John Cale S/D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-yJuwkWsTo&feature=youtu.be

December Rain from Nookie Wood could be sung by Rihanna.

John Cale & Jonathan interviewed in Australia in 1983. JC performs "Chinese Envoy."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W6af7Cj05I

Different interview from the same tour in which Jojo sings "Vincent van Gogh" Would post on a Jonathan thread but I don't know which one so I am posting it here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5D6-7TwDMY

have you guys heard this? damn...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hExyOA7VLF0
more importantly, does anyone have the other track he played "i have nothing left to destroy"?!!!

saw him several times in the 80s, that was a reliable part of the set. third time he moved it over to piano iirc.

he played it when i saw him in knoxville! it was awesome.

oh yeah, he does it all the time, but is it ever as weird/fucked up as this version? yikes!

the version I saw at Fender's in Long Beach circa '86 was really unhinged, as was "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" that night

lol?

Former Velvet Underground star John Cale is to premiere a new work in the UK which will feature the noise of flying drones as they hover over the audience.

The 72-year-old musician, who has often delved into the avant garde, will perform the new "audio-visual collaboration", called LOOP>>60Hz: Transmissions From The Drone Orchestra at the Barbican in London in September.

He is working with the designer and architect Liam Young on the project which will see the drones carrying speakers to project the sound, as well as making mechanical noises of their own which will be incorporated.

Cale, who collected an OBE from Buckingham Palace in 2010 with pink hair, will work with his band to perform songs from his extensive back catalogue.

But he has rearranged them using different tunings and to fit the new format.

Young is aiming to free the drones from their usual associations with surveillance and military uses to make them "choreographed, disembodied instruments which take flight in the auditorium to create a profoundly immersive live music performance", according to the Barbican.

The gallery said it had been through a long process to ensure the performance with the drones met rigorous health and safety rules.

A spokeswoman said: "We've already been through a lengthy planning and approval period with this project to ensure there won't be any risk to audiences attending the performances in September."

The drones will not all be in flight at once but will have choreographed entries and exits through the performances on September 12 and 13, using their own landing point on the stage.

should end with drones murdering the audience tbrr

or at least a chicken

was it necessary to mention the pink hair?

i saw a v. nice amateur programming thing where somebody taught a programmable mini-helicopter drone how to do a tango with a roomba. it was adorable.

or at least a chicken

The drone element didn't really work very well - in this context they were essentially model helicopters made over as children's craft projects - but the concert was pretty good.

Last night irl I made John Cale laugh and blush and also patted him on the shoulder and thanked him sincerely for everything he has done. We also ate brains together!
The satisfaction is indescribable!

Holy crap! Congratulations!

!!!

haha, yes! glad you made it to that event...

!!!! i know!!!! i can't believe it and yet i am 100% sure that it happened. i feel strangely placid tbh.

We also ate brains together!

i really wanted to ask him about orghee but i had to whittle my questions to the most essential

Superb

It is famously famously incredibly difficult to get John Cale to laugh, let alone blush, you are obviously a superhero

He laughed at my flyer!
He blushed when I showed him a picture of the new Gideon bible, which I only took a picture of because Gideon's Bible is one of my favorite songs of all time. His manager was watching the conversation and she said (earnestly, because she didn't have to say anything at all) that he was blushing. My face was on fire for like 5 straight hours so I'm not sure if I was blushing or just really really excited. After I thanked him, I had to go to the bathroom and compose myself because my feelings were leaking out of my eyes.

omg congrats LL!

OMG amazing!

that's incredible!! I saw the photo but didn't know you got to chat & eat brains with him! congrats :)

thanks! i was determined to talk with him -- how could i ever have that opportunity again?! eating brains was an unexpected bonus :)
his speaking voice sounded just like i expected it to
really velvety

this is me sneaking up behind him just in case i didn't get a better pic (i did but i have to wait for it)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15522404872_d373bf7ae8.jpg

the thing in my hand is my flyer (and a cup of water)

oh good sneaking!

that guy in the bottom right corner made me jump when i realised what i was looking at

Jealous! My only John Cale story is that years ago he signed a copy of his autobiography for me (me and about 5000 other people), the first time I'd ever asked anyone to sign a book for me: then last year I got Joe Boyd to sign his book for me and told him the last person I asked to do this was John Cale and he said, "John, we used to be really good friends and then we fell out and I still don't know why!"

La, was this for publication? If so, link when ready, please!

It wasn't an interview, just a dinner/food orghee

I could report some observations if u have questions but not publish formally or anything.

Any other observations would be greatly appreciated, thanks (also: how did you get to do this, he asked w envy)

it's a long story but i weaseled my way into a fancy dinner that was being held at a restaurant as a fundraiser for public radio.
i have a lot of observations but i would like to say first and foremost that john cale exceeded my expectations wrt being a nice person

Great story. Glad Jim DeRogatis didn't step in the middle...

Join Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot of Sound Opinions for a one-of-a-kind experience.

Chefs Paul Kahan of Nico Osteria, Blackbird, and the Publican, and Matthias Merges of Yusho, Billy Sunday and A10 present a spectacular multi-course dinner inspired by the groundbreaking 1967 album The Velvet Underground & Nico - with special guest Velvet Underground founder John Cale.

oh they were there alright, it was their show
i was the only person there who showed a significant amount of zeal for the church of anthrax, however :)

Was there a drumkit on hand for you to show off your newly-won skillz0r with, LL?

Ironic trivia: Cale cribbed a big hunk of his autobiography from a feature he did with Kot way back when.

xp - lol no but the possibility of it happening crossed my mind a few times and i enjoyed thinking about what songs i would ask him to play

with me

thinking = daydreaming obvs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tMFqa_K7bg

i was the only person there who showed a significant amount of zeal for the church of anthrax, however :)Where is the love for that? Always found it bracing, esp. on grey-green country days like today.

Vivrancy is like Vintage Violence Leaves Home

much better pic here! http://bit.ly/1w98RyM

so good.

he is the most photogenic person on earth