'Marquee Moon' LP is overrated

-- Brooker Buckingham (brooker...), October 12th, 2006. (Brooker B)

OH YEAH ASSHOLE, YOUVE HEARD A TON OF MUSIC

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WInKHEhRrvM

Um, yeah, The Allman Brothers. Good example, but different. A looser mesh. I'd say Quicksilver Messenger Service and Grateful Dead, both of whom were influences on Verlaine, are better examples from that era.

Don't forget the Hampton Grease Band and the Beefheart with the Magic Band.

Luna had some incredible dual guitar moments, but obv. derivative of VU, Television, Feelies.

i came around, tho. totally love it. "friction" is an amazing song, all the individual pieces are great and they fit together so well, but there's still all this space between them. i hardly think of Tv even having "riffs."

Same here, alongside the kinky, kind of freaky solo in "Baby's On Fire" and a Dead cover of "Good Lovin'" from a show in 1970. Long, raw, bestial pleasure, that one.

-- Brooker Buckingham (brooker...), October 12th, 2006. (Brooker B)

havent heard much early TP - im sure theyre good, i was just fucking around cause yr only examples of synergistic brilliance seem randomish

thin lizzy is another good example of sweet twin lead action

don't have a Please Kill Me handy, but I can relate an anecdote I heard from an extremely reliable source…the following may not be true, but the source, who was around NYC in the early mid 70s and knew everybody in the CB's/Max diaspora, swears it is…

A very young Lloyd approaches one James Marshall Hendrix on the street one day. Says Young Lloyd "man Hendrix, you're fucking great. You're the best guitarist who ever lived! You're my idol! Can…can…can I suck your cock??"

Hendrix's response was to knock Lloyd out with one punch to the kisser.

Not trying to spread rumors or nothin'…just sharin' a funnee…

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Funnily enough, I blind tested live a Lizzy track for two metal-intolerant friends and they confidently identified it as Television.

But, yeah, Marquee Moon? It's no 'live and dangerous'.

personally i think they do it too fast.

Leatherface in their prime could do it

this is probably just me, but the only canonical album i can think of that isn't overrated, even though it would almost have to be given the effusive praise, is pet sounds.

I have to say I grew up with this on vinyl & I prefer the fade-out version of MM to the longer one.

It has to be admitted that "Torn Curtain" does sound a little bit like the Boomtown Rats.

apart from one who lasted as far as "What I want..." the cloth-ear.

Doesn't everyone?

according to 125 + people on my favorite rym user list, Marquee Moon is currently the 3rd top ranked album of alltime
http://rateyourmusic.com/friendchart/user_is_djmartian

I reckon that is has something to do with private [favourites] and public [friends] settings

most are set to private [favourites]

200 rym list

for the 200 list, obviously when i'm logged in I can see the combined ratings of friends and favorites.

as rym chief, sharifi notes: in changes/ updates
http://tinyurl.com/y62t9h

2) Any type of release (EP, single, etc) can be bold (recommended) now.

so that probably goes for the top 200 list

notice it is titled:
Your Contacts: Top 200

most are albums though

Doesn't everyone?

not i. i got MM on vinyl about 12 years ago, when i started at college, loved it to death. didn't even know there was an extra minute or so on the CD till it got rereleased a couple of years back, and the end bit totally blows my mind (tho i see why people would prefer the fade)