Television - Little Johnny Jewel, Live '78 (from The Blow Up)

[sweetknuckle]

This reaches musical peaks unheard of....ironically speaking

[Bobjb999]

Anyone interested in old/rare mag. & music paper articles/interviews with Tom Verlaine & Television band mates Loyd, Hell, Ficca, & Smith should check the video description info. here. I've left a link here to a downloadable file of approx. 60 articles dating from '74 - '90 I collected from 1978 to 1990. Plus a link to scans of scarce poetry book "The Night", by Tom Verlaine & Patti Smith, published 1976.

[POPAVIDEO]

fameux premier single de "television " sur le label ORK .

difficile à dégoter .

[paschy]

LOVE siouxsies ATB's version too

[zachstigall]

One of the best jams of all time, live!

[RICARDOnotcool]

yeah siouxsie's cover is cool! mind telling me the name of the covers album?

[TheEnchantingWizard1]

@RICARDOnotcool Through The Looking Glass. 

[RICARDOnotcool]

did siouxsie & the banshees cover this or was it vice versa?

[Bobjb999]

@RICARDOnotcool It's Television's song. Tom Verlaine wrote it, & the band issued it as a single in 1975. But I love Siouxsie's cover the Banshees included on an all-covers album they once did. You Tube has two versions of Siouxsie doing it. One's from a BBC session recording (my fave).

[kipperfeast]

I'm sorry, but with all due respect to Built To Spill, I think that Doug and company aspired to be these guys... They're pretty good and all, but a bit too stoned to come to the glory and excitement of Television. Don't try to be Tom Verlaine...

[AlNaafiysh]

It's so amazing. I've always imagined these brittle guitars as... the sound of strings on an egg sharer... do you know what I mean? Maybe it's alocal invention, but it's like five (or six, that would be great) strings of tin and a plastic thing you put the egg in, and then you press...

[orpheussf]

If ROIR is violating their agreement, they're doing it pretty blatantly, and Verlaine wouldn't have much difficulty obtaining legal relief. That these reissues remain in print, and have gone through multiple editions, indicates ROIR feel they are on strong footing.to put them out.

[orpheussf]

This has been released in two legit CD editions by ROIR. You're misinformed.

[Bobjb999]

@orpheussf Let me more specific. I have an old Tom Verlaine print interview where he says the ROIR cassette release was legit but that the later CD release was "completely illegal". Just because the same company released both, doesn't mean ROIR had legal rights to release both. So, I was just quoting Tom's (& his lawyer's?) view. But maybe you have a "more accurate" legal opinion about it?

[orpheussf]

@Bobjb999: Thanks for the clarification. I was not aware of this issue at all. Obviously, we'd need to see the contract to actually understand what was agreed to, but generally licensing is for the work itself, with a limitation imposed to a specific period of time, but a limitation of release format to just tape would be unusual. Possibly ROIR's later reissue on CD and vinyl could have violated that time period limitation. But my guess is that Verlaine didn't understand what he was agreeing to.

[acadx]

did duran duran rip off this song for girls on film?

[paschy]

@acadx Hahah never thought of that, it's plausible

[TehGav]

@acadx It sure seems like it.

Same as the way Def Leppard's 'Photograph' rips off the chords from The Pretenders' 'Brass in Pocket,' and The Pretenders' 'Tattooed Love Boys' rips off the exact chords from 'London Calling,' and The Clash's 'Guns on the Roof' rips off the Who's 'Cant Explain,' and so on.

If a good song results, it's a win. Good catch, btw.

[iloveferminA]

WOW

[TheEnchantingWizard1]

Holy shit.....this is fantastic.

[rimbaud100]

The greatest guitar solo of any one, any time, any where.

[sitarrob]

I know the word underrated gets used alot, but the musical talent of television is greatly underrated, and unappreciated.

[2stringsleft]

Awesome version of my favorite takes-2-sides-to-hold-it single; nice pics, too

[yehbird66]

My god ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[felicer]

so great.

[daveycakesify]

WOW!! this is amazing

[stevepegram1]

Splendid stuff

[redstarboy93]

class !

[Raymantico]

my guitar heroes

[jamesthomascarey]

Love