Tom Verlaine 1949 - 2023

 

During the last months many artist died away that meant a lot to me. Now I read the sad news that Tom Verlaine passed away last Saturday at the age of 73. I think I don't have to tell much about his musical history with Television and what his music meant for punk rock in New York in the late 70's. For me was Marquee Moon the synonym of how a guitar should be played in the next decades. It was fascinating how he built a new and unique sound from the heritage of the Velvets. This song is from his third album with the same title.

RIP Tom

Tom Verlaine - Words From The Front

Songs From The Past

Yesterday I finished my working day and on the way home friends asked me to join them for a drink and playing pool. Because I had no other plan and I wanted to see them again after a couple of weeks I agreed and went to our local pub. Knowing that I couldn't play on their level I joined our little competition. Finally me and my partner had a very good day and we beat the champions for the very first time. Along the way we watched the games on Bundesliga on Tuesday evening and had a wonderful evening together. In the background there were a lot of songs we listened to during our competition. This are some I remember. Of course all of you will know them but these are songs that are monuments in musical history and you can feature them at every time. That they were classic and warm friends of mine doesn't matter.

Neil Young - Eldorado

The Surfing Magazines

A band named after a song by Robert Forster can't be bad was my first thought when I first noticed The Surfing Magazines and I started further investigations. The band contains a half of Slow Club and two third of The Wave Pictures and they play guitar music influenced by Americana, Surf Rock and Velvet Underground. Not the hottest new thing but garage- and surf-rock how it should be.