Your 10 favourite....Velvets/Lou songs

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:42 pm

Tempted to do 10 for each, but in the spirit of the Weller thread:

Heroin
Pale Blue Eyes
What Goes On?
I'll Be Your Mirror
Satellite of Love
Jesus
Candy Says
Caroline Says
Sad Song
Waiting for the Man

Oh fuck, no room for Perfect Day. 11 it is, then. And think of all the other classics I haven't included!

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:57 pm

Have to split these up sorry Otis.

LoU
Satellite of Love
Coney Island Baby
A Gift
Street Hassle
Vicious
Crazy Feeling
I Love You, Suzanne
She's My Best Friend
Walk On The Wild Side
Rock N Roll Heart

VU
White Light/White Heat
Im Waiting For The Man
Heroin
Ocean
Rock N Roll
Pale Blue Eyes
Venus In Furs
Lady Godiva's Operation
Sweet Jane
Sister Ray

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:17 pm

I'm less familiar with Lou's solo work, apart from New York and Transformer, so...

Dirty Blvd.
Vicious
Candy Says
I'm Waiting For My Man
Venus In Furs
Rock & Roll
Sweet Jane
What Goes On
Walk On The Wild Side
All Tomorrow's Parties

thenewsoftshoe · Post by **thenewsoftshoe** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:30 pm

I'm Waiting For The Man
Satellite Of Love
Sweet Jane
New Age
Walk On The Wild Side
Sunday Morning
Rock N' Roll
How Do You Think It Feels?
Oh, Sweet Nothin'
Who Love The Sun?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:35 pm

Inspired by Mike's list, I just pulled out White Light/White Heat and listened again to "Sister Ray" - a glorious 17:30 of the Velvets at their scuzzed out best. I'm usually more in the mood for the laid-back pop sound of Loaded, but this fits the bill at the moment.

Chrille · Post by **Chrille** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:54 am

I bought the 'Peel Slowly And See'-set and so far I've only gone through ... & Nico and ...Light. I love the first, and I like the latter. I'm curious about the production on it. It really sounds horribly muddy, which I do find charming on a brief track like the title. But Sister Ray is just too much. I really couldn't tell if this was entirely by choice or something unfortunate

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Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:36 am

Lou Reed (my knowledge of Reed is limited to about 4 of his solo albums, but I couldn't bear to narrow down my Velvets list any further):

1. Satellite Of Love
2. Smalltown
3. I'm So Free
4. Perfect Day
5. Crazy Feeling
6. I Love You, Suzanne
7. Turn To Me
8. Romeo Had Juliette
9. Dirty Blvd.
10. Modern Dance

The Velvet Underground:

1. Stephanie Says
2. Pale Blue Eyes
3. I'm Waiting For The Man
4. Venus In Furs
5. Cool It Down
6. What Goes On
7. Some Kinda Love
8. Who Loves The Sun
9. Sweet Jane
10. Rock and Roll

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:49 am

Chrille wrote:I bought the 'Peel Slowly And See'-set

I've got this as well; managed to pick it up for $20 ages ago and am so glad I did! Nothin' much new here but what the hey... (Just sticking with VU)

Heroin
Ocean
Sunday Morning
I'll Be Your Mirror
Rock And Roll
Femme Fatale
Stephanie Says
Pale Blue Eyes
New Age
There She Goes Again

wardo68 · Post by **wardo68** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:41 pm

Velvets:

I'm Waiting For The Man
White Light/White Heat
I'm Set Free
What Goes On
New Age
Sunday Morning
Femme Fatale
Hey Mr. Rain
Afterhours
The Gift

Lou:

Sad Song
Lady Day
Romeo Had Juliette
Coney Island Baby
Dirty Blvd.
Satelitte Of Love (Take No Prisoners version)
Street Hassle
Sweet Jane (Rock 'N Roll Animal version)
Small Town
There Is No Time

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:33 pm

Way more excited about the Velvets than Louâ€™s obtuse and often awful solo career, but I think the best opening lines he has written are;

â€˜Caught between the twisted stars
The plotted lines the faulty map
That brought columbus to new yorkâ€™
Romeo Had Juliette

Beginning To See The Light
All Tomorrowâ€™s Parties
What Goes On
Femme Fatale
Iâ€™m Waiting For The man
The Gift
I Heard Her Call My Name
Sweet Jane

Street Hassle
Romeo Had Juliette

King Hoarse · Post by **King Hoarse** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:57 pm

You knew I couldn't stay away from these lists too long.

And in this case, it has to be two lists. If combined, very few Velvets tracks would make the cut even if they're one of my favourite bands ever. Yup, I Love Lou.

VU (no particular order)

Heroin
There She Goes Again
I'll Be Your Mirror
I Heard Her Call My Name
Sister Ray
Guess I'm Falling In Love
Some Kinda Love
Candy Says
Rock'n'Roll
I'm Sticking With You

Lou (in a pleasant sequence!)

Romeo Had Juliette
Legendary Hearts
Men Of Good Fortune
So Alone
Caroline Says II
The Bed
Crazy Feeling
Baton Rouge
Street Hassle
The Blue Mask (or Ecstacy or Perfect Day or The Bells or Hello It's Me...)

(Berlin is the best album I know. Hence the omission of anything from Transformer or Magic & Loss, both pretty flawless albums. )

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:25 pm

Welcome back! Your contributions are welcome. I'm with Richard more than you over Lou/VU, but am perplexed by your omissions!

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:05 pm

Velvet Underground:

Sunday Morning
Femme Fatale
Venus In Furs
Stephanie Says
There She Goes Again
Iâ€™ll Be Your Mirror
Who Loves The Sun
Sweet Jane
Candy Says
New Age

Lou:

Perfect Day
Satellite Of Love
Heavenly Arms
Caroline Says I
Caroline Says II
The Kids
The Bed
Dirty Boulevard
Hello Itâ€™s Me
Make Up