Songs That Changed Music: The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
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Few rock groups can claim to have broken so much new territory, and maintain such consistent brilliance on record, as the Velvet Underground during their brief lifespan. It was the group’s lot to be ahead of, or at least out of step with, their time. The mid- to late ’60s was an era of explosive growth and experimentation in rock, but the Velvets’ innovations - which blended the energy of rock with the sonic adventurism of the avant-garde, and introduced a new degree of social realism and sexual kinkiness into rock lyrics - were too abrasive for the mainstream to handle. During their time, the group experienced little commercial success; though they were hugely appreciated by a cult audience and some critics, the larger public treated them with indifference or, occasionally, scorn. The Velvets’ music was too important to languish in obscurity, though; their cult only grew larger and larger in the years following their demise, and continued to mushroom through the years. By the 1980s, they were acknowledged not just as one of the most important rock bands of the ’60s, but one of the best of all time, and one whose immense significance cannot be measured by their relatively modest sales.
Historians often hail the group for their incalculable influence upon the punk and new wave of subsequent years, and while the Velvets were undoubtedly a key touchstone of the movements, to focus upon these elements of their vision is to only get part of the story. The group was uncompromising in its music and lyrics, to be sure, sometimes espousing a bleakness and primitivism that would inspire alienated singers and songwriters of future generations. But the band’s colorful and oft-grim soundscapes were firmly grounded in strong, well-constructed songs that could be as humanistic and compassionate as they were outrageous and confrontational. The member most responsible for these qualities was guitarist, singer, and songwriter Lou Reed, whose sing-speak vocals and gripping narratives came to define street-savvy rock & roll.
The Song “I’m Waiting For The Man” is about waiting on a street corner in Harlem, near the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 125th Street, in New York City and purchasing $26 worth of heroin (equivalent to $211 in 2019), sung from the point of view of the purchaser, who has presumably traveled to Harlem from another part of the city; the “man” in the title is a drug dealer.
Along with traditional guitars, bass, and drums, the song also features pounding, percussive rock-and-roll barrelhouse-style piano. It is one of the band’s more popular songs, and one of their many compositions featuring drugs as subject matter.
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What other songs and artists do you think changed music? Share your thoughts by commenting below!
Great choice Warren
VU are one of the most influential bands ever, without a doubt!
More VU, more Iggy and also MC5!
The Stooges - 1969
Love - forever changes would be a good one
Scary fact. My aunt lived on 125th and Lexington Ave. She was late to everything. And yes, I bought this album a couple years before I started my first band. So... there could be something to this.
Excellent! Thanks ever so much Bobby!
..and she was a man!!! :)
@@hanstun1 She was "THE MAN".
Did your aunt own any "shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather"?
@@aisforapple2494 The line, "He doesn't hurry, he's always late" came from William S. Burroughs' book "Naked Lunch."
We have a same songs who changed our life, every time since the first
Indeed! Anyone who works in the music industry understands their importance!
@@Producelikeapro I would like working in the music industry in the future...
Do something on Big Star, the best band you've never heard of
Huge fan!
@@Producelikeapro I would love to see you cover "September Gurls"
Yes! Thirteen or September Gurls
Big Star would be awesome.
Saw them live, thanks!
Great one. I'd love to see your take on The Fall.
Coming soon!
"I'm totally wired!"
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless.
Definitely
@@Producelikeapro Nice. On that note, could you cover the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds & the Smile Sessions? Hit us with the wall of sound, Warren!
If you allow me, here's a suggestion:
The Beach Boys: Smile!, the trilogy:
1st: Following up on Pet Sounds & the trainwreck that was the actual recording back in 66-67
2nd: Smiley Smile vs. The Smile Sessions
3rd: Brian Wilson's Smile from 2004
But seriously, just Pet Sounds would be amazing already. I just keep coming back to these videos, great work m8
I preferred their earlier stuff, TBH. The compression on Loveless is so extreme that I can't really enjoy listening to it.
@@ThreadBombI have the opposite opinion: their earlier work, while often good, the production felt a little too loose/raw for the type of music they made. Loveless feels utterly filled sonically, and I appreciate that density/psychedelic haze.
I still put Velvet's Loaded album in my top three albums of all time. Adrian Barber, Shel Kagan and Geoffrey Haslam did a fantastic job producing it.
Oh man! I love Velvet Underground, I love that song! I’ve even seen them live in Straßbourg, France when they were opening for U2 on the Zooropa Tour. When Lou Reed came on stage again to perform ‘perfect day’ together with U2 …. Goose bumps as I have never had goose bumps ever again!! Velvet underground -> Biggest influence ever for me… as are The Doors who actually also should be in this category. Don’t know which song yet 🤔 Mr. Huart, I’ve got to say your choice of songs is rather fantastic. Thank you very much this series! 🙏🏻
Thanks ever so much Jo! I really appreciate it!
Great video as usual. I would say that it was not only the lyrics and subject matter that made the VU proto-punk. The simplicity of so many of the songs in terms of chord progression, and the frequent driving 8th notes of both guitar and drums are also influential, in my opinion.
Mate, you forgot the best VU history ever: their first concert was in a psychiatrists congress! It was dealed by Warhol as an "artistic surprise". They were shocked!
Haha I do remember reading their first paid show was at a kid's School! I'll have to check out this other first show!
Omg, you did it!!!! Awesome, awesome, AWESOME! My favorite band EVER!!! Warren, these videos are the best
You're very welcome Randal! Thanks ever so much
I'll never forget getting wrecked and listening to this in my college dorm back in 67. It blew everybody's mind!
The Blue Nile is a really interesting band that deserves more exposure.
Same goes for The Chameleons, very underrated band
Blue Nile's Hats album is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Thank you!
Thanks ever so much!
It’s Angus MacLise. Big fan of your channel I think it’s awesome you featured VU. They are one of my favorites!
Awesome! Thank you!
Lol... was 'Agnus' his wife? :P
Believe it or not White Light White Heat was my favorite album in 1968 when I was a 7th grader. Thank goodness for big sisters.
Did you know that Lou Reed was trying to emulate Bob Dylan when he wrote and sung I'm Waiting For The Man? Check out the 2006 film The Velvet Underground: Under Review. You'll unmistakably hear Dylan's influence on the demo. The Velvet Underground And Nico was completed before they had secured a record deal and when they did sign with Verve it was requested that they re-do those two songs because they felt they could do better than what they had. You would never know the recordings were done at two different studios on different coasts, as they managed somehow to maintain a consistent sound, which of course came down to the band itself.
A friend gave me the Cassette of this album around 88 - when i left his house i put it on my Walkman and Hearing Sunday Morning into Waiting for the man was just a mind blower for me.
It's still my favourite l.p 30+ years later.
Great video!
Thanks ever so much!
I would suggest you do videos on The Jefferson Airplane, and Gil Scott Heron. Also, for better or worse, The Eagles changed music, as did Burt Bacharach. Another song I suggest you cover, is "Teenage Kicks", by The Undertones.
I love Teenage Kicks! What a song!!
At about the start of this episode, you mention the style "Art Rock". Years ago, in communist-time Bulgaria, we were considering it (wrongly) as a synonym for Progressive rock. Much later, I read an article (don't remember where and by whom) that stated "Art Rock" was the musical answer to what was the Pop Art movement in the visual arts. And Art Rock started in the early 60s, rather than the late (as Progressive)... It all made sense (with A.W. producing the V.U.), and many of its representatives (especially from continental Europe) came from the Academic circles rather than the garage formations. That article also described the connection or similarities of the German Krautrock and Art Rock. It will be very interesting for me to learn and hear more about who was who and where and when about these movements, what they were aiming at, how they did things musically and in the studio, etc, ...
Hi Warren sandy Denny's who knows where the time goes, surely is one of the greatest folk songs of all time. It was even judged to be in a poll. And surely sandy is as great as Nick Drake. Her self penned songs resonate to this day.
(I'm) Stranded by the Saints quietly kicked the door down for all the other punks to come running in through
“One things for certain, you always gotta wait...” Truer words have never been spoken if you use dope
Can were a huge influence on Uk 90's Manchester 'baggy sound' a la Stone Roses. E.g the drum pattern on their 'Fool's Gold. 'Jaki Leibezeit was such a remarkable and original drummer and they took a lot from it, as it did many others around that time and since.
Probably been suggested down the line somewhere, but the Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy would be a great one to do. The J&MC are of course the mutant first cousin of the Velvet Underground and Nico.
Great idea!!
Not cousins, they came two decades later, so would be their sons or nephews.
I was 17 when I discovered the Velvets... 1998. I saw vh1s 100 Greatest Guitar Albums, and they mentioned Marquee Moon by Television and it sounded great, so I went to Starship Records to buy it. The guy said "man if you like Television, you have to get the Velvet Underground too. So I bought Vu & Nico. Holy fucking shit. Those two albums blew my goddamn mind.
Thank you for your analysis. Great presentation as always!
I'd argue that the third album by the band serves more as a perfect testimony to their timeless sound. Some of the songs from the VU's debut album like Venus In Furs and Femme Fatale still sound like they could only be made in 1967. On the other hand, songs like After Hours sound like they could be made yesterday
Indeed, however without the first album there is no second or third! Femme Fatale and Venus In Furs are staples for every Indie/Alternative to this day regardless of whether they are 'dated' sounding.
It's worth pointing out that the VU's first album works not just because of its innovation but because of its classic pop foundations. Experimental work that is impenetrable is worthless, because it fails in its essential task of communicating with the audience; if you give the audience a roadmap (e.g. a song structure and a hook), they have a way in.
Love this episode. "The Velvet Underground & Nico" is my favourite album of all time (along with Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisted").
Another Girl Another Planet by The Only Ones. Or anything that shines a light on The Only Ones in general.
The ultimate cult band in many ways. Huge influence on bands like the Libertines, Nirvana ect. And even Johnny Marr used to follow them around on tour before he formed The Smiths!
And yet most people don't know them! Fascinating history too, little obscure but would love to see one of your deep dives
How about Husker Du Zen Arcade and their cover of Eight Miles High for just pure passion.
I think a case for Ozzy/Black Sabbath as most influential of all time. If you want very influential, but more likely to have seen on a shirt than heard it would have to be Joy Division and their song Love Will Tear Us Apart. That was the band everyone wanted to be in the 80s.
Super great choice.
Thanks ever so much
They're up there with Wyld Stallions as most influential band ever
beating the air
I still have the original vinyl album from when it was released - my first year in college. I never peeled the banana!
This album was one of many back then that yanked me away from my classical music snobbery and disdain for "Top 40."
Lord have mercy but the only "pop" stuff I liked was Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and ahem... cough... Andre Kostelanetz.
That snobbery kept me from noticing the early Beatles until many years later. I did like Revolver but was more of a Rolling Stones guy at the time.
How about a Feature about Astrud and Joao Gilberto and the "Girl from Ipanema"?
Great idea!
Stan gets,Brazil 66
Well, Warren, what about Link Wray's Rumble? Great show as usual.
Motörhead - Ace of spades. Naturally.
Indeed! I have talked about it, however, more to come!
I want an episode about Slint, the most important Post Rock band in history.
Great series :) how about one about gang of four? (Maybe "To hell with poverty" or the "Entertainment" album?)
imagine if he broke down "Sister Ray"
Cardiacs are inadequately discussed for how adventurous and forward-thinking their “progressive punk” music was. They are cited as an influence by Radiohead, Blur, Tool, Faith No More, and many others.
Thanks for the interesting sessions. Suggestion: J.J. Cale with the song Cocaine, kind of double link to this episode :-)
I love that song!
It's true, "The Velvet Underground" were insanely influential. Countless bands name Lou Reed and Co. as their influences. So also OMD, who consider "The Velvet Underground" next to "Kraftwerk" as their influences.
This is also shown by the fact that the band originally comes from punk rock. At that time they were called "The Id". OK, other names were used as well. But I can't name them here, otherwise my comment will be blocked. :-)
Anyway, OMD covered "The Velvet Underground" twice.On the single "Messages" from 1980 there is "Waiting for the Man" on the B-side, and on the album "Liberator" from 1993 there is "Sunday Morning".
OMD - Waiting for the Man: th-cam.com/video/k5bQ9BL5NTc/w-d-xo.html
OMD - Sunday Morning: th-cam.com/video/_7Bdw82xW4A/w-d-xo.html
How about some love for the most influential German bands in the early 70s? Neu!’s Hallogallo and CAN’s Vitamin C especially come to mind
White Light/White Heat or The Modern Lovers
Hi Warren, May I please ask who's little piece of art is to the right of the screen?...I looks very childlike and honest... I'm a commercial artist & curious of such things...and a fan of your show of course. Cheers Mate!
That’s my daughters drawings! I think she did that when she was 3!
@@Producelikeapro Thanks Warren, it is wonderful you have a wee bit of home on the channel, very cool indeed....cheers Mate, have a super week!
Silver Apples-Oscillations
Booker T & the MG's Green Onion.
Masterpiece!
I think I know why you chose this one as a song that changed music, (instead of some other more well known songs of theirs like Heroin or Venus in Furs ect) and please tell me if Im wrong; This song "Im waiting for the man" is in songwriting an evolution of the blues. The Reed-ism is there already, (At that young age he had his own thing already) not just an update on the blues lyric-wise but he puts in those chords that are so not blues chords, the sharps that makes it go a step further than a usual three chord blues song (Cant remember what they are, but Im pretty sure theres an F# or G# in there?). Interesting video mate.
So an episode on Napalm Death: You Suffer
heh ... about time ;-)
There’s a long list!! Haha
What about the mythical surprise feature of the original album cover? Was it only the first run or something?
Have you done any Jam yet? Maybe Eton Rifles.
I LOVE that song and I love the Jam!
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Then sup up your beer and collect your [I think YT actually erased me for the next word].
@@deliusmyth5063 haha indeed!
The Jesus and Mary Chain. Did they inspire Shoegaze, noise-pop, even dream-pop? By 1990 the music papers reported that many current bands thought of PsychoCandy as their 'year zero'.
'Holiday in Cambodia' Dead Kennedys
DH is a good friend! Going to do something with him
The band X. Also, soundtrack for Repo Man.
Lou's lyrics were greatly influenced by such authors as Hubert Selby, Nelson Algren, and William Burroughs....
Absolutely
Don't forget Delmore Schwartz.
could you do a video on Longview by Green Day that is the early 90's punk anthem some say Basket Case is but Longview was a better song
Warren.. primal screams screamadelica.. that's got to be a real turning point. Certainly for me anyway
I love that album!
@@Producelikeapro It's got a good back story too.. It was like nothing I'd ever heard to that point
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Methodrone
🖤
This episode is not on par with others in the series. The song itself isn't apart from any other on the album that is universally regarded (as a whole) a musical hallmark. As an indicative, the Wikipedia article about the song (which part your script seems *heavily* based upon) is neither lengthy or informative. Just two years ago a very 1965 'dylan-esque' demo of this song was found and this is omitted. Again, most of this series is excellent, keep the good work!
Interestingly I've had three videos used to update Wikipedia articles! Haha Personally I didn't reference Wikipedia as a lot of this I grew up knowing and loving! I know the series would be more successful if I only focused on massive artists, like Zeppelin, U2 etc etc who have huge followings, but I wanted to try and bring forward bands like this that really did affect the music industry! However, comments like this, do make me second guess that commitment. I once read a quote from a music critique who said the biggest hindrance from cult bands gaining major success is the fans who don't want 'their' artists to be accepted by a major audience.
@Frank Lee it's definitely an interesting battle between people telling me that these bands are not important because they aren't Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan or U2 (all of which I love as well!) and the fans who say I didn't do a good job because they know best and I didn't do it right.
How about Jefferson Airplane, BB King ?
Definitely on the list!
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@@deepspacemusicofficial9671 thank YOU!
"Agnes" lol
Andy Warhol sure had a habit of taking credit for other people's work ('his' prints were copies of other artworks or objects that him and his team changed the colors on and he usually didn't even print them, it was other people at The Factory).
At 4:34 it says loud reed instead of lou lol
Where? It says 'Lou' at 4.34
Descendents:)
That's "Angus" not "Agnus! " 🙂
Anything off Computer World by Kraftwerk. Especially Numbers.
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society sold poorly upon release and is now recognized as a classic. That album, and The Kinks in general, was also highly regarded in indie rock circles in the 80s and 90s, much as VU was. X is another band that was hugely influential yet never sold a lot of records. They seem almost completely forgotten, which is strange to me given how high their profile once was.
I love that band so much and that album so much that my first band was called 'The Village Green Preservation Society'!
I've been surprised at how many people know about Village Green that I wouldn't have expected to be familiar with it. The right people know about good music. Arthur Lee & Love, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.... I could go on for a while.
One of my favorite all time records. I love its nostalgic vibe which went against the whole hippie thing in the late 60s.
Village Green and Preservations act one and Act two.... some of my fave kinks stuff
Man, X was such a great, underrated band. They must have launched a thousand bands that launched another ten thousand... punk-rock first stage!
For me, The Velvet Underground are the only band from the sixties that don't sound dated today - just about every other band from that time sound so 'sixties' and really of the era - but The Velvets still sound fresh, and daring. They're timeless.
Fantastic! Thanks ever so much
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys ? That sounds 60s to you ? You must be an avant garde genius then,cause that album sounds like it's from 2230.
This is because they influenced so many future rock acts of the '70s, '80s and '90s.
The lyrics are realist narrative par excellence.
Buy METAL MACHINE MUSIC.
So true
Such a great, highly influential band. Sunday Morning is one of the most beautiful songs ever written in my opinion.
Agreed 100%!!
Pale Blue Eyes. But 5hat might be personal on my part. Lou was our poet. Musically VU were so far ahead of the pack it's taken two generations to catch up. And 90percent of the stuff even now is still far behind. Two other bands for consideratio. Tonto Expanding Headband, and the first Faust album ( Bridget Riley sleeve.)
My bloody valentine's loveless is an obvious one. I'm sure I'm not the first to suggest it.
Yes, masterpiece!
this was the exact one I was thinking of
@@nicholasromig5506 Agreed 100%!
Yes, Sonic Youth are on the list!
@Soy Orbison Daydream is wild. I like the songs better on Goo but Daydream is probably better overall
The Velvet Underground = Greatest and still underrated
Agreed!
Throbbing Gristle is a good example of an influential band. :)
who
@@aaronrodriguez7852 Proto-industrial band
Holy shit, I gave this comment like number 23!
RIP Genesis and Sleazy.
words cannot describe how influential the VU was to the "alternative" world especially their first 2 albums look at every rock band from the 80s and 90s they were inspired by the VU even if they didn't know it
Agreed 100%!!!
@@Producelikeapro I once joked at the height of "New Wave" music, "New Wave is the genre in which all the women sound like Yoko Ono and all the men sound like Lou Reed."
One of my top 10 bands. Lou is my favorite songwriter from NY. Love what he said, "We had a rule in The Velvet Underground, NO blues licks."
Agreed, incredible songwriter
@@Producelikeapro that 50th birthday concert for Bowie has THE best version of "White Light/White Heat." Reeves Gabrels RIPS that one apart.
one of the best indeed!@@Producelikeapro
$26. That in itself tells a story.
See, you can snort dope, smoke it off tin foil or even toss it straight under your tongue, but $26 means something.
$25 for the dope and $1 for a "new one". A new, clean, diabetic's needle.
Rest in peace, Lou Reed and thanks for the easter eggs.
Here are three ideas: 1. The band Love’s third album “Forever Changes”. 2. Television’s song “Marquee Moon”. 3. (Please bear with me on this suggestion because this may seem so out of left field) Glen Campbell’s song “Wichita Lineman”. This song is such a simple song but it carries a lot of weight. If you like a good read about an interesting slice of musical history check out the book, “The Wichita Lineman: Searching In The Sun for the World’s Greatest Unfinished Songs” by Dylan Jones. As a kid back in the 1960s I was fascinated with this song based on a couplet in it and as it turns out many people were/ are and this book is a deep dive into some cool musical philosophy, theory and history. All three of my suggestions might fit in nicely with how you present your videos (which are always top notch). ✌🏽
All amazing ideas Richard! Thanks ever so much for the suggestions! Three of them are in progress!
TELEVISION. The world would be a better place if more people knew Marquee Moon. Such a mind blowing album. Elevation or Torn Curtains are my favorite tracks.
@@BobbyGeneric145 agreed 100%!
@@Producelikeapro i have to be deep into music snob territory here in Oklahoma to find people who know my favorite groups... Velvets, Television, Psychedelic Furs, STONE ROSES, and the Brian Jonestown Massacre... Mr Produce... If you are not familiar with the BJM, I highly suggest their greatest hits "Tepid Peppermint Wonderland". Best concert of my life, ahead of McCartney, Who, Waters The Wall, etc.
Excellent choice! Love it
I think "Heroin" or "Venus in Furs" was more important. But actually you can pick any song of this album and it will be historically amazing. Love this series, greetings from Chile. Y love when you say "free goodies", i miss that
It;'s hard to pick one song from them album, however, from the point of view of a Gen X kid in the UK I can tell you that all of us who played in bands had this song and Sweet Jane in our repertoire!
Venus In Furs sets the benchmark for the Undeground's creativity - if you want to catch a new generation's interest then I'd suggest one uses that as the exemplar.
@@fincorrigan7139 indeed, agreed 100%! I would point out that one of the first comments said that it was a weak track! Haha The whole album is a masterpiece!
@@Producelikeapro I don't envy your putting of the head above the parapet with this type of exercise. Shots Ring Out - Memphis Sky 😉
I always like The Black Angels Death Song.
Fantastic episode again. That album contains many beautiful songs too; Femme Fatale, Sunday Morning, I’ll Be Your Mirror.
Thanks ever so much
i remember when i first listened to a velvet underground album seriously i was looking at the cover and saw when it was released and just wondering how it was possible that they were so apart from what most people were doing at the time. the word visionary seems to fall short of where they were at artistically. amazing.
Agreed 100%!
Pere Ubu - The Art Of Walking. There's nothing else like it. Nothing.
Marvellous Scott!
Saw Pere Ubu play in Chicago, 1980 or so. Hadn't actually heard their music, I was too poor to buy their record, and they certainly weren't on the radio. A friend had called me from NYC, told me, "See these guys if they come to Chicago!" Cost maybe $2.00 to see the show, about 50 people there. They started with I Will Wait. Blew my mind! David Thomas came out onstage about two minutes after the song started. Wonderful memories!
Truly underrated band. Saw them at Stirling Uni in 1981 after two years of listening to 'The Modern Dance' and 'Dub Housing'. During a tuning up problem David Thomas decided to help matters by singing the whole of The Flintstones theme tune. 'I Will Wait' is also a masterpiece in cramming raw excitement into 1m 50s.
And "Final Solution" too.
@@lancecox8084 Dead right there mister. Absolutely one of the best driving songs ever. Don’t get me started on ‘Heart of Darkness’.
Eno's you know!!... Sorry, I'll get me coat! 😩👍
Haha Thanks Nigel!
What an iconic band! Always enjoy hearing these!
Yes, hugely influential!
@@Producelikeapro Absolutely!
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The best part of the song lyrically is the last part:
"I'm feeling good, I'm feeling so fine
until tomorrow but that's just another time"
which shows the cycle of drugs. You feel good now but the next day you're back to scoring.
you only truly understand that if you are a junky. You get well and then tomorrow morning you are dope sick. You will ALWAYS have to wait too.
An artist who I've found musicians love but very few others know much of - Captain Beefheart. Also a great singer that's mostly only name-checked by other singers is Laura Nyro.
I’m a huge fan!!
I think the first R.E.M. album Murmur is worthy of your channel. It's truly amazing and groundbreaking as well. Thank you.
It's a wonderful album!
The band Sparks. they're underrated nd need some recognition
Great Band! Thanks ever so much
I began my VU obsession in 1995. I still remember purchasing the Peel Slowly and See box set that year with the peel-able banana on the cover (just like the original LP) and playing the hell out of it all summer. Cale's slashing viola still sounds like the ultimate bliss to me.
Haha I thought "Today I don't watch TH-cam for a day" .. checked my Inbox - Warren - Velvet Underground - and here we are enjoying another amazing episode haha best series about music ever ✌
haha thanks Ady!
They had two geniuses in the band , Lou and John Cale . How about doing a John Cale song rundown
Lou Reed's work was so powerful. Listen to "Rock and Roll Animal" his 1974 live album. You can't unhear that one. "Transformer" was maybe his only brush with a hit album but even that was never a huge selling record. "Berlin" was depressing, dark, dissonant, distant, and amazing and it took 20 years for people to really understand it. He was never afraid to make the album he wanted, and, it all started here.
I love Rock and Roll Animal! My dearly departed friend Dick Wagner was one of the guitar players on that album! It was actually a gold album in the UK! It was only the US, where like Transformer, it’ didn’t do well.
@@Producelikeapro , Dick is somebody you should talk about on the channel. His work with Reed and Alice Cooper would be enough to cement his place in R&R. But I also love his early work with The Frost and Ursa Major. I am a huge Dick Wagner fan, glad to know you are too!
@@jppagetoo yes, I got to record an amazing charity single for St Jude’s Children’s Hospital that Dick wrote and Produced! He was a dear friend and I miss him dearly!
When I was 14 years old (1970) we were encouraged to bring a record to play in class on Fridays as 'music appreciation.' Once, I brought John Lennon's recently released "Cold Turkey" but someone else brought his older brother's copy of Velvet Underground & Nico. I knew I had to get that album and listen to the whole thing, Calling it 'underground' was an understatement, especially at that time. It remains at the top of my favorite albums.
Now with The Internet and Spotify, you can pull up anything and listen to it. When The Velvet Underground started, you had to in that orbit to even know that VU existed. Underground radio wasn't really a thing either, so Velvet Underground were ignored by the world at large during their initial run.
I was reading "The Oral History of David Bowie" and he covered "Waiting For The Man in the early 70's. Many at the time swore that Bowie had written it.
Velvet Underground and "Peel Slowly and See" is where "alternative music" that became world conquering Nirvana starts.
How about doing X Ray Specs Oh Bondage Up Yours
Poly Styrene is a relatively unsung hero of punk/post punk and arguably one of the most original artists to come from that movement. She deserves to be celebrated.
Great idea Joanne!
@@Producelikeapro also - and I hope you don’t think this is too cheeky - my Son Jack is now creating music, and regularly watches your videos. I would be grateful for any advice, support and constructive criticism you could offer him. This is his newest song. soundcloud.com/user-563522315/roses-and-violence-final-bounce