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

yeah sounds like strum noise to me too

46. Over You
3 votes, 1 no. 1 vote, 92 pts

url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC-Q6WGslBs

love this one -- wonder why lou never revisited it during the solo years...

45. That's the Story of My Life
6 votes, 95 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N6rvkc7yQM

46 was my #1. thought it might go higher, who cares. such a beauty and that solo is so simple yet exquisite

gonna be nothing but great songs from here on out...

and hmm I defer to you actual musicians about the strum noise, maybe Mo did go shopping after all.

xp

ah nice work outdoor_miner! Excellent #1! I was one of the other voters, really love it… almost feels like Lou showing delicate old-fashioned tin pan alley songwriter skills, which are such strange and lovely element in the VU mix.

yeah, lyrically "over you" seems like billie holiday could've sung it.

that's fitting, given the lyrical nods to gershwin ("lady be good" in the chorus to "what goes on") and ellington ("i'm beginning to see the light" as a title and lyrical hook) on the grey album.

yeah i think it's an influence floating around in various bits of Lou's songwriting -- "wrap your troubles in dreams" too.

totally agree! it's part of what can make VU songs sound like muppet songs too.

lol I had never heard "grey album" before, love it!

The four regular-issue albums add up to 37 songs--assume there'll be more than seven more odds and ends, which would mean all 37 didn't make the Top 50.

well when you have "VU" stuff in there, some of it is obviously superior

And Another View, and maybe bootleg stuff I don't know. But I bet not more than three of the core songs miss.

i was morbidly curious about whether anything from "squeeze" was going to show up, but now that "story of my life" has placed, i can't count on any challopian votes.

44. We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together
7 votes, 103 pts

url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG47W6ieyoY

43. Hey Mr. Rain
4 votes, 118 pts

url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-JbWNlrpCs

I only heard "Hey Mr Rain" a few months ago: the Cale sound with a pop lyric of uneven quality. That tension makes it a keeper.

42. Ride Into the Sun
5 votes, 162 pts

url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHdH3bAsgU8

that's a tie with

Cool It Down
6 votes, 162 pts

url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnV0kvTbxuM

prefer the instrumental ride into the sun to the loaded version.
or this version too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdHGX-AMYvs

"Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together" is the answer to the "which Lou versions are better than the VU versions?" q from upthread imo.

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41. European Son
8 votes, 212 votes

url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHIWZtkswI4

40. TIE
The Murder Mystery
8 votes, 1 no. 1 vote, 213 pts

url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku6oFQhJI4E

Head Held High
6 votes, 213 pts

url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPSVplJGJks

That's a funny little pair of songs!

41. European Son
8 votes, 212 votes

TOO LOW.

Honestly surprised this isn't in the top 10.

Yay for "Cool It Down"! A favorite from the first time I heard it. The closest the VU got to being Little Feat (shades of "Walkin' All Night").

VU got to being Little Feat

uh Cale got about as close as you can get

The VU as a band, silly!

xxxp seems like it won't even make the top 10 of "The Velvet Underground and Nico"

maybe...i might be overestimating the popularity of Black Angel's Death Song or Run Run Run

no one voted for "ferryboat bill", eh?

just me ;_;

i was the #1 vote for "The Murder Mystery"...kinda figured that one needed all the help it can get and was one of the first VU songs to really grab my attention.

holy shit i didn't know Little Feat played on Paris 1919, that's amazing

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/nearly_unheard_velvet_underground_teaser#disqus_thread

Nice little article about the WL/WH box coming out 12/10

that's my lone no 1 for coyote.

such a great song -- hope this poll encourages more people to appreciate it.

beats out anything on drella as far as late period reed/cale collab as far as i'm concerned.

lyrics are alternately haunting and striking, melodies are classic velvets. the guitar solo is understated and delicate but in that way that you can also imagine it at full blast, and the whole effect is just hypnotic.

it woulda been a standout if it was on s/t or & nico, but they were too young to write it then.

and then the rolling toms... like every element just works together here. its a showcase for all four of them.

hey mr rain prefigures thin white rope to my ears somehow. Making it one of my VU favorites.

Murder Mystery is an amazing, amazing track

39. I'm Sticking With You
10 votes, 220 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_dtLQV2VSo

38. The Gift
11 votes, 240 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxbMZxX89wQ

37. She's My Best Friend
9 votes, 244 pts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2adiYfv5rwA

36. Temptation Inside Your Heart
8 votes, 247 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni1xblCi1LA

35. I Found A Reason
11 votes, 287 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmmMy-712ZA

man what was with lou's "ooh baby baby ooh baby now" shit on the '93 shows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTfi5BdIRV0

make em say oooooh
nah nah nah nah

wow. that's quite a weak support for three of my favorites (Hey Mr. Rain, She's My Best Friend, I Found A Reason)

not enough cocksucking or dope shooting in those for the ILX massive

ilx massive hates romantic wooing?