Tom Verlaine is a tool, but his playing on this is great.
Re Hectors point above about spontaneity, if you listen to the LP demo's it's fair to say that Lloyd's solo's are identikit, but that was always kind of the point, what's great about his playing is how mathematically precise it is. Verlaine's however are totally different on the demo's, bar the odd phrase, he pretty much mixed it up every time.
Love the story about Marquee Moon itself that the drummer didn't know it was being recorded and thought they were just warming up so was deliberately messing about a bit. The relaxed feel of his playing on that is my favourite thing about it.
Re Hectors point above about spontaneity, if you listen to the LP demo's it's fair to say that Lloyd's solo's are identikit, but that was always kind of the point, what's great about his playing is how mathematically precise it is. Verlaine's however are totally different on the demo's, bar the odd phrase, he pretty much mixed it up every time.
Love the story about Marquee Moon itself that the drummer didn't know it was being recorded and thought they were just warming up so was deliberately messing about a bit. The relaxed feel of his playing on that is my favourite thing about it.