Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion

[shitchops]

can someone please tell what the fuck this song is about ????

[MetalMachineManiac]

@shitchops It's about S&M, at least that's what I've always thought, a lot of their songs are about that.

[shitchops]

I wish these dudes had more upbeat songs like this 1, i know there is a few more but still I have only heard a few albums.. still pretty mad cuntish 2 say the least

[shitchops]

I soOoooOoooo want to use this song in a short film I'm going to make about people making counterfeit materials ! not to fussed on being sued I think it would be an honor cause you know it means you made someone.. JELOUSe

[RadioactiveTurtle]

@randomflyingweirdos I've probably seen this comment on every song on youtube... thumbaddict

[elvispresley718]

i will NEVER ever get tired of the first part of this songi

[elvispresley718]

wow!

[gturtiti]

could someone explain to me what this song is about???

[octagon79]

@gturtiti It's about S&M, at least that's what I've always thought, a lot of their songs are about that.

[REDtwotwotwo]

so goood! I love everything about this song.

[elvispresley718]

just love mo tucker and that steady beat, these guys will never die!

[dvargashell]

actually a violent song. not suprising. when did lou go straight? was it under the influence of waves of fear?

[mharrin5507]

I got my calamine lotion.

[catbedo]

FUNKEEE!!!!

[catbedo]

brings back some fantastic memories....keep rockin cant stop movin to this classic!!

[tony0000]

Along with Cream's version of Crossroads, best interplay of guitar and bass that I know.

[veranka3]

There are so many songs that are indebted to this song. "Talk to Loretta" by The Nervous Eaters and "Roadrunner" by the Modern Lovers, to me, are just reworkings of Foggy Notion. Many songs the Feelies did, and many songs by The Fall and Stereolab sound like the offspring of Foggy Notion to me also.

[testify72]

lotion baby,lotion...

[MrIhatethisprocess]

I have poison ivy.

[buginabassbin]

Best lead guitar riffage ever! all the way through! Go on Sterling give it some.

[levenscubaclub]

Loved this track even on a poorly recorded bootleg which came out well before VU. Would consider it proto techno. Seriously, listen past the guitars and you have all the elements of "modern" electronic dance. relentles repetitive beat. nonsensical lyrics.

[jestemjezusem]

perfect

[mharrin5507]

I got my calamine lotion, baby.

[Isthisitforme]

Dammit why does this make me want pick up a guitar and and be.. awesome. But anyways, what album can this be found on? And is Lou saying "fuckin' notion", or "foggy notion"? The obvious one, right?

[fatley]

my debut live concert was LOU REED live at the Glasgow Apollo in 1973,i love the Velvets!

[bobdudno]

AMEN.



[hespelledyalewitha6]

the best song ever?

[tony0000]

If you want to hear the first six notes of the song, get the vinyl or cassette version.

[tony0000]

@Pfaffenspiel

My guess is that the lack of cymbals is not Moe's doing, but Lou's decision. (Some VU-ophile can correct me if I'm wrong.(

[peoman2]

This song just oozes coolness

[2109MI]

Is that a laugh at 1:07/1:08 ?

[stankler]

i wish i was 14 again and listening again to this for the first time.its a well you return to .depends what youre on .marijuana wipes away years.the years the tears ..ive gotta..ive gotta go...

[hildaatje]

Swing it out baby,shake those hips,is all I think whenever I hear this.

Do it again!

[jhajhasakevi]

この歌Velvetの中で1番好き！！

さいこーーー＼（＾ ＾）／ バンザーイ

[ApplwPiw]

DO IT AGAIN

[pbuotte]

foggy notion + cant stand it anymore = best VU rockers!!!

[zachenstein]

@pbuotte don't forget guess I'm falling in love

[bobgure]

@pbuotte check out "Can't Stand it" from the 1st Reed solo album. Kicks and Throbs.

[a1stooge]

mo tucker the original meg white love 'em both

[guichoflo2]

@Pfaffenspiel Is it a coincidence I have a dogmatic fervor for Krautrock and VU?

[MacDisel1]

This song kicks ass. Rock and Roll and Sweet Jane get all the love, but this song is it. That guitar rocks.

[notsaved]

Sallie Mae!...

thanks

[machineoffender]

Anyone else keep hearing Lou saying: 'I gotta fuckin' notion'

[whoah1988]

@machineoffender I thought the song was called like that at first... until I bought the vinyl. Haha

[shitchops]

@machineoffender yes man holly shits that what I and i think the rest of planet heard before we read the name of the song :D

[droolindonnzos]

god yes!

[shaded0]

"She made me do something that I never did before

I rushed right down to a flower store

I bought her a bundle a beautiful batch

Don't you know something, she sent 'em right back"

Why???

[DucdeCroissy]

special SM

[poughkeepsiejohn1]

The birth of punk, new wave, alternative and grunge! No question about it!

[klesh1]

The Modern Lovers do a great cover of this tune on the album "Precise Modern Lovers Order".

[olddude1800]

ok, it's a great song, but calm the freak down. VU wrote many more important songs. It's really fun to play.

[Daneoid81]

@olddude1800 Oh yeah there are definantly more important VU songs out there, many are musically and lyrically much better. But if you looked up cool in a dictionary it should say -"see Foggy notion by the velvet underground" this is cool with a capitol C O O L

[timpage54]

The best drummer ever -- shuts down Billy Cobham, Max Roach, Ginger Baker and the rest with a steady backbeat that keeps out all the nonsense.

[BluePokemonster]

One of the best songs ever...

[elurseeknay]

got a fucking notion

[mariella13579]

@elurseeknay foggy notion...

[MrVelderado]

this is just awesome

[bubediscuss]

i got my calamine lotion baby

[louiseduvee]

I'd subscribe, but You Tube won't let me. I get this message whenever I try: 'You have too many subscriptions compared to your number of subscribers.' (Quote.) So, I contacted them and asked if they were aware that I kept up with my subscriptions. They said, 'No, but if you drop some of your subscriptions you can add more.' WTF? Anyway, thank you for posting this:)

[folkhippy]

This is one of the greatest songs they ever did! Amazing guitar work. I always liked it because it sounds like Lou is singing, "I got a fuckin' notion". That's probably what they were going for. Best band ever...

[tinchoguitar5]

the velvet is the most important music legacy of the U.S. and proves that record sales have nothing to do with the quality of the music.

for me the velvet underground can only be compared with the stones or beatles.

[Alipollie]

@tinchoguitar5 ive heard(i forgot where, but something like rolling stone or something) that the two most influential bands to come out of the 60's. 1. The Beatles 2. The Velvet underground. and i totally totally agree

[ohhxbabyyxox]

FUNNYYY

[CowboyMidnight]

Rokajjjjjj buraz!!!!!!!

[3dRafamax]

Hay magia en esta canción, soy fan de la velvet y esta es una pasada

[drstevie]

one of greatest records ever !!!

[MrEdwin1975]

my favorite song ever .more than 20 years my number ONE!!!

[djaminc]

Unbelievable!! i used to have a book of all LOU REEDs lyrics,amazing when you think he was writing this sorta stuff in his late teens/early twenties -ive always loved Reeds imagery: the REAL New York scene and real-life characters that appear in oh so many Velvets/Reed songs.... Theyre really cookin here 5/5 *****

[TheKeefguitar]

the velvet underground........a good song from lou

[tony0000]

Check out the version released on cassette. Same recording, but there's a great 6-note lick that introduces the song. They leave it out on the cd version!

[elvispresley718]

@tony0000 yer right i love tha t little part

[neilus]

Sterling Morrison is such an underrated guitarist...unlike a bunch of so called guitar heroes he had that magic quality of never playing the obvious

[FGD135]

woah man....woah

[fiddelerselbow]

I love dancing to this

[terribleone794]

i always thought he said

"i got a fuckin ocean"

i mean

why else would you need calamine lotion?

[josie426]

@terribleone794

because junkies itch all the time...

[howieberlin]

geilomat! wieder entdeckt!

[ndrsnl]

1:28 !

[aussiegoosebumps]

Thanks for the album name. Years ago I bought the Velvet underground album. Picture of the band members on front cover sitting on a couch, thinking it had this track but it did not. Good album though.

[aussiegoosebumps]

Thanks for posting. For years I have never known the name of this track. Which album is this off?

[loudenblogger]

@aussiegoosebumps: This track is on VU - it was released well after the band split (maybe a good 20 years after, I think. At any rate, it is a great album! Go and buy and enjoy.

[WARDISWARD]

Bowie /eno= good bowie

v.u. reed/sterling M=awesome

me + nord modular/renoise=timeless

[shingamininjamaster]

Sweet Lou is one of the best rock 'n roll song writers if all time, with a sassy lead guitar, bangin' backbone base, and funky new york culture lyrics!

[bonbon1995]

David Bowie is the best musician ever. Velvet Underground is the best band. It's that simple.

[vcockenpot]

One the best song ever, by the best band ever... Mo' Tucker keeps it up on this one.

[brianthebutterfly]

@vcockenpot yes man, she makes this song.

[treggy1]

At last. A real version of foggy notion!!! Love it.

We have posted an acoustic cover on youtube.

[MFJVIDEO]

Pat Sharp likes this song and once presented FunHOuse.

[Tunnelof]

Love this Band

[CARLOSCAICOYA]

Velvet never die!!

[theewoksareback]

nobody will ever be as good as this shit, definitive boogie music x 1000000, alright

[robpage1990]

one of my favorite songs of all time, so underrated :/ , VU was so underappreciated in their time *sigh*

[HowardLive]

I'm with you! I've waited for the longest time for this to show up on YouTube.

[Daneoid81]

This is quite possibly the coolest damn song ever, by anyone alive or dead or yet to be born, I'm 28 and i try to get everyone my age to listen to it, the second they do they are almost instant velvets fans

[growrust]

@Daneoid81 yeah try to get the young generation to listen to it... the good music is diing... the shit commercial music is about to invade the world... i really don't understand people :(

[BigNoseMusic]

@growrust

I'm 16 years old (Damn... I hate comments that start with that scentence... Sorry for that...) and I Love The Velvet Underground. Some of my friends dig them too. My first vinyl was The Velvet Underground & Nico and I sing (write my own songs) and play guitar in a rock 'n roll band. So don't you worry! There is still some hope...

[Kaalka1993]

@growrust Well, I'm 18, I live in Poland (a lot of people think that this is end of the world) and I'm a woman and I listen to music like that. Please don't generalise :) if something is good - never gonna die.

[growrust]

@Kaalka1993 well I'm from Czech Repubblic xD that makes us neighbours xP and I'm 18 too... x) you're right, some people have still great taste in music but most of them are listening to the mainstream music which sucks hard...

[Kaalka1993]

@growrust Now I can agree with you :D but music like that just can't die, it's impossible. Maybe 80% of young generation listen to commercial shit but this 20% 'll protect good music from oblivion. I know people who totally don't have taste in music but it's normal... And i'm sure that kids will grow up and stop listen to montana or bieber and then will get to know who was Hendrix or Lennon.

so greets from Poland neighbour :P

[tarheel8494]

still one of my favorite velvet underground tunes.

[kittyboy81]

First time I heard this was in 1986 or 1987

It Blew me away. I saw Lou Reed in 1975.

My Bad.

[tomhagler]

No comments and just 300 views ... am I one of the few fans who thinks this is one of the great VU songs?

[pmfont]

no, you're not the only fan of this song: this is personally one of my favorite songs of all time simply because sterling morrision and lou reed are killing it on the guitar. prime time vu.