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Television — 1880 Or So
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 05:15
 
 toterola wrote:
It ain't "Marquee Moon", but it'll do... {#Yes}
 

Naw...GIMME "FRICTION"!

Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Apr 07, 2013 - 17:50
 
 Stingray wrote:
For a second I really thought it was LLOYD COLE!

PS
Is Lloyd Cole an issue here at all...?


 
Agreed, close your eyes, open your ears & Lloyd Cole comes instantly to mind.  Never a bad thing...

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Apr 07, 2013 - 17:48
 
It ain't "Marquee Moon", but it'll do... {#Yes}

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 14:13
 
Used to jam to this in Tokyo wishing for supplements when there were none to be had...
Well now I'm where there's no place higher, and yup, it's come to life in ways expected that never get old...
God, what a great thing in my life Radio Paradise is!  {#Drummer}{#Propeller}{#Dancingbanana_2}  

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 05:25
 
Always great to hear...

WayUpNorth
Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 11:12
 
{#Dancingbanana}woo hoo!  be still my tapping toes ...

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 12:15
 
 aspicer wrote:
Love this tune - never heard it before RP!  I will say that Marquee Moon is a MUST own album if you even remotely like this.  It was a landmark and influential album for many 80's bands.
 
...and quite a few '70s bands as well.

Bobert_ParkCity
(Park City Utah)
Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 10:56
 
I see no evil in playing this...

dingusbother
(Silver Spring, MD)
Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 10:54
 
What great guitar work!  

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 10:54
 
Love this tune - never heard it before RP!  I will say that Marquee Moon is a MUST own album if you even remotely like this.  It was a landmark and influential album for many 80's bands.

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 14:27
 
Can anybody help?  Did they do a song circa 1980 called When (Two?) Worlds Collide?????  Does anybody know??? 

coloradojohn
(Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe)
Posted: Jul 16, 2011 - 21:59
 
These guys are so good...Marquee Moon and THIS could be all I'd need for awhile if I had some good supplements...

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 05:46
 
 crockydile wrote:
This sounds like a Ric Ocasek project...before he hung out with good musicians.

 
Television was around when Ric Ocasek was still playing in cover bands.

shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 05:36
 
I think they sound kinda like Yo La Tengo.  Pretty good, tho.

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 06:46
 
Wrong Lloyd.

Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine - one of the greatest guitar duos of all time.


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Nov 06, 2010 - 13:32
 
For a second I really thought it was LLOYD COLE!

PS
Is Lloyd Cole an issue here at all...?



Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 13:47
 
 EssexTex wrote:
Poor Mr Hell, if he read these comments he'd feel quite dejected....I refer to the amount of other people who are reminded of someone else before him...err

 
I thought it was Tom Verlaine singing.


sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 13:41
 
Never heard this before, I like it!{#Bananajam}

tapatia1072
Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 13:40
 
 softjeans wrote:

I was just thinking these guys listened to a lot of Bowie.
 
I hear a little bit of Love and Rockets, myself.


softjeans
(Upper Ojai, CA)
Posted: Mar 28, 2010 - 22:02
 
 babyjuice wrote:

 
I was just thinking these guys listened to a lot of Bowie.



Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 08:42
 
 crockydile wrote:
This sounds like a Ric Ocasek project...before he hung out with good musicians.
 
Richard Lloyd is an excellent guitarist.


vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 08:26
 
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crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 08:24
 
This sounds like a Ric Ocasek project...before he hung out with good musicians.


EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 08:23
 
Poor Mr Hell, if he read these comments he'd feel quite dejected....I refer to the amount of other people who are reminded of someone else before him...err


flatpicker
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 15:39
 
Never heard this before...
But I'm very intrigued!
Gonna have to check out more from them.


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 14:15
 
 andrewimft wrote:
Who are these guys? And why do they sound like other people?

Well, these guys were a very influential early new wave band in the late 1970's/early 80's that never had much commercial success but had a cult following. Critics in NYC kept asking who'd get big first, the Talking Heads or these guys. These guys always made literary lyrics with interesting songs built on often elaborate quirky guitar riffs. Nice to hear them here— they should be a staple of alternative radio.

 
Agreed.  Actually, Television was playing around NYC by 1973 or '74 (originally with Richard Hell on bass).  Great stuff - brilliant musicians.  Their first album (ca.1977?) also pre-dates any Lloyd Cole recording by at least six or seven years.


lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: May 17, 2009 - 09:45
 
Wouldn't mind hearing Lloyd Cole some more Bill, hint hint.

velvetglove
(Savage, MD)
Posted: Dec 10, 2008 - 10:24
 
 Bocephus wrote:
Yeah...anything off Marquee Moon would have been better, but this is OK.
 

Second that.  Time for an upload.


jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Oct 08, 2008 - 06:38
 
 bodhisattva1031 wrote:

second , third or maybe even fourth that . . . .
 
Deja vu - just thought - that's Lloyd Cole........

bodhisattva1031
(new jersey)
Posted: Sep 06, 2008 - 16:33
 
 jools wrote:
This sounds like Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.....
 
second , third or maybe even fourth that . . . .

andrewimft
(North Californie)
Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 01:25
 
Who are these guys? And why do they sound like other people?

Well, these guys were a very influential early new wave band in the late 1970's/early 80's that never had much commercial success but had a cult following. Critics in NYC kept asking who'd get big first, the Talking Heads or these guys. These guys always made literary lyrics with interesting songs built on often elaborate quirky guitar riffs. Nice to hear them here— they should be a staple of alternative radio.


lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: May 03, 2008 - 13:17
 
K-BILLY wrote:


and Rick Ocasek

no son - Rick listened to them - saw them live at CBGBs before the Cars launched
jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Apr 02, 2008 - 01:10
 
So, Bill - how about a bit of LC&TC then by way of comparison?
jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Apr 02, 2008 - 01:10
 
rickhoran wrote:
first thought it was lloyd cole.

Sorry - hadn't seen this!
salice
(51st state)
Posted: Apr 02, 2008 - 01:09
 
just said the same out loud
jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Apr 02, 2008 - 01:09
 
This sounds like Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.....
Cruithne3753
(Bristol, UK)
Posted: Mar 01, 2008 - 12:20
 
ScottishWillie wrote:
Thats you and me both.

Looks like a little club we got here.
ScottishWillie
(Lanarkshire)
Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 06:12
 
rickhoran wrote:
first thought it was lloyd cole.
Thats you and me both.
rickhoran
(Eastern PA)
Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 06:09
 
first thought it was lloyd cole.
babyjuice
(NYC)
Posted: Sep 26, 2007 - 11:07
 
grusso wrote:

With some Roxy Music icing.

I was just thinking - These guys listened to a lot of Lou Reed.

K-BILLY
(Rockin' in a Cube)
Posted: Sep 26, 2007 - 11:05
 
grusso wrote:

I was just thinking - These guys listened to a lot of Lou Reed.


and Rick Ocasek
grusso
(Edmonton, Alberta Canada)
Posted: Jul 25, 2007 - 13:54
 
steeler wrote:


Verlaine vocals here remind me of a cross between Lou Reed and Iggy Pop.


I was just thinking - These guys listened to a lot of Lou Reed.
lindalargo
Posted: May 23, 2007 - 18:14
 
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Radio Paradise!!!!

In the mid-80's I used to listen to an album by Tom Verlaine, but somehow parted with it in the early-90's. The past couple years I've been thinking of that album and how I missed it, but I couldn't, for the life of me, remember the artist's name or the album name. All I could remember was Dissolve/Reveal.

When I heard this song today I instantly recognized the voice and the guitar work. And that led me to re-finding the artist's name and the album name.

Does anyone know where I can find a CD of "Cover" to purchase?
steeler
(Gone)
Posted: May 23, 2007 - 17:56
 


Verlaine vocals here remind me of a cross between Lou Reed and Iggy Pop.
mutepoint
(Ruling a remote planet called Fembot)
Posted: Feb 18, 2007 - 14:01
 
Kdubba wrote:
Lloyd?.....Lloyd!?.....is that you?...

Nope, but this guy sure sounds a lot like Mr. Cole.
Kdubba
Posted: Feb 03, 2007 - 11:16
 
Lloyd?.....Lloyd!?.....is that you?...
smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Jan 05, 2007 - 06:05
 
babygirl614 wrote:
The album link is wrong, but my God, I thought this was Lloyd Cole. Shows how much I need to educate myself on the late 70's punk movement.


I had to do a double-take on the artist, too. Lloyd's one of my favorites, this comes darn close.
walk
(SF)
Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 23:44
 
Marlo Thomas? THAT GIRL? What?

This sounds pretty good.. but... THAT GIRL?
Bocephus
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Oct 24, 2006 - 08:36
 
federico wrote:


yes, but not exactly the best track to choose from an excellent output .... a bit too bland, I'd say. Strange choice.



Yeah...anything off Marquee Moon would have been better, but this is OK.
Bocephus
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Oct 24, 2006 - 08:36
 
Notelrac wrote:
Um... I don't think the album cover matches this song. I'm currently seeing the cover for Marlo Thomas & Friends, "Free to be you and me"!

Yeah...don't think Television ever played with Marlo Thomas... LOL!