This just in: VU&N in US National Recordings Registry

jimjim · Post by **jimjim** » 07 Mar 2007 11:08

Nicely timed news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6425731.stm

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 07 Mar 2007 14:23

Nice. I wonder if a copy of the original album is what they preserve.

tarbaby2 · Post by **tarbaby2** » 07 Mar 2007 16:47

Yeah, I like the way someone put a little dig in the article:

"Seminal rock album The Velvet Underground and Nico was also selected, even though it flopped on its initial release in 1967, when it stalled at number 171 in the US charts."

That's enough to make someone wonder why it was included. You'd think they'd mention its importance or influence or something that would explain its inclusion, but no... They have to call it a flop. Just goes to show that the writer really didn't know much about the subject. They were just filling copy space.

Anyway, I'm glad to see it included, regardless of how it did commercially. We all know how important it is to music history!!!

sars · Post by **sars** » 07 Mar 2007 19:17

I have no idea what that is, but good for them!

I wonder if this will be the year that Lou gets into the R&R Hall of Fame since it's been 25 years since "Transformer" and 25 is a nice, round number. Has anyone ever been to that museum? Is it any good?

squirrelcage · Post by **squirrelcage** » 07 Mar 2007 21:24

tarbaby2 wrote:You'd think they'd mention its importance or influence or something that would explain its inclusion, but no... They have to call it a flop. Just goes to show that the writer really didn't know much about the subject.

the article called the album "seminal" and mentioned that selected works had to be "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." what more do you want? the record wasn't commercially successful when released and the author reported that. why is that such a problem?

tarbaby2 · Post by **tarbaby2** » 07 Mar 2007 21:41

squirrelcage wrote:

"the article called the album "seminal" and mentioned that selected works had to be "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." what more do you want? the record wasn't commercially successful when released and the author reported that. why is that such a problem?"

I don't know... just rubbed me the wrong way, I guess. Nothing is mentioned about the commerciality of any other works included - just that the VU album was a flop. Oh, well. I'm not upset or anything. As I said it just kind of rubbed me wrong.

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 07 Mar 2007 23:19

tarbaby2 wrote:Nothing is mentioned about the commerciality of any other works included - just that the VU album was a flop.

The VU will always be known best for the things least to do with them.

squirrelcage · Post by **squirrelcage** » 07 Mar 2007 23:59

i think mentioning that the record was initially a "flop" is a compliment. i bet most music recordings in the archive were wildly popular releases.