Siouxsie - The Creatures with John Cale - Venus in Furs - Live USA 1999

Sousie has a perfect voice for this unique song!

Outstanding.

Went to the San Diego show, and it was awesome hearing her do the song with Cale. Had my copy of the "Peel Slowly and See" box set book signed.

standing out side Manchester Apollo for the bands autograph no autographs photos only so the band stand by the van and pose shit on camera life's a bitch

Awesome rendition, and I almost universally hate any and all cover versions of VU songs (Cowboy Junkies' Sweet Jane obviously not included)..but then again, it's Siouxsie, of course she'll kick ass...just look what she did with ''The Passenger''...If anyone can do Lou Reed justice, it's her.

Oh, one more exception, Mazzy Star's live go of Heroin...home run, I suggest checking for it. Now if only P.J. Harvey would do one, maybe White Light/White Heat, I could die a happy man.

If Cale does VIF it is not a cover. To a large ammount he created and arranged the VU sound, so a big part of this song is his!
Just listen to the early recordings on the Peel Slowly & See box set, and how Reed had intentionally written some songs as folk/blues sort of arrangements. Cale totally changed their musical character with his radical musical ideas.

Certainly...I'm not trying to sound elitist by saying this, but VU probably had the most (or at least close to the most) role in shaping the appreciation I'd have for music in general a few years later. I treasure the regular version of PS&S, so hearing the demos, originals, etc. -- meant a great deal to me, needless to say.

But I disgress -- I was overlooking Cale because I was on a big Siouxsie kick when I found this. He's terrific, she's terrific, and together here they're..well, you know,

John Cale is playing this song, is not a cover, this is so Cale's like is Reed's.

Cale absolutely created the VU avantgarde sound. Listen the live renditions of both, John's and Lou's, and you can tell who drives the power of that terrific song.

a jewel..ty for sharing it