OH GOD, TOO HARD TOO HARD SO MUCH CHOICE, ARRGGGHHH!!!
I love love love If She Ever Comes Now, but I'm going to have to go with Lady Godiva's Operation because of all that mental channel switching that makes it sound like Cale and Reed are swapping one mic back and forth between them.
Doctor is coming, the nurse sings... SWEETLY ... turning on the machines that ... NEATLY PUMP AIR ... the body lies the-eh-ere. (those may be wrong, I'm doing them from memory.)
― Ironic Erection (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link
i love how the niggling lyrics debate has turned into everyone referring to the song as "If She Ever Comes Now"...ILM--just when I'm ready to break it off, your little quirks just charm the hell out of me...
― insufferably annoying (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
CALL MY NAME
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
wl/wh
― the HOOS from the hilarious internet connection (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Hear She Comes Now TS: VU vs Cabaret Voltaire
Definitely one of the best cover versions ever.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Galaxie version also awesome
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Nirvana version is horrid.
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
i like the nirvana version
― Janitor in the Valley of the Dolls (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't think i've heard the cabaret voltaire or the nirvana versions ... i do like the galaxie 500 version!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Velvets fans! go nominate VU in Sven's best band ever thread! do it right now! Please!!!!
― Janitor in the Valley of the Dolls (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 18 December 2008 00:27 (fifteen years ago) link
dude, if Sterling played bass on The Gift
He didn't, that's obv. Cale and some of my favourite bass playing of all time. Also the rhythm guitar is obv. Sterl and some of my favourite rhythm guitar paying of all time. Also on this track, Lou plays some of my favourite lead guitar of all time. Mo, never better. If you don't like or are bored with the vocal then just play the channel with backing track, it's one of my favourite Velvets' tracks of all time, "Keep On Chooglin'"!. Even so, I voted "Heard Her Call My Name".
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2008 10:24 (fifteen years ago) link
voted 'i heard her call my name' and all the songs on this album are awesome
― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Thursday, 18 December 2008 10:36 (fifteen years ago) link
gift
― Minister for Compression Issues (electricsound), Thursday, 18 December 2008 10:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i dont get how anyone can get aspie "arghhh i hate that song!" about these trax -- its like either u like the vu or you dont why fight it? this is what they are
― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Thursday, 18 December 2008 10:40 (fifteen years ago) link
"Sister Ray" for me - I mean, I guess everybody "gets over" Sister Ray & it loses it power, but I will never forget sitting in my teenage room getting my mind properly blown when the organ really starts to work and the bass drops out and comes back and the vocals kick back in, and trying to figure out the lyrics - I don't know, I guess what I mean is "it's a really personal vote for me." But I had heard rumors of Sister Ray before I heard it, and then when I finally did hear it, it did not disappoint.
"Heard Her Call My Name" a very close 2nd.
― J0hn D., Thursday, 18 December 2008 11:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ejpcnn
― dan selzer, Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm at work, so I can't look at that link -- what is it?
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
lou reed having sex with batman
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:32 (fifteen years ago) link
"Sister Ray" for me - I mean, I guess everybody "gets over" Sister Ray & it loses it power, but I will never forget sitting in my teenage room getting my mind properly blown when the organ really starts to work and the bass drops out and comes back and the vocals kick back in, and trying to figure out the lyrics - I don't know, I guess what I mean is "it's a really personal vote for me."
otm ^^^. This whole album was like this for me. Although I didn't hear it until that fairly decent CD remastering job released in the nineties, nothing, not even The Velvet Underground and Nico prepared me for how transgressive and fun this album was.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link
while we're at it, let's hear it for the guy on the far right:http://www.britannica.com/psychedelic/images/opsyroc099p1.jpgTom Wilson! A guy who knew how to get outta the way and let people like the VU, Zappa and Dylan make awesome records. (From what I hear, this pic is pretty representative of his hands-off production style).
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Also produced Sun Ra!
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
too tough can't pick
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
And Cecil Taylor! And Simon & Garfunkel! Yeahhhhh!xpost
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Tom Wilson, RIP
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
It is kind of interesting -- I wonder how much biz collateral Wilson had because of his big hits with Dylan/S&G, and whether that made a big difference in getting records like the VU's and Zappa's released? Because honestly, especially, WL/WH -- it's kind of amazing that a big label released that in 1968.
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Should have been out in 1967 of course.
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
It got delayed in the release schedule when the Mothers album was pushed up.
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link
What, again? Didn't that happen to the 1st Velvets's album too?
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Thought the first one was delayed because of the picture of the dude on the back of the cover -- he wouldn't give them permission to use it or something. Eric's Trip. Also, problems with the Banana.
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:13 (fifteen years ago) link
link above is the Cabs cover version.
The organ in Sister Ray...the moment when Cale plays this Riley/Glass-esque bassline and seems to just decide to turn it up to 11, I'm looking at you 12 minutes and 26 seconds, that's it for me.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
No, no, not a second time, I made that up.(xxpost)
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
He invents Suicide in the course of that song too (xp)
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:19 (fifteen years ago) link
ha
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:19 (fifteen years ago) link
sweet -- thanks for the mp3, dan. What are some other WL/WH covers? Joy Division/New Order do Sister Ray ... Feelies do the title track. I heard Yo La Tengo do Heard Her Call My Name. Has anyone ever done Lady Godiva? Or The Gift? That last one probably not ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i guess i'll vote the title track. i love the call-and-response-ish vocal lines. also how cheerful it is -- not enough drug songs (including most of lou's) make drugs sound fun. "tickle me down to my toes"! but the album's pretty flawless. even "the gift," which for me is in the library of great '60s absurdism.
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Has anyone ever done Lady Godiva?
Oh yes, the Fatima Mansions!
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
hmm! never heard that one! what's it from?
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Some tribute album, I think
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link
― J0hn D.,
STOP READING MY THOUGHTS, J0HN D.!
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 18 December 2008 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
The Feelies did What Goes On.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Bowie did "White Light/ White Heat" many a time
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Is “Guess I’m Falling in Love” from these sessions... cuz I love that song more than anything on WL/WH </challops>
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, was "Guess" actually recorded at the WL/WH sessions? Funny how different it sounds -- mainly the drums -- since it probably wasn't mixed til the 80s. Too bad it doesn't have vocals! Still, that Morrison solo is fucking off the hook. Are there any other outtakes? I don't think that "Mr. Rain" was recorded at the same time ... I guess "Sister Ray" was legendarily recorded in one take, so there aren't any alts of that ... Just different mixes.
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Half Japanese does a great "Heard Her Call My Name". (Mo Tucker on drums)
― WmC, Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
aw yeah, forgot about that one! it is great. who else has attempted "sister ray"? other than my high school garage band ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, was "Guess" actually recorded at the WL/WH sessions?
It was recorded in December '67. WL/WH was September.
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Hm! Think if they had put out a single with "Guess" and "Stephanie Says"... Number one hit!
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
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