Television - Foxhole (live)

[campbelllovescock]

Better than the album version

[dejaircaminhonero]

@campbelllovescock You are right!

:D

[MrBlacklorre]

Moonight web!

[RevPsychobilly]

Is that kristen Stewart?

[Hister333]

One person's never been in a Foxhole.

[MrBlacklorre]

@Hister333 Ive only been in a Foxyhole and my flashing sword was explored!

[MrBlacklorre]

@MrBlacklorre It was in a perfect slice!

[MrBomber467]

Actually Verlaine and LLoyd are perfect foils for each other. They share lead guitar efforts and Marquee Moon is (IMHO) one of the bEST EVER debut albums and it still stands the test of time

[ogloccness]

The greatest neck in rock!

[theantiantihero]

Great, great band. Anyone who loves rock and roll should own a copy of Marquee Moon and listen to it regularly.

[hamiltondevereaux]

i disagree, marmarr. When I listen to Marquee Moon, (which was today)I still hear a band from the future.



[banchtants]

"Four cats with a passion"- Nicholas Ray

[tennis11ish]

These guys owe huge debt to The Byrds....anyone else hear it?

[tennis11ish]

Really just getting to know this band. I stood outside CBGB just as it was closing up. 'Bought a T-shirt, hoping against hope, it might help. My flight back to Toronto was 2 hours later. Next time I saw the CBGB awning, was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland....but I digress...this is a great band...want to see more...

[radioheadsundays]

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[sallygal7]

The source of Patti Smith's vocal style is right here.

[XellKamikaze]

2:12 What he does with the tremolo bar and some harmonics.. Now that's what you call style. How I wish I was as good as he.

[CortoFilmsTerna]

Télévision, great song with Tom Verlaine.

Corto

[ArtD42]

I just LOVE how they have those little blurbs that come up on the screen during Verlaine's guitar solo. "Here, you may be bored during the best part of the song, maybe these will keep you occupied?"

[paulwhitberg]

GREAT video!

[thewindsrequiem]

Dat bass.

[MayoSham]

Love that guitar, I dont think he uses it anymore (he should give it to me ;-))

[incompletex]

Tom Verlaine is so intriguing to watch. He had such an anxious charm, and one hell of a voice. I'd love to see some decent footage of them doing material from Marquee Moon.

[jijorns]

Faso, FASO

[MrHendrix1959]

this is just awesome

[Mongo42089]

The godfathers of post-punk.

[IgiveyouPain]

I love this band!! One of the greatest!

[robboturner]

Try teaching this in guitar lessons.

[moremoxi]

Thanks for this live video, by the way. It awesome!!

[TheGreaterGood80]

I don't see bands like Television and Pere Ubu as "punk" or "new wave", I just see them as more of a unique rock band that wasn't following trends

[moremoxi]

@TheGreaterGood80 Everyone seems to forget, Punk didn't really exist, yet, when these guys started. It was really so much just the way they behaved. People just started looking at them and started wanting to be like them. Specifically, Malcolm Mclaren had his eye on them, when he first fashioned his store, in UK....

[Gatabulho]

Richie, don't believe everything you hear. I'm sure you're not that naïve. Right?

[itscaptainfalcon]

Nice :)

[panagiotouchris]

he is very beautiful . was he a sadomasochist ?

[SeagirlX]

RichieEastside, you can't tell the difference because punk came directly from the blues. The early artists wrote blues tunes and sped up the tempo. It's original...the stuff you hear today is NOT.

[philipheying]

How crazy. Tom Verlaine bought the guitar he's playing in this video from a friend of mine.

[desasterz]

See? Verlain's not a birdy singer! Simon Coward doesn't know when he's talking about, seting up synicall singing contests to claim he owns the status of "most powerful man in music"

I love Television, love Velvets too, Richard Hell, Dylan, Pete Doherty, early Strokes, Ramones, Sonic Youth. None of them can really claim to have "the X Factor" and prouve affectivly they don't NEED it either!

[Flipper79able]

@lazlomortomer Ahhhh.....Television were Punk. Although by this time they seemed more like serious musicians.They had short spiky hair and torn clothes in 73 or 74, years before the Sex Pistols. They also played sloppy garage rock which by the time this was filmed was refined into something more polished. Check them out on my website and you'll see.

[superemposed]

got this on coloured vinyl, think its green or red

[RichieEastside]

@lazlomortomer I honestly can't hear that either...they sound like the East Coast equivalent of Steve Miller Band or the Grateful Dead...still don't see what's so special about this.

[PeterVonRock]

Does it exist more filmed songs from this fantastic performance???

[RichieEastside]

I heard about this band as being like the very beginning of Punk, but I honestly can't tell any difference between this and any of the other blues influenced rock of this time period, except possibly the vocal...I was expecting something a lot more...original.

[waitingforanalibi]

@RichieEastside try listening to marquee moon (the album). They performed a set in CBGBs regularly, which is where the Ramones, Blondie and others started off. Television were tipped to become a huge band, being the most rehearsed and musically refined of all of the bands from there. Didn't quite work out that way though.

[glitchesandglitter]

@waitingforanalibi right... although, by far one of the best !!!

[flipsemed]

@RichieEastside sem ofender !!mais ,letras mais o som "sujo" a envolvimento com a cena proto punk de new york ,tais quis muitas outras bamdas praticamente dascenhecidas certo?? cheeers and oi!oi!oi!

[CDHIgnorance]

@RichieEastside He played with Richerd Hell in the Neon Boys. I guess some would call that early punk. When television came out they sounded nothing like what was played on the radio.

[dtrellis]

@RichieEastside They helped start the NY punk scene in the mid 70s and their own music began as sloppy garage rock but eventually grew into something like the beginnings of 'new wave'. That they developed into virtuoso musicians doesn't really fit with the punk template either. I would check out Marquee Moon though if you want to understand why they get such a lot of praise.

[dtrellis]

@RichieEastside They helped start the NY punk scene in the mid 70s and their own music began as sloppy garage rock but eventually grew into something like the beginnings of 'new wave'. That they developed into virtuoso musicians doesn't really fit with the punk template either. I would check out Marquee Moon though if you want to understand why they get such a lot of praise.

[garmonbozia318]

@RichieEastside in addition to marquee moon, the blow up is an awesome document of their live work. If you like your rock explosive and wild, that's an absolute must have.

[HeartfeltDawn]

@RichieEastside do you play the guitar? If you do, learn some of the riffs and how he played. It's far different from the trad blues licks. The chords are generally pretty basic but Verlaine would hit notes that were unexpected. The solo from 2:10 is just like this. There's lots of unusual notes in there.

[EagleWingedPalace]

@RichieEastside I agree. The word 'punk' is thrown around too freely. Blondie, Television, Talking Heads = Artsy New York City Rock and Roll.

The Ramones = punk rock

[RichieEastside]

@EagleWingedPalace Exactly...when I think of "70's punk", I think of stuff like The Misfits, The Ramones, even New York Dolls, but Television? Devo is more punk than this lol

[rsafaye]

@RichieEastside post punk not early punk

[alexdroogie100]

@RichieEastside Television was in many ways disjunct from punk. Tom and Ritchie were virtuosi. They did, however contribute immeasurably to the DIY attitude, excentricity and look of early Punk/New-Wave. Foxhole was their attempt to get radio play, which is why it is more conservative. For a truly seminal punk track, try Televisions "Little Johnny Jewel"

[cordedpoodle]

@alexdroogie100 nice to see a thoughtful comment in the vast wasteland of youtube. Labels and genre are just lazy thinking. Unique bands are never easy to categorize, which is one reason they rarely get rich. Would have liked to see the whole band like you do when you see a show live. Richard Hell is back there somewhere probably.

[calesfer]

@RichieEastside definitely you haven't heard this band well then, I think this are the best and most original guitars along time

[196177]

@RichieEastside were you expecting to hear 3 bar chords and Soccer chants....You have to understand at that time the radio was playing ...Disco, and B.T.O..perhaps Kansas....

[shaynegryn]

@RichieEastside Compare it to the bands that were topping the charts around the same time. Production was getting a lot slicker. Think about Boston, Journey, Doobie Brothers, etc. This has more in common with some of the psychedelic or garage bands of the late 60's than with its popular contemporaries. But more importantly, listen to the lyrics. This is where you'll find originality. They weren't quite writing love songs, were they.

[superwesman]

@RichieEastside I've never understood why these guys are associated with punk - other than the fact that they played at CBGB's with punk bands - as for their originality.... I don't know what to tell you - this is probably the highlight of their second record - the first record is really where it's at

[elwaymundo]

@RichieEastside

Their first single was split on each side of the vinyl. So if the radio wanted to play their single, they had to either buy two, or have some dead air while changing sides.

If that's not punk, what is?

[enToulouse]

marquee moon j'adoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!­! super!!

[akabak]

Super track! My copy of this is on red vinyl!

[musimundos2008]

AWESOME

[tonebenderx]

It's amazing how influential these guys are nowadays. You can't throw a stone in Brooklyn without bumping into a band that sounds similar to Television.

[HighFlyinDragon]

Triffic song, great video.

[jackattack17]

is this on any of the old grey whistle test dvd's?

[waitingforanalibi]

@jackattack17 To be honest, i dont know. It may be, but don't hold me to it. The bbc showed this performance on a programme called 'new york rock' which featured live performances from bands like them, lou reed, blondie, john cale, velvet underground, the strokes and others. When i saw it on that, i knew it must be out there somewhere on the internet. I merely found it and brought it to youtube.

[anndddrrrreeeeesssss]

TELEVISION="Wir sind die besten..."

[TheBrowndawg]

which one is richard lloyd? ive read his column in guitar world (or total guitar?) cant work out which one is him.

[thedicepticons]

the one not singing (strat), usually plays trickier solos, Tom does the bendier stuff.

[TheBrowndawg]

cheers dude

[waitingforanalibi]

@TheBrowndawg tom verlaine - singer/guitarist. Richard lloyd - other guitarist. Both are excellent. Lloyd is seen singing backup vocals at 1.54 and later on during the FOXHOLE FOXHOLE bit where the bassist is on the left, lloyd on the right. His playing isnt shown much here

[rca88]

@TheBrowndawg - Musicly, most of Television's songs are built around Richard Lloyd's riffs and hooks. Of course you get Tom Verlaine's songs, vocals, humor, and playing, too. You need both, or it isn't Television.

[paulwhitberg]

@TheBrowndawg yeah, Lloyd is a freaking virtuoso, and Verlaine is one of the coolest oddball guitarists ever...he's so innovative!

[desasterz]

This is so great, 've alwayse wanted to see what Television looked like when they played music... Theres not much footage. I didnt imagine Tom to roll his eyes and be so agressive but in control on the guitar but it makes sense and now when i hear their music on record I enjoy it even more,this one is riviting! My favorits are possible Venus, Prove It, Marquee Moon and this one.

[vieniconmarco]

What a pity "FRICTION" has not been youtubized, isn´t ?

[desasterz]

@vieniconmarco it has, Richard Lloyde playes it on a you tube vid

[vieniconmarco]

Yes, I watched it and it's worth seeing, but I meant a Television version like this "FOXHOLE" video

[DanTheManFantastic90]

shame there aren't more videos of television like this, makes you realise everything they did in the studio was no fluke, they were so musically in sync.

[0001mia]

I love tom verlaine :)

[karinammm1]

PERO QUÉ GUAPO!!!!!!!!!!!

[DeeDeeVerlaine]

Awesomeness!

[Jackthejekill]

thanks! greatº!

[usagisama100]

great

!!!!!!!!!

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[algrand90]

is verlaine a blues guitarist ??,

[Taktwo2]

Not really. He doesn't really play those signature bluesy riffs that everyone loves. It's pretty much impossible to generalize his playing into a genre. Just consider it brilliant.

[minihats]

verlaine is just a verlaine guitarist

[slalomluke]

@algrand90

I think it's fair to say that he sometimes utilizes techniques similar to those favored by blues guitarists, but he's not really playing the blues, hes branching out into more musical patterns than that.

[pokadots00]

great!

[PHDROD]

Verlaine isst guuut. Verlain isst a re-al talunt. Dank yoo. Isst guut!!!!

[1172404]

Great guitarist tom verlaine i think is one of the best and creatives guitar because he played guitar very different way amazing very differents than slash and hendrix i think tom is better because is more creative i like more

[desasterz]

You tell em Tommy! With your voice, wrighting and guitar!

[childint1me]

thanks for this - excellent video!

[lameplanet]

Thank you for posting this. Awesome.

[Tod3]

wish someone would tab this cant figure it out at all.

[tomlyoldhappyderek1]

I love Verlaine's solos here.

[Tourist1977]

Amazing.

[giulyman]

thanks, thanks, thanks a lot...i love television and this foxhole video version is really the highest quality around... Giuliano fm Italy

[lanphleasc]

cork city 1981  never forgotten...

MB 10 04 1961

[shasta723]

@lanphleasc care to elaborate?

[Griffmanr]

finally a high quality version of this vid...thanks a lot!

[waitingforanalibi]

cheers! i was looking for a high quality version of it too - i saw it on a bbc4 program so i knew it was out there somewhere

[Griffmanr]

well thanks for this...and to make it easier to find you should also put the band members in the tags section...If you try searching for television on youtube you get a bunch of useless stuff...but if you search for tom verlaine television you get exactly what you want

[robbynood]

im trying to find the original versions from this adventure album especially days and glory but just seem to find live versions that just dont seem to have the edge that this does .thanks for that .

[waitingforanalibi]

@robbynood look into getting spotify. Its a free music service (though i think an invite is required). Television have a massive catalogue on it including all studio albums (some of which have been remastered) and many live performances! I think it has everything you d be looking for if you want to try and hear rarer television stuff. I once tried to download Adventure from a (less than reputable) source and couldn't do it. Spotify has it. Good quality, free and legal!