You found your NICO!!! She’s perfect. Exactly right. Beautiful. I just listened to the song, I haven’t listened to the rest of the commentary and tutorial yet. But I couldn’t wait to leave this comment. This is beyond a labor of love. This is so good it brought tears to my eyes. Literally.
It would be easy to slip into a pastiche of Nico when singing this song. Caroline made the correct tasteful choice to sing it straight with only a hint of Nico’s unique accent. Really an impeccable performance, and the perfect match for the exquisite attention to detail and love for the material what you were brought to all the previous covers you’ve published here.
@@mjlotus Thanks so much for your continued support and praise my friend...indeed I'm really happy with this one particularly; Caroline's contribution really has taken it to the next level! I'm so glad it has moved you so - I hope one day we can perform this on a stage for you!
another thing about this song is that, at least to my mind, it is largely based on old English folk rather than American (this being particularly evident in Reed's original interpretation). these folk elements 'surviving' in the vocal & guitar parts (with its repeated melodic refrains). i would love to hear Sandy Denny singing it with orchestral backing. it would be fascinating to learn how it came to be part of the VU repertoire - i would think that Nicos inclusion into the band at the time had a lot to do with it (Reed must have been thrilled to hear her do it for the first time). i can see how the original might have appealed to Cale (plus, of course, NIco) but not much Tucker & Morrison.
Glad I could get it to you...and I'll be releasing three more over the next few Sundays...I'll let you guess which one you'll all be getting for Christmas! ;)
Came here after the equally excellent Venus In Furs. Another respectful, perfect cover and tutorial/guitorial. So impressed with your attention to detail and dare I say 'respect'? I hope your subscriber count grows so it's commensurate with your ability, as deserved (I'm a bit nonplussed as to why it isn't bigger).
funnily enough - it occurred to me, while watching this (brilliant) interpretation, that Lou's guitar sound reminds me of the Birds guitar sound - perhaps he influenced them with it.
There are definitely similarities in the equipment the two bands used; David Crosby played a Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins (the single-cutaway version of the Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman which Lou Reed played), but I'd say the main likeness would be the jangly sounding Rickenbacker 12-string that Roger McGuinn used, and the 'Ostrich'-tuning that Lou used on his Gretsch for this song, which created an even more extreme jangle effect. The Byrds pre-date TVU, so if there was any influence it would be the other way around...Lou particularly disliked West Coast bands of that period, but his reasons were more political/literary than musical. I do also remember reading that Sterling Morrison liked The Byrds, so it's possible TVU could have borrowed the jangle effect and made it their own!
In both cases the tone comes from two strings playing the same note - since the strings are inevitably tuned slightly differently, you hear interference effects from the two very close frequencies. Nowadays you can get more exaggerated variants of that using chorus or flanger effects, but they don’t replace the beautiful sound of strings in unison.
The specific Byrd's cover of the song - "Mr Tambourine Man" - which - of course - leads back to Bob Dylan who Lou Reed was imitating with his early version of this wonderful song... I still don't know what the heck it's about! I certainly never thought it had any connection to folk music till I viewed/listened to this analysis of it. Tenakoe once again for this - it really is such an amazing tribute to this wonderful band.
il bello delle tue cover è che si sentono gli strumenti!!!! i velvet facevano un fantastico super casino cacofonico lo-fi che però non permetteva di isolare il suono di uno specifico strumento e sentirlo bene. e le singole parti di chitarre, percussioni e tastiera meritano molto! complimenti!
i was wondering if TVU ever played the song in their performances after the departure of Nico? i don't think there'd be any arguing that she very much made it her own.
Just to help me out please as I think I may have my speakers the wrong way round; the guitar is one the left channel with the drums sitting on the right? Stunning cover Cam.
Marvellous stuff. I'm still struggling with that piano part though 🤔 Even if he wasn't technically great, Reed was a terrifically inventive guitar player
Well I liked a lot your cover - one of the most beautiful songs ever -. Actually I guess the John's piano part was played on a 'prepared piano' (as in John Cage's canon about it) - don't know exactly which sticks, paper clips or nails etc were inserted among the piano wires. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Tomorrow%27s_Parties anyways your version is quiet amazing... my best regards
So I played casually along with the song today, trying to figure it out before coming to TH-cam. I wound up having to change my tuning a quarter note for it to sound alike? Was my guitar tuned wrong from the start?
It's not yet uploaded; but will be next Sunday, when Caroline returns from vacation. The link to her channel appears in the top-right-hand corner of the screen as soon as I mention it in the background section, but if you're on a mobile device it may not show. In any case, here it is: www.youtube.com/@carolinedawsonmusic I've also now added it to the description in case anyone else doesn't see it on the screen.
@@CAMFORRESTER A thought occurs to me. You have provided directions for the instrumentation of the songs, but said nothing about the vocals. Perhaps there is little there of a technical nature to share. Nonetheless, here is a request. At some point do an interview/conversation with Caroline and discuss the singing, on the original records, and on these covers. You obviously have sophisticated training as a musician, but do you have technical training as a vocalist? It would be interesting to hear from Caroline how she approached learning and performing Nico's idiosyncratic vocals, including whether she, like you, was already a fan of the Velvet Underground. That conversation would be a worthwhile addition here, and would be relatively easy to do, would not require a lot of set up, practice, etc.
@@mjlotus It's a valid point indeed, but I am not trained as a vocalist, and as such there is little I can offer in terms of technical information regarding Nico or Caroline's voices, other than the obvious facts such as that Nico had a Contralto vocal range, and Caroline's vocal range is similar, albeit with a different timbre and overall character. Caroline lives in Portugal, and she was recommended towards my VU project by a friend we both have in common. She generously took the time to contribute her vocals on these tracks during a vacation to the UK - it was quite brief session, and there was not the time to do a separate discussion video unfortunately, but if we get the chance to meet up again (which I hope we shall) in the future, I shall certainly propose the idea. What I can tell you is that, while she was aware of TVU & Nico, Caroline had not really explored their music to any great extent, but many people over the years who were fans of Nico particularly, had mentioned how much Caroline's voice reminded them of her, so she became increasingly aware of Nico's music, and said during our session that the collaboration [with myself] seemed to be something that was fated to transpire all along.
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Again you’ve hit it out of the park as we Americans say. This, and your other uploads are a tremendous gift to the world.
Goddam! Now that''s how you make a cover. Incredible how every "member" look so much to the real members from the VU
You found your NICO!!!
She’s perfect. Exactly right. Beautiful.
I just listened to the song, I haven’t listened to the rest of the commentary and tutorial yet. But I couldn’t wait to leave this comment.
This is beyond a labor of love.
This is so good it brought tears to my eyes.
Literally.
It would be easy to slip into a pastiche of Nico when singing this song. Caroline made the correct tasteful choice to sing it straight with only a hint of Nico’s unique accent. Really an impeccable performance, and the perfect match for the exquisite attention to detail and love for the material what you were brought to all the previous covers you’ve published here.
@@mjlotus Thanks so much for your continued support and praise my friend...indeed I'm really happy with this one particularly; Caroline's contribution really has taken it to the next level! I'm so glad it has moved you so - I hope one day we can perform this on a stage for you!
You really understood the assignment mate. Your covers are bang on, cheers!🍻
As haunting and beautiful as Nico herself!
PERFECT. The genius of VU, godalmighty be graced!
Fair play. This is absolutely tremendous 🥃👍. When yer ready with The Stooges 'We Will Fall' that Cale also played on.....😉
Bravo
another thing about this song is that, at least to my mind, it is largely based on old English folk rather than American (this being particularly evident in Reed's original interpretation). these folk elements 'surviving' in the vocal & guitar parts (with its repeated melodic refrains). i would love to hear Sandy Denny singing it with orchestral backing. it would be fascinating to learn how it came to be part of the VU repertoire - i would think that Nicos inclusion into the band at the time had a lot to do with it (Reed must have been thrilled to hear her do it for the first time). i can see how the original might have appealed to Cale (plus, of course, NIco) but not much Tucker & Morrison.
This is unreal, man. Thanks!
This should have way more views, this is breathtakingly good
I think this may be your best one yet
Definitely! Really really good.
A mesma música sem a decadência da heroína, que bonito isso e uma galera jovem.
you're one of my favorite people on this site cam, thanks for doing all this for us!
I remember asking you about this cover like 1 month ago. Can’t wait to see what other Velvet classics will be done! 👏
Glad I could get it to you...and I'll be releasing three more over the next few Sundays...I'll let you guess which one you'll all be getting for Christmas! ;)
@@CAMFORRESTER my first tought is Sister Ray, we’ll see soon!
Fantastic sound and vision.
Ich liebe es, den Song diese Atmosphäre, Stimmung,Augen zu und genießen. Danke, danke❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂
Came here after the equally excellent Venus In Furs. Another respectful, perfect cover and tutorial/guitorial. So impressed with your attention to detail and dare I say 'respect'? I hope your subscriber count grows so it's commensurate with your ability, as deserved (I'm a bit nonplussed as to why it isn't bigger).
I really appreciate your comments - thank you!
Nothing fancy here. Just brilliant imaginative musicianship. Fantastic cover.
@@franklinrwful Thank you!
@@CAMFORRESTER I prefer Carolines vocal to Nico's .
I'm nearly as impressed with the haircuts as I am with music! Fantastic!
This is a brilliant cover of a great song. Well done all.
It’s freaky how exact these performances are!❤
this song is more beautiful than i thought….
Great Cover!
Love your covers, so well done. Clearly as much of a Velvets nut as me. Keep it up!
¡Guauuuuuuu!,,,,,,,,, wowww!!!! Felicitaciones de mi parte, increíble, me encanta
It's very good, and then drum kicks in and then it's fucking fantastic, and now the neighbours know that I'm an aging goth..
a sincere updating of the song!
this is awesome. love the outfits aswell. thankyou
Marvelous. All the effort into detail, priceless
beautiful work cam! can’t wait to see what you make next!!!
Just excellent! 👍🏻🥰
The kudos I get from his brilliant way of playing venus in furs with the drop D on the 1st string
Venus In Furs is DGCFAC
such a wonderful song, you've done a good job
Very fine indeed.
WONDERFUL
Congratulations from Bahia, Brazil
Wow. Amazing.
I LOVE YOU !!!
Such a great cover man, thanks for your the tutorial it's amazing
CLASS!!
Superb!! These are brilliant Cam, looking forward to Run Run Run!
It's been recorded! Just have to film the video...
@@CAMFORRESTER Legend! i've always loved that driving riff, look forward to the tutorial..
funnily enough - it occurred to me, while watching this (brilliant) interpretation, that Lou's guitar sound reminds me of the Birds guitar sound - perhaps he influenced them with it.
There are definitely similarities in the equipment the two bands used; David Crosby played a Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins (the single-cutaway version of the Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman which Lou Reed played), but I'd say the main likeness would be the jangly sounding Rickenbacker 12-string that Roger McGuinn used, and the 'Ostrich'-tuning that Lou used on his Gretsch for this song, which created an even more extreme jangle effect. The Byrds pre-date TVU, so if there was any influence it would be the other way around...Lou particularly disliked West Coast bands of that period, but his reasons were more political/literary than musical. I do also remember reading that Sterling Morrison liked The Byrds, so it's possible TVU could have borrowed the jangle effect and made it their own!
In both cases the tone comes from two strings playing the same note - since the strings are inevitably tuned slightly differently, you hear interference effects from the two very close frequencies. Nowadays you can get more exaggerated variants of that using chorus or flanger effects, but they don’t replace the beautiful sound of strings in unison.
@@mooseyard Exactly!
The specific Byrd's cover of the song - "Mr Tambourine Man" - which - of course - leads back to Bob Dylan who Lou Reed was imitating with his early version of this wonderful song... I still don't know what the heck it's about! I certainly never thought it had any connection to folk music till I viewed/listened to this analysis of it. Tenakoe once again for this - it really is such an amazing tribute to this wonderful band.
Nice ❤❤🔥🔥
Brilliant!!
Beautiful
Oh great! Recently i wast just thinking when you will post a VU lesson!
Can't wait to see a video. 😁
Like, what lesson. The steeple can't see it AINT A LESSON. Time wasting cnuts
I love these! Awesome recreation and great playing!
il bello delle tue cover è che si sentono gli strumenti!!!! i velvet facevano un fantastico super casino cacofonico lo-fi che però non permetteva di isolare il suono di uno specifico strumento e sentirlo bene. e le singole parti di chitarre, percussioni e tastiera meritano molto! complimenti!
Awesome Cam!❤❤❤
Uncanny! Another brilliant video, Cam!
Well done
GREAT JOB!!!
Wow!!
i was wondering if TVU ever played the song in their performances after the departure of Nico? i don't think there'd be any arguing that she very much made it her own.
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You must have to do Candy Says😻
Awesome man!
I wonder if Lou and John were inspired by Celtic music. Some of the droney elements and chord progressions here remind me of that.
Most certainly Cale would've been, having grown up in Wales...and Reed in turn, being influenced by Cale's musical prowess!
Just to help me out please as I think I may have my speakers the wrong way round; the guitar is one the left channel with the drums sitting on the right? Stunning cover Cam.
The drums should be left and the guitar on the right, so yeah you have them reversed. Thanks for the kind words! 🙏🏻
Well done!
Marvellous stuff. I'm still struggling with that piano part though 🤔
Even if he wasn't technically great, Reed was a terrifically inventive guitar player
Well I liked a lot your cover - one of the most beautiful songs ever -. Actually I guess the John's piano part was played on a 'prepared piano' (as in John Cage's canon about it) - don't know exactly which sticks, paper clips or nails etc were inserted among the piano wires. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Tomorrow%27s_Parties anyways your version is quiet amazing... my best regards
Thanks very much!
Yes friends, I'm right! The og song is tuned down a quarter step from your version
So I played casually along with the song today, trying to figure it out before coming to TH-cam. I wound up having to change my tuning a quarter note for it to sound alike? Was my guitar tuned wrong from the start?
Yes my version is recorded at concert pitch D, whereas the original is flat!
Amazing how the cover is close to the original version
A great deal of effort went into making it sound as faithful to the original as humanly possible! Your comment is much appreciated - thank you!
The ONLY Nico song on the album that I liked. She sounds just like Nico!
Um.... yes
Not seeing the link to the color video, or to Caroline Dawson’s page.
It's not yet uploaded; but will be next Sunday, when Caroline returns from vacation. The link to her channel appears in the top-right-hand corner of the screen as soon as I mention it in the background section, but if you're on a mobile device it may not show. In any case, here it is: www.youtube.com/@carolinedawsonmusic
I've also now added it to the description in case anyone else doesn't see it on the screen.
@@CAMFORRESTER A thought occurs to me. You have provided directions for the instrumentation of the songs, but said nothing about the vocals. Perhaps there is little there of a technical nature to share. Nonetheless, here is a request. At some point do an interview/conversation with Caroline and discuss the singing, on the original records, and on these covers. You obviously have sophisticated training as a musician, but do you have technical training as a vocalist? It would be interesting to hear from Caroline how she approached learning and performing Nico's idiosyncratic vocals, including whether she, like you, was already a fan of the Velvet Underground. That conversation would be a worthwhile addition here, and would be relatively easy to do, would not require a lot of set up, practice, etc.
@@mjlotus It's a valid point indeed, but I am not trained as a vocalist, and as such there is little I can offer in terms of technical information regarding Nico or Caroline's voices, other than the obvious facts such as that Nico had a Contralto vocal range, and Caroline's vocal range is similar, albeit with a different timbre and overall character.
Caroline lives in Portugal, and she was recommended towards my VU project by a friend we both have in common. She generously took the time to contribute her vocals on these tracks during a vacation to the UK - it was quite brief session, and there was not the time to do a separate discussion video unfortunately, but if we get the chance to meet up again (which I hope we shall) in the future, I shall certainly propose the idea.
What I can tell you is that, while she was aware of TVU & Nico, Caroline had not really explored their music to any great extent, but many people over the years who were fans of Nico particularly, had mentioned how much Caroline's voice reminded them of her, so she became increasingly aware of Nico's music, and said during our session that the collaboration [with myself] seemed to be something that was fated to transpire all along.
i was playing this on my harmonica this morning & it struck me that it's more or less a Sea Shanty!
It's certainly not a stretch to hear that!
Can't find Venus in furs must hear his version
@@jameshostetler th-cam.com/video/P8tb8elvKY8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=q-FT3PUvYhZgecm3
Name me a better TH-cam channel. I’ll wait ..