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There's a line, usually attributed to Brian Eno, that highlights how influential this album was... "When it came out the first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band."
Lou Reed was from his own dimension. Not to trivialize the other members. Another album from this period that was basically ignored on release and later became critically acclaimed is The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. Completely different but also a masterpiece.
@sjames1955 Wrong. Lou Reed was brillant as a songwriter and lyricist, but it was mainly John Cale's achievement of their groundbreaking sound on the first two lp's. The songs Reed composed before bumping into Cale sounded very Dylanesque/Countrylike. Cale told Reed that the songs had to be backed up with an equavilant sound to the lyrics, and that's exactly what Cale did. By implementing experimental and classical sounds and structures into their music, he gave the songs that sinister and menacing depth. Cale should have been co-credited for the music, but selfish Reed would have none of that.
Nico was German; John Cale on viola/bass is Welsh. Check out Nico's Desert Shore or The End solo LPs; Cale is still alive. He was the avante garde element in the band.
Both the Beatles and TVU are basically the parents of the music that followed them. You just have to look at the year this album was released, it's really fcking insane, you can't overstate how ahead of it's time it is. It basically created the sound of the more alternative sound of music like punk, grunge and stuff like that. Like, you said Run Run Run felt older than the others, yet there was no music like that before them. Maybe you don't realise how old this album actually is.
great video. probably the objectively best Velvet Underground album but my personal favorite would probably be White light/White heat, check that one out if you want the more noisier side of the Velvet Underground. Or if you want more of the softer side then check out their other self-titled 1969 record.
This is one of those change your perspective albums. John Cale, the bass, viola & piano player, has a solo album titled. "Paris 1919." It is worth a listen.
The screech in "Venus in Furs" is an amp'ed viola (used on several tracks; played by John Cale). Yeah, this is the most influential album that nobody bought at the time. It was produced on a shoestring, and the raw edges were part of the appeal (and later Garage and Punk picked up on this). You might also want to check out Lou Reed's post-VU album _Transformer_ which does have better production but was still pioneering new ground. In the 1980s, the first 2 Pixies albums - _Surfer_ _Rosa_ and _Doolittle_ - were compared to this as far as being unrecognized influences on subsequent genres. We definitely wouldn't have today's music were it not for some releases that were unrecognized turning points.
So glad you enjoyed this!! Looking forward to more from them. I gotta ask though... What is with people needing music to "go somewhere"? Please note, I realize you changed your opinion. But still... Why can't music just be what it is? You close yourself off from different music when you expect it to be anything. Just take it for what it is. And you clearly already know this, but sometimes you need to listen to something at a later time (hours or even years later) for it to click. Sometimes your ears just aren't ready for it. That's okay.
Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:44 Sunday Morning 2:25 I'm Waiting For The Man 4:02 Femme Fatale 5:43 Venus In Furs 7:30 Run Run Run 9:22 All Tomorrow's Parties 11:49 Heroin 14:30 There She Goes Again 16:29 I'll Be Your Mirror 18:03 The Black Angel's Death Song 19:47 European Son 21:47 Discussion
The album was released in 67, it was ALIEN then, and is the blueprint of all indie, alternative, punk bands that followed in years to come, even today.
I'm Waiting For The Man and All Tomorrow's Parties are remarkeable for John Cale's piano clusters, a minimalistic concept which can be heard all across Punk and Alternative music: The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog (Cale playing sleighbells and piano and also being the producer), Bowie's Heroes, Roxy Music's Do The Strand and Virginia Plain, Swans' Lunacy, QOTSA Go With The Flow, The Fall's Fantastic Life....
Lou Reed was not happy when Andy Warhol sprung Nico on the band and said that she would do the vocals on those particular songs, but you don't say no to Warhol. "All Tomorrow's Parties" was about the groupies around Warhol, and it was his favorite Underground song. Mine too.
Really good album. If you like some more drony stuff I would recommend both F#A# Infinity and Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! From legendary post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Tbh first time I listened to this album I thought it was alright, then one day while relistening it just clicked and it was an amazing experience. Some Album recs: Homogenic by Bjork Ok Computer, In Rainbows, and Kid A by Radiohead Revolver by The Beatles In Utero by Nirvana
That instrument on sunday morning is a celesta its like a more higher pitched sounding vibraphone except its a keyboard not a percussion instrument and yes it is used in lullabies alot it can also be really creppy sounding like the creppy bell sounds in horror movie or the ghost lullabies are often made with that
Back in the mid 60’s they usually just listen to speakers, so the left-right panning would not bother you so much.. BTW, this album was delayed in release for almost a year.. Zappa’s then manager had something to do with it.. No Kickdrums here too, just bass drums set on the floor by Maureen..
I get what you mean about the hard panning on All Tomorrows Parties. Stereo records from this era aren't really suited to headphone listening. They were mixed to be played on a proper hifi system.
Dude, I hope you go back and read the lyrics over (however, your critique of "European Son" is spot on). It's a lot of poetry, so your interpretation can't be wrong. ;)
i don’t know what your experience with or feelings on emo music are, but if you are at all interested in it as a genre you should listen to “just got back from the discomfort, we’re doing alright” by Brave Little Abacus. basically the holy text for the current wave of art-rockish emo, and one of the best albums ever
Hello Gen-Z from one of the few survivors of the 1970s - 1999. I so love your observations. Thank you. (PS: You're a little off about your summation (I.e. Veris in Furs) but it was SUCH a different time.
RE: European Son: No one was doing that at this time (save, maybe, The Doors). It is steeped in the work and thought of John Cage (another search item :D ).
if you want to listen to some other awesome weird old music, try listening to some Krautrock, I recommend Faust-So Far (1972). It's more inspired by acid and less by heroin than the Velvet Underground.
The world the VU's came from was wayyyyyyy outside the musical norm in 1967, when it was released. They were the seedy side of New York life, one of drug addicts, transvestites, prostitution, sadomasochism. The production was sparse, and largely sponsored by Andy Warhol, the artist who of course is the source of the banana. Lou Reed, the bands leader, was one of the great musical explorers, and his whole catalogue is worth checking out, peaking in my opinion with the 11 minutes of Street Hassle from 1978.
I would struggle to call Squeeze a VU album despite their name being on it. Most the key players had already left the band by the time it was made and it was more of a contractual obligation to the label of the remaining members. In my head cannon it doesn't really exist.
Don't take Heroin... Snort it! I've done it twice (Many years after hearing this song... I'm 63 y.o.) ... Smoke it and snorted it and both time I was like, "Oh! This is why people ruin their lives!" For two or five hours, it was wonderful I was lucky to intellectualize it and not join the oblivious crowd.
PS: Nico is worth exploring ... she's hard to find on Y'Tube save this link (because of W. Anderson) but she had a great run... there is also a documentary: "Nico / Icon" th-cam.com/video/52ZdwZ7Ig-8/w-d-xo.html
Analyzing this album this way is like counting the colors used on the Mona Lisa ! You may be missing the point. And by the way, Sunday Morning is about going out to score heroin!
No way! Fed up of people Beatles this, Beatles that. They were very influential, sure, but also way overrated, all these Beatles wank fest are so annoying.
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20:16 * narrator voice * He was, in fact, not ready for the instrumental.
😂
There's a line, usually attributed to Brian Eno, that highlights how influential this album was... "When it came out the first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band."
It’s been attributed to ENO but I first saw it in the 1969 live liner notes by Elliott Murphy.
"A lot of her vocals sound holy"
Nico was a gift that we didn't appreciate when we had the chance.
“… like an auditory car wash”
Best line from any music reaction channel ever. Also not wrong.
This album was so ahead of its time. An album that I’ll think you’ll like is Björk’s Vespertine :D
"I feel like I have to try heroin now" lol. If nothing else, it should make for a good reaction video!
This was the album that got me to explore music outside of hip hop, classic fr
Lou Reed was from his own dimension. Not to trivialize the other members.
Another album from this period that was basically ignored on release and later became critically acclaimed is The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. Completely different but also a masterpiece.
Arthur is also elite
@sjames1955 Wrong. Lou Reed was brillant as a songwriter and lyricist, but it was mainly John Cale's achievement of their groundbreaking sound on the first two lp's. The songs Reed composed before bumping into Cale sounded very Dylanesque/Countrylike. Cale told Reed that the songs had to be backed up with an equavilant sound to the lyrics, and that's exactly what Cale did. By implementing experimental and classical sounds and structures into their music, he gave the songs that sinister and menacing depth.
Cale should have been co-credited for the music, but selfish Reed would have none of that.
Nico was German; John Cale on viola/bass is Welsh. Check out Nico's Desert Shore or The End solo LPs; Cale is still alive. He was the avante garde element in the band.
Both the Beatles and TVU are basically the parents of the music that followed them. You just have to look at the year this album was released, it's really fcking insane, you can't overstate how ahead of it's time it is. It basically created the sound of the more alternative sound of music like punk, grunge and stuff like that. Like, you said Run Run Run felt older than the others, yet there was no music like that before them. Maybe you don't realise how old this album actually is.
great video. probably the objectively best Velvet Underground album but my personal favorite would probably be White light/White heat, check that one out if you want the more noisier side of the Velvet Underground. Or if you want more of the softer side then check out their other self-titled 1969 record.
This is one of those change your perspective albums. John Cale, the bass, viola & piano player, has a solo album titled. "Paris 1919." It is worth a listen.
I saw John cale live last year. Such an unforgettable moment for me.
The screech in "Venus in Furs" is an amp'ed viola (used on several tracks; played by John Cale). Yeah, this is the most influential album that nobody bought at the time. It was produced on a shoestring, and the raw edges were part of the appeal (and later Garage and Punk picked up on this). You might also want to check out Lou Reed's post-VU album _Transformer_ which does have better production but was still pioneering new ground. In the 1980s, the first 2 Pixies albums - _Surfer_ _Rosa_ and _Doolittle_ - were compared to this as far as being unrecognized influences on subsequent genres. We definitely wouldn't have today's music were it not for some releases that were unrecognized turning points.
The Mollusk by Ween would be a crazy entertaining reaction to watch. It’s a really solid concept album that SpongeBob was eventually inspired from
Yeah the screech in Venus is caused by John Cale hitting a high harmonic on his viola. Nice analysis sir :)
An album thats always in my top10 best albums of all time, it is an absolute classic, Venus In Furs and All Tommorows Parties are my favourites.
So glad you enjoyed this!! Looking forward to more from them. I gotta ask though... What is with people needing music to "go somewhere"? Please note, I realize you changed your opinion. But still... Why can't music just be what it is? You close yourself off from different music when you expect it to be anything. Just take it for what it is. And you clearly already know this, but sometimes you need to listen to something at a later time (hours or even years later) for it to click. Sometimes your ears just aren't ready for it. That's okay.
You right
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:44 Sunday Morning
2:25 I'm Waiting For The Man
4:02 Femme Fatale
5:43 Venus In Furs
7:30 Run Run Run
9:22 All Tomorrow's Parties
11:49 Heroin
14:30 There She Goes Again
16:29 I'll Be Your Mirror
18:03 The Black Angel's Death Song
19:47 European Son
21:47 Discussion
One of the all time great albums
Would love to see you react to white light white heat next. It's their most experimental album and my personal favorite.
You might dig Nico's second album, The Marble Index.. that's a definite vibe 😅
I would strongly suggest to you “Forever Changes “ by Love. Fantastic panoramic album
I was JUST going to make that comment when I read yours. Something in the air that brought it on.
The album was released in 67, it was ALIEN then, and is the blueprint of all indie, alternative, punk bands that followed in years to come, even today.
Classic album. The background of the band is WILD.
Glad you liked this album! The next two are dope as well. Recommends: -David Sylvian, 'Secrets of the Beehive' album.
You should check out where this albums lands on various greatest albums of all time lists. It wasn't loved at first, but it's more accessible now.
I'm Waiting For The Man and All Tomorrow's Parties are remarkeable for John Cale's piano clusters, a minimalistic concept which can be heard all across Punk and Alternative music: The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog (Cale playing sleighbells and piano and also being the producer), Bowie's Heroes, Roxy Music's Do The Strand and Virginia Plain, Swans' Lunacy, QOTSA Go With The Flow, The Fall's Fantastic Life....
Consider the times / era it was released ;
the basic music that you would hear on the radio ...
~ And how DIFFERENT THIS was in comparison !
Nico's discography when? So dark and divine
Lou Reed was not happy when Andy Warhol sprung Nico on the band and said that she would do the vocals on those particular songs, but you don't say no to Warhol. "All Tomorrow's Parties" was about the groupies around Warhol, and it was his favorite Underground song. Mine too.
u gotta listen to all their albums now, theyre all very different so if you dont like one of them its fine!!
The lyric “the streets you crossed not too long ago” is what gave me the meaning. Meant to put this on your other comment btw my bad
Really good album. If you like some more drony stuff I would recommend both F#A# Infinity and Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! From legendary post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Tbh first time I listened to this album I thought it was alright, then one day while relistening it just clicked and it was an amazing experience.
Some Album recs:
Homogenic by Bjork
Ok Computer, In Rainbows, and Kid A by Radiohead
Revolver by The Beatles
In Utero by Nirvana
That instrument on sunday morning is a celesta its like a more higher pitched sounding vibraphone except its a keyboard not a percussion instrument and yes it is used in lullabies alot it can also be really creppy sounding like the creppy bell sounds in horror movie or the ghost lullabies are often made with that
John Cale playing the celeste
Very good reaction and thank you for making me realise what heroin was about
"Car Wash" analogy is spot on, my dude!
I'll be your mirror could be the greatest love song
Back in the mid 60’s they usually just listen to speakers, so the left-right panning would not bother you so much.. BTW, this album was delayed in release for almost a year.. Zappa’s then manager had something to do with it.. No Kickdrums here too, just bass drums set on the floor by Maureen..
1967... Great album !! Think I'll take it down and play it today !! Keep it up. Check out some Nico solo albums too !!
Great album.. my first
I get what you mean about the hard panning on All Tomorrows Parties. Stereo records from this era aren't really suited to headphone listening. They were mixed to be played on a proper hifi system.
Since you seemed to like Nico’s songs a lot, I highly suggest checking out her album The Marble Index. So dark and ahead of it’s time.
YOU'RE SO SWEET AND SO YOUNG.... (HOWEVER, GREAT REALASATIONS)
Sigh ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_von_Sacher-Masoch
7:13 lol you sweet summer child
LOL I literally said the same phrase!
CHURCH-LIKE VOCALS!!!
This is where it all started. Might be time to get into some Sonic Youth - try Goo.
Judging from your favourite tracks here I think you'd love their third self titled
2:12 thats literally what the songs about!! either u read that or they get the vibe across just that good lol
Dude, I hope you go back and read the lyrics over (however, your critique of "European Son" is spot on). It's a lot of poetry, so your interpretation can't be wrong. ;)
i don’t know what your experience with or feelings on emo music are, but if you are at all interested in it as a genre you should listen to “just got back from the discomfort, we’re doing alright” by Brave Little Abacus. basically the holy text for the current wave of art-rockish emo, and one of the best albums ever
you gotta do the velvet underground self titled album, kinda different but also similar sound
Nah, Cale's sinister and menacing soundscapes missing there.
definitely listen to the mono version. imo, all tomorrow's parties is unlistenable in stereo
This is the first alternative album ever created
Hello Gen-Z from one of the few survivors of the 1970s - 1999. I so love your observations. Thank you. (PS: You're a little off about your summation (I.e. Veris in Furs) but it was SUCH a different time.
PPS: Look up Nico's work (featured by Wes Anderson)
RE: European Son: No one was doing that at this time (save, maybe, The Doors).
It is steeped in the work and thought of John Cage (another search item :D ).
if you want to listen to some other awesome weird old music, try listening to some Krautrock, I recommend Faust-So Far (1972). It's more inspired by acid and less by heroin than the Velvet Underground.
We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic by Foxygen !
This was their most impactful and innovative album, but their relatively mellow self-titled third album is their actual best.
The world the VU's came from was wayyyyyyy outside the musical norm in 1967, when it was released. They were the seedy side of New York life, one of drug addicts, transvestites, prostitution, sadomasochism. The production was sparse, and largely sponsored by Andy Warhol, the artist who of course is the source of the banana. Lou Reed, the bands leader, was one of the great musical explorers, and his whole catalogue is worth checking out, peaking in my opinion with the 11 minutes of Street Hassle from 1978.
Can you do Pawn Hearts by Van der Graaf Generator
“Squeeze” is the only album to avoid if you’re going through their discography
I would struggle to call Squeeze a VU album despite their name being on it. Most the key players had already left the band by the time it was made and it was more of a contractual obligation to the label of the remaining members. In my head cannon it doesn't really exist.
I also want to note that their demo album VU, that wasn't released until 1985, is a much better "5th" album in their discography
Please please listen to Ultimate Spinach's first self titled album. The first track is called EGO TRIP.
Don't take Heroin... Snort it! I've done it twice (Many years after hearing this song... I'm 63 y.o.) ... Smoke it and snorted it and both time I was like, "Oh! This is why people ruin their lives!" For two or five hours, it was wonderful I was lucky to intellectualize it and not join the oblivious crowd.
PS: Nico is worth exploring ... she's hard to find on Y'Tube save this link (because of W. Anderson) but she had a great run... there is also a documentary: "Nico / Icon"
th-cam.com/video/52ZdwZ7Ig-8/w-d-xo.html
They took the seats LOL
please react to the beatles white album or revolver bro!
you gotta listen to gluee bro
robotic instincts got metallic dreams
Analyzing this album this way is like counting the colors used on the Mona Lisa ! You may be missing the point.
And by the way, Sunday Morning is about going out to score heroin!
Frog Baseball!!
i mean abbey road has the best album cover ever
No way! Fed up of people Beatles this, Beatles that. They were very influential, sure, but also way overrated, all these Beatles wank fest are so annoying.