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03 May 2024 · New York
In Focus: Velvet Underground
Focus on The Velvet Underground
There's an old Brian Eno quote that is inevitably referenced when talking about the Velvet Underground - something along the lines of "They only sold 30,000 copies of their first album, but everyone who bought the album started a band". It's slightly inaccurate (they sold a lot more copies), but the message is clear: few bands have had such an outsized, potent, and wide reaching effect on the musicians that followed in their footsteps.
Their stubborn desire to continually approach songwriting from the left field, and continuous sonic reinvention reverberated for decades, influencing punk, post-punk, art rock, ambient music, even notably influencing real political revolution in Czechoslovakia.
Two hours of The Velvets' best, selected and mixed by Claire Rousay.
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Tracklist
- Velvet UndergroundI'm Waiting For The Man
- Velvet UndergroundVenus In Furs
- Velvet UndergroundThe Black Angel's Death Song
- Velvet UndergroundAll Tomorrow's Parties
- Velvet UndergroundI'm Waiting For The Man
- Velvet UndergroundSister Ray Murder Mystery Sister Ray
- Velvet UndergroundFemme Fatale
- Velvet UndergroundI'll Be Your Mirror
- Velvet UndergroundSunday Morning
- Velvet Underground1967 Lou Reed John Cale Radio Interview On The Music Factory (Excerpt)
- Velvet UndergroundThe Murder Mystery (Closet Mix)
- Velvet UndergroundPale Blue Eyes
- Velvet UndergroundStephanie Says
- Velvet UndergroundHeroin
- Velvet UndergroundOcean (Session Outtake)
- Velvet UndergroundWho Loves The Sun
- Velvet UndergroundRock And Roll
- Velvet UndergroundOh! Sweet Nuthin'
- Velvet UndergroundSweet Jane
- Velvet UndergroundFoggy Notion
- Velvet UndergroundLouise
- Velvet UndergroundCandy Says
- Velvet UndergroundI Found A Reason
- Velvet UndergroundChelsea Girls (Excerpt)
- Velvet UndergroundAfter Hours (Mono