The Velvet Forum

sars wrote: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."

Yeah, the only info on the sleeve is:

Arranged and produced by The Velvets
All titles written by D. Yule

Not much use really...

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.

I know what you're saying. I've been a Cale fan since "Fear" came out, and it wasn't until a couple of years ago that I ran into ANYONE who shared my interest in JC's music.

sars wrote: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.

Sars, its Robert Smith from The Cure and the icon is an animation from the "Inbetween Days" music video. I'm a big Cure fan as well as a big VU fan.

Uncle Roy wrote:Now if I could just get you all to move to my town, we could start a band.

*Grabs toy piano, sampler and elementary drum kit*

Yeah, I'm in. I'm a rhythm guitarist by nature but also tinker in experimental music and would very much like to be a Moe-style standup drummer.

Joe wrote:Sars, its Robert Smith from The Cure and the icon is an animation from the "Inbetween Days" music video. I'm a big Cure fan as well as a big VU fan.

Ah yes, The Cure, one of my favourites too (I'm one of apparently few people who like both The Smiths *and* The Cure). But that avatar is creepy indeed, reminds me of bloody Marilyn Manson

I went out in search of Squeeze the other day, to a local store, that, from time to time, offers up a treasure or two. It took two disgusting bus transfers, during rush hour, because I'm stupid, but I still felt it was worth the trip. The rain was pouring as I walked up to the brick building, and I was soaked through to my clothes. "Vienna Calling", by Falco, rushed my ears before the door was fully open, it was practically deafening once inside. In a flash it was off. The man at the counter was dressed all in black and wore a sullen frown upon his wrinkled face. He appeared to be thinking deeply. I broke his concentration with a question. "Do you have Squeeze?" He raised his head slowly, and at first I thought that most likely he hadn't heard of it, or thought that I was refering to some band from the eighties. But I was wrong. He had heard of it, and it seemed somehow important to him that I had asked about it now. His words were as follows, " For ten, maybe, fifteen years or so, I've been obsessed with that band, and let me tell you, it's a dark, dark road man." It was a straight faced delivery, and he bent his head back down after he spoke it. I thanked him for his time and made a quick exit. I went home and played Sister Ray twice, first the studio, and then a Quine. Ahhh, all better.....This is just a band, right?

Cool story Uncle Roy.

I was listening to the Cure last night, i still like them, the Bloodflowers album of a few years back was great, the last one is a bit cliched at times, but is also not bad.

I've seen 'Squeeze' as a bittorrent on piratebay or someplace like that.....I've only ever heard 'Little Jack' and it's pretty ok.....suffers in comparison to the antecedent but it's competant pop-rock......I like it....

"Squeeze" really should be listened to not as a VU LP proper but rather as a Doug Yule solo album. As others here have duly noted, it picks up right where Loaded left off as the material does have a rather poppy sheen to it. Supposedly Doug was not eager to have this credited to the VU, that it was all Steve Sesnick's idea. Which makes some sense given the reference to "Loaded Records" on the back cover incorporated into a most Warholesque banana!

Weird thing is that "Squeeze" was in print for several years after its release. I recall getting catalogues from a few mail order import specialists back in the late '70s/early '80s (Square Deal in San Luis Obispo, CA and Worldwide Imports someplace in New Jersey); both had "Squeeze" in their catalogues for quite some time.

what he said......

I saw a posthumous Doors album for sale, in 1987.....I regret not getting it.......if only for a huge laugh....