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Mar 2, 2024 · “Rock & Roll” is one of the only Velvet Underground songs that’s in danger of sounding overplayed by now.
- Brett Milano
- 18 min
Nov 17, 2021 · “I’m Waiting For The Man” is a song about being drug addicted and waiting on a drug dealer to deliver heroin. In fact, this song is the first Velvet Underground song to bring up the motif of heroin and that is repeated consistently throughout the band’s discography.
- ‘Heroin’ | ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ | 1967. The importance of ‘Heroin’ cannot be stressed enough, not just within the context of the Velvet Underground’s discography, but within the historical context of the era in which it was released.
- ‘I’m Waiting For My Man’ | ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ | 1967. ‘I’m Waiting For My Man’ is the most infectious song you could ever write about waiting for your smack dealer.
- ‘Pale Blue Eyes’ | ‘The Velvet Underground’ | 1969. ‘Pale Blue Eyes’ is one of those love ballads that floors you the very first time you hear it.
- ‘White Light / White Heat’ | ‘White Light / White Heat’ | 1968. The title track of ‘White Light / White Heat’ is an intriguing composition. Out of the gate, it made a defiant statement that the Velvet Underground had grown massively since their debut album the year before.
- Michael Gallucci
- 'I'm Waiting for the Man' From: 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' (1967) As if turning heroin abuse into a temporary vacation from the hassles of daily life wasn't enough (see No. 2 on our list of the Top 10 Velvet Underground Songs), this track, also from the debut album, makes hanging out and waiting to score seem like a casual midday adventure.
- 'Heroin' From: 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' (1967) Just how revolutionary were the Velvet Underground? While everyone else's drug songs in 1967 were about playful LSD trips disguised as children's stories or opening up one's mind through enlightening experiences, the Velvets' seven-minute dirge paints a darker and more apocalyptic portrait of a drug that even most hippies were scared of.
- 'Venus in Furs' From: 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' (1967) 'Venus in Furs' sounds like sex and pain and a dungeon filled with leather-clad, whip-wielding masters (and their sweaty servants) before Reed utters even a single word in this S&M dirge based on an underground book.
- 'Sweet Jane' From: 'Loaded' (1970) Reed had pretty much had it with the Velvet Underground when they were making their fourth album. He was in total control of some songs, almost to the point where 'Loaded' was a solo album; he was barely a presence on others.
- I’m Waiting for the Man’ – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) From their debut album, this song personifies the ‘proto-punk’ leanings of early Velvet Underground.
- Pale Blue Eyes’ – The Velvet Underground (1969) A classic that, believe it or not, was written about someone with hazel eyes, as Reed claims in his book Between Thought and Expression.
- Heroin’ – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) ‘Heroin’ is another reason why The Velvet Underground are set apart from their contemporaries. This is no metaphor for LSD consumption wrapped up in a lullaby.
- Venus in Furs’ – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) This classic track is named after the book of the same name by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and typically includes dark sexual themes of sadomasochism, bondage and submission.
Jul 8, 2021 · As Todd Haynes unveils his documentary about them, we rate the best work of a band who overturned and reinvented rock’n’roll
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The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. It originally comprised singer and guitarist Lou Reed, Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. In 1965, MacLise was replaced by Moe Tucker, who played on most of the band's recordings.
