"When you think the night has seen your mind, that inside you’re twisted and unkind, let me stand to show that you are blind. Please put down your hands, because I see you."
finneykrock441:
In the early days of the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed and John Cale had a day job playing Batman and Robin at birthday parties.
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The first time I heard the Velvet Underground and Nico record was at a party on the University of Michigan campus. I just hated the sound. You know, ‘HOW COULD ANYBODY MAKE A RECORD THAT SOUNDS LIKE SUCH A PIECE OF SHIT? THIS IS DISGUSTING! ALL THESE PEOPLE MAKE ME FUCKING SICK! FUCKING DISGUSTING HIPPIE VERMIN! FUCKING BEATNIKS, I WANNA KILL THEM ALL! THIS JUST SOUNDS LIKE TRASH!”
Then about six months later it hit me. “Oh my god! WOW! This is just a fucking great record!” That record became very key for me, not just for what it said, and for how great it was, but also because I heard other people who could make good music - without being any good at music. It gave me hope. It was the same thing the first time I heard Mick Jagger sing. He can only sing one note, there’s no tone, and he just goes, “Hey, well baby, baby, I can be oeweowww…” Every song is the same monotone, and it’s just this kid rapping. It was the same with the Velvets. The sounds was so cheap and yet so good.
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—Iggy Pop about The Velvet Underground - Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk [Book]
Rock And Roll
The Velvet Underground
Peel Slowly And See
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theadventuresofmichaelpawlak:
“Rock And Roll” - The Velvet Underground
RIP Lou Reed
Heroin
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
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meladoodle:
Heroin // The Velvet Underground
There She Goes Again
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
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yatsura:
There She Goes Again - The Velvet Underground
Heroin
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
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longandlanky:
Heroin - The Velvet Underground
V overwhelmed rn
Heroin
Velvet Underground
Peel slow and see
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rocketeam:
Heroin - Velvet Underground
