The Velvet Forum

Thanks for all the info, and your thoughts on the album.

Uncle Roy wrote:Thanks for all the info, and your thoughts on the album.

Have you read this: http://bobchaos.com/squeeze/squeeze1.html ?

Thats actually a very good resource.

Uncle Roy, I'm not sure though how the sound quality is on these CDs floating around, the Mp3 I heard was of decent quality though so maybe its in good condition.

That's fantastic Arjan. Thanks. You know, it's amazing to have this forum as a resource. For years now, I've been a fan, and it can be lonely. The Velvet Who? Oh yeah, that Walk on the Wild side band, right? It's frustrating to say the least. Thanks to Bleach, Joe, Arjan, Mark, Stooge, Papaya, and Homme. Now if I could just get you all to move to my town, we could start a band.

Uncle Roy wrote:The Velvet Who? Oh yeah, that Walk on the Wild side band, right?.

yeah , I think a lot of us have heard/hear that same thing.
Where are you from?

Uncle Roy wrote:Thanks to Bleach, Joe, Arjan, Mark, Stooge, Papaya, and Homme. Now if I could just get you all to move to my town, we could start a band.

I'm in! Bags rhythm guitar and thunder machine.

One thing I just realised is that nobody really answered your question as to the content of the album and whether it's worth tracking down. It's not a bad record at all - certainly not a favourite of mine in the way the other Velvet albums are but it gets a couple of spins a year. And despite Doug not being anything like the songwriting giant Lou was/is, there are some decent tunes on there. In parts it sounds like a logical progression from Loaded - if the band had stayed together and taken things in an even more straightforward, country-rock orientated direction.

Mark wrote:One thing I just realised is that nobody really answered your question as to the content of the album and whether it's worth tracking down. It's not a bad record at all - certainly not a favourite of mine in the way the other Velvet albums are but it gets a couple of spins a year. And despite Doug not being anything like the songwriting giant Lou was/is, there are some decent tunes on there. In parts it sounds like a logical progression from Loaded - if the band had stayed together and taken things in an even more straightforward, country-rock orientated direction.

I think that's actually a pretty accurate description. It's not great but it's not horrible either.

hey uncle roy, I sent you a private message.

Uncle Roy wrote:That's fantastic Arjan. Thanks. You know, it's amazing to have this forum as a resource. For years now, I've been a fan, and it can be lonely. The Velvet Who? Oh yeah, that Walk on the Wild side band, right? It's frustrating to say the least. Thanks to Bleach, Joe, Arjan, Mark, Stooge, Papaya, and Homme. Now if I could just get you all to move to my town, we could start a band.

*Grabs bass guitar and goes to join in*

Yep I'm a bass player.

I wouldn't be surprised either way if Doug did or didn't do the sax parts on Squeeze - he's mutlitalented in terms of being able to play (bass and guitar for the VU, drums for American Flyer, violin in more recent years) but then again crediting on that album is very lax - does it even mention Doug or Ian Paice by name? I thought it was all credited to "The Velvet Underground." Supposedly the female backer (or backers - from what I can tell, it sounds like more than one person, just from influction) was Doug's girlfriend at the time.

Joe, your avator is creepy as hell, where is it from? Looks familiar.