The Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale

The Velvet Underground and Nico

Studio album by The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground and Nico is the debut album by experimental rock band The Velvet Underground and vocal collaborator Nico. It was originally released in March 1967 by Verve Records, a subsidiary of MGM Records.

Recorded in 1966 during Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia event tour, The Velvet Underground and Nico would gain notoriety for its experimentalist performance sensibilities, as well as its focus on controversial subject matter in songs such as "Heroin".

Though largely ignored upon its release, it has since become one of the most influential and critically lauded rock albums in history, appearing as #13 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time[1] as well as being added to the 2006 National Recording Registry by the Librarian of Congress.

The Velvet Underground and Nico is sometimes referred to as the "banana album" as it features a Warhol print of a banana on the cover. Early copies of the album invited the owner to "Peel slowly and see"; peeling back the banana skin revealed a flesh-colored banana underneath. A special machine was needed to manufacture these covers (one of the causes of the album's delayed release), but MGM paid for costs figuring that any ties to Warhol would boost sales of the album.[6][3]

On the 1996 CD reissue, the banana image is on the front cover while the image of the peeled banana is on the inside of the jewel case, beneath the CD itself.

Much of the album's sound was conceived by John Cale, who stressed the experimental qualities of the band. Cale, who was influenced greatly by his work with La Monte Young, John Cage and the early Fluxus movement, encouraged the use of alternative ways of producing sound in music. Cale thought his sensibilities meshed well with Lou Reed's, who was already experimenting with alternative tunings. For instance, Reed had "invented" the ostrich guitar tuning for a song he wrote called "The Ostrich" for the short-lived band The Primitives. Ostrich guitar tuning consists of all strings being tuned to the same note. The method was utilized on songs "Venus in Furs" and "All Tomorrow's Parties". Often, the guitars were also tuned down a whole step, which produced a lower, fuller sound that Cale called "sexy".

Track History: "Femme Fatale" is a song by The Velvet Underground. It appears originally on the band's debut album The Velvet Underground and Nico, featuring lead vocals by Nico. At Andy Warhol's request, Lou Reed wrote the song about "Warhol superstar" Edie Sedgwick. The song was released as a single in December 1966.

Lyrics: Here she comes, you better watch your step
Shes going to break your heart in two, its true
Its not hard to realize
Just look into her false colored eyes
She builds you up to just put you down, what a clown

cause everybody knows (shes a femme fatale)
The things she does to please (shes a femme fatale)
Shes just a little tease (shes a femme fatale)
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks

Youre written in her book
Youre number 37, have a look
Shes going to smile to make you frown, what a clown
Little boy, shes from the street
Before you start, youre already beat
Shes gonna play you for a fool, yes its true

cause everybody knows (shes a femme fatale)
The things she does to please (shes a femme fatale)
Shes just a little tease (she's a femme fatale)
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks


Here she comes, you better watch your step
Shes going to break your heart in two, its true
Its not hard to realize
Just look into her false colored eyes
She builds you up to just put you down, what a clown

cause everybody knows (shes a femme fatale)
The things she does to please (shes a femme fatale)
Shes just a little tease (shes a femme fatale)
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks

Youre written in her book
Youre number 37, have a look
Shes going to smile to make you frown, what a clown
Little boy, shes from the street
Before you start, youre already beat
Shes gonna play you for a fool, yes its true

cause everybody knows (shes a femme fatale)
The things she does to please (shes a femme fatale)
Shes just a little tease (shes a femme fatale)
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks

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[Mely Androvetto]

Be fast, you have just 2:37 minutes, haha

[gabiras123gbrl]

but please never use faggot for cursing

[Chloe P.]

Your way of arguing is very unintelligent and definitely not convincing. Let people like what they want too. I don't really care for Linkin Park, though I haven't heard much of their music, but you have no right to judge what others like. Music is music. Either you like it or you don't. Just ignore the arrogant comments posted by hipsters looking for some depth, and just enjoy the music

[Elenh B]

boots and whips <3<3

[dibrenn3432]

nico all up in ya business

[aAmandadaMota]

esse é o tipo de canção que sempre toca na cabeça da gt quando a gt ta apaixonado

[Javier Treviño]

this is one of my favourite velvet underground songs, I never have to think about it, it's just natural, it sticks with me

[pivotguy403]

DAMN, THAT'S EDGY

[naiie pearl]

en un momento de mii vida fuii una femme fatal!

recuerdosss!!

[LovelyMuffinToons]

Shut up, fag.

[SilentAssassin333]

Oh. My. GODDD!!! Her voice!!

Was I the only one on earth who thought it's a man singing when they heard this or I'll Be Your Mirror for the first time? I swear to God I thought a man sang these songs... Am very new to Velvet Underground so I had no idea about their band members.

Gorgeous voice! :D