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

she gives good clerk

okay, here we go, top 10...

whaaaa? night time rollout? love it!

10. John Cale "Hanky Panky Nohow"
13 votes, 419 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlWeVY64TpU

my wife hates this song, strictly because it contains the phrase "hanky panky" which, apparently, she cannot abide.

whaaaa? night time rollout? love it!

what do you have to go to school tomorrow? nobody here has school tomorrow?

haha

9. Lou Reed "Vicious"
18 votes, 467 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM9JG-oQm1Y

I have school tomorrow. That's okay, though.

for anyone who hasn't heard the next entry it is mandatory that they listen to the youtube link

otherwise I will throw a cup at you

8. Lou Reed "Walk On the Wild Side"
21 votes, 532 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCPZ-V0i0pU

enough attitude to kill every person in jersey

whaaaa? night time rollout? love it!

what do you have to go to school tomorrow? nobody here has school tomorrow?

― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:38 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

My "whaaa?" was not a "wahhhh"! I just don't remember a top ten rolling out after sundown

sun's still up on my side of the world!

oh yeah, new york myopia strikes again! anyway, thanks again for doing this

7. Lou Reed "Perfect Day"
16 votes, 533 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e9npuzxPQQ

6. Nico "These Days"
18 votes, 558 pts

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

okay will save top 5 for tomorrow

my wife hates this song, strictly because it contains the phrase "hanky panky" which, apparently, she cannot abide.
as a female person, i'm a-ok with the hanky panky but i never really understood the title or the "nohow"
still it's a beautiful song and i am glad it made the top 10

"vicious" reminds me of eating cheezits with my 8th gr bff and dancing around her kitchen. we were always listening to either classic rock radio or her brother's records. whenever we heard "vicious" we used to always prance around chicken-style like mick jagger and point at each other when he said "you hit me with a flower" good times!!

awesome image!

whereas when I think of "Hanky Panky" I think of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFSx9fE1qJ8

results so far:

Poll Placement Artist Title
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 Caroline Says II
70 Lou Reed A Gift
70 Lou Reed New Sensations
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 John Cale Afraid
65 Nico It Has Not Taken Long
64 John Cale Heartbreak Hotel
63 John Cale Pablo Picasso
62 The Primitives The Ostrich
62 John Cale Sylvia Said
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 & John Cale Nobody But You
58 Lou Reed & Metallica Brandenburg Gate
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 Nico It Was A Pleasure Then
38 Lou Reed New York Telephone Conversation
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
29 John Cale Leaving It Up to You
28 Lou Reed Kicks
27 Nico The Fairest of the Seasons
26 John Cale Dying on the Vine
25 John Cale Ship of Fools
24 John Cale Andalucia
23 John Cale I Keep A Close Watch
22 Lou Reed The Blue Mask
21 Nico Chelsea Girls
20 Nico I'm Not Sayin'
19 John Cale Hedda Gabler
18 John Cale Buffalo Ballet
17 Lou Reed & John Cale Style It Takes
16 John Cale A Child's Christmas in Wales
15 Lou Reed Andy's Chest (Lou Reed)
14 John Cale Gun
13 Lou Reed Metal Machine Music
12 Lou Reed Waves of Fear
11 Nico Frozen Warnings
10 John Cale Hanky Panky Nohow
9 Lou Reed Vicious
8 Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side
7 Lou Reed Perfect Day
6 Nico These Days

hanky panky belongs to Tommy James yall

Xposts The Paul Simon rollout was all after dark iirc.

xp Big Sky is mistakenly cited as a Cale song there.

5 Transformer songs in the top 20? ilm gone soft

I'm cheering for Fear!

Wait, does this mean "Caroline Says I" might place in the top 5? 'Cause that'd rule.

Also, I knew next to nothing about Nico's racism until very recently, and now I'm not sure when, how, or if I'll be able to listen to her records again.

xp people like Coney Island Baby too much for that (or anything unexpected) to happen at this point

I knew next to nothing about Nico's racism until very recently

lol whut

thx for the Big Sky catch g

no prob

I'd never read anything about her, other than where she and the Velvets intersected, and that she died (and neither Up-Tight nor the Chicago Tribune's 1988 obit mentioned her racism).

xp

it seems weirder to me that Cale would be cool with it. Reed was a pretty hateful contrarian himself so I can see how they might get along (at least for a little while).

Xp I think Bangs referenced it in The White Noise Supremacists.

You know, I do remember that, but for some reason I thought Bangs made it up, or confused her with someone else.

she seemed like a pretty severely messed up asshole person in general, so i always filed her under that category rather than just a plain old "racist"

This poll has kindled a deep immersive dive into Cale's work for me, and I hope it lasts all winter. Reed can get tae fuck, I just want to listen to the Welshman.

true. was familiar with Paris 1919, Vintage Violence and some random "popular" tracks (Fear, Heartbreak Hotel, Gun). I Keep A Close Watch and Buffalo Ballet are stunning and I had no idea till today.

I agree - the run-up to thIs poll sort of confirmed to me that I don't really care abt solo Reed, but there seems to be a ton of amazing solo Cale material to dive into.

Here are some excellent John Cale songs that didn't make the list:

Dead Or Alive
Ski Patrol
The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy
Hungry For Love
Dr. Mudd

Cale peaked early though imo: his mid seventies >> Lou's. But Reed takes off after 1980.

I must politely disagree there. John Cale had a strong 80s. Music For a New Society is one of the true loony bin albums ever made. Honi Soit has some really strong material on it especially Dead Or Alive. And Caribbean Sunset has Hungry For Love, which should have been a hit.

The three or four MFANS songs I'd save he recreated on Fragments; and I need "Dying on the Vine" live, not in its embalmed studio version.

john cale's live stuff in the 80s is great, the studio albums terrible

this is really good
http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-rockpalast-mw0002013704

gonna throw in another recommendation for Cale's Sabotage at this point, particularly the 13-minute 'Captain Kidd.'

sabotage is really a trip. also worth seeking out is the even cowgirls get the blues release from around the same time. terrible sound quality, amazing performances.

& yeah iatee otm -- that rockapalast collection is killer. i really like john cale!

I wasn't anywhere close to voting for it on a 20-song ballot, but I did like this Cale song from a couple of years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRU1oAfGEU0

yeah, i thought nookie wood had some very good stuff on it... i do need to go back and really listen to cale's stuff from the last decade and a half.
here's something from his eat/kiss soundtracking that i always loved -- if yr a fan of the gift, the jeweler etc, it's a must
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHyzNJGwWWQ

I regret not voting for his instrumental tune on the I Shot Andy Warhol soundtrack.

wall to wall smiles
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/25025919/Lou+Reed++John+Cale+Lou+John+and+Andy.jpg