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

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

My dad used to talk about egg creams and they always sounded vile.

I am still hoping for my #1 to show up! It really highlights John Cale's Beach Boys enthusiasm and also features parts of speech. Apparently it is not one of his favorites because I can't find any live clips of it. Also yes, please enjoy the work of John Cale. I learned how to play "Fear is a Man's Best Friend" last week! Great lyrics on that one.

another good entry point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragments_of_a_Rainy_Season xp

38. Nico "It Was a Pleasure Then"
4 votes, 144 pts

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

Island Years is so so so good

really looking forward to these broken-out solo results, thanks Shakey

ooh yeah, fragments is a good call, that is one of the best live albums ever

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

― tylerw, Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:53 AM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oooh, neato! Will check that out; thanks!

"It Was A Pleasure Then" was #2 on my ballot. What a fucking journey that song is.

Got The Island Years as one of Columbia House's 99 cent deals in '98.

One of the greatest deals ever, needless to say.

forgot about this one, it is one of cale's weirdest/craziest tunes. never on CD? youtube.com/watch?v=z0KeJ4KBUNo

"It Was a Pleasure Then" tied with

Lou Reed "New York Telephone Conversation"
5 votes, 144 pts

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

37. Lou Reed "Crazy Feeling"
6 votes, 146 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD-ZFQ8_TLc

36. Nico "Janitor of Lunacy"
6 votes, 2 no. 1 votes, 150 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgG3EaOCh_c

35. John Cale "Gideon's Bible"
5 votes, 1 no. 1 vote, 154 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EF0vSV2-TI

34. John Cale "The Endless Plain of Fortune"
4 votes, 173 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0gvn5SM7uM

voted for "New York Telephone Conversation," really caught my ear in my novice skimming of Lou solo albums

33. Lou Reed "Halloween Parade"
8 votes, 179 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb_r-IwB8t8

32. John Cale & Terry Riley "Church of Anthrax"
5 votes, 180 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHv7M0o_OL8

Janitor of Lunacy was my number one. Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks so highly of it.

31. Lou Reed "I Love You, Suzanne"
8 votes, 181 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p1TrF-pVwQ

30. Lou Reed "Romeo Had Juliette"
9 votes, 183 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_8-Fm1vfw0

whoah fast!

tyler, 'Chcken Shit" is on the CD of Sabotage iirc

I thought "...Suzanne" would be #1 with a bullet.

okay that's it for a little bit

Church of Anthrax is must hear if anyone reading this has not heard it!!

tyler, 'Chcken Shit" is on the CD of Sabotage iirc
oh no kidding? i've never had that on CD... i should probably get it.
church of anthrax is so good. i wish they'd made another album like it. maybe it's not too late!
there are rumors of unreleased material from those sessions I think.

Whoa unreleased "Church of Anthrax" sessions would be very welcome indeed. Really hope those exist.

there's something about them in the unterberger book -- I guess they started recording fairly early and then stopped for some reason and then re-recorded a bunch of stuff? it's unclear, but maybe they exist.

SAbotage CD, along with all of the Animal Justice EP, includes killer non-LP B-side 'Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores", later covered by Bauhaus.

on a pedantic note, the A-side of that single, a studio version of "Mercenaries", has never been reissued anywhere.

Also, Sabotage rules, if 'Captain Kidd" doesn't place I will be sad

animal justice EP, yeah, that one is pretty great.
never heard the mercenaries single at all, I think! "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" -- haha, what a great title.

hedda gabler

best song

Voted for "Church of Anthrax" and "Janitor of Lunacy", have always wanted to try an egg cream but not yet got round to it, learned the other day that the French pronounce "bagel" with a soft g i.e. "un badjel".

voted for "New York Telephone Conversation," really caught my ear in my novice skimming of Lou solo albums

Yeah I was gonna vote this, I always thought it was one of the best tracks on that album, but a few years ago I posted a remix of it on mediafire that got a takedown noticed which jeopardized my account and ever since then I haven't been able to listen to it.

bummed by this. are there any better Lou songs than Egg Cream/I Love You, Suzanne/Romeo Had Juliette? those are top 5 material surely.

plenty of beautiful Cale here. great job people!

Nico tracks are insane (not in a good way really)

results so far:

79 The Dream Syndicate Day of Niagara
78 Lou Reed The Gun
77 Lou Reed Families
76 Nico Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
75 Lou Reed I Want to Boogie With You
74 Lou Reed I Wanna Be Black
74 John Cale Antarctica Starts Here
73 The Dream Syndicate Sun Blindness Music
73 Nico little sister
72 John Cale Darling, I Need You
71 John Cale The Soul Of Carmen Miranda
71 Lou Reed Set The Twilight Reeling
70 Lou Reed New Sensations
70 Lou Reed Caroline Says II
70 Lou Reed A Gift
69 John Cale Big Sky
69 Nico Roses in the Snow
69 Lou Reed The Bells
68 Lou Reed Wild Child
67 Lou Reed & John Cale Smalltown
66 Lou Reed The Last Shot
65 Nico It Has Not Taken Long
65 John Cale Afraid
64 John Cale Heartbreak Hotel
63 John Cale Pablo Picasso
62 John Cale Sylvia Said
62 The Primitives The Ostrich
62 John Cale Amsterdam
62 John Cale The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles
61 Lou Reed & John Cale Hello It's Me
61 Lou Reed What's Good
60 Lou Reed Make Up
60 Lou Reed Women
59 Lou Reed Charley's Girl
58 Lou Reed & Metallica Brandenburg Gate
58 Lou Reed Nobody But You
57 Lou Reed Legendary Hearts
56 Lou Reed Hangin' Round
55 Lou Reed & John Cale Open House
55 Lou Reed Sad Song (Lou Reed)
54 Mo Tucker Hey Mersh!
53 Lou Reed Underneath the Bottle
52 Brian Eno & John Cale Spinning Away
51 John Cale Perfect
50 Lou Reed My House
50 Nico Evening of Light
49 John Cale Graham Greene
48 Lou Reed The Kids
47 Lou Reed & Metallica Junior Dad
47 John Cale Mr. Wilson
46 Lou Reed the bed
46 John Cale Cordoba
45 Lou Reed Dirty Blvd.
44 Lou Reed Men of Good Fortune
43 John Cale Thoughtless Kind
42 John Cale Guts
41 John Cale Big White Cloud
40 Lou Reed Egg Cream
39 Lou Reed She's My Best Friend (Lou Reed)
38 Lou Reed New York Telephone Conversation
38 Nico It Was A Pleasure Then
37 Lou Reed Crazy Feeling
36 Nico Janitor of Lunacy
35 John Cale gideon's bible
34 John Cale The Endless Plain of Fortune
33 Lou Reed Halloween Parade
32 John Cale & Terry Riley Church of Anthrax
31 Lou Reed I Love You, Suzanne
30 Lou Reed Romeo Had Juliette

gah got a couple of the artist tags wrong there, sorry

are there any better Lou songs than Egg Cream/I Love You, Suzanne/Romeo Had Juliette? those are top 5 material surely.

there are like a dozen Lou songs that are better than any of those imo

Yeah, but his dancing in the "Suzanne" video more than makes up for any shortcomings of the song.

xp without the Velvets?