Restart: Velvets Poll

It's still "Candy Says".

fair enough!

Roll up, roll up!

You've added too many I think, I don't think "Wild Child" was never a Velvets' song

... or "Winter Song"... or "Chelsea Girls"

... or "It Was a Pleasure Then"

Here's the oddities i.e. unreleased songs:

"Miss Joanie Lee" Demo/rehearsal recording:
January 3, 1966
Was planned for release on the deluxe 2-disc CD edition of The Velvet Underground & Nico but was pulled at the last minute.[2][3]

"Never Get Emotionally Involved With a Man, Woman, Beast, or Child" Demo/rehearsal performance:
Summer 1965
Sterling Morrison mentioned this song among a number of songs written/recorded during the summer of 1965 at the band's loft in Ludlow Street. Maureen Tucker has confirmed the song's existence.[2][3]

"Sweet Rock & Roll" aka "Sister Ray, Part Two" Live performances:
July 1968
A performance of the song in July 1968 in San Diego at The Hippodrome is mentioned in the article "Dead Lie the Velvets, Underground" by Lester Bangs. The refrain to the song is reportedly: "sweet rock and roll, it'll cleanse your soul". Sterling Morrison also contends that the song was a "preamble" to "Sister Ray".[2][3]

"Wild Child" Demo/rehearsal recording:
July 1970
Performed at the rehearsal for Live at Max's Kansas City.[2]

xpost the others were Nico solo, true, but with heavy Velvets involvement.

It was a pleasure then voting for I Heard Her Call my name (and then my mind split open.)

No "Coyote", but that's just picky.

"Ocean" for sure, then "Lisa Says", then the Live 1969 version of the others.

"It's a new age!" <--- top ten moment in all of rawk

Always thought "Black Angel's Death Song" was one of the coolest songs I've heard. Don't like the sans-viola versions that turn up on the bootlegs as much, though.

I don't think "Wild Child" was never a Velvets' song

-- Tom D., Monday, October 22, 2007 10:27 AM

you never them

"Sunday Morning" for me

MY POX (no order, but sister ray is totes #1)
sister ray
i heard her call my name
black angel's death song
all tomorrow's parties
what goes on
im waiting for the man
heroin
sunday morning
stephanie says
booker t

Man, I've been listening to too much solo LR lately; I can't even think of the VU versions of some of these songs.

WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT

if i was voting purely based on repetitive listening today it would be "i can't stand it". i had forgotten how great this is.

I didn't get to vote in the last poll, but I'll definitely raise another glass to "Sister Ray."

White Light/White Heat

But it could have been Oh Sweet Nothin', Some Kinda Love or Waiting For The Man, too.

It was a pleasure then voting for I Heard Her Call my name (and then my mind split open.)

SHIT! i'd already voted sister ray, but yeah this is probs my favourite. i guess my mind musta split open *KEEEWRAAAAAOWWWRRRRRKSHHHHHHHHHHKWARKREEEEEEE*

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Oh goddamnit I love so much of it, please help.

"Venus in Furs" then, "Venus in Furs" now--probably the closest they ever came to creating a truly unique moment in sound. Who has even touched it in the past 40 years?

I'm listening to Another View now, haven't heard it in about 6 or 7 years...lordy christ. That is TOOOOOOO LONG.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

guys which poll is the legitimate

same winner on both, no major discrepancies. Everyone's all where's I heard Her Call My Name and then only 2 of you vote for it, I mean give me a break people!

Rock and Roll 0

Lester Bsngs weeps in frustration as a host of heavenly hacks knock off yet another version of "Stairway to Heaven."

i am happy with this result.

Never Get Emotionally Involved With a Man, Woman, Beast, or Child 1

OK, whoever! Hum it!