One of the most well-known tracks on the album. It’s an iconic and very influential track. I find it hard to imagine The Stooges first album without this track.
It’s hypnotic and dronie. I love the distorted violin with a middle eastern vibe to the track as well as the minimalist drumming. The repetition in the song is what makes it. As with almost every track on the album, Lou Reeds vocal delivery is impeccable.
I’ve read that people find it unsettling. I really don’t hear that.
A Nico fronted track this time. I’ll come clean here, I prefer the Lou Reed vocal tracks to Nico’s but still like her a lot.
Anyway, one of the iconic tracks from the album. Personally, I think that it’s a little overrated. I’ve heard it “Widely praised by listeners and critics as a hypnotic, avant-garde masterpiece.” Not convinced.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a very, very good song but masterpiece! Not in my books.
Now this a thing of beauty. Is this the archetypal Velvet Underground track?
At seven minute long, it allowed the band to develop the song from the slow start “and builds into a chaotic, accelerating crescendo.” As one critic described it
As with the best of the Underground, it’s hypnotic and Droney, and you have that mesmerising guitar tone so synonymous of the band
It’s alternative rock at it’s finest
NB - Sadly, the link to the youtube video has failed. Going to try and see if I can yet it to work. rather annoying
More often than not, all said and done, at the end of the day, regardless what I say at various times and hours in various moments,
I still find this (bizarrely, unexplainably, irrationally) an underrated album—
It isn't difficult to find people who haven't heard it. Of it. About it—
And this, despite its accolades throughout various publications in every corner of the musicverse,
Is very important— _________________ Doubles & Conch
More often than not, all said and done, at the end of the day, regardless what I say at various times and hours in various moments,
I still find this (bizarrely, unexplainably, irrationally) an underrated album—
It isn't difficult to find people who haven't heard it. Of it. About it—
And this, despite its accolades throughout various publications in every corner of the musicverse,
Is very important—
Yeah. If you're not a music head, which is MOST people, you most likely haven't heard it. It goes back to that famous quote about anyone who has heard it ( i.e. a music head) started a band.
More often than not, all said and done, at the end of the day, regardless what I say at various times and hours in various moments,
I still find this (bizarrely, unexplainably, irrationally) an underrated album—
It isn't difficult to find people who haven't heard it. Of it. About it—
And this, despite its accolades throughout various publications in every corner of the musicverse,
Is very important—
I can sort of corroborate that view. When this was announced as the next album at the music listening group, me and two others were like, YES! There wasn’t much reaction from all of the other people in the group which indicates to me that they probably have never heard the album before. They’re in for a treat or a shock depending on their musical tastes.
It’s delicate and gentle, with melodic acoustic guitar which work pretty well. It is however, 0ne of my least favourite tracks on the album. Having said that it’s still a very decent track.
A couple of days ago Rick Beato and the Professor of Rock were chatting about music and how critics often dislike music that regular people (like them) adore. And the Prof. said people in a hundred years will still be listening to Journey but not The Velvet Underground. I think this is quite silly. Perhaps people will not listen to both. But I am sure that the music of The Velvet Underground will still be studied. _________________ When the stewardess is near do not show any fear.
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