Television - 1880 Or So

[@TheSPT]

So many great Television songs, but the main riff is probably my favorite interwoven parts between Tom and Richard. The solos go without saying. Really sad that we lost Tom today.

[@peterulrich497]

This is the best Fender guitar commercial ever. These guys can really play.

[@ceeps347]

Rest in Peace, Tom. Thanks for all the joy. We'll miss you.

[@j.d.gibaurd801]

1880? Man, they were even more ahead of their time than I thought.

[@effdonahue6595]

Shazam🙃

[@dappledorchard5691]

Sometimes you know you're privileged to watch something special.

[@gogs2222]

I've just came down from air guitar heaven. I hate when those solos end, you want them to go on forever.

[@jeffdawson2786]

A valuable lesson for young indie bands today: Let a song breathe and unfold itself before you take it on the road. Television always developed their pieces with shimmering complimentary guitar patterns so that when they wanted to open up like this it always felt so joyous. It's as if the listener is hearing the musicians create from nothing. Sonic Youth, in all their glory, never sounded so sweet.

[@bwr38]

Simply the best rock guitar playing I have ever heard - Tom AND Richard!

[@ericpeterson6766]

should have seen them in the late 70's at their best. the most amazing musical experience of my life

[@Accidentinparadiable]

@@ericpeterson6766 lucky lucky man Eric. Missed them at Glastonbury. But saw them at Bristol a few years back 😊

[@chriscoughlin9289]

@@ericpeterson6766 Yep - absolutely.
And here's the real crime - as I mentioned just previously here, I caught them in '77 on a bill at The Roxy with a newly solo Peter Gabriel.
And this isn't meant as a knock on Peter Gabriel or the incredible quality of his solo debut, but signing them on as opener on that '77 tour almost felt like a disservice - It just wasn't their crowd the night that I saw them. Gabriel - with Robert Fripp, Steve Hunter and Tony Levin in his lineup - Holy Crap! - they just burned the house down. There's even a bootleg of that night that's been in circulation for years.
In retrospect? Props to PG for recognizing Television's genius when he heard it - and giving them a platform. At least Long Beach had a radio station like KNAC that would give MM a fair hearing. Most towns on that tour probably didn't.
But I remember walking out onto the Sunset Strip that night thinking they deserved better.

[@lordscrewtape2897]

No repeat, NO EFFECTS...😮

[@goosegaskins]

Just want to give it up to Billy Ficca-such a fantastic drummer.

[@Tymelessflyte]

Television deserves to be in the HOF, along with Fairport Convention and the 13th Floor Elevators. If the HOF wasn't about money they would be.

[@anthonynassar2990]

This is rock and roll. Not Billy Joel.

[@mynameismark25]

HOF is such a strange thing. everyone patting each other on the back. Television are too good for that shit.

[@wmperry2790]

Joe King - r+r hof is the worst thing to happen to music after Clearchannel, Sony, Geffen, disney...ughn, the list could take the whole page. Corporate Entertainment. Supplying compatible deliverables to the entertainment market. Has anyone ever had the balls to tell the HOF to please leave them alone? That industry boosterism is for appliance mfr.s and Tv/radio conventions and marketing profile is poison to art

[@bscepter]

Big Star too. But, yes, absolutely.

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

Agreed!

[@jonesisdying]

I love the fact that Richard plays a blinding solo and then Tom just goes even further out there...

[@fossilmatic]

Yes, you can see where Nels Cline gets his whole Wilco template from.

[@jimhinkley8983]

Astonishing. surely one of the greatest rock guitar pairings of our time

[@lukecimino7715]

The 1992 s/t is An incredibly overlooked album

[@RyleeStrange]

i was living in philly about 10 years ago. i was in college and had just gotten into marquee moon HARD. and i went into this tiny music shop and was looking around and saw this album. i didnt even know they HAD an album from 1990. i asked the guy, "same television as marquee moon?" and he's all "yeah but that one sucks." he had marked it at like 2.99$, or something. i got it despite his feelings on it, and man it contains some of my all-time fav Television tunes.

[@tombaud6361]

@@RyleeStrange a Television album just for 2.99? Youre a lucky guy man lol

[@marswillrule2431]

@@RyleeStrange $2.99

[@chriscoughlin9289]

@ Luke Cimino
Really? I guess I'm a poor judge - after a 14 year wait it felt like the second coming to me. I caught them on a bill with Peter Gabriel -just post Genesis (Late '77???) at The Roxy and then they split barely a year later. Really disappointed me for a while. I couldn't get over the good fortune of seeing them pick up right where they left off all those years later. The best of that album - 1880 and Call Mr. Lee are every bit the worthy successors to MM and Adventure.

[@KAchtchouk6660]

Masterpiece. Chef d’œuvre. Very very important Band.
cheers from France ♥️

[@theskinztubes]

I listen to this song at least 5 times a day since finding it, un freaking believable... I love the off time playing...dear God...heaven must be like this chaos!!

[@johnotis6764]

Richard's phrasing is just so perfect. I can only imagine how difficult it is to play a little ahead or behind the beat and still make it work. His ability to just drop in behind Tom's guitar is amazing.

[@surfwriter8461]

Power. Full. This is an excellent performance by the band, in their re-formed state and at the top of their game. I never get tired of the Tom Verlaine solo, which is a burner with creative flourishes. But the more I attend to the Richard Lloyd shorter solo that precedes Verlaine's, the more I appreciate it. And I really should acknowledge the drumming by Billy Ficca. He's steady, sharp, forceful and so supportive in his drumming here.

[@guillaumedemers4711]

I dig this band for one reason.... the tension between the ninjas on geetar tom''s ego et all :)

[@leomcnamee4198]

One of the best and most ferocious guitar jams EVER!

[@nubbins40]

My god, what a beautiful performance. Both guitars, masterful Billy Ficca, Fred Smith all playing off one another

[@kingblee1]

THE guitar band of the ages....captured in all their glory

[@keithdonnellan5564]

WOW! Only heard of this band a few years ago. Found this tonight Feb 23rd 2022. I am a big TYA Alvin Lee & Rory fan, 74 years old!. I am very impressed & had to watch to the end! Beautiful stuff!

[@jontveite2508]

This is a great start to a great album. I wish they could've stuck it out long enough to record a few more together.

[@alexmarshall3815]

Unbelievably intense. The way the rhythm section speeds up and then starts thundering away behind Tom's solo is just jawdropping.

[@elliotfelgines4933]

This live may be their masterpiece just below Marquee Moon.

[@scottallison2296]

Richard Lloyd, Marty Wilson Piper, Peter Buck, Johnny Marr a few of my all time favourite guitarists

[@ClueSign]

Excellent list!

[@HortusMedia]

Yes! And I would add Maurice Deebank too

[@plev10]

You like the "chiming" sound. Me too!

[@sonicjet7759]

TELEVISION ARE MORE THAN JUST A SIMPLE 3 CHORD PUNK ROCK BAND, THEY ARE A TRULY ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE GARAGE ROCK BAND :)

[@Dermot2927]

They must be the no-frillsiest band in history. The ratio between frills and musical genius in Television has to be the most disparate in all of music.

[@NETOMAN47]

enormes. geniales y brillantes

[@dennisflynn7955]

S

[@elliottmarco]

Love these comments, seeing Lloyd getting some props. Seen him live 5-6 times and he can really play like nobody else.

[@satoshi_arisaka]

テレヴィジョンはドアーズと同じ様に、メンバー全員が格好良い。
こんな自信と確信に満ちた演奏を間近で見たらぶっ飛ぶだろう。

[@drobbi]

there's a reason for the ongoing intense nostalgia for that period of New York life. It was fantastic. Exhibit A.

[@ethereal-11.11]

......
OMFG Still the best two guitar band in history.....

[@leomcnamee4198]

These guys, and the Feelies, redefined guitar drone dynamics...listen if you dare!

[@Will-pt9qx]

Just amazing. This is so beautifully intense that you expect the guitars to catch fire at any moment. One of the all time great live moments.

[@GreenManalishiUSA]

Guitar heaven. Plus Billy and Fred holding down the fort. Sweet.

[@j.dovales8713]

Rest easy, guitar maven poet ♥️

[@joserodrigues-vq8pz]

The two guitars complement each other in an extraordinary way and the music just floats through your soul like the air you breath...

[@timj9418]

I appreciate having this live performance available, and now there's another version of the same performance with sharper image and roughly equivalent sound posted on YT. In any case, this must stand as a testament toTelevision at its very best either live or on record. I consider both Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd to be among the greatest rock guitarists, and in this performance they're both at the absolute top of their game, though it's clear that Lloyd bows out after a relatively brief solo and defers to Verlaine for the showcase solo. The band is incredibly precise and forceful, then Verlaine soars with one of the most inventive and incendiary guitar solos ever recorded. It's impressive when a great band plays with such discipline and power at the same time in a live performance that expands upon the band's recorded version of the song. Breathtaking.

[@javiersmith9861]

I can leave this world, quite without care, rest in peace, Tom

[@12484uespicysvideo]

I got the lyrics written on a wall on my bedroom.. I love this song so much

[@ebeep]

I'm absolutely obsessed with Richard's tone here. I've watched this performance a good 100 times. Every pickup selector position is equally perfect. Maximum jangle and chime. His overdrive tone (TS-808 likely) is pinnacle.
I bought one of these 1991 "Vintage" model AC30TBRs because of this video...also because it's John Parish's amp of choice. John's tones on Dance Hall at Louse Point have haunted me for 21 years, so those that read this and feel similarly about Richard's tone here might want check that record out :)

[@ebeep]

luca lestrange, likewise good sir!

[@cardigansarecool]

I’ve noticed when a lot of people cover Television on guitar they sometimes go for an ultra clean tone. A tiny bit of distortion makes all the difference in terms of the chime

[@MultiverseAndy]

Molten glass. I model it with an IK Amplitube 4

[@Tandle779]

@@MultiverseAndy hilarious. I just got amplitude and have been trying to reincarnate television through it without any luck. Starting to find out I need to get a vox amp again..

[@nickfanzo]

Richard Lloyd is the man

[@JoeyLevenson]

Man, Im a Echo/Bunnymen fan, and I knew they liked Television, but I never heard them properly. Wow, what a guitarist.

[@TheDocRitchie]

guitarists plural methinks. also love how billy ficca still has crazy hair.

[@bibsma3401]

Joey Levenson Thought the same thing just the other day after revisiting TV after a long hiatus

[@Mr.Steve-O]

Quite sure Will Sergeant's obsession with Fender Jaguars began with Tom's Jag

[@jonathanhains814]

Awesome

[@multiplesifl]

RIP Tom.

[@paulperkins1615]

It cracks me up that Tom is playing all this stuff that you're supposed to use the whammy bar for, and he never touches it! And it's a nice change to see the whole band lock into a nice uptempo groove and just keep pushing the energy level the whole time. Not their usual style. And yes, Richard is playing really well here.

[@Spiritofblake]

"A face that glows in a golden hue;
No-one in this world knows what they do..."
A lyric Dylan himself would be proud of

[@76sagi]

my god.. these guys KILL it here. so good.

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

I come back to this every couple of months or so.

[@drapeblind]

richard lloyd's lead on this one. and tom verlaine's lead on this one. and the bass and drumming.

[@doctorskull8197]

Just love this. Great song. Fun and danceable!

[@scottwilson940]

Still remember the first time I heard that opening guitar line. So awesome what these guys did together. Saw the tour in 92 wish I could remember that as well. RIP Tom

[@trysometruth]

I'm so happy to have stumbled upon this wonderful upload.

[@bscepter]

Holy hell, Richard and Tom's guitar playing is just stellar. It reminds me of the playing of Robyn Hitchcock and Kim Rew in their excellent Soft Boys reunion album Nextdoorland -- particularly the song "Mr. Kennedy."

[@danh5150]

Holy schnikes!
These guys NAILED it!!
*slow clap*

[@dlanodrelda]

Tom's solo builds slowly, getting more and more intense, and if the band didn't have to stop as the credits rolled by, could have (should have) continued.
The high standard of this level of playing was 'just another night at the office' for them. RIP.

[@weviestonder100]

R.I.P Tom

[@rainbowskelter]

Tom Verlaine's vibrato...

[@isaac_rodriguez17]

Rose of my heart...

[@favoriteblueshirt]

These boys had Neu in their record collections for sure.

[@kittenfuud]

Tom is beautiful....

[@ufohead1]

lets give some credit to Richard Lloyd

[@deem8j]

his tone on this one is fucking p e r f e c t

[@carlospardo3484]

@@deem8j super strat tone!!!

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

I'm going to say I prefer Tom's playing and tone here...but that's just a personal preference. I'm a Jazzmaster fan.

[@deem8j]

@@AnthonyMonaghan same. but can't resist lloyd's tone either

[@richardlitson1894]

I prefer Lloyd’s solo here; I find it more shapely.

[@lew294]

REST IN PEACE TOM

[@jaysonwilson2697]

Remarkable. So happy to see some more live television in all thier glory

[@donaldphee1651]

I saw TV in concert only twice always with Jimmy Ripp great but never rose to the heights of Television. I also saw RL in the 90's in a small club and he really cut loose blew my mind. I'm sad to hear of Tom's passing but I still have his records that contain the beautiful architecture he created over his lifetime. Condolences to family, friends, and fans. RIP.

[@mariopollano]

BEST BAND

[@alistairiwcampbell4111]

Puts me in mind of the GLORY of QUICKSILVER - John & the guys, and MAN - FABULOUS

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

They definitely listened to Happy Trails.

[@VJ1tv]

WOW , OW - It's so beautiful it hurts!

[@alistairiwcampbell4111]

AWESOME, when plectrum is changed - skates come off

[@maroualchicon1426]

what an alchemy ! what luminous guitar sounds ! i think they took some risks to improvise solis on "the edge", but they are brilliant at every time !

[@NETOMAN47]

super cancion, me dejo atonito

[@OldSethOnetooth]

In the autobiographies of John Lydon and Steve Jones they both mention not having being enamoured to Television, their loss, imo.

[@cedwardmassey]

RIP, TV❤

[@drstevie]

BRILLIANT !

[@i.r.alejandronajeramolina8160]

Simply ahead of their time, at least for thirty years…

[@marshallschaffer3721]

Cool...I hear a few riffs from "Fields of Fire," Richard Lloyd's guitar epic around 2:00 . Richard was/is an awesome guitarist. Check him out on Wikipedia. Richard is the guitarist in the purple shirt playing the blue Strat.

[@nickfanzo]

Yes Richard is the MAN

[@cpunctn]

A truly one of a kind band!

[@rockenroe]

so thankful this exists. one of my favorite things

[@methuselahh_]

loving toms snapback

[@jangitz]

sonic youth - rather ripped (full album)

[@b-regsproductions]

HAHA I love this, I think this is my favorite album by them!

[@stringkingworks]

So priveledged to have seen Television in London round this time. Needless to say, they were excellent

[@gengisokhan]

Sublime. Some brilliant comments here.
I don't think any band has nailed the dynamics of an electric band as well as them - still.

[@theskinztubes]

That lead playing/melody right there is as original as a style could ever be!!
In touch with his guitarical emotions right there....

[@fentontooth]

Wow such a distinctive sound …..If there ever were two underrated guitarists ……

[@enstex7799]

Grandi immensi television

[@NiXiZme]

RIP TOM💜💜💜

[@jimmyshelter1]

Fantastic.

[@r_ock7106]

fantastic guitars!

[@claudealain85]

Ça, mon gamin, c'est de la guitare!

[@melSFissa1]

Both Richard and Tom play amazing solos on this version. So sad that they will no longer play together!

[@margaretkbrowne]

So sad, it kind of makes me sad to watch this, but it is so so good.

[@nickfanzo]

because verlaine is an ego maniac and lloyd is screwed on royalties even though he's the better guitarist.

[@timj9418]

Yes, but I mean no disrespect to Richard Lloyd when I say the show-stealing solo is by Tom Verlaine. It's an incendiary guitar work, very creative and powerful. Lloyd seems to do a lively but somewhat modest solo and then turn over the stage to Verlaine for the fireworks to begin--spectacular. Whether Verlaine is also an arrogant jerk is for those who know him better than me, but on this stage and on this night, he was a guitar legend at the peak of his powers.

[@brownsugar0000]

man verlaine is an asshole but he's clearly the superior guitarist

[@ClueSign]

@@brownsugar0000 It's really a matter of taste -- it's too bad they cannot put egos aside -- both of them.

[@charliegalliher]

Rest in peace Tom, you were one fucking great guitarist.

[@charleswest9211]

There a select few that can pull off a hoodi / hat in 1880 . mad respect

[@seansoblixe9711]

who gives a @#$#$@ we dont give a crap about gangs and thugs on this channel

[@chtibouchon59]

Masterpiece

[@michaeldowedowe7471]

Love the guitar riffs

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Sonic youth must have been heavily inspired. I can say television are just brilliant.

[@alistairiwcampbell4111]

AWESOME, down to business with plectrum change....

[@williamayala1568]

¡De los mejores duelos de guitarra en la historia del rock! ¡Yei! Sublime.... 5-4

[@NETOMAN47]

excelente

[@Houl23]

Brillant !!!!!!!

[@NETOMAN47]

excelente grupo. enorme

[@mrbaiser4133]

The first three U2 records were just Television cover albums.

[@TJ-kw1nt]

😂

[@hiddenfire65]

Awesome. Thanks for posting this.

[@mwmingram]

Great! Thank you.

[@MrImmunity]

i saw this when it was broadcast 1992 they did 3 songs i had it on video, first time i heard lloyd cole and the commotions i knew they sounded were inspired by television.morphine were on this programme called "later with jools holland" the same year. also morrisey with his new rockabilly band and jonathan richmond

[@shashsrivas]

What an interplay!

[@LuisCarlos190]

La mejor banda del mundo!!