Velvet Underground

[kayln]

White Light/White Heat is their best.

[Playa Play]

I take it then by saying "VU & Nico is brilliant" that you mean the album and not the actual singer? Ha.

I have to respectfully disagree as well though. Even if you don't like her voice, it should be appreciated. Like Janis Joplin, I think she had a beautiful voice that went very well with her music. But I bet hearing her speak all the time in that voice got grating after a while. Despite that being said, her voice is appreciated by the masses. Ya feel me?

[Diana Jonas]

Why would it be intentional? I understand VU created art, but I don't understand how screeching of the "viola" is supposed to tie in with everything else. I understand that Heroin's overall beat is suppose to simulate the use of heroin. I love the artistic feel of VU, but that song is... messed up.

[Sammi]

Wow, I had no idea. What's the name of this song?

[Beyond Mordant]

I don't think it was a deliberate attempt at popularity, more to do with Yule adding his more than considerable input with some pretty decent bass lines.
Yule brought a more conventional approach to the songs format (poppy) than previous.
Don't dismiss this album!
In my opinion, 'Loaded' is grossly under rated.
In fact it's my favourite VU album of them all.

[jennie j]

The Velvet Underground are an amazing band. The Velvet Underground & Nico is one of those albums that makes you feel cool purely because you own it.

White Light/White Heat is my favorite VU album hanRAB down. An absolute sonic assault from start to finish.

The eponymous third album is unbelievable. An album that has "Candy Says", "Pale Blue Eyes" and Mo Tucker singing "After Hours" is fine with me...

Loaded has, for my money, two of the greatest pop songs ever written in "Sweet Jane" and "Rock & Roll".

After Lou Reed left the band, their live act was still really tight. The band of Doug Yule, Mo Tucker, Walter Powers and Willy Alexander got some of the best reviews of any incarnation of the band.

Squeeze is also a great album, chock full of good rock 'n' roll. Even though it's only a Velvets album by name (Doug Yule was the only Velvet to play on the album), its release on CD is long overdue. I couldn't care less if they release it as a VU album or as Doug Yule's first solo album. I just want a good quality digital remaster of the material.

HanRAB down one of the best banRAB of all time.

[✿Umm Zekiya✿]

I'm Not Sayin'.

That's the name of the song. And who's on first.