1:22:51 Nice sentiment at the end there too.

Funny

It's a stoners album for sure.

You sir are a legend, long may you rock on. Hope you're still listening and discovering some of the amazing new bands too.

My mum loves them too and she's 75.

71 me to

Agree

I’m absolutely in love with her singing on her debut album

@@tvalles22 I like the following albums more than the debut

She is so fascinating. She could have coasted through life as a model yet seemed obsessed to live an artist's life of depth and expression instead of just image. Despite the self-destruction and addiction, she always seemed like a hugely courageous person.

Marble index and desertshore are so good

I wouldnt' say they were THAT influential, but the kind of guys who went into rock music 'criticism' certainly laid on the love for them for decades. It would be better to say 'the most underappreciated by those other people.'

yeah, you can only be so underappreciated when you are at the top of every "greatest [...] of all time" list, have dozens of documentaries about you and have 3 million listeners on spotify.

they were maybe underappreciated in their time and later got praise, same with the Stooges both bands were ahead of their time

@@JonFrumTheFirst Arguably The Velvet Underground are the most influential band ever: Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Nico, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, The Modern Lovers, Can, The Yardbirds, Roky Erickson (13th Floor Elevators), Mick Ronson, Suicide, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs, Wrecless Eric, Motörhead, Throbbing Gristle, Sham 69, Talking Heads, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Cabaret Voltaire, Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Fall, Echo & The Bunnymen, Sonic Youth, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Einstürzende Neubauten, The Psychedelic Furs, Psychic TV, Violent Femmes, Half Japanese, The Birthday Party, Teardrop Explodes, Jim Carroll, Julian Cope, UK Subs, Television Personalities, Squeeze, Hüsker Dü, The Creatures, Spacemen 3, Gang Of Four, The Runaways, Loop, Clock DVA, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Simple Minds, Duran Duran, Dead Can Dance, Billy Idol, Cheap Trick, Blondie, Debbie Harry, Nina Hagen, Björk, Susanna Hoffs, The Black Crows, Marc & The Mambas (Marc Almond & Matt Johnson), Martin Gore, Japan, Les Rita Mitsouko, The Dandy Warhols, Beck, Opal, Mazzy Star, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nirvana, Melvins, Jane's Addiction, Swans, Christian Death, Slaughter & The Dogs, Sisters Of Mercy, Suzanne Vega, REM, U2, Hole, James, The Beat Farmers, Buffalo Tom, Suede, Screaming Trees, Kasabian, Jarvis Cocker, Edwyn Collins, Angry Samoans, Mark Lanegan, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, Oasis, Red Hot Chilly Peppers, Happy Mondays, Teenage Fanclub, Monster Magnet, Manic Street Preachers, Throwing Muses, Tom Tom Club, Tori Amos, Mercury Rev, The Wedding Present, Super Fury Animals, Galaxie 500, Radiohead, Hector Zazou, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, Pearl Jam, Luna, Queens Of The Stone Age, The White Stripes, Metallica, Steel Pole Bathtub, Jesus Lizard, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Trash Palace, LCD Soundsystem, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, TV On The Radio, The Libertines, The Strokes, Girl In A Coma, Paz Lenchantin, Kula Shaker, Yo La Tengo, Art Brut, Franz Ferdinand, Beth Gibbons, Bettie Serveert, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Wilco, The Feelies, Arcade Fire, Adam Green, Melissa Auf der Mauer, Soap & Skin, Kurt Vile, Adam Green, Bobbie Gillespie, Crystal Stilts, The Black Angels, The Kills, The Killers, The Kooks, MGMT, Blind Melon, Saul Williams, Amanda Palmer, Belle & Sebastian, Miley Cyrus, David Sanborn, Mitch Ryder Madrugada, Barenaked Ladies, Babyshambles, The Primitives, Propaganda, Eater, Pulp, Emmanuelle Seigner, Vanessa Paradis, Cat Power, Ambulance LTD, Ultra Orange, Animal Collective, Fat White Family, Marissa Nadler, Kelly Owens, Andrew Bird, Matt Berninger (The National), Sharon Van Etten, St. Vincent, The Bootlegers, Thomas Bartlett, Fontaines D.C., King Princess, Matt Sweeney, Sky Ferreira, Chris Coco, Caroline Polachek, Courtney Barnett, Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp, Keith Richards and surely plenty plenty more could sing a song about how The Velvet's inspired them. P.S.: for anybody doubting this list, all of these musicians have either covered songs of the Velvets, or their band members, collaborated with any of them, been produced by John Cale, cited them as an influence, or simply have adapted elements of their sound, such as the drone or the minimalistic use of instruments, such as Cale's repetetive piano hammering, or Moe Tucker's tribal drum patterns. If you want to convince yourself here's a playlist of Velvet Underground covers that might astound you, that, as if "What, they covered the Velvets!" So I hope there is something in there you will enjoy: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNINWcxxj9hEpLo4bVLlAMBn8uZ7Hwv0K&feature=shared

Hmmm, in their time they were pretty much ignored by the machine. Perhaps making a comment so out of context with what happened historically makes some feel a certain way. History is history. Very influential amongst musicians, unknown to the general audience. Research matters.

Wasn't it an advert for tyres? - yeah I just checked - Dunlop tyres.

You must of been younger then the rest ,as that photo of u u look young to say you was there (I'm not doubting you)

@@waynesilverman3048 Haha, I should update my photo. I'm 73 (74 in a few months), I was about 62 in that photo and using "Just for Men" in my beard and "Grecian Formula" in my hair!

@@ptournas lol.i did get the feeling it might of been someone else as some people use different names .photos ect not just hackers

You are very lucky to have seen them at that time. Based on the tapes kicking around those are awesome shows! They famously refused to play New York during those years, so Boston was kind of a second home for them.

@@hiraeth1340 Interesting, I knew they loved Boston, but I wasn't aware that they refused to play New York back then.

I never thought of that, and I should have; I have a heart condition. Thank you for pointing it out. The heart beating in arhythmia. I will remember that. JAMES

@@Eoraptor1 Yeah, I have always thought that Maureen's drums represented an overdose, which many of my contemporaries considered a hip emblem. Ho hum, such is life.

Well said.

Wow you've managed to name all original members, and even mention Nico and Andy, but have left John Cale in the namedropping out. Some achievement, suppose it's to do with his minor contribution towards the band.

@@ForARide Wow, well now aren't you a bitter little pill?! Maybe your New Year's resolution should be to work on that. Good luck.

@@ForARide Wishing you a full recovery brother…. hang tough… better days are coming 🌅

@@Zepster77 cheers mate, wishing you all the best and stay safe in these diabolical times

Lou HATED the Dead too haha....but I love them both!

@@fmellish71 this is the way

Damn I did not know that

@@fmellish71 this is the way but VU better

What’s ironic about that?

Bowie boosted Lou and Iggy . So did Alice Cooper .

@@mikehouser2518 Very true. I certainly hadn't heard of them before 72, and none of my music savvy fellow teenagers. It's a nice documentary, but there's far too much Doug Yule (he and Maureen being the survivors, I suppose). The recent film about the VU featured a lot of discussion with Cale and Reed, and got the balance right (Yule as foot note is appropriate, imho). It's good that Sterling M gets the credit he always deserved.

My first hearing of them was as an 18 yr old when “ Venus “ was being played on the pirate radio station - right amongst the police transmissions at 100 MHz - my being inside a scorching hot Tent and completely away on Acid at Stonehenge in 1982 . Very recognisable or unique & fantastic tune. 😁❤️

@@newforestpixie5297.......Hawkwind played there sometimes.

​@@mippim8765'Hawkwind played there sometimes'... That's hilarious: an obtuse comment for sure.

Yes, although I winced at the omission of Cowboy Junkies’ cover of “Sweet Jane,” especially considering how it included the bridge of which Lou was so rightly proud.

@@austintrousdale2397 You are right. I saw the Cowboys Junkies live just after the Trinity Sessions and Lou would have undoubtedly been very proud. It gave me goosebumps!

I'm with you on that all the way, it's a great documentary. 😁

I saw her perform at a small club in 1999, I was in awe but the rest of the crowd seemed distracted, chatting with each other and ignoring the music. Afterward I bought a cd and told her, "That was really cool." She signed my cd, I wanted to ask her all about everything but Im not a big talker with people I dont know. Amazing though that I spoke to someone who knew Jim Morrison, Nico, Warhol, etc, all the mythical people from that time Im sure she at least encountered.

Totally agree. Bands like the Jesus and Mary chain went to school on that ethereal energy wave

@@michaelwills1926 well The Jesus And Mary Chain's screechy guitars are a lot more related to John Cale's screechy and screaming viola drones on Heroin, The Black Angels Death Song, Hey Mr. Rain or Venus In Furs. Reed's guitar playing on What Goes On is far to lame for the JAMC.

If you listen to CAN, you can definitely hear the influence of What Goes On. To me , much like with the Sex Pistols later, the less iconic version of the group, once Nico was gone and Cale had left, was the best version. For the Pistols, the band became more notorious with Sid Vicious, but they were far better with Glen Matlock.

From roughly 2002-2006 I had myself a band (False Face Society) in Salt Lake City, UT, playing live shows at a host of varying local bars, festivals, and even a Iraq War protest or two. We performed mostly original numbers, but one of our go-to covers was VU's 'What Goes On', as have innumerable other bands. We typically used the song as an opening number--when an unknown music act is up on stage, plugged in, reeling to go, it was very effective at getting even those in the back of a bar shooting billiards to give notice...and then the guitar solo...

My fav song by them next to 'White Light/White Heat'.

I've been a drummer since 1964 and I agree with you. Also a wonderful person.

Don't forget the Kinks, You Really Got Me from 1964 has such a great proto punk riff that had a massive influence on bands to follow. And back in the days The Kinks were always well respected men among us punks, which couldn't be said about a certain band you mentioned.

@@ForARide agreed The Who are a little lackluster imo

What about the Best of them All, the STONES?!

The Who are just awful. Never understood their appeal at all. Mediocre at best IMO

The Stones & The Kinks were the best British bands of the 1960's, their output from 1971 onwards never reached the same highs though. Black Sabbath are the best British band of the 1970's and the 1980's had the Stone Roses and Primal scream tied. Just my opinion of course, others may disagree. The 1990's had a few great bands but Gomez, Oasis, Radiohead were the best. British guitar bands from 2000 onwards haven't had such a big impact and I can't think of any essential band from the time period to today. Greta van fleet are making some good music so all hope is not gone

I heard Sterling wanted him to be there. The HoF is a sham anyway.........

@@Mandrake591 The so-called HoF really is bullsh^t . Lou was a brilliant musician but was kind of a douchebag, as great musicians often are.. Lou used Doug on a few of his solo albums, so it must be some personal crap that happened well after VU broke up between Lou and Doug. Music is the only thing that really matters.

He didn't do himself and favours when he toured as "The Velvet Underground" in 71 and 72, playing guitar and singing Lou's songs, and then releasing a 5th so-called "Velvets" album in 1973. He completely ruined his reputation with that opportunistic behaviour.

@@hiraeth1340 Wow - I remember the album, didn't know about the tour. The LP was weak, used similar artwork than "Loaded" for instant recognition. I get it, similar to some of the Badfingers and Bad Company's that were touring after the main members left.

@@hiraeth1340 I have a box set called Final VU which has 4 CDs from those tours.( Yule is very honest in the accompanying booklet about it all). Mo Tucker was in the band for 2 of them, so presumably you have the same negative opinion of her?

I was born, raised, and still live in san Antonio. Im 44 years old, what radio station was that was it, an a.m. station?

for YEARS..you know it mustve been so frustrating, it sounds like what would happen to me if I ever hit the big time..it wouldnt last somehow and Id be back where I started.

@@joejones9520 Right? Except I’d have been waaayyy grumpier when they came to interview me about my drumming 40 years too late.

Absolutely. The Velvet's sound was mainly Cale's input and should have been co-credited for the music, but selfish Reed would have none of that.

Indeed. Scrolled down to make this point myself. She´s from Köln

Heritage fail

then to outside of Berlin to escape the bombing. she was a Kriegskinder, or child of war. she must have witnessed death early on, and probably played in the ruins.

@@kalevala29 She was born in Cologne.

@@HenningDiesel I know, but she was taken to the outskirts of Berlin by her mother when she was two or three. she eventually became a model there; she probably didn't discuss her upbringing much. there was shame for many of her generation. and you have that putz lou reed who acted all tough and punk and streetwise. please. her shock therapy was war.

Agreed. 'Songs For Drella' a super way of presenting a life and one's relation to it... Clear writing and the live performance the best version imo...

a treasure!

Their sound on TVU&N and WL/WH was mainly created by John Cale who brought his expertise of avant-garde and classical structures and elements into the Velvets, such as the drone, or those repetetive piano chords that made their sound so unique and groundbreaking. Cale should have been co-credited for the music, but unfortunatly Reed's enormous ego got in the way.

@@ForARide all the band members contributed profoundly. Reed continued to make good music after the Velvets

At least you got there eventually. I got to know them in the early 80's, the NME and Melody Maker cited them as a huge influence in what was going on at that time. Also Joy Division covered Sister Ray, so I fairly soon got to know them. I then went to see John Cale live in the early 80's, and boy, I had seen nothing as intense and insane as the Welsh Wizard. And I've seen plenty: Iggy Pop, Siouxsie, The Stranglers, Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, Cabaret Voltaire, Suicide,The Gun Club etc. I even saw The Velvets Redux tour in 93, which was ok. The more I explored Cale's music, the more fascinated I got by his sheer versatality and the influence he had on other artists, so it was inevatable, he had to become my absolute music God. I must have seen him about 20 times now, and each gig was different, as if it was a different artist each time. IMO he is the most overlooked and therefore most underrated musician in Rock history. Sorry about my little excursion on John Cale, but needless to say, The Velvets are the most important band in the Punk/Alt. Rock universe, setting the tone for future things to come.

Andrew Warhola Jr. aka Andy Warhol had Austria-Hungarian origins though - his parents being emigrants from the town Miko, now called Mikova, located in today’s northeastern Slovakia.

@@indigenousnorwegianeuropa4145 Austria-Hungary ceased to exist in 1918...

Born in Berlin and very much German was Nico.

and died in ibuza...and make a commercial for spanish brandy...riding a white horse...what a goddess...rip

I thought that, she born in Cologne right?

Nothing about Hungary on her Wiki page.

She was German yes but her 1st language was French.

Born Cologne. No Hungarian connection that I know of (and I live in Hungary).

@@urbangorilla33 Thought so, I've read a few books about her and they never mention Hungry, part from when she was on tour and hadn't eaten

Lou's solo albums are for the most part amazing , especially New York , Street Hassle , the Blue Mask and Coney Island Baby . Metal Machine Music not so much . John Cale's output just as amazing . Even though Cale was gone and some people consider Loaded a more Doug Yule work , it is still my favorite along with Live '69 .

@@mikehouser2518 Most aren't aware that he started out as an old school,traditional song writer for hire.The people that don't " get" him,- similar to those who don't understand what makes the early Stooges great,- aren't even worth trying to convince.Some things can't be taught or learned, especially when it comes to the Arts.

Lou solo? MOSTLY forgettable filler.

@@crimsonwolf9099 Transformer.Berlin.Street Hassle.There's 3 ,off the bat , that were solid.

Some people just don't get it .

Also early Lou stuff - Sneaky Pete , The Ostrich et al

A Suicide doc would be pretty cool

Can you name some of those world renowned musicians for us please?

@@MySpottyGirlfriend The Buzzcocks, Morrissey, Joy Division, Mick Hucknall, Martin Hannett, Tony Wilson

best album ever? to you. not to others. I'm so sick of everyone insisting what they like is best. its ridiculous

They are great but people are to quick to call somebody the greatest off all time

I think the endearing quality about them is that they weren’t accomplished musicians… they made music in a raw who gives a fuck way that somehow worked out perfectly.

@@frogface66 John Cale is a trained classical musician, let that be said.

In that book punk book please kill me theirs some embarrassing stuff wrote about him by the author who interviewed reed

I think he had a Jewish name did reed like Bob Dylan had a different name

@@waynesilverman3048 Lou Rabinowitz

So very true!

Their biggest problem was that the songs werent recorded well, they have the sound quality almost of Hank Williams Sr. when other bands of their time sounded clear, about like recordings do today. I always wonder why this happened, youd think Warhol wouldve had the money for better quality studio work.

@@joejones9520 the reason for lack of quality, I think, was just the way Warhol worked. He wasn't into being fully prepared, if things are prepared then the real essence would be lost, and end up with a clinical sound. Thank are lucky stars it wasn't cleaned up. When the VU went and recorded, the engineers couldn't handle it and left them to it.

@@fredzep01 it's a poor-equipment problem not a spontaneity with mistakes problem though. Low quality or out of date recording equipment was used obviously.

@@joejones9520 it's all played a part in the over all sound.