Tag: velvet-underground

I’m Waiting For My Man, by The Velvet Underground.

I have no idea what Lou Reed is talking about in this song, nope, why do you ask?

A fun one, very proto-punk Velvets, best played loud.

Pale Blue Eyes, by The Velvet Underground.

I heard Lou Reed long before I heard The Velvet Underground, because of Walk on the Wild Side, but I have a hard time placing this song in the order of exposure, because I may have heard some later version in a movie? Did the Cowboy Junkies cover this one, too?

Once I had a hold of the banana album, that was it for me, and I’ve barely listened to anything else by this band since. Went through that phase where I thought Lou singing about addiction was pretty much the coolest thing ever, and walked around New York as an eighteen year old like I knew exactly what he was sing-talking about.

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I like these chord changes so much I slapped a capo on the first fret to play it in the right key without tearing up my wrist quite as much trying to hit those Fs and B-flats. Added a second guitar track with some twiddly stuff and otherwise, leaving it pale and blue. 😉