TenderLovingKiller®
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Here are some demos of Lou singing some VU songs, just him and a guitar.
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Bohnjaggs
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I've never listened to this outside of a few obvious songs. I didn't know about the Bowie connection either. 4 or 5 stars.
TrainFan73
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LOL
TrainFan73
Frothy
08/08/23
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
(the actual album is only the first 10 songs to After Hours)
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The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
(the actual album is only the first 10 songs to After Hours)
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The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground released in 1969. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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TrainFan73
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Oooh… Lester Bangs…
The Velvet Underground
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TrainFan73
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Made it to I’m Set Free on the way home. This is probably my favorite thing I’ve heard by Reed/Velvets. It’s gut a folk feel not dissimilar to like Guy Clark and Van Zandt and them sitting around the house just jamming it out. This is 1000 percent my kind of thing.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Disagree about Lester’s take on “Pale Blue Eyes” though.Oooh… Lester Bangs…
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TrainFan73
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Agree. It’s a hell of a lot closer than that travesty of a review they printed for Transformer. He also uses a slur that I wish he hadn’t.
TenderLovingKiller®
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I think their self titled is probably their most critically acclaimed/popular release outside of Velvet Underground & Nico and I love it but it’s my least favorite overall.
My VU album rankings:
01.) Loaded
02.) White Light/White Heat
03.) Velvet Underground & Nico
04.) Velvet Underground
Still all four of their official albums are five star albums in my book.
TrainFan73
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I mean this probably makes sense, I lean more folkie acoustic, you lean more noisey jangly.
I don’t know that I’ve ever listened to Loaded. I never really felt like I fully digested & Nico and never moved on from it.
jamieanderson1968
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I might put VU just behind Nico. For a comp it hangs together quite well
dbarila
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08/08/23
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
(the actual album is only the first 10 songs to After Hours)
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The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground released in 1969. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
I give a Lou Reed album ONE compliment and this is what I get????
Wicked Dreamer
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My personal least favourite of Hendrix's 3 main albums, though that's mostly because of the length. Still a really good album and a 60s psychedelic rock essential! Strong 4/5
favs: Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Voodoo Chile, Gypsy Eyes, House Burning Down
least fav: Burning of the Midnight Lamp
I'll get to the back-to-back Lou Reed either later today or tomorrow.
TrainFan73
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8/9/2023
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
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The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies | Album | AllMusic
Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies released in 1968. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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TrainFan73
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Time of the Seaon alone places The Zombies in the pantheon of 60’s British psychedelic rock. The album basically didn’t exist until the song surprisingly became a hit two years after its release and the band had broken up (although now they play the oldies circuit and I believe still release material).
It is one of the oddest albums in the classic rock canon. It plays like some twisted Kingston Trio album of songs The Beach Boys and Pink Floyd collaborated on and never released. It’s all Mellotron and harmonies and deeply deeply strange. But then again these guys wore capes to their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
Prime British weirdness.
It is one of the oddest albums in the classic rock canon. It plays like some twisted Kingston Trio album of songs The Beach Boys and Pink Floyd collaborated on and never released. It’s all Mellotron and harmonies and deeply deeply strange. But then again these guys wore capes to their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
Prime British weirdness.
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TrainFan73
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What kind of acid was going around in England that made every go…. “Oooh THE DARK AGES MATE!!! Trippy.”?
scotthilk
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8/9/2023
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GREAT ALBUM
Whiteout75
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8/9/2023
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This was a totally new discovery for me! I had heard some of their singles before, but never heard of them having a "lost masterpiece". And initially, this feels like just that, a lost masterpiece. Although I have some reservations towards psychedelic rock as a genre, I really digged this. Will return, for sure! Score: 4 stars (which might be higher with repeat listenings).
jt4527
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8/9/2023
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I am behind, and lazy, so I'll start from here!
Awesome so far, could have been released today, sounds very fresh and new to me!
Ooh, I've heard 'This Will Be Our Year' before, great song.
And 'Time of the Season'!!
I enjoyed that, would listen to that again.
3 / 5 stars.
