who else has attempted "sister ray"? There's a great cover on Mike Rep and the Quotas STUPOR HIATUS that really emphasizes the bouncy poppiness of the riff. You could call "roadrunner" a sister ray cover, too. Speaking of Modern Lovers, there's a nice "Foggy Notion" on Live at the Longbranch, dating from a time when no one had really heard "foggy notion."
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
New Order has a good cover.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, rocket from the tombs do "foggy notion" too. i wonder where they all heard it? ii can imagine that jonathan richman just committed it to memory. and i guess all those cleveland dudes might've heard various bootleg recordings of those La Cave shows ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I think that is correct, Peter Laughner def. recorded some of those gigs.
When I started looking for this album it was like 1983 and impossible to find, my mom eventually sprung for an Xmas or Bday present of what eventually turned out to be a counterfeit copy, which I still have.
LGO for me. Also, TS: original black cover VS English white cover
― sleeve, Thursday, 18 December 2008 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
there's also this oddityhttp://991.com/gallery_180x180/Velvet-Underground-White-LightWhite-369413-991.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
oops yeah that is the "white" cover I was referring to.
― sleeve, Thursday, 18 December 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
it is kind of a cool cover!
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
"who else has attempted "sister ray"? "
There are at least a couple of versions by Suicide - the one I remember is off the "We never said we were music" boot, which has a long section stripped down to Rev ringing the changes on his FX pedals on the basic riff. There's a devastating version by Dr. Mix and the Remix (most of Metal Urbain) on their classic "Wall of Noise" album. Oh, and I think some obscure Manc punk act used to do it live as well.
― Soukesian, Thursday, 18 December 2008 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
more information here:
http://acuterecords.com/releases/act006_drMix.html
― dan selzer, Friday, 19 December 2008 03:04 (fifteen years ago) link
the 3ds did 'lady godiva's operation' live once. it was pretty good.
― cb, Friday, 19 December 2008 12:19 (fifteen years ago) link
It was Jamie Klimek of the Mirrors, wasn't it? Peter Laughner would have been 15 or 16 in 1967/68.
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Friday, 19 December 2008 12:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I think Klimek is the one responsible for those La Cave tapes, found on Sweet Sister Ray and Problems in Urban Living. In other words, the guy is an American hero.
― tylerw, Friday, 19 December 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Not to mention all the great Mirrors songs that sound like the Velvets.
― dan selzer, Friday, 19 December 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah! Thanks for the link to the Dr. Mix info -- I gotta make a big Acute order at some point -- I still need those Lines discs!
― tylerw, Friday, 19 December 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 1 January 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Another band that covered "Guess I'm Falling In Love" was Devo! More proof that many Ohioans loved the Velvets.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 1 January 2009 08:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha, this poll is the first time I considered that Lou was saying anything other than "Baby, my mind split open!"
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 1 January 2009 09:28 (fifteen years ago) link
loooooooooooooool I heard The Gift for the first time today, on iPod shuffle
basically XD at all of it but ESPECIALLY when it begins to ratchet up at the end. "Marsha mentioned that her father had a basement full of tools!"
― Mark Ronson: "Led Zeppelin were responsible for hip-hop" (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
this poll got it exactly right
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
(xp) I only ever listen to the music part, haven't heard the story bit for years
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
anyone on this thread who had anything bad to say about "The Gift" OTM, that is a very unpleasant song to listen to
― i be like... ham (crüt), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Musically it is awesome
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
oh no doubt
― i be like... ham (crüt), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Just listen to the channel with the music on it then
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
c'mon it's great. the music, the narration, the lolz.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
... the Welsh accent
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, it's one of the epic VU jams...
"The Booker T"!
wiki does not dissapoint: "Original drummer Angus Maclise briefly returned to the band to play drums while Maureen Tucker played bass guitar." I had no idea!
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Not on "The Gift" he didn't!
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone else here play "Sister Ray" over and over, thinking it was the greatest piece of white noise ever? This was me at twenty-one.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
helped that I didn't know what it was when I heard it. then realised. 'oh shit this is that The Gift song!'
the only real writing error is when he says 'finally succumbed to the final clutches'...a bad repetition, but excusable
it's not great writing or anything but pretty funny
― Mark Ronson: "Led Zeppelin were responsible for hip-hop" (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
this is me at twenty-two tbh
― i be like... ham (crüt), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Tom D, you need to straighten out wikipedia right this instant.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:06 (fourteen years ago) link
guitar violence on i heard her call my name
!!!!!!AND THEN MY MIND SPLIT OPEN!!!!!!
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
i think wiki is just saying that the jam developed during live shows where Lou was in the hospital and maclise returned for those shows. still, i mentioned it above -- the music for "the gift" does not equal the track released on Peel Slowly and See as "Booker T" ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I woulda voted for "I Heard Her Call My Name." In fact, the moment depicted in the thread title, and the cochlea-raping feedback shriek that begins the guitar solo remains among the most devastating rock "moments" ever captured. The onomotapoetic perfection of that phrase followed by that sound has seldom been equalled.
― ImprovSpirit, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I would have voted for The Gift!
― skip, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Plus this is my favorite VU album by a good margin.
the music for "the gift" does not equal the track released on Peel Slowly and See as "Booker T" ...
Could not agree less on this
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:18 (thirteen years ago) link
is booker t the same song as that looong roadies jam? the gift would have been tied #3 on my list with sister ray.
― kumar the bavarian, Thursday, 10 June 2010 11:23 (thirteen years ago) link
You know I can't actually remember much about the "Booker T" on "Peel Slowly...", it's a blues thing (unlike "The Gift)?
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 June 2010 11:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Booker T on Peel Slowly is pretty much just a blues progression jam thing. It's got some cool guitar work, but it doesn't have the nasty fuzz bass riff that the Gift has.
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 June 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I dont like the Velvet Underground, but "Heard Her Call My Name" is awesome.
― Chicago to Philadelphia: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Thursday, 10 June 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I fondly recall staring, mouth agape, at my stereo the first time I heard "I Heard Her Call My Name." Most of the times since that an air-guitar fit accompanied by hysterical laughter has been the result.
― ImprovSpirit, Friday, 11 June 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
hey one of mine got revived :D
i'll be honest here: as far as I Heard Her Call My Name goes, call & response vocals > guitar feedback (not >>>>>>, just >)
the fact that they coexist on the same song....sheer amazement.
― anyone voting room to live will be denied such (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 11 June 2010 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
The "single" version of Heard Her Call My Name is kinda interesting. Tones down the mix so the song's a little more musical, and the solo doesn't smack you in the face as much. Not an improvement...
― dlp9001, Saturday, 12 June 2010 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
John Cale OBE, apparently
― zappi, Saturday, 12 June 2010 11:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, John Cale OBE!
― Mark G, Monday, 14 June 2010 08:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Disappointing....not that he gets one, but that he accepts.
― sonofstan, Monday, 14 June 2010 08:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't have a problem with him accepting it at all. It's a recognition of his achievement. It doesn't mean he's turned into an Establishment lickspittle.
― anagram, Monday, 14 June 2010 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link