Re: (TV) Tom Verlaine and drummers

[Bob Beatty <bobjb2002@yahoo.ca>]

Agree. I too miss hearing Ficca's drumming on Tom's solo albums. When Tom's
first solo album came out I recall how plain vanilla boring & disappointing
the drums, by Jay Dee & others, sounded compared to Television. To my ears,
Ficca's drumming contributed a lot to the appeal of the band's sound. The
"Cover" solo album I believe was all drum machine. I read some review of it
where the reviewer disparaged  "the dreaded beat box" on it. It's one my fave
Tom albums just 'cause it has so many first rate songs, imo - even if it could
have been improved had Tom invited Billy to play on it.
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 From: Keith Allison <keith@thewonder.co.uk>
To: tv@obbard.com 
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:04:44 AM
Subject: (TV) Tom
Verlaine and drummers
 

Does anyone else ever feel that Verlaine's '80's
albums might have 
sounded "better" (whatever that means) with a different
drummer (say, 
Ficca) in the band?
I'm thinking of Richard's recent interview
comment along the lines of, 
"If you listen to Tom's albums, ...could have
been a drum machine!" Jay 
Dee D. is a great /driving/ live drummer, but quite
an 'anonymous' one 
and I don't enjoy his playing as much as Ficca's, or
Mitchell 
behind/around Hendrix.

I'm listening to 'Prove It' as I write this
and I love the way Ficca's 
drumming in that song is always on the spot but
always busy enough to be 
interesting.

I guess we'll never find out unless
the new incarnation of Television 
should play some Verlaine solo songs.

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