The Velvet Underground

Nice....very nice

I can't believe that this song and "Sister Ray" were written by the same person.. VU is so awesome.

Awesome song. Its on the Adventureland soundtrack.

Yup. Watched that movie today which is where i heard the song

awesome song

Dommage que les images soient si platement imitatives pour une telle chanson...

I'll tell you something else that I just remembered. For many years Lou Reed was really in love with a girl he went to college with, her name was Shelley. She decided in the end to marry another man, her lifestyle being kinda straight. Lou Reed wrote this song for her. When The Velvets recorded the song a while later, Sterling Morrison - after doing the solo & knowing what the song was about - said to Reed: " If it was me I'd have never let anyone else mark such a personal song so much". Cheers

Are you positive that Morrison plays lead on I'm Set Free? It is one of my favorite solos, but it is so basic that I thought maybe it was Reed.

No, I'm not. With Cale gone, Morrison plays more lead guitar, but I'm not 100% sure about I'm Set Free; I haven't listened to it in a while. Perhaps I will & let you know what I think. It could be either, although the rhythm guitar - the 'arpeggio' on the D chord - sounds definitely like Lou Reed's style

He is sadly missed. Other lead guitar parts he plays - on the same album - are That's The Story Of My Life, & I'm Set Free.
On the DVD of The Velvets' reunion tour (1993) you can see him take quite a solo on Rock'n'Roll. He plays lots of lead on the live albums - like Live 1969 - and on the legendary 'Lost Album' (1968-69), released in 1985 as VU, like on Foggy Notion, or the slide guitar of One Of These Days. His style is kinda sweet here (it's the song) but it could be as raw as anyone's