The Velvet Underground - After Hours

[dominoes37]

Great song. Music doesn't need a complicated rhythm/melody or a ton of Instruments.

Is its pure and unique sound that make a piece of music an astonishing pleasure

Thanks, TVU

[blikeredaxis]

The 17 dislikes thing is my vision of what hell looks like. If you don't like this, then love is a long, long way off. Hope you have a better life later on.

[Brittneyisradd14]

Andy Warhol sent me here.

[thesinner922]

if lou reed rote this than it's his best

[swingingsixtieslove]

this song is telling about my life

[GiantDoucheNG]

it kind of pains me that juno has become the sole medium by which the current generation is exposed to the velvet underground

[beanworldcows]

first time i saw this picture (not knowing her name was maureen tucker) i thought she was a man.

[aliceborealis]

Your audio is off-pitch. Too slow.

[AnUndeadPanda]

@aliceborealis tempo defiantly the same thing as pitch

[GiantDoucheNG]

@AnUndeadPanda ever play with the pitch control on a turntable? it works by changing the speed. if this track was slowed to bypass the copyright from youtube it would inevitably result in a lower pitch than the original track.

[AnUndeadPanda]

@GiantDoucheNG Well then I apologize, I had come back from a fun instillation of school band and I was thinking of the wrong pitch. You are about to hear something, never ever posted on the internet ever. I admit I was wrong.

[GiantDoucheNG]

@AnUndeadPanda aha i'm screencapping this

[matteogege92]

moe hasn't a great voice but god, it's perfect for this song, it's kind of sad, melancholic... this song would suck if sung by someone else

[3rk4u]

my doors come off its hinges man im fu**ed oh wellxxx

[evilthesaurus]

this is my favorite song.

[matteogege92]

nah this song is actually dedicated to all those who study mechanical engineering

[Secure81]

Man Mo was such a good musician. Great song, sort of reminds me of Lonely Lion by The Electric Flamingos

[sedg]

hipster nerdy anti-pop isn't new.

[PlayerPunisher]

@sedg The term hipster has such a negative connotation these days, oddly enough, much like the hippies. They're a comedy act. The whole lot of them. Unoriginal Self claimed 'individualists'. But yes back to your point. Buddy Holly is an example of what you're illustrating.

[dnggitg]

This is like something Zooey Deschanel would do with a ukelele. I'll bet she does.

[MrMonsterstiffy]

@dnggitg  that girl ain't smart enough to even know of this song.

[unicornsandshotguns]

@MrMonsterstiffy she's hot so stfu lol jk but srsly

[aseohosting]

what a wonderful song i like it!

[schoolofspool]

This recording is not playing at the correct speed. Sounds a few hairs slow.

[diehardwalnut]

Science of sleep ?

[JakeChilly93]

I don't like this copy, there's one where her voice is a bit lighter... I prefer that one.

[DudermanGG]

@JakeChilly93 This is played a slower speed. That's why her voice is 'lower'.

[79Rotten]

What relationship with Edie Sedgwick?

[thepablofanquesfair]

doesn't feel like it was made in that era. :)



[MrSantorum]

the velvet underground always makes me sad for some reason.

[katdf123]

I think this song is about just being that odd teenager who just spends their day in their room.

Just being lonely. It's much more "innocent and pure," as Lou Reed himself put it,  then what everyone thinks because it's just about being a lonely teenager/person.

Just my thoughts.

[JizmmmyJazz]

@katdf123 xD that akward teenager is me

[Tyannalyn]

@katdf123 :D

[NintendoSegaSonyGuy]

This a note lower than on my brother's album version. Is this the closet mix or something?

[johnsydjimi]

Mmmmmm.... makes me sleepy, just close that door and go to sleep people. and have a good sleep, like soft clouds gently moving

[Monkeyboy92037]

they completely ripped off this melody from will i. am, fagots

[themaninthemirror131]

@Monkeyboy92037 trolls are so easy to spot these days

[kharmakatt]

Will.i.am was born in 1975, this song was recorded in 1969 so there is no way they could have ripped it off. Perhaps it's the other way around.

[Monkeyboy92037]

@kharmakatt ;)

[elguezj]

I really dig the Science of sleep version :D

[neva0say0die]

@uncletupelo96 calm down. e_e did i ever say i was a singer? am i attempting to sing a song for a bands album?...yeah NO, it doesnt even make sense to say she can sing better then me. people get so angry over nothing. *rolls eyes* sorry im not forcing myself to like bad vocals.

[bushidobullet]

8 people saw the day again

[neva0say0die]

woah ok I was expecting a better singing voice. e_e Never heard the original before so am a bit shocked by the shitty vocals. But I like it when its sung by other people.

[FeedTheTrollPlz]

@neva0say0die Well, uh, it's just like your opinion man.

[neva0say0die]

@FeedTheTrollPlz uhhh well duuuhhhhh. guuuuh. UGH. i dont even get why you made that reply. e_e

[FeedTheTrollPlz]

@neva0say0die Oh forget about that, I also did. I don't remember what I meant (yeah, I'm serious).

[Kegz]

This song is so beautiful. My soul has been touched.

[vicdeakin]

I just remembered I saw Mo in the old Baggot Inn one night.

[Broblem12]

A simple and straightforward song and lovely for it. The proper song to end the Cd/Lp. Not all songs need to be overly complicated nor deeply pained or of the like and this is such a delight. Awesome...

[OpheliasWedding]

I'd always thought that was leather, not never, that she was singing about. Prefer the leather version, not so dark but oh so much more twisted :)

[Dumbfoundedification]

The 8 people who disliked this song need to take a Music Appreciation class. Just saying.

[Tyannalyn]

@Dumbfoundedification LOL

[okavipra]

vox

[bekah1216]

This song is when you shut yourself in, because your too afraid to go out, are sad because your lonely, and then put all your hope into one person to save you, all the while telling yourself that it doesnt matter either way.

[mikewattdisciple]

The song is very much open to interpretation rather than clearly about drugs and/or suicide, in my opinion. I played in a band backing up Moe Tucker for about five gigs in the '80s, and I know she considered it a rather sweet song. In fact, she closed the set with it each night. (backed only by an acoustic guitar) and it was really charming.

[johnnymccrowe]

@mikewattdisciple i never got any dark images from this tune, to me personaly its just what its like when the bartender locks the door after last call and you and your pals stay "after hours" drink etc. then you walk out at 8am into the sunny morning,

[JiPi507]

everyone has a different meaning for this song. To me, it's a suicide song, and I have my reasons.

Just a beautiful song really.

[gimmeadollr]

I much prefer Tucker singing this one.

[SometimesElinor]

I think I should some up the arguments here:

Yes, this is a woman singing (bottom right in the picture). Her name is Maureen (Moe) Tucker and she is the drummer. No, not Nico singing.

The meaning of the song is uncertain so you can believe what you like.

You might not like her voice but it's the right sound for the song.

[TheAqui1a]

I only know it through The Science of Sleep - good song.

[sakkadam4]

is this nico singing?

[Phantasus87]

@sakkadam4

no the drummer =)

[platypae333]

Who cares what it was meant to be about? Take what you want from it. I think it's open to interpretation.

[skateitupable]

if only i could come across that amp at a garage sale one day...

[ntn777]

this song is so damn cute

[washedpotatoes]

lou reed did sing this song also

[trueogkilla]

love the opening line, for people in recovery..you can relate.

[ShaneFoxX]

i covered it!

but this song is so amazing =]

[spinkwotzer]

What a wonderful song, TVU are so versatile, I love them

[louiseduvee]

Miss Tucker was so nervous, everyone had to leave before she would consent to record this.

[AJAXRHCPFAN]

version from the peppers are better.....

[keitaro21]

@AJAXRHCPFAN not better, just more masculine ^^

[qdwright76]

@AJAXRHCPFAN not sure what you have been ingesting.

[relaxingmusic101]

@coffeejack lol

[ritualpenguin]

even teapartiers started out started out innocent and sweet.

[salvatoreprofaci]

This version is warped...the real one (with Maureen Tucker) is a lot faster--maybe they tried to make it sound more like Nico?

[C5H6O]

poly wraio komati

[scottjhnsn]

honestly! people call themselves fans yet they can't discern nico's voice with maureen's? shame. it is in fact maureen. listen to "i'm sticking with you" which mo sings too and you can tell they are very much the same. and btw,nico has a distinctly deeper voice and obviously has that accent.

[TenWhoWereTaken]

Mo Tucker vocals > Nico vocals

[relaxingmusic101]

@TenWhoWereTaken Careful

[TenWhoWereTaken]

Helloooooooo, you´re my very special one...

[mussman717word]

This sounds like the closet mix?

[Kharmaireth]

@mussman717word Literally

[lalalabombx]

Favourite Velvet Underground song. Well, this or "Heroin".

[thekates0]

@SubwayZombie, alright :-)

[verajirak]

This song is singing Edie Sedgwick and nobody else!!!

[rubbersandro]

sweet song 

[Iregyful]

what a beautyfull song!

[TenWhoWereTaken]

Hello, you're my very special one...

[tickntimebombfun]

its mo tucker! damn my fellow utubers are retarded

[oxIcecreamIsColdxo]

Oh and by the way, Andy didn't love her, he was gay... Literally. Edie was a model and a groupie, she just hung around the band and sometimes when they were playing Andy would put videos up which he had made, they were mostly of Edie.

[crazyxdude714]

hmm.. this sounds strange? is this the closet mix?

[oxIcecreamIsColdxo]

It's Maureen Tucker, Edie was a groupie who couldn't sing and Nico never sang this song with the Velvet Underground.

[rawlingsguy]

too bad it sounds like a fucking 4 year old singing this shit god damnit

[thekates0]

This is really Edie Sedgwick. the information is wrong.

[SubwayZombie]

@thekates0 I have this record, it says it's sung by Maureen Tucker.

[thekates0]

It's Edie Sedgwick, Andy loved her.

[Invrone]

it's nico

[aliciah174]

This song is beautiful . 

[lebowskirulz]

only the velvet underground could make a song that is both sweet and haunting

[andrew18651]

this may sound stupid, but maybe the lyrics should be taken literely. It's a loner song. Suicidal/drug overtones, maybe, but its a loner song really.

[schnotzarella]

Drugs, love and/or suicide may make it seem more glamorous or crypic, but it's just a simple little song about where we all go when somebody shuts the door on us...or the computer's battery dies...nil, null, never...whatever....

[socialPUREchaos]

@schnotzarella I liked your comment..

[ApplwPiw]

all the people are dancing and they're having so much fun,

i wish it could happen to me.

cause if you close the door

i'd never have to see the day again.

[iHateSmellyPeople]

if you close, the door

the night could last forever<3

leave the wine, glass out

and drink a toast to never.

oh, someday i know someone will look into my eyes and say hellooooo - you're my very special oneeee<3

but if you close, the door

i'd never have to see the day again<3

:3 i love this song.

[keeleyann19]

If you read what it says on Wiki, I don't think it's about drugs or suicide.

Lou Reed said the song was "so innocent and pure" that he could not possibly sing it himself.

[xXPinkGoddessXx]

@keeleyann19 I don't really see how the song sounding innocent precludes the suicidal tones that are obviously there.

[MowgliX]

@keeleyann19 Right you are. It's a piece of beautiful songwriting. There's no need to make a deeper analysis. It's simply beautiful and innocent.

[Yankhadenough]

@keeleyann19 that's Moe :)

[JaackPat]

@keeleyann19 No... it's either about death or suicide. Wikipedia never said anything about it having a good message. if anything, it's attempting to have "innocent" vocals to the contrast of the subject. But, it's however you interpret it, buddy.

[Grizzlism]

@JaackPat

How do you figure it's about death or suicide?

[JaackPat]

@Grizzlism Closing the door and letting the light out and welcoming the darkness could be a metaphor for death or committing suicide. Now, the literal interpretation of just a girl upset about not being able to party and locking herself in her room is a legitimate interpretation as well, but it is more boring. I also think that since VU is considered a pessimistic/ dark band, I would go with it being about death or suicide.

[lalalalala5151]

@keeleyann19

firstly wiki isn't the place to get actual interpretations to lyrics. Also it could be about both those things because there are inncoent people who do both, also its like the man below said, the innocent nature of the singer contrasts the tone, it also highlights the sadness of being alone or depressed or knowing that if someone left you you could die, its all made more serious by the fact that someone innocent is singing.

Its sad that people need definite answers/interpretation

[Wesleetu]

I think this is more simply just a love song. I suppose it could be a suicide song. But the lyrics are very clearly a love song.

After looking for someone for so long and seeing how happy everyone else is, she finally found someone that could just close the door and she could spend the rest of her life with, whether she saw the sun again or not.

I think if it was about suicide, the lyrics wouldn't be "If YOU close the door" and I really just don't see any reference to drugs at all.

[TheBCSandman]

Its not about suicide its about drugs. Always better when you cant see the daylight people dancin' nice cars yep....hands down its drugs

[BloodyCatastrophee]

@joeybeardizzy123 Yeah, I think I agree. At least maybe that's the mood I'm in that lead me hear feeling like listening to do this very randomly when I haven't done so in so long. That might just be it. Yeah, it's about sliding into that repose while maybe possessing a withheld feeling of maybe wanting to mingle with people or have a special love interest but you don't, so just try and find some consolation within your isolation.

[histerija]

people, don't listen to this version, it's just plain wrong. it's tuned down half a step and it really hurts my ears. sounds much darker and more blurry than the original :|

[jackhillty]

yeah - it sounds really weird - mo sounds like a teenage boy on qualudes under a blanket - not her fault

[logiconmywrist]

awe

[MDS13MDS]

I never want to see the day again.

[trickydickkkkk]

"I'd never have to see the day again" (i just comnited suicide)

[carkid37]

This song could be interpreted as a song about suicide.  Think about it.

[MarcusCMarcellus]

I've never heard of a different interpretation than that: it is understood to be about suicide. Very creepy song.

[CigaretteTwo]

I thought it was pretty obvious, regardless, I always thought that's what it was about.

[AbbieFuckingDiamond]

Love this song

[katiest94]

it´s so wonderful.

[959Kevin]

wonderfull song!!!!

[ellieweed]

this song is awesome

very relatable

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but

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[bigmonkey0]

BUT IF YOU CLOSE THE DOOR

[thekarabatic]

one two thre viva algerie

[Teddystamp]

hahaha we love this old recording...

[11ninafan11]

really nice, but isn't she off key?

i'm not sure... anyway... cool number! :)

[ZebraJones01]

That's sort of the appeal

[burntoast]

Yeah a little

[fantasmamodular]

bien bonitico

[anomalousclouds]

beautiful tune, end of story.

[TheYcontrol]

amazing!!!!!!...!!!

[heymarsh]

the lyrics are an inspiration.

[KeyLimeful]

legit

[lopinha123]

I love this song once more!!

[desolationrow]

Maureen!

[axdexter23]

wish it lasted long enough to put me to sleep.. loopin it will make you crazy!

[codeastronomer]

I had it on loop today...

[axdexter23]

one more time

[rockvilleraven]

This was the final song played on WHFS 102.3 FM in Bethesda, MD in June 1983 just before they signed off.

[nauort23]

Hey, rockvilleraven! Do you remember the string of songs they played in the early 80's around 5:00 p.m. every Friday night on HFS? This might have been when they were 99.1 FM... I know the Beastie Boys "You have to fight..." and something about a "Party Party Weekend," but I can't remember the rest. I bet you can.

[rockvilleraven]

Party Weekend by Joe "King" Carasco and the Crowns. That is all I can remember. They played the indie version on 102.3, but they played the album version when they moved to 99.1 in Annapolis.

[DaysOfBrokenArrows]

Friday nite at 5 on WHFS! I'd forgotten about that. Circa 1982-83 they also played "Here Comes the Weekend" by Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds and something by Ratso and Switchblade called (I think) "She Makes Me Rock Too Much."

[JacksRectum]

you gotta fight! for your right! to party!

[gemellinaruy]

Who sings this song? O.o

Is it Nico? O_o

I don't think...

[WaldoJeffers25]

It's Maureen Tucker!

[chirilloff]

@WaldoJeffers25

Maureen Tucker as stated in the description ;)

[MisterComunista]

@WaldoJeffers25 it's Edie Sedgwick i think so..

[vie2dtw]

@WaldoJeffers25 Moe Tucker to her friends. ;)

[PcmRox182]

@WaldoJeffers25 I can't believe that's the drummer.. I mean he's a man.. And that sounds 100% like woman..haha

[haricotsvert]

@PcmRox182 That's because it is a woman..

[maida1982a]

Just fyi, Nico was not associated with the band on record after the 1st LP. This is from the 3rd LP. Great song, huh?

[ElectricIntercourse7]

@gemellinaruy

it is nico isnt it????

[Vesters1]

@ElectricIntercourse7 no.. performed by the drummer in the velvets, but written by Lou Reed

[musicapacity]

@gemellinaruy its the drummer of the band :) named maureen tucker

[AudioVinyl]

Oh. I love this song.

[axelluv]

this song is so sweet :]

[HumanistChucker]

this is nico from russio-jappan. she was married to jim morrison and roy orbison. they lived in chicago and paris france. this is how you listen to the strokes.

[SleepyMaurice]

actually nico isn't singing here, it's their drummer maureen tucker who also sings I'm sticking with you!

[yatah]

Nico was never married to jim morrison, get your facts straight..

[shizleconjuror]

she blew him in an elevator tho!!!

[misterrabbi]

movie=fiction, a lot of the events and main points of "The Doors" film were slightly different than the real happenings of the actual band.... I know for a fact that the whole Sullaven Show fiasco in the movie was completely overstated and Ed Sulleven was the one to say the line "You'll never do this show again"...to which jim replied, "I've DONE the Sullevan Show!" However, she probably really did really blow him at some point lol...

[theincrediblejello]

Probably my favorite song by the velvets.