Woken this morning by the sounds of thunder cracking and rumbling loudly around the Exe valley. And in my head “thunder… thunder and lightning… one drop of rain on the back of my hand… stop breaking in my heart…” a biblical torrent of guitars clashing and meshing; delirious, gyrating beat noise.
But Tom Verlaine or Blue Aeroplanes? Both, of course, although I will admit that for me the first exposure is the most memorable, and that belongs to the Bristol gang – an explosion on a small Glasgow stage, overflowing with guitars and magic, or so it seemed. Then captured on Friendloverplane for posterity. Magical, mesmerising, wishing it would go on forever.
I was convinced I had it in my iTunes library too, but no. For some reasons it was left out of the CD and download versions of Friendloverplane. A travesty. And am I right in saying that the only digital version of the studio recording was on the Warhol’s 15 compilation? Does anyone have an mp3 rip of that perchance?
Whatever, here is a rip from my vinyl Friendloverplane. Tom Verlaine’s studio and live versions are available on Tom Verlaine and The Miller’s Tale respectively. Enjoy…
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