Anyone here a fan of Velvet Underground when they were together?

[Taverner]

That is, from 1966-1973?

Its funny, for a band that never got much exposure, they are the only band to rival the Beatles and Elvis in terms of pure influence of the direction of Rock and Roll...

[old mark]

1. Absolutely!!! I even have a recording of their reunion tour from the

'90's - they were as great then as they ever were. Very few 60's bands have a grandmother on drums.....Mo Tucker.

mark

[Taverner]

2. What were their concerts like back when they played?

Not the reunion tour, but the classic days?

[old mark]

4. There are still some on Youtube - they were very like the difference

between the live Who and the studio recordings, or maybe lke the live Stones versus the studio. Very tight, tough sound - Lou is a great guitarist.
Think "Heroin" on the studio tracks and increase the balls by 6x.

mark

[ghostsofgiants]

3. I wasn't even close to being alive back then.

I love them though.

[KT2000]

5. Yes. To me they

were a relief from the Beatles. It was as if they emerged out of the streets as something very real and gritty.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. wo0t

:thumbsup:

[Withywindle]

7. I wish!

If I had access to a time machine, I'd like to think I'd do something noble like assassinating Hitler or warning the captain of the Titanic about icebergs or something like that...

but I'd probably just go to see the Exploding Plastic Inevitable in 1966. Gotta be their early period. I'm a noisy fiddler and a big Cale partisan. :hi:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

10. I have seen all the original members play solo shows

and cale and tucker together once as well

[Withywindle]

15. I've seen Moe, Cale, and Lou

but never Nico or Sterling, alas. :cry:

I got to hang out with Moe for a little while once - she's a VERY cool lady.

[enigmatic]

8. My older brother was

He saw them at La Cave in Cleveland in 1969 after Cale left the band and said it was the best concert he ever saw. As soon as I got into music a few years later, I became a huge fan, too.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

9. cough...cough...The Kinks

but VU is awesome. check out their boxed set. the lost tracks included are as good as of the album material.

[tigereye]

11. big fan, but I was too young to know about them at the time they actually

played.


I didn't get into them til college. Very influential band.

[no name no slogan]

12. Not many people saw the VU when they were originally together

But everybody who did went out and formed a band.

[Dr Fate]

13. No- but I can tell you exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard them.

It was 1989, and I was driving my Chrysler LeBaron down Stevens Creek Road when my buddy popped in the tape of the bananna LP. I've been an obsessive fan ever since.

My advice is to try to find mono versions of the 1st 2 LPs. The 1st one has been re-issued, but the 2nd one is pretty hard to come across...

[mitchum]

14. Did not discover them until 1974 when I was 14...

then I became obsessed. And in the ensuing years, they became these legendary figures from a past that could never be again.
In the 90s, when I started meeting the members...it just blew my mind. And it still does.

[Dammit Ann]

16. Yes, but after they were together.

Born in 1972. LOVE Lou Reed.