DregsInTheCrowd wrote:Damn it, I dunno, I just can't rank them, they're all wonderful.

Agreed. It's depends on my mood which I'll play, but I like them all, save for Squeeze, I haven't heard that one.

steve wrote:1969 Live. "Ocean" on there is awesome.

ha!

My favorite would be whichever one has "Queen Bitch" on it.

Also, This poll and Marsupialized's anecdote made me think of something: After the Velvet Underground, no rock band should have ever been allowed to use the word "velvet" in their band name. Can we all agree on this? It just strikes me as a super presumptuous move, like if you were an up-and-coming actor and you changed your surname to Bogart. Give me a fucking break! And don't try to tell me you don't know who the fuck Humphrey Bogart is either, you swine!

I'm going with VU+Nico. I'm not usually in the mood to listen to it, because it's so strong that if I'm not in the right headspace I just feel... off. If I'm in the mood, though, there's nothing stronger.

I've always liked 'Temptation Inside Your Heart.' Can't remember which record it's on; possibly a compilation. It always struck me as a song Tarantino would use in one of his flicks, possibly the 'ear cutting' scene in Reservoir Dogs if that Steeler's Wheel wasn't available.

"Inside Your Heart" is on V.U.

oh and i screwed up in an earlier post..

crazy as fuck instrumental is titled..

"Guess I'm Falling In Love"

maybe even harder than Sister Ray.

here, this site is pretty good.

http://members.aol.com/olandem/vu.html

r0ck1r0ck2 wrote:crazy as fuck instrumental is titled..

"Guess I'm Falling In Love"

I think somewhere on the box set is a version of that with sometimes-legible vocals.

"I got fever, in my pocket down to my shoes
Woah baby, guess I'm falling in love"

Mark Hansen wrote:

burun wrote:Does anyone love, I mean really love Loaded?

I like it, but I have to be in the mood for it.

For me, The Velvet Underground is the most cohesive of their albums. It's really an album about questioning, discovery and redemption.

Yes, it's still the third one. Every time I hear opening of Candy says I feel sedated, it travels slowly through my nervous system calming me down.

the VU and Nico is close second. It excites me. It makes me crave sex.

I love them all, but 1969 is my favourite.

The VU (well, almost) trawling around small gigs playing to small crowds, and playing absolute blinding versions of all the greats.

It sort of gives you hope...

Yup, it's Live '69. I read about it in some Orange Juice liner notes, as the album they tried hardest to rip off. I found an Italian pressing of disc one in a charity shop and played the fuck out of it, then lost my mind slightly when I found out it was supposed to be a double lp.

'What Goes On' and 'Beginning To See The Light' and the chugging, chugging, chugging guitars. I love it.