Tom Verlaine is dead.

[El Gobernador]

F....

 

[tery]

Rest In Peace.

 

[monte merrick]

that sucks.

i probably play this disc 4 or 5 times a week.

 

[monte merrick]

New Jersey native guitarists who really frikkin matter, for 500 Alex.

 

[monte merrick]

F....

great song, though.... this record, these people were the right thing at the right time in my wee life.

 

[Oldiemurphy]

I read Tom's obit earlier today and thought f**k not another. Too many people dying too young these days.

 

[El Gobernador]

His sound...was not driven hard. There was such beauty in it.

 

[Stu78]

F....

Yeah, genius doesn't come close IMO! I found out earlier.

Not Another One!

Been some heavy losses for music this year already but dang! ☹️ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/28/tom-verlaine-frontman-and-guitarist-of-us-band-television-dies-at-73

www.strat-talk.com

 

[monte merrick]

 

[monte merrick]

 

[Stu78]

Spinning as we speak!

 

[monte merrick]

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[simoncroft]

that sucks.

i probably play this disc 4 or 5 times a week.

That opening track sounds eerily like one of the Scottish bagpipe laments at a funeral. Very fitting. Traditionally, the piper walks away from the assembled congregation outside the church as he plays the closing refrains. It's highly symbolic, and helps to give the mourners a connection to their individual feelings of loss.

 

[archetype]

F....

Indeed...

 

[monte merrick]

 

[TheMadStratter]

R.I.P.

 

[monte merrick]

 

[monte merrick]

 

[monte merrick]

i understand that Verlaine is a baby boomer, but he co-invented Generation X.

 

[Strat Jacket]

This is crushing news. See No Evil is one of my favorite tracks.