Lou Reed & John Cale - Small Town

From Lou's fantastic song cycle, Song's For Drella. About the life and work of Reed and Cale's mentor, Andy Warhol.

• Category

  Music

[randall2020]

You can hardly call Warhol John Cale's mentor. Cale is a classically trained musician and worked with musicians like John Cage before the Velvet Underground.

[Elliott Marx]

I absolutely agree that Warhol was in no way John Cale's musical mentor. As far as I know Warhol, though a music lover, was not a musician. However, that is simply one form of mentoring. Warhol's savvy was at gaining attention, creating media interest and spectacle. Warhol was not only good at this, he was a master. Reed and Cale did not just momentarily benefit from Warhol's talents while together in VU; they learned and borrowed these skills and used them the rest of their careers.

[ConnieLynchitz]

John Cale gaffe at 1.21

But I won't hold it against him, being the musical fucking genius that he is.

[bideartean666]

je suis fasciné par le visage de John Cale

[natetheguitarkid]

They should do a song about the big city. Maybe not just New York, but just a in general life about growing up in the city.

[Calig McDevitt]

It was a kind of symbiotic relationship. Up to a point. When Reed broke with Warhol it was tragic and he would always regret it, hence the album, but i don't think either would have been as successful without the other.

[ConnieLynchitz]

Well done.

Now don't hold it against him.

[natetheguitarkid]

*1 week later*. Okay so he messed up.

[ConnieLynchitz]

You're not paying attention.

See me after class.

[natetheguitarkid]

What?

[Peter G]

absolutely , just been watching the vid for street hassle ... more than a smattering of Worholesque filming there

[Roman Marx]

faved and saved.

- Lucifer

[Gunner Graham]

@ 1:21 Cale plays a bum note,Lous' eyebrows note it,lmao.

[Andrew Page]

the poetry is the best since