{"id":7163,"date":"2026-11-10T08:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2026-11-10T08:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T13:41:13","slug":"3-iconic-tracks-to-celebrate-richard-lloyd-the-blazing-guitarist-of-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/3-iconic-tracks-to-celebrate-richard-lloyd-the-blazing-guitarist-of-television\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Iconic Tracks to Celebrate Richard Lloyd, the Blazing Guitarist of Television"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Lloyd, the blazing guitarist of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-paranoid-meaning-behind-the-punk-epic-marquee-moon-by-television\/\">Television<\/a>, died on Saturday at age 75. Lloyd made up one half of Television\u2019s twin-guitar attack, alongside Tom Verlaine. A crucial part of New York\u2019s pioneering punk scene in the late 1970s, Lloyd and Verlaine infused their art rock with angular melodies, spiky rhythms, and a jazz sensibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To celebrate Lloyd\u2019s unique <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zxQlKMvpQmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alchemy<\/a><\/em>, I\u2019ve highlighted three tracks that feature his iconic playing. We\u2019ll begin with Television\u2019s influential 1977 debut, <em>Marquee Moon<\/em>. An album that shaped the likes of Sonic Youth, R.E.M., and Wilco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cMarquee Moon\u201d by Television<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marquee Moon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g4myghLPLZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not all punk rock is created equal. Television stood apart from fellow CBGB bands by trading power chords for the long jams of the Grateful Dead and The Doors. Lloyd and Television leader Tom Verlaine played intricate guitar parts that more closely echoed the jazz inflections of The Allman Brothers Band rather than the three-chord punk common in the Bowery scene. \u201cMarquee Moon\u201d is their masterpiece, with Lloyd\u2019s searching leads perfectly complementing Verlaine\u2019s ambitious songwriting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cVenus\u201d by Television<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Venus\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dsOYZcP9o-4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rolling Stones long ago perfected the art of two interweaving guitars. For many, the interplay between Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood remains the holy grail of the twin-guitar-led rock band. On this track from Television\u2019s debut, Lloyd and Verlaine create dueling textures, with Lloyd\u2019s Strat panned right and Verlaine\u2019s Jazzmaster, left\u2014a blueprint for Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi, who helped lead a garage-rock revival in the early 2000s with The Strokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You know, it\u2019s all like some new kind of drug,<br>My senses are sharp, and my hands are like gloves.<br>Broadway looked so medieval, it seemed to flap like little pages,<br>I fell sideways laughing with a friend from many stages<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cEvangeline\u201d by Matthew Sweet<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Evangeline\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rjffOMJxXlY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Matthew Sweet dropped his 1991 LP <em>Girlfriend<\/em>, alternative rock was in the midst of a cultural coup. 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