 Genius Lyrics
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Television – Venus
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The character in Venus – possibly Tom Verlaine himself – is hanging out with a friend through the streets of NYC.
Verlaine’s vivid and surrealistic imagery suggests both an acid
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Television – Marquee Moon
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“Marquee Moon” is the title track off Television’s debut album of the same name. In a 1977 interview with Caroline Coon for Melody Maker, lyricist and guitarist Tom Verlaine stated
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Television – Venus Samples
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See all of “Venus” by Television’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Bryan Waterman – Television's "Marquee Moon" (33 1/3 excerpt)
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An excerpt from Bryan Waterman’s book Marquee Moon on Television’s seminal album, part of Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series.
You can buy the book here!
Read and annotate Marquee Moon
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Television – See No Evil
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“See No Evil” is the first song of off Television’s debut album Marquee Moon. It features impressionistic lyrics and a focus on guitar arpeggios to create melody in the guitar part
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Cleaners from Venus – Marathon
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[Sheep and television sounds] / [Verse 1] / Hey you / It's a mighty long way to cross that crowded room / Hey you / As a matter of fact I'm going that way soon / [Verse 2] / Hey
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Television – Friction
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Featuring a more sensible punk beat, but beginning in a minor key that includes an opening guitar solo going down a scale, “Friction” proves itself an inspiration for John McGeoff’
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Television – Torn Curtain
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Final track from the album Marquee Moon. Recorded versions of this song go back as far as 1975. It is thought this song was written and first performed after Richard Hell left the
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Television – Elevation
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[Verse 1] / The last word / Is the lost word / Why don't you say so? / Say so / [Pre-Chorus] / I sleep light on these shores tonight / I live light on these shores / [Chorus
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Kevin Max – Deconstructing Venus
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You are the center of your own private little constellation / And you are the jury and judge of every little deconstructed fable / And you like the way it is / You don't want to
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Cleaners from Venus – Midnight Cleaners
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Still, grey morning / It's, uh, Wednesday / Half-light November / You know, no birdsong / Trees are dripping / Distant roar of traffic from another, busier street / And we're the
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Television – Prove It
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[Verse 1] / The docks / The clock / A whisper woke him up / The smell of water would resume / The cave / The waves / Of light, the unreal night / The flat curving of a room / Get
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Trotsky Icepick – Venus de Milo
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It was a tight toy night / Streets so bright / The world was so thin / Between my bones and my skin / Stood another person / Who was a little surprised / She'd be face to face / In
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Television – Little Johnny Jewel
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[Verse 1] / Now Little Johnny Jewel / Oh, he's so cool / He had no decision / He's just trying to tell a vision / But some thought that this was sad / And others thought it mad
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Television – Guiding Light
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[Verse 1] / Do I, do I / Belong to the night? / Only, only / Only tonight / All the ladies / Stay inside / Time may freeze / A world could cry / All this night / Running loud / I
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Custard – I Love the Television
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I might watch a little TV / I love the television / And when the money ran out / I must admit that I did too / Remember a time in black and white / Because TV only sent out B and W
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Venus In Flames – Just Another Day
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Roads leading you out of here / Where you can't be found / I know you can't run away from things / They follow you around / It's just another day / But I don't feel the same / You
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Bill Nelson – Dreaming Of A Girl
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Walking in the pouring rain / In a landscape hung with stars / Venus over every house / Bright lights of passing cars / Television, television / A world within a world
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Television – Double Exposure
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An early Television demo that never made it onto any of the albums, this song features Verlaine using his signature dense lyricism to condemn academia (Verlaine went to boarding
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Big Big Train – The Transit Of Venus Across The Sun
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A fault in time and place / A black drop at the edge of the Sun / The stars all clouded out / Starlight never breaking through / Here be dragons taking flight / And demons through
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