Television - Pittsburgh 9/25/15 - entire show Tom Verlaine 

Thank you!

@@ClevelandLiveMusic You should pin this track list to the top of the comment section. I'm not sure how to do this, but it comes up as highlighted comment by clevelandlivemusic.

Thank you so much

Could you add markers to the encore songs? Thanks in advance ;-)

The first song is Venus not See No Evil, right?

I am so glad I saw them twice. Had tickets for 1992, but work sent me to Germany

They always talk about the guitar interplay but Billy Ficca was the musical glue that held the masterpiece together. My all time favorite drummer. saw him in The Waitresses and Washington Squares too. Jazz roots .. he just plays with dynamics and the perfect parts.

Either him or Alex Chilton

Well he’s pretty rated if you’re old enough and read the trades.

Lloyd wrote most the amazing solos in that band

Totally agree. What a tremendous musician, lyricist and singer Tom Verlaine is. His band, Television, helped CBGB become the birth of punk rock and his guitar solos were mainstays on all of Patti Smith's hit singles. Do yourself a favor and listen to his solo album Flash Light.

I'm 56 and I realized that since I discovered Tom Verlaine/TV around 1986 they are only known by musician and deep music fans. Even music press always pride their art and both guitarrist appear on guitar hero lists they are quite unpopular......at least here in Spain. Same in other countries???

Thank you....will.remain one my favorite shows ever

always great to see a show you were in attendance

Ficca 😉

@@enstex7799 Ficca off Einstein😂 Nobody likes a smartass.

Richard Lloyd does not appear in this video. The gent with the beard is Jimmy Ripp.

Glad you enjoyed...such beautiful music

That's not Richard Lloyd in this video. It's Jimmy Ripp from Tom's solo band, who took Richard's place when he left the band.

Wow...that must have been incredible

I believe punks dismissed the band because of their musical prowess. The mainstream crowd had trouble with the vocals being too punk.

@@ClevelandLiveMusic Yes but bands like Talking Heads were also "in between" until around 1982 and the upload to the mainstream. Maybe since then the "funky" side of TH and the passive actitude for the business of Verlaine is the difference...... It is a pity, he was more known in Europe with his solo albums since he was signed in UK by Virgin and Fontana than in US.

that would be me...

I agree that Tom seems more comfortable with Rip. I've seen both lineup's live several times, plus Tom live with this band as 'Tom Verlaine' and Rip is the 'junior partner' whereas Richard Lloyd was clear a truly equal partner in his day sin TV.

Rip is trained playing with Tom solo gigs in the 80s ;-)

Hopefully one day

Yes, when they played in Detroit in 2019 they did! (But I do know what you mean)

King Gizzard?

Loved this show so much

It always does, along with Friction

I love this band

@@ClevelandLiveMusic me too, my friend. Double guitar brilliance that definitely rivals Crimson....in some ways, much more tasteful and "organic"....

1977 ..... long time ago

+Ray F ...thew show was Promoted as a Televison concert....it was great!

I think the first half sounds pretty darn good too!

It was an incredible show to see and video

thanx so much for filming this show!!!

3 out of 4

Thank you. What a great band!

Yes - and Patti Smith Group :)

@@youareneededtoo And don't forget Mink deVille

@@jameskbaxter548 I did! I'm going to revisit his records. Greatness :)

@@youareneededtoo Mink DeVille's first album is one of the greatest records ever made in my opinion. Then some of Willy DeVille's solo albums are pretty fantastic as well. Check out Miracle or Backstreets of Desire. Amazing that he started out at CBGB's

@@jameskbaxter548 Will do - thanks :)

His eponymous 1st album,Flash light, and the AMAZING instrumental 'Warm and Cool' are all fantastic!

Dreamtime(1981) and the "cold" Words from the Front (1982).

Words from the Front is great

There’s a live album recorded in 78 called The Blow Up. Just listened to a little bit (have it on a cd but it’s been awhile) and it sounds good. They even do a couple covers and end with satisfaction. Pretty cool.

Elton Moreira vieram e foram extremamente mal tratados, jogaram coisas nos caras, coxinha, pizza. Total falta de respeito

@@felipeleonardo9001 É mesmo? Quando foi isso e porque?

André Mattos Abril pro rock, Recife. Acho que foi em 2013

Não sei o que motivou esse ódio todo

@@felipeleonardo9001 Deve ser porque o público está acostumado com bandas bonitinhas que querem agradar o público acima de tudo, não os que afinam instrumentos em cima do palco e parecem indiferentes, como o King Crimson, só que eles tem credibilidade e vão lá entregam um show maravilhoso. Essa foi a última vez que vieram, não é? Espero que essa experiência não o impeçam de voltar.

At the same time since he did switch tunings for a few tunes it might have been smart to have a second guitar in that tuning on a stand behind him. Just saying. But loved the mistake. It's nice to be reminded that your heroes are human from time to time. Still great, but human.

....this is often how Television started their gigs....and I love it

Real professional musicians tune their instruments before they go out on stage. These guys are HACKS and always have been.

Right. This is who he was, you couldn’t go expecting him to be someone else. His perfectionism is famous and that includes his exact tuning. To me it’s part of the show.

Better than nothing

Rubbish. Verlaine is worth seeing on his own, the rest is icing on the cake.

More like the Stones without Keith

@@susanklein7448 true Susan. I have seen them in Dublin with and without Richard Lloyd. So much better with him there.

The Stones were great with Brian Jones but they created their very best music after he was gone. Like someone else said it would be like the Stones without Keith Richards.

How can you call it dull when the music is this great? The music is the point to me.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SxndRfzBDEU.html

Yes, in 2017 and I recall that show being far more intense than this one, at least in Los Angeles.

That isn't Richard Lloyd.

Who signs their comments?

Agreed, they need to play it a little faster with more punch. The songs towards the second half sounded better, as if they needed to warm up before getting into a groove.

His vocals never sounded great. Not really the point.

forget about the clams , thers a lot to love on this

Jeepers no one ever died from a clam or two

You realise the band is in their late 60's here? Regardless, I think they're doing a phenomenal job...excellent gig.

I've seen Television maybe 5 times since the "first" reunion (1992?) and Verlaine has phoned in his performance on "See No Evil" EVERY time. Without fail.

jajaja

Thank you for your constructive criticism

@@ClevelandLiveMusic its actually the best concert footage I've seen of TV &Co. Thanks so much.

@@jonathanhains814 thank you!

Jeez dude it's an audience tape, likely recorded in secret. RU-vid is so entitled. Be glad it exists.

@@ClevelandLiveMusic This has damn good audio given it's an audience recording, all the instruments are clear, balanced, with very little distortion, and also with high ceiling acoustics. We are very lucky to have this document. The playing on the 2017 tour I recall as being intenser than here but cannot find the show I saw, and of course memory is magician. But the obvious is all too true: it is tragic the band never reached the fame and popularity of other CBGBs bands like Blondie or Talking Heads when in fact they surpassed them, or, had a three-way tie with Johnny's Heartbreakers and of course The Ramones: and all three of these very different bands "should have" in a world honoring depth and feeling surpassed the FM shit-piles of the same era, like Foreigner, Journey, Toto, Kansas: Holy Orpheus what was so wrong with the industry as to NOT SEE that Television, The Heartbreakers, The Ramones were vastly superior to the bland-fiers getting airplay and selling out LA's Forum or NY's MSG?!