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Favorite Velvet Underground album
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 11:49 am
by InMySoul77
Which of the original four studio albums is your favorite? Mine is White Light/White Heat. "Sister Ray" is a mind blow.
Re: Favorite Velvet Underground album
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 12:33 pm
by jfv
First one, then s/t.
Re: Favorite Velvet Underground album
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 1:51 pm
by Vibracobra
The third is my fave. Love it.
Then Loaded.
I think they are better when they try to write normal rock songs.
The debut is solid with a couple of stinkers.
White light white heat... I SHOULD like it but it bores me.
I respect those two first records more than I like them. For their historical importance and influence, mainly.
Re: Favorite Velvet Underground album
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 2:21 pm
by M.H
Debut for me. Most variety, some songs I like, Nico.
I like the atmosphere on WL, WH and 3rd but sitting through them from front to back gets pretty monotonous. Always found Loaded super dull.
Re: Favorite Velvet Underground album
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 2:29 pm
by joelb
Probably WLWH. But agreed that each of the first three records has a song, or moments, that pull me out of that feeling of perfection. But what the hell, they were experimenting and not everything is going to land. Loaded feels like it's from a different band.
Re: Favorite Velvet Underground album
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:33 pm
by rsmurphy
I found The Velvet Underground & Nico as a pre-teen whilst trawling for records in my grandmother's basement and cannot overstate its importance in the way it unlocked music for me. If I may borrow from a different record: it split my mind right open.
Re: Favorite Velvet Underground album
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:51 pm
by trey
rsmurphy wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:33 pm
I found
The Velvet Underground & Nico as a pre-teen whilst trawling for records in my grandmother's basement and cannot overstate its importance in the way it unlocked music for me. If I may borrow from a different record: it split my mind right open.
You must have had the coolest of all the grandmothers.
I also pick this as my favorite, as it is the one that also split my mind right open. I was older though, probably nineteen. Driving to work with a hangover, 'Heroin' just grafted itself to my core.
Re: Favorite Velvet Underground album
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:06 pm
by jfv
The way the very pleasant song with slightly deceiving lyrics (“Sunday Morning”) segues into a song about waiting for your drug dealer is nothing short of brilliant. Perhaps a bit shocking for the unexpecting listener back in the day.
Wish I could hear it again for the first time.
Re: Favorite Velvet Underground album
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:13 pm
by trey
jfv wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:06 pm
Wish I could hear it again for the first time.
This is an understatement.
Re: Favorite Velvet Underground album
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:31 pm
by rsmurphy
trey wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:51 pm
rsmurphy wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:33 pm
I found
The Velvet Underground & Nico as a pre-teen whilst trawling for records in my grandmother's basement and cannot overstate its importance in the way it unlocked music for me. If I may borrow from a different record: it split my mind right open.
You must have had the coolest of all the grandmothers.
She was super awesome but I don't think it was her personal record. A cousins maybe? Little Mama was the wife of a reverend. She owned a religious bookstore. I'd love it for her tho!