marquee moon

Lightning struck itself when these neon boys added a little velvet to the New York punk underground with the garage guitars and sophisticated soundscapes of their seminal post punk new wave debut. Members of Television literally helped build the stage at CBGB, and became regulars at the club where the tendency of guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd to jam onstage led to comparisons to the Grateful Dead. It also led original bassist Richard Hell to leave for the more primal punk of the Heartbreakers and then the Voidoids. Former Blondie bassist Fred Smith replaced him to round out the rhythm section with founding drummer Billy Ficca. Television had originally wanted jazz engineer Rudy Van Gelder to produce the album, but Verlaine ended up taking the helm with Andy Johns at New York's A&R Studios. While 'Marquee Moon' didn't even chart in the US, it peaked at number twenty-eight in the UK. 'Marquee Moon' went on to influence a whole new generation of ambitious rockers that weren't afraid to experiment.

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"See No Evil"

"Don't say unconscious

No don't say doom.

If you got to say it

let me leave this room

Cuz what I want

I want now

and it's a whole lot more

than 'anyhow.'

I'm runnin wild with the one i love

I see no evil

I'm runnin wild with the one-eyed ones

I see no evil

Pull down the future with the one you love

Pull down the future"

"Venus"

"Didja feel low? No, not at all. Huh???

I fell right into the Arms of Venus de Milo.

I stood up, walked out of the Arms of Venus de Milo.

You know it's all like some new kind of drug.

My senses are sharp and my hands are like gloves.

Broadway looked so medieval -

it seemed to flap, like little pages:

I fell sideways laughing with a friend from many stages.

How l felt."

"Friction"

"I knew it musta been some big set-up.

All the Action just would not let up.

It's just a little bit back from the main road

Where the silence spreads and the men dig holes.

I start to spin the tale

You complain of my diction"

"Marquee Moon"

"Life in the hive puckered up my night,

the kiss of death, the embrace of life.

There I stand neath the Marquee Moon

Hesitating..."

"Guiding Light"

Darling Darling

Do we part like the seas? The roaring shell...

The drifting of the leaves...

All intent

Remains unknown.

It's time to sit up

Up on the throne.

It's seen before but it's always new.

So look close and see who's come thru.

Never again to face this night

Guiding Light, Guiding Light

Guiding thru these nights."

"Prove It"

Prove it... just the facts... the confidential

This case, this case, this case that i...

i've been workin' on so long...

first you creep

then you leap

up about a hundred feet

yet you're in so deep

you could write the Book.

'Marquee Moon'

full album:




All songs written by Tom Verlaine, except where noted.

Side one
1. "See No Evil" 3:56
2. "Venus" 3:48
3. "Friction" 4:43
4. "Marquee Moon" 9:58
Side two
5. "Elevation" 5:08
6. "Guiding Light" (Verlaine and Richard Lloyd) 5:36
7. "Prove It" 5:04
8. "Torn Curtain" 7:00


bonus:

Little Johnny Jewell Parts 1 & 2 47:05
See No Evil (Alternate Version) 54:20
Friction (Alternate Version) 59:05
Marquee Moon (Alternate Version)1:04:05
O Mi Amore (Instrumental)  1:15:03