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Loaded (The Velvet Underground Album)
''Loaded'' is the fourth studio album by the American Rock music, rock band the Velvet Underground, released on November 15, 1970 by Atlantic Records subsidiary Cotillion Records, Cotillion. It was the final album recorded featuring any of the band's original members; the lead singer and primary songwriter Lou Reed left the band shortly before the album's release, and the guitarist Sterling Morrison and the drummer Maureen Tucker left the band in 1971. For this reason, it is often considered by fans to be the last "true" Velvet Underground album. The multi-instrumentalist Doug Yule remained and released the album ''Squeeze (The Velvet Underground album), Squeeze'' in 1973 before the band's dissolution the same year. Though the album was intended to appease Atlantic's request that the Velvet Underground produce hit songs, none of the singles originating from ''Loaded'' nor ''Loaded'' itself succeeded in entering the charts. It has retrospectively gained critical acclaim; ''Loaded'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground were an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1964. Its classic lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Lou Reed, Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and percussionist Moe Tucker. Though their integration of rock and the avant-garde earned them little commercial success during their initial nine-year run, they are now widely regarded as one of the most influential bands in rock music, as well as Underground music, underground, Experimental music, experimental, and Alternative music, alternative music. Their provocative subject matter and experimentation were instrumental in the development of punk rock, new wave music, new wave and other genres. The group performed under several names before settling on the Velvet Underground in 1965, taken from the title of The Velvet Underground (book), a 1963 book on atypical sexual behavior. In 1966, the experimental pop artist Andy Warhol became their official man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Yule
Douglas Alan Yule (born February 25, 1947) is an American musician and singer, most notable for being a member of the Velvet Underground from 1968 to 1973, serving as the bassist, guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist. Biography Early life Doug Yule was born in Mineola, Long Island, New York, and grew up in Great Neck with five sisters and a younger brother. As a child he took piano and baritone horn lessons. He later said in an interview that he would have preferred violin lessons, but the violin had to be rented and the baritone horn was available free of charge. In high school he played the tuba, as well as the guitar and the banjo, and sang in the church choir. According to Yule he first got involved in music when at a show for the band The Barbarians and they didn't show up so him and his friends began jamming. "...In Boston, the Barbarians. And my roommate and I and a couple of other people got dragged down there, and the Barbarians didn’t show up, but we started playin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peel Slowly And See
''Peel Slowly and See'' is a five-disc box set of material by the Velvet Underground. It was released in September 1995 by Polydor. Compilation The name of this box set comes from the instruction presented on vinyl copies of the band's debut album to peel back the banana sticker featured on the cover. The set includes all four studio albums by the Lou Reed-era line-ups of the Velvet Underground, alongside demo recordings and live performances, some of which had been previously bootlegged, and some of which had never before been released. '' Squeeze'', recorded after Reed's departure from the band, is not included. ''The Velvet Underground'', the band's self-titled third album, uses the "closet mix", Lou Reed's mix of the album that gives more emphasis to the vocals, and was the mix used on the original release. The band's fourth album, '' Loaded'', is presented with "full-length versions" of three of its tracks, " Sweet Jane", " Rock & Roll" and "New Age". ''Rolling Stone'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Sound Forever (magazine)
''Perfect Sound Forever'' (established 1995) is one of the longest-running online-only music magazines. Along with Michael Goldberg (editor), Michael Goldberg's ''Addicted to Noise'' (est. 1994), it is one of the first publications to post recurring, feature-length music journalism online. PSF's origins trace back to New York freelance writer Jason Gross, who began a now-defunct website called Furious Green Thoughts (from the noted Colorless green ideas sleep furiously, Noam Chomsky quote). The site was first hosted by the pre-Earthlink ISP The Pipeline, Pipeline, and included articles covering politics, music and fiction. The name Perfect Sound Forever originated in an early 1980s ad campaign about the first generation of CDs, promising the highest fidelity possible, and that the discs would outlive their owners. The same term was used as the title of a Pavement (band), Pavement Perfect Sound Forever (EP), EP released in 1991. In 1995, Furious Green Thoughts was splintered into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Age (The Velvet Underground Song)
"New Age" is the fifth song on The Velvet Underground album '' Loaded'' (1970). It is one of the four songs that feature Doug Yule on vocals, encouraged by main singer and songwriter Lou Reed. The song also appears on '' 1969: The Velvet Underground Live'', with Reed on vocals, singing an earlier, significantly different version of the lyrics. In its original form, it was about Reed's girlfriend at the time, Shelley Albin, and included a possible reference to Reed's bisexuality: "It seems to be my fancy to make it with Frank and Nancy." The later, studio version is written from the point of view of a fan addressing a "fat blonde actress". When the album was released, this song caused controversy. Reed, who had left the band a month before, stated that his original versions of " Sweet Jane", "Rock and Roll" and "New Age" were corrupted. Doug Yule, on the other hand, insists that Reed's mixes were respected. The ''Fully Loaded'' issue of the ''Loaded'' album (1997) includes an al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NYC Man (The Ultimate Collection 1967–2003)
''NYC Man'' is a 2-CD anthology of Lou Reed's work. All songs of this career spanning collection were chosen, sequenced and remastered by Lou Reed himself. Cover art: painting from Marie Pittroff Track listing Disc 1 #"Who Am I (Tripitena's Song)" (Previously unreleased version) - 5:33 #"Sweet Jane" – The Velvet Underground - 3:01 #"Rock & Roll" – The Velvet Underground - 4:41 #"I'm Waiting for the Man" – The Velvet Underground - 4:37 #"White Light/White Heat" (Live) - 5:01 #"Street Hassle; Waltzing Matilda / Street Hassle / Slipaway" - 11:00 #"Berlin" - 3:23 #" Caroline Says II" - 4:12 #"The Kids" - 7:49 #" Walk on the Wild Side" - 4:11 #"Kill Your Sons" (Live) - 4:09 #" Vicious " - 2:56 #"The Blue Mask" - 5:01 #" I'll Be Your Mirror" (Live) - 2:46 #"Magic and Loss – The Summation" - 6:36 #"Ecstasy" - 4:31 Disc 2 #"I Wanna Be Black" (Live) - 6:30 #"Temporary Thing" - 5:14 #"Shooting Star" - 3:11 #"Legendary Hearts" - 3:05 #"Heroin" (Live) - 8:21 #"Coney Island Baby" - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock 'n' Roll Animal
''Rock 'n' Roll Animal'' is a live album by American musician Lou Reed, released in February 1974 by RCA Records. In its original form, it features five songs, four of which were initially recorded by the Velvet Underground. Reed's band included Pentti Glan (drums), Prakash John (bass), Ray Colcord (keyboards), and Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter (guitars). (The two guitarists would later form the basis of the first Alice Cooper solo band, beginning on '' Welcome to My Nightmare'', which also features Glan and John.) The album was recorded live on December 21, 1973, at Howard Stein's Academy of Music in New York City. A sleeper hit, it peaked at No. 26 in the UK and No. 45 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart during a 28-week stay before earning Reed's first RIAA gold certification in 1978. Background Paul Nelson of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine was in attendance that night. Writing about ''Rock 'n' Roll Animal'' and its sequel, '' Lou Reed Live'', which were both recorded at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Poet (album)
''American Poet'' is an album of an early solo concert by American rock musician Lou Reed, recorded live at the Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, New York, on Boxing Day 1972 during the ''Transformer'' tour. The backing band are the Tots. It features material from The Velvet Underground and Reed's first two 1972 solo albums, debut ''Lou Reed'' and ''Transformer''. The version of "Berlin" is the arrangement from that debut album. ''American Poet'' was released in 2001. It is an unauthorized release. The album's cover photo is by Mick Rock, from the same photo shoot as the ''Transformer'' cover. Track listing All tracks composed by Lou Reed # "White Light/White Heat" (4:04) # " Vicious" (3:06) # "I'm Waiting for the Man" (7:14) # "Walk It Talk It" (4:04) # "Sweet Jane" (4:38) # "Interview" (5:01) Remote broadcast from ''Ultra Sonic Recording Studios'' for ''Tuesday Night Concert'' series WLIR-FM # "Heroin" (8:34) # " Satellite of Love" (3:28) # " Walk on the Wild Side" (5:55) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadence (music)
In Classical music, Western musical theory, a cadence () is the end of a Phrase (music), phrase in which the melody or harmony creates a sense of full or partial resolution (music), resolution, especially in music of the 16th century onwards.Don Michael Randel (1999). ''The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', pp. 105-106. . A harmonic cadence is a chord progression, progression of two or more chord (music), chords that conclusion (music), concludes a phrase, section (music), section, or composition (music), piece of music. A rhythmic cadence is a characteristic rhythmic pattern that indicates the end of a phrase. A cadence can be labeled "weak" or "strong" depending on the impression of finality it gives. While cadences are usually classified by specific chord or melodic progressions, the use of such progressions does not necessarily constitute a cadence—there must be a sense of closure, as at the end of a phrase. Harmonic rhythm plays an important part in de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge (music)
In music, especially Western popular music, a bridge is a contrasting section that prepares for the return of the original material section. It adds a sense of progress within a piece of music and can be used to introduce a source of tension. In a piece in which the original material or melody is referred to as the "A" section, the bridge may be the third eight- bar phrase in a 32-bar form (the B in AABA), or may be used more loosely in verse-chorus form, or, in a compound AABA form, used as a contrast to a full AABA section. The bridge is often used to contrast with and prepare for the return of the verse and the chorus. "The b section of the popular song chorus is often called the ''bridge'' or ''release'' ", or ''boredom-breaker'', . Etymology The term is a calque from a German word for bridge, ''Steg'', used by the Meistersingers of the 15th to the 18th century to describe a transitional section in medieval bar form. The German term became widely known in 1920s Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Spector
Harvey Phillip Spector (December 26, 1939 – January 16, 2021) was an American record producer and songwriter who is best known for pioneering recording practices in the 1960s, followed by his trials and conviction for murder in the 2000s. Spector developed the Wall of Sound, a production technique involving a densely texture (music), textured sound created through layering tone colors, resulting in a compression (music), compression and chorus (effect), chorusing effect not replicable through electronic means. Considered the first ''auteur'' of the music industry, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in pop music history and one of the most successful producers of the 1960s. Born in the Bronx, Spector relocated to Los Angeles as a teenager and co-founded the Teddy Bears in 1958, writing their chart-topping single "To Know Him Is to Love Him". Mentored by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, by 1960, he co-established Philles Records, becoming the youngest U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is a recurring opinion survey and music ranking of the finest albums in history, compiled by the American magazine ''Rolling Stone''. It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures. The first list was published in a special issue of the magazine in 2003 and a related book in 2005. Related news articles: * * Critics have accused the lists of lending disproportionate weight to artists of particular races and genders. In the original list, most of the selections were albums by white male rock musicians, with the top position held by the Beatles' '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (1967). In 2012, ''Rolling Stone'' published a revised edition, drawing on the original and a later survey of albums released up until the early 2000s. Another updated edition of the list was published in 2020, with 269 new entries replacing albums from the two previous editions. It was based on a new survey and did not c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
