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I think that underground music never really got any better then that.
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what is your fav album?
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Mine is definitely Velvet Underground & Nico. But White Light is also almost as great and I love them all, even loaded although many fans consider it has only some great tunes, I love the whole album. Of course I donīt count Squeeze Velvet-album.
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sometimes i think the same thing about the thinking fellers union local 282
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I feel the same way... until I put on Bad Moon Rising, and remember that the torch was passed to a band that-- somehow-- managed to innovate, pioneer, influence, and eventually define underground music in a way that even the Velvets could never have equaled.
Just as Elvis Presley introduced the world to iconic pop, only to pave the way for the Beatles to turn it on its head, making it a viable art form and perfecting it in a way Elvis never could, The Velvet Underground (despite their greatness) are in my mind mere precursors to a movement that did not reach full realization until Sonic Youth stepped in to pick up the flag. Forgive the hyperbole. I love both the VU and SY in two uniquely reverent way. I tend to get a little worked up when I talk about them. |
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Oh, and I cannot choose a favorite VU album. For many years it was White Light/White Heat, but VU & Nico is one of the first albums that truly blew my mind, and a few years ago I rediscovered Loaded, which is definitely criminally underrated, and just as definitive as the others, if in a different way.
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The only solution to this is sending you to high-security mental institutions, and I am saying this as a big VU fan.
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The Scepter Sessions is pretty cool, especially if you've listened to VU & Nico so much it's burned into your brain. Alt takes and mixes for an ever-so-slightly alternate view on the iconic work.
Also, I got John Cale: New York In The 1960s vinyl box set a while ago (waited to find a good deal), which is absolute madness. |
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Using Librium to treat hyperbole? Interesting... |
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yr kinda right. though there has been good music produced since it isnt necessarily better
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me and my first grrlfriend used to fuck alot to the banana cd on repeat
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Colour footage of the Velvet Underground in Texas, October 1969.
Starts at around 7:40. No sound. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67...89/m1/#track/1 |
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Great find. I'm a sucker for grainy Super 8 colour footage. Looks like quite a unique location for performances. Thanks for sharing. |
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Amazing footage. I'm with Antagon on being a sucker for super 8 footage. Anyone know who the band before the Velvet footage is?
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Butthole Surfers are better "underground" band than VU.
Butthole Surfers forever...... VU is Rolling Stones without the posh clothes. hahhahahahahhaha
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Also, only tossers think 4 or 6 k is amazing. No style.
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Amazing footage, thanks - it's great that new snippets, however brief, are still turning up 50 years on. Also reminds me to check the velvetforum more often!
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Must spread some of that rep around. Yeah, I don't get that whole max-def hype either. In fact I think it looks quite dreadful in a lot of cases. Charming and grainy for the win. Sorry for going off on a tangent here. |
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