sometimes when I listen to the Velvet Underground..

batreleaser · 03.17.2013, 02:11 AM

I think that underground music never really got any better then that.

louder · 03.17.2013, 04:51 AM

what is your fav album?

Mortte Jousimo · 03.17.2013, 01:19 PM

Mine is definitely Velvet Underground & Nico. But White Light is also almost as great and I love them all, even loaded although many fans consider it has only some great tunes, I love the whole album. Of course I don´t count Squeeze Velvet-album.

TheMadcapLaughs · 03.17.2013, 01:52 PM

sometimes i think the same thing about the thinking fellers union local 282

Severian · 03.17.2013, 02:54 PM

I feel the same way... until I put on Bad Moon Rising, and remember that the torch was passed to a band that-- somehow-- managed to innovate, pioneer, influence, and eventually define underground music in a way that even the Velvets could never have equaled.

Just as Elvis Presley introduced the world to iconic pop, only to pave the way for the Beatles to turn it on its head, making it a viable art form and perfecting it in a way Elvis never could, The Velvet Underground (despite their greatness) are in my mind mere precursors to a movement that did not reach full realization until Sonic Youth stepped in to pick up the flag.

Forgive the hyperbole. I love both the VU and SY in two uniquely reverent way. I tend to get a little worked up when I talk about them.

Severian · 03.17.2013, 02:59 PM

Oh, and I cannot choose a favorite VU album. For many years it was White Light/White Heat, but VU & Nico is one of the first albums that truly blew my mind, and a few years ago I rediscovered Loaded, which is definitely criminally underrated, and just as definitive as the others, if in a different way.

Genteel Death · 03.17.2013, 03:14 PM

The only solution to this is sending you to high-security mental institutions, and I am saying this as a big VU fan.

hirsute_biped · 03.17.2013, 04:07 PM

The Scepter Sessions is pretty cool, especially if you've listened to VU & Nico so much it's burned into your brain. Alt takes and mixes for an ever-so-slightly alternate view on the iconic work.

Also, I got John Cale: New York In The 1960s vinyl box set a while ago (waited to find a good deal), which is absolute madness.

Severian · 03.18.2013, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Genteel Death

The only solution to this is sending you to high-security mental institutions, and I am saying this as a big VU fan.

Using Librium to treat hyperbole? Interesting...

SonikJesus · 04.02.2013, 07:23 PM

yr kinda right. though there has been good music produced since it isnt necessarily better

Dr Chocolate · 04.09.2013, 09:06 AM

me and my first grrlfriend used to fuck alot to the banana cd on repeat

Genteel Death · 03.05.2019, 11:13 AM

Colour footage of the Velvet Underground in Texas, October 1969.
Starts at around 7:40. No sound.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67...89/m1/#track/1

Antagon · 03.05.2019, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Genteel Death

Colour footage of the Velvet Underground in Texas, October 1969.
Starts at around 7:40. No sound.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67...89/m1/#track/1

Great find. I'm a sucker for grainy Super 8 colour footage. Looks like quite a unique location for performances. Thanks for sharing.

h8kurdt · 03.05.2019, 03:54 PM

Amazing footage. I'm with Antagon on being a sucker for super 8 footage. Anyone know who the band before the Velvet footage is?

Rob Instigator · 03.05.2019, 04:28 PM

Butthole Surfers are better "underground" band than VU.

Butthole Surfers forever......

VU is Rolling Stones without the posh clothes. hahhahahahahhaha

Genteel Death · 03.05.2019, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Antagon

Great find. I'm a sucker for grainy Super 8 colour footage.

Me too. And thanks for appreciating the sharing. I love how you can ''intervene'' on old footage/pictures shot this way more, now, and bring it round to the way you think it should looks. A modern intervention on over-exposed, way too highlighted footage. VU is tattooed on my arm. VU 4evah!

Genteel Death · 03.05.2019, 04:35 PM

Also, only tossers think 4 or 6 k is amazing. No style.

radarmaker · 03.05.2019, 05:08 PM

Amazing footage, thanks - it's great that new snippets, however brief, are still turning up 50 years on. Also reminds me to check the velvetforum more often!

Genteel Death · 03.05.2019, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Butthole Surfers are better "underground" band than VU.

Butthole Surfers forever......

VU is Rolling Stones without the posh clothes. hahhahahahahhaha

Fuck off Rob. VU is THE BAND. Rolling Stones are for vegans or conspiracy theorists.

Antagon · 03.05.2019, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Genteel Death

Also, only tossers think 4 or 6 k is amazing. No style.

Must spread some of that rep around. Yeah, I don't get that whole max-def hype either. In fact I think it looks quite dreadful in a lot of cases. Charming and grainy for the win.
Sorry for going off on a tangent here.

03.17.2013, 02:11 AM	#1
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	I think that underground music never really got any better then that. __________________ listen to pink reason
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louder invito al cielo Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5,463	what is your fav album?
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03.17.2013, 01:19 PM	#3
Mortte Jousimo expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,019	Mine is definitely Velvet Underground & Nico. But White Light is also almost as great and I love them all, even loaded although many fans consider it has only some great tunes, I love the whole album. Of course I don´t count Squeeze Velvet-album.
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TheMadcapLaughs 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SF, CA Posts: 818	sometimes i think the same thing about the thinking fellers union local 282 __________________
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03.17.2013, 02:54 PM	#5
Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,741	I feel the same way... until I put on Bad Moon Rising, and remember that the torch was passed to a band that-- somehow-- managed to innovate, pioneer, influence, and eventually define underground music in a way that even the Velvets could never have equaled. Just as Elvis Presley introduced the world to iconic pop, only to pave the way for the Beatles to turn it on its head, making it a viable art form and perfecting it in a way Elvis never could, The Velvet Underground (despite their greatness) are in my mind mere precursors to a movement that did not reach full realization until Sonic Youth stepped in to pick up the flag. Forgive the hyperbole. I love both the VU and SY in two uniquely reverent way. I tend to get a little worked up when I talk about them.
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03.17.2013, 02:59 PM	#6
Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,741	Oh, and I cannot choose a favorite VU album. For many years it was White Light/White Heat, but VU & Nico is one of the first albums that truly blew my mind, and a few years ago I rediscovered Loaded, which is definitely criminally underrated, and just as definitive as the others, if in a different way.
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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	The only solution to this is sending you to high-security mental institutions, and I am saying this as a big VU fan.
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hirsute_biped the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manta Sonica, California Posts: 1,165	The Scepter Sessions is pretty cool, especially if you've listened to VU & Nico so much it's burned into your brain. Alt takes and mixes for an ever-so-slightly alternate view on the iconic work. Also, I got John Cale: New York In The 1960s vinyl box set a while ago (waited to find a good deal), which is absolute madness.
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04.02.2013, 07:23 PM	#10
SonikJesus the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,006	yr kinda right. though there has been good music produced since it isnt necessarily better
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Dr Chocolate children of satan Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: woly boly Posts: 275	me and my first grrlfriend used to fuck alot to the banana cd on repeat
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03.05.2019, 11:13 AM	#12
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Colour footage of the Velvet Underground in Texas, October 1969. Starts at around 7:40. No sound. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67...89/m1/#track/1
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h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Amazing footage. I'm with Antagon on being a sucker for super 8 footage. Anyone know who the band before the Velvet footage is? __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	Butthole Surfers are better "underground" band than VU. Butthole Surfers forever...... VU is Rolling Stones without the posh clothes. hahhahahahahhaha __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Also, only tossers think 4 or 6 k is amazing. No style.
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03.05.2019, 05:08 PM	#18
radarmaker the end of the ugly Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,122	Amazing footage, thanks - it's great that new snippets, however brief, are still turning up 50 years on. Also reminds me to check the velvetforum more often!
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