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In Focus: Velvet Underground
New York, 03.05.24
Focus on The Velvet Underground
There's an old Brian Eno quote that is inevitably referenced when talking about the Velvet Underground - something along the lines of "They only sold 30,000 copies of their first album, but everyone who bought the album started a band". It's slightly inaccurate (they sold a lot more copies), but the message is clear: few bands have had such an outsized, potent, and wide reaching effect on the musicians that followed in their footsteps.
Their stubborn desire to continually approach songwriting from the left field, and continuous sonic reinvention reverberated for decades, influencing punk, post-punk, art rock, ambient music, even notably influencing real political revolution in Czechoslovakia.
Two hours of The Velvets' best, selected and mixed by Claire Rousay.
Tracklist
- Velvet Underground
The Black Angel's Death Song - Velvet Underground
Sister Ray - Velvet Underground
1967 Lou Reed John Cale Radio Interview On The Music Factory (Excerpt) - Velvet Underground
The Murder Mystery (Closet Mix) - Velvet Underground
Stephanie Says - Velvet Underground
Ocean (Session Outtake) - Velvet Underground
Rock And Roll - Velvet Underground
Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
Foggy Notion - Velvet Underground
Louise - Velvet Underground
I Found A Reason - Velvet Underground
Chelsea Girls (Excerpt) - Velvet Underground
After Hours (Mono
