The Velvet Underground & Nico poll

ward, you mean Still

i do, i do

Anagram, yep, me too. This was the only thing available for that time where the LPs seemed to be 'unavailable/missing', along w/ "Squeeze" at the time.

Heh first time I ever heard 'Sister Ray' was on 'Closer' by Joy Division. Seeing the name Morrison in the songwriting credits, I thought it was a Doors cover.

― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 09:44 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and so did I. To my 'older, cooler' friends. They were kind....

Goddess on the mountain top
Burning like a silver flame
The summit of beauty and love
And Venus was her name

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That one needs a varispeed turntable

anna magnifying glass

My sister had this (and I assume still has it):

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"I'm Waiting sounded very strange to me. the melody was good, but i didn't know what to think about the minimalist monotonic drumming.
obviously, the ONE ONE ONE drumming is what makes the song special. otherwise, it would be a garage number like There She Goes."

as demonstrated in the 1969 live record

Anagram: I bought that double in the States in the early '80s, I think right after I left a French import of WL/WH in a car trunk after some drunken escapade (not a stupor, though)--I think it contained the whole album, or very close. I kept it for a while, then traded it to a friend and resumed looking.

ppl who call it overplayed--Don't think you could ever say that about any of their albums. Over-written-about, over-name-dropped, etc., yes, but unless you're overplaying it yourself--in which case you shouldn't be complaining to yourself about yourself--no one else is in any kind of a public context.

I think what people are referring to is overexposure. that's not my opinion, but how I interpret overplayed. I did get thst sense with nevermind, however.

Guys, Gerard Malanga is giving a reading at the Jefferson Market library tomorrow.

Or maybe he is just introducing a reading.

Will he bring his whip?
Will he bring his cigarette buttss?

None of that was mentioned on the poster.

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Voted for the obvious choice.

Yeah, I went with "Heroin" too.

But since this record is longer than 45 minutes, my dub of my older brother's cassette cut off the ending to "European Son." Still weirds me out to hear it follow through to its conclusion.

'european son' is the only song here i don't love. sounds like they wanted to do 'sister ray' but hadn't figured out how to do it yet.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 4 November 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not as intense and pleasing as an experience as Sister ray (more to do with length), but they sure figured out a lot if European Son is the result.

Used to feel exactly the same way about "European Son" but the bass line has grown on me over the ears.

years

pulled out my used vinyl copy, playing now. still has the sticker on it:

Venus Records (long gone) $5.00

wow, Nico really does sing CLON

Reminding me of that bit from Sleeper.

Didn't Venus move from 8th Street near 6th Avenue over to St. Marks Place where it hung on for a while?

yeah

now BLEEEEEED for me

Venus was on St Marks for the better part of a decade, i think?

Yes. I guess those decades flew by fast.

hey Yo La Tengo uses opening bass riff of "European Son" in "Moby Octopad"

... and Julian Cope pointed out the similarity between it and the bass at the start of Can's "Father Cannot Yell"

Clinic used the bassline as well

Are you excited to find out Heroin as the winner in a couple if hours?

no that would be as boring as hell

not my vote

I would have possibly voted for it when I was 16

Are the results in yet?

No. But a source leaked me the results and it's Femme .what did you do ilm?!

hey white boy, what you doin' uptown?

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excellent choice

you better hit 'er

it's all because i said Heroin will win.
some wise guys decided to deliberately choose Waiting.
i control the world.

Black Angel should be higher imo

I voted mirror, but I love waiting nevertheless

you have patience

and I love my own reflection

Although I voted BADS I wish I Run Run Run was higher. Great poll though.

pleased at the winner, wish "Femme Fatale" were higher