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  1. hugh

    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

    I'm not so sure about that. That's only one way in which to talk about a piece of music (or any kind of art). Granted, it's a pretty common one, particularly with respect to sound, but it can lead to some of the worse music writing imaginable, stuff that just disappears down the subjective...
  2. hugh

    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

    For sure. Cornu mentioned in his excellent post that Warhol probably didn't have much influence on the VU's music per se but you can see why he was interested in them. He was all about breaking down the distinction between museum-style "high art" and popular culture.
  3. hugh

    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

    Yes! I agree. And the very best stuff is that which rewards being looked at from all those different angles ... like, eh, VU for example.
  4. hugh

    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

    Well the "musically blues-less" part, to me, is a large part of the appeal. (Even though,it's not really true - Waiting For The Man, for example, is pretty much a blues song). I take your point though, but as I said, this is one of the (many) things that make this album great - a shift away from...
  5. hugh

    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

    Well, they were both operating within the same basic form - the difference is that one band were famous and the other wasn't. There is also a very different tone and approach here. When the Beatles and other acts write about drugs its done in a nudge-nudge wink-wink way .. it's cloaked in...
  6. hugh

    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

    Venus In Furs and Heroin are the stand-out songs on this album for me. They're the ones where the John Cale drone/avant-garde/experimentalism joins perfectly with the Reed pop songwriting.
  7. hugh

    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

    I love Waiting For The Man. If there was a track I'd drop it would be Run Run Run.
  8. hugh

    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

    Listening to Heroin right now. Crackle city. I need a new copy of this.
  9. hugh

    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

    Fantastic record. Listen to it every now and again and have done for years. Looking forward to blasting it over the weekend. Don't get the Warhol distaste though. To me, it's association with that "scene" is one of the (many) things that make it interesting i.e. the NY/East Coast arty...
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