Velvet Underground

Fucking insane,wierd,baadaaasssss,ROCK 'N' ROLL!

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Great band!

 

I always wished they'd used Nico more...​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN_ObHOX8iU&feature=related"]YouTube - The Velvet Underground & Nico - I'll be your mirror.mp4

 

I haven't heard many of their songs. But I do love "There She Goes Again."

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cWzxJvgWc8"]YouTube - The Velvet Underground-Sunday Morning


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bp-ihtgzdE"]YouTube - The Velvet Underground- Run Run Run



PAX

 

"Sunday Morning"'s a good example, Pax. I understand it was originally supposed to be sung by Nico - and it seems custom-made for her - but internal band politics or whatever....

One of my favorite VU tracks, yet one that hardly ever seems to get mentioned...Lady Godiva's Operation. John Cale singing.


This kind of represents to me the direction the band could have taken...Cale and Nico were what made them so edgy for me...once they'd gone, they got a bit too predictable and, well, nice.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hLAp6K7wXQ"]YouTube - The Velvet Underground - Lady Godiva's Operation

Lady Godiva here dressed so demurely
Pats the head of another curly haired boy, just another toy
Sick with silence she weps sincerely
saying word that have oh so clearly been said
so long ago
Draperies wrapped gently 'round her shoulder
Life has made her that much bolder now
that she's found out how
Dressed in silk, latin lace and envy
Pride and joy of the latest penny faire
pretty passing care
Hair today now dipped in the water
Making love to every poor daughter's son
isn't it fun
Now today propping grace with envy
Lady Godiva peers to see if anyone's there
and hasn't a care
Doctor is coming the nurse thinks SWEETLY
Turning on the machines that NEATLY pump air
the body lies bare
Shaved and hairless what once was SCREAMING
now lies silent and almost SLEEPING
the brain must have gone away
Straped securly to the white table
ether caused the body to wither and writhe
underneath the white light
Doctor arrives with knife and baggage
sees the growth as just so much cabbage
that now
must be cut away
Now come the moment of Great! Great! Decision!
The doctor is making his first incision
One goes here--one goes there
The ether tube's leaking says someone who's sloppy
the patient it seems is not so well sleeping
The screams echo up the hall
Don't panic someone give him pentathol instantly
Doctor removes his blade
cagily slow from the brain
By my count of ten
the head won't move​

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my favorite will probably always be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgyo8Ea2q6k"]YouTube - Velvet Underground *Ocean*

 

Thanks for the compliment Mr. F.
Back in the summer of '68 in Vancouver,Canada they played for an entire weekend at a place called the Retinal Circus. Even though they didn't have Nico with them, they still sounded great.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwzaifhSw2c"]YouTube - velvet underground - venus in furs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZH82l_ie9M&feature=related"]YouTube - The Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again


PAX

 

I think Venus In Furs must have been the first VU track I ever heard...I think on some compilation or other, back in the early 70s. The very title sounded decadant [I didn't know about the book it was named for at the time, nor understood the subject matter !].


A sort of biography in sound by a fan...incidentally I always heard the line A close encounter of the thirdest kind as the furtive kind...which may be equally appropriate
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOGIPF6rVqo&feature=related"]YouTube - The Modern Lovers- The Velvet Underground

They were wild like the USA
A mystery band in a New York way
Rock and roll, but not like the rest
And to me, America at it's best
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.

A spooky tone on a Fender bass
Played less notes and left more space
Stayed kind of still, looked kinda shy
Kinda far away, kinda dignified.
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.

Now you can look at that band and wonder where
All that sound was coming from
With just 4 people there.

Twangy sounds of the cheapest types,
Sounds as stark as black and white stripes,
Bold and brash, sharp and rude,
Like the heats turned off
And you're low on food.
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.
Like this...

Wild wild parties when they start to unwind
A close encounter of the thirdest kind
On the bandstand playing, everybody's saying
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.

Well you could look at that band
And at first sight
Say that certain rules about modern music
Wouldn't apply tonight.

Twangy sounds of the cheapest kind,
Like "Guitar sale $29.99,"
Bold and brash, stark and still,
Like the heats turned off
And you can't pay the bill.
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.

Both guitars got the fuzz tone on
The drummer's standing upright pounding along
A howl, a tone, a feedback whine
Biker boys meet the college kind
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.

Wild wild parties when they start to unwind
A close encounter of the thirdest kind
On the bandstand grooving, everybody moving
How in the world are they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.​

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There She Goes Again is a top tune

 

"Sister Ray" is the shit.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egFezSPH4D8&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - The Velvet Underground - The Gift (Instrumental)

love the velvets

 

One of my all-time favorite bands! I love most of their songs with Lou Reed, but my favorite VU songs are Femme Fatale (about Miss Edie Sedgwick), Satellite of Love, and Stephanie Says.

 

I love Velvet Underground... Lady Godiva operation is disturbing, and I love so much the piano in I'm waiting for the man.

 

man, i'm searchin' for a mainline... couldn't hit it sideways

 

Lou Reed with Metallica at The Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame 25th Anniversary show. R.I.P Lou Reed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFtFnHke2E4"]Lou Reed & Metallica LIVE set 25th anniv Rock n Roll Madison Square Garden 10/30 - YouTube

 

R.I.P Lou Reed

http://www.loureed.com/inmemoriam/

 

I found these on youtube. Linger on Lou.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS7QnF6ieKY"]The Velvet Underground - The South Bank Show ( Full ) - YouTube

One of my fave VU songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9aW9QVrbhc"]Velvet Underground - Coyote - YouTube

 

More great VU stuff. R.I.P Lou.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xuhFlp3Vy8"]The Velvet Underground - Satellite of Love (alternate demo) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pekTAkVeCAI"]LOU REED - I'm Set Free (Velvet Underground live, 10-28-1969) Tribute - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7XqY7IhJrk"]The Velvet Underground - "Live at The Boston Tea Party" (Jan. 10, 1969) - YouTube

The Art And Soul Of The Velvet Underground(NYPL q&a with David Frick)

http://nypl.org/audiovideo/velvet-un...cke?nref=90281

 

rip UNCLE lOU