Re: (TV) For the guitarists on the list (not me)...

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@mac.com>]

At 9:43 AM -0700 4/15/02, Jay wrote:
> How great is Verlaine's Little Johnny Jewel solo on
> "The Blow Up"

Way.

> and why?

The short answer: check out the main riff.  Not a whole lot of rich 
harmonic material there--it's a very simple riff.  And yet TV's able 
to spin out these phrases that respond to the riff in different ways, 
increasing the tension in rhythm and interval, pushing against it, 
pulling away, seeming to depart, resolving, then pushing up the 
tension again, and then finally coming back to the theme in a really 
satisfying way.  The solos go on for quite a while there, and he 
never exhausts them (for me, anyway).

I should also point out that this is a fine, fine moment for Billy, 
too, who does much the same kind of rhythmic commentary with his 
drumming.
--
Maurice Rickard
http://mauricerickard.com/
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