Posts Tagged: the velvet underground
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The Kills, "Pale Blue Eyes"

| February 17th, 2012

What's your favorite cover of The Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes"? Mine is probably the Marisa Monte version, followed closely by the sloppy R.E.M. rendition. Anyway, here's The Kills. [Via]

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10 Songs About Drugs In Ascending Order Of Their Dangerousness To People Who Use Them And Society As A Whole

| November 2nd, 2010

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Lou Reed Definitely Has A Lot Of Football In Him

| January 18th, 2012

"Lou Reed seems like there’s some football hidden in him. His name, Lou Reed, sounds like the name of a football coach—you can imagine a trophy or a plaque named after him. And as he’s aged, the weather-beaten sports coach inside has slowly revealed itself. His face reflects a combination of Vince Lombardi’s knowing gaze and Larry Brown’s mirthless grimace." —Over at the Classical, Devin Mcintyre writes a nice post about how the songs on the Velvet Underground's first album predicted the coming of this year's Jesus-loving sports phenom Tim Tebow—way back in 1967. It's the type of argument I am always ready to be convinced of. But [...]

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The Velvet Underground, In Order

| June 9th, 2011

37) The Murder Mystery 36) I Heard Her Call My Name 35) The Black Angel’s Death Song 34) Lonesome Cowboy Bill 33) Train Round the Bend 32) Head Held High 31) European Son 30) Run Run Run 29) Lady Godiva’s Operation 28) That’s the Story of My Life 27) Cool It Down