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Filled with imagery from medieval Britain (especially in the "Jack-in-the-Green", "Cup of Wonder", and "Ring Out Solstice Bells" lyrics), and ornamental folk arrangement (as in "Velvet Green" and "Fire at Midnight"), Songs From the Wood was a departure from the hard rock of earlier Jethro Tull material, though it still retained some of the band's older, progressive sound.
Another version of "Heroin" was with Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and John Cale at the band's Ludlow Street loft in July 1965. Unlike versions of songs such as "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "Venus in Furs" from the same session, which sound drastically different from how they would on The Velvet Underground & Nico, this version of "Heroin" is nearly identical to the album version in structure.
The Complete Matrix Tapes is a live album by the New York City-based experimental rock band the Velvet Underground, released on November 20, 2015.It features unexpurgated recordings of the band's two-night stint on November 26 and 27, 1969, at San Francisco club The Matrix, owned and operated by Jefferson Airplane's Marty Balin.
January 3, 1966 (The Velvet Underground & Nico, 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe edition) Was planned for release on the deluxe 2-disc CD edition of The Velvet Underground & Nico but was pulled at the last minute. [3] [4] Eventually released on the 45th Anniversary edition. "The Murder Mystery" Studio recordings: The Velvet Underground
"Sister Ray" is a song by the Velvet Underground that closes side two of their 1968 album White Light/White Heat. The lyrics are by Lou Reed, with music composed by John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker and Reed. The song concerns drug use, violence, homosexuality, and transvestism. Reed said of the lyrics: "it has eight characters in it ...
A version of the song, with modified lyrics about adopting stray cats, was featured in the 2006 film The Science of Sleep [9] Autolux drummer, Carla Azar performed the song as an encore while playing at the Henry Fonda Theatre. A cover by Babyshambles is featured on the deluxe edition of their 2013 album Sequel to the Prequel.
"Lady Godiva's Operation" is a song by the Velvet Underground from their second album, White Light/White Heat (1968). The lyrics of the first half of the song, sung by John Cale, describe Lady Godiva; the lyrics of the second half, sung by Cale alternating with Lou Reed, are full of oblique, deadpan black humor and describe a botched surgical procedure, implied to be a lobotomy. [1]
"Rock & Roll" (sometimes spelled Rock 'n' Roll) is a song by the Velvet Underground, originally appearing on their 1970 album Loaded. The song was written by the Velvets' leader Lou Reed, who continued to incorporate the song into his own live performances years later as a solo artist.