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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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. (Edited)
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. :) (Edited)
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/13/2013 19:02 | #61347
Musically simple, but it's very eery that the song sounds so happy when it's about heroin.. (Edited)
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/30/2017 15:02 | #191714
One of the coolest, grittiest and most urban rock songs ever made. Astounding. (Edited)
Cool, gritty track about buying heroin :P
