The Velvet Forum

Good singer but never thought highly of him as a writer

It's not over yet (let's hope hope his tapes are still in good condition and fall into the hands of someone who sees their value & wants to share them). RIP Jamie. I'll put on some Mirrors in your honor. I think probably the only way we'd hear them in our lifetimes, is if they fall into the hands ...

If only the rest of his VU live recordings had been released

The reason I posted this review is because I thought I detected echos of Lou and Moe in some of the things he said and the way he said them. Warhol is often mentioned as an influence on Lou's interview style, but I think he probably got some of the bitchiness from Morrissey. Morrissey was an angry ...

Great interview
Man he let that interviewer have it

Ridiculous that this stuff isn't already out already, why do they have to be such refuseniks? Maybe Laurie Anderson will be mire permissive about allowing things to be released. There is so little good live material from the Cale years, when IMO they were more interesting musically. Ditto that ...

Doesn't Cale have more of those gymnasium shows from different nights?

I think a better use of their resources would be to clean up the sound on various live shows that were recorded and release those instead. And try and get a hold of more live shows from the Cale era because a few more were recorded just not circulating. I would especially love to hear more live ...

I found that 2023 remix both horrendous and pointless - I must be missing the point. However, the 3 instrumental versions are a really great listening experience. And this guy has more instrumentals from the first 2 lps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUrASJulpc&list ...

simonm wrote: ↑06 Sep 2024 19:59 i know this counts as weird in 2024, but i don't really enjoy listening to music on headphones. I listened to Sister Ray on my laptop, wasn't really impressed...

That's why you should download the f l a c files and listen to it on a stereo