I don’t care what anyone says, i love your music, i love your style and i love the fact that you don’t give a monekeys! But could you please do me a big big favour bro. I know you have got a lot of shit on your schedule but in your next gig bring a highlight to the fact that Black people are three times as likely as the general population to develop kidney failure
The need for organs in the Asian community is three to four times higher.
@MetalMachineManiac ...I know MANY artists whom I can trust not to do what Lou Reed is doing when they turn 69. Just cause you're old doesn't mean you're common sense gets lowered.....
When this record was released in Australia (b/w Here SHe COmes Now) it really took off in Melbourne... i was a Sydney kid and i NEVER heard this on Sydney radio at all during 1968. Shame, guess the country with Paul Mauriet, Mantovani and Liberaci all in it's top 100 in '68 wasn't ready for this... though in Sydneys defence The Human Beinz, The Easybeats, Apple Glass Cyndrome and Stooges all made the top 40 in SYdney between '68 and 69. it was a wild weird mixture of psych garage and love songs
Amusingly, while all you adolescent minded little bitches are indulging in musical dick waving (" my fave band can beat your fave band up, so nyer" ), the Lou Reeds and Steve Vais of this world are busy expending their timme and energy on creating works of beauty that touch people emotionally. That's why they are worshipped, and you fucking idiots will die lonely and forgotten. Grow the fuck up, and respect other people's tastes. I feel dirty for having sunk to your level! :(
@thememoryremains100 You are entitled to your opinion but you should listen to some more velvet underground songs before you conclude that lou reed is a "douche". The Velvet Underground is one of the most influential bands in rock history.
@thememoryremains100 maybe because they respect a "douche" that played fucking awesome rock in the 60's while the 'mighty Metallica" were kids in diapers.
@FSquid I cannot tell you how much I agree with this. It would completely change Mr. Blonde from a sorta hipster sadist to kind of a druggie, not unlike his late brother Vincent. (Still hoping for a Vega Brothers film)
It's good to some because they like it. It's bad to someone else because they don't. Music satisfies different people in different ways. I want pancakes.
Hey, it's music that's no longer relevant. It's only 2 minutes and 45 seconds long but based on how often it repeats it could just be 23 seconds and you would get the just of it. My how great it must have been to be a musician in the 60's you could produce shit and hipsters will love it years later based primarily on the decade it came from. Seriously, Nothing fucking happens in this song.
@TheLexyboy I get it, there isn't anything here. Give me a surprising vocal track or a guitar solo or nice groovy hook to dance to, or something!!! Don't tell me I don't get something where there is nothing to "get." This guy puts out something anyone regardless of musical talent can learn to play in a week, at the same time you guys bitch that people like Justin Bieber and Ke$ha are blowing up the charts, your low standards put them there.
@fashioncorpse like i said, personal taste. And personally, i couldnt give a flying fuck who's in the charts! I honestly dont think ive ever even heard a Justin Bieber song, but he does seem to upset a lot of people lol
@fashioncorpse right, since you asked, i grew up listening to 70's punk and 80' alternative music and the natural progression is to search out the music that influenced that. This is where i came across stuff like the Velvets, Stoogies, Sonics and a load of other 60's garage bands. In the case of the Velvets it was The Jesus and Mary Chain that led me to them. Thats not to say i only like fuzzed out drone. Just that i can appreciate it for what it is. Justified?
@TheLexyboy "Oh i listen to everything, man. If you don't like a band, don't listen to them. It's all personal preference. I have a list of things that i listen to that is so middle of the road, it is difficult for people to object to because I am a coward, afraid to go out and have any insane, ridiculous music taste for fear of being judged." This may sound like you to a T but awaiting your statement with anecdotal evidence disproving it.
@fashioncorpse And I saw you like taylor swift the most basic talentless so called musician of all time. I didn't even have to look up the cords for her/his cords to his/her songs and I knew them. Fucking useless music the best thing that ever happened to taylor swift is Kanye West. I never liked Kanye's music but when I heard that he told taylor whats what my respect for him sky rocketed. taylor swift is the scum of the earth just like you and by the way she has tiny eyes and looks retarded.
@hermygagala My argument went way over your head didn't it?? Let me articulate: The velvet underground is liked by "cool" people like yourself. The velvet underground cant play instruments worth a damn. No longer is it necessary for "cool" musicians to play instruments worth a damn. The velvet underground lowered the standards, which is why we have shitty acts like ke$ha and taylor swift and so on. Read a post before you embarrass yourself next time.
@fashioncorpse don't ever compare taylor swift to the VU. You know fuck all about music. just get the fuck out of here. taylor swift is not cool and his/her music is fucking garbage also her image is ugly. How anyone can think that that bitch is good looking is beyond me. They must have some fucked up tastes in women. JGTFO!!!
@fashioncorpse You're probably some loser sitting in mother's basment listening to taylor swift and jerking off to pictures of Arnold Swartnager and JB. You useless fucking troll. Go fuck yourself. You are just a piece of shit.
@hermygagala You haven't yet had an argument legitimately explaining the validity of this music. All you have done is insult me and call me names like a 12 year old would. My guess is that you have never stopped to think about this music and you are some bandwagon hipster who listens to music from the 60's without questioning it because listening to music from the 60's makes you "cool"
@fashioncorpse None of the music you listen to would even be around without the pioneers like Nazareth, Judas Priest, Velvet Underground, Grateful Dead, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin. You have no idea what you are talking about. The way Lou and The Velvets composed music was to give you the feeling of I don't care and you should either. Their music was mainly about drugs. Specifically Heroin a drug that gives you the exact feeling of "I don't care". This was the reasoning.
@hermygagala +1 for Grateful Dead, all others are pretty lame. You didn't mention The Allman Brothers, Frank Zappa, Yes, Ozric Tentacles, Steely Dan, Return To Forever, Dave Brubek, Jeff Beck or anyone else that really pushed any boundaries. But if you want to stick to the bland, middle of the road pop shit, go ahead.
@fashioncorpse If you're going to bash The Who, Nazareth, Rolling Stones, VU, Janis Joplin, and Judas Priest you obviously have no right to comment. The Who basically created the first heavy metal instrumental "The Ox". Nazareth and Judas Priest both were highly influential to the metal world. Both Dan McCafferty of Nazareth and Rob Halford of Judas Priest have showcased a vocal range around 6 octaves. Just listen to Judas Priests Dreamer Deceiver and Epitaph and Dissident Agressor.
@hermygagala Nazareth doesn't stand out from anyone in the 70's they sound like bland, generic rock. I'm not going to bash Judas Priest, but again they aren't something I'm going to freak out about their music, it's nothing too special. Same rule applies to the Who and the Rolling Stones. they were good in an era I never lived in and compared to what bands have done and are doing today I have no reason to listen to them on purpose.
@fashioncorpse Ok yeah finger eleven, nickel back, avenged sevenfold are really doing anything special. I think not. Plus the vocals are so basic and bland.
@hermygagala Lou reed would feel honored to wipe Jeff Becks ass, or any member of Yes or Return To Forever. I think Ozric Tentacles may be a bit much so ask for a "Vocalist" to step down from their ivory tower to try to understand.
@fashioncorpse Justify attempt : The VU are not some "Hipster" band to be adored by the elitist and self loving, they were pretty much hated by the music industry in their time and denied much attention because they were "Experimental". VU were given this title because the music they made was not bland or boring but fresh and weird. Now because of the VU this sound has been heard at the top of the charts eg Nirvana. Along with the Stooges they started punk music. By the way. Yes fucking rule.
@hummingbird830 They were hated, now they are some "hipster" band. They aren't great, they are just a cool band and if you listen to them it makes you cool, and then all the cool people get together and talk about how cool they are for listening to a band that is marginally talented, achieved marginal success and people always look to as a "pioneer," that title is given to bands that suck. Aeronautics engineers no longer look at the Wright brothers' notes when they design Fighter jets.
@fashioncorpse Oh I see. Now your argument makes perfect sense, so if the Velvet Underground had not turned up in the 60s then punk would have happened? Er No. Another gigantic fan was Bowie, he admits in interviews if it wasn't for the Velvets then he wouldn't have started to make music. No Bowie would have a colossal effect on current music. Virtually everyone is inspired by him. You obviously can't be a punk fan.
@fashioncorpse Oh I know you are just trollin, I thought you were serious for a minute. For the record dickhead, Hipsters didn't exist when punk came out. It fucking breathed life back into music after all the wanky prog took it away from the average joe. Punk was an ideal to show people that you can be whoever you want while righting some sick poetry. Do't believe me, Please educate yourself by listening to some Joy Division or Public Image Ltd.
@hummingbird830 "LOL Prog is wanky!!! they're masturbating a guitar!!!" Really?? let's patronize people who worked hard at something and put time into figure out how to play an instrument well. Let's lionize those who don't have talent but do have a nice image and "ideal" To follow punk because it's about the "ideal" and not about the music makes it hypocritical to say that it's good music.
@fashioncorpse I'm sure I love King Crimson,Yes and The Nice just as much as you do but have you tried any post-punk bands that combined the 2: punk and prog? Music + ideal = Awesome!
@hummingbird830 I used to like punk when I was 12. NOFX, Agnostic Front and what not. It was just one dimensional. It isn't something that I listen to and say "this is the craziest fucking thing I have ever heard" so I moved on to progressive for a while, and now I love jam bands. Musicians that can think on their feet and put on a show instantly that is better done than an album that a band spent years on. I'm not going to say I listen to everything there are more bad bands than good ones.
@fashioncorpse Wow someones sour. It's just a matter of opinion, you think they are marginally talented i think they're the fucking shit. Cool doesn't factor in anywhere, well maybe it does for someone who is overtly concerned with social status. The jet fighter analogy makes absolutely no parallel with music, sorry.
@bubediscuss You can't dance to it, the lyrics aren't clever, Lou reed is a terrible singer, nothing instrumentally jumps out at me as impressive, 4/4 time signature, under 3 minutes, simple song structure. Stop insulting me and tell me what the fuck is so good about this song!!!
@hummingbird830 I just listened to "Perfect Day" and I wasn't impressed. From a song writing standpoint I can appreciate people like Paul Simon and Neil Young but Lou Reed is just too flashy with the stuff he writes. I'm a cynical asshole about music I like as well, why are you arguing with me? I love yes but they were good for 5 years, 1969-1974, then I don't care what they did, they went to shit. I love Frank Zappa but his first few albums before Hot Rats is Pop pseudo-psychedelic dogshit
@fashioncorpse Taste can't be explained between those whose differ. I can explain what i like about this music until the cows come home and you will simply retort as to why you dislike it. Someone who hates the taste of liquorice can't be talked into liking it. Put on 'run run run' and you'll have to tie me down to stop me from dancing. And by the way, i didn't know people could sell millions of albums by being bad singers, i must try it!
@bubediscuss Oh I thought you were going to explain the points of this song that make it so good, but since you are ducking out, my guess is that there are none.
@fashioncorpse Poor old fashioncorpse is oblivious to the fact that more than just 'hipsters' like the velvet underground. Perhaps you do like them but are not a hipster, well then my friend i say it is OK to like VU whilst remaining normal! Why else do you leave comments all over these great video's then? (and he retorts); "to prove how shit they are!" (didn't see that one coming).
@fashioncorpse Also this is probably the only song you have listened to from the VU. You clearly don't know how to make an informed decision on a bands music. A true music fan, a person who actually does vocals or plays an instrument appreciates all music for what it's worth aside from new mainstream garbage. This music may not have the most technically talented instrumentals but the underlying meaning; the message is more more than the instrumentals. And the vocals are very up to par.
@fashioncorpse I myself am a vocalist and I have a four octave range so I can judge this music and many other types of music and talk like I know my stuff. I know that Lou Reed has never showcased a four octave range nor has he ever tried. Regardless of that I still consider him a much more technically talented musician than myself. The feel he has to convey his message and make it sound apealling to the audience is only depicted by several other musicians on the planet.Trust me I know my stuff.
@fashioncorpse Go fuck yourself you fucking douchebag mainstream music fan. And don't bother commenting you just the scum of the earth. You garbage bag full of vomit. STFU.
@fashioncorpse You don't know the meaning of it. Your favorite kesha or whatever you were blathering on about is one verse the entire song the whole way through. And by the way it's "Jist" not "just" you fucking retard. You are trolling a video that isn't even overrated like your favorite kesha and k perry. Who fucking trolls a video or song that has never been played on the radio and isn't overrated. Get a life scum of the earth. Go sit in a gutter where you belong you useless pustule.
Lou was/is Poet Laureate of Dope (among other things). "Waiting for the Man", "Heroin". "White Light White Heat"...40+ years later & no lyricist has yet surpassed Lou for writing so compellingly about drugs experience!
Some die hard fans would suggest there was only 2 real VU studio LP's due to Cales exit after the 2nd.... Reed and co did 2 more (both essential & great in their own way but not in the same stratosphere as the 1st 2 LP's, awesome tracks though like Pale Blue Eyes & Sweet Jane).... after Reeds exit Mo & Yule released an in name only 5th LP..... So many none studio rarities, best of's & live LP's have since been released... So ends my short history lesson just enjoy the music legacy
what does that have to do with Rolling Stone's bias in ranking artists? i suppose it would be near impossible to print that kind of magazine without repeatedly running "best of" lists, and they always change throughout the years so it doesnt matter anyway, but one thing that reallyy pisses me off about RS: they consistently rank Sgt. Pepper's as the greatest album of all time. give it up already... and check out Robert Christgau's review of it, it's bang on, and not influenced by Beatlemania.
To Bosshogg: ROLLING STONE is the reason I found this music in the eighties. Nobody had told me about the Velvets and I never heard anything like this music until I got the Banana album home one day and put it on my turntable. Once I did, of course a lot of other music made more sense to me from Bow & Talking Heads to Husker Du and the Meat Puppets.
what is it about the velvet underground? to the average joe they are often nothing special, but to me and countless others, they are the band we have been waiting to hear our whole lives.
i don't think i'll find another band that embodies my personal musical ideals like they do.
i think it's cos for some odd reason their music only appeals to a few people. Or at least there r only a few people who can listen to their music and realise how truly magnificent it is You have to admit, some of their songs can sound pretty ordinary, even worse than ordinary, to the average joe if ure just listening to the music and you don't think about the story behind the music and then realise WHY they did what they did to the music and made it sound that way and why it's also so brilliant
and ROLLING STONE seriously needs to check where the fuck they are getting info from, this is supposed to be the #13 band of all time..? bull-fuckin-shit
after john cale left, the velvets became a lot less edgier. Songs on their last couple of albums are cool and some are catchy as hell, but not far out.
lou reed is the velvet ,underground, without lou there would be no velvets, he wrote the lyrics and music to just about everything they came out with, but john cale was also a big part of there sound
@jasonjarvis1988 I don't know probably wouldn't have made much of a difference it reminds me of like Zappa, or Robert Fripp. It's like King Crimson may split up, and the Mothers of Invention split up, but these people are musical geniuses here, they still keep making amazing music solo! Lou Reed continued to do it alone just as good!
god bless john cale and his experimental edge. without him the velvet's first records wouldn't have been more than good rock and roll albums (as you can see after his departure)
the last few seconds just might be the origin of those noisy experimental guitar freak outs that would appear later in songs by my bloody valentine and sonic youth.
I fear for America. America has created the greatest music ever. Blues, Jazz, rock and roll. No other government has even been open enough to let such art flourish. But that openness means that the opposite, those Lou Reed spoke of in Sweet Jane, the bankers, will eventually wreck America.
Despite the observations about "hippie scum," it must be admitted that hippies figured out early in the game that meth was a drug for assholes. I'm not saying the Andy Warhol was surrounded by assholes, but ...
Helping people getting stunned since 40 yeaes. ResPect & bless ;)
marchhare82 4 weeks ago
I'm a Metallica fan and this is kinda weird for me.
asapinev95 1 month ago
@asapinev95 I know, talent sounds weird right?
TheCandyHole 1 month ago
@TheCandyHole I couldn't even get it xD
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I don’t care what anyone says, i love your music, i love your style and i love the fact that you don’t give a monekeys! But could you please do me a big big favour bro. I know you have got a lot of shit on your schedule but in your next gig bring a highlight to the fact that Black people are three times as likely as the general population to develop kidney failure
The need for organs in the Asian community is three to four times higher.
MsLovetheroses 1 month ago
These hacks ripped LCD soundsystem off! ;)
williamcoster 2 months ago 2
New York, U.S.A , 1967-1968 Best Band Eva
Velvet Underground
Best Band in The World Ever since Mozart
Music Art
Rock n Roll very strong
IlluminatoSavioArte 2 months ago
@IlluminatoSavioArte what the fuck?
GuillermoPFloyd 1 month ago
@GuillermoPFloyd white light trip
IlluminatoMusic 3 weeks ago
Love this. It's a shame Lou Reed has gone down hill.
eggiwegsi 2 months ago
@eggiwegsi well he's 69 what do you expect? when your 69 lets see what you do
MetalMachineManiac 2 months ago
@MetalMachineManiac ...I know MANY artists whom I can trust not to do what Lou Reed is doing when they turn 69. Just cause you're old doesn't mean you're common sense gets lowered.....
TheSlenderUniform 2 months ago
I love this song 8)
jenniferlam90 2 months ago
When this record was released in Australia (b/w Here SHe COmes Now) it really took off in Melbourne... i was a Sydney kid and i NEVER heard this on Sydney radio at all during 1968. Shame, guess the country with Paul Mauriet, Mantovani and Liberaci all in it's top 100 in '68 wasn't ready for this... though in Sydneys defence The Human Beinz, The Easybeats, Apple Glass Cyndrome and Stooges all made the top 40 in SYdney between '68 and 69. it was a wild weird mixture of psych garage and love songs
ozrock17 2 months ago
Amusingly, while all you adolescent minded little bitches are indulging in musical dick waving (" my fave band can beat your fave band up, so nyer" ), the Lou Reeds and Steve Vais of this world are busy expending their timme and energy on creating works of beauty that touch people emotionally. That's why they are worshipped, and you fucking idiots will die lonely and forgotten. Grow the fuck up, and respect other people's tastes. I feel dirty for having sunk to your level! :(
yamabushi170 2 months ago
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@jb4life77 as an aspie dork, i completely disagree with you. you have no fucking clue what you're talking about
23alexthomas 2 months ago
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Amphetamusic!!!!
pdorn777 2 months ago
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pdorn777 2 months ago
@jb4life77 At least you admit to the flaw of being "normal"
fashioncorpse 3 months ago
drunk girls - LCD Soundsystem
maximum1010 3 months ago 2
@maximum1010 motorik beat
360Freakoutkid 2 months ago
@maximum1010 I hear it now :) Nice
r3cusant 2 months ago
@jb4life77 That's a pretty low blow there.
fashioncorpse 3 months ago
Good bass.
jeffdeanable 3 months ago
the first few times i heard this song i thought it was a mess now it makes perfect sense to me
elvispresley718 4 months ago
@Watermellin but they cause a couple of heart attacks!
neonmizzoutiger5 4 months ago
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this is shit....why is the mighty metallica collabarating with this douche?
thememoryremains100 4 months ago
@thememoryremains100 metallica hasnt been mighty in forever, they apparently still have respect for reputable artists, unlike yourself
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@thememoryremains100 fuck you you fucking fuck
0PERAT0RPLEASE 4 months ago
@thememoryremains100 You are entitled to your opinion but you should listen to some more velvet underground songs before you conclude that lou reed is a "douche". The Velvet Underground is one of the most influential bands in rock history.
iMovT 4 months ago
@iMovT He likes the 'mighty metallica'. Its obvious he likes shit music.
BollocksUtwat 4 months ago
@BollocksUtwat What's shit about them just out of curiosity?
theredraven 4 months ago
@thememoryremains100 I actually cant tell if your kidding or not
eiu438rudfeuw78 4 months ago
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01sugarplumfairy 1 month ago
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@thememoryremains100 maybe because they respect a "douche" that played fucking awesome rock in the 60's while the 'mighty Metallica" were kids in diapers.
Btw, I hope you're kidding.
01sugarplumfairy 1 month ago
@thememoryremains100 "mighty Metallica" know their shit
hardsequencer94 3 weeks ago
LCD soundsystem stole this lol
mysticality27 5 months ago 2
This is too short!
DanAndHoe 5 months ago
everyones on acid
0PERAT0RPLEASE 5 months ago
In some alternate universe this takes the place of 'Stuck In The Middle With You' in Reservoir Dogs.
FSquid 6 months ago 17
@FSquid I cannot tell you how much I agree with this. It would completely change Mr. Blonde from a sorta hipster sadist to kind of a druggie, not unlike his late brother Vincent. (Still hoping for a Vega Brothers film)
revolutionroom 6 months ago
@FSquid Impossible. Stuck in the Middle With You is too awesome.
FetaCheese222 5 months ago
@FSquid it may have that reputation, it's being used in a brutal murdering scene in the new tom hardy film
purplenurps 3 months ago
It's good to some because they like it. It's bad to someone else because they don't. Music satisfies different people in different ways. I want pancakes.
outofstardust 6 months ago
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Heres the name of the Andy Warhol factory member that is not credited. SUPERDUDE
Superdude is still alive and playing music at nearly 70. He is the person standing right behind Andy in the photo on sonicbids.
It would be nice for him to get some recognition.
Youtube channel: jp1234productions
sonicbids url: Superdude
JP1234Productions 7 months ago
yep, you got him/her sussed lol!
TheLexyboy 7 months ago
I love this fucking song, love Lou Reed, love VU. Simple as thattt.
XmarilynmansonchildX 8 months ago 2
Hey, it's music that's no longer relevant. It's only 2 minutes and 45 seconds long but based on how often it repeats it could just be 23 seconds and you would get the just of it. My how great it must have been to be a musician in the 60's you could produce shit and hipsters will love it years later based primarily on the decade it came from. Seriously, Nothing fucking happens in this song.
fashioncorpse 8 months ago
@fashioncorpse oh well, i guess you get it or you dont! You dont. Its only personal taste..........
TheLexyboy 8 months ago
@TheLexyboy I get it, there isn't anything here. Give me a surprising vocal track or a guitar solo or nice groovy hook to dance to, or something!!! Don't tell me I don't get something where there is nothing to "get." This guy puts out something anyone regardless of musical talent can learn to play in a week, at the same time you guys bitch that people like Justin Bieber and Ke$ha are blowing up the charts, your low standards put them there.
fashioncorpse 8 months ago
@fashioncorpse like i said, personal taste. And personally, i couldnt give a flying fuck who's in the charts! I honestly dont think ive ever even heard a Justin Bieber song, but he does seem to upset a lot of people lol
TheLexyboy 8 months ago
@TheLexyboy Personal taste that you are yet to justify.
fashioncorpse 8 months ago
@fashioncorpse right, since you asked, i grew up listening to 70's punk and 80' alternative music and the natural progression is to search out the music that influenced that. This is where i came across stuff like the Velvets, Stoogies, Sonics and a load of other 60's garage bands. In the case of the Velvets it was The Jesus and Mary Chain that led me to them. Thats not to say i only like fuzzed out drone. Just that i can appreciate it for what it is. Justified?
TheLexyboy 8 months ago
@TheLexyboy "Oh i listen to everything, man. If you don't like a band, don't listen to them. It's all personal preference. I have a list of things that i listen to that is so middle of the road, it is difficult for people to object to because I am a coward, afraid to go out and have any insane, ridiculous music taste for fear of being judged." This may sound like you to a T but awaiting your statement with anecdotal evidence disproving it.
fashioncorpse 8 months ago
@fashioncorpse twat
TheLexyboy 8 months ago
@TheLexyboy That guys a useless troll.
hermygagala 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse And I saw you like taylor swift the most basic talentless so called musician of all time. I didn't even have to look up the cords for her/his cords to his/her songs and I knew them. Fucking useless music the best thing that ever happened to taylor swift is Kanye West. I never liked Kanye's music but when I heard that he told taylor whats what my respect for him sky rocketed. taylor swift is the scum of the earth just like you and by the way she has tiny eyes and looks retarded.
hermygagala 7 months ago
@hermygagala My argument went way over your head didn't it?? Let me articulate: The velvet underground is liked by "cool" people like yourself. The velvet underground cant play instruments worth a damn. No longer is it necessary for "cool" musicians to play instruments worth a damn. The velvet underground lowered the standards, which is why we have shitty acts like ke$ha and taylor swift and so on. Read a post before you embarrass yourself next time.
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse don't ever compare taylor swift to the VU. You know fuck all about music. just get the fuck out of here. taylor swift is not cool and his/her music is fucking garbage also her image is ugly. How anyone can think that that bitch is good looking is beyond me. They must have some fucked up tastes in women. JGTFO!!!
hermygagala 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse You're probably some loser sitting in mother's basment listening to taylor swift and jerking off to pictures of Arnold Swartnager and JB. You useless fucking troll. Go fuck yourself. You are just a piece of shit.
hermygagala 7 months ago
@hermygagala You haven't yet had an argument legitimately explaining the validity of this music. All you have done is insult me and call me names like a 12 year old would. My guess is that you have never stopped to think about this music and you are some bandwagon hipster who listens to music from the 60's without questioning it because listening to music from the 60's makes you "cool"
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse None of the music you listen to would even be around without the pioneers like Nazareth, Judas Priest, Velvet Underground, Grateful Dead, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin. You have no idea what you are talking about. The way Lou and The Velvets composed music was to give you the feeling of I don't care and you should either. Their music was mainly about drugs. Specifically Heroin a drug that gives you the exact feeling of "I don't care". This was the reasoning.
hermygagala 7 months ago
@hermygagala +1 for Grateful Dead, all others are pretty lame. You didn't mention The Allman Brothers, Frank Zappa, Yes, Ozric Tentacles, Steely Dan, Return To Forever, Dave Brubek, Jeff Beck or anyone else that really pushed any boundaries. But if you want to stick to the bland, middle of the road pop shit, go ahead.
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse If you're going to bash The Who, Nazareth, Rolling Stones, VU, Janis Joplin, and Judas Priest you obviously have no right to comment. The Who basically created the first heavy metal instrumental "The Ox". Nazareth and Judas Priest both were highly influential to the metal world. Both Dan McCafferty of Nazareth and Rob Halford of Judas Priest have showcased a vocal range around 6 octaves. Just listen to Judas Priests Dreamer Deceiver and Epitaph and Dissident Agressor.
hermygagala 7 months ago
@hermygagala Nazareth doesn't stand out from anyone in the 70's they sound like bland, generic rock. I'm not going to bash Judas Priest, but again they aren't something I'm going to freak out about their music, it's nothing too special. Same rule applies to the Who and the Rolling Stones. they were good in an era I never lived in and compared to what bands have done and are doing today I have no reason to listen to them on purpose.
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse Ok yeah finger eleven, nickel back, avenged sevenfold are really doing anything special. I think not. Plus the vocals are so basic and bland.
hermygagala 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse Frank Zappa, The Allman Brothers, and Steely Dan I'll give you, the rest that you mentioned are musically inferior.
hermygagala 7 months ago
@hermygagala Lou reed would feel honored to wipe Jeff Becks ass, or any member of Yes or Return To Forever. I think Ozric Tentacles may be a bit much so ask for a "Vocalist" to step down from their ivory tower to try to understand.
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse Justify attempt : The VU are not some "Hipster" band to be adored by the elitist and self loving, they were pretty much hated by the music industry in their time and denied much attention because they were "Experimental". VU were given this title because the music they made was not bland or boring but fresh and weird. Now because of the VU this sound has been heard at the top of the charts eg Nirvana. Along with the Stooges they started punk music. By the way. Yes fucking rule.
hummingbird830 7 months ago
@hummingbird830 They were hated, now they are some "hipster" band. They aren't great, they are just a cool band and if you listen to them it makes you cool, and then all the cool people get together and talk about how cool they are for listening to a band that is marginally talented, achieved marginal success and people always look to as a "pioneer," that title is given to bands that suck. Aeronautics engineers no longer look at the Wright brothers' notes when they design Fighter jets.
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse Oh I see. Now your argument makes perfect sense, so if the Velvet Underground had not turned up in the 60s then punk would have happened? Er No. Another gigantic fan was Bowie, he admits in interviews if it wasn't for the Velvets then he wouldn't have started to make music. No Bowie would have a colossal effect on current music. Virtually everyone is inspired by him. You obviously can't be a punk fan.
hummingbird830 7 months ago
@hummingbird830 Punk: play an instrument mediocre, shout bad lyrics, dress like a guy from "Mad Max" and profit from hipsters that want to be rebels.
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse Oh I know you are just trollin, I thought you were serious for a minute. For the record dickhead, Hipsters didn't exist when punk came out. It fucking breathed life back into music after all the wanky prog took it away from the average joe. Punk was an ideal to show people that you can be whoever you want while righting some sick poetry. Do't believe me, Please educate yourself by listening to some Joy Division or Public Image Ltd.
hummingbird830 7 months ago
@hummingbird830 "LOL Prog is wanky!!! they're masturbating a guitar!!!" Really?? let's patronize people who worked hard at something and put time into figure out how to play an instrument well. Let's lionize those who don't have talent but do have a nice image and "ideal" To follow punk because it's about the "ideal" and not about the music makes it hypocritical to say that it's good music.
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse I'm sure I love King Crimson,Yes and The Nice just as much as you do but have you tried any post-punk bands that combined the 2: punk and prog? Music + ideal = Awesome!
hummingbird830 7 months ago
@hummingbird830 I used to like punk when I was 12. NOFX, Agnostic Front and what not. It was just one dimensional. It isn't something that I listen to and say "this is the craziest fucking thing I have ever heard" so I moved on to progressive for a while, and now I love jam bands. Musicians that can think on their feet and put on a show instantly that is better done than an album that a band spent years on. I'm not going to say I listen to everything there are more bad bands than good ones.
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse Wow someones sour. It's just a matter of opinion, you think they are marginally talented i think they're the fucking shit. Cool doesn't factor in anywhere, well maybe it does for someone who is overtly concerned with social status. The jet fighter analogy makes absolutely no parallel with music, sorry.
bubediscuss 7 months ago
@bubediscuss You can't dance to it, the lyrics aren't clever, Lou reed is a terrible singer, nothing instrumentally jumps out at me as impressive, 4/4 time signature, under 3 minutes, simple song structure. Stop insulting me and tell me what the fuck is so good about this song!!!
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse Seeming as you ignored my punk argument. Go listen to Perfect Day, without a doubt one of the best songs ever written.
hummingbird830 7 months ago
@hummingbird830 I just listened to "Perfect Day" and I wasn't impressed. From a song writing standpoint I can appreciate people like Paul Simon and Neil Young but Lou Reed is just too flashy with the stuff he writes. I'm a cynical asshole about music I like as well, why are you arguing with me? I love yes but they were good for 5 years, 1969-1974, then I don't care what they did, they went to shit. I love Frank Zappa but his first few albums before Hot Rats is Pop pseudo-psychedelic dogshit
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse Taste can't be explained between those whose differ. I can explain what i like about this music until the cows come home and you will simply retort as to why you dislike it. Someone who hates the taste of liquorice can't be talked into liking it. Put on 'run run run' and you'll have to tie me down to stop me from dancing. And by the way, i didn't know people could sell millions of albums by being bad singers, i must try it!
bubediscuss 7 months ago
@bubediscuss That long of a post without you explaining a single thing that was good about the song, thanks for helping me prove my point I guess...
fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse No longer shall i waste my time with you and lengthy posts which you can't interpret.
bubediscuss 7 months ago
@bubediscuss Oh I thought you were going to explain the points of this song that make it so good, but since you are ducking out, my guess is that there are none.
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fashioncorpse 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse Poor old fashioncorpse is oblivious to the fact that more than just 'hipsters' like the velvet underground. Perhaps you do like them but are not a hipster, well then my friend i say it is OK to like VU whilst remaining normal! Why else do you leave comments all over these great video's then? (and he retorts); "to prove how shit they are!" (didn't see that one coming).
bubediscuss 6 months ago
@fashioncorpse Also this is probably the only song you have listened to from the VU. You clearly don't know how to make an informed decision on a bands music. A true music fan, a person who actually does vocals or plays an instrument appreciates all music for what it's worth aside from new mainstream garbage. This music may not have the most technically talented instrumentals but the underlying meaning; the message is more more than the instrumentals. And the vocals are very up to par.
hermygagala 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse I myself am a vocalist and I have a four octave range so I can judge this music and many other types of music and talk like I know my stuff. I know that Lou Reed has never showcased a four octave range nor has he ever tried. Regardless of that I still consider him a much more technically talented musician than myself. The feel he has to convey his message and make it sound apealling to the audience is only depicted by several other musicians on the planet.Trust me I know my stuff.
hermygagala 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse Go fuck yourself you fucking douchebag mainstream music fan. And don't bother commenting you just the scum of the earth. You garbage bag full of vomit. STFU.
hermygagala 7 months ago
@fashioncorpse You don't know the meaning of it. Your favorite kesha or whatever you were blathering on about is one verse the entire song the whole way through. And by the way it's "Jist" not "just" you fucking retard. You are trolling a video that isn't even overrated like your favorite kesha and k perry. Who fucking trolls a video or song that has never been played on the radio and isn't overrated. Get a life scum of the earth. Go sit in a gutter where you belong you useless pustule.
hermygagala 7 months ago
every other version of this song is total crap
4298maniac 8 months ago
Sounds just like Drunk Girls by LCD Soundsytem.
wmhoad 8 months ago
this is the epitome of cool.
TengoBoner 9 months ago
watch that speed freak, watch the speed freak!
ApplwPiw 9 months ago
METHAMPHETAMINE!!!!
DendrilopisXaggro 9 months ago
This song is so catchy! God bless Lou Reed!
XmarilynmansonchildX 9 months ago
makes me wanna leave everything, go to new york, paint more, fuck life, do drugs
boxanova66 9 months ago 34
@boxanova66 Dude, you just read my mind. From the first second of the song.
malafede 5 months ago
See my video for the live audio version with factory clip ;) cheers
vivemaker 9 months ago
EMO-ROCK.........What an absolute tool
bards99 10 months ago
Lou, the Grandfather of Punk, the Godfather of Emo-rock. The poet laureate of rock and roll.
kaninz 11 months ago
@kaninz I really doubt Lou Reed would appreciate being associated with emo-rock.
CrazeeTori9 10 months ago
@kaninz Don't associate LR with Emo. Emo was born in the dumpster of an abortion clinic.
Smythe1800 10 months ago
DRUNK GIRLS!
DRUNK GIRLS!
DRUNK GIRLS!
WeEatBrainz 1 year ago
Lou was/is Poet Laureate of Dope (among other things). "Waiting for the Man", "Heroin". "White Light White Heat"...40+ years later & no lyricist has yet surpassed Lou for writing so compellingly about drugs experience!
Bobjb999 1 year ago 11
Some die hard fans would suggest there was only 2 real VU studio LP's due to Cales exit after the 2nd.... Reed and co did 2 more (both essential & great in their own way but not in the same stratosphere as the 1st 2 LP's, awesome tracks though like Pale Blue Eyes & Sweet Jane).... after Reeds exit Mo & Yule released an in name only 5th LP..... So many none studio rarities, best of's & live LP's have since been released... So ends my short history lesson just enjoy the music legacy
theNomadz 1 year ago
fucking slick
machineoffender 1 year ago
One of the most relevant bands of its time. Poetry in music.
kaninz 1 year ago 2
@kaninz they wrote good lyrics?: did they?
blackbeltbrown 1 year ago
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godDAMMIT, I hate this band. Never saw anything in them.
vicdmise 1 year ago
When I first listened to this album, I was stoned out of my mind.
misterrabbi 2 years ago 2
what does that have to do with Rolling Stone's bias in ranking artists? i suppose it would be near impossible to print that kind of magazine without repeatedly running "best of" lists, and they always change throughout the years so it doesnt matter anyway, but one thing that reallyy pisses me off about RS: they consistently rank Sgt. Pepper's as the greatest album of all time. give it up already... and check out Robert Christgau's review of it, it's bang on, and not influenced by Beatlemania.
b0ssh0gg 2 years ago
i agree
nickbelane69 2 years ago
it is
bluuuuhh 2 years ago
To Bosshogg: ROLLING STONE is the reason I found this music in the eighties. Nobody had told me about the Velvets and I never heard anything like this music until I got the Banana album home one day and put it on my turntable. Once I did, of course a lot of other music made more sense to me from Bow & Talking Heads to Husker Du and the Meat Puppets.
Deodanth23 2 years ago
what is it about the velvet underground? to the average joe they are often nothing special, but to me and countless others, they are the band we have been waiting to hear our whole lives.
i don't think i'll find another band that embodies my personal musical ideals like they do.
kamalmanzukie 2 years ago 7
i think it's cos for some odd reason their music only appeals to a few people. Or at least there r only a few people who can listen to their music and realise how truly magnificent it is You have to admit, some of their songs can sound pretty ordinary, even worse than ordinary, to the average joe if ure just listening to the music and you don't think about the story behind the music and then realise WHY they did what they did to the music and made it sound that way and why it's also so brilliant
bonbon1995 2 years ago
@bonbon1995:
Well average joe's favorite bands seem to be Radiohead and Coldplay (which for the record are the 2 crappiest bands ever - no exaggeration).
So what average joe likes is meaningless.
arahant7 1 year ago
@arahant7 Radiohead crappiest band ever? Do your research boyo.
bigdunk9 1 year ago
@arahant7 hey Radiohead is good. they're not the best band in the world by any means but they write good songs.
yamon98 1 year ago
@arahant7 radiohead?
a crappy band?
please kindly leave this video site before a report you for strong language saying RH sucks is like shouting an obsenitie
11joshman 1 year ago
@11joshman
Hey, dude, heheh, what are the chances?
Who's this dip saying Radiohead sucks?
SupperOfTheMightyOne 1 year ago
@SupperOfTheMightyOne some stupid cunt named arahant7 said coldplay and radiohead 2 of the crappiest bands ever fucking moron
11joshman 1 year ago
@11joshman
Pffft, as if. Anyone who got Brian Eno to produce for them can't suck.
As much as I hate to say it tho...the guy can think whatever he wants.
SupperOfTheMightyOne 1 year ago
@SupperOfTheMightyOne ya i know sometimes i just can't take opinions lolz radiohead have never worked with brian eno
11joshman 1 year ago
@11joshman
No, but Coldplay has.
SupperOfTheMightyOne 1 year ago
@SupperOfTheMightyOne no they don't they are a good band lolz
11joshman 1 year ago
When I first heard this album I listened to it 6 times in a row, and twice a day ever since. It is and always will be my favorite album of all time.
Robinhoodarch 2 years ago
This song is very Jerry Lee Lewis
Wearygigapet 2 years ago 7
The greatest rock band to ever come out of America.
Anu291 2 years ago 27
@Anu291 besides the doors,the ramones,jimi hendrix experience,black flag,R.E.M.,sonic youth,dinosaur jr,van halen,nirvana,soundgarden,the strokes etc etc
11joshman 1 year ago
@Anu291 Oh yeah, and one that influenced the whole rock, punk, goth rock, noise dream pop and glam scenes of the 70s, 80s and 90s.
95TheDeftOne 11 months ago
VU were greatly under appreciated.
Slipknotpnk66p 2 years ago 7
Huh?
andaloudog 2 years ago
The Velvet Underground were never played on the radio nor did they get the credit that they needed for their time.
They were a truly amazing group so I said that they were under appereciated for their time.
Slipknotpnk66p 2 years ago 6
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oh wow those vocals are drab....
and ROLLING STONE seriously needs to check where the fuck they are getting info from, this is supposed to be the #13 band of all time..? bull-fuckin-shit
b0ssh0gg 2 years ago
b0ssh0gg Why are you upset....Do you think they should be higher or lower than #13? Myself...I think higher..thats just my opinion though.
duanerichardson 2 years ago
after john cale left, the velvets became a lot less edgier. Songs on their last couple of albums are cool and some are catchy as hell, but not far out.
LionGong 2 years ago
I agree
ZRN959 2 years ago
yeah, it was the biggest mistake Lou ever made
bonbon1995 2 years ago
V.U did 4 official studio albums and every one is amazing. One question what would of happened if lou kept with V.U?
jasonjarvis1988 2 years ago 10
something awesome. =P
foreverWHOfan 2 years ago 8
lou reed is the velvet ,underground, without lou there would be no velvets, he wrote the lyrics and music to just about everything they came out with, but john cale was also a big part of there sound
venisfurs 2 years ago 2
i agree completely.
bonbon1995 2 years ago
@jasonjarvis1988 I don't know probably wouldn't have made much of a difference it reminds me of like Zappa, or Robert Fripp. It's like King Crimson may split up, and the Mothers of Invention split up, but these people are musical geniuses here, they still keep making amazing music solo! Lou Reed continued to do it alone just as good!
DavidKinner 8 months ago
White light going messing up my brain.
bartleby2007 2 years ago
god bless john cale and his experimental edge. without him the velvet's first records wouldn't have been more than good rock and roll albums (as you can see after his departure)
agentoranges 2 years ago 2
I dunno... I love "The Velvet Underground," their third album.
HerrKivvy 2 years ago 3
it's a great album, no doubt. and i like loaded as well, i just don't think they approach the creative zenith that are the first two albums.
agentoranges 2 years ago
Thought I`d let you know--- Iwas lucky I never modelled my guitar play on that
Ronnza222 2 years ago
White light it tickles me down into my toes
bartleby2007 2 years ago
The Velvet Underground were too unwelcome to the general public, it seems. We missed out on the rest of them. Oh well.
peacefreak9 2 years ago
Good old 60's! :)
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
total classic
InsaneJericho66 3 years ago 2
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how did u get 45,278 views on here and only 712 on Boris the Spider. HAHA wtf?
MaxsCorna 3 years ago
uh maybe its cause this one's been up for more than a year...
foreverWHOfan 3 years ago
Maybe it's cause this song scrapes Boris the Spider off of the bottom of its shoe.
kamalmanzukie 3 years ago 10
lol, boris the SPIDER..clever comment =D
foreverWHOfan 3 years ago
nobody in this band was tweaking
they were just fucked up
syddanelectro 3 years ago
This song deserves to be played at maximum volume.
FredrickNielson 3 years ago 8
the last few seconds just might be the origin of those noisy experimental guitar freak outs that would appear later in songs by my bloody valentine and sonic youth.
agentoranges 3 years ago 3
Nope, it's just 3 seconds of fuzzy feedback.
TorpedoSam88 3 years ago
i meant the last 45 seconds, 'scuse me
agentoranges 2 years ago
How tall was Lou Reed? Cause he looks pretty short in all the pictures
greenpuppet43 3 years ago
wow!
icu60 3 years ago
whooo hoooo!!!
NinetiesYouth 3 years ago
looooooouuuuuuuuuuuuu reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeddddd.
KCVROCKS2008 3 years ago
The Bankers already do control everything. At least thats what Zeitgeist says.
Mirada84 3 years ago
and do you believe everything antigovernment conspiracy movies tell you?? hahaha good movie
bluetape13 3 years ago 6
I fear for America. America has created the greatest music ever. Blues, Jazz, rock and roll. No other government has even been open enough to let such art flourish. But that openness means that the opposite, those Lou Reed spoke of in Sweet Jane, the bankers, will eventually wreck America.
kenzaburo 3 years ago
this is the song!I can hear this song all the time !AND NOT GET BORING!
knup20 3 years ago 4
this song rules
r3dfella 3 years ago 4
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ZenPapageno 3 years ago 3
I'm reminded of Ray Manzarek's line in the movie The Doors (at a Warhol/Underground party):
"Come on Jim, this isn't our scene, these people are vampires."
danielvlee 3 years ago 36
I'm reminded that you need to shut up.
misterkite77 3 years ago 6