Tom Verlaine "Bomb"

[desasterz]

At 02:18 oh my GOSH!!! Tom is so great!

[monaurallab]

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[molloyxx1]

This is, essentially, the shit.

[hanogano1]

love the guitar

[genesisrock43]

You know a song is good when you ejaculate upon hearing the first note. That reminds me, I should see a doctor about these sporadic, spontaneous ejaculations!

[CortoFilmsTerna]

A talented musician.

Corto

[frankdialogue]

I've heard him play really well, but this stuff stinks...No wonder nobody bought it...Ever read the words?...Nonsense.

[bucknorm]

great guitar sound!

get all his stuff

[Yoetah]

BOMB "I don't know how to talk... no I don't know how to think... uh uh... I just lay there... bomb bomb bomb we can't work it out o shucks heeheehaha. it's fun not knowing what to say bomb bomb bomb it is the treasure without... no. it is the pleasure without measure what a treasure. we can't work it out its these disintegrations I'm looking forward to"

[Emberland]

What kind of PU's is he using on that Jazzmaster?

[DougPatton1]

The pot's set to 11+ - go Tom go!

[DeeDeeVerlaine]

I love this song and I love Tom Verlaine

[ofcoursehesthefarmer]

@DeeDeeVerlaine I love Thomas Verlaine too. We're in a civil partnership actually - even though I'm a heterosexual guy - I like his music THAT much

[ofcoursehesthefarmer]

@DeeDeeVerlaine : ofcoursehesthefarmerverlaine

[cmag94]

this versions alot better than the studio

[cmag94]

does anyone know what album this is from?

[theepitts]

Its from "Flashlight".

[cmag94]

okayyy thanks

[chtibouchon59]

this guy bright

[granola4thahighrolla]

i don;t think i've ever seen him play with this much chutzpah. this is incredible..

[buglous1]

Thanks for this. I remember watching this and being told to turn the TV down and come and have some dinner - so I missed most of it. memories eh. WOnderful.

[windmills20]

yes! this rocks

[blankslatenator]

dude this is so Gang of Four than anyone else

[stroke128]

Verlaine is the man

[bluez59]

In the world of influences...think David Byrne of talking heads was watching Verlaine or what?

[chibitiny]

Tell me about it. I was in NYC at the same time. 14th and 1st!

[Jojoseahorse]

Well lucky you! If I had a time machine, thats exactly when and where I would live :)

[allanosterm]

That's walking distance from CBGBs!!!

[dayvee247]

I'm sure many people have been influenced by him.

[molloyx]

Yikes. Verlaine created a 'space' [ I know, I know] that was entirely his own and ultimately left him obscure and unsigned. That said, one more comparison to the Wilco sound and I am reaching for my revolver. [ With apologies to Mission of Burma].

[rollagasper]

Well I like how he uses "space" in his playing (I'm not sure if this is the same "space" that you're talking aobut...). The absence of notes is equally as important as the presence of notes.

[ofcoursehesthefarmer]

He laughs a knowing laugh...

[kentingeingesson]

Breathtaking solos and desperate singing style. Ijust can't get enough!

[wqnamisanthrope]

Fer Sherr....Verlaine was a BIG influence on Cline....Saw Wilco in Austin last year, and was thinking, "Well, since I'll probably never get to actually see Verlaine himself, this ain't a half-bad student presentation.."

[ruderocker]

ah you Boomers and your reflective selective consciousness.

[wqnamisanthrope]

Ruderocker....

Oh, I wasn't insulting Nils in any way.......I was just pointing out the very noticeable similarities. (I mean, Cline was even playing a Fender Jaguar, as well.......It's not like I accused Cline of ripping off Nils Lofgren's NAME or something, eh?)

Now, just what did you mean by "selective"? I really don't get the use of that phrase....

[ruderocker]

I dunno it rhymed.

[colossalkegan]

I'm pretty sure you're referring to the Fender Jazzmaster, a guitar almost identical to the Jaguar, but with P-90 Pickups and a different control scheme. Nels uses one almost exclusively, though he does use a Jaguar from time to time.(which, coincidentally, was often Verlaine's main guitar back in the days of Television.) Oh, and Nels is absolutely breathtaking at Wilco shows.

[molloyx]

I wont waste one second bashing Wilco [ even though I sort of hated Hotel Mediocrity] but, really, the distance is light years and the chain of influences just dont begin to connect. Verlaine has gone without recording contracts precisely because he is so outside, without even wanting to live there.

[wqnamisanthrope]

Now, molloyx...I said that Verlaine was a big influence on NILS CLINE....I didn't say he was a big influence on WILCO.

Yeah, there's a Big Difference....

[molloyx]

Well.....point taken.

[Dude421]

I'm certain that is Jeff Tweedy that has significant style-similarities to Verlaine's style; Cline uses fender Jazzmasters and such, but he sounds much further clean-cut; I can't visualize Cline playing this, but I can see Tweedy strumming away, given the same circumstance. I'm an aficionado of Banyan's music, so I would know what Cline sounds like jamming with Mike Watt.

[Jojoseahorse]

Definitely; Jeff Tweedy has been forthcoming in his admiration for both Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd. Listen to "Sky Blue Sky"; you can hear the Television influence in the guitar work.  Couldn't go wrong for me - one of my favourites influenced by another favourite! Verlaine's a genius; love Tweedy too :)

[OsvaldoPaese]

Great guitar sound...some of it reminds me oddly of Nels Cline's work with Wilco.

Turn it up. Ya ya

Thanks for posting.

[onlyjokingman]

great tv performance..may i guess the hideousness of being backed by love and money drove this performance....

[filmerado]

Incredible!

[wildshovel]

BOMB (Verlaine) I don't know how to talk... no I don't know how to think... uh uh... I just lay there... bomb bomb bomb we can't work it out o shucks heeheehaha. it's fun not knowing what to say bomb bomb bomb it is the treasure without... no. it is the pleasure without measure what a treasure. we can't work it out its these disintegrations I'm looking forward to

[TonyArrison]

This is about ten times better than the studio version. I love this and I can barely listen to the original.

[wildshovel]

Agree -- the far outshines the studio version, and is possibly the most aggressive playing from Verlaine since Television's early days.

Would love to know if there are similar recordings where Tom plays so viciously...

[Erotobot]

This is an excellent video, and the sound is top notch.

[naranjaskonfitadas]

genio!

[11spike7]

For some reason, these geniuses will absolutely eschew the mainstream. Verlaine could have written million-seller pop songs in his sleep.

[jadeevalley]

omg...i wanna play like him!!!! that's my new year's wish :)

[dinnerbucket9]

Verlaine remains a sort of casualty, coming out of scrap-yard New York City punk, if you will, only to develop a certain fluency that doomed him later on. Years later I saw him w/ Televison at the American Music Club in San Francisco and...better understood how we had all been chaeted.

[jthompson1869]

would you mind elaborating?

[jthompson1869]

can you elaborate?

[Brianjonestown]

How exactly is Verlaine a casualty?

[rollagasper]

@dinnerbucket9

I don't really think he has been "cheated." Yes, he didn't get a lot of financial backing and promotional support from record companies, but his music is not really mainstream so one wouldn't expect much more. I think he's highly revered today both by musicians and listeners (of punk/post-punk music). He gets way more attention than Lloyd or other interesting guitarists from the punk and post-punk scene.

[vanfsgroove]

He's so incredible good live.

[wildshovel]

@ 3:37, OMG !

[pernicketty]

Just superb! Thanks so much for this. The world seemed to write TV off after Adventure didn't live up to the standard of Marquee Moon but there as many tracks of this standard on his solo LPs. Check 'em out!

[TopperHeadon2]

been waiting for someone to put this up for ages....great performance Verlaine just is the man on a geeeeetar.

[poddel]

Great, sounds much better live than on record, i should so very much like to see some more from those period.

[Iomarca]

The song is all bitter irony, and Verlaine is unusually expressive here.

Amazing guitar technique. And the Love and Money guys do a great job.

The song is on the marvellous Flash Light album, which, unusually for a Verlaine album, is freely available.

One of the most underrated geniuses of rock music.

[wildshovel]

"The song is all bitter irony, and Verlaine is unusually expressive here."

Tom's sneer @ 2:07 says it all...

[wildshovel]

Brilliant solo!

Tom Verlaine is a goddamn genius.