(TV) RE: Accidentially Hit the Send Button / Who Plays What When / To m's vs Richard's Tone

["Casey, Leo J" <Leo.J.Casey@Volpe.dot.gov>]

I accidentially somehow hit the SEND button before 
I finished typing my previous post (and before I 
trimmed it).

so, here's what should have been included:

.....bLAH blah blah ..I think my memory's still 
good--(maybe too good) and I swear I've seen 
in-person parts/solos switched between them.

Another related fact:  Didn't't Amilcar Amarante 
point out recently that you can see on the Brazil 
video Tom('s fingers) playing a part/solo that 
Richard usually does?

Ms Secret X told me quite awhile ago, that sometimes 
Tom gave  almost all of the soloing to Richard (with 
a couple of exceptions such as Prove It or the 2nd 
one in MM)--as several on List have noted in the past 
this mostly happens on nights when Tom just "isn't 
into it". Also--she wrote to the List once saying Tom 
is not adverse (one might even say he's 'magnanimous),  
or isn't insecure about giving others (e.g., Richard ) 
most of the spot-light.

I really believe that *sometimes, say, 10-15%*, maybe 
to keep things from getting boring or stale [plus other 
reasons], before the band goes on stage that night, 
sometime earlier --hours[?] or minutes[?] or 
days[?]--Tom might say to Richard to take/play my part 
on "Z" tonight and I'll do the solo on "Y" tonight.

I think it's pretty obvious Tom can (technically or 
otherwise) play any of the solos on the songs in their 
live repertoire (not claiming they'd sound! like 
Richard's solos--except they are virtually are 
identical sounding on occasions on "Rhyme" and 
"1880 Or So" , and on rare occasions even on 
"Call Mr. Lee", BUT not talking Richard's last 
"Lee" solo here.

In fact, in the switching parts incidences *that I'm  
referring to*, for "Rhyme" and "1880 Or So",  Tom's 
solo is more often so close/similar to Richard's , 
that that is why it can be difficult to determine 
who's playing what where when.

But even in these instances if you listen carefully 
you can discern Tom's icy tone [meant as a compliment],  
more tremolo, more vibrato, uses whammy bar more often 
(than Richard), **more physically shaking of the neck** 
(than Richard), more 'bending' the notes (related to 
last).  In short, Tom's signature guitar sound.  
Words totally fail me here  Jon Parles in a review 
The NY Times describes what I'm unable to articulate. 

Half serious: Small (big?) favor to Keith, :>)
I sent you this review NY Times (not on The Wonder 
yet) recently; could you post just the single the 
sentence describing Tom's tone that writer uses in 
his opening paragraph? Pareles (could have been 
another writer--Robert Palmer? or John Piccarella? 
I'm pretty damn sure it was April 2x,  1987, and 
definitely NY Times.

Separate but related:
During all of Tom's electric tours 1981- 1987 he would 
let Ripp play great majority of the solos on songs when 
he could easily have done more of them.
(In fact a couple of my friends unfamiliar with 
Verlaine/Television's music would sometimes comment on 
first attending a show that 
they were more impressed with Ripp's guitar playing!)

Important: In the above,  I'm not talking about who's 
a better guitarist --I think Richard's solos on e.g., 
Ain't That Nothin',  Elevation and a myriad of other 
songs are probably "superior" to anything Tom would have 
replaced them with. I'm just saying they ***don't always 
play the exact same parts. 

   
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From: Casey, Leo J 
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:26 PM
To: 'tv@obbard.com'
Subject: The Ominous Bond Theme Riff / Who Plays What When
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