oh yay another dude in his mom's basement with an iPhone and a $20 microphone...no thanks

Richard Lloyd is brilliant.

Television is an amazing band. Love the Minutemen shirt too dude.

One of my fave raves. Tom Verlaine is possibly the best lyricist we've ever had. I play in an instrumental band. I'm also a serious lyric snob. Ole Tom will live in my heart forever.

I still have my original 45 of Little Johnny Jewel. It cracked soon after I bought it, but I'd listen to it anyway, just with the needle jumping every time it hit the crack. Funnily enough, I never saw them play live, even though I went to CBGB a lot. But of all the bands I listened to back then, Television is the band I listen to most. Marquee Moon is a monument, a perfect album.

The CGBG bands were very influential to me. Television the most. I played in some bands late 1970s and early 1980s and my guitar style was very much influenced by Verlaine and Lloyd as was the bands I was in. We covered "See No Evil" from MM and two of Verlaine's songs from his first solo: "Red Leaves" and "Breakin' In My Heart." They very rarely just played chords and usually played a fragment or a guitar line intermeshing with a fragment. They were melodic and rhythmic at the same time. You can appreciate both of their styles with Lloyd being the straight ahead melodic craftsman and Verlaine's style of wandering around until he picks up phrases and brings it home. Despite what Richard Lloyd said about Adventure, I absolutely think that "Days" is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard, lyrically and musically.

I got to see them in 2018 in "The old town school of folk music" in Chicago they were great. I was bummed Richard Lloyd wasn't there but still a great show. Got a picture with Billy the drummer it was such a small venue that they were all standing around after all of them but Tom.lol I never considered them punk they're something else to me. I love Adventure too it's just as good an album imo

Great vid dude. I'm a huge fan of Television, and actually managed to learn some new info! You've got some very admirable skills when it comes to spinning yarns. Not all people can do that. HOWEVER, the ukulele and toy piano music are not vibing with me, personally. If you'd like, I can whip something up for you. No pressure, no obligation to use it, just thought I'd offer. :)

I will be forever grateful to the friend who turned me on to Television.

This is great, I discovered television because of Matthew Sweet who was influenced by Television and Richard Lloyd who played with Matthew Sweet for some years. This video taught me so much I didn’t know. Well done dude! Subscribed. Heading to the Sonic Youth one next.

I've enjoyed your history videos and Television are my favorite band right now, so this was very cool. I learned a few things that I didnt know before.

Well done, nicely put together and really interesting. I know TV's story well but you gave it new life. Cheers, RIP Tom.

Yo thanks for the video television marquee moon is a magical album for me it inspires me to make my own music subscribed thanks!

Tom Verlaine was like Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre. A genius who sabotaged himself because he was terrified of success. Tragic.

Great video my friend. I learned a few things about the band I didn't;t know.

Awesome! Been wanting to dive into them for a while

First time on your channel. I ordered this album via Rhino Records on a recommendation of another KZfaqr. Never heard it before or even the band. Wanted to get more of a background on the band before the album arrives. Well done video!

Thank you for sharing this history.

Dude these vids are so good

...and when we are ready to hear about Television's third record ... Tom dies at the age of 73...video ends...wtf...

Great! video i love how you include minor yet great details!

I discovered these guys at 59 and haven’t stopped playing my fender jazz master since. Totally inspired me to get back to playing electric guitars again after years of drumming and acoustic guitars. The duel guitar is freaking amazing and I’m embarrassed I heard of but ignored them for ever because I thought they were some weird 70 punk band. Turns out they were the best band of the late 70s New York scene. Check out the strokes as they ar awsome and obviously inspired by Television 😎🎼❤️

Love Television. For someone who was brought up on my parents records Marquee Moon just blew me away from.a young age.

Good video, but I did get lost among the Richards figuring out which one was Hell.

Fantastic video. Amazing!

I love these videos so much !! Could you do Talking Heads in future?

Very cool video!!

Honestly I would love to see a video about the history of the clash

RIP TV❤

Love those First 2 records.

Thanks for that! Nice one. I must add though that I think Tom's solo albums feature some great songs that arguably equal the Television output.

Tom graduated and very briefly attended two colleges that sounded randomly chosen. One was in SC (I think it was Guilford) lasted a couple of weeks and the next one was in PA and I think he said it was military based or maybe just heavily ROTC. If he had gone to something like Columbia he might have stayed, but who knows. (Just filling in what he said he wasn’t sure of).

Marqee Moon earned a spot in my collection; I also have l.j.j.

Check out the album “Fed Up !” By the Dogs. All but first two tracks are live and it rocks. Mid seventies proto punk garage style but better than you might think.

Let's give credit to richard lloyd, he is as good guitar player as tom verlaine if not even better, and the secret of the artistic success of television is the union of this two original guitar players. I think he's totally underrated, as player, and in his importance in television sound. OK, tom verlaine was the composer, but man, some of lloyd's parts are pure magic, in venus, in guiding light, in marquee moon (except verlaine's solo) , prove it, days, ain't that nothing, in Call mr.Lee (his arrangemetds and soloes in this song of the third album are incredibly good) he is very good. Unfortunately he fell down in a hard hreoin addiction in 1978 and he was missed until 1985... so he only has two solo albums until 2001... He lost his best moment... Good albums both of them, alchemy (1979) and Field of fire (1985) despite in "alchemy" you can see his lack of evolvement and abandon due to his heroin addiction so theere are two of the songs that despite they are very good, they are poorly mixed, plus to the great songs "misty eyes", "alchemy" and "pretend"... the sogn "field of fire" from the sencond album is almost in "guitar hero" mode ... Fred smith is a very good bass player too, richard hell was an underground star, but fred smith was a BASS PLAYER. his bass lines are very good. Incredible for example in guiding light, one opf my favorite bass lines of all times... without him, television could hsve been forever an amateur band. his presene made them much better. I write this for all those who say that television was basically tom verlaine... and whish say "ohhhh... tom verlaine, even in the videos of the songs where lloyd's gguitar shines the same, or even more. (fcor example, venus de milo, guiding light, see no evil, elevation, days, aint that nothing, call mr.lee, or prove it)

Tom and I were penpals in the late 80 s

this is great man! would love to see one on silver jews!

Very good video. If you upgrade your video production, you'll have a first-class channel.

Uhhhh - fuckin awesome video‼️

I listened to Adventure yesterday and found it not too bad. The sound is softer and not that underground but the solos and the lyrics are good. Of course it is not on the same level as Marquee Moon but it just proves Marque Moon is something else. Now looking forward to listen to their reunion album. I liked your video, very informative, thanks. Nice channel, gonna check out that CBDB video and others. How about a video about the Stranglers, if you are interested?

You should do the minutemen

They were cool when Richard was in the band.

Good video

Great great band

Tom Verlaine was a genius. I'd loved his sound since buying Marquee Moon in 77. His passing was devastating. That said, his career never took off because, by all accounts, he was just very difficult to work with. But for all that - man, the guy was something else. Lloyd was good, but his solo career wasn't a patch on what Verlaine did. IMO.

I love this record, and Adventure aint bad either

Fick-a like kick-a, no long "i" sound.

Where do yo find video of them performance in bbc i can't find it please🙏

Surely the source of the name "Tele vision" is a reference to (Fender) " Telecaster or Tele for short.

Hō-kes-sin

He’d have been a far lesser light but for his relationship with Patti Smith

"VELVERT"...😂

what was that intro haha

Not too dramatic

the lucy show

oh yay another dude in his mom's basement with an iPhone and a $20 microphone...fuck yeah 🥲