The Velvet Underground & Nico poll

... 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?

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

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

In retrospect, wish I'd thrown "There She Goes Again" a bone.

YES

is this the most popular poll ever? (166 votes)

after much relistening lately, gotta say this is one of those meat in the middle albums. 4-7 such an amazing stretch of songwriting-soundmaking

4-7 1-11 such an amazing stretch of songwriting-soundmaking

i'm surprised Heroin's so high (even though i love it & no pun intended) and Femme's so low. agree about the winner though

http://exeterrecordclub.com/2013/11/11/halloween-special-round-6-the-velvet-underground-nico-nicks-choice/

I thought for sure this would be one of those polls with no option shut out. "There She Goes Again" would be the best song of most other people's careers.

Yup

especially for Marvin Gaye and the Stones.

B-b-but what about The Vandellas and The Smiths?

what about the Las?

It's incredible how a song as stupid as "Venus in Furs" ranks among the sexiest songs ever. I need more viola scraping and Lou shouting SEVERIN in my life, clearly

it's the caustic drone, they could be singing about types of mushrooms and I'd still be there

maybe he was!

https://www.severin.com/mushroom-soup-with-par-c9cab832

https://pitchfork.com/news/kurt-vile-michael-stipe-iggy-pop-st-vincent-and-more-cover-velvet-underground-and-nico-for-tribute-album/

Tracklist:

01 Michael Stipe: “Sunday Morning”
02 Matt Berninger: “I’m Waiting for the Man”
03 Sharon Van Etten with Angel Olsen: “Femme Fatale”
04 Andrew Bird / Lucius: “Venus in Furs”
05 Kurt Vile & The Violators: “Run Run Run”
06 St. Vincent / Thomas Bartlett: “All Tomorrow’s Parties”
07 Thurston Moore: “Heroin” [ft. Bobby Gillespie]
08 King Princess: “There She Goes Again”
09 Courtney Barnett: “I’ll Be Your Mirror”
10 Fontaines D.C.: “The Black Angel’s Song of Death”
11 Iggy Pop / Matt Sweeney: “European Son”

Thurston Moore: “Heroin” [ft. Bobby Gillespie]

Errrrrrrrrrrrr....

HI DERE

looks pretty boring, but maybe some of these people will try something interesting? doubtful!

I can totally imagine CB doing "I'll Be Your Mirror"; should be great (I'll probably skip the rest).

Are we doing tribute records again? Aren't there enough regular records no one is interested in?

I would have thought they'd have roped Cale and Tucker in here somehow.

You'd think something baring "executive produced by Hal Wilner" would have at least one or two leftfield selections

These songs are on a level so high that I'm happy to hear almost anyone perform them.

xp yeah, Willner should've gotten the Sun Ra Arkestra to do VU & Nico.

Not having Mdou Moctar doing "Run Run Run" seems like a real missed opportunity

yeah at this point with VU covers, you may as well go in unusual directions. a bunch of indie rockers is a little dull. kurt vile doing "run run run" sounds exactly like you'd expect it to.

Idk a lot about Gillespie but I think it's actually pretty smart for Thurston to focus on the guitars in "Heroin" and let someone more, uh, experienced handle the words. He wouldn't be a very convincing junkie.

Iggy Pop / Matt Sweeney is kinda cool pairing.

only 10,000 people bought the first Velvet Underground album, and all of those people formed bands, but all of them are now free to also get into some more recent music