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glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
edited February 2008 in Other Music
this band is a fuck load greater than all those pretentious music critics make them out to be. they (the pretentious wankers) just never seem to get it quite right.

seriously, this band is brilliant.
Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    glasshouse wrote:
    this band is a fuck load greater than all those pretentious music critics make them out to be. they (the pretentious wankers) just never seem to get it quite right.

    seriously, this band is brilliant.

    yes they are. Lou Reed is pure genius when he writes.
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  • AzwethinkweizAzwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    Loaded > Nico
  • KannKann Posts: 1,146
    Azwethinkweiz wrote:
    Loaded > Nico
    :eek:

    Loaded was a little boring.

    Since this thread was about to leave the first page we should play the "facts about the vu" game :
    1 - the original lyrics of heroin said "and I know, just where I'm going", Lou reed changed them at the last minute in "and I don't know, just where I'm going" and added the "and I guess that I just don't know" at the end. To the dismay of John Cale (or so they say), because it kind of changes a lot of the meaning of the song.

    2 - the original recording of the vu & nico, the one that was sent to the record companies was lost for many years. It was bought for 75 cents in chelsea (ny) in a street sale. the guy who bought it sold it at +115 000 $ on ebay a few years later (I saw the auction myself, it was on stumbleupon then) and expressed the hope of selling it to lou reed. Don't know who the winner was though (damn nicknames).
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    edited November 2015
    insane rant deleted.
    Post edited by DriftingByTheStorm on
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    i have and love their first record w/ Nico but i'm itching to get White Light/White Heat for some reason.
  • FunkdogFunkdog Posts: 85
    Pale Blue Eyes is a song I like to chill to. I got into this band about 5 years ago when I was in Santa Barbara. This vinyl shop I wandered into was playing their ablum w/Nico and I was blown away by it. Within the next few days I bought all of their cd's and have been a fan since. Great music, I think it's a band the mainstream has yet to discover and I wish the masses would consider them one of the best bands from their era.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Vu & Nico is massively influential and generally very enjoyable. Venus in Furs, All Tomorrow's Parties and Heroin are amazing. I'm not big on the stuff they made after Cale left though.

    Incidentally, John Cale learned music at my university. How cool is that? :D God knows why the prospectus goes on about the boys from Blur or Damien Hurst being alumni. John Cale helped shape modern music.
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  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,018
    i want to hear that demo version of nico. i think the deluxe edition cd has them and i think they re-printed it on vinyl with a green banana. lou reed is awesome. and i agree with who ever said loaded>nico loaded is one of the best records ever made.

    also phish covered the entire loaded album in order at atleast one show.
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  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

    But i can listen to What Goes On any time any place and get a warm tingle in my spine.


    hell yeah!what a masterclass tune!
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,056
    Oh what a little organizing will do! I was rearranging my vinyl today and came across my copy of V.U. which had somehow gotten misplaced. Spinning it right now. Pure joy! What an amazing band.
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    If you get bored with the originals. Try some covers:
    https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL7bZRXznODbasWVvlSYq_7_JKyQ_M8kVW
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,056
    DriftingByTheStorm said:

    If you get bored with the originals. Try some covers:
    https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL7bZRXznODbasWVvlSYq_7_JKyQ_M8kVW

    When the day comes that I get bored with original Velvet Underground songs worms will be eating my ear drums so it won't matter anyway. :lol:
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