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

there has been a live version in my basement every day for like 3 weeks!

who's handling scary breathing duties?

my dog

sounds sweet! would listen.

it's on my soundcloud, which i am not going to link here
it's up for grabs if anyone wants to add some shredding/singing

there probably should be an ILM VU tribute comp... or has that already happened?

fond of the "perfect night" reed version of mirror.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYFz1am9OO4

omg that can't stand it live posted above is _brutal_

you should hear the Sister Ray from that same night! sounds like Hawkwind.

So the top 25 of the combined ballot has five solo tracks and twenty VU tracks, that's about what I expected.

"I'm Set Free" boasts such a lovely Morrisolo.

That's Lou

Am I right in assuming nobody likes "Coney Island Steeplechase" ?

oh cool – good to know. I assumed Morrison is responsible for the more trad solos.

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"I'm Set Free" boasts such a lovely Morrisolo.
actually Lou!

― tylerw, Monday, 2 December 2013 19:39 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You can tell it's Lou because it's a bit awkward (and also slightly out of tune)

Curses, that tylerw!

Am I right in assuming nobody likes "Coney Island Steeplechase" ?

I like it... but then I like absolutely everything except the instrumental version of "Move Right In" on the same album

19. Ocean
19 votes, 2 no. 1 votes, 634

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItbfBcm1Aik

18. Femme Fatale
20 votes, 658 pts

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

version of "ocean" on live 69 is so amazing. moe!

17. Stephanie Says
23 votes, 689 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMO3A2X1F0k

16. I Heard Her Call My Name
121 votes, 2 no. 1 votes, 732 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g2eEwKb7XU

15. Beginning to See the Light
24 votes, 1 no. 1 vote, 736 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L4bpP9TL2g

14. All Tomorrow's Parties
24 votes, 741 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilo5xHwMoyY

here comes the ocean!

i'm impressed how well a good number of V.U. tracks are doing, i first heard it around the same time as the original albums and like some of those songs a lot but was never really sure how popular they were overall. trying to think of bands that have an outtakes collection like that that stands as tall in their canon.

13. Candy Says
27 votes, 1 no. 1 vote, 828 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjiyeF6i1K4

12. White Light/White Heat
28 votes, 829 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ckXALWn1M

11. Venus in Furs
25 votes, 832 pts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FxCnPJIkfY

trying to think of bands that have an outtakes collection like that that stands as tall in their canon.

First thing that comes to mind is The Basement Tapes, though i dunno if individual tracks of that have the same weight as some from VU do.

Wow, figured ATP and IHHCMN would be in the top 5.

i think everything left right now seems like an obvious top 5 though

i do wonder, though, for a fairly small catalog that's been set in stone for 40+ years, how much fluctuation there's been in the relative popularity of records. it seems like Loaded has been up and down, but has anything ever come close to unseating VU & Nico as the most popular album? does it help or hurt "All Tomorrow's Parties" when an international music festival is named after it, does it become passe to call a song your favorite once it gets a high profile cover or soundtrack placement?

i'm impressed how well a good number of V.U. tracks are doing, i first heard it around the same time as the original albums and like some of those songs a lot but was never really sure how popular they were overall. trying to think of bands that have an outtakes collection like that that stands as tall in their canon.

― deez the season (some dude), Tuesday, December 3, 2013

wasn't VU supposed to be their 4th MGM album though? not exactly "out-takes"

well, it's a hodge podge of 1969 yule sessions and earlier stuff with Cale.

"out-takes", "lost album," whether you take it as a sign of their remarkable consistency or remarkable bad fortune, having stuff this good on the shelf for a decade plus is pretty rare and amazing

yeah...a band almost has to have the kind of sordid career full of false starts and bad business moves like VU to end up with a collection like that.

In terms of sequencing/song selection, VU hangs together as well as any of their other records (and better than some). If you didn't know it was odds & sods, you'd never guess just by listening.

if this poll shows anything, it's that Lou Reed 1965-70 was operating on a ridiculously high level, songwriting wise. (not to slight the contributions of the other members, of course). the fact that he *wasn't* acclaimed as one of the best songwriters of his generation right then and there makes it almost more impressive -- the guy had an extremely strong vision and will.

In terms of sequencing/song selection, VU hangs together as well as any of their other records (and better than some). If you didn't know it was odds & sods, you'd never guess just by listening.

otm.

t's that Lou Reed 1965-70 was operating on a ridiculously high level, songwriting wise.

Fogerty his only peer between 1968-1969.

yeah i agree -- and fogerty had stadiums full of people and hit singles to encourage him on his way. lou just had his own massive ego.

Sly

yeah, sly. hendrix, too... [some people would probably say Townshend, but not I.]

I wouldn't say Hendrix but I'm in the minority on that dude. Townsend yeah I dunno not quite

Hell, even I wouldn't say Townshend, at least not '68-'69. '68 only had "Magic Bus," "Call Me Lightning," and (the underrated) "Dogs," and 1969 had Tommy. But yeah, one rock opera and three singles does not a ridiculously high level of songwriting make.

His/their focus in '68 was touring anyway (and there are live versions of "Magic Bus" from '68 that make it sound like they took "Sister Ray" as a personal challenge)

How many "Odds & Sods" compilations have an "Ocean" to finish with?

yeah i agree -- and fogerty had stadiums full of people and hit singles to encourage him on his way. lou just had his own massive ego.

well, both had record company problems.

If we're talking about the hot songwriting hand in the late 60s, Lou takes a backseat to nobody.