Marquee Moon by Television
Marquee Moon by Television

Marquee Moon

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Marquee Moon by Television

Release Date
Fri Apr 01 1977
Performed by
Television
Produced by
Andy Johns & Tom Verlaine
Writed by
Tom Verlaine
About

“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:

Marquee Moon was written about three years ago and actually it had 20 verses to it. It’s a song I used to do on acous...

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Marquee Moon Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I remember
Ooh, how the darkness doubled
I recall
Lightning struck itself
I was listening
Listening to the rain
I was hearing
Hearing something else

[Chorus]
Life in the hive puckered up my night
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Well, there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
Just waiting

[Verse 2]
I spoke
To a man down at the tracks
And I ask him
How he don't go mad
He said "Look here, Junior
Don't you be so happy
And for Heaven's sake
Don't you be so sad"

[Chorus]
Life in the hive puckered up my night
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Well, there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
Hesitating

[Verse 3]
Well, the Cadillac
It pulled out of the graveyard
Pulled up to me
All they said, "Get in"
"Get in"
Then the Cadillac
It puttered back into the graveyard
Me
I got out again

[Chorus]
Life in the hive puckered up my night
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Over there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
I ain't waitin', uh uh

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 1]
I remember
How the darkness doubled
I recall
Lightning struck itself
I was listening
Listening to the rain
I was hearing
Hearing something else

Marquee Moon Q&A

Who wrote Marquee Moon's ?

Marquee Moon was written by Tom Verlaine.

Who produced Marquee Moon's ?

Marquee Moon was produced by Andy Johns & Tom Verlaine.

When did Television release Marquee Moon?

Television released Marquee Moon on Fri Apr 01 1977.

What did Television say about "Marquee Moon"?

Tom Verlaine described the song as “10 minutes of urban paranoia,” continuing onwards by stating:

I would play until something happened. That comes from jazz, or even the Doors, or the Five Live Yardbirds album — that kinda rave-up dynamics.

— via Rolling Stone Magazine

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