Re: (TV) Lloyd's letter

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

In message <MBBBLIABPOGIGEEHEDHFMENMHFAA.earcandy_archive@comcast.net>, 
earcandy_archive <earcandy_archive@comcast.net> writes
> Can you imagine how many guitar bands in the '80's & beyond used 
> Television as its starting point?  How many of those Paisley Pop LA 
> bands (True West being an excellent example) and those geetar 'n grits 
> bands out of Raleigh/Atlanta/Jackson (the Windbreakers being a great 
> example) would have ever existed without Television coming before them?

Not to mention half the bands in the UK who were woken up and formed by 
Little Johnny Jewel:

"It's amazing, I go out with other people on tour and it never fails 
that someone tells me, "I heard you when I was 13 and you changed my 
life."
Fred Smith, Musician Magazine September 1992.

> Tom has just put out more albums and has toured worldwide more often so 
> that is part of why he is talked about more often on the list.

Yeah, but we have all (certainly initially) accepted Tom V. as the 
*face/voice of Television*. But who here wouldn't have preferred a 
fourth Television album to Songs and Other Things and Around?

I'm reminded of another quote from Fred:

"One thing that happened when we got together at the end of b90 and 
jammed, more than Tom or Richardbs guitar being there, was Billybs 
hi-hat. The way he plays his hi-hat is unlike anything else. One day 
theybll discover the Television sound is Billbs hi-hat playing. The 
rest is superfluous."
Fred Smith, Musician Magazine September 1992

> Also, Tom is just a lot more odd and fans trying to figure him out.

And accepted at face value many of the ridiculous, arrogant, 
seemingly-meaningless things he's said in interviews. Might be 
frustrating to be an integral part of a band and have the "leader" say 
things (to the press) like, "The press doesn't deserve anything but 
lies."

And a final quote:

"Some bands don't ever get along and they do fine. Some relationships 
are built where there's an incredible tension. [Television is a] musical 
experience of great strength, but that doesn't mean you all have to play 
poker on Friday night."
Richard Lloyd, The Hartford Courant February 2001

And that's all from me.


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