
Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack also features tracks by artists who influenced The Velvet Underground including a live version of “Road Runner” by Bo Diddley “The Wind,” a doo-wop classic by The Diablos featuring Nolan Strong and the previously unpublished La Monte Young composition, “17 XII 63 NYC The Fire Is A Mirror (excerpt),” performed by The Theatre of Eternal Music. Curated by the documentary’s director, Todd Haynes, and music supervisor Randall Poster, the album is the official soundtrack for the critically acclaimed Apple Original documentary, The Velvet Underground, which will be released in theaters and premiere globally Friday, October 15th on Apple TV+.įeaturing some of the band’s most well-known tracks, rarities and songs that influenced them, the soundtrack serves as the perfect introduction to the band and companion piece to the film and features such favorites as “Sunday Morning,” “All Tomorrow’s Parties,” “Pale Blue Eyes,” “I’m Waiting for The Man” and “Sweet Jane,” as well as the mono version of “Heroin” and the rare cut “Foggy Notion.” Also featured are live versions of “After Hours” and “Sister Ray,” Nico’s “Chelsea Girls,” and the tongue-in-cheek novelty song “The Ostrich” by The Primitives, an early band formed by Lou Reed and John Cale. No other group in the history of rock music has probably caused as much controversy as the Velvets. The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film By Todd Haynes – Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack, a 2 CD and digital soundtrack that features both well-known and rare Velvet Underground tracks, will be released on October 15th via Republic Records/UMe. “How lucky we were,” he tells Danny Kelly in 1990, “to be involved with something so perfect first time around.The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film by Todd Haynes – Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack due Oct 15th “If you played the first three albums in order,” he tells Richard Williams in 1972, “it would really make huge total sense”. Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Angus MacLise, Moe Tucker, Doug Yule, Willie Alexander, Walter Powers Venus in Furs (1967) by The Velvet Underground. “I was always going to do rock ‘n’ roll – even if only for one album.” In the selected archival interviews with Lou Reed included here, the Velvets are never far from his thoughts. Songs covered by The Velvet Underground Ill Keep It With Mine (Bob Dylan cover) Play Video stats, 1 Last Night I Said Goodbye to My Friend (Moe Tucker song). “I was in the Velvet Underground,” Nico needlessly reminds one enthused NME reporter in 1981. Their shared history wasn’t all good but they couldn’t ever completely outrun it. Artists top tracks Oh Sweet Nuthin, The Velvet Underground Im Waiting For The Man, The Velvet Underground, Nico Rock and Roll, The Velvet Underground. Soundtracks (50) Heroin Written by Lou Reed European Son Written by John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker and Lou Reed Venus in Furs Written by Lou. “She’d had a hand in a couple of songs on Chelsea Girl,” he recalls for Allan Jones in 2011, “but where the songs for Marble Index came from I don’t know. Even 30 years after their final collaboration, Cale still sounds floored by the power of Nico’s initial vision. As you’ll read on the following pages, post- VU the pair moved in very different orbits – Cale an in-demand producer/arranger and demented live performer Nico leading a more sketchy and penurious existence, though not one without support – only to regroup at key moments. List of songs recorded by the Velvet Underground Song title, Released recordings, Notes. You will also find music by Velvets alumni John Cale and Nico assessed in the depth it deserves. There’s insightful new writing on the band and its diasporas, including a passionate account of their transitional 1968-9, from a scene-stealing star of the Haynes documentary, Jonathan Richman. He had written legendary songs as (Venus in Furs, Heroin and Waiting for the man) already. We dive deep into much-loved recordings and unpack the darkest box set corners. Reed was the boss and main figure in The Velvet Underground. Within a year the two had formed a band by adding guitarist Sterling Morrison and drummer Maureen Tucker. On the following pages, you will read all about that band – their revolutionary beginnings, to their melodic streamlining, their disputed endgame, and their paradoxical reunion. As picked by the jam community, 20112015 Pale Blue Eyes From 251 people Venus In Furs From 177 people Sunday Morning From 162 people Sweet Jane From. Cale had come to the United States to study music. The best part of a decade later, with an excellent new Todd Haynes documentary revisiting this key part of Lou’s legacy, our latest Ultimate Music Guide puts The Velvet Underground at the centre of the story.
