Rebel Without Applause: Why Lou Reed hated hippies
“They can’t play, and they certainly can’t write.”
Velvet Underground
The band Jimmy Page called “absolutely phenomenal”
“It was really an arts lab, as opposed to pop music.”
Lyrically Speaking: Exploring “paranoia” of The Velvet Underground’s ‘Sunday Morning’
The opening track from their stunning debut.
The many Lou Reed masterpieces cut from The Velvet Underground’s ‘Loaded’
What was and what could’ve been.
From The Beatles the Black Sabbath: 10 albums that started a new genre of music
The start of a new musical art form.
The Lou Reed song inspired directly by Andy Warhol
“He said, ‘Why don’t you write a song called Vicious?'”
The Velvet Underground song Lou Reed wrote for Nico: “Every single word was meant for her”
“To make her feel better about herself.”
The two greatest songs Lou Reed ever heard
“I fell down laughing. You can listen to that, you can listen to the words going on and it’s tremendous.”
Moe Tucker on the “beautiful melodies” of The Velvet Underground
“A big factor when I decide if I want to cover something is if I can actually sing it and not murder it.”
