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10-24-2007, 09:27 PM
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I'm very, very interested to see which direction this thread goes, but what's the general opinion of Richard Hell? Kicked out of Television for being a bit crap, he formed the Voidoids and recorded Blank Generation in '77.
I would not go so far as to say it was a "seminal" NY punk album, but it has its strengths, and more than a few stand-out moments (the guitar intro to the title track, for example) - but how could he even compete with Marquee Moon, released the same year or even, to a lesser extent, the album 77 by Talking Heads.
As for Hell's playing: I find it a bit sloppy, even by punk standards. However, like The Strokes' first album, I keep coming back to it and actually finding it quite listenable.
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10-24-2007, 11:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth | | | I'd rather listen to Hell's album than the insipid pseudo-classic rock stylings of Television any day of the week. Richard is sloppy and a bit crap, but he had something to say, and I find his bass, vocals and songwriting intoxicating. Quine is a genius, Julien played with The Foundations, and Marc Bell is Marky Ramone! I really love the Voidoids.
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10-25-2007, 12:56 AM
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10-25-2007, 12:57 AM
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10-25-2007, 02:15 AM
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Endorsing: SIT, Eastwood, Hanson | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hollywood, CA | | | I was under the impression that Richard Hell got the boot from Television more because he had aspirations of writing songs for them and there was a battle of egos between him and Tom Verlaine, who didn't want anyone else bringing songs to the table...
It's sad too, since they were best friends from a small town, and supposedly it was the two of them that had a massive impact on the early punk scene despite the fact that neither had a record out until the initial wave of punk was waning... Lots of good info in the book Please Kill Me.
Personally I like Richard Hell; his songs were off the wall and they allowed for some truly stellar guitar solos.
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10-25-2007, 04:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth | | | And he was no precious little pretty boy like Richard Lloyd. I talk a lot of bad stuff about Television, but I have to admit that if Hell and Verlaine got along better some monumental stuff would have happened.
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10-26-2007, 12:37 AM
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10-26-2007, 08:43 AM
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10-26-2007, 12:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth | | | My fave's gotta be The Plan.
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Hilarious in Richard's cartoon voice.
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10-29-2007, 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Sneckumhaw ...the insipid pseudo-classic rock stylings of Television... | asinine.
richard hell's alright.
bob quine was the man though.
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10-29-2007, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jim primate asinine. | Kind of like about half of Marquee Moon.
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