1/9/2024 0 Comments Nico the velvet undergroundThe Velvet Underground & Nico is a classic rock album, but not in the same ways as a lot of other classic rock music from the ‘60s. Despite having some similarities to other artists, I think that between the lyrical content and the music The Velvet Underground & Nico is still a great album and very different than the majority of music in the 1960’s. To me, that song feels almost like anxiety but as music. Although the song isn’t one of my favorites, “The Black Angel’s Death Song” has a cool violin part. “I’ll Be Your Mirror” has a really good and cute sounding tambourine and guitar tab. “There She Goes Again” also reminds me of Dylan but it has these good backing vocals that make the song sound even more interesting. Nico’s voice in “Femme Fatale” sounds very interesting and is a good change from the rest of the music on the album. “Sunday Morning” has bells that make it feel like a calmer and almost cute sounding song. I think that even though some of the songs remind me of other artists, The Velvet Underground & Nico is still a great album and incredibly unique. In “Heroin,” Reed’s voice reminds me of Bob Dylan. Songs like “I’m Waiting for the Man” remind me of the early Beatles and the British invasion. Even as the brand is marketed as being, I didn’t think The Velvet Underground & Nico was as far away from some of the other music of that time as I was expecting. It’s highest position on the charts was 43rd on UK charts but it did not get there until Reed’s death in 2013. It only sold 30,000 copies between 19 which is incredibly low. After this album Nico started her solo career and Reed was back in the spotlight.ĭespite being listed as number 13 on Rolling Stone’s top 500 albums of all time, The Velvet Underground & Nico did poorly when it was released. This caused problems with VU frontman Lou Reed because he felt like it was his band and Nico was in the way. When Andy Warhol decided to work with the Velvet Underground on their debut album, he wanted a more conventionally attractive face for the band so he hired German singer, Nico. The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about the Velvet Underground’s 1967 debut album.
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