http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4829&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rssTelevision's ordered, insane, avant jazz-meets-garage rock is some of the most essential, mind-blowing music to come out of NYC's 1977 Punk explosion. The band's original lineup included future Voidoid Richard Hell, but it soon became apparent that Hell's nihilistic approach to music had little in common with bandleader Tom Verlaine's vision. This peculiar vision was very different from that of other bands working the early CBGB scene, and it ultimately led to a brand of atonal fret-strangling that sounds futuristic even today. Building their songs around the telepathic interplay of Verlaine and Richard Lloyd, Television broke the blues-based rumble of the Velvets down to its core, mutating it into a mechanical, austere psychedelia that touched on John Coltrane, Neil Young, and the Stones, among others. Their seminal record <i>Marquee Moon</i> has had an incalculable effect on the post-punk scene, most easily identified in the music of Sonic Youth but also directly related to all those indie fusion kids in Chicago. Imagine <i>White Light/White Heat</i> as interpreted by Rimbaud-quoting math rockers. - Mike McGuirkPunk Pioneersen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:02:45 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4829&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Television's ordered, insane, avant jazz-meets-garage rock is some of the most essential, mind-blowing music to come out of NYC's 1977 Punk explosion. The band's original lineup included future Voidoid Richard Hell, but it soon became apparent that Hell's nihilistic approach to music had little in common with bandleader Tom Verlaine's vision. This peculiar vision was very different from that of other bands working the early CBGB scene, and it ultimately led to a brand of atonal fret-strangling that sounds futuristic even today. Building their songs around the telepathic interplay of Verlaine and Richard Lloyd, Television broke the blues-based rumble of the Velvets down to its core, mutating it into a mechanical, austere psychedelia that touched on John Coltrane, Neil Young, and the Stones, among others. Their seminal record <i>Marquee Moon</i> has had an incalculable effect on the post-punk scene, most easily identified in the music of Sonic Youth but also directly related to all those indie fusion kids in Chicago. Imagine <i>White Light/White Heat</i> as interpreted by Rimbaud-quoting math rockers. - Mike McGuirk http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040527&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 24 Jun 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2040527 tra.2040527 Television art.4829 0.99 Marquee Moon alb.124723 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/9/6/1276962_170x170.jpg 2005-01-18 00:00:00.0 1994-06-24 00:00:00.0 true See No Evil tra.2040527 231000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040527&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040527&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193413&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 9193413 tra.9193413 Television art.4829 0.99 The Complete Elektra Recordings alb.9192909 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/4/0/1290487_170x170.jpg 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 true Marquee Moon tra.9193413 645000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193413&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193413&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040717&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 24 Jun 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2040717 tra.2040717 Television art.4829 0.99 Marquee Moon alb.124723 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/9/6/1276962_170x170.jpg 2005-01-18 00:00:00.0 1994-06-24 00:00:00.0 true Marquee Moon tra.2040717 638000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040717&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040717&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040528&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 24 Jun 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2040528 tra.2040528 Television art.4829 0.99 Marquee Moon alb.124723 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/9/6/1276962_170x170.jpg 2005-01-18 00:00:00.0 1994-06-24 00:00:00.0 true Venus tra.2040528 229000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040528&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040528&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3483276&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Sun, 1 Jan 1978 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 3483276 tra.3483276 Television art.4829 0.99 Adventure alb.300358 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/7/8/7/1287876_170x170.jpg 2005-03-22 00:00:00.0 1978-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Glory tra.3483276 191000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3483276&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3483276&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040529&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 24 Jun 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2040529 tra.2040529 Television art.4829 0.99 Marquee Moon alb.124723 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/9/6/1276962_170x170.jpg 2005-01-18 00:00:00.0 1994-06-24 00:00:00.0 true Friction tra.2040529 282000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040529&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040529&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040718&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 24 Jun 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2040718 tra.2040718 Television art.4829 0.99 Marquee Moon alb.124723 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/9/6/1276962_170x170.jpg 2005-01-18 00:00:00.0 1994-06-24 00:00:00.0 true Elevation tra.2040718 305000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040718&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040718&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3483281&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Sun, 1 Jan 1978 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 3483281 tra.3483281 Television art.4829 0.99 Adventure alb.300358 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/7/8/7/1287876_170x170.jpg 2005-03-22 00:00:00.0 1978-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Foxhole tra.3483281 288000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3483281&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3483281&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009977&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Sun, 1 Jan 1978 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2009977 tra.2009977 Television art.4829 0.0 Adventure alb.104540 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/5/0/2/392056_170x170.jpg 1994-06-27 00:00:00.0 1978-01-01 00:00:00.0 true The Fire tra.2009977 356000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009977&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009977&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193410&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 9193410 tra.9193410 Television art.4829 0.99 The Complete Elektra Recordings alb.9192909 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/4/0/1290487_170x170.jpg 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 true See No Evil tra.9193410 238000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193410&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193410&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040720&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 24 Jun 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2040720 tra.2040720 Television art.4829 0.99 Marquee Moon alb.124723 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/9/6/1276962_170x170.jpg 2005-01-18 00:00:00.0 1994-06-24 00:00:00.0 true Prove It tra.2040720 300000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040720&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040720&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3483278&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Sun, 1 Jan 1978 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 3483278 tra.3483278 Television art.4829 0.99 Adventure alb.300358 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/7/8/7/1287876_170x170.jpg 2005-03-22 00:00:00.0 1978-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Days tra.3483278 194000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3483278&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3483278&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040719&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 24 Jun 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2040719 tra.2040719 Television art.4829 0.99 Marquee Moon alb.124723 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/9/6/1276962_170x170.jpg 2005-01-18 00:00:00.0 1994-06-24 00:00:00.0 true Guiding Light tra.2040719 332000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040719&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040719&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13940443&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Sun, 2 Nov 2008 20:05:57 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 13940443 tra.13940443 Television art.4829 0.99 Rhino Hi-Five: Television alb.13933496 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/2/7/1/1291721_170x170.jpg 2007-03-27 00:00:00.0 null true Ain't That Nothin' (Remastered LP Version) tra.13940443 292000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13940443&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.13940443&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009974&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Sun, 1 Jan 1978 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2009974 tra.2009974 Television art.4829 0.0 Adventure alb.104540 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/5/0/2/392056_170x170.jpg 1994-06-27 00:00:00.0 1978-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Foxhole tra.2009974 288000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009974&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2009974&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2162435&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 1 Jan 1982 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2162435 tra.2162435 Television art.4829 0.99 The Blow-Up alb.186650 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/5/4/414511_170x170.jpg 1999-03-17 00:00:00.0 1982-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Prove It tra.2162435 300000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2162435&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2162435&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3504199&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Sun, 1 Jan 1978 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 3504199 tra.3504199 Television art.4829 0.99 Adventure alb.300358 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/7/8/7/1287876_170x170.jpg 2005-03-22 00:00:00.0 1978-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Ain't That Nothin' tra.3504199 587000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3504199&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3504199&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.533551&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 1 Jan 1982 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 533551 tra.533551 Television art.4829 0.99 The Blow-Up alb.186650 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/5/4/414511_170x170.jpg 1999-03-17 00:00:00.0 1982-01-01 00:00:00.0 true I Don't Care tra.533551 184000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.533551&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.533551&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2162441&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 1 Jan 1982 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2162441 tra.2162441 Television art.4829 0.99 The Blow-Up alb.186650 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/5/4/414511_170x170.jpg 1999-03-17 00:00:00.0 1982-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Little Johnny Jewel tra.2162441 896000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2162441&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2162441&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040722&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 24 Jun 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 2040722 tra.2040722 Television art.4829 0.99 Marquee Moon alb.124723 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/9/6/1276962_170x170.jpg 2005-01-18 00:00:00.0 1994-06-24 00:00:00.0 true Torn Curtain tra.2040722 416000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040722&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2040722&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193443&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 9193443 tra.9193443 Television art.4829 0.99 The Complete Elektra Recordings alb.9192909 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/4/0/1290487_170x170.jpg 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 true (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Live in San Francisco 1978 / bonus track) tra.9193443 305000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193443&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193443&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193412&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 9193412 tra.9193412 Television art.4829 0.99 The Complete Elektra Recordings alb.9192909 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/4/0/1290487_170x170.jpg 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 true Friction tra.9193412 284000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193412&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193412&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193414&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 9193414 tra.9193414 Television art.4829 0.99 The Complete Elektra Recordings alb.9192909 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/4/0/1290487_170x170.jpg 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 true Elevation tra.9193414 310000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193414&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193414&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193415&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 9193415 tra.9193415 Television art.4829 0.99 The Complete Elektra Recordings alb.9192909 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/4/0/1290487_170x170.jpg 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 true Guiding Light tra.9193415 337000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193415&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193415&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193416&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk Pioneers Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Television on Rhapsody Online 9193416 tra.9193416 Television art.4829 0.99 The Complete Elektra Recordings alb.9192909 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/4/0/1290487_170x170.jpg 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 2005-11-08 00:00:00.0 true Prove It tra.9193416 304000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193416&variant=play&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9193416&variant=data&rws=%2Ftelevision%2Ftop-tracks.rss