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Not bad book on Television - for a good one read Tim Mitchell's "Sonic Transmission". I think there was too much New York rock history preceding the Television scoop, too much so. I like all the gossip about the enmity between Patti Smith and Deborah Harry (so much for Patti Smith's phony attitude about feminism). Waterman's commentary on the "Marquee Moon" album tracks delve too much on Tom Verlaine's lyrics, and only references The Velvet Underground in regards to Verlaine and Lloyd's guitar p
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This is a well rounded book on Television warts and all. I like the way the story unravels about the band being projected as the next big thing, and never getting mass love. Seems like the only person with a sense of humor in the band was Richard Hell, once he was gone so was the spark. The book goes on with humorless Tom Verlaine leading the ship and it is amusing to read how he navigates his band.
Television was one of my favorite bands and I was lucky enough to see them regularly in their early days. Like a few recent books on Patti Smith, a lot of this is culled from old magazine and fanzine articles.
It reads like he would print anything he was told about the band and Tom Verlaine.
This did recall for me however the myths that Patti Smith helped create around Verlaine & Co in magazines like Crawdaddy, Creem etc. I read those articles in that time period and Patti definitely made Televi ...more
It reads like he would print anything he was told about the band and Tom Verlaine.
This did recall for me however the myths that Patti Smith helped create around Verlaine & Co in magazines like Crawdaddy, Creem etc. I read those articles in that time period and Patti definitely made Televi ...more
Feb 24, 2015
Teresa
marked it as to-read
May 25, 2024
Spencer Rich
marked it as to-read
