Re: (TV) Peter Murphy[!] & Verlaine / Attn Keith: new review for site

[eric gregory <crackcity_2000@yahoo.com>]

i caught this tour but it was just verlaine & the church in rochester, NY.
the sound for verlaine did indeed blow there as well & in fact, the bulk of the crowd hovered at the back of the auditorium chattering loudly during verlaine's set.
then on came the mighty blowhard bullshit of the church...yugh.
 
 Paul Dubiansky <thedubes@bellsouth.net> wrote:umm... Peter Murphy also played the Philly show at the Tower Theater. I 
completely forgot about him. I was never a big fan.

Casey, Leo J wrote:

>eRacerX,
>
>Thanks for the Tampa, FL Verlaine 1988 acoustic date 
>info, and thanks for the Ritz memory [I was at that 
>Dec. 22, 1984 Ritz concert].
>
>Regarding Peter Murphy: below is a piece from the 
>Boston Globe September 10, 1988. It's a review of a 
>Tom Verlaine, Peter, Murphy, and Church concert at 
>Boston's Orpheum Theater the night before (and which I 
>attended). Murphy was even worse than the critic describes 
>(but then so was Verlaine--albeit his set was sabotaged 
>and forced to end prematurely by idiotic Church roadies). 
> Leo
>
>"A Gathering of Pop's Dark and Moody Division"
>THE CHURCH, PETER MURPHY, TOM VERLAINE- At the Orpheum Theater
>Sept. 9, 1988 by Brett Milano
>
>Ever been caught in a room with a bunch of intensely serious 
>people? Chances are your you'd find a bunch of heavyweight 
>conversations, and meet at least one guy you didn't get along 
>with. If you were lucky, you might wind up striking up a 
>friendship.
>
>That was roughly the mood at last night's Orpheum triple-bill, a 
>gathering of pop's Dark and Moody division. Tom Verlaine was the 
>unapproachable one, who had a lot to say but proved too withdrawn 
>to say it. Representing the obnoxious crowd was Englishman Peter 
>Murphy, former leader of Bauhaus. Finally there was the Church, an 
>Australian quartet who made it all worthwhile.
>
>Peter Murphy's hour-long set was without exaggeration, one of the 
>silliest things we've seen on a rock n' roll stage---unless one buys 
>Murphy's sex appeal, which many of the fans seemed to be doing. Here 
>we had narcissism bordering on self-worship: one would never guess 
>there were so many cool ways to stare into a spotlight, or so many 
>tortured-artist expressions one could assume. The set built slowly 
>to that grand, climactic moment when Murphy.... TOOK OFF HIS SHIRT!
>
>All right so how about the music? A lot of lurches and drones, one 
>reasonably catchy tune (his hit "Indigo Eyes"), and a vocal style 
>crabbed from David Bowie's "Low" period. He does have a great taste 
>in covers, though: after his versions of Magazine's "The Light Pours 
>Out of Me", Pere Ubu's "Final Solution", and Iggy Pop's "Funtime", 
>one started to think that Murphy's group might make a good new-wave 
>cover band. Then his version of Prince's "Purple Rain" made one 
>think that no, maybe they wouldn't.
>
>Best part of Tom Verlaine's set: during "Let Go the Mansion" he was 
>surprised by a pack of Church roadies, who struck up a chorus from 
>stage left while he looked on with a puzzled expression. Verlaine 
>is something of a saint on the underground circuit, after masterminding 
>one of the New York new wave's finest albums (Television's "Marquee 
>Moon") and a number of intriguing solo LPs. He hasn't played Boston 
>since 1982, but last night he didn't really play here either. The set 
>was a five-song, 20-minute quickie, and the songs didn't always translate 
>to the solo-acoustic format--too many mumbled vocals and scaled-down 
>guitar parts. A decent preview at best; now let's have Boston get 
>a proper Verlaine set 
>
>
>Commercial success agrees with the Church: their hit album "Starfish" 
>keeps the best aspects of their previous six releases-- the shifting 
>moods, sense of foreboding and hints of elation---but meets the audience 
>halfway, with some grabbing pop hooks. In the past they've tended to 
>drone on stage, saving the high volume release for last. But last night's 
>opener, "Constant in Opal" (nice pun) thundered from the start, and most 
>songs had the best of both: deep thought and cheap thrills, trancey 
>melodies and guitar flights. 
>
>They've also developed personalities within the band, so the two 
>guitarists (Peter Koppes and Marty Wilson-Piper) integrated their 
>parts better---with Wilson-Piper usually building atmosphere and 
>Koppes blasting away. Wilson-Piper's vocal on the fractured rockabilly 
>Spark" also contrasted nicely with singer/bassist Steve Kilbey's 
>moodier style. Individual tunes stood out-- the folkish 
>"Under the Milky Way" and the tense rocker "Unsubstantiated"--but 
>the songs also flowed together in a thoughtful, satisfying way.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: eRacerX 
>Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:31 PM
>To: tv@obbard.com
>Subject: RE: (TV) 2 more boring Qs
>
> I saw Verlaine (and Peter Murphy) open for the Church at Curtis Hixon Hall
>in Tampa, FL on Aug 31, 1988.
>I remember being frustrated that I could barely hear him, because I was
>hoping to hear acoustic versions of the great songs I love.. but now, I
>cannot remember a single song he played. The Curtis Hixon has/had great
>acoustics, but the sound for Tom was just not good. The Church were stellar.
>I remember Tom coming out for the encore, and doing some soloing, but I
>vaguely remember being disappointed overall with Tom that night.
>
> There was some discussion regarding Tom at the Ritz in NYC
> - I have a ticket from Dec 22, 1984 GA $11. - those were the days!
>
> - Herman
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