Re: (TV) Not so familiar Verlaine favourites

[amilcar amarante <amilcaramarante2002@yahoo.com.ar>]

he even said once that he didn4t like Thompson4s playing ,only his "Fender "
sound ...
i remenber because i like Thompson a lot...


 
AMILCAR AMARANTE
http://temper.bandcamp.com 



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 De: Glenn
Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.com>
Para: tv@obbard.com 
Enviado: domingo, 21
de abril de 2013 18:29
Asunto: Re: (TV) Not so familiar Verlaine favourites
Well, of course there are similarities between Fairport's "A Sailor's Life"
and "Marquee Moon". Tom was once asked if the former had been an influence
on
the construction of that song and he replied, No, that he hadn't heard
that
song at the time of MM's composition.

A Sailor's Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXU

It is a masterpiece.

Glenn C.
On 22/04/2013 6:40 AM, leif joley wrote:
> I was "late at the ball", as we say
in Swedish, and didn't buy me any Nick
> Drake records until today. So now I'm
here with the 4 LP box, which comes with
> a big booklet. And the first
paragraph in it goes like this:
>
> "After a punk rock concert in New York ...
English producer John Wood goes
> backstage. There he is introduced to Tom
Verlaine... To Wood's surprise,
> Verlaine knows all about him. 'I've admired
your records for a long time',
> says the gaunt blond guitarist, then names
the performers he likes: the
> McGarrigle Sisters, John Martyn, the Fairport
Convention. 'But you know', says
> Verlaine, 'the very best of all is Nick
Drake.'"
>
> Perhaps this conversation did took place once upon a time, and
perhaps it was
> just out of courtesy Verlaine said what he said. But has he
*ever* said
> anything like this elsewhere? A bunch of folk-rockers and
singer-songwriters
> as favourites? The McGarrigle Sisters?! John Martyn? Even
Nick Drake? I'd say
> that there's similarities between Verlaine's Fender
playing and Richard
> Thompson's, but the song-writing style is quite
different. Anyway -- a bit
> interesting to see some other possible influences
mentioned than Coltrane and
> Ayler and the other the usual suspects.
>
> Leif
J, Sweden
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