Velvet Underground - Loaded - The Poll

"rock n' roll" is possibly my favourite pop rock song of all time, so that, but "who loves the sun" is also maybe my favourite album openner ever, "o sweet nuthin" my favourite neverending chorus jam, etc. such an amazing album.

I wonder how this record would have been with Moe.
I read a Doug Yule interview where he says she only took off 8 weeks from the band for her kid's birth - you'd think they could have NOT picked that precise time to make a record.

I wonder how this record would have been with Moe.

The 1993 live version of "Sweet Jane" with Moe and Cale is fabulous.

it'd sound pretty different, that's for sure.
one crazy thing about the VU that you get from reading that Unterberger book is how haphazard everything was, especially regarding band members. Starting with Moe, actually! But the hiring of Doug Yule seems lackadaisical as well -- they lucked out with him.

Ugh Yule more like

^^^I hate you

j/k have a coconut

i pity the fule who hates doug yule

I take more umbrage with his brother, the drummer.

ha, yeah, billy is kind of not so good on the max's album ... so many fills! but he was only 17 or something at the time.

Doug Yule - the kind of guy to invite his 17 year old brother to play with one of the best bands of all time

good lookin out for the legacy Doug

apparently money was tight and they didn't have to pay him

yeah Lou was always about preserving his legacy amirite

shit, I'd love to have been able to let my 17-year-old brother play with one of the greatest bands of all time! what a righteous brother.

nice interview with doug here. he's a pretty humble dude: http://www.furious.com/perfect/yule.html

those were different times!
― tylerw

you wouldn't pick "Sweet Jane" over "Lonesome Cowboy Bill"? really now?

― iatee

Ok, you got me there. 'Lonesome Cowboy Bill' is the one song in this record I tend to skip but had my random vote landed on that one I still wouldn't regret it. This album might just be one of my top ten records of all time, keep loving it more and more each passing year.

This thread reminds me of that fabulous Fall bit:

They couldn't tell Lou Reed from Doug Yule
Suppressed hate romance

It was like being back at school

...but anyway, this is my least favourite of the 4 proper VU LPs, which is not to say that I hate it. The clear contender has to be "Rock & Roll," no? I mean, Ginny's life was saved by it, ferfuckssakes. And it was alright. Hard to argue with that.

I do love "New Age" a lot - particularly the version on Live 1969 with different lyrics (It seems to be my fancy/to make it with Frank & Nancy/when over the bridge we go/looking for love). And of course "Sweet Jane," "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'," and "I Found A Reason" are fine. The other songs I came to appreciate more after hearing different mixes etc. on Fully Loaded.

I was introduced to the VU with the closet mix of the 3rd LP 20+ years ago and that will always remain my favourite, though the VU comp runs a close second.

I fuckin' love 'Train Round the Bend', especially Lou's delivery

You did see Doug Yule's message on Freaky Trigger, right?

I fuckin' love 'Train Round the Bend', especially Lou's delivery

Gotta love that ludicrous image of Lou going to the country and trying to be a farmer... of course, years later, he ended up living in the country and succeeded in becoming a cockfarmer

Rock n' roll. Especially the bit where there's a little guitar run, then they come back with the I-> IV like they invented it.

and it was allriiiiiiiiiiiiight

Tempted to vote for "Rock and Roll" or "Oh Sweet Nothing" but I kinda think "Sweet Jane" is so famous for a reason and that reason is pure awesomeness

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"I Found a Reason" 3

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I didn't vote but if I had it would've been between "rock & roll" and "I found a reason"

pretty accurate in that

"Rock & Roll" 28
"Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" 24
"Sweet Jane" 13
"Who Loves the Sun" 11
"New Age" 7

= solid

"Head Held High" 4
"Cool It Down" 3
"I Found a Reason" 3
"Train Round the Bend" 3
"Lonesome Cowboy Bill" 2

=filler

but I gotta say it again, the dylan-esque version of 'I found a reason' is amazing. dunno why he had to ruin that song.

really don't get the hate for "I found a reason"

the spoken part in the middle is corny but it's lou corny, which kinda makes me lol

listen to the fully loaded version!

C- doo-wop pastiche vs. A+ dylan pastiche

Woulda voted for "I Found a Reason".

First time I heard this record was on headphones, and i fell asleep halfway through it! I wasnt even that tired...

I really dig "Cool It Down."

'train round the bend' is killer not filler

"Head Held High" has so much potential but it sounds like they gave up on it and made it instead a rush job.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10181186.stm

'head held high' and 'i found a reason' TOTALLY NOT bad/shitty/filler!!
that's just wrong

There is no filler on this record. Although I prefer the folk rock alternate version of I Found A Reason on the Fully Loaded CD.

This thread reminds me of that fabulous Fall bit:

They couldn't tell Lou Reed from Doug Yule

Neither could Bowie.

who said this record is loaded with fillers?

this record is exactly 50% filler

I don't get that at all. This is as filler-free as any record, ever.

I prefer the folk rock alternate version of I Found A Reason on the Fully Loaded CD.

wtf never heard this before. surprised there was stuff NOT included on Peel Slowly box!

"Lonesome Cowboy Bill" is the only song that could conceivably described as filler and I still lvoe it nonetheless

Or even love it

i am lonesome cowboy bill

agree
there is no filler -- that's why it is so great
also imo teenage billy yule is a more interesting/stronger drummer than moe tucker (sorry moe)
esp the freakout in sweet nuthin!!

love the second disc on the fully loaded set, listen to it more than the 'official' alb these days

Careful there Morbs, you're goin' too darn fast (xxp)