| The Velvet Underground Boxa review by Sal Mercuri
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a9AdsViewNamespace.Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.You either get it or you don't.The most extreme edge of the band is captured in such selections as "The Black Angel's Death Song," a piece so far out that The Velvet Underground were actually fired from a bar gig for playing it one time too many for the management's liking.The Velvet Underground a miss.Patti Smith, one of several artists who were heavily influenced by the Velvet Underground), you owe it to yourself to give this band, and this recording in particular, a try.For those who have an ear to hear it, The Velvet Underground is an essential.Was this review helpful to you?"Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."For years I had heard about the legendary group but hadn't actually listened to their music.So I decided to give the Velvet Underground a try and was not initially all that impressed.When I heard "The Velvet Underground and Nico" my initial thoughts were, "this is boring and the production stinks".But, as a younger listener not familiar with the Velvet Underground, I think this is an album that takes time and a few listens to really appreciate.Throughout their career, The Velvet Underground underwent many different personal changes.Maureen Tucker, whose drumming on "Heroin" is indispensable.Her icy beauty and delivery helped make "The Velvet Underground and Nico" the classic that it is."The Velvet Underground and Nico" is born."The Velvet Underground and Nico" as being the antithesis of another classic album released the same year, Love's "Forever Changes."While the song and its lyrics are relatively straight forward, they are also unforgettable.The piano towards the end gives the song a sense of urgency.She comes across like a black widow.Her icy voice, flat and cold, over the gentle melody is the perfect contrast."Venus and Furs" examines the seductive, dark side of human lust and sexuality.The repetitive strumming riff is almost hypnotic.Nico sounds subdued, yet dominant in "All Tomorrows Parties."There is a lot musically going on, with guitars overlaying the piano and so on.It is simply one of the most intense songs ever recorded.Nico comes across as warmer than she did on the other two songs."The Black Angels Death Song" is a rather obscure song, whose true meaning I have yet to fully grasp.The album winds down with "European Son."In conclusion, although it took me a few listens to appreciate "The Velvet Underground and Nico," I know recognize it as the masterpiece that it is.If you are looking for instant gratification, you best look elsewhere.Once it clicks and it hits you, you will see why this album is so highly regarded.It sounded "queer," but it's queer only in the sense that Lou Reed is waiting for his drug dealer "...But, this record is much more than a Punk predecessor, Andy Warhol bank rolled project, or Art Rock oddity.Was this review helpful to you?When I first listened to this album, when I was fifteen, I hated it.My experience with music extended to the church music and country pop my sister and parents loved, and...Essential listening for rock musicians and connoisseurs
I have long believed that anyone who aspires to be a rock musician, or anyone who wishes to understand its evolution as an art form, needs to spend time listening to the catalog...Lou Reed can't sing, or play, and if you combine that with a penchant for writing songs that are unpleasant to listen to, then you can call it avante garde , and it can somehow...This CD is an exception, because it's so critically acclaimed and so BAD that I don't...Class of Their Own
The first time I heard The Velvet Underground, I thought and still do think their style is so distinctive, like no other.Not so fond of Nico's voice, but Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground are awesome!See all 260 customer reviews...Perhaps we share similar taste, no?The Power of GPS Training Gets Small Location data increases the impact of a fitness computer exponentially.Garmin's new Forerunner 405 packs GPS, wireless connectivity, and training functions into a sleek watch you can wear all day.For more about music, check out our blog, Amazon Earworm, and our monthly newsletters, Amazon Delivers.Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?Track your recent orders.View or change your orders in Your Account.The Velvet Underground Music Videos Free on WoozyFly.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.The influence of the Velvet Underground on rock greatly exceeds their sales figures and chart numbers.They are one of the most important rock and roll bands of all time, laying the groundwork in the Sixties for many tangents rock music would take in ensuing decades.The New York Dolls, Patti Smith, the Sex Pistols, Talking Heads, U2, R.Roxy Music and Sonic Youth have all cited the Velvet Underground as a major influence.Lou Reed, who wrote most of the material.White Heat was more sonically radical.That seems inconceivable today, given its high quality and enduring influence.Prior to the release of Loaded, Reed left the Velvet Underground to embark on a solo career.Velvet Underground briefly kept the name alive, that was essentially the end of the story: four brilliant albums that formed a blueprint for the next three decades of rock and roll.Live MCMXCIII, appeared later that year.TIMELINE
March 9, 1942: John Cale of the Velvet Underground is born.August 29, 1942: Sterling Morrison of the Velvet Underground is born.Velvet Underground album, is released.October 15, 1969: The Velvet Underground perform over a period of nights at End of Cole Ave.January 17, 1996: The Velvet Underground is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the elventh annual induction dinner.Uptight: The Story of the Velvet Underground
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It is Time for a Love Revolution.See all 116 customer reviews...Music (See Bestsellers in Music)Popular in these categories: (What's this?Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?Released in 1969 to an almost total lack of critical acclaim or consumer interest, the Velvet Underground's third album may well be the finest record of the band's career.Loaded, the album's songs are free to stand on their own merit."Pale Blue Eyes," "Jesus," and "Candy Says" are some of the most delicately gorgeous songs Lou Reed has ever penned.Music for The velvet underground at Sheet Music Plus.Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?This is the Velvet Underground's most accessible album, the one that most people first experience and find easiest to enjoy.If You Close the Door, the Night Could Last Forever...Fortunately, they were never faced with this challenge.Was this review helpful to you?Restrained, spare and haunting, it contains a bevy of classics from a band that continues to have a huge influence more than three decades after calling it quits.The Feelies and Sparklehorse have either covered songs from this album or taken musical and lyrical samples from it.Beginning to See the Light.Overall, an understated classic that will stick in your memory long after it has finished playing.Was this review helpful to you?See all 116 customer reviews...Velvets' 3rd album, which provides both good news and bad news.My amazon friend Fin reminded me of this album, and I realised it's the most beautiful of the Velvet Underground's output.Quiet Album with Lots of Intensity
The Velvet Underground formed in 1964.Worth buying for 'I'm Beginning to See The Light'.Why most people in the world have not heard the melancholy sounds of the Velvet Undergroud's self titled album is a mystery to me.Published 5 months ago by Daniel J.Pure VU Bliss, turned down to a Softer Volume
The Velvet Underground truly were ahead of their time and became inventors of being the first New York noise band; a sound that soon became punk.See all 116 customer reviews...Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing Items Like This?Find music to rock your world...Music You Should Hear: Artists' PicksWant to know what Norah Jones, Sting, and Il Divo are listening to?The Power of GPS Training Gets Small Location data increases the impact of a fitness computer exponentially.Please note that we are unable to respond directly to all feedback submitted via this form, but we'll ask you to sign in so we can contact you if needed.Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.April 1966 Scepter Studios, New York City
Tracks S2, 4, 7
May 1966 T.The Velvet Underground and vocal collaborator Nico.Recorded in 1966 during Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia event tour, The Velvet Underground and Nico would gain notoriety for its experimentalist performance sensibilites, as well as its focus on controversial subject matter in songs such as "Heroin".National Recording Registry by the Librarian of Congress.Scepter Studios acetate version
8.The Velvet Underground and Nico
9.Recording
The Velvet Underground and Nico was recorded with the first professional line up of The Velvet Underground, including Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen "Moe" Tucker; with Nico, who would occasionally sing lead with the band at the instigation of their mentor and manager, Andy Warhol.Scepter Studios, a decrepit recording studio in New York City.As the record's release date was bumped back time after time because of production problems, Wilson also took them into a New York studio in November 1966 to add a final song to the track listing: the prospective single "Sunday Morning".Producer(s)
There is some confusion as to who actually produced The Velvet Underground and Nico.And yet, Cale later recalled that it was Tom Wilson who actually produced nearly all the tracks on The Velvet Underground and Nico.Lou Reed discussed the matter in an interview:
He just made it possible for us to be ourselves and go right ahead with it because he was Andy Warhol.In a sense, he really did produce it, because he was this umbrella that absorbed all the attacks when we weren't large enough to be attacked...He just sat there and said "Oooh, that's fantastic," and the engineer would say, "Oh yeah!The second track of The Velvet Underground and Nico.The fourth track from The Velvet Underground and Nico.The seventh track from The Velvet Underground and Nico.As the song nears its final crescendo, the percussion quickens and the electric viola produces feedback."That's the kind of stuff you might read.Many of the songs were written by Reed as observations of the members of Andy Warhol's "Factory Superstars".Tight: The Velvet Underground Story).Cale thought his sensibilities meshed well with Lou Reed's, who was already experimenting with alternative tunings.Ostrich guitar tuning consists of all strings being tuned to the same note.The method was utilized on songs "Venus in Furs" and "All Tomorrow's Parties".Cale's viola was used on several of the album's songs, notably "Venus in Furs" and "Heroin".Quite often, Cale would only play one note on the viola and sustain it for as long as possible, as on much of "Heroin".Eric Emerson's head at the top of the photo and his outstretched arms on the right and left."The Banana Album"
The Velvet Underground and Nico is sometimes referred to as the "banana album" as it features a Warhol print of a banana on the cover.MGM paid for costs figuring that any ties to Warhol would boost sales of the album.On the 1996 CD reissue, the banana image is on the front cover while the image of the peeled banana is on the inside of the jewel case, beneath the CD itself.Emerson threatened to sue over this unauthorized use of his image, unless he was paid.Copies that had already been printed were sold with a large black sticker covering the actor's image.Reception and sales
Upon its original release, The Velvet Underground and Nico was largely unsuccessful by popular music standards and was a financial failure.The controversial content of the album would lead to its almost instantaneous ban from various record stores.Its lack of success can also be attributed to Verve, who failed to promote or distribute the album with anything but modest attention.It wasn't until decades later that the album received almost unanimous praise by numerous rock critics, many of whom made particular note of its influence in modern rock music.Also in 2006, the album was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time.It ranks at number 7 on Rate Your Music's top albums of all time and number 1 for the year of 1967.Nico was also forced out of the group, though she would start a moderately successful career as a solo artist, releasing her debut solo album, Chelsea Girl in October 1967.Chelsea Girl would feature five songs written by members of The Velvet Underground, including "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams", a song Reed wrote and recorded earlier with the aid of John Cale and Sterling Morrison in 1965.The album was featured on the second disc of the set along with the single version of "All Tomorrow's Parties", two Nico tracks from Chelsea Girl and a live song.Among these demos are early versions of "Venus in Furs", "Heroin", "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "All Tomorrow's Parties".One critic wrote that the set was "somewhat disappointing in that it fails to offer any previously unreleased material."Scepter Studios acetate version
Norman Dolph's original acetate pressing of the Scepter Studios material contains several recordings that would make it onto the final album, though many are different mixes of those recordings and three are different takes entirely.The acetate was pressed on April 25, 1966, shortly after the recording sessions.Hill put the album up for auction on eBay in November.Bootleg versions of the acetate tracks have also become available on vinyl and CD.New York, NY: Continuum International Publishing Group.The Velvet Underground Story."White Light White Heat: Lou Reed and John Cale remember Andy Warhol".Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story.United States: De Capo Press.Transformer: The Lou Reed Story.New York: Simon and Schuster, 106.Greg Milner, Alex Pappademus (April 2003)."Top Fifteen Most Influential Albums of All Time (...Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis and The Rolling Stones)".Add a link to your "The Velvet Underground" fan site on VH1.Get FREE UPDATES for The Velvet Underground!Wanna party like a rock star?Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: All Time InducteesWatch videos from Hall of Fame honorees past and present.Velvet Underground Story Label: Universal International Release: 04.AxisThis station is an alliance between the major powers of Rock.Did you know you can post a link to your fan site?Add a link to your The Velvet Underground fan site on VH1.Keep tabs on The Velvet Underground!Test Your Smarts with our quiz and find out! |
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