An extremely talented front man, who was hugely influential during the late 70s. Marquee Moon is a fabulous debut album and I too still listen to it regularly. I saw them play once back in the day...
I bought tickets last year (June) to see The Go-Gos, supporting Billy Idol, but that got delayed and Go-Gos couldn't do the new dates last October. I would have cashed in the tickets, but Television were announced as the new support. I was very excited to see them again after all these years... Then they pulled out close to the date due to illness, so I got my money back...
Well, the Cadillac It pulled out of the graveyard Pulled up to me All they said, "Get in, get in" Then the Cadillac It puttered back into the graveyard Me, I got out again.
RIP. I was too young to have heard them when they came out, but when I discovered Television in the mid 80s I could hear that so many of the bands I liked had taken an awful lot from Verlaine - particularly the likes of Josef K and the Go Betweens. Massively influential as a lyricist as well. As one comment I read said, he changed how a virtuoso guitarist was seen, no longer just about blues-driven solos, but a more jazz-influenced approach.
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Love Marquee Moon, still play it. I was lucky enough to see them play the album at Shepards Bush Empire.
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I bought tickets last year (June) to see The Go-Gos, supporting Billy Idol, but that got delayed and Go-Gos couldn't do the new dates last October. I would have cashed in the tickets, but Television were announced as the new support. I was very excited to see them again after all these years... Then they pulled out close to the date due to illness, so I got my money back...
RIP great man. You will be sorely missed.
It pulled out of the graveyard
Pulled up to me
All they said, "Get in, get in"
Then the Cadillac
It puttered back into the graveyard
Me, I got out again.