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Trying to understand the Velvet Underground’s influence based on one song is like a blind man describing an elephant after only feeling its tail. Their music was a mixture of styles that described the NY street life of the time, to me. From Heroin to Rock & Roll to Sweet Jane to Take a Walk on the Wild Side, they took you on an avant garde trip through an addicts life. My first intro was Reed’s solo Rock & Roll Animal LP, and I was hooked. Keep reacting. ✌️❤️🎶
nice quote about the blind man and the elephant
@@owenywanperoni7939 It was the clearest way to make the point.✌️❤️🎶😊
@@alpetrocelli4465 yeah I was 17 when I found the album transformer that then led me to the velvets! 1991 god I’m old 🤦🏻♂️ I really liked what you said there tho! I might steal that quote 😉🤣
@@owenywanperoni7939 It’s from a story I picked up along the way and used when arguing circumstantial evidence to jurors. It tells of several blind men who each only feel one part of the beast & then go on to describe it as a snake (trunk), tree (leg), thin sheet (ear), hard as stone spike (tusk) or whip (tail). I’m sure you can find the original on line. And you’re a kid, I bought Rock & Roll animal at Hegewisch Records in ‘74. But being around for all that great music made being old now worth it!✌️❤️🎶
@@alpetrocelli4465 I was born in 74 🤣 and from Scotland I grew up with the smiths, stone roses, happy Mondays all indie stuff because I was a rebel 🤣 then I got into all the older bands(older2 me) like the doors, the stones, Lou Reed and Bowie who I think actually produced that 🍌 album I think and I did get the luxury of seeing Bowie live! I watch all these American guys n gals listening to all these ppl for first time I enjoy the reaction but he defo played wrong song 2 discover the velvets! Thanks 🙏 for the reply I commend you 🍀 🏴
Nice pick man, should definitely do “Heroin” next
Bro wants to ruin this guy's life.
All the tracks on this album has something different to offer. Please do more from this album. My personal favourite is Venus in Furs.
A track which sorts out the men from the - ahem - boys.
In my opinion this is an album you need to listen to in its entirety from start to finish while considering the year it was released. Groundbreaking album. It’s similar to punk because it’s anti-pop. Their goal is expression, not popularity. Their songs are deliberately abrasive, sometimes uncomfortable, still beautiful. The topics of the songs are often explicit, which for the time was very edgy and not accepted by mainstream. They demonstrated that artists can push the boundaries of what is deemed proper or acceptable. Punk artists say what they want to say without sugar coating it or censoring themselves. They don’t simply conform to what is popular and proper. They give you a taste of what is real. Raw life rather than filtered, clean, sterilized.
I would add that it influenced punk musically by stripping the R&B from rock and roll. There is nothing even approaching a backbeat on their first three albums.
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I personally didn't love the album the first time I listened to it, although I did like a few tracks. I'll listen to it again though to see if I feel the same way the second time around.
Very astute comments... the Velvet Underground are legendary for a reason.... they had a wide range of music... for other songs like this, try "I'll Be Your Mirror" or "Femme Fatale".... for something very pre-punk try "I'm Waiting For The Man" or "Sister Ray" or the first VU song I ever heard which is called "White Light White Heat" which I instantly loved but was so jarring for that time that my friends made me take it off!
Good suggestions for their softer sounding songs. I would add ‘Pale Blue Eyes’ and ‘Candy Says’.
The Velvet Underground were dangerous genius. Dangerous.
This album has an incredible balance between harmony and dissonance that is mostly down to the bass / electric viola player John Cale (who also plays the pretty celeste part on this song). This song leans more in the "harmony" direction, some of the other songs on the album are much more dissonant, and the punk connection makes more sense.
(BTW, John Cale has an incredible solo career and just released his latest solo album, Mercy, last month at the age of 80. It sounds totally fresh and nothing like what most of the old rockers come out with.)
Well Cale was the main driving force behind their then groundbreaking sound. It was him bringimg in the classical and avantgarde elements, such as the drone or those repetetive piano clusters, so many other musicians have adopted. After Cale's departure he went on to produce and arrange Nico's lp trilogy The Marble Index, Desertshore and The End (the foundation of Post Punk and Goth), and furthermore the debut milestone albums by The Stooges, Patti Smith and The Modern Lovers. No other musician can claim to have a greater influence of the sounds to come. And yet, until today he is widely overlooked, and therefore the most underrated musician in the entire Rock history.
I agree with the others here ~ the whole album is the experience. This was the first track. It goes straight from here into Waiting for the Man, which has let’s say a different tempo …
Keep going w/ VU and you'll become a fan--not an exaggeration to say they're one of the greatest and most influential bands in rock history. Incredibly diverse, innovative, musical, and years/decades ahead of their time.
Keep going. The variety of influences they had will become very, very clear.
One of my favourite songs ever. Just beautiful and so out of time.
Lou Reed wrote the lyrics but the music writing and arranging was done by John Cale, to see the more punk influence, you should check out Fenus in Furs and Sister Ray, you are spot on they were a big influence on Joy Division and Joy Division used to do a cover of Sister Ray in their live shows
This album must be listened to in its entirely. The song “Heroin” is unbelievably good. “Waiting for my man” is an underground classic and “walk on the wild side” is iconic
Be sure to also "Take a Walk on the Wild Side" and check out Lou Reed's 1972 "Transformer" album that was produced by David Bowie (or at least check the song "Walk on the Wild Side") The album and the song are definitely edgy and cutting edge. Subject matter wise it is very similar Lola by the Kinks, but even more explicit, with a broader cast of characters. Very much a counterculture anthem. I was always amazed it got on some radio stations (with a bleep or two).
The whole first album is astonishing (full of great tracks like "All Tomorrow's Parties"), and yes - extremely influential band. They had several different sounds to their music - to hear where punk came in, you need to hear something like "Run Run Run". Pretty sure that quotation was from Brian Eno, who has been nearly as influential with his own career.
Yes, it was Eno.
Eno obviously was very influential, but nowhere near as the Velvets, respectively Lou Reed/John Cale. Reed's taboo breaking lyrics and excellent songwriting, combinded with Cale's genius musicality, implementing avant-garde elements such as the drone, or those repetetive minimalistic piano clusters, would bring a menace and darkness to Rock music never heard before. Their sinister songs, especially the first two albums avec John Cale, would be the foundation to the whole Punk/Alt. Rock Universe. They are the Massive Black Hole, sitting right at the center. In the beginning hardly anybody knew about them, but their massive gravitational waves would change the Rock Universe forever.
Sunday Morning isn't exactly representative (musically) of the album as a whole. But the Velvets *did* do a lot of sweetly beautiful songs -- almost always containing lyrical currents that clashed (or at least didn't exactly jibe) with the sweet music.
By the way, all four of their albums sound very different from each other.
"oh. Sweet Nuthin" is THE VU song. THANK YOU>
Hey Syed listen to the V.U second album the outrageously groundbreaking White Light/White Heat...you hear the beginnings of punk, metal and new wave...the album is the Rosetta Stone of modern rock music
Wow! I'm so glad you got it & a [RARE] reaction of VU Plus your one of the best at doing reactions Can't wait to hear another from this band as they are so damn addicting Doesn't matter what song There all good
Lou was a genius, their/his music is a VERY eclectic mix
this is an album you need to listen from start to finish (Venus in Furs, All Tomorrow’s Parties, I'll Be Your Mirror, Femme Fatale ...
One of the greatest albums ever, funny you mention it but the standout track on the record is the song heroin. Remember this album was released in 1967 when bands like the Beatles were skirting controversy for smoking marijuana so they were pretty hardcore for the time.
I really enjoy your videos man, few people that really take a deep dive into old music. Who has a more modern pallet. I especially enjoy your Dylan reactions, you got a couple years of videos of just covering his catalouge. I would reccomend anything from blonde on blonde. And i would like to see a reaction of his song ''key west (philosopher pirate)'' what a lyrical track. Another one which to some ears sound like gravel and glue, but which i really like, especially for the lyrics, is a song from his album Tempest called Pay in blood. Thanks for the great videos, have a great day mate!
There is a strange combination of sorrow and serenity in this. Most of all there is an awful lot of quiet desperation and depression in it. But really you have to interpret it in the context of the entire album. For example for a completely different kind of energy, check out, I'm Waiting for my Man. But the lyrics are also pretty dark.
So many great songs from this album, and from the Velvet Underground as a whole. I highly recommend "All Tomorrow's Parties", featuring Nico.
It's just one song out of a few dozens which is, probably with "I'll Be Your Mirror", the most relaxing song (musically) out of their debut with German model Nico which is filled with experimentation. And then there's "White Light/White Heat", the Self-titled, "Loaded" and another one from 1973 which I wouldn't recommend you at all because no one of the original line-up was part of it.
The first four albums are as groundbreaking, the other more, the other less. Especially the debut has a kind of mythology saying that it only sold about 30.000 the first five years, but everyone who bought it wanted to start a band and I definitely can see why that could be true when you're listening to the whole album.
You're gonna be in a rabbit hole once you find yourself in Velvet Underground. Maybe you will not like everything, but the good thing about Velvet is that it will grow on you the longer you hear it 😁
Great song.I think you get them.Loaded is another great album.👍✌️🙏
I'd say Velvet Underground definitely inspired Joy Division, but the song you did by them is one of their sweet ones, too, like this one. They both have edgier, darker songs that go way beyond this. Definitely keep going, with both bands.
Try anything from their White light/White heat album and then you'll know how they influenced punk rock.
Check out Venus In Furs or Heroin if you want it darker👍
Check out White Light White Heat.
I think how these guys influenced punk is less to do with the sonic profile of the music and more to do with the attitudes of the musicians. Punk is all about DIY (do it yourself) and rebellion against the status quo. The gritty and raw production values, the simple anyone-can-play chords, the chaotic noise-rock later in the album, and the dark subject matter are all things that punk music would draw upon. If you want to hear a proto-punk song from the same era that's similar in texture to the Velvet Underground, check out "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by the Stooges.
I Wanna Be Your Dog was produced by John Cale, as the entire album. He plays those continious sleighbells and piano clusters, which you can obviously hear on Waiting For The Man or All Tomorrow's Parties, which many other musicians have been inspired by (Do The Strand - Roxy Music, Heroes - Bowie, Go With The Flow - QOTSA and plenty plenty more). Cale implemented also the drone into Rock music, just listen to The Jesus And Mary Chain, Sonic Youth or Spacemen 3. The musical elements he brought into the Velvets sound are all over the place in the Punk/Alt. Rock Universe.
This song was meant to be the normal track of the album. It's not representative of the album's reputation. For that, check out Heroin -- quite different. I've never listened to the lyrics before. You're right! It's nililistic!
The production of the album is credited to Warhol, except for this track, which is produced by Tom Wilson. It was recorded months after the rest of the album because Verve didn't want to release it without a potential hit single. Wilson knew this wasn't a hit single but also knew it was a phenomenal song and he caught that eerie, echo-y feel it required. (In an interview he called it "a very sad song about dead people.") He is also the guy who produced the first Mothers of Invention album, "Freak Out," Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," and he took Simon and Garfunkel's acoustic track "Sounds of Silence" and added electric instruments and drums to the single version, which broke them nationally. He's never been given his due but the musical landscape of the 60s would be very different without him.
Warhol had absolutely nothing to do with the musical production of the songs. He was credited though, so the band wasn't interfiered by any record company dickhead, trying to restrict their controversal lyrics and sinister sound. Tom Wilson was also the producer of Waiting For The Man, Venus In Furs and Heroin, all the other songs were recorded prior in April 1966 at the Scepter Studios. Norman Dolph, the sound engineer, stated that John Cale was actually responsable for the production, as he made the albums arrangements.
Venus in Furs & Heroin are the two greatest and maybe most out there songs on the album. They are most reflective of the Velvets sound that people think of. And imo definitely the ones to try out next. The 3 Nico vocals songs add to the feel of this amazing album too. For punk it's probably more 'Waiting For The Man'.
Best Lou Reed song is Sword of Damocles
Really, from his whole career?
Syed, from this same album listen to "Waiting For The Man", "Heroin" or "Venus In Furs" to see the punk connection influence.
European Son is a pretty Punk track on this album also. Of course "I Heard Her Call My Name" on White Lightening.. might be the most Punk song they've done.
@@alphajava761I'd go with Sister Ray
I hope you react to this album front to back. It is getting crazier fast. It will explain a lot.
'Walk on the wild side' and 'perfect day' lou Reed. Are 2 really well done songs.
You should react to their song called white light white heat, it's absolutely crazy that they did a song like that in 1968.
Haha listen to "I Heard Her Call My Name" which is a great distorted hot mess of guitar solos, stampeding percussion, and crazy cool vocal attitude, you want Punk listen this song. "The Murder Mystery" has a trippy double vocal. Their guitar work, arrangements, vocals, writing are amazing and made a big footprint in Rock history. Too many great songs to mention. Lou Reed's solo album Transformer is also a must listen.
Oh and I just remembered, I can't remember the name of the song but there is actually a song on here about the whole BDSM culture. So this thing can get pretty freaking dark. Sevrin, Sevrin is the hook.
That was a thing back when everything was taboo. The lyrics where subttle but suggestive, the melody missleading or the lyrics purposely slurred, distorted or drowned out by the music. "Lola" was one where most of us didn't get the gist the first time around.
Pretenders' first album feels like this album. It's sweet and abrasive and violent and melodic. It's feels related in a direct way that speaks to more than musical influence.
The legendary Lou Reed & the Velvet Underground.
You should check out the song Heroin from this album.
An interesting dive. I can't think of another RUclips reactor who has curiosity or intellect to go down this path. Your take on this song is pretty accurate. I think it would have gotten lost with most others.
"All Tomorrow's Parties" and "Heroin" from that same album are sonically and thematically different and _worlds away_ from this song. Keep digging!
If you want to here the Velvet Underground songs that influenced punk, try "I'm Waiting for the Man", "Run, Run, Run", "Rock and Roll", or "Sweet Jane".
listen to the beauty and the way it devolves into chaos....kinda don't want to hear it but it happens...keeps getting better while going downhill from here
Lou Reed said that "Danger Bird" by Neil Young has the best guitar solos he's ever heard. You reacted to Cortez The Killer from the album. The entire Zuma album is another masterpiece with half of the songs being this Alternative/Proto-Punk/Punk .. whatever you want to call it. And the other half of the songs being these great Country/Rock songs. As you know, Young was a big part of this exclusive change in music that's alternative to anything else. Getting a compliment from Lou Reed is a huge deal.
Dig Lou's poetry.
Punk is not a sound.
It's a feeling...
Peace on earth.
Everyone in the comments is suggesting other songs, but I'd recommend working through the record - it definitely goes in some interesting directions. But even this song was inspired by the feeling of going home Sunday morning after a night of partying, seeing people who have just woken up and are going to church, and the paranoia that you get in that state. A similar song from the same era/sort of same scene is 'Coming Down' by the Fugs.
Listen to "White Light/White Heat" if you want an idea of the Velvet Underground's influence on punk.
Syed your analysis of music new to you is pretty amazing
I bought this when it came out and it was something completely different (along with Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Freak Out) This song sounds nothing like the rest of the record (try I'm waiting for my man) but I love it
Do “Sweet Jane” or “ I’m waiting for the man”.
This song is a softer VU tune ....Lou Reed comes out of the Dylan branch of vocals ...they ''spew'' out what they want how they want ....listen to Heroin ,Rock and Roll, Waiting for my Man....
You should do the whole álbum lol. Sunday morning seems like a joke when you listen on the whole album
Interesting that you mentioned heroin, because that's a strong influence throughout the album, especially on the track Heroin, but also the song that comes right after this one on the album, Waiting For My Man. There's some proto-punk for ya.
If there ever was an album that needs to be listened to in its entirety, this is it. Warhol had next to nothing to do with its production. Sunday Morning may also be the least representative song on the album (it was also the last recorded and the most "produced"). The emotional flatness of the singing, the spare, almost primitive production quality. Music created by people on the margins of society. The pervavsive irony. Think of it in the context of what was mainstream at the time. This was revolutionary.
Nice reaction. I agree that you might be bringing some preconceived notions to the table, but I like your reaction just the same. It's honestly a perspective that I have not considered, as I always took the song at face value.
I'll agree with those that are suggesting "Heroin"as a follow up. The Velvets can be a DEEP dive band, so I'll add "Black Angels Death Song" and "I Heard Her Call My Name" for more punky, noisy tunes. But for the quieter ones, "Femme Fatale" is wonderful. The album LOADED shows more of their straightforward rock sound, and both "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll" are standouts.
Arguably The Velvet Underground are the most influential band ever: Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Nico, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, The Modern Lovers, Can, The Yardbirds, Roky Erickson (13th Floor Elevators), Mick Ronson, Suicide, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs, Plastic People Of The Universe, Wrecless Eric, Motörhead, Throbbing Gristle, Sham 69, Talking Heads, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Cabaret Voltaire, Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Fall, Echo & The Bunnymen, Sonic Youth, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Einstürzende Neubauten, The Psychedelic Furs, Psychic TV, Violent Femmes, Half Japanese, The Birthday Party, Teardrop Explodes, Jim Carroll, Julian Cope, UK Subs, Television Personalities, Squeeze, Hüsker Dü, The Creatures, Spacemen 3, Gang Of Four, The Runaways, Loop, Clock DVA, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Simple Minds, Duran Duran, Dead Can Dance, Billy Idol, Cheap Trick, Blondie, Debbie Harry, Nina Hagen, Björk, Susanna Hoffs, The Black Crows, Marc & The Mambas (Marc Almond & Matt Johnson), Martin Gore, Japan, Les Rita Mitsouko, The Dandy Warhols, Beck, Opal, Mazzy Star, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nirvana, Melvins, Jane's Addiction, The Soft Boys, Swans, Christian Death, Slaughter & The Dogs, Sisters Of Mercy, Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Vega, REM, U2, Hole, James, The Beat Farmers, Buffalo Tom, Suede, Screaming Trees, Kasabian, Jarvis Cocker, Edwyn Collins, Angry Samoans, Mark Lanegan, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, Olli Halsall, Kevin Ayers, Oasis, Red Hot Chilly Peppers, Happy Mondays, Teenage Fanclub, Monster Magnet, Manic Street Preachers, Throwing Muses, Tom Tom Club, Tori Amos, Mercury Rev, The Wedding Present, Super Fury Animals, Galaxie 500, Billy Bragg, Radiohead, Hector Zazou, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, Pearl Jam, Luna, Queens Of The Stone Age, The White Stripes, Metallica, Steel Pole Bathtub, Jesus Lizard, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Elliot Smith, Trash Palace, LCD Soundsystem, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, TV On The Radio, The Libertines, The Strokes, Girl In A Coma, Paz Lenchantin, Kula Shaker, Yo La Tengo, Billy Bragg, Art Brut, Alejandro Escovedo, Franz Ferdinand, Beth Gibbons, Bettie Serveert, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Wilco, The Feelies, Arcade Fire, Melissa Auf der Mauer, Soap & Skin, Kurt Vile, Adam Green, Bobbie Gillespie, Crystal Stilts, The Black Angels, The Kills, The Killers, The Kooks, MGMT, Blind Melon, Saul Williams, Amanda Palmer, Belle & Sebastian, Miley Cyrus, David Sanborn, Mitch Ryder, Madrugada, Barenaked Ladies, Babyshambles, The Primitives, Propaganda, Eater, Pulp, Emmanuelle Seigner, Vanessa Paradis, Chrissie Hynde, Cat Power, Ambulance LTD, Ultra Orange, Animal Collective, Fat White Family, Marissa Nadler, Kelly Owens, Andrew Bird, Matt Berninger (The National), Sharon Van Etten, St. Vincent, The Bootlegers, Thomas Bartlett, Fontaines D.C., King Princess, Matt Sweeney, Sky Ferreira, Chris Coco, Caroline Polachek, Courtney Barnett, Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp, Keith Richards and surely plenty plenty more could sing a song about how The Velvet's inspired them.
P.S.: for anybody doubting this list, all of these musicians have either covered songs of the Velvets, or their band members, collaborated with any of them, been produced by John Cale, cited them as an influence, or simply have adapted elements of their sound, such as the drone or the minimalistic use of instruments, such as Cale's repetetive piano hammering, or Moe Tucker's tribal drum patterns.
If you want to convince yourself here's a playlist of Velvet Underground covers that might astound you, that, as if "What, they covered the Velvets!"
So I hope there is something in there you will enjoy: ruclips.net/p/PLNINWcxxj9hEpLo4bVLlAMBn8uZ7Hwv0K&feature=shared
Supposedly Warhol told Lou Reed he should write a song about paranoia and this is what he came up with
Do “Sweet Jane”. It’s a pop masterpiece and it’s upbeat and great lyrics.
01:33-01:38 you made me laugh a lot! but I can understand, sure this is not the track to get that influence 🤣 But keep listening this and also the second album
Another vote for Heroin 🤘
Another underground/influential band to check out would be Big Star. Critically acclaimed but poor distribution of their records meant few people heard of them at the time and they weren't financially successful. They influenced bands like REM, the Replacements, Elliott Smith, the Gin Blossoms, and others. Their most well-known song would probably be "In the Street," a cover of which was used as the theme song for That '70s Show. Otherwise, probably "Thirteen" or "September Gurls," both of which have been covered by several other bands/artists. My personal favorite is "Ballad of El Goodo," however. They were a Memphis band with a British invasion sound.
Big Star Cover Femme Fatale
You need to do Heroin as well ✌🏻❤️
I always found that this sounded like Radiohead’s no surprises they definitely got influenced by this
Check out Waiting for the Man. The punk association will be more obvious.
You’re getting a lot of recommendations for next listen and most of them, while well intentioned, are not really going to help light the lamp on the greatness of this band and are more likely to run you off than hook you. Songs like Heroin and Sister Ray and White Light/White Heat may be great to the faithful (like me), but come back to them later. If I could direct your next song, it would be for something like Foggy Notion or I Can’t Stand It. You can really hear them fully embracing the New York sound of the 70’s that was a big influence on what came later (including, but not limited to, punk).
Your opinion is quite good, ur not wrong
It's an odd choice to start with, tbh. I'd have gone for Rock and Roll, or Venus in Furs, or Sweet Jane...
Or Jesus, or Pale Blue Eyes or What Goes On or Waiting for the Man...
@@PanarchyInTheUK What Goes On is most likely where U2 got their signature sound from, they had to have listened to this song when they were younger before getting their rig together. Especially the last half of the song.
I wouldn't say this track is dark at all. But it's still from a perspective of the bands lifestyle
Nice one!! Any chance of some Levellers? (RUclips views for 'One Way' = 1.4 Million)
For a punkier side to the Velvets, try "Sister Ray" ruclips.net/video/7d69mDT11yI/видео.html - covered by Joy Division ruclips.net/video/0vUNddDbJ-k/видео.html , among others - which will give your ears a workout.
Don’t give up on Lou Reed or The Velvet Underground. Sometimes abrasive, always a bit subversive even in their smoothest sounding songs. Andy’s Chest and Perfect Day from Transformer have those undertones.
Best songs from this Velvet Underground album ( I bought the original album at Wherehouse records in Los Angeles in late 60''s, or early 70's I think) Andy Warhol got them together for this album with Nico. In this album Nico sings "Feme fatale", I'll be your mirror" and the other best songs are "I'm waiting for my man" and "Heroin".. I would suggest you listen to the ones I listed above or just review the whole album. This song you started out with not the best one to "react to" in this album. Just my opinion. START OVER!
Any Zappa
All tomorrow's parties
Oh sweet nothing is a great one.✌🏻❤️
That's not Nico
Correct. That’s Lou Reed on vocals
VU was basically unconventional. Unconventionally sweet, unconventionally bitter...depending on the song. Anything but the usual.
Heroin
Try “heroin” (the song, not the drug!) if you want to hear why they were so revolutionary.
Whatever you do, don't listen to Sister Ray next 😂 You'll never want to listen to VU again. Continuing with this album is fine if you care.
Related to your thesis, that The Velvet Underground was influential for the "Punk-Rock-Genre", maybe you get a clue by listening to this one: ruclips.net/video/99og_g7rXnA/видео.html
You won't understand their influence based on one song.
Try European Son
The lyrics are, if not exactly irrelevant, a sideline to the sound/mood of the track imo. It always brings tears to my eyes for some reason.
you just picked the wrong track. waiting for the man is my personal favorite.
Listen to heroin please