I'm Waiting For The Man (track)
by The Velvet Underground & Nico
Year: 1967
From the album The Velvet Underground & Nico (track #2)
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I'm Waiting For The Man appears on the following album(s) by The Velvet Underground & Nico:
- The Velvet Underground & Nico (track #2) (this album) (1967)
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| ! | 11/22/2025 09:28 | acematt51090 | 3,931 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 06:34 | plasmicmist | 6,979 | 90/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2025 13:05 | sunnydhamm | 18,324 | 56/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 17:39 | FlapJackJoey | 1,064 | 89/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 19:35 |  Superunknown | 506 | 86/100 |
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Squonk007 07/25/2021 11:31 | #271928
Great simple riff.
Possibly the very first punk track
teague 06/25/2020 23:22 | #254515
This is probably my favorite VU song. It's not one I immediately got, but it's more infectious than the common cold.
DeusExMackia 05/30/2017 15:02 | #191714
One of the coolest, grittiest and most urban rock songs ever made. Astounding.
Cool, gritty track about buying heroin :P
A great chugging number full of all the grit and edge of New York in the late sixties. A guy goes to Harlem to score and doesn't get a great reception from some of the locals who at least one of them accuses him of trying to take their women away. The first of Lou Reed's many great New York songs.
It's a simple riff, but it gets varied a lot as the song goes on, and it sounds very pretty. I especially like the bass at the end. :)
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Anti 04/16/2014 13:45 | #109379
I love the paradox to this song.
This track has a flow going, but it was a little too long, and that's coming from a 4-minute track by a band that makes seven minute tracks.
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