The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning

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".

Lyrics: Sunday morning, praise the dawning
Its just a restless feeling by my side
Early dawning, sunday morning
Its just the wasted years so close behind

Watch out, the worlds behind you
Theres always someone around you who will call
Its nothing at all

Sunday morning and Im falling
Ive got a feeling I dont want to know
Early dawning, sunday morning
Its all the streets you crossed, not so long ago

Watch out, the worlds behind you
Theres always someone around you who will call
Its nothing at all

Watch out, the worlds behind you
Theres always someone around you who will call
Its nothing at all...Sunday Morning (repeated...)

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[RadioFreeWisconsin]

Better than the Beatles, yeah, I said it!

[LADYDEACON]

this song reminds me of my chilhood

when i was a kid, my dad used to play me this song, and it stucked in my head ever since!!!!!!

Lou Reed was a genious (sorry for my bad english)

[rochabeatlesfan]

@RadioFreeWisconsin u went too far

[sirronald69]

*****

[4everClassicrock]

@RadioFreeWisconsin ):  they are really good though (:

[95TheDeftOne]

@RadioFreeWisconsin Beatles sucked compared to the most important and influential bands of all time.

[PeaceLoveandMovies]

@RadioFreeWisconsin this is a toughie... on the one hand i want to say 'god no! the beatles are amazing' etc etc, which they are, but on the other hand, i think they're too different to compare... both amazing though, just depends on your opinion i guess

[durt567]

when I die I want to listen to this beautiful song <3

[ShineOnCrazyDiamond1]

@RadioFreeWisconsin Don't be an idiot, they're both completely differant bands...

[wikirok]

i just had an hangover last night but this song makes me feel better... it's like your best friends who helps you when you're dazed and sick

[AxDdWn9491]

This band is the definition of cool.