george zeman .... I have been tremendously moved by first the velvet, then Lou continuing his art, w/ experimentation. no album ever taking on a continuous similarity, it was always something new. Lou created/wrote BEaUTIFUL things that I'll never forget. not to mention he didn't give a fuck, if he had something to say, it came rt. out.... will never forget RIP good man.

One word, wonderful

Totally as The great Orson Welles.put it 'Thats Sadly not with us Anymore'!!..[@#'Dick Cavett.''I met Hitler once"😂

Me too..

Lou was the one with the voice and it was more than just 'interesting'

@@TheMLMGold John had a great voice too

@@j.c7719 there would be no Velvets, or could they be as good without John Cale? I think not. Miss ya Lou, my favorite storyteller.

@@TheMLMGold no, cale has the better voice.

Still love this album. I've been listening to it a lot lately whilst cataclysmically drunk.

@@frankboothsedated.7054 now that's how you do it

My favourite album of all the time❤️

The best of the kind! After that, only Brian Eno. 🎉

Its worth more than a listen Kieth? Drella is a minor masterpiece. Its a heartfelt tribute to the man who made it all possible.

@@strexus precisely... I don't think anyone ever said it wasn't that good. It's objectively an artistic triumph.

What do you mean? who disagrees?

You make it sound like these 2 are widely hated, which they’re not lol

He doesn’t have a unique voice: the world is full of people who can’t sing. Voices like this are only (or used to be) relatively rare in professional pop music. They’re extremely common among the population at large. Until Reed began to sing along at the end, this seemed a fairly innocuous deadpan spoof of a child’s or idiot’s idea of a song, but when Reed joined, the horrendously out-of-tune combination of voices turned the thing into something decidedly more sinister. EDIT: Just to be clear: I stopped listening at 3:10, so the above remarks apply only to the first number.

@@herbertwells8757 Cale's unique....(and he sings it this way to "play" Warhol.) Are You familiar with Cale's 70's output? End of...

@@herbertwells8757 Listen to the album "Fear" and then tell me if Cale "can't sing"

@@herbertwells8757 only idiot around here is you, unable or unwilling to recognize true talent. Cale's voice is far richer than Reed's ever was. I wouldn't want to know how Reed would sing Hallelujah, possibly he would sound pretty flat. As for sinister, take this, and show me anything Reed has done that comes close: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbBmpbajvrmlkps.html

@@herbertwells8757You fool

Ok I don't think Lou Reed is overlooked since he's so recognized for fronting velvet underground

I definitely did not over look Lou’s career and music. But around here, I was the only one.

John is currently touring..new album in Jan 2023..I saw him a few days ago in York UK. Fantastic evening

He is better known than what you think. His career has just carried on from whence he left VU. Whereas Lou's has faltered . . .

I think you underestimate how well both these artists are known,no they are not micheal jackson numbers,but,thats not what these guys were all about,i hope that you get that.....

I'm not sure why you think others haven't heard Cale and Reed. Do you just sort of randomly decide things and then impose them on the rest of the world?

Lou is one of the most underrated musicians? Trust me, he's rated.

These two are rated where it matters most...their fellow musicians and the scores of bands, artists, and yes, genres, that never would have developed without them.

I think the song is about the first spark of friendship between Andy and the VU.

whops, that's from another song from this album, sorry.

*for

*Drella

I hear a Smiths melody in there but cant remember the track.

Paint a Vulgar Picture

@@MyZampetta lol.

@@II-xl7lj ?

Marcos Valenga this is 1989 , Stella hadn't even been released yet (1990) this was a promo piece.

After this album they reformed Velvet Underground.

kek

Your imagination

Concentred they are ...

John always looks like he's staring daggers through Lou. Clash of the egos. Price of geniuses collaborating.

Like, "Okay, Lou. I'll do it your way."

Check out Wrong Way Up by Eno/Cale...there are daggers on the cover so ya never know!

all of the vocals are flat

cos they're mimicking Andy in that regard, they we're statements directly lifted from his Autobiography pretty much. I concede that Lou sang flat(ly) quite a lot.

It's not a competition, is that kind of morronic mentality that made the VU split up in the first place.

Lou stole the show here ... indeedy deed!!! 😉

I actually prefer the first song sung by John Cale.

I do not like Cale's voice at all; it has the flatness of an area from the other side of a grave.

Quite frankly an irrelevant and pedantic comment. You wouldn't just be nitpicking to find fault without any substantive reasoning or real evidence now wouldya'?

It's a shame some folks can't just appreciate a piece of art without criticizing something that has nothing to do with the art being presented. A grammar lesson for a Lou Reed performance, is this "fan" even awake?

Herbert Wells, you ought to get rid of that butt plug. It might relieve the pressure, and prevent you spewing so much shit.

Ce n'est pas grave...

@Herbert Wells You are right, it ìs a grammatical mistake to say ‘I’ here. Most often the mistake is the other way around, when someone would say, “Lou and me went to the theater,” when it should obviously be, “Lou and I went to the theater.” One could indeed wonder whether to point this mistake out here is the right place to be. I think it is, though, because Cale is known for his arrogance; it serves the bastard well … 😉

Dipshit

Go look for something interesting then.

You are boring

The mating call of the imbecile.

1989 - Milli Vanilli wins a Grammy....

Stuff that was good in 1967 will still be good in 2067.

it's not supposed to be perfect or even "tight" it's derivative velvet underground.