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

true except for the "odious" part

I dunno something about the relentless Teutonic tragedian posing combined with her narcissistic junkie racist personal life (something I would usually be able to divorce from an artist's work) really grates on me. there's an aesthetic there that has some underlying politics that I just cannot get with.

Getting into the really good stuff now. Evening of Light scares the bejeesus out of me.

underlying politics helps make it interesting though! like, this is what sad nazi music could sound like. totally get why that would not appeal

"The Ostrich," what the hell u ppl

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:22 PM (6 minutes ago)

Shut up and dance, Granddad.

Lou Reed "The Kids"
5 votes, 115 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY_i-R2ldyA

I was surprised at how few votes Graham Greene got - Paris 1919 gets a lot of love around here and that's definitely one of my favorite tracks on the album but even so it placed lower than I expected.

argh "the Kids" is 48.

obviously

Hey Mersh is definitely a front runner for the most Velvet-y thing an ex-Velvet ever did.

Hi-5 to Alfred and the other Hey Mersh! voter.

high 5!

i thought it'd get more votes -- are there other moe tracks that more people voted for?

okay a few more then I gotta get back to work

Lou Reed & Metallica "Junior Dad"
5 votes, 118 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwq4C7BaF4

John Cale "Mr. Wilson"
4 votes, 118 pts

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

I like to think of both of these songs as being about Brian Wilson fwiw.

goddammit forgetting the numbering, me and my old man memory

those are both TIED at no. 47.

TIE

46. Brian Eno & John Cale "Cordoba"
4 votes, 119 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHg7Yad0L9g

Lou Reed "The Bed"
5 votes, 119 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsxhM2g1JRg

45. Lou Reed "Dirty Blvd."
7 votes, 126 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z3TPwOT31g

each bridge in "Mr Wilson" would be the highlight of someone else's career

Rediscovered Mr Wilson after I submitted my ballot. Should have voted for it. Always disarmed by how pretty a lot of Cale's 70 work was.

love mr. wilson

I voted for it!

I believe you anyway!

Weird, I figured "Sad Song" would place above those other Berlin tracks. I love them all, though.

Moe Too Loe

44. Lou Reed "Men of Good Fortune"
5 votes, 127 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2q-nsiFSw

43. John Cale "Thoughtless Kind"
4 votes, 131 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RePTxqyHb1c

42. John Cale "Guts"
6 votes, 133 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9UAhUQcXHY

sweet song, sweet song, sweet song

41. John Cale "Big White Cloud"
5 votes, 137 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i22duzheznE

"thoughtless kind" has to be one of the more devastating songs cale has ever written. might prefer the live versions, though...

40. Lou Reed "Egg Cream"
6 votes, 141 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoHW-Tk-d-k

I can see digging the lyrics to Thoughtless Kind but the music is inscrutable in its suckitude. sorry.

sb

check this out, shakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBkWCdGLpLk

"Egg Cream" is terrific, and I don't even know what an egg cream is.

It doesn't have eggs. I learned that from Lou.

Some U Bet's Chocolate Syrup, seltzer water mixed with milk

it's like a soda/milk nyc regional diner drink that is very disappointing

John Stewart defended it against Chicago milkshakes last week, though.

it's no black cow that's for sure

if egg creams were really that good they would have conquered the nation, like bagels, how hard is it to convince americans to drink sugary drinks

should've come up with a better name, an "egg cream" sounds pretty gross

first heard "Egg Cream" in Blue in the Face or Smoke – loved it. Set The Twilight Reeling is such a good guitar-heavy album.

i've always been partial to Cale's contributions to VU but listening to these pull results is the first time i've felt properly motivated to investigate his solo career

I guess none of you read Harriet the Spy, eh? It was her favorite drink.

my daughter and I had egg creams in SF this weekend they were awesome fuck all y'all

my memory may be playing tricks on me, but is the mix on the blue in the face "egg cream" different from the twilight reeling version? like, more guitar heavy or something?

and yeah, some dude, definitely get into Cale, his high points are up there with any of the greats

I'm gonna have to dip into Cale, too. I love the Inside the Dream Syndicate series, but never heard any of his records beyond those.

and now we start getting to the really good stuff

39. Lou Reed "She's My Best Friend"
6 votes, 142 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXkridsKM6s

this is a good (and cheap) place to get going w/ cale - http://www.amazon.com/The-Island-Years-John-Cale/dp/B000001E9K

vu version a billion times better