The Velvet Underground (Official Thread)

[OptimisticFutureBlues]

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Great tune. Great band. Recorded on heroin for people on drugs. Hey what a coincidence.

 

[Stoned]

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I like them. Favorite song would have to be 'I'm Waiting For My Man'. Favorite album however would be Loaded. ***:

 

[Mr. Shadow]

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Mo Tucker... what a woman.

 

[mattquarterstein]

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Been putting off getting into the Velvet Underground, but I do like a bit of John Cale

And it's annoying when people get him mixed up with J.J. Cale, or when one is looking for a John Cale album and all they've got is J.J. Cale. Nothing against J.J. Cale (another artist I haven't checked out really).

 

[Syd]

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Wow. This is mi second favourite band of all time (after The Beatles). I just love the first three records with a devotion that is probably insane. Sister Ray is my favourite song ever, and other ones like Pale Blue Ees, Heroin, Waiting For The Man, WhiteLight/WhiteHeat, Candy Says. It's simply beautiful.

I also like Lou Reed's and John Cale's solo carreers. Lou Reed's albums Berlin and Transformer are all-time classics.

 

[Soot and Stars]

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Wow. This is mi second favourite band of all time (after The Beatles). I just love the first three records with a devotion that is probably insane. Sister Ray is my favourite song ever, and other ones like Pale Blue Ees, Heroin, Waiting For The Man, WhiteLight/WhiteHeat, Candy Says. It's simply beautiful.

I also like Lou Reed's and John Cale's solo careers. Lou Reed's albums Berlin and Transformer are all-time classics.

Coincidentally I don't know anything aside from the actual Velvet Undergound name but I was surfing youtube and I caught John Cale's GREAT version of "Hallelujah". I looked his name up after and found he was a founding member. I may have to look into VE just because of this.

 

[snakes&ladders]

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Moe HAS GOTTA be THE greatest WOMAN DRUMMER OF ALL TIME.....LOVE HER

By blackglove at 2011-01-09

By blackglove at 2011-01-09

 

[Riff Raff]

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Really love this tune, just started listening to this band today by a good friend on FB who digs her classic rock

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

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I'm glad "Lulu" didn't sour you to Lou Reed, Riff. Listening to the first few VU albums kind of explains like why that album turned out the way it did....only not as good as the aforementioned VU album.

Glad to here you're enjoying this band though because they don't seem to have enough fans around here.

 

[Riff Raff]

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I'm glad "Lulu" didn't sour you to Lou Reed, Riff. Listening to the first few VU albums kind of explains like why that album turned out the way it did....only not as good as the aforementioned VU album.

Glad to here you're enjoying this band though because they don't seem to have enough fans around here.

Lulu was crap but I was always keen to check out his other craft
This was an interesting tune. Who was the female vocals??

This and the Nico album do give me a bit more understanding of why Lulu came about, but Lulu was so poorly executed it is a shame for so many fans they have to let it tarnish a good career.