So sad. Another one of the great originals has gone.
I came late to the party with Television. I was an original punk from 1976, Clash, Pistols, Ramones, loved them all. Television I somehow never actually heard. They weren't punk in the same sense, musically very different, but with the same attitude. But Verlaine was there at the start, instrumental in talking CBGB into putting on gigs by the proto punk NY bands.
10 years ago I bought Marquee Moon for a few quid and wow! Surely one of the best debut rock albums of all time! And the title song is an absolute masterpiece.
I saw Television live in Glasgow a few years ago and they were magnificent. Still fizzing with energy and enthusiasm and musically tight . Marquee Moon didn't dissapoint, the guitar work and solos were fantastic.
RIP Tom.