The Velvet Forum

I don't blame you, I was wondering the same thing too...and thanks for mentioning Melody Laughter and Nothing Song, almost forgot how awesome those songs were!

^ Sorry about that, I didn't realized that I was logged off. Thats me, just incase anyone is wondering. :lol: tarbaby2, The purpose of a Jam Session is less about extending a song to unbearable levels, but more about working together as an ensemble to produce music with little preperation. Jams in a ...

I'm curious about what others think about this: My understanding of a "jam band" is one that takes songs and extends them for over 10-12 minutes: Begin the song - several (many) of improvisation along the originally introduced themes - end the song. Bands like the Grateful Dead and Phish come to ...

andrej, your perception of The Velvet Undergrounds Post-Cale era is quite common actually. The Velvet's debut was a landmark rock album which indeed incorporated Lou's pop-sensibilities with John Cale's knack of experimentation, complemented with an injected social-realism which celebrated nihilism ...

Sorry if there happens to be a thread regarding this, George Hickenlooper is working on a documentary involving Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick, and it looks like that Lou Reed has given us his opinion and publicly told the NY times "I read that script. It's one of the most disgusting, foul things I ...

Squeeze was surprisingly fantastic when I first heard it, but I'd prefer The Velvet Underground & Nico or Loaded anyday.

Well for an average Velvet Underground fan, I would suspect that their holy trinity of music would be something like...The Velvet Underground/David Bowie/The Stooges.