Does anyone else here like them?

I absolutely love the velvet underground.

Yes I love them too....JEEEEESSSSSUUUUSSS help me find my proper place, great song! really.

VU is my life and
my friends call me Nico cause I'm obsessed with her. I have a haircut like her and I wear heavy make-up and black clothes.
I've given all my friends names like Reed, Warhol, Cale, Edie, Jones etc. all the people's names that had been around her. *really obsessed* my fav song obviously Femme Fatale.

VU is one of my all time favourite bands. :::Goes back in time:::

The Velvet Underground is fantastic. I love them. Thats all.

ive never heard of them

is their a linky??

You really have never heard about them? Sad. very Sad. Just download some songs.

i let you down

i will burn songs

Don't forget Jim Morrison!!

Femme Fatale is a good song, but I'd say Heroin is my favorite

I don't know them. My friend once told me that Julian Casablancas tries to sound like Lou Reed. So, and there's Nico. That's all I know about them. And one of them looks like Carl Barât. (Or the other way round.)

i luv velvet underground way better than lou reed

wish I've known Jim! but there's noone who looks like him. he was truly one of a kind.

I love all the music that surrounded andy warhol
and crazydaisy....I usually dress up like Ultra Violet.

they still are phenominal... nico was the ultimate ice queen.

I only have The Velvet Underground And Nico so far, but I'm very fond of it. Nico's voice is hilarious, though. "What a KLOUWRN!"

yeah, I think it was you who I once spoke about this. so...
my next line has to be:
(saying with a very upset voice) "Oh no, that is not so." Nico has a lovely voice. ( )
I like it because it's soooo deep. that's what cigarettes do, I guess.
I really like My Funny Valentine when she sings with that kind of voice. :thumbs

wats everyones fav velvet underground song

Femme Fatale.

Haha, yes.


Loaded (their last album with Lou Reed) is brilliant too. It's a lot more guitar-
poppy and one of the songs is countryesque, placing it a million miles away from their debut. I guess the more simplistic sound was due to John Cale having left by then.

comradestripe: do what I did and get the banana box set-thingy. It'll probably be £20 in HMV's new year sale. It's fantastic.

I think the fact The Libertines and The Strokes like them very much is very interesting.
I've seen an interview with Carlitos where he says he did not like The Strokes at first because they said they like VU and sorta make the same music like them. He did not agree with that.
Also I remember some interview question:
What do you prefer - Pink Floyd or VU? Of course he said VU.
(well Pink Floyd's very okay as well)

When I first saw "Friends Of Mine" I thought: "The guy looks like Jim Morrison". Jim is great. Especially with his short hair like in the video "Light My Fire".

I think Loaded is pretty amazing...it has Sweet Jane, but then there's Who Loves The Sun (such a sweet song) and New Age is pretty cool, and of course, I Found A Reason. That song is amazing.

But my favorite is Heroin. Come to think of it, I haven't listened to Loaded in a while. I should...

See? He looks like Carlos, but I forgot his name. Mmhhh... It's not Nico. And it's not Maureen... It's not Lou Reed... There are only two names left. Unfortunately two guys... *lol*

I don't know which one you're on about, but it'll probably either be John Cale or Sterling Morrisson.

Carlos picked VU over Pink Floyd

I love VU but over Pink Floyd? Hell No, my Carlos has disappointed me damnit...

Oh well I am over it

PF is still better

I love The Velvets, and as for my favourite song I'd go for Run Run Run or White Heat/White Light. Of the albums I like the s/t the most.

Ihatemusic told me it's John Cale. Great.

I'm not sure if I'm that fond of it...I'd rather have the Pet Sounds boxset at any rate. Is there anything exciting about TVU&N one apart from the fact that you can peel the banana back?

has any1 seen them liv and were they good

Yeah, I saw them in November. They were okay, but Nico's presence was a bit understated.

cool has any1 seen them wit lou

OOH PARDON.

You can't on mine for some reason, presumably that's why it was so cheap. you get extra tracks on it..a nice live version of I'll Be Your Mirror stands out . Um...yeah

haha?



Carlos likes The VU very much. He said if they were still together now, he'd have them playing on his party.
It sounded weird to me, too, cause he's English and I should think he'll say PF. But okay.

yet another Nico picture:



hey I just got an idea. I like this pict so much I'll put in my avatar :thumbs

i dont know. My dad really likes VU and esp Nico. I knew of her before I actually could remember what band she was with.
Um, I dont know Im not a big fan yet and im not sure if that will change so soon. I'm starting to get into the songs sung by Nico. I guess Ill have to listen to this best of cd i borrowed two days ago a bit more. My dads records are... well records. Cant listen to them in my room.

You are so fortunate you live in Berlin. She wasn't born there, she was born in Köln, but she spent a lot of time in Berlin. I've read somewhere mr Reed went to Berlin just because she was there.

Nico's songs are famous for being... well I won't say depressed but well... a bit sad and misunderstood. If you have the option to find her songs on the net I would recomend you songs like Chelsea Girls and My funny Valentine, then These days, I'm not saying. Then there are the 'deeper' ones like: It Was a Pleasure Then, My heart is empty, Evening Of Light.

my dad has seen Nico live... it was in an old lil cinema. *me trying to imagine that*
It really took time for me liking her voice, its just... she s got such a german accent. I hate germans singing english with an accent.

But your German! How come you don't like that?
Besides I don't think she did that on purpuse.
What year did he see her?

It sounds wrong and redicolous to me. Even if people in my class speak english with a very german accent it gives me the creeps. It really annoys me.
Sure she didnt do that on purpose and its not that bad as with a lot of other musicans.

I just walked to be father to ask him and he was just listening to Lou Reed ^^. So, he saw her live in November 87... i didnt know her grave is in Berlin?? Is it? It said something like that in that article my dad put in the record.

the velvet underground!!!!!!!!!

Oh, she's already dead. Good that I got to know this that early. Well, I just didn't know it. Really? I think you've already told me that she's died, but... Well...

Yes I think she is buried in Berlin but I'm not sure though.
Woodpecker, I don't mind you didn't know about Nico. NOW you know and that's okay. :wave

Thanks.