig floor for an hour before Television, and then during the set. I just couldn't stand there another minute. Yeah, I know I know, it was Patti Smith.... but if I had known some of her music I would have stayed. I had 4 kids in the city that I had to meet at the Empire State Building... so, since the 3rd and 4th songs didn't appeal to me I just left. Like I said, the first two were fantastic....so I'm sure Patti's fans must have been in for a fabulous show. The crowd was definitely there to see her. But I was there to see Television and they delivered the goods!! So that's all that matters to me! :-) Sorry Ted......didn't see any posters around the city... :-( Got a great shot of the marquee tho.... 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Love it. Probably the greatest record of the nineties. Can't wait for the gold-embossed 24x bit oversampled special edition with extra tracks, expanded liner notes, and deluxe packaging. That'd be a well-spend 30 bucks. Go home with that little number, put it on the stereo, and chew a few lightbulbs, gargle some dirty dishwater. A lovely evening in, all in all. You could play "spot the tune" with that one for the rest of your life and still come up with nothing. A sound investment for those who enjoy challenges. - -Chris A. RossNTeka@aol.com wrote: Chris, Are you saying you don't care much for the 3rd album? ============================ Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ ============================ Yahoo! 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