RE: (TV) third album

["Dever, Paul (ELS)" <P.Dever@elsevier.com>]

I heard "1880 Or So" on the radio this morning!

If god is going to bless anything it oughta be community radio.  Fight for
the airwaves, they still belong to you.

--Paul



-----Original Message-----
From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of Phil
Obbard
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 8:16 AM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) third album

--- robin dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com> wrote:
> on first listen, it's about what i had expected -- not
> bad, not great.  i really like tom's vocals on _1880
> or so_, and was surprised by (and like) _mars_.

Verlaine's songwriting and vocal style had changed a lot between 1978
and 1992 - check out THE WONDER, which is pretty close to the 1992 TV
album - and at first listen, it threw me too. I remember thinking,
"Is this Lou Reed??" But I really love the delicate guitar work on
much of that record, and the only out-and-out weak tracks (to my
ears) are "The Rocket" and "Rhyme", two songs that became the most
improved in a live setting.

Glad you like "Mars" - I've always loved Verlaine's over-the-topness
in this final cut.

--Phil
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