The Velvet Underground - What Goes On. LIVE

[hookywooky]

This song and version is what turned me onto the Velvets one fateful day when I walked into a record store where it was being played. Lou Reed has written some classic rock'n'roll songs and this is one of them.

[nottforest]

watch?v=a6spDye321E

Inspiral Carpets - What goes on live .the last song. :D . .great song by the Velvet

[nickstonecarver1]

just goes to show how bloody hard these guys played . . . not a lot of time left over for winking to groupies in the audience eh . . . this will be held up in the centuries to come as the unadulterated genius is truly is

[ralucagymnast]

Theres no John Cale in this version of the band either; the guy playing that INCREDIBLE organ solo is musician Doug Yule; this was the VU after Cale left. And this is the greatest song ever. And I mean that; name me something which could top this??

[gilestyle]

These are the most retarded, uninformed comments I have ever read. I am seriously done even glancing at comments out of morbid curiousity. You people are bored, have WAY too much time on your hands and you're fucking ignorant. Just read.... something.

[slackersnowboarder]

How can anybody dislike this? This is music that is so far ahead of its time it is ridiculous. Pre 1970 badass alternative rhythm guitar

[kpyng]

Still fresh & original over 40 years later.

[robertacjackson]

There is no time, ever, that I can't listen to this song, and immediately again. For years and years. I'd love a 45 minute version that I could just put on and go into a dance trance. Maybe I'll clip together the studio and all the live versions end to end and bliss out. Brilliant, wonderful, perfect.

[stoprejectingmynames]

sick live version

[witchman67]

If you can't dance to this song, then you just can't dance.

[notsusan]

such a great song, awesome version. Love how into it Reed sounds, just saw some modern band covering this and there was no feeling whatsoever in the vocals, absolute shit.

also I love that the Jackson 5 comes up in the related videos for this. Listening to this makes me feel like a dancing machine :D

[lfWolf]

She died as a result of a brain injury after falling accidently offof a bicycle. A good reason to wear helmets when cycling.

[KeiraForsyth]

1969 is the most live album ever. I have loved this album for years and can always imagine having actually been there. A genuine treasure chest of music, and this is the best song on it.

[TDS4UT]

Did Nico die from a drug OD? Another one of Andy Warhol's victims.

[webbhead92]

@TDS4UT I looked on the ever reliable Wikipedia (dont use if you want serious info) and she died because of some sort of motorcycle crash. Shame really.

[jubilaz]

@webbhead92

Nico died from a heart attack while biking(bicycle) up a hill in Spain in 1988.

[MegaSirianni]

@webbhead92

She had done drugs for a very long time in her life. Quit them and started exercising a lot and then died from a Heart attack while exercising. Probably directly related to all the previous stress drugs put on her heart.

[MrBrooke66]

@TDS4UT Nico died after suffering brain haemorrage folowing fall from a moped on island of Ibiza in 1988-this did not come from wiki[pedia

[TDS4UT]

@MrBrooke66 Thanks for the info. What was the coroner's report on the blood alcohol levels in her system at the time. What about drugs? When the smack begins to flow is not the best time to go for a bike ride, apparently.

[kevinemitchell]

@TDS4UT fuck off

[TDS4UT]

@kevinemitchell there is no need to use obscene language with me. I was merely asking a question.

[kevinemitchell]

@TDS4UT who fucking cares this was after Nico had split with the VU anyways...I don't champion him or anything but I don't believe that Warhol ever victimized anyone...idiot

[TDS4UT]

@kevinemitchell I saw a PBS special on the life of Andy Warhol. There were many people associated with Andy that either committed suicide, died as a result of drug overdoses, and in one case a woman tried to kill Andy. If he never victimized anyone, he certainly had a long list of people who were negatively affected by knowing him. Then again the production crew at PBS is probably all made up of a bunch of idiots who should fuck off. LOL!

[witchman67]

@TDS4UT NO, she died about 15 years ago from a blood clot on her brain after falling of her bicycle.

[Nellynoodlebums]

@TDS4UT Victim? I suppose he forced people to take drugs did he?

[TDS4UT]

@Nellynoodlebums That would sound like Warhol. Correction, he would force people to take drugs or slip them a roofie and then film it. There was Nico, the girl named Edie that committed suicide, the girl that Lou Reed wrote about in "Stephanie Says," and the prostitute that Andy drove crazy that later shot him.

[earnestmorrissey]

check the hair cut on the dude in the front!

[arsrcs]

@earnestmorrissey You mean MaureenTucker? Not a dude.

[chh5555]

@earnestmorrissey More than a little gender ambiguity. I think I read some liner notes on one of their records that said the other band members didn't know she was a girl at first... something to that affect.

[psychkoala]

@earnestmorrissey

Ha, ha, that's funny.

[averagejoe670]

brilliant !

[problem49]

This just fucking burns! A great song, masterfully performed.

[allanosterm]

My favorite song ever! I really mean it. For 25 years. 'Nuff said. Thank you!

[seanreillyireland]

I'm with you, man.

[stephenmyers99]

from 'Live 1969 double live' cd/lp. th 1 with the chicks ass pulling up her skirt. A classic. the musics not bad either, B-DOOM DOOM TISH!

[ralucagymnast]

@stephenmyers99 The "chicks ass" is actually the ass of Mr Lou Reed;) And this is the best song EVER. Just saying.

[Ragis]

Man, this song rocked big time when played live! Is this from the Live 1969 album?

[ooofest]

I'd like to know, as well.

This is the best recorded jam for "What Goes On" that I've ever heard.

[ooofest]

Whoops, I should have read further in the comments, this is downloadable from Amazon: "1969: Velvet Underground Live, Vol. 1" also subtitled, "With Lou Reed".

[notsovelvet]

He didn't though and that means nothing really.

So a pic was used with Nico,who was not in the band at the time this song was made,well John Cale was not in the band also,but it's still VU.

He said you gave credit to the wrong band,which is shit cuz this is The Velvet Underground.

Now if you title the song The Velvet Underground & Nico - What Goes On (live),then he has reason to say something,but you didn't so he should just say nothing.

[birdyboy6]

This is not The Velvet Underground. I'm not 100% sure that Lou Reed wrote this song but, I am 100% sure that this is Lou Reed Singing this song. 1/5 stars because you gave credit to the wrong band. (You're lucky it's a great song and Lou Reed's awesome otherwise you'd get no stars)

[notsovelvet]

This is VU,from the record "1969 The Velvet Underground live".

And Lou Reed did write this song.

[webbhead92]

He could have pointed out that there's no Nico in the song, yet there is in the picture I used.

[palmeristhecoolest]

@webbhead92 thanks for not using the one with the dude's ass on it

[webbhead92]

Hey Birdyboy. Did you not notice the ad for I-Tunes?

[birdyboy6]

Funny thing; I don't pay attention to ads .About three hours after I made that comment I was playing some poker and realized odds were that I was wrong but, as this is my brothers account, I couldn't sign in and remove it or reply sooner. (Also, I did post a reply about a week ago but I guess youtube's server didn't get the message.) And to "notsovelvet" you're right; I run into that problem all the time where it probably would've been better to keep my mouth shut. Anyways, it's a great song.

[xabnu]

@birdyboy6 Just wanted to be sure ... but you do know that Lou Reed was a founding member of the Velvet Underground?