Television "Marquee Moon": Richard Lloyd & Tom Verlaine Guitar Lesson

[@kyle8442]

One of the greatest songs ever recorded

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I completely agree. I think this song changes your DNA after you hear it.

[@dmanntube]

I remember the first time I heard this song and it still sounds mesmerizing, hundreds of listens later. Iconic is the word. The centerpiece of an amazing album. Thanks Eric

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I totally agree! Everytime I put the record on I can remember the first time I heard it. One of those "What the heck is this??" moments. In a good way ;-)

[@gustv999]

I remembeeeeerr

[@shivering_sky]

I've read a lot of interviews with Richard Lloyd where he states they recorded everything straight to the amps. No effects. He double tracked his parts in many places (solos included) to give a slight chorusing effect.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah, I seem to remember him saying that in a video interview somewhere. Very impressive!

[@ursafan40]

They wanted Tom Verlaine to double track some lines, but he could never copy what it was he had just played. Tom never played a song the same way ONCE :)

[@OldSethOnetooth]

Recorded by Television in a single take, I believe, Billy Ficca on drums thought they were just rehearsing prior to recording. Thanks again.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

+Ghostweasel Daaaaang that's some first take magic on that one! It's so true that you play best when you think the pressure's off. In my experience, I'd always rather keep a loose but vivacious first take over a sterile but perfect 10th.

[@dmanntube]

Wow! His drumming is amazing too

[@jonathanhains814]

Years later around 2006? We hired a woman as out group Admi . Asst. It urned out to be Billy Ficca's wife. We subsequently got to see Tom at the Bowery Ballroom for two nights. One of them Billy sat with us at a table upstairs. It was insane.

[@fabienkrajcarz425]

So, you are the man on KZbin who plays something else than boring bluesy crap, the same very old lick That you hear in every guitar shop. I just discovered you today. It is a real pleasure. The first thing i heard from you is the Marc Ribot thing : coool.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Fabien! I dig all the usual guitar heroes as well - Clapton, Page, Hendrix, etc. But I figured KZbin is full of people talking about them. There's so many more genius musicians out there to learn from!

[@matthewchunk3689]

Here's to a true legend of Indie Rock: We'll miss you Tom! Thanks for the lesson, Eric.

[@MarkRhodesSongs]

Been listening to Television again since hearing of Tom Verlaine's passing. RIP, Tom I loved Television from the first time I heard them. They didn't sound like anyone else yet they were immediately (and enduringly) appealing to me. This remains one of the coolest songs I've ever heard. And the guitars are great. So much going on. Thanks for this!

[@miguelmckenzie248]

I’ve always vowed that the first lick I’d learn once I get an electric would be Marquee Moon. Well, my guitar just arrived today and I’m so stoked. Thanks for this amazing lesson and video 🤘🏾

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Congrats! Welcome to the noisier world of electrics!

[@halfmettal]

hows it going with the guitar ?

[@joedoe783]

Not a musician so it's really great to see these iconic parts broken down like this. Thanks.

[@thebroose]

Awesome, thx for posting, joy to watch!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

+Broose Dickinson Thanks, Broose! ＼(~o~)／

[@jic-l8397]

One of the few Television covers on KZbin! Marquee Moon might just be my favourite album ever. Great job here.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Oh yeah! That album is top ten for me for sure! 2 guitar anti-guitar hero stuff - that hits me right in the feels!

[@ricardovisconti5681]

the strokes made a career out of this tune and a couple more

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Truth! That plus some Iggy Pop thrown in :-D

[@tommyconancoates7097]

Ezequiel Visconti omg so true!!!

[@cungar1001]

Love how that little run actually makes a descending scale sound exciting

[@cbrohawn96]

they claim they’d never heard of or listened to Television before the press started asking them about it

[@Laurent_08]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Ezequiel Visconti Not at all. Julian never really listened/loved Television...They're way more like the Velvet than like Television.

[@GiantPinhead]

Thank you! I really love Tom's little riff at the beginning of the jam, the sort of do-do-do-do-do-do bit follow by his inimitable warbling singing tone.

[@jonathanhains814]

Ive listened to a boatload of Television, Verlaine and Lloyd and if I closed my eyes I couldn't tell it wasnt them. Amazing! Thanks!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Jonathan! Man, I love the way those 2 worked together!

[@stuff6183]

What? Marquee Moon! 😀 Eric, you’re teaching all the stuff I love from artists that often get overlooked by the guitar community. You’re too rad. Many thanks for all you put up on KZbin!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah! Televsion's so great - such perfect attitude, arrangements, and just the right amount of guitar virtuosity!

[@elwrongo]

This is great and thankyou so much for showing it. Also been searching everywhere to find out how they do that section at the end (the drifty seagull bit at 8:41 just after the ascending peak part). Fantastic piece

[@mhgilham]

Cheers for sharing. If you'd not already sussed, and for anyone else just learning, Lloyd slides up into the first note of the main melody line.

[@binkh6788]

I never can wrap my head around why people attempt to teach television songs, there's sooo much going on that i just cant keep up. this was great though. I picked up a couple of runs i'm gunna steal for myself! =)

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

+bink h Dude, tell me about it! There's so much excellent dual guitar in those tunes to figure out! Glad I could provide some licks for thieving, tho! ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪

[@nckwlch]

Agree - some of the best runs ive ever heard too.

[@deanarnold6284]

Oh man, FINALLY a guitar lesson that is relevant to me! Thanks a boatload for uploading this.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

+Dean Arnold it's my pleasure, Dean! Cheers

[@JeffCrowell11]

Thank you Eric. Just one of the best guitar jams of all time. And what an album.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Oh yeah top 20 non-typical guitar hero albums for sure!

[@chssande6]

0:38 my favorite part

[@greenbrightly]

Finally great guitar lessons people should be learning! Television, War On Drugs, THANKYOU! Plus great Staits stuff.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

It's my pleasure, Neil! Thanks for tuning in!

[@not1fromyourworld]

This is one of the coolest songs everrrrr

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

1000% agree!

[@jeff7764]

I can’t explain how much I love this song!

[@warhol1968]

Such a brilliant song. I can’t wait to try this!

[@maurawl]

After ten years without any guitar I just bought one (Christmans!). And then your video came to save my day! Thanks a lot!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Welcome back to the guitar party!!

[@McRonson]

I was fourteen when this single came out....almost forty years ago. I didn't buy it because I heard it on the radio. When you're that age, your memory is in Ultra HD 4K. I never saw Television in the '70s (or any other decade) but I did see Tom Miller, sorry, Verlaine's ex-bandmate Richard Hell and his Voidoids along with Elvis Costello supporting The Police at the Glasgow Apollo in 1979. Some Punk and New Wave hasn't aged so well but this has and it's both brilliant and timeless. Thank you from r this :-)

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

You lucky duck! That sounds like quite the bill!

[@_left_eye]

Eric.. I’ve found you on KZbin like 10 minutes ago with the Playground love arrangement. I’ve immediately fallen in love with your approach to music.After watching these Television stuff you go directly on top of my list!

[@Nazzz65]

Fantastic job sir! Dead on tone AND playing too! Very informative. Thank you for doing the work of teasing this out.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks so much, Timothy!

[@AlexGeorgakoulis]

Great great great tone man!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

+Alex Georgakoulis Thanks man!

[@adamshelby975]

Torn Curtain is another astounding track from them. Dare i say Marquee Moon's equal.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Oh yeah totally!

[@adamshelby975]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Great job by the way - I stink at guitar but could probably play the opening notes of Moon if I study your finger positions for the next two weeks.

[@TheDyingPlant]

that mustang is beautiful

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

Thank you! I always wondered who played what parts in that song.

[@brucegame1458]

thanks for the video this is one of my favourite guitar based songs wonderful to learn how it is done these guys were really good

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

My pleasure Bruce! I love how that record is a great 2 guitar record, without the usual blues guitar heroics!

[@bhughes8301]

Fantastic song. Love that guitar

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Bryan! That's my trusty '66 Mustang - I've had it since high school in the 90s!

[@LoFiSiYT]

Oh what a young Eric we have here! 😜 Still rocking it though! I'm slowly working my way through your Zen Guitar: CAGED course on TrueFire (I'm a slow learner but I'm going to REALLY get it before I move on!) Highly Recommended for any aspiring guitarist! Today I was listening to Marquee Moon and nerding out on Tom Verlaine, when I thought, 'Oh I wonder if I can learn to play that?' and then I found your lesson! So awesome! I'll be spending some time on these parts, with my trusty loop pedal in attendance! (But only as a break from the CAGED course!)

[@solipsismworld]

Thank you SO much for this. I was pretty clear on the basic riffs but helpful to see my guesses confirmed. And even better to understand what was going on in those runs. Seconding the request for Verlaine's solos

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah I gotta get on that! Those solos are EPIC!

[@judelueng2553]

thx man~I used have one japan mustang too,and I love Television~ hope to see more videos and learn more~

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

+Jude Lueng Yeah buddy! Great minds think alike! mustangs are strange and wonderful guitars. And yep, I'm always working on transcriptions. I'll probably do a few more off the first record and then move onto Adventure. 👍🏻

[@chadlong1109]

Any chance for a part II covering Verlaine's solo? I've always wanted to know how to play the part after the chormatic rave up, where there's a slide and arpeggios and it sounds like what I imagine heroin must feel like.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah I gotta break that one down!

[@keithowen4698]

Thank you so much for this!

[@jezza10181]

A very ornate guitar piece, well played

[@Nazzz65]

Thank you once again Eric! Beautiful, beautiful!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

It's my pleasure, Timothy! You're too kind!

[@josephduffy6455]

Could you please do a guitar lesson for foxhole by television

[@carterwatson1949]

i really like your guitar I Love Television !!

[@dullarddom]

Always the best tutorials on the best songs. Have you ever done any videos picking apart anything Robert Quine played on? You cover so many of my favourite guitarists but he's so sorely undervalued. love and gratitude

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Not yet! But yeah he's definitely one of the NY post-rock weirdos I've gotta unpack!

[@CapuletLeGrand]

superb job!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Marc!

[@Releasethebats123]

"I remember how the darkness..." Haha sorry. You nailed the tone with that mustang and silvertone. Also, thanks for teaching me how to play starry eyes! I love your vids. I own a mustang, too!!! I sanded and stained mine without any clear coat as well! Take care!!!!!!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Great minds think alike! "The cigarettes were smoking by themselves..." rock on, brother 🤘🏻

[@truemansparks]

Thx brilliant lesson,can you please do one for "Prove it"one of my favs off Marquee moon

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Ooooh good idea! Great song!

[@truemansparks]

Yes! your the best!

[@strumstrummer]

Brilliant man, so cool.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks!

[@carolmedina2980]

You're amazing! OMG I think I'm in love. That sounded so good!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks so much, Carol! You're too kind!

[@MikeGervasi]

1977. I had one of those heads when I was younger and didn't know what i had.

[@generationhardcore]

Marc Ribot, Neil Young, Television, Velvet,... you get your subscribe for sure..

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Excellent! We must have similar tastes - great minds think alike!

[@generationhardcore]

Looking forward to your next videos, your last one on Marc Ribot was really interesting and my favorite so far ;)

[@regularnimnule9715]

Wonderful stuff Eric!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

[@ryanhasan2516]

Love your Television videos! Have you ever thought of doing one on Robert Quine?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

He's on the list for sure - I just haven't gotten around to it!

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Perfect tone brother!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Much appreciated, man! I checked out your channel and really dig the acoustic work!

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Eric Haugen Thanks....It's all a bit old. Family and work come first these days. I'm working on some new stuff and some electric bits and pieces. Keep on picking. Cheers from New Zealand. p.s. Marquee Moon has been one of my favourite albums since first hearing it way back when. Nothing sounds like it to this day.

[@johnjohnson7237]

Excellent. Subscribed

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yay! Welcome to my chill and informative guitar hang zone!

[@davidferron5096]

Hey man. Just fantastic video. I'm looking for more stuff like the blues runs at about 5:00, and how to create some new sounds with that sort of downward sliding major/minor stuff. Any ideas?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks David! Yeah, that downward sliding mixolydian run is really interesting! I think one place to start would be with your pentatonic major and minor scales that go diagonally across the fretboard. I've got a clip about that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6vZp4eEqs6poc0 But I think you're onto something - that specific lick merits more investigation! I think I'll put something together and film it.

[@lamartin5042]

Eric: have you ever listened to Wire? You might like them and hopefully throw up a lesson! Thanks for all you do, it's very deeply appreciated.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah I've checked them out a few times - never really went deep into the catalog. I know they're an often referenced new wave band - I'll have to investigate further!

[@McRonson]

Eric Haugen The Monochrome Set are another quirky but brilliant Brit New Wave band! Very melodic. In fact, when Franz Ferdinand came out, I was more than a tad nonplussed at how they'd copped their style! "Alphaville" is the Monochrome Set's forgotten classic, amongst others.

[@lamartin5042]

il Solano ...I am not sure if we are of the same vintage age wise, but I concur fully...in fact I have both Wire and Monochrome Set on vinyl (gasp!). It was the only way to hear them way back when. Aside from my college radio show.... Anyway, Eric's taste in old-timey music (Television, Fairport, Pixies) might let him like it. As for me, I will try to keep up with his lessons. I am still confused by some of his attention to new fangled bands, but I pay attention.

[@McRonson]

Lindsay Martin I listen to digital radio station BBC 6 Music a lot and I'm amazed at how much new music utterly unoriginal! I'm not THAT old but I really have literally heard it all now. Everything coming out now is basically a pastiche of something from the 1970s or 1980s. Luckily the old stuff was so good there's no need to worry about missing anything good that's new coz' you'll have heard it before!

[@lamgefyoutoob]

il Solano, good on you! My problem is that I lived it! Anyway it good to see you youngsters get into that cool music and keep it going - let's take it and twist it and make it new again!

[@gregfinn3800]

Great job!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks so much, Greg! I love Television!

[@i.j.p.]

Thanks great video! My brother and I are going to learn this. Subscribed!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Cool! Thanks! My brother's a guitar player too! We grew up playing in bands together. It's really great to jam with family! ヽ(´ー`)人(´∇｀)人(`Д´)ノ

[@scott7521]

This song inspires me and also makes me never want to play guitar again because it's so good.

[@genki2genki]

Man, you definitely can play!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks duders!

[@jacquesguillemin3129]

très bonne interprétation, merci Eric

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Merci beaucoup! J'apprécie vraiment cela!

[@christianhahn1299]

I went to your website looking for this backing track but couldn't find it on the list. Is there any way you could add it to that wonderful collection? Thanks, sir.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Ah yeah, that's because this one was done with a looper pedal that I no longer own :-) Fear not, I'm most likely gonna reshoot some of these older vids that have no proper backing tracks.

[@Johnny-lr5jt]

It took me many years before I realized the 2-chord main riff inverts for the solo section. From Bm-D to D-Bm. Anyone else notice this?

[@betobraniff4610]

hello, opening riff by lloyd is more like double pull off, if it could be describe like this. Cheers

[@misakiyoshida]

Dude I'd rather have a full video of you ripping this song. Awesome

[@brianharris7243]

How can you not like this?

[@plev10]

Fantastic! I'm gonna learn this if it kills me! 🤓

[@torero444]

Thank you,very,very much!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

This is such a great 2 guitar song - a classic!

[@jimharris6389]

Lovely Mustang. I've a '65 Musicmaster II. Best neck I've ever played. As for Marquee Moon, what the hell is going on with time sigs in this song?! Does it drop into 3/4 somwhere in the solo or am I imagining it?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Cool! I love musicmasters and duo sonics! I *think* the solo stays 4/4, but it's not beyond those fellas to clip a beat out of a transition. There might be a bar of 3/4 in there - I'll have to double-check!

[@jimharris6389]

I've gone back over it. I think it was me adding a beat!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Aha! Mystery solved! Maybe you've stumbled upon a new riff idea!

[@victormorgado5318]

amazing! magic

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks so much, Victor!

[@wsurfn]

Eric- My Tele only has 21 frets, what note would you play on at the end of Richard's solo?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

hrmmm that's a tough one! You may have to move the whole run down an octave to be able to get that last note. Will be good transposition practice!

[@ryanlayton3868]

I know this is 2 years later, but I’ve had some luck playing that last A on the 17th fret really staccato and jumping off of it with enough time to bend the 21st feet up a half step before picking the string. It’s tricky to get in tune at first, but it works.

[@johngannon9954]

0:19 = why you should always practice with a metronome.

[@luizspindola]

Come to think of it, I believe Lloyd probably used Tom's Jaguar to record the solo. Strats and Teles don't have the 22nd fret!

[@davidkornblatt851]

Some Modern Strats do!

[@brianwood7237]

That is a super clean silvertone 1484?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah!

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

You can hear the hours spent soaking up Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Dead but not sure if Verlaine or Lloyd ever admitted as much.

[@r_p_radio]

cool

[@Falcon5072]

I've read before that Richard Llyod would ruthlessly double track his guitar parts. He apparently had a real knack for being able play the exact thing over and over again. Maybe that's what sounds like the pitch shift?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah I read that too! It's entirely possible that he double-tracked the opening part to get that effect.

[@avatar10111]

Up to 8 tracks apparently. He was proud of his ability to duplicate. That's why his parts are hard to pick sometimes, because of very subtle differences in some tracks. But boy what a sound he did create...

[@matthewlangdale]

Richard Lloyd taught Chrissy Moltisanti how to play. True Story.

[@carlawilliams5132]

She did an awesome job. That’s a difficult piece to play.

[@RadioMcRadioface]

add a slapback at about 26 ms so you dont have to worry about physically doubling.

[@warmswarm]

Sorry Dude, there only two notes at a time played on the Tom Verlaine intro. There's is no A note played on the top E string, just a B played on the 4th fret of the G string and a D played on the 3rd fret of the B string. The B on the 4th fret of the G string then moves down to A on the 2nd fret on the G string.

[@nckwlch]

RIP Tom Verlaine - never bent a note.

[@markbrooks7157]

These guys definitely listened to the Dead.

[@jeridumusic]

This is only some parts if the whole song.

[@jazzymatt77]

Fuck Ya!! Rock that shit bro!!!!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Matthew! The dude abides 😎

[@theWARMJET]

Fab

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks man! It's been a while since I've done a Verlaine/Lloyd lesson - I gotta get back on that!

[@sunburststratocaster]

it's not even being lazy -- tom doesn't play the A on the E string

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

That makes sense - must be some post production FX that makes that high A appear :-)

[@sunburststratocaster]

Where do you hear the high A on the record? I don't hear it in the first 10 seconds when it's just Tom playing, I only hear the double stops (where the highest note is the D). Do you hear it somewhere later on the record?

[@oktayx189]

77

[@IMangame]

10/10

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks so much!

[@DARKPOPdk]

noooooo !! - RIP Tom

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

Thanks for the speed you go at, I can't stand tutorial videos where they harp on every note like, "Go to 5, then the 7 on the A string....then 8 on the D string, that's one fret up, but it's the next string, do that twice, then with your pinky, slide down to 7, but stay on the same string, then move your index finger over here so you can clear the way for your middle finger...." Jesus, just get on with it dude, I have the ability to slow it down and re-watch it if I have to, you're not teaching a class in person where I can't rewind.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Queefer! (I love that guy btw) Yeah it's tough to know exactly how much information to provide, some folks want the note names, some folks want every movement, but I just stick with what I would want if I was watching. Because you're absolutely correct, folks can pause and slow the vid down if they really need too :-)

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Yeah, I dig it like this pace. On a side note, about the "pitch shifting" sound of the guitar, they actually recorded straight into super reverbs, no effects on the album, but some of the guitar parts were doubled so it created a natural chorusy effect because they were played so precisely on the doubled up takes. I feel inadequate.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah I read that interview too! That effect must be the result of the doubling - crazy stuff!

[@nells6495]

Sliding off my my bed