Bimble Says: The Lou Reed Memorial Velvet Underground and Solo Careers Poll RESULTS THREAD

Hello. Sorry we were late, but we were just tuning.

Is it going to be one long rollout, or two short rollouts? Some of us have school tomorrow.

Two rollouts, solo material results first (which will be longer, as there are more solo tracks than VU tracks). Pull up your cushions.

79. The Dream Syndicate "Day of Niagara"
2 votes, 50 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE6tq5sK9O4

Cool! Didn't think that'd make it!

78. Lou Reed "The Gun"
3 votes, 53 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDa0lyePf2w

Lou Reed "Families"
3 votes, 58 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJdCqZJWQxI

er that's 77. there

ooooh, this is the part of the rollout i'm anticipating the most. i tried to dig a little bit deeper into the solo catalogs before voting, but i didn't get too far. (i ended up listening to street hassle for the first time the night after voting, whoops). digging "Families" a lot.

yeah that's an amazing song, probably the best on the album. feel like it should've placed higher, a genuinely heartbreaking listen.

ooooh, this is the part of the rollout i'm anticipating the most.
oooooh, same! there's a lot of solo stuff i don't know. anyone who can tell us why they voted for a particular song gets extra points at the end.

76. Nico "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"
3 votes, 62 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmcVsLIu-rY

excited for this!

excellent nico song! love the arrangement.

I had "Families" really high on my ballot (no. 3) and a couple other people's votes managed to push it into the lower margins here. Ultimately a song's autobiographical nature is usually unrelated to its quality, but so much of Lou's work is tied up in this weird public persona he developed (much like Dylan) that when autobiographical details do pop up they tend to attract extra attention. In the case of this song, there are some obvious raw nerves associated with the subject matter, and Lou's warbly delivery really makes the lines more brutal lines cut deep.

shakey you are going to get so many bonus points at the end

75. Lou Reed "I Want to Boogie With You"
2 votes, 63 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4YN5xEsE90

Looking pretty good for "Disco Mystic."

unfortunately, that one didn't make the 50pt cutoff :(

I might have voted for "I Want to Boogie With You" I had though of it. That saxophone!

wait if the cutoff was 50
and i voted for a solo song as #1
then my #1 has to make it, right? it must be right around the corner, i bet!

74. Lou Reed "I Wanna Be Black"
2 votes, 64 pts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx7mLjdytgM

just FYI I'm going to be posting Take No Prisoners versions of songs that place, not cuz anyone voted for them specifically (nobody did) but because they are awesome and lolzy

I never liked this song anyway. If someone has a defense of it I'm sure it would be interesting to read, but as a crude provocative gesture it's still pretty irritating/racist

also that's a tie with:

74. John Cale "Antarctica Starts Here"
3 votes, 64 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbmo0MfLiBE

xp not going to go way out on a limb defending it, but it does seem to be sung from the point of a view of a "fucked up middle class college student" who doesn't really have any idea what he's talking about.

and hey, there's the first song on my ballot that's shown up so far -- "antarctica"!

should there be a "cold places" VU poll? "antarctica starts here" vs. "stephanie says" vs. "fronzen borderlines"?

I voted for "I wanna be black," as I said I would. The studio version just sounds really weird and cool. I also think it's hilarious, though I can obviously understand how the lyrics can be offensive. I do think the song is making fun of the narrator, not sympathizing with his lol/awful viewpoints.

franzen borderlines

i am not a huge fan of antarctica, but that is one of the best self portrait album covers imo

TIE
73. Nico "Little Sister"
2 votes, 66 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMyeWBTq0dU

John Cale "Sun Blindness Music"
3 votes, 66 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtvTr1b0dvc

"I Wanna Be Black" almost made my ballot.

sweet, I shoulda voted for Sun Blindness

those two are a dreamy tie
i voted for little sister because it's fun to sing

"little sister" is lovely. it is funny how sterling morrison was always like "john and I just wanted to RAGE" and then Cale was writing songs like this.

Wanted to put more from the Inside The Dream Syndicate series on my ballot, but "Sun Blindness Music" is so stunning I couldn't imagine my ballot without it.

72. John Cale "Darling, I Need You"
4 votes, 68 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFEBVcQD_xk

album version not on youtube apparently

rattlesnake and strrrrrrrrrychnine

Lou Reed's "Little Sister" >>>>> Nico's

TIE
71. John Cale "The Soul of Carmen Miranda"
2 votes, 69 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUkROpliwuQ
From the album "Words for the Dying" (album version not on youtube)

Lou Reed "Set the Twilight Reeling"
4 votes, 69 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVcRvrmj0OM

Alfred OTM re: "Little Sister" btw

now we're getting somewhere!

I'm glad someone else voted for carmen miranda

TIE
70. Lou Reed "New Sensations"
2 votes, 75 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxn_B_2XWMs

Lou Reed "A Gift"
2 votes 75 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDLRp8IY8N4

Lou Reed "Caroline Says II"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TOlgGUcWaE
4 votes, 75 pts

"New Sensations" was the newest Lou (but not the newest track) on my ballot.

TIE
69. Lou Reed "Big Sky"
2 votes, 76 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z9MoQadD-o

Lou Reed "The Bells"
6 votes, 76 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP5J_sAqKCs

Nico "Roses in the Snow"
2 uber-goth votes, 75 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOyW36cqu8A

Guys, check out "Big Sky." A hell of a closer on his last regular album.

"The Bells" is a pretty great album which I had never heard much before this year. I would have voted "Families" ("And no, no, no, no, no, I still haven't got married
And no, no, no, there's no grandson planned here for you") if it hadn't slipped my mind but I did vote for "I Want to Boogie with You". 1) I really like the way the lyrics are written so that there are just too many syllables but Lou doesn't care, it's not gonna stop him acting cool here, he'll just say the last 4 words all at once and 2) "she thinks that I'm a flop" always makes me crack up!

68. Lou Reed "Wild Child"
4 votes, 78 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StfsHwWvleM

"It's about a Wild Child, funnily enough"

"Wild Child" is interesting in that it's easily the best song on his debut, plus one of only a few tracks on the album that was not a Velvets' leftover. I would've been totally unaware of it except that it was inexplicably included on a cassette Best Of I had as a teenager. Lyrics are a bit proto-Walk on the Wild Side, but funny instead of elegiac.

well, my picks from wlwh, the self titled and loaded were the same as ilm's. yes, I'm boring but I'm also correct!

Hah the top 3 songs are so jam-bandy.

did not vote for "What Goes On", just didn't think about it when I threw my ballot together, & I wonder if it's partly the association with that awful horrible terrible Beatles song

Thanks, Shakey! Good results rundown.

that awful horrible terrible Beatles song

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/5123066/Ringo+Starr+ringo.jpg

oh me oh my

Thanks for doing this, Shakey!

did not see that #1 coming

sister ray had the most no. 1 votes, right?

i guess what goes on is more universally appealing...

live version of "What Goes On" on the Peel Slowly box is pretty nice

"What Goes On" has always been a favorite and was in my top 5 but i always kind of assumed it was not a very cool song to like for some reason, it being so bright and groovy compared to the rest of the record or really their whole pre-Loaded catalog.

what goes on only had 1 more voter, there probably were lots of people auto-including sister ray but not giving it a high spot

"What Goes On" makes me feel invincible, which is why I don't listen to it often.

Sister Ray (predictably) had the most no. 1 votes because some of you guys REALLY love that song. But What Goes On is more broadly appealing, and made it onto more ballots.

I had assumed Sister Ray would win and said so at the outset and it was ahead for quite awhile.

what goes on voters so laid back they barely got their ballots in on time

Search: live versions of What Goes On (incl. bootlegs) - is there anything better than the Matrix performance on 1969 Live? If so, I haven't heard/don't remember it.

they're all so good (tho the 1969 Live one is the best)
this one is the longest, I think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSavwMWNGcY
wonder if we'll ever hear a live version w/ cale. morrison always said that the song was the way it should've been with him...

all the boston tea party ones are killler too.

oh yeah, those are the ones I need to relisten to

argh sorry for that ridiculous sentence structure

shakey, thanks for doing this!

all the boston tea party ones are killler too.

― tylerw,

Playing this was the first salvo of the Revolutionary War.

my ballot -
1. The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray

2. The Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion

3. John Cale - Hanky Panky Nohow

4. Lou Reed - Street Hassle

5. The Velvet Underground - I Heard Her Call My Name

6. John Cale - Dying On The Vine

7. The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat

8. Nico – It Has Not Taken Long

9. Lou Reed – Coney Island Baby

10. John Cale – Big White Cloud

11. The Velvet Underground – Rock N Roll

12. The Velvet Underground – All Tomorrow’s Parties

13. The Velvet Underground – Some Kinda Love

14. John Cale - Gun

15. John Cale – Mr. Wilson

16. The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For My Man

17. The Velvet Underground – What Goes On

18. The Velvet Underground – Head Held High

19. Nico – Frozen Warnings

20. John Cale – Fear Is A Man’s Best Friend

21. Nico – The Fairest Of The Seasons

22. John Cale – Paris 1919

23. Nico – Janitor of Lunacy

24. Lou Reed – Legendary Hearts

25. Nico – These Days

26. The Velvet Underground – European Son

27. The Velvet Underground – Beginning To See The Light

28. John Cale – Child’s Christmas In Wales

29. The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes

30. John Cale – I Keep A Close Watch

31. John Cale - Emily

32. John Cale - Andalucia

33. John Cale - Guts

34. The Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs

35. The Velvet Underground – We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together

36. The Velvet Underground – Here She Comes Now

37. Lou Reed – The Bells

38. Lou Reed & John Cale - Smalltown

39. The Velvet Underground – Stephanie Says

40. Lou Reed – Waves Of Fear

41. John Cale – Darling I Need You

42. The Velvet Underground – She’s My Best Friend

43. Lou Reed - Vicious

44. The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane

45. The Velvet Underground – Candy Says

46. John Cale – Ship Of Fools

47. The Velvet Underground – Lisa Says

48. The Velvet Underground – Oh! Sweet Nuthin’

49. Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side

50. The Velvet Underground – After Hours

Here's mine; seems like my taste skews Cale over Reed, and the first two albums + VU over s/t and Loaded.

Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
John Cale - Paris 1919
Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
Velvet Underground - Ocean
Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
Velvet Underground - I Heard Her Call My Name
Nico - Afraid
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
John Cale - Buffalo Ballet
Velvet Underground - Guess I'm Falling in Love
Lou Reed/John Cale - Style It Takes
Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow's Parties
Velvet Underground - I'm Set Free
John Cale/Terry Riley - Church of Anthrax
Lou Reed - Satellite of Love
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
John Cale - Graham Greene
Velvet Underground - Candy Says
Velvet Underground - Jesus
Nico - These Days
John Cale - A Child's Christmas in Wales
Angus Maclise - Chumlum
Velvet Underground - I Found a Reason
John Cale/Sterling Morrison - Stainless Steel Gamelan
Velvet Underground - Heroin
Lou Reed - Like a Possum
John Cale - Strange Times in Casablanca
Velvet Underground - New Age
Velvet Underground - Some Kinda Love
Lou Reed/John Cale - Small Town
The Primitives - The Ostrich
Velvet Underground - I Can't Stand It
John Cale - Antarctica Starts Here
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
John Cale - Fear is a man's best friend
Velvet Underground - Murder Mystery
John Cale/Brian Eno - Cordoba
John Cale - Hot Scoria
Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion
John Cale - Hedda Gabler
Velvet Underground - Lonesome Cowboy Bill
Velvet Underground - After Hours
Lou Reed - The Bells
John Cale - Gun
Nico - Janitor of Lunacy
Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says
Lou Reed - Real Good Time Together
John Cale - Heartbreak Hotel
John Cale - Zen

1. Ocean (VU)
2. Child's Christmas in Wales (Cale)
3. New Age (VU)
4. I Heard Her Call My Name (VU)
5. Church of Anthrax (Cale/Riley)
6. Hey Mersh! (MoeT)
7. Hanky Panky Nohow (Cale)
8. Andalucia (Cale)
9. Waves of Fear (LR)
10. Metal Machine Music (LR)
11. Pablo Picasso (Cale)
12. Jesus (VU)
13. The Bed (LR)
14. I'm Waiting For The Man (VU)
15. That's The Story Of My Life (VU)
16. Rock & Roll (VU)
17. Chelsea Girls (Nico)
18. Femme Fatale (VU)
19. These Days (Nico)
20. I'm Set Free (VU)
21. What Goes On (VU)
22. Some Kinda Love (VU)
23. White Light/white Heat (VU)
24. All Tomorrow's Parties (VU)
25. Foggy Notion (VU)
26. Venus In Furs (VU)
27. Run Run Run (VU)
28. Pale Blue Eyes (VU)
29. Beginning To See The Light (VU)
30. Sweet Jane (VU)
31. The Ostrich (The Primitives)
32. Stephanie Says (VU)
33. Lisa Says (VU)
34. European Son (VU)
35. Sunday Morning (VU)
36. Heroin (VU)
37. The Black Angel's Death Song (VU)
38. Afterhours (VU)
39. It Was A Pleasure Then (Nico)
40. Stainless Steel Gamelan (Cale)
41. Fear Is a Man's Best Friend (Cale)
42. Paris 1919 (Cale)
43. The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles (Cale/Riley)
44. Gideon's Bible (Cale)
45. Big White Cloud (Cale)
46. Men of Good Fortune (LR)
47. Street Hassle (LR)
48. The Blue Mask (LR)
49. Walk on the Wild Side (LR)
50. Do It Right (MoeT)

I usually put these together quickly and have minor regrets afterward, but I'm pretty satisfied with this ballot. Left "Sister Ray" off entirely -- I like the song well enough, but it's definitely not my go-to VU jam, at least not until Lou starts stuttering.

My ballot:

(all Velvets unless otherwise specified)

I Can't Stand It
It Was A Pleasure Then (Nico)
Heroin
I Heard Her Call My Name
I'm Waiting For The Man
Foggy Notion
Rock and Roll
Sister Ray
All Tomorrow's Parties
Sweet Jane
Ocean
What Goes On
She's My Best Friend
Candy Says
Femme Fatale
Run Run Run
European Son
White Light/White Heat
Lisa Says
Pale Blue Eyes
Metal Machine Music
Sunday Morning
Caroline Says I (Lou)
Here She Comes Now
Guess I'm Falling In Love
Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
New Age
Venus In Furs
Stephanie Says
Sad Song (Lou)
Melody Laughter
Chelsea Girls (Nico)
Day of Niagara (Cale/Conrad/Young/MacLise/Zazeela)
There She Goes Again
Head Held High
The Blue Mask (Lou)
How Do You Think It Feels (Lou)
The Nothing Song
Hey Mr. Rain (live 1993)
Waves Of Fear (Lou)
Lady Godiva's Operation
We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together
Walk On The Wild Side (Lou)
Jesus
Summer Heat (Cale)
The Black Angel's Death Song
The Gift
Beginning To See The Light
Frozen Warnings (Nico)
Sun Blindness Music (Cale)

fwiw, my sad song vote was also intended for the Lou Reed version. i think in the rundown, said song (sad song) was attributed to VU

thanks for clearing that up karl

and hey you can go stream that live "sister ray" from the gymnasium set now - http://bit.ly/1hySPJr
SOCK IT TO ME

I was usually in transit when this was being counted down...Glad "Sister Ray" wasn't #1; amazing song, just didn't want it to win. Surprised "Heroin" wasn't higher, but love everything that finished ahead of it. (Check that--not "Foggy Notion.") Great semi-surprise #1. Nice punchline on the final YouTube!

1. “Heroin” (50)
2. “Rock & Roll” (49)
3. “These Days” (Nico) (48)
4. “What Goes On” (47)
5. “Sweet Jane” (46)
6. “All Tomorrow’s Parties” (45)
7. “Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend” (Cale) (44)
8. “Oh! Sweet Nuthin’” (43)
9. “Beginning to See the Light” (42)
10. “Do It Right” (Tucker) (41)

11. “I’m Waiting for the Man” (40)
12. “Jesus” (39)
13. “Here She Comes Now” (38)
14. “White Light/White Heat” (37)
15. “Sunday Morning” (36)
16. “I Can’t Stand It” (35)
17. “I’m Not Sayin’” (Nico) (34)
18. “After Hours” (33)
19. “Lady Godiva’s Operation” (32)
20. “Hanky Panky Nohow” (31)

1. Foggy Notion
2. Some Kinda Love
3. Ocean
4. Venus in Furs
5. New Sensations
6. Satellite of Love
7. Fear is a Man's Best Friend
8. Spam Again
9. Dying on the Vine
10. Jesus
11. I'm Set Free
12. Sweet Jane
13. Vicious
14. Barracuda
15. I Love You, Suzanne
16. My House
17. Crazy Feeling
18. Guts
19. Style It Takes
20. The Blue Mask
21. Sister Ray
22. Pale Blue Eyes
23. Big Sky
24. Set The Twilight Reeling
25. Hey Mersh!
26. Nobody But You
27. I Can't Stand It
28. Bottoming Out
29. Gun (Cale)
30. Halloween Parade

Coney Island Baby
Sweet Jane
Street Hassle
Andalucia
Paris 1919
Frozen Warnings
Guess I'm Falling in Love
Sunday Morning
Temptation Inside Your Heart
I'm Waiting for the Man
Some Kinda Love
Sister Ray
Jesus
Femme Fatale
Perfect Day
Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
Waves of Fear
Heroin
Evening of Light
White Light / White Heat
Le Petit Chevalier
Ocean
I Can't Stand It
Foggy Notion
These Days
Venus in Furs
There She Goes Again
Candy Says
Walk on the Wild Side
Smalltown
Romeo Had Juliette
Here She Comes Now
Hello It's Me
Women
The Blue Mask
Legendary Hearts
Hanky Panky Nohow
Lisa Says
Satellite of Love
I'm Sticking With You
Work
Mütterlein
Pale Blue Eyes
Beginning to See the Light
All Tomorrow's Parties
Kill Your Sons
Egg Cream
Junior Dad
Heartbreak Hotel
Style It Takes

aw what the hell

ordered 1-50

Sweet Sister Ray
Some Kinda Love
Temptation Inside Your Heart
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
Lady Godiva's Operation
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
Pale Blue Eyes
Sunday Morning
Satellite Of Love
Buffalo Ballet
Foggy Notion
Paris 1919
Walk On The Wild Side
Rock And Roll
Candy Says
Afterhours
What Goes On
Venus In Furs
The Black Angel's Death Song
Sister Ray
Captain Kidd
Spinning Away
Waiting For My Man
All Tomorrow's Parties
Heroin
Ocean
I'm Sticking With You
Hedda Gabler
Sweet Jane
I Heard Her Call My Name
Stephanie Says
Perfect Day
Darling, I Need You
Hangin' Round
I Keep A Close Watch
Leaving It Up To You
Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
I Found A Reason
Street Hassle
Vicious
Gun
Frozen Warnings
Mr. Wilson
It's All Right (The Way That You Live)
Wild Child
Guess I'm Falling In Love
Beginning To See The Light
I'm Set Free
Janitor Of Lunacy
There She Goes Again

Thanks for all the work. "What Goes On" = best chord progression ever.

People were discussing VU love above -- it's my fave Velvets album after the self-titled. Not only is it astounding that these songs were left on the shelf, but that they picked stuff far inferior for Loaded instead of Foggy fucking Notion!?!! Oy vey. I can't stand it.

01. Candy Says (VU)
02. Pale Blue Eyes (VU)
03. Coney Island Baby (Reed)
04. What Goes On (VU)
05. Frozen Warnings (Nico)
06. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (Cale)
07. Foggy Notion (VU)
08. I Heard Her Call My Name (VU)
09. Kicks (Reed)
10. Rock & Roll (VU)
11. Andy's Chest (Reed)
12. New Age (Live 1969 version) (VU)
13. Perfect Day (Reed)
14. Lady Godiva's Operation (VU)
15. I'm Not Saying (Nico)
16. Downtown Dirt (Reed)
17. I Can't Stand It (VU)
18. Some Kinda Love (VU)
19. Oh Jim (Reed)
20. Vicious (Reed)
21. Temptation Inside Your Heart (VU)
22. I Love You (VU)
23. Crazy Feeling (Reed)
24. Here She Comes Now (VU)
25. The Soul of Carmen Miranda (Cale)
26. Hello It's Me (Reed/Cale)
27. Walk On The Wild Side (Reed)
28. Satellite Of Love (Reed)
29. These Days (Nico)
30. Baby Face (Reed)
31. Pablo Picasso (Cale)
32. Beginning To See The Light (VU)
33. I'm Set Free (VU)
34. We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (VU)
35. Love Makes You Feel (Reed)
36. Make Up (Reed)
37. Sad Song (Reed)
38. NY Stars (Reed)
39. Charley's Girl (Reed)
40. Street Hassle (Reed)
41. White Light/White Heat (VU)
42. The Gift (VU)
43. Oh Sweet Nuthin' (VU)
44. She's My Best Friend (Reed)
45. Temporary Thing (Reed)
46. The Gun (Reed)
47. I Keep a Close Watch (Cale)
48. The Kids (Reed)
49. The Bed (Reed)
50. Gun (Cale)

thanks for doing this, shakey!

my ballot (songs that didn't make the solo poll bolded)

1. What Goes On (VU)
2. I'm Set Free (VU)
3. Sweet Jane (VU)
4. Ocean (VU)
5. Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed)
6. Andy's Chest (Lou Reed)
7. Foggy Notion (VU)
8. I'm Waiting For The Man (VU)
9. Head Held High (VU)
10. I Guess I'm Falling In Love (VU)
11. All Tomorrow's Parties (VU)
12. Pale Blue Eyes (VU)
13. White Light/White Heat (VU)
14. Sister Ray (VU)
15. New Age (VU)
16. Temptation Inside Your Heart (VU)
17. Rock & Roll (VU)
18. We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (VU)
19. Lisa Says (VU)
20. I'm Sticking With You (VU)
21. Beginning To See The Light (VU)
22. Candy Says (VU)
23. Sad Song (VU)
24. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (John Cale)
25. Train Coming 'Round The Bend (VU)
26. Femme Fatale (VU)
27. Heroin (VU)
28. I Keep A Close Watch (John Cale)
29. Stephanie Says (VU)
30. Cool It Down (VU)
31. Leaving It Up To You (John Cale)
32. She's My Best Friend (VU)
33. Who Loves The Sun? (VU)
34. Afterhours (VU)
35. Lady Godiva's Operation (VU)
36. The Gift (VU)
37. Cable Hogue (John Cale)
38. I'll Be Your Mirror (VU)
39. I Can't Stand It (VU)
40. Macbeth (John Cale)
41. Satellite Of Love (Lou Reed)
42. Over You (VU)
43. Vicious (Lou Reed)
44. Sword Of Damocles (Lou Reed)
45. Kicks (Lou Reed)
46. What's Good (Lou Reed)
47. Hallelujah (John Cale) (hey, he's responsible for the pop arrangement, yo)
48. Families (Lou Reed)
49. Open House (Lou Reed/John Cale)
50. I Love You, Suzanne (Lou Reed)

In descending order:

Leaving It Up to You
Ship of Fools
Sister Ray
Rock n Roll
I'm Beginning to See the Light
Andy's Chest
Venus In Furs
Waves of Fear
Black Angel's Death Song
After Hours
Stephanie Says
Buffalo Ballet
Sunday Morning
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
Coney Island Baby
Street Hassle
Jack the Ripper
I'm Waiting for the Man
Amsterdam
New Age
Some Kinda Love
Candy Says
Pale Blue Eyes
Gideon's Bible
I Keep A Close Watch
Women
Satellite of Love
Walk on the Wild Side
Berlin
The Kids
I Love You, Suzanne
Underneath the Bottle
The Blue Mask
Gun
Heroin
Chelsea Girls
The Jeweller
Big White Cloud
Jesus
All Tomorrow's Parties
Lady Day
Foggy Notion
My House
White Light/White Heat
Sweet Jane
I Found A Reason
The Bed
Guts
The Gift

1. pale blue eyes
2. street hassle
3. sister ray
4. what goes on [1969]
5. dying on the vine [fragments of a rainy season]
6. paris 1919
7. beginning to see the light
8. heroin
9. venus in furs
10. the blue mask
11. some kinda love
12. the bed
13. (i keep a) close watch
14. white light/white heat
15. waiting for the man
16. coney island baby
17. fear is a man's best friend
18. candy says
19. heavenly arms
20. style it takes
21. thoughtless kind
22. new sensations
23. i'm set free
24. frozen warnings
25. halloween parade
26. caroline says II
27. evening of light
28. waves of fear
29. i heard her call my name
30. satellite of love
31. wild child
32. gun
33. sunday morning
34. legendary hearts
35. all tomorrow's parties
36. i'll be your mirror
37. after hours
38. fairest of the seasons
39. here she comes now
40. rock and roll
41. fly into the sun
42. jesus
43. black angel's death song
44. guess i'm falling in love
45. sweet jane [1969]
46. i love you
47. hedda gabler
48. walk on the wild side
49. the bells
50. junior dad

1. What Goes On
2. Street Hassle (Lou)
3. The Black Angel's Death Song
4. Beginning To See The Light
5. The Gift
6. Foggy Notion
7. Sweet Jane
8. Ride Into The Sun (Another View version)
9. Ocean (Loaded version)
10. Perfect Day (Lou)
11. Frozen Warnings (Nico)
12. Cool It Down
13. Venus In Furs
14. I'll Be your Mirror
15. Vicious (Lou)
16. Rock'n'Roll
17. All Tomorrow's Parties
18. I Found A Reason
19. Pale Blues Eyes
20. Evening of Light (Nico)
21. Who Loves The Sun
22. White Light/White Heat
23. Sunday Morning
24. I Can't Stand It
25. Shooting Star (Lou)
26. Stephanie Says
27. Gideon's Bible (Cale)
28. Some Kinda Love
29. Femme Fatale
30. Sister Ray
31. Lisa Says (Live '69 version)
32. I'm Waiting For The Man
33. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Nico)
34. After Hours
35. Satellite of Love (Lou)
36. Janitor of Lunacy (Nico)
37. Run Run Run
38. New Age (Live '69 version)
39. Candy Says
40. No One Is There (Nico)
41. I'm Set Free
42. I'm Sticking With You (Loaded version)
43. These Days (Nico)
44. Families (Lou)
45. Afraid (Nico)
46. Temptation Inside Your Heart
47. The Murder Mystery
48. The Bells (Lou)
49. Iced Honey (Loutallica)
50. Metal Machine Music I (Lou)

Also: I picked up Berlin and Coney Island Baby for $3.99 apiece on cd in a store tonight!

1 Beginning to See The Light
2 Stephanie Says
3 Some Kinda Love
4 Satellite of Love
5 Sunday Morning
6 I'm Waiting For The Man
7 I'll Be Your Mirror
8 What Goes On
9 Jesus
10 Sister Ray
11 Rock and Roll
12 Coney Island Baby
13 After Hours
14 Perfect Day
15 Oh! Sweet Nuthin
16 Paris 1919
17 All Tomorrow's Parties
18 Pale Blue Eyes
19 Street Hassle
20 Femme Fatale
21 New York Telephone Conversation
22 Heroin
23 There She Goes Again
24 I Can't Stand It
25 Walk On The Wild Side
26 Child's Christmas in Wales
27 White Light/White Heat
28 Run Run Run
29 Chelsea Girls
30 Sweet Jane
31 Vicious
32 Hookywooky
33 The Murder Mystery
34 I Heard Her Call My Name
35 I Found A Reason
36 Set the Twilight Reeling
37 The Gift
38 Venus in Furs
39 Here She Comes Now
40 I'm Sticking With You

cool poll, I hadn't participated in or even read any of the big artist polls till this one (I have a load bookmarked but haven't got round to them). Shame I didn't have time to follow it properly. My ballot:

John Cale & Lou Reed – Style It Takes
John Cale – Gun
John Cale – Buffalo Ballet
John Cale & Brian Eno – Spinning Away
John Cale – The Endless Plain Of Fortune
John Cale – Fear (Is A Man's Best Friend)
The Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs
Lou Reed – Metal Machine Music
John Cale – Letter From Abroad
John Cale & Brian Eno – Cordoba
John Cale & Brian Eno – One Word
John Cale – Paris 1919
Nico – It Has Not Taken Long
John Cale – Chinese Envoy
John Cale – Ship Of Fools
John Cale – Guts
John Cale – Thoughtless Kind
John Cale – Magritte
John Cale – Wilderness Approaching
John Cale – Sylvia Said
John Cale – Mr Wilson
John Cale – Dirty Ass Rock N Roll
John Cale – Darling I Need You (live version from FOARS)
John Cale – Heartbreak Hotel
John Cale – Cable Hogue (live version from FOARS)
John Cale – Leaving It Up To You
John Cale – Perfect
John Cale – Hanky Panky Nohow
John Cale & Lou Reed – Nobody But You
John Cale – Child's Christmas In Wales
John Cale & Terry Riley – Church Of Anthrax
John Cale – Dead Or Alive
The Velvet Underground – Heroin
The Velvet Underground – I'll Be Your Mirror
John Cale & Terry Riley – The Hall Of Mirrors In The Palace Of Versailles
John Cale – Strange Times In Casablanca
John Cale – Mercenaries (Ready For War)
The Velvet Underground – Candy Says
Lou Reed – Satellite Of Love
Lou Reed – Andy's Chest
Lou Reed – Egg Cream
The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes
Lou Reed – Disco Mystic
Lou Reed – Egg Cream
Lou Reed – Sex With Your Parents
The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
Lou Reed – Thinking XXX
Lou Reed – Romeo Had Juliette
The Velvet Underground – I Heard Her Call My Name
John Cale – Waiting For The Man

what is going on here?! he doesn't get the words right but it's not the main guy, it's a different guy in the band and the cover is basically 100% straight
(i was looking at john cale covers here http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/covers/index.html)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0r1MhpA-hs

Q: Is the 45th anniversary version of WL/WH worth getting for the bonus/live material? I feel like it probably is but it's kinda $

If I get it it will be the emusic download and probably next time they have booster packs on sale

Cheaper 2 disc version has what you want on it, I think.

This version is amazing! I saw the Glastonbury date of the 93 mini tour/lap of honour but they didn't do this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITTFmwmKhU

Really? It was opening track on every other gig, as far as I know..

Let's rank those albums, hm?.

That's Lou on "Head Held High" (though I'd get that in before another VU nerd shows up).

No need to imagine the Supremes singing "Run Run Run," they had a single with that title in 1964 on which they sing the phrase similarly