Television - Venus DeMilo

Television playing Venus DeMilo at the Central Park Summerstage

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[TonyArrison]

I love Television, and for me this is a very sad site. I thought I might've been able to see them reasonably decent before they burnt out..ah well.

[TheGreatGallbo]

Well, you probably weren't at this show...

When Tom Verlaine was being screamed at to get off stage because of the park's noise cerfew.. he looked over his shoulder at the stage manager, gave a nic little smirk, and then went back to abusing his Stratocaster for the end of Marquee Moon.

It was faaantastic. One of the best shows I have seen.. and I've gone to 80+ shows in my life

[gogobionicgirl]

wow the sound is really good

im so jealous you went to this

[TheGreatGallbo]

Yeah, I'm really glad I went...

and not to make ya feel any worse about it..

but it was free, and Tom Verlaine blew my mind.

[barracudatheband]

did you feel low? NAH! <333

[Zazenpan]

I like the "suddenly..." part because that is live music and this is one of the greatest rock bands.

[SlayersFan1988]

I discovered them in the documentary of the Ramones (End of a century), and i was like yaay!  happy that discovered this band ^_^/

[teisenmenger]

Take a close look at Tom's guitar's neck. Jazzmaster. The rest of it? I suppose he wanted the added flexibility of the 3 pickups...

[burnlastsunday]

That smelly portapotty would be a step up from some of the places I've seen them. And yes-totally worth it every time!

[RManFlint]

They sound great. I'd sit in smelly Port-a-Potty if I had to to hear Television do "Venus".

[maxcharts]

Wanna see the real deal? Check out Fred Smith w/ the Revelons at Bowery Ballroom from last summer.That's the band that still has it.But for some reason they rarely do a show.

[Matthew Newman]

Two strats sound as thin as trace paper.

[steve hewitt]

a song i play over & over. this is a good version,years later,but,hey...Tom Verlaine is a god !!

[JackStraw65]

This is exactly what I am doing at this moment - suddenly haunted by this song this week after many years, right now figuring it out note for note on my acoustic guitar, and marveling at the composition of it.

[JackStraw65]

Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd - These guys were punk godfathers, psychedelic guitar madmen and romantic poets all at the same time. Nothing like them, before or since.