Friday, October 16, 2009
Sightings / The Spin Two Stars of Television Do Hendrix: Richard Lloyd and Little Pete
Posted by The Spin on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:38 AM
You know what's better than seeing Richard Lloyd cover Hendrix songs? Seeing Richard Lloyd cover Hendrix songs with Danny motherfuckin' Tamberelli on bass!
As soon as we walked into The 5 Spot last night, that's all anyone could talk about. Little Pete was in the house, and he was ready to rock. It was basically a perfect storm of generational kismet. Kids who liked Pete & Pete probably grew up to like Television, and now they're all of drinking age. We noticed Joe Blankenship pretty much had the conversation nailed down with the KrebStar, and we can only assume they were talking about their shared experiences in the world of child acting.
Frankly, Jimi Hendrix is not this Spinner's bag and two shits could not be given about hearing "Purple Haze" for the ten thousandth fucking time. "See No Evil" and "Friction" were done and that was pretty cool, but come on. Motherfucking Little Pete. Dude is winning at life so much harder than all of you right now. Weird.
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Hendrix didn't seem to be in Richard Lloyd's bag either.
It reminded me of THIS
Will Holland, And The Relatives, and Little Pete Wrigley were the highlights of the night.
What's up with these quips from the two recent Richard Lloyd posts? "Dude is winning at life so much harder than all of you right now" and "That rules so much harder than anything any of you have done ever."
dammit, dammit, dammit. i have so many pete-and-pete-related questions for that guy.
nothing new to say but pete and pete is the second best show off all time behind strangers with candy.
Let's all remember Danny Tamberlli has acted with both Iggy Pop AND Steve Buscemi. Amazing. Amazing.
Man, I'm totally with James on this one. Hendrix isn't in your bag, but some douche from the TV is? I realize Richard Lloyd is washed up now, but Jesus.
I've just heard from more than a few sources that his Hendrix revue is a pretty bad.
Lloyd's chops were there, but shaky at times. he'd have benefited greatly from some fuzz, overdrive, distortion, etc to add some sustain and generally glue those notes together better and gloss over the inevitable flaws from playing with such a clean tone.
his solo material ranged from pretty catchy to pretty damn bad and the Hendrix covers weren't especially impressive or inventive.
overall, it was such a startlingly novel combination of one of the greatest bands ever and one of the greatest tv shows ever that it couldn't be missed.
james says:
Hendrix is not in your bag?
Your bag sucks.
Precisely. James for the win. The Spin/The Cream or whomever should probably delete this entire thread just to save face.
dammit, dammit, dammit. i have so many pete-and-pete-related questions for that guy.
me too
what are yours?
Will Holland has great melodies. Better yet, in the spirit of conserving creative energy, they're all actually the SAME melody in the SAME key. Clever clever! And for those who claim Mr. Holland's songs tend to revolve around one repeated, hackneyed, sentimental phrase ("I'll be yours if you'll be mine," for instance) consider this: Will has a publishing deal...with Hallmark! Top that, Nashville hopefuls!
And The Relatives sound like a lot of bands I liked in 1995. What sets these guys apart from such hipster reunion circuit acts as Pavement, Archers of Loaf and Shudder to Think? I say it's their refusal to have an ounce of personality or even one song that isn't rife with dundering predictability. A winning combination, I say! These guys should go far once they devise a plan to destroy the other 149 bands just like this in every mid-size market in the United States.
Richard Lloyd is nuts. I mean, he's not well, mentally. I think this is acknowledged by lots of people. He's a fantastic Strat player with great ideas, but he appears rusty here. For some reason, that doesn't make me enjoy this set any less. His band is killer, his spirit is there, his tone is killer (and although I hear you on the drive/sustain issue, I kinda think it's cool what an unheroic light this approach casts the GUITAR SOLO in). The Television stuff falls flat, and it looks like he didn't bother to relearn the solo to "See No Evil;" his solos on the Hendrix stuff tell me what he'd really rather be doing. As for myself, I spent Thursday night watching Richard Lloyd be Richard Lloyd on Hendrix tunes for 10 bucks. Good or bad, that's a rare opportunity I'm glad I didn't pass up to stay in and get high to WVOL.
BTW, I was the guy in the Preds jersey.
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