the velvet underground & nico (the velvet underground)
I really liked this album. Classic underground sixties rock- nice guitars, some fantastically strange instruments, very casually, frankly taboo subject matter, two fascinating voices- Lou Reed's thin and hard, Nico's low, mysterious, unconventionally sexy. This is a good example of an album I really liked, even if the individual songs didn't always capture my attention. The iconic tone, the strange instruments, the general coolness of this record was enough to win me over. And the songs that stand out are pretty damn good.
"Waiting for my Man," clearly about an uptown drug deal, is a really nice, guitar-driven jam. "Venus in Furs" is magnificent. So heavy, so sexy, so strange- amazing strings, this low, sultry, brutal intensity. It feels like a heavy trip. Like it can only be experienced in the dark, forty years ago, or lying on a brown carpet staring at the ceiling, while tremendously high. "All Tomorrow's Parties" feels like a chant or a prayer. The strange, intense instrumentation, the low beauty of Nico's voice. Those are my three favorites- "There She Goes" is a generally pretty good jam, and the antsy strings, wavering intensity of "Black Angel's Death Mirror" makes for good listening.
Cool work across the board. A good listen.
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