I was there!!... and for so many of their shows at the Tea Party... they played there many times from mid '67 through early '69. Their earlier shows with John Cale were a bit more musically chaotic, this is a relatively laid back. Wish I could remember the experiences better, but fortunately I kept track of all the shows I saw there, and elsewhere, cause I knew I was part of something musically and historically significant, I was 19-21 during that time. Thx for the excellent upload.
I live through that 'era' in the sixties, most of these songs are esoteric all about living in NYC on drugs. Not passing judgment, some of the greatest rock and roll song from NYC to SFO were made this way
I wasn't there but i heard first Velvet Underground with there Hit "White Light, White Heat" in L4D2 (Zombie Shooter Game) in a really cool Mission, i was fighting a Horde of Zombies inside the Templehall of the Gnome King on a Planet far away from Earth and this Song played during the Epic Battle!!! 🎶🥰👍🎶 PS: First i wasn't sure if this Song was English or French because im Austrian and speak German^^ ...
❤I was born the mid child a hermaphrodite of triplets girl and boy in August 1969. I am so fortunate! I know how many lovely people were making honest music and caring about one another and healing from war and sharing how feelings felt - I was passed around in love circles to be held by entertaining people who made their own clothing and jewelry and instruments and head to toe wanted better for the worlds and collective consciousness was a gift we used! I was lucky because my uncle was best friends with Lou reed and they felt Lu my and Nico babysat me and Warhol babysat me and Patti and my mom gave hand made bean bags to the factory and my dad helped explain how sound could be better and designing happened and movies were made and I drew and coloured and painted with these beautiful artists of The Factory where you could benefit each other and as a group and anyone really hip to that could have a part. When I see the other places I have the same feelings that I’m home . I travelled a bunch around this gorgeous planet ooh the trains in Russia and Germany and how many similarities and differences there are . I was trained from a few days on phone to use sign language and I talked and walked so early and I loved to help. To work is to create which God does the
who ever wants to rest in peace??? like lou himself said: "it always bothers me to see people writing 'rip' when a person dies. it just feels so insincere and like a cop-out. to me, 'rip' is the microwave dinner of posthumous honors." lou reed
Love it. Saw them May 31,1969 @ the Tea Party. I was graduating from H.S. the next day so I was extremely psyched to see the Velvets. Well I would go early to make sure I got in,(got shut out of Led Zep, there shortly before). I had never heard of the opening act but I was floored, these guys were phenomenal, it was The Allman Bros. Greg mentions in his book about their arrangement w/ the Tea Party at that time in their career. Been to 100's of shows, this ranks up there in my top10.
Hello, I am in my Velvet Underground Week; Heard this one for the first time. Outstanding, Unique, Magnificient, Unrepeatble. The equivalent in painting of Modern Art vs, traditional art. Plan on hearing them for hours...
And your penance will be to watch twelve Andy Warhol films continuously, without a break. Seriously though, I am on a similar kick and am really into them. To think that some idiot on here thinks that Led Zep are better is beyond my thinking. It's not about rock 'n' roll, but art - but the r 'n' r is important as well.
I've been listening to this band since 89 when I first heard Heroin and Sunday Morning and now all I do is dig out there rare stuff and all media. I still have my rolling stones magazine cover of Lou's RIP cover on my wall since he departed.
You're welcome! In 1969 unfortunately I wasn't even born ;-), I would have liked to be there so so much (lucky you!!)... I found this tape recording some time ago from someone who was there and shared it on a forum... I thought that everybody should be able to listen to this, hence I decided to share it with a larger community...
No, the greatest bands of all time. Why? because in 4 albums they made very different music, but whatever style, always most outstanding, there is no single VU song which is same any other VU song. All unique masterpieces
well, who wants to rest in peace with a body of work lou reed wrote??? or like he said himself: "it always bothers me to see people writing 'rip' when a person dies. it just feels so insincere and like a cop-out. to me, 'rip' is the microwave dinner of posthumous honors." lou reed
@@stichtingraspoetin8495 Although I tend to agree that RIP and the equally ubiquitous "thoughts and prayers" are rather hollow and insincere, I don't think Lou will be bothered by my paying respect to him.
@@1959markie1 sure no! but i presume, the problem with language in general is, words are getting hollowed out when they're getting 'too popular', just like it happened to the very word 'respect' in the last years, or like lou sang in his: 'standing on ceremony': "...can't you show some respect please / although you didn't in real life / your mother is dying / and I god damn well hope you're satisfied..." so probably people in general might need poets to give us this special awareness of all those specific words & their detailed meanings, to keep up with a certain differentiated 'honesty' maybe??? or just like bob dylan sang: "...goodbye's too good a word babe, so i'll just say fare thee well..." as i was told today, a recording of lou singing this bob song will be released now soon.... but maybe i'm just too much 'blabber 'n smoke' now??? but being bothered after dying seems an impossibility to me too......
People always say 'no one makes music like this anyone' and that isn't true. You just aren't listening to it, just like nobody listened to it in the 60s, except their cult following. There are tons of great, exciting bands that are just ignored. The internet makes it so easy to find bands that nobody bothers looking. It's just right there.
bcuzz they always mostly push and crazy gatekeep the ones who are their safe and rights and trademarked property locked & secured in england and the globus paradigm and one day the thing is juss gonna popp and come down again and everything in it will fly away with the wind
Oh, ok. Hmm, let's see. My "research" on "the group" indicates Moe Tucker took a sabbatical for her pregnancy/childbirth in 1970. This recording is from January 1969. Which is, like, a year before then. Pregnant or not, Maureen is (standing) behind the kit in this recording. Clear enough? Besides...if you think this sounds like anyone other than Moe Tucker on the drums, you've either got a tin ear...or you're trolling. It's the latter, isn't it?
I was there with BOWIE POP RAMONE.and SMITH. Had dinner at HARVARD CLUB with WARHOL and EDIE - one of her grandfathers lettered for that college's gridiron squad, no kiddin'. WE had a real gud time together. WE laughed and shouted and danced TOGETHER.
Sterling's guitar work is phenomenal. Love the story about how they sold so few albums, but the thousands that did buy, all started their own band. There's truth to that.
stones ya ya 69 airplane bless its pointed little head 68 ther are a few more but can,t think of them now this is a good sounding tape i must admit,i do agree
Doug Yule may have gone more than a little crazy, but this makes it clear why both Sterling Morrison and Moe Tucker later commented on how good a musician he was.
Thank you, IsakBorg - R.I.P. Lou Reed - I was one of those (high school) kids who heard the Velvets w/Nico album,and IMMEDIATELY formed/joined a band!!! :- )
Bye Candy! Your music and the guts of your generation made us feel like things can change for the better. I certainly will remember you with proud and continue blasting my car with the loudliest tunes from your live. Forever!
Thank you so very much! The sound quality here is a lot better than a lot of the semi-legit stuff that got released. No rock band has ever stood out to me as being as far ahead of their time as the VU.
Michael Horgan Right around t time of Murmur, REM played for $5 at a bar in t same block that I lived (where there was usually no cover). In my infinet wisdom, I decided to pass as $5 was too much to hear some band from Ga. playing Byrds licks
$9 to see the Beatles Hollywood Bowl, '64. Or maybe that was $4.50 apiece for me and my sister, don't remember. $3.50 to see Zeppelin in 1970. What I would lay out now to see these guys and Moe and Nico. Wouldn't be any question. I flew to Paris from LA just to see Margo Timmins and Cowboy Junkies. Worth every little bit of it.
Incredible set. Great recording, considering the equipment and it's from the audience. Amazing versions of What Goes On and Sister Ray. Vocals are buried, but the music is sublime.
I was there with Jane Birkin as my date. We got down behind the main riser as the Velvets were jamming to White Light/White Heat. Lou got distracted by Jane, but I told him to focus and finish the song. Then Jane gave me something called the piece de resistance to finish up. Good times.
I was at every show they did at the Tea Party. Some of the best moments of my life. Did they realize at the time what an impact they were having? They helped define my life. I was a junior in high school and I did not fit in at my school but at the Tea Party with them playing I was as alive as any person on the planet.
Lou always said Boston was their favorite city to perform in, NY never gave them the respect they deserved... Boston was "smart enuff" to know their genius. That's why NY became the disco mecca a few years later... And Boston went on to birth many of the greatest bands the world has ever seen seen
sounds really good..... being used listening to old vinyl bootlegs and official live recordings of bands from this time I would say you are really modest about the sounds quality which to my ears is TOP NOTCH!! thanx a LOT for posting man!!!
And as a major Ramones fan, I have to say that I agree with Luis that the Velvet Underground was one of the first true punk bands. It's hard to name just one, though, as I could say the same thing for The Sonics and Love.
YEAH LOU I WAS 3 TIMES AT YOUR CONCERTS IN LJUBLJANA THE SAME I WAS AT BOB DYLAN S HE IS MY MAN AND YOU LOU WERE THE BEST WITH THE VELVET UNDERGROUND YOU HAVE DIED THE SAME YEAR AS MY MAMA IN AN ACCIDENT I MISS YOU BOTH REST IN PEACE YOUR MUSIC LIVES ON
Heroine is not great. It's death. I think, 50% of my dearest friends died from it, during the 80/90s. They are still missed after all these years. Reed was an unique personage translating the rush into words. Rest in peace, my friends.
I wish more rock bands were into Jazz (and not the artsy type, the type that actually has balls to it) these days because the tight and semi coherent enough Jazz Jam in the middle of a rock song that aren't trying to be the Greatful Dead is something that really lacks in the modern era.
Might not be your cup of tea, but check out this artist by the name of King Krule. Look for the video for his song called "Octopus". He's really young and from the UK and he uses brass in several of his songs. He's actually quite amazing for a young fellow. He mixes electronic music with very minimalistic post-punk I'd say. He doesn't sing punkish though. He sounds more like a really drunk Randy Newman or Damon Albarn.
+MRLein93 "I Can't Stand It"; set two from the Matrix. That may be the best late 60's jam I've ever heard. It's concise, and very British at the time vs. the San Fran Hippie bands. It was more Syd Barrett Floyd than the Dead. Modern Jam Bands are crap, except for Gov't Mule. Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green were the real jam band at the time, they made the Dead look like amateur hour. The Allmans' did the same after Green left Fleetwood Mac.
+creekandseminole he's one of the more interesting artists to come out of the UK in a while, but not heard anything from him in a long time. I'm hoping he comes up with something amazing after such a long absence. He's quite exploratory, and I like how he mixes his jazz influences with funk and some darker, trippier elements. He's more Bragg, Tom Waits and Mike Skinner I think, but the Randy Newman comparison is spot on. Imagine him doing "12 Songs..." I had almost forgotten about him, and the effect listening to "Neptune Estate" had. I hope to listen to to his album with fresh ears when the time is right.
PrizewinnersPaws I think he recently released a sort of Hip-Hop album with his brother under how own name. Haven't listened to it though, but I'd think he'd be pretty cool doing some grime stuff if that's what it is.
This highly intensified recording is a bootlegdream come true! Even more, mr. Jonathan Richman tells how the atmosphere was on that night, so it makes this happening more worthful than a simple bootleg
right? i was thinking maybe it wasn't simple to professionally record a concert, but if you think about it the beatles were around during those years and there are a lot of live footages of them from the late 60s :/
@@andrewg.. You got that right, this band really was ahead of its time! The first time I heard their sound was from my friends brother, who worked for a radio station in Boston, and was one heck of a musician to boot! At that time, many just didn't get it, then again that's almost always how it happens! They can say what they want, but the VU were outstanding! Think of all the songs we've all heard of various musical styles! You just can't mistake a Velvet Underground recording, NOBODY sounded like them at the time, and 50+ years later, that's still the case!!
People forget how how amazing the Velvets were live. They were a jazz influenced jam band every bit as good (if not better) than the Allman Bros. and Grateful dead
True. I got into the Velvets years ago but it was thru their studio albums and the first live LP i heard (live at maxs kansas city) turned me a bit off live stuff because of its poor audio but 20 yrs later starved for something new velvets i tried some of the live stuff on youtube and it was mind blowing, yeah these cats could really jam live no doubt about it
Like the vast majority of males Lou travelled towards conformity as he aged , His version of himself in his last years was practically white straight( ha) all clean living American boy . Cale remains consistent in his telling of history and continued to work with Nico. I,d like to know more about the rest of the Velvets .Any book advice? ?
Maybe a few comments that told this video's quality is so bad. But, i think we don't care about that. The spirit of VU is real, raw, and can't image. Unless via their music.
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I was there!!... and for so many of their shows at the Tea Party... they played there many times from mid '67 through early '69. Their earlier shows with John Cale were a bit more musically chaotic, this is a relatively laid back. Wish I could remember the experiences better, but fortunately I kept track of all the shows I saw there, and elsewhere, cause I knew I was part of something musically and historically significant, I was 19-21 during that time. Thx for the excellent upload.
BigSurreal what was it like seeing these guys in person?
How stoned was the audience
How stoned was the crowd
@@andrew_omara5759 As stoned as the audience.
I'm a few years younger. I didn't move to Boston until 1982. Would have loved to have been at this, much less any John Cale shows. Mo just rules.
coolest band in rock history. Probably.
+VC1 maybe
+VC1 DEFO
I live through that 'era' in the sixties, most of these songs are esoteric all about living in NYC on drugs. Not passing judgment, some of the greatest rock and roll song from NYC to SFO were made this way
No. Most over-rated, yes
Definitely
I was there. I think that I saw almost every show they did at the Boston Tea Party. Great days.
I wasn't there but i heard first Velvet Underground with there Hit "White Light, White Heat" in L4D2 (Zombie Shooter Game) in a really cool Mission, i was fighting a Horde of Zombies inside the Templehall of the Gnome King on a Planet far away from Earth and this Song played during the Epic Battle!!! 🎶🥰👍🎶
PS: First i wasn't sure if this Song was English or French because im Austrian and speak German^^ ...
there was live at texas something in NY 1969 i was not there i was 14
@@3HR3NGR4B Badass Story
Could you imagine going back in time to 1969? The year of years for music.
and yet the #1 song of that year was "Sugar" by The Archies.
@@AlmostReadyMovie Well, it was a pretty sweet year...
❤I was born the mid child a hermaphrodite of triplets girl and boy in August 1969. I am so fortunate! I know how many lovely people were making honest music and caring about one another and healing from war and sharing how feelings felt - I was passed around in love circles to be held by entertaining people who made their own clothing and jewelry and instruments and head to toe wanted better for the worlds and collective consciousness was a gift we used!
I was lucky because my uncle was best friends with Lou reed and they felt Lu my and Nico babysat me and Warhol babysat me and Patti and my mom gave hand made bean bags to the factory and my dad helped explain how sound could be better and designing happened and movies were made and I drew and coloured and painted with these beautiful artists of The Factory where you could benefit each other and as a group and anyone really hip to that could have a part.
When I see the other places I have the same feelings that I’m home . I travelled a bunch around this gorgeous planet ooh the trains in Russia and Germany and how many similarities and differences there are . I was trained from a few days on phone to use sign language and I talked and walked so early and I loved to help. To work is to create which God does the
@@CooManTunes 1955 better
Lou was the Godfather of Punk,period. We still got John Cale and Mo Tucker. Lets appreciate them as well while they are still here.
I still get chills when I hear your music. Rest in peace, Lou!
who ever wants to rest in peace??? like lou himself said:
"it always bothers me to see people writing 'rip' when a person dies. it just feels so insincere and like a cop-out. to me, 'rip' is the microwave dinner of posthumous honors." lou reed
Shit, let's cancel them! #WWLRD@@stichtingraspoetin8495
Love it. Saw them May 31,1969 @ the Tea Party. I was graduating from H.S. the next day so I was extremely psyched to see the Velvets. Well I would go early to make sure I got in,(got shut out of Led Zep, there shortly before). I had never heard of the opening act but I was floored, these guys were phenomenal, it was The Allman Bros. Greg mentions in his book about their arrangement w/ the Tea Party at that time in their career. Been to 100's of shows, this ranks up there in my top10.
apart from velvets transformer rock and roll animal coney island
Hello, I am in my Velvet Underground Week; Heard this one for the first time. Outstanding, Unique, Magnificient, Unrepeatble. The equivalent in painting of Modern Art vs, traditional art. Plan on hearing them for hours...
Jorge Gomez i know exactly what u mean...cheerz
And your penance will be to watch twelve Andy Warhol films continuously, without a break. Seriously though, I am on a similar kick and am really into them. To think that some idiot on here thinks that Led Zep are better is beyond my thinking. It's not about rock 'n' roll, but art - but the r 'n' r is important as well.
I'm doing the same, man. I went from DEVO to this, lol
I've been listening to this band since 89 when I first heard Heroin and Sunday Morning and now all I do is dig out there rare stuff and all media. I still have my rolling stones magazine cover of Lou's RIP cover on my wall since he departed.
@@robertmurray4490 apples and oranges
You're welcome! In 1969 unfortunately I wasn't even born ;-), I would have liked to be there so so much (lucky you!!)... I found this tape recording some time ago from someone who was there and shared it on a forum... I thought that everybody should be able to listen to this, hence I decided to share it with a larger community...
Velvets were one of the five greatest bands of all time. RIP Lou, you will be missed.
No, the greatest bands of all time. Why? because in 4 albums they made very different music, but whatever style, always most outstanding, there is no single VU song which is same any other VU song. All unique masterpieces
@@bogotario I would not disagree with anything you said 👍.
well, who wants to rest in peace with a body of work lou reed wrote??? or like he said himself:
"it always bothers me to see people writing 'rip' when a person dies. it just feels so insincere and like a cop-out. to me, 'rip' is the microwave dinner of posthumous honors." lou reed
@@stichtingraspoetin8495 Although I tend to agree that RIP and the equally ubiquitous "thoughts and prayers" are rather hollow and insincere, I don't think Lou will be bothered by my paying respect to him.
@@1959markie1
sure no! but i presume, the problem with language in general is, words are getting hollowed out when they're getting 'too popular', just like it happened to the very word 'respect' in the last years, or like lou sang in his: 'standing on ceremony': "...can't you show some respect please / although you didn't in real life / your mother is dying / and I god damn well hope you're satisfied..." so probably people in general might need poets to give us this special awareness of all those specific words & their detailed meanings, to keep up with a certain differentiated 'honesty' maybe??? or just like bob dylan sang: "...goodbye's too good a word babe, so i'll just say fare thee well..." as i was told today, a recording of lou singing this bob song will be released now soon.... but maybe i'm just too much 'blabber 'n smoke' now??? but being bothered after dying seems an impossibility to me too......
1:01:47 Pale Blue Eyes
1:08:20 Sister Ray
People always say 'no one makes music like this anyone' and that isn't true. You just aren't listening to it, just like nobody listened to it in the 60s, except their cult following. There are tons of great, exciting bands that are just ignored. The internet makes it so easy to find bands that nobody bothers looking. It's just right there.
bcuzz they always mostly push and crazy gatekeep the ones who are their
safe and rights and trademarked property locked & secured in england and the globus paradigm and one day the thing is juss gonna popp and come down again and everything in it will fly away with the wind
God I love Moe's percussion.
luigigarcia64 This was when she was pregnant?
It is moe!
This is not Billy Yule.
She didn't leave the group until 1970.
Oh, ok.
Hmm, let's see.
My "research" on "the group" indicates Moe Tucker took a sabbatical for her pregnancy/childbirth in 1970.
This recording is from January 1969.
Which is, like, a year before then. Pregnant or not, Maureen is (standing) behind the kit in this recording.
Clear enough?
Besides...if you think this sounds like anyone other than Moe Tucker on the drums, you've either got a tin ear...or you're trolling.
It's the latter, isn't it?
Def Moe. Billy Yule did not play drums like this at all and had a dif kit then her im sure. this has her style all over it.
I was there with Andy Warhol and Marianne Faithful and Picasso and Dylan and Bettie Page and we had a great time. Thank you for posting this.
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@@Allidoisworry bad vibe guy.
If you were you were lucky music like this is rarely made now.
I was there with BOWIE POP RAMONE.and SMITH. Had dinner at HARVARD CLUB with WARHOL and EDIE - one of her grandfathers lettered for that college's gridiron squad, no kiddin'.
WE had a real gud time together. WE laughed and shouted and danced TOGETHER.
@@ethanhill9460 Not true. Punk was afterwards, not 1967-1969. They was babies then.
Sterling's guitar work is phenomenal. Love the story about how they sold so few albums, but the thousands that did buy, all started their own band. There's truth to that.
The interplay between the guitars is phenomenal
Ha, the first bootleg I've ever heard that is as good as any commercial recording around the era if not better. Love your work bro.
stones ya ya 69 airplane bless its pointed little head 68 ther are a few more but can,t think of them now this is a good sounding tape i must admit,i do agree
I may have been there!! Saw them there but they became regulars!! Awesome. But we didn't know we were seeing a legend....just a new band in Boston!!
This band absolutely jam like no other band ever has
Doug Yule may have gone more than a little crazy, but this makes it clear why both Sterling Morrison and Moe Tucker later commented on how good a musician he was.
jackal59 amen
jackal59 ...and then he made the ‘squeeze’ album.
he was solid. its a crime he was disregarded.
@@ms-iz9ye Squeeze is mostly a pretty good album as long as you dont expect it to be White Light White Heat
@@billlloyd4029 took some guts to even make it i'd say
That's for posting. There will never be enough live recordings of the VU, and this is a great one.
gees i am glad i rediscovered this thank you tube and thank you 1969 when i was just 14
I LOVE the Velvet Underground's music! :-)
Thank you, IsakBorg - R.I.P. Lou Reed - I was one of those (high school) kids who heard the Velvets w/Nico album,and IMMEDIATELY formed/joined a band!!! :- )
this is outrageously brilliant!!
45:40: Such a great picture of the band!
No other band like them since. The closest rock 'n roll ever got to the Velvets again was Spacemen 3 and that was about it.
Lucas Ferreira not even close
nobody ever came close to the velvets and never will.
the modern lovers kinda have a similar sound
no one close to the Velvets...but Pavement were sorta on the same general road
Les Rallizes Dénudés
Bye Candy! Your music and the guts of your generation made us feel like things can change for the better. I certainly will remember you with proud and continue blasting my car with the loudliest tunes from your live. Forever!
thanks for posting this. this music stands the test f time; it's still great. RIP, Lou. you were my idol when I was growing up
Thank you so very much! The sound quality here is a lot better than a lot of the semi-legit stuff that got released. No rock band has ever stood out to me as being as far ahead of their time as the VU.
$3.50. When they went up to $4 for Who (maybe it was Pink Floyd), I thought "Oh my god, 4 bucks for a concert?"
Michael Horgan now it's like "wow $200 for a concert?"
Michael Horgan
Right around t time of Murmur, REM played for $5 at a bar in t same block that I lived (where there was usually no cover). In my infinet wisdom, I decided to pass as $5 was too much to hear some band from Ga. playing Byrds licks
$9 to see the Beatles Hollywood Bowl, '64. Or maybe that was $4.50 apiece for me and my sister, don't remember. $3.50 to see Zeppelin in 1970. What I would lay out now to see these guys and Moe and Nico. Wouldn't be any question. I flew to Paris from LA just to see Margo Timmins and Cowboy Junkies. Worth every little bit of it.
good musicians deserve infinity but yeah its a lot of money for everyday people
You are blessed Sir, to have such memories. I'm envious. And I'm 53 yrs of age, haha... - Hope you're doing well.
Dark and psychedelic and groovy as fuck
Thank god there were tapers back then, or we would never have this.
Incredible set. Great recording, considering the equipment and it's from the audience. Amazing versions of What Goes On and Sister Ray. Vocals are buried, but the music is sublime.
I was there and I was at every VU concert in Massachusetts; I miss Lou like he was a part of my family.
true and original musical pioneers, great stuff - many thanks
19:12 that weird wailing solo gives me chills every time
I was there with Jane Birkin as my date. We got down behind the main riser as the Velvets were jamming to White Light/White Heat. Lou got distracted by Jane, but I told him to focus and finish the song. Then Jane gave me something called the piece de resistance to finish up. Good times.
Lol
Well played Sir. Nico was the original Uber Babe and only the Proto Waif Jane Birkin can trump her.
I was at every show they did at the Tea Party. Some of the best moments of my life. Did they realize at the time what an impact they were having? They helped define my life. I was a junior in high school and I did not fit in at my school but at the Tea Party with them playing I was as alive as any person on the planet.
Great Show!! Thanx 4 Sharing!!!
Lou loved Boston, and the VU were huge there. They played the Tea Party all the time during their formative years.
Thank you so much for the upload, and what a wonderful idea to put some words from Jonathan Richman. It feels like I was there. ❤️
That was effin unbelievable. I almost came during Pale Blue Eyes and then creamed my goggles during Sister Ray. One of the all-time finds.
The purest it gets. Only the fall come close
Wow great version of Waiting for My Man. It works well slower, and wonderfully ragged as always
Live at the Boston Tea Party! Damn, they were still jamming 200 years later.
Lou always said Boston was their favorite city to perform in, NY never gave them the respect they deserved... Boston was "smart enuff" to know their genius. That's why NY became the disco mecca a few years later... And Boston went on to birth many of the greatest bands the world has ever seen seen
sounds really good.....
being used listening to old vinyl bootlegs and official live recordings of bands from this time I would say you are really modest about the sounds quality which to my ears is TOP NOTCH!!
thanx a LOT for posting man!!!
And as a major Ramones fan, I have to say that I agree with Luis that the Velvet Underground was one of the first true punk bands. It's hard to name just one, though, as I could say the same thing for The Sonics and Love.
The Stooges
Stooges?
The interplay between the guitars is phenomenal
RIP Brother. You're #1
Ah ga damn!!! How fortunate we were to have lived to hear this. All hail, the VU!!!!!!
YEAH LOU I WAS 3 TIMES AT YOUR CONCERTS IN LJUBLJANA THE SAME I WAS AT BOB DYLAN S HE IS MY MAN AND YOU LOU WERE THE BEST WITH THE VELVET UNDERGROUND YOU HAVE DIED THE SAME YEAR AS MY MAMA IN AN ACCIDENT I MISS YOU BOTH REST IN PEACE YOUR MUSIC LIVES ON
Thank you priceless my town their second home
Heroine is not great. It's death. I think, 50% of my dearest friends died from it, during the 80/90s. They are still missed after all these years. Reed was an unique personage translating the rush into words. Rest in peace, my friends.
Great. Don’t think I’ve ever heard a live recording of “runrunrun “
The Rounders opening for Velvet Underground!? Now I've seen everything.
The Rounders were good. I remember they did "Boobs A Lot" that night.
I wish more rock bands were into Jazz (and not the artsy type, the type that actually has balls to it) these days because the tight and semi coherent enough Jazz Jam in the middle of a rock song that aren't trying to be the Greatful Dead is something that really lacks in the modern era.
Might not be your cup of tea, but check out this artist by the name of King Krule. Look for the video for his song called "Octopus". He's really young and from the UK and he uses brass in several of his songs. He's actually quite amazing for a young fellow. He mixes electronic music with very minimalistic post-punk I'd say. He doesn't sing punkish though. He sounds more like a really drunk Randy Newman or Damon Albarn.
+MRLein93 hey in which song do the velvets go into a jazz jam?
+MRLein93 "I Can't Stand It"; set two from the Matrix. That may be the best late 60's jam I've ever heard. It's concise, and very British at the time vs. the San Fran Hippie bands. It was more Syd Barrett Floyd than the Dead. Modern Jam Bands are crap, except for Gov't Mule. Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green were the real jam band at the time, they made the Dead look like amateur hour. The Allmans' did the same after Green left Fleetwood Mac.
+creekandseminole he's one of the more interesting artists to come out of the UK in a while, but not heard anything from him in a long time. I'm hoping he comes up with something amazing after such a long absence. He's quite exploratory, and I like how he mixes his jazz influences with funk and some darker, trippier elements. He's more Bragg, Tom Waits and Mike Skinner I think, but the Randy Newman comparison is spot on. Imagine him doing "12 Songs..." I had almost forgotten about him, and the effect listening to "Neptune Estate" had. I hope to listen to to his album with fresh ears when the time is right.
PrizewinnersPaws I think he recently released a sort of Hip-Hop album with his brother under how own name. Haven't listened to it though, but I'd think he'd be pretty cool doing some grime stuff if that's what it is.
Divino! Magico! Nova Dimensão! Absurdamente cortante!
i seen lou in albany at the palace it was great...i think he played a lot at maxys kansas city a bar located in new Jersey maybe
Raw as hell versions of the Live 1969 tour.
This highly intensified recording is a bootlegdream come true! Even more, mr. Jonathan Richman tells how the atmosphere was on that night, so it makes this happening more worthful than a simple bootleg
波をつくる人は至るところに🌊🎵
Ｋシミズ君の心にまだこれらのメロディが流れている事を祈る。
move right in is a cool song
I like how the start right away with Heroin wasting no time haha
i can imagine lou came up to the stage and went straight "hello we're the velvet underground and here's a song about shooting heroin"
@@nabilaadeliaputri2893 😆😆 that’d definitely be a move he would do!
I'm gonna mooooooooove right in!
thank you very much for posting this... nuttin like live VU....
Ich finde diese Aufnahme richtig cool.😄😁
Ich auch
R.IP Lou Reed (1942-2013). The Real Father of PUNK!
Put the bass boost on and turn the volume up.
gotta love the drumming m tucker
thank you
Thank you, Lou.
Drove in from Lowell to see this show.
robert byers
Lucky!
way better quality than the Quine tapes. this should get a legitimate release. whatever happened to their bootleg series?
Would of loved to see that show with the mighty Holy Modal Rounders & the great VU....what a cool line up. Awesome stuff.
Good bye Lou ...forever in our hearts.thanks ...
This is the most exciting today in fucking office.
Thanks Lou.
I wasn't there. I was ten years old.
Love you Lou.
BIG THANK YOU!!!
AMAZING TO HEAR
ahh beautiful
This is amazing but like, how come there's almost no live footage of the Velvets from their original run?
right? i was thinking maybe it wasn't simple to professionally record a concert, but if you think about it the beatles were around during those years and there are a lot of live footages of them from the late 60s :/
Video tape and film were expensive.
Nobody cared about VU back then
@@andrewg.. You got that right, this band really was ahead of its time! The first time I heard their sound was from my friends brother, who worked for a radio station in Boston, and was one heck of a musician to boot! At that time, many just didn't get it, then again that's almost always how it happens! They can say what they want, but the VU were outstanding! Think of all the songs we've all heard of various musical styles! You just can't mistake a Velvet Underground recording, NOBODY sounded like them at the time, and 50+ years later, that's still the case!!
yeah u would think w/Warhol kicking around there would be some great live footage but all ive ever seen are bits and pieces thrown together later...
Si si, yo estaba con chaplin el.papa y johaness guthemberg. Kepler andaba por ahi también, mirando estrellas claro...
People forget how how amazing the Velvets were live. They were a jazz influenced jam band every bit as good (if not better) than the Allman Bros. and Grateful dead
King Crimson Amen
King Crimson Stockhausen Mahler a wall of vibrations
True. I got into the Velvets years ago but it was thru their studio albums and the first live LP i heard (live at maxs kansas city) turned me a bit off live stuff because of its poor audio but 20 yrs later starved for something new velvets i tried some of the live stuff on youtube and it was mind blowing, yeah these cats could really jam live no doubt about it
whoa man, Lou singing Candy Says with Doug Yule backing him up at 46:13, too cool
They played in Memphis about this time. But it wasn't publicized. It was small but went over well.
*29:45** ------- wooooooooow!!!!!!!!!*
Can"t stand it is on Lou' 1st album , great album .
They were incredibly hot and live. The is how it is at the moment. On this night Lou and Moe were at the top of their game. Just a great show
Joel
he actually said he didn't really care for punk rock...
... which is such a punk rock thing to say.
+Christopher Thomas punk sucks
most punk is awful. full of adult babies.
@@Allidoisworry not of you choose the good records.
Like the vast majority of males Lou travelled towards conformity as he aged , His version of himself in his last years was practically white straight( ha) all clean living American boy . Cale remains consistent in his telling of history and continued to work with Nico. I,d like to know more about the rest of the Velvets .Any book advice?
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Toit simplement magnifique.
damn it's great
catalunya s' enrecorda de la velvet i lou,, ens veurem al cel o allà on vulguis, a reveure¡¡¡¡
it's still pure magic! The knowers are decimating by the hour......and that is sad!
holy shit
I love Jonathon Richman, but I don't believe there were any MIT students. I saw Led Zep with Johnny Winter and MC5 at the Tea Party once.
Nice concerts,Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter and MC5 and the Velvet
I tell U in French Bravo
whyy i was not there back then
Simplesmente sensacional!
Maybe a few comments that told this video's quality is so bad. But, i think we don't care about that. The spirit of VU is real, raw, and can't image. Unless via their music.