Velvet Underground & Nico "The Nothing Song" Warhol/Smith (BATMAN/DRACULA) Pt.2

[mravantgarde123]

great movie! love warhols work

[DerOberfoerster]

awesome song

sad this is probably the best qualitiy availabe on the web. I've checked several bootlegs of the columbus show and this youtube video has better quality.



[friskaskswhynot]

this is pretty amazing

[craigalan100]

great song for a china white or afghani brown melt down.......

[shadul]

amazing! More than 50 year's and this sound and video project is yet very actual it seems like done yesterday ... thk's for this post.

[sigh57]

Perhaps we should just accept that this is a beautiful piece of art, sans history, sans context, sans criticism.

[mspubquiz83]

can just see 'useum' in the bottom right lol,

you recorded it off a vid screen? ( is there the acoustics of the place on it aswell ? )

its fantastic

[JamesMcFarlane88]

yes suitable music for my long awaited funeral, similar to queen victorias which can be found on the clockwork orange soundrack lp that fell out of the sky into my lap like this mantra neum im goin to use to controll mood disorders on psychotic manic and respectively hypomanic individuals destined to inherit the earth and the ether,,,,

i recognise everyone in this video,

[JamesMcFarlane88]

yes suitable music for my long awaited funeral, similar to queen victorias which can be found on the clockwork orange soundrack lp that fell out of the sky into my lap like this mantra neum im goin to use to controll mood disorders on psychotic manic and respectively hypomanic individuals destined to inherit the earth and the ether,,,,

i recognise everyone in this video,

i dearmt in this fomat, and it is litterally a heaven in which i would be amused

[LemmyX777]

If only there where more quality gems like this posted. Superb buddy

[suzieQ1976]

I don't get it.

[joegreaser]

talent + tons of heroin = great art

[dirk1606]

so cool ! ! ! 

[SLACKER614]

the world is still discovering the genius of Warhol..

[thedabick]

no entendi un carjo, alguien me puede explicar

[JamesMcFarlane88]

stereolab, the jesus and mary chain, the black angels, magik markers, thee oh sees, godspeed you black emperor and my group, mulberry chug, you should check them out they're all heavily influenced by the velvet underground

[JamesMcFarlane88]

@JamesMcFarlane88 theyre style is based on early avant guard and the beginnings of western music (gregorian chant) which was the dawn of the drone in the west, the east use the drone chiefly to this day but didnt have the rythm of the west that goes in a circle, however the notes they are playing in this song have eastern tone spacing(very close together)

[JamesMcFarlane88]

@JamesMcFarlane88

their music inspired, attitude, darkness in music and lyrics and was the birth of feedback distortion and fast rythem

they founded all that lou reed and john cale had all this in their music as early as the fifties

most of theyre ideas never reapeared untill punk hit the scene

the lyrics were litterary genius and remarkably shocking for the time they were written, and today,

[kidcalabria]

@JamesMcFarlane88

You're not seriously suggesting that Lou Reed & John Cale were around in the 1950s, are you? The first use of feedback on a record was I Feel Fine by The Beatles (Lennon's guitar feedbacks at the very start) & The Who, & The Yardbirds, thanks to Jeff Beck, used feedback, before The Velvets' records; in fact The Velvets & The Yardies were friends. Before Punk Rock other people did this stuff: The Stooges & The Modern Lovers, both produced by John Cale. Just for the record

[JamesMcFarlane88]

@kidcalabria true some 1920s music was a little weird, im not sure on feedback, but i know that link wray invented distortion by stabing his amp with a pencil there fore u have the song in the pulp fiction scene where theyre smokin at the diner, lou and john were doin avant guard with sterling morrison at syracuse uni in the fifties they dropped out to busk and sel their blood for hewroin from 1960 to 64 when they were discovered by6 warhol aty the cafe bizarre, so ... ya

[kidcalabria]

@JamesMcFarlane88

Reed was still in high school in '59. He & Morrison weren't at Syracuse University in the '50s, more like round '63, & they were playing Chuck Berry, Doo Wop, R&B, it's unlikely they were using much feedback then. Reed met Cale only in '65. Cale had been in London up to then. Anyway, that doesn't really matter, all I meant is that although feedback, the drone, etc.. were typical of The Velvets' style, the people I mentioned did it too, in a similar way, before & after them

[analogblue]

@kidcalabria The first use of feedback was actually on Bo Diddley's Bo's Bounce, 2 years before the beatles.

[kidcalabria]

@analogblue

Thanks for that. I don't recall Bo's Bounce too well right now, but being a bigger Bo Diddley fan than a Beatles fan, at any rate, I'm really glad to hear it, and I'll check it out too. Having said that, I'm sure that most people are more likely to have become aware of feedback from I Feel Fine than Bo's Bounce. Nonetheless, your point stands, thank you

[JamesMcFarlane88]

@JamesMcFarlane88

find the album "the velvets revolution: 15 bands inspired by the velvet underground"

[freedomsfart]

These people were to music what Goya was to painting.

[DoctorExplosion]

Does anyone know where I can download this movie?

[1111Nevermind]

Now I can see why people ask me if I am on drugs when I make my vids

even though I am not

[rosasparx]

well, alright.

[abacazabaca]

could that be Moe singin'. shes a great musician

[jackhillty]

sound more like nico to me - similar to "Melody Laughter" - tho Moe is certainly the anchor of this piece

[abacazabaca]

Yes jackhillty,i think u are correct. i can now more easily picture nico on tha mic. just heard it for sure there.she's a great musician as well.

[TheCptKid]

is that the original version of the film as shown at warhol's art exhibits?

[inabeautifulplace]

sounds like It Was a Pleasure Then

[lubosmartin]

yes it sounds. i dislike both of them. they were pretty bad in doing "musicians" out of them.

[ZenPapageno]

People greatly underestimated them as musicians because they deliberately did things "wrong" -- much more so than other rock bands.

A good example of how Reed grew as a guitarist:: the Songs for Drella clips.

[chikon2000]

I can't believe that I haven't heard this before. What a powerful piece of music. It really shows Moe Tucker's contribution to the Velvet's sound.

[Gwyll2501]

the full version of this is just pure bliss.

[rosasparx]

@Gwyll2501 quick, where is the full version? help, i must see it.

[Gwyll2501]

The full version can be found on a double album called 'the velvet underground live in columbus 1966'. You should be able to find a torrent online. They play almost every song from the banana album, the nothing song, and also a great bit of impro called 'Melody Laughter. Be sure to check it out, it's great.

[dirk1606]

@Gwyll2501 thank you so much for this information, gwyll! what an incredible masterpiece is THIS song & you're right, together with "melody laughter"!

greetz,

dirk

[Gwyll2501]

@dirk1606 Don't mention it.

[SLACKER614]

i can see and hear elements of the neo-folk genre

[fag0tron]

how have i not heard this before?! incredible.

[Starvoid7]

can this track be found in audio format on a record or something?

[terminalpictures]

complete track is on various Columbus '66 bootlegs... online and about. Really should be released officially as volume 2 of the bootleg series along with the incredible Gymnasium set.

[Starvoid7]

thanx for the info ; )

[plslvmn]

The Velvets are or were true artists, and that's why their work has lasted. So was Andy Warhol, whose work in film is still being appreciated.

[arvid0391]

the godfathers of alternative music!

The ones who like the Velvet, I SALUTE YOU

[gwugluud1]

comparing the VU to the likes of REM and U2 is like comparing steak and ice cream to vomit that's got rotting goldfish, dandruff, and old people feces in it. I mean, seriously. Develop some sort of brain.

[slangshotstudios]

you are amazing

[fag0tron]

yes yes yes. gwugluud, i applaud you.

[Mugsycache14567]

Brutal (lol). Having read many interviews of Peter Buck...I bet he would agree. I don't, but my opinion is awfully silly for the most part.

[Zerrith]

@gwugluud1 come on REM isn't that bad.. Not as good as Velvet Underground but not old peoples' feces bad.

[MowgliX]

@gwugluud1 Haha!!!! :)

[JacobRClark]

Thanks for this. My friend Beverly Grant is the woman standing on the chimney. She has an eyepatch and is smoking with a long cigarette holder. I am writing a book about her and I would love any info on the making of this film!

[Bonzo321]

HOLY SHIT WHAT A FUCKING AMAZING SONIC CREATION FROM THE GREAT VELVET UNDERGROUND THANX SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS.

crazy video too. nice Andy!

[corazon624]

MUY BUEN TRABAJO FELICITACIONES

[velvetunderground125]

The soundtrack to this is fucking ace! I have been a big fan of The Velvets for 34 years,and still can't belive what an influence they have been to so many of today's bands ie: U2 REM. Today the Velvet Underground would be massive,in the 60s they could hardly sell a record!