Trace Bands Back to One Velvet Underground Song

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Let's do the same with the Velvet Underground! (SPIN Record Guide said that entire indie rock subgenres can be attributed to tossed-off VU studio goofs or some such thing).

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 16 January 2006 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Mazzy Star ---> "All Tomorrow's Parties"

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 16 January 2006 17:49 (twenty years ago)

syd barrett (solo) --> "after hours"

― danielle the animal steel (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 16 January 2006 17:53 (twenty years ago)

The Feelies: What Goes On

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 16 January 2006 17:58 (twenty years ago)

Sonic Youth - Heroin

― darin (darin), Monday, 16 January 2006 17:59 (twenty years ago)

Luna ---> "Stephanie Says"

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

Skullflower et al ---> "European Son"

― sleeve (sleeve), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:05 (twenty years ago)

Sonic Youth - Sister Ray, duude.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Candy Says

― Wogan Lenin (dog latin), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:10 (twenty years ago)

SLOAN:
Smeared - European Son
Twice Removed - Sunday Morning
One Chord to Another - Who Loves the Sun
Navy Blues - Back in Black

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:11 (twenty years ago)

Jesus: All contemporary Christian rock

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:13 (twenty years ago)

Jesus: Stryper

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:13 (twenty years ago)

Comus- Black Angel's Death Song

― snotty moore, Monday, 16 January 2006 18:14 (twenty years ago)

Eartha Kitt: Run, Run, Run

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:14 (twenty years ago)

Spiritualized - "Jesus"

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:18 (twenty years ago)

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Candy Says

I don't understand this at all. Give "That's the Story of My Life" to Gorky's and leave "Candy Says" to Low.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:22 (twenty years ago)

It seems like Sonic Youth is closer to "I Heard Her Call My Name" than "Sister Ray." A lot of these connections seem pretty tenuous, too. I think Mazzy Star is probably closer to "Here She Comes Now" or "Sunday Morning" than to "All Tomorrow's Parties."

Maybe, the Clientele = "Femme Fatale" or "Here She Comes"?

This is tough.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:56 (twenty years ago)

bongwater --> "the gift"

― white hole (white hole), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:58 (twenty years ago)

beat happening --> "after hours"

― white hole (white hole), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:01 (twenty years ago)

Stereolab - Lady Godiva's Operation
The Modern Lovers - Foggy Notion

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:12 (twenty years ago)

The Wedding Present - What Goes On
Throbbing Gristle - Lady Godiva's Operation

― Venga (Venga), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

Probably right re Mazzy Star -- "All Tomorrow's Parties" really only applies to She Hangs Brightly.

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:30 (twenty years ago)

Stereolab - Lady Godiva's Operation
The Modern Lovers - Foggy Notion

Shouldn't these be switched around?

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:36 (twenty years ago)

silver jews ---> "that's the story of my life"

― danielle the animal steel (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

Smog --> "Coney Island Baby" (close enough)

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:43 (twenty years ago)

every alt-country band ever ---> "i found a reason"

― danielle the animal steel (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:46 (twenty years ago)

bongwater --> "the gift"

-- white hole

OTM.

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:48 (twenty years ago)

The Feelies: What Goes On

new rule: if the artist has already covered the song, NO FAIR.

― danielle the animal steel (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:55 (twenty years ago)

OTM also about "What Goes On" --> The Wedding Present--I'd specify the "Live with Lou Reed 1969" version.

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:55 (twenty years ago)

The Pixies ---> "Sweet Jane"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 16 January 2006 20:13 (twenty years ago)

twee pop - candy says

― Stephen C (ihope), Monday, 16 January 2006 20:26 (twenty years ago)

sister ray - jesus and mary chain

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Monday, 16 January 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

Vaselines - I'm Sticking with You

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Monday, 16 January 2006 21:46 (twenty years ago)

galaxie 500 - "i'm set free"

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Monday, 16 January 2006 22:52 (twenty years ago)

Television-I can't Stand It
the Clean - What goes on

― outdoor_miner (outdoor_miner), Monday, 16 January 2006 23:56 (twenty years ago)

Y'all need to stop these threads.

― danski (danski), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 00:21 (twenty years ago)

Skrewdriver - Pale Blue Eyes

― titty sanskrit (sanskrit), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 00:53 (twenty years ago)

Pavement - Foggy Notion

― darin (darin), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 01:22 (twenty years ago)

The Beatles - "Sunday Morning"

― Sinister Oink Kingpin (noodle vague), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 01:27 (twenty years ago)

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Candy Says
I don't understand this at all. Give "That's the Story of My Life" to Gorky's and leave "Candy Says" to Low.
-- NoTimeBeforeTime (mbvarkestra197...), January 16th, 2006.

Have you heard GZM's last two albums? They re-write Candy Says about 7 times between them.

― Wogan Lenin (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 01:34 (twenty years ago)

Brian Eno - "Pale Blue Eyes"

― Paul (scifisoul), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 01:37 (twenty years ago)

Give "That's the Story of My Life" to Gorky's and leave "Candy Says" to Low.

I'd say Low --> "Pale Blue Eyes," but I only have a couple of Low albums, so maybe I'm missing something.

― truck-patch pixel farmer (my crop froze in the field) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 01:50 (twenty years ago)

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci ----> Incredible String Band.

No Velvets.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 02:08 (twenty years ago)

I'm Waiting For the Man- The Strokes

― Harrison Barr (Petar), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 03:09 (twenty years ago)

Sister Ray - I Heard Her Call My Name

― coles law, Tuesday, 17 January 2006 04:52 (twenty years ago)

The Birthday Party --> Venus In Furs
The Swans --> Venus In Furs
Jandek --> The Black Angel's Death Song
Coachwhips --> White Light White Heat
Butthole Surfers --> Sister Ray
Meat Puppets --> What Goes On
The Shins --> I'm Beginning To See The Light
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead --> I'm Waiting For The Man
Arab On Radar --> European Son
The Mae-Shi --> European Son
Beat Happening --> I Heard Her Call My Name
The Sun City Girls --> The Murder Mystery and Sister Ray
Built To Spill --> Pale Blue Eyes

Try that on for size. Noise rock comes from White Light White Heat, I'm Waiting For The Man, European Son, Sister Ray and the Black Angel's Death Song, mostly.

― Paul Humphries, Tuesday, 17 January 2006 07:01 (twenty years ago)

The Feelies: What Goes On
new rule: if the artist has already covered the song, NO FAIR.

-- danielle the animal steel

Irrelevant. They also covered the Stones, Beatles and Neil Young, none of whom they remotely sound like. "What Goes On" is pure Velvets.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 09:01 (twenty years ago)

Heh heh...I was going to trace Stereolab back to "Sister Ray", but I can't, 'cause I already traced 'em back to "It's All Too Much" on the Beatles thread!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 09:03 (twenty years ago)

"Beat Happening --> I Heard Her Call My Name"

uhhhhh.... what?

― white hole (white hole), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 17:49 (twenty years ago)

My Bloody Valentine: "Heroin"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 21:52 (twenty years ago)

Brian Eno - "Pale Blue Eyes"

This is a horribly wrong and misinformed opinion. Go listen to "The True Wheel" now, please.

― sleeve (sleeve), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 02:40 (twenty years ago)

The Ocean --> Echo and the BUnnymen

― dr x o'skeleton, Wednesday, 18 January 2006 11:28 (twenty years ago)

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