RE: (TV) Philosophical (?) Question, or, A Question, Anyway/Clear it Away

[postitnote <postitnote@sbcglobal.net>]

And, speaking of lyrics...I wondered if there has been a discussion before on here re: the lyrics of 'Clear it Away'.  If not, if anyone wanted to put up their interpretation of them, I would love to read them.

D.



--- On Fri, 11/23/12, Bob Beatty <bobjb2002@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> From: Bob Beatty <bobjb2002@yahoo.ca>
> Subject: RE: (TV) Philosophical (?) Question, or, A Question, Anyway
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Friday, November 23, 2012, 11:45 AM
> Tom's "The Fire" solo is
> outstanding,inventive, & unique, surely a 
> solo only Tom could come up with & deliver. There's an
> interview 
> somewhere where Tom talks about making "Adventure" & he
> singled out 
> the solo on "The Fire", calling it "okay", by which I'm sure
> he didn't 
> mean "just okay", but was his understated way of saying he
> was proud of 
> it.
> 
> It's interesting comparing, for their dissimilarities, "The
> 
> Fire" song & solo to "Days", the song Richard Lloyd
> co-wrote with 
> Tom, & Richard plays the solo on. I saw a quote from
> Lloyd someone 
> posted to Tumblr describing how the song came about. Tom had
> asked 
> Richard if could play "Mr. Tambourine Man" (presumably The
> Byrds' 
> version) backwards, & that became the basis of the music
> to "Days". 
> Some may have different interpretations of "Days' " lyrics,
> but I view 
> it as a depiction of a positive peak experience of sorts,
> just as 
> Dylan's song is, & Lloyd's solo as perfect compliment to
> Tom's 
> words. "Days" has become one of my fave Television solos.
> "The Fire" is 
> almost the opposite: an angst ridden solo accompanying an
> angst ridden 
> song!
> 
> --- On Sat, 11/17/12, leif joley <leifjoley@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> From: leif joley <leifjoley@hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: (TV) Philosophical (?) Question, or, A
> Question, Anyway
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Received: Saturday, November 17, 2012, 4:26 PM
> 
> As much as I admire Tom Verlaine's soloing, the ONE
> Television solo that can
> be stuck in my head for hours or days is Lloyd's on
> "Elevation". That said, I
> also think that Lloyd lost the ability to play what may be
> considered lyrical
> solos after "Alchemy". Thereafter, virtuosity and speed took
> over, and so it
> has been ever since. When I interviewed him in '91, after
> "The Cover Doesn't
> Matter" came out, I was honest enough (or perhaps impolite
> enough) to hint my
> opinion to him. "My playing is getting better and better",
> was the surly
> reply. (I also asked whether he's contemplated to
> collaborate with any
> lyricist, which didn't improve the atmosphere during the
> conversation.) If
> anything, I believe that he wanted to become a muscular and
> masculine
> instrumentalist, Hendrix-style.
> 
> Not that Verlaine hasn't been able to play his fair share of
> aggressive solos
> -- most notably on "Dreamtime" -- but those who pops up in
> my mind tend to be
> the beautiful ones. It could be said that thus he's less of
> a masculine
> player, which in turn could be a sign of him being in touch
> with his feminine
> side, which in turn is NOT the same as him being a
> homosexual, a ridiculous
> idea that someone on the list put forward a year ago or so.
> But I doubt that
> Verlaine should be regarded as the first rock'n'roll
> guitarist with a more
> tender or vulnerable or poetic or melodic approach to guitar
> playing. Couldn't
> the same be labeled on George Harrison, for instance?
> 
> Leif J, Sweden
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