That's right, we pathetic souls in the U.S. should take note and vote forthwiith. Don't tell anyone, but I think I'm going to vote for an album.
― Bimble, Sunday, 10 June 2007 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link
You know it makes sense!
― Mark G, Sunday, 10 June 2007 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link
Mark G! Dude! I've got to figure out which is my fave VU album. If you just hadn't included the VU thing. Oh my god
― Bimble, Sunday, 10 June 2007 23:28 (seventeen years ago) link
so, go for that one then! It's certainly deserving!
― Mark G, Sunday, 10 June 2007 23:29 (seventeen years ago) link
You know what I mean...it's that thing that only came out in 1985...I had a flexi disc from some normal UK music paper...you know2 what I mean. It had "Stephanie Says" and I was just a Velvet Underground virgin. I swear.
In the sea of love where everyone would love to drown Fleetwood Mac They say it doesn't matter anymore when you build your house and then please call me home never change and don't you ever stop
― Bimble, Sunday, 10 June 2007 23:32 (seventeen years ago) link
It's that VU album with "Temptation Inside Your Heart" you know the one I mean.
― Bimble, Sunday, 10 June 2007 23:33 (seventeen years ago) link
hARD BEIN' A MAN/LIVIN IN A GARBAGE PAIL/
SHE TRIED TO HIT ME WITH A MOP
i CAN'T STNAD IT ANYMORE MORE MORE
IF SHIRLEY WOULD JUST COME BACK IT'D BE ALRIGHT
― Bimble, Sunday, 10 June 2007 23:36 (seventeen years ago) link
13 dead cats
― Bimble, Sunday, 10 June 2007 23:37 (seventeen years ago) link
tHE PEOPLE ALL CALL HER ALASKA
― Bimble, Sunday, 10 June 2007 23:39 (seventeen years ago) link
bUT lISA sAYS WILL CLEAR THE BAR.
i'LL WALK HOME IN THE RAIN IF LISA SAYS IS PLAYING.
― Bimble, Sunday, 10 June 2007 23:45 (seventeen years ago) link
bump for the morning.
― Mark G, Monday, 11 June 2007 08:03 (seventeen years ago) link
hahaha
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 11 June 2007 13:30 (seventeen years ago) link
bump for the evening
― Mark G, Monday, 11 June 2007 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link
(?)
― StanM, Monday, 11 June 2007 21:23 (seventeen years ago) link
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/ATA/24818BP~The-Simpsons-Nelson-Haha-Posters.jpg
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 11 June 2007 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Monday, 11 June 2007 23:01 (seventeen years ago) link
weak
― deej, Monday, 11 June 2007 23:03 (seventeen years ago) link
WL/WH is so obviously best
― deej, Monday, 11 June 2007 23:04 (seventeen years ago) link
wtf ilx
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 00:40 (seventeen years ago) link
my favorite VU record is the one that is in the player at any given time
― outdoor_miner, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 01:34 (seventeen years ago) link
People always confuse Best and Most Important, don't they? :-/
― StanM, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 06:19 (seventeen years ago) link
(oh, er... Favourite, in this case)
two votes for Squeeze? ILX jokers no doubt.
― JN$OT, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 06:23 (seventeen years ago) link
can someone do a little overview/chart/spreadsheet type thing where we can see the results of all five polls?
― StanM, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 08:06 (seventeen years ago) link
Favourite: VU and Nico Second Favourite: VU and Nico Third: White Light, White Heat Fourth: Loaded Fifth: Loaded
Yay! (errm...)
So, this means that VU and Nico is the favourite, and all those who like another album better, like the VU/Nico as their second favourite.
So, VU and Nico is the overwhelming winner, and gets to run the government.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 08:29 (seventeen years ago) link
Squeeze 2 VU 1
waht
― abanana, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 01:17 (seventeen years ago) link
White Light/White Heat is almost ruined by "The Gift", as far as I'm concerned. "Murder Mystery" on the next album is a much more listenable -- and less obtrusive -- experiment.
― novaheat, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 05:47 (seventeen years ago) link
"The Velvet underground" is quite consistent.
It ended up being the second favourite, the second second favourite, the second third favourite, and the fourth fourth favourite.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 07:41 (seventeen years ago) link
"The Gift" is awesome - turn your balance to the left speaker, pump up the volume and surrender.
― willem, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 07:50 (seventeen years ago) link
Ha! I've done that!
I voted for the Quine Tapes because of the monster "Sister Ray" versions, which for me just fry the studio one (not to mention the as-yet-not-officially-released Boston Tea Party version).
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link
What are everyone's favorite VU bootlegs, that's what I wanna know...
― iago g., Thursday, 31 December 2009 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
off the top of my head:Gymnasium 67Any of the Boston Tea Party ShowsLa Cave 68Factory Rehearsals 1966 (?)Melody LaughterEnd of Cole AvenueHilltop/Ostrich 1969
― tylerw, Thursday, 31 December 2009 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
oh sweet sister ray, too ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 31 December 2009 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.esquire.com/media/cm/esquire/images/velvet-underground-acetate-061808-lg-40307135.jpgand this!
― tylerw, Thursday, 31 December 2009 23:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't forget the Legendary Guitar Amp Tape! (though you should just try to track down the 4 disc Tea Party set since it is one of the included shows).
I really like the EPI/1966 show from Valleydale OH. Good show with Nico.
Otherwise, Tyler got 'em all.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 1 January 2010 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Guitar Amp tape is indeed great fun ... I think that "Melody Laughter" is at least part of the Valleydale show ... In the Unterberger book, someone talks about having heard newly mastered Boston Tea Party recordings that are better than anything currently circulating ... Would love to hear those. The Tea Party tapes are listenable, but not fabulous. Performances are out of this world, obviously.
― tylerw, Friday, 1 January 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I keep hearing about both the Tea Party thing and the Legendary Guitar Amp thing... the 4cd set (which I have also heard about) is the best source/way to get them, then?
― Without Curves, I would feel deflated. I like Curves. They are best. (Stevie D), Friday, 1 January 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm actually not sure what the Boston Tea Party 4 CD thing consists of -- is it a comp of different shows? I just have 4 or 5 two-disc shows (incl. the Guitar Amp Tape) ...
― tylerw, Friday, 1 January 2010 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
oh and if anyone hasn't seen it uhhhh http://thenunsareontheseawall.blogspot.com/
I was just gonna post this in answer to the Boston Tea Party question:
http://thenunsareontheseawall.blogspot.com/2009/06/velvet-underground-boston-tea-party_21.html
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 1 January 2010 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
ah ok ... I think I have all of those shows -- are these improved quality?
― tylerw, Friday, 1 January 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't think so - I had a couple of these previously, but only as partials with other stuff tacked on or replacing things. This was all of 'em in order, with (I think) the correct set order.
I think the version I had previously of the Guitar Amp tape was better, actually.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 1 January 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
cool -- the Unterberger stuff I mentioned sounds neat. The former Tea Party manager Steve Nelson says he has heard "newly mastered live recordings of three VU shows at the club from late 1968 and early 1969 and says that they are notably superior to live recordings of the band from the same era ... 'I've been dying to have that released, but apparently it's tied up with various kinds of things with personnel and record companies ... to me, those are the best Velvet Underground performances recorded anywhere.'"
― tylerw, Friday, 1 January 2010 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
a cool thing about the Tea Party tapes is how enthusiastic the crowd sounds! definitely a crowd full of die-hards (including Jonathan Richman, I guess).
― tylerw, Friday, 1 January 2010 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd love them to do a Tea Party set like they did The Quine Tapes. Hell, I'd love a box set of say five shows - one each from 66-70 - to complement Peel Slowly and See.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 1 January 2010 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, this tea party thing the guy is talking about is probably the unreleased Vol. 2 of the VU Bootleg Series ... which may never emerge, I don't know.
― tylerw, Friday, 1 January 2010 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
A lot of these bootlegs seem to be incomplete shows or a mix of different nights or in the wrong order or whatever. Is there anything that puts the full guitar amp recordings in proper sequence/completion? Or the Boston Tea Party gigs?
― Without Curves, I would feel deflated. I like Curves. They are best. (Stevie D), Saturday, 2 January 2010 05:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Remember that in that time, 2 sets a night were played and multiple-day runs weren't unusual either. Combine that with multiple sources and some tapers who cut their tracks after spoken intros and others who cut just after the applause of the previous track, some who cut medleys into separate tracks and others who don't and you end up with this kind of thing. And then you get the 01/02 = January 2nd or February 1st and other illegible/unknown dates on tapes = confusing mess. I'm into Stooges stuff from the early 70s, same story. :-(
― StanM, Saturday, 2 January 2010 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
guess i should have started a new thread for this...thanks for all the responses
― iago g., Saturday, 2 January 2010 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Worth tracking down the Legendary Guitar Amp tape if I manage to snag the 4-disc Boston Tea Party set? How's the 2006 remaster?
― Without Curves, I would feel deflated. I like Curves. They are best. (Stevie D), Sunday, 3 January 2010 06:51 (fourteen years ago) link
The remaster I heard is just louder and has digital clipping. Don't bother.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 3 January 2010 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link