Re: (TV) Nice Village Voice Article (1979) [Ficca's playing/Yonki Time]

[Keith Allison <keith@marquee.demon.co.uk>]

In message <B2D7C52AFC38D61181940004763B1B0A0CCF6F@vntmail03.volpe.dot.g
ov>, Casey, Leo J <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV> writes
>
>  He brought rock 
>and roll to CBGB, built a stage with his own hands, and helped Richard 
>Hell invent punk style.  

the mythologising goes on...

> I miss the rhythmic interplay, but Verlaine places his riffs 
>against his own excellent rhythm playing so sharply that he almost 
>makes up for it.  What they don't make up for are Lloyd's solos.  

It's not that simple, though, is it?

>
>On the other hand, I don't miss Ficca much.  

He may well be the only one, then... 

>I always thought his 
>jazzy moves were self-serving, overrated, and not tough enough, 
>and his persistent overplaying on the cymbals was at times a noisy 
>distraction, especially on the album Marquee Moon. 

What nonsense. I long to hear Billy F. on every Verlaine solo release.
Perhaps we wouldn't have had _that_ 80s drum noise all over the place if
Ficca was there. (Perhaps that's why he wasn't). You only have to
see/hear the interplay/communication between Verlaine and Ficca live to
recognise the support that Ficca provides.

...it's a nice article though, although all the intellectualising in the
world can't make Yonki Time seem like anything more than a piece of
junk.
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