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^ I could not have been more disorganized with my thoughts

rsmurphy wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:32 pm ^ I could not have been more disorganized with my thoughts

I figured as much, I just tried to make a funny.

trey wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:49 pm I figured as much, I just tried to make a funny.

noooo! I'm the dummy!

V/U and Nico is the one! It's the game changer. In 100 years, when some dork in a 20th century music class plays the VU, it'll be this album. It's safe to say that as a teenager it changed my life in regards to how I heard and understood music. That said, Loaded has been my favorite for a good while now but all four are excellent.

My favorite VU record is 1969 Live With Lou Reed, the double LP with the green cover and the hot pants. I love this period of their career. For me it represents the true flowering of Lou Reed's songwriting. There's a palpable sense of joy running through this material. There's so much great music here you can't find on the four proper studio releases: We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together, Sweet Bonnie Brown/It's Just Too Much, Lisa Says, Over You, the slow Sweet Jane, extended workouts of What Goes On, Rock & Roll, White Light/White Heat and Heroin (more dramatic and nuanced than the brutal studio cut). The album's centerpiece is Ocean, eleven minutes of pure bliss and a key Velvets track.

Most (all?) of the original 1974 record has been subsumed into the deluxe box of the third LP and The Complete Matrix Tapes.

tonyballzee wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 2:59 pm My favorite VU record is 1969 Live With Lou Reed, the double LP with the green cover and the hot pants. I love this period of their career. For me it represents the true flowering of Lou Reed's songwriting. There's a palpable sense of joy running through this material. There's so much great music here you can't find on the four proper studio releases: We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together, Sweet Bonnie Brown/It's Just Too Much, Lisa Says, Over You, the slow Sweet Jane, extended workouts of What Goes On, Rock & Roll, White Light/White Heat and Heroin (more dramatic and nuanced than the brutal studio cut). The album's centerpiece is Ocean, eleven minutes of pure bliss and a key Velvets track.

Most (all?) of the original 1974 record has been subsumed into the deluxe box of the third LP and The Complete Matrix Tapes.

That live 2xLP is great, and The Complete Matrix Tapes are something else. The entire thing used to be posted on YouTube in one video, all 4.5 hours of it. A great "set and forget" video to play in the background while working.

I don"t remember S/T, I remember thinking WLWH sounded like shit, Loaded has "Rock & Roll" (which slaps), but I have to go with & Nico.

First one hands down

Here's some philistine shit:

I stole a greatest hits CD from a chain store when I was a teen. Listened to it regularly from then through college. My brain just wants to pack the songs together.

I'd say there are usually at least 3-4 songs that hit hard on every album. The first one has a few more the second slightly less (but could Sonic Youth have existed without it?). There are conceptually cool songs like "The Gift" and then there are mix tape staples like "Pale Blue Eyes".

It's weird how Loaded is almost a different band, but it's pretty great.

How's that for a rambling stack of waffles?

I'd pick VU. It's the first one I heard and still my overall favorite.