Television - Prove It

[jokport]

Saw these guys in Manchester UK Free Trade Hall supported by Blondie(who were awful). They were astounding. 30+ yrs on and I'm not 20 anymore. Its still good and hey, its theirs to do what they want with it!

[LeMetropolitain]

" when you grow up, your heart dies"

[Creamy360]

old ass niggas

[higaboys]

@Creamy360 w0rd

[ChachiTelevision1979]

It's just not the original. This sounds more like an OAR song or something--I don't like that. I miss the 1970's New York Television.

[issak]

the easy listening version...SAD!.

[TheSkateNJ]

What hapened to Tom's wierd-sounding voice? It's all soft now :(

-not that it's not weird sounding here too..........

[richypike]

Oh! For FUCK sake SING the FUCKING SONG!

And to think you guys were the NY Punk scene

[teisenmenger]

@richypike They never claimed to be "punk" - that was just corporate America trying to put a label on them. They, along with the Talking Heads, were always far more intellectual and nuanced than, say, the Ramones or Blondie (both of which I also dig).

[incongra]

they are old now

[5277088]

You need to hear the album version of this song if you haven't. This recording/performance doesn't really cut it.

[glisfosho]

agree, the start of this song amazes me

[Dzisek17]

assassinattiinngg music, double 0

[htavarez90]

i love this band

[rca88]

Thanks - this is lovely. Reworked, and it still works.

[ClueSign]

I love it -- the cha-cha version

[JFUNK128]

oh man, they turned it into a lite vamp. my favorite part was the part they pretty much cut out, that chorus...

[iwillcontrolyourmind]

i realize how truly smoothe he is on the guitar. its so funny when people who like BB KING and all that traditional stuff bad talk tom, because it doesn't sound like anything else and so they get scared.

[envika]

no way is this the television we all know and love! O_o

[greatgrape4123]

envika

you are totally right! john lloyd did not appear at this show with tom verlaine. he was ill. the show was thus a tom verlaine show which is ok but lloyd's riffs were missed. i was there up front.

[teisenmenger]

@greatgrape4123 Name is Richard Lloyd. Jimmy Rip filled in for him. This is a fascinating version of Prove It - love both this and the original!

[rollagasper]

I love this "cover" of Prove It. Tom is truly a natural musician.

Thanks so much for posting!

[scomper]

true beauty, ah listen to him 'tell a vision' connie

[dagga36]

Jazz TV

[Griffmanr]

I love this slow version of prove it...It was sooo awesome when they did this...Tom Verlaine said this while introducing the song: "This is a cover version of one of our oldest songs..." Certainly is very different

[wildshovel]

more, More, MORE -- THIS IS WONDERFUL!