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The Velvet Underground. Lou Reed – lead and rhythm guitar, piano; lead vocals except where noted, verse co-vocals on "The Murder Mystery" Doug Yule – bass guitar, organ; lead vocals on "Candy Says"; chorus co-vocals on "Jesus" and "The Murder Mystery"; backing vocals
"Sister Ray" is a song by the Velvet Underground that closes side two of their 1968 album White Light/White Heat. The lyrics are by Lou Reed, with music composed by John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker and Reed. The song concerns drug use, violence, homosexuality, and transvestism. Reed said of the lyrics: "it has eight characters in it ...
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. It originally comprised singer and guitarist Lou Reed, Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison and drummer Angus MacLise.
January 3, 1966 (The Velvet Underground & Nico, 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe edition) Was planned for release on the deluxe 2-disc CD edition of The Velvet Underground & Nico but was pulled at the last minute. [3] [4] Eventually released on the 45th Anniversary edition. "The Murder Mystery" Studio recordings: The Velvet Underground
"European Son", also known as "European Son (to Delmore Schwartz)", is a song written and performed by the American experimental rock band The Velvet Underground. It appears as the final track on their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. It is also the album's longest track at more than seven and a half minutes.
"New Age" is the fifth song on The Velvet Underground album Loaded (1970). It is one of the four songs that feature Doug Yule on vocals, encouraged by main singer and songwriter Lou Reed. [1] The song also appears on 1969: The Velvet Underground Live, with Reed on vocals, singing an earlier, significantly different version of the lyrics ...
Unlike me, she wasn't a fan of their early work. Except for songs of their debut featuring Nico, "because she's a girl."
The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Velvet Underground and the German singer Nico.Released by Verve Records in March 1967, the album underperformed in sales and polarized critics upon release due to its abrasive, unconventional sound and controversial lyrical content.