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| Topic | Rank the Tracks Week 46: Velvet Underground & Nico (+ Superunknown results) |
| Giggsalot 01/23/22 11:33:26 AM #43: | so, I actually listened to this for the first time in years and I enjoyed it slightly more than I remembered! that said, I'm definitely in the minority in this topic in that I kind of wish the album was more weird and abrasive, rather than less (I am also definitely in the minority in preferring nico's weirdo folk records like desertshore to anything by VU or reed). I'm a bit fan of the john cale's electric viola drones here, especially in venus in furs, but the closer this gets to "regular" 60s rock music the more I lose interest (exceptions made for sunday morning, which is cute as buttons, and european son, which is pretty rubbish). anyway, this topic has been fascinating because I figured that: i) VU&nico was such a classic that most people would have heard it already, and ii) the last half-century of music - so much if it influenced directly by this - had taken away some of the mystery and shock factor. that a 50 year old record, and not a completely avant-garde one at that (this isn't stockhausen), can still inspire such visceral and polarized reactions is a beautiful and super cool thing. venus in furs sunday morning femme fatale i'll be your mirror i'm waiting for the man heroin run run run all tomorrow's parties the black angel's death song european son there she goes again edit: aww, too late! boooooo --- And if you don't know, now you know. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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