Heroin (track) by The Velvet Underground & Nico

Heroin by The Velvet Underground & Nico
Year: 1967
From the album The Velvet Underground & Nico (track #7)
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From 10/23/2024 00:08
This is the best song of 60s, yes it is even better than that one
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From 05/06/2023 11:32
Each British and American must listen ? this song every day ??
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From 12/22/2019 15:58
I like the song very much but i don´t like the screaming from the instruments but the lyrics are genius.
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From 09/12/2018 04:22
The second best song of all time isn't half as good as this masterpiece.
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From 07/26/2018 14:44
Heroin is probably the best song about any drug, why? Well becuase this song explains the feeling of the drug. It does that with the lyrics, the sound of Lou Reeds voice and the tempo and intensity of the music. This song is just, wonderfull.
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From 02/04/2018 17:25
I can not express with words how much I love this song.
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From 08/03/2017 11:36
Never had a favorite song until I heard Heroin. Still is my favorite almost 2 years since I first heard it.
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From 05/24/2017 19:47
It's a song that purely talks about heroin yet encompasses so much more than that, never has brooding existentialism been so uplifting yet so depressing, so unrelatable (as I've never done heroin) yet so familiar, just imagine what would happen if Lou threw another chord in there: probably wouldn't be the same but once you let this song take a hold of you simply nothing in life is ever the same again.
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From 01/11/2017 00:23
I believe that this is a song you can listen to once and never forget.
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From 12/29/2016 22:22
How can you describe the rush of a drug (or any ecstatic "high") both in lyrics and music? Well this is it. Perfect in every way!
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