The Velvet Underground - What Goes On
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- The Velvet Underground - What Goes On clip, from their self-titled third album (1969). Lou Reed: vocals, guitar. Sterling Morrison: guitar. Doug Yule: bass, organ. Maureen Tucker: drums.
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Although What Goes On was recorded in Los Angeles for The Velvets' third album in 1969 with Doug Yule on bass and organ, the band performed What Goes On live with John Cale on organ regularly, until his departure from The Velvets in September 1968. By all accounts Cale's rendition of What Goes On on organ was legendary (although I haven't found any recordings of it yet) and that's why John Cale appears in this video instead of Doug Yule who actually played a Vox Continental organ on this song and there's hardly any actual footage of The Velvets with Doug Yule, from his entrance in the band in September 1968 until August 1970, when Lou Reed effectively put an end to The Velvet Underground's story by leaving the band during a residency at New York's legendary club Max's Kansas City.
Doug Yule - with Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker on board at first, and then with other musicians later - kept The Velvets going until 1973, and this incarnation of The Velvet Underground with none of the original members toured the UK and continental Europe (which the real Velvet Underground never did and would only manage to do for their one-off 1993 reunion) and released also an album, Squeeze, recorded in 1972 and released in 1973.
![The Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat - [LIVE 1969]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q4AkDt_JRqk/mqdefault.jpg)
My favorite Velvets tune. Everything about this song is near-perfect, but the one thing that really puts it over the top for me is that swelling organ drone. My god, that just gets me every single time. All the hairs on my arms and on the back of my neck just stand up straight and then the goosebumps set in.
They’re definitely gonna have to play this one at my funeral.
the live version from the Matrix in 69 is killer.
@@jodragon8118 Yes, I love that version myself, all except for the brevity of it. It’s all over with too soon, but it’s a colossal performance. You _really_ get to hear that rhythm guitar, and it’s a jaw dropper.
Had no clue .. hopefully, all original VU received great creative compensation
The best rhythm guitar sound ever...
Ain't no guitar dude. That a voodoo drum.
@@huggarugga Crazy how Morrison and Reed could exchange lead/rhyhthm so easily and make it sound so fluid
@@huggarugga That's Sterling Morrison on rhythm guitar
from this rhythm guitar, we can pretty much tell what U2's The Edge was listening to as an aspiring musician.
Sterling was genius
That groove. The bridge. The guitar outro. Song is just perfect.
except the live version on the 1969 album is longer and more perfect.
i call this elevator music play iin shoppping centres loud at easter and xmas
it is the perfect song
I've never heard music this good playing in my local shopping centre :)
@@grahamchapple3552 Brother you smoking crack or something?
I love The Velvet Underground with all of my heart
The Rhythm guitar is incredible. Sterling was fantastic.
They’re all on point in this one. One of the most moving songs I’ve ever known in my life.
I want that riff playing in my head 24-7
Want this at my Funeral 🙏
And it does
Drip feed that gold dust
It's the little train that could!
@@nouveaumonde6479Me too. I’ve already informed all family members.
This was the song that the VU often ended their (few) concerts with - Lou, Sterling, and Moe, out of their heads on speed, just repeating the rift (with John improvising) for 10, 15, or 20 minutes. Legend has it that they once played it for almost half an hour and when Lou at last approached the microphone... the venue owner cut the power to end the gig. I hope it is true!
The band was mostly speeding, yes, but Moe was completely sober. Have to put my two sense in because of how many books I've read on these cats. Moe, despite her ability to handle these speed freaks, was absolutely straight edge in comparison with Lou, Sterling, and John/Doug.
One of the greatest albums ever
Lou has passed, but his magnificent music shall live on forever. This song has always made my heart sing.
That guitar that organ 😍😍😍
This song and Rock n Roll both say “it’ll be alright...”
I listen to them both often.
Not a massive fan of the band, but those 2 songs are possibly my 2 favourite songs by anyone. Makes no sense.
Rock is medicine for the soul
@@DizzyVizion how are you not a fan of this band
@@comedownmachine4682he will be eventually lol. Or at least I was. When I first heard The Velvets debut, I was so massively underwhelmed and didn’t revisit them for years. Years later, listened through their discog and everything just kinda clicked. Love them now…
@@jofall91I have a kind of/sort of similar history with the Velvets. I was raised on their music from early childhood. My mom was a mega fan. Had all the records. I liked ‘em as a kid, but always thought of them as one of my mom’s bands. It wasn’t until I was 15 and got my heart broken for the first time. I was sitting there just wanting to die, and I put on the first album, and it just hit me. I mean really *HIT* me… like a tsunami of apocalyptic proportions. All of a sudden every song took on a whole new and different meaning, and I started *FEELING* it, rather than just listening to it. From that moment onwards, I was a lifer. Within a month I owned my own copies of all the albums and I still love them with the same level of intensity and passion that I did as a heartbroken teenager. “What Goes On” is my all time favorite.
This song is so strangely magical. It's very simple, yet never boring. I could listen to a 30-minute version of this song!
Great job with the pics and video clips! A lot of them, I never saw before.
there probably is a 30 minute version out there somewhere.
300 hour version wouldn't be enough
@@waynecrawford9531 the version of this song from the 1969 live album will scroll your nurd!
It feels a lot like Rock n Roll.
i am sick of 3 mins here and skip ads i like this just goes on then i do repeat
Most favorite song from The Velvet Underground.
East Coast Psychedelic. I’ve loved this song for nearly 50 years and never get tired of it. There was never a real East Coast psychedelic music scene but this come as close to one as any attempted. Reed learned from Cale about creating drones in music from Terry Riley and other 60’s minimalists. Spent many an hour in my early 20’s stoned listening to this.
The Velvets didn't have anything to do with Psychedelia (unless you mean 1960s music in general for "psychedelia"), they didn't do acid, they were the opposite of hippies, nobody dreamt of getting them to play Woodstock, they dressed all in black rather than colourful hippie clothes, they had no long psychedelic guitar solos, etc.. etc.. in fact, now they are considered "Proto Punk": a type of music and attitude diametrically opposed to psychedelic California bands like Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, etc... (and perhaps you never read interviews with Reed being savage about that kinda stuff or how confrontational was their first gig at The Fillmore, the home of "psychedelia"). Also, John Cale doesn't play on this track, he had left the band by the time this was recorded and there are no drones on this song.
If you're looking for East Coast psychedelia, check The Blues Magoos (especially their version of Tobacco Road). They were from the Bronx, New York, and their best-known album is Psychedelic Lollipop... ruclips.net/video/6jNXRr2aINw/видео.html
@@RobertCarusoOfficial Completely agree with that. Some confuse them with psychedelic rock like the Doors or something but they were quite the antidote to that trend. Members of the band have talked about this several times throughout the years.
Why only early 20's?
@@jameslappin77 that’s when I got into them (around 1973). Still love it in my late 60’s (I have the original mix before the closet mix and it’s much better, as are a lot of the non closet mixed songs on the third record). Heard Reed wanted his voice higher in the mix.
Sure there were east coast psych scenes. every city had a scene. Philly had mandrake memorial, sweet stavin chain, the american dream, elizabeth, thunder and roses, the nazz. boston had ultimate spinach, beacon street union, savage resurrection etc....
Not enough superlatives to describe this. Ive been listening to the Velvets for over 40 years; my father was a big fan, and had all their albums, so ive grown up with this stuff. In fact my all time favourite song is the Live in 1969 version of this song. Nothing eclipses it, before or since. The word "awesome" gets bandied about too much these days, but its wholly appropriate to describe this. Just incredible in every way. Played with such consummate ease and produces consummate perfection. ♥
nice you tube comment. Do youfeel better?
Chris Morey I like them too they are the best band ever x
Yeah this is a vitamin for me. I agree the '1969 Live' version is my fav too. My parents were pretty hip although not this hip... my mate, he says he was at a Velvets gig in-utero with his parents :-)
Thanks for the heads-up on the '69 live version...haven't stopped smiling
I'm glad you got to grow up with this music!
RIP Lou Reed ; Probally waiting for the man
Hopefully the man already came 🤒😎
Looking for Warhol and Delmore.
I hope with some good stuff.
Andy, Nico, and Sterling were probably glad to see him too.
one of the best velvets tracks!! possibly my top 10 of all time songs ever!!!
Yes -- one of the best songs by anybody, ever.
The Beatles had a tune called "What Goes On" (which Ringo Starr sang), and it's . . . fucking _NOTHING_ compared to this! THIS is magic.
Ben Culture nah, that song is good too. just because they share a title is no reason to slag one over the other.
@@kwd-kwdI know,that was the most ridiculous comment from anyone I read lol
@@kwd-kwdCouldn’t agree more. The Beatles and the Velvets are so “apples and oranges” that attempting to compare them is the epitome of futility. Love both bands.
One of the best solos of all time, without a doubt
If I could go back in time to the 60's NYC east side, just for a visit, I'd die a happy and fulfilled soul.
I think I'd ugly-cry if I got the chance to do that...love them so much!
This kinda was a hidden jem in the city though you would ran into allot of poverty and crime
Yeah fuck that west coast shit lol
1980's LES was pretty amazing too
Song is mind bending experience, especially the lead and rythm guitar work.
no lead cale keyboards?
That organ swell is pretty damn mesmerizing too.
It took me a long time to appreciate how great the velvet's were. But the wait was worthwhile. Listen to Lou reed and John cale on the outstanding album SONGS FOR DRELLA
One of the most amazingly awesome classic songs ever, a veritable masterpiece
I love rock and roll and been listening to the Velvet for a long time. I believe this is the greatest gathering music has ever assembled, because it came together, made its sound and then one day split. It did what it was meant to do for a moment in this time-line and nothing more. No big controversy, no big grand stand of egos vying for attention. It was thee perfect moment in music.
My favourite from the velvets.. Even now still mind blowing that guitar riff is mesmerising
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
i like the gift stereo one side bent story the other velvet cacophony
My god I love this tune,it gets better and better with age,god bless you Lou
John, Sterling and Maureen too
The Velvet underground would never have been invited to Woodstock, their subject matter was way too dark. Death drugs and violence just would never mesh with peace love and flowers. But wait 10 years and the punk scene venerated Lou Reed as thier savior
No one else made songs so fascinatingly hypnotic. Amazing!
They created and carved out the place where alternative/punk/etc lives now!
Enjoy!
Yep. I’ve always been of the opinion that it all begins with the Velvets. They were the true originals.
lou you make me grateful to have lived in this time
I'd love to hear a non-fadeout version of this. My favourite piece of rhythm guitar playing ever!
hopefully you've found it by now. It's on the "1969" live album. That version is on YT. It's amazing, longer and better than this version for sure.
@@The1234craig cale electric organ reed rythym band etc 12 minutes later
semi garage punk
The entire composition And band are unmatched
And again. I'm lost in Moe's drumming. Incredible. Steady as she goes.
Rock solid. Perfect.
Even today nobody can recreate those stinging guitars just the way the Velvets did it. The Modern Lovers got pretty close, but not even Lou ever got that guitar sound again after he left the band.
That was due in partial to the Fender amps, Lou's Gretsch, and the Teisco Del Ray guitar Sterling was playing.
@@lotharroberts5978 Likely had something to do with John Cale's influence too, considering The Modern Lovers was also produced by him.
Amazing what can be achieved with Malanga and a whip.
@@lotharroberts5978 not on what goes , that'd be an es335 & es345 & big sunn amps.
@@Johnconno Gerards whip was a fashion acoutrement & had no influence on the music.
lou reed, you are one f'ing incredible guitarist. to me, this is what the sixties sounds like. (I wasn't really there). i finally saw Lou in concert in SF a couple years ago. he had his tai chi master on stage with him, which was ridiculous, but his playing was amazing.
😂 Thanks for that story.
even 30mins of that glorious rhythm guitar & Hammond wouldn't be enough, just flawless , many thanks
It's not a Hammond organ, it's a Vox Continental organ, first portable electric organ, invented 1962. In this "video"'s thumbnail Lou Reed is leaning on it. Vox sponsored The Velvets in 1966; the thumbnail shows The Velvets with their Vox equipment (Vox Phantom bass for Cale, Vox Phantom guitar for Morrison, Vox Super-Beatle amp [first 100-watt amplifier] and the Vox Continental organ mentioned above. It was integral to the sound of The Doors and The Animals, you can see it in videos like The Monkees' I'm A Believer, Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, etc.. Brian Jones, Bob Dylan and many US '60s Garage bands used it (The Standells, The Remains, The Blues Magoos, etc..). First used in 1962 or '63 by The Kingsmen on Louie Louie and became a must have for bands when people saw John Lennon playing it live in The Beatles' World Tours in 1965 and '66. In Live At Shea Stadium Lennon plays it on I'm Down, the last song... Later Elvis Costello & The Attractions used it, The Damned on Machine Gun Etiquette and Billy Idol in the video for To Be A Lover - apart from myself... as in this song, Indian Summer... 😉 ruclips.net/video/8aOV4oqZyU0/видео.htmlsi=9eZ05TFR6YLlM_Ux
my favourite velvet song its got it all
Thank you, VU, because your music changed my life!🥰
R.I.P Great Lou Reed
I will listen to this tune forever!
Hell yes, so will I!
never gets old for me either
the first trance song ever made
Timeless classic!
I was searching this song for years. First time I heard it 5 years ago. Now I found it
possibly the coolest song ever
and all of a sudden, she found out velvet underground was her favorite band.
My favorite VU song, by far!!
Waaaayyyyy ahead of its time. Amazing. Cant say enuff about this vastly under appreciated band
perfect song about bipolar disorder as a sufferer this song helped me through the worst times of it, rest in peace lou reed! thanks for everything!
It is well done & i am quite a fan of the group. Andy?... Well who knows right?
We got kicked out of magic mountain for drug use and had nothing to do but drive to Hollywood and go to amoeba music . I bought this album used for a few bucks because someone had said they were interesting about five years previous and that's all I knew. nothing else.
This album impacted my life.
baby be good do what you should and it'll be alright!
Second best rhythm guitar of all time. Behind? The live version on 1969, which is better because it's (a) longer (b) the jammy feel and interplay between Lou and Sterling is explored more. I do love the studio version for the jangly edge to the guitar which does remind me of the Mary Chain sound a bit too (it feels "sparkly" to my brain if that makes sense...)
Gotta love the Hamond in the background.
It's not a Hammond organ, it's a Vox Continental, first portable electric organ, invented 1962. The first hit on which it was used was The Kingsmen's Louie Louie (followed by The Beatles' I'm Down [played by Lennon; one can see it in Live At Shea Stadium, 1965], it was basic to the sound of The Doors and The Animals and was later used on hits like The Monkees' I'm A Believer, Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, etc.. and by The Stones, Dylan, etc.. and also by US '60s Garage bands [The Standells, The Remains, The Blues Magoos, etc..] and later by Elvis Costello & The Attractions, The Damned, etc..).
The Velvets first used it on Sister Ray (1967), played by John Cale. When I first heard this song, aged 13 in the '70s, I thought it was this song's highlight more than Reed's guitar solo (which sounds like it does because it's double-tracked, i.e.: 2 solos mixed as one). The Velvets played What Goes On live with Cale on organ, but there are no extant recordings of it, as far as I know. I mentioned it in this "video"'s description-box (which nobody ever reads... 😂)
Dios tenga en la gloria al gran Lou Reed.
Val Valentin mix so much better than Lou Reed's ego-tripping "closet mix" . . . "What Goes On" is like sinking into a comfortable chair . . . that you've had all your life. Thank you ever so kindly for posting this
I can't love this song enough.
I was around 15 me and my friend were heading to this record store that was having a closing sale. At the time she got me into all this hippie music I regret to say was a phase. In the store window this album was looking right at me. I had no idea what songs were even on it but I was pulled to purchase it. That decision changed my life entirely. The world of punk and underground music opened my eyes. 10 years later this album still feels like home. So nostalgic for the teen angst I felt back then.
Yeah, it was the same for me. I got this in Brighton (UK) in '78, I was 13 or 14, I think. All the 4 original studio albums by The Velvets (and the "Lost Album" released on VU and Another View in the mid-'80s) definitely touched a lot of lives and inspired lots of musicians who came later (like me, lol!)... Thanks for your comment 🙂
I Love Velvet Underground !!!!!!! Forever !!!!!!!
My oldest brother's favourite song. Rest in peace, Bob.
INCREDIBLE!
Great to have LIVED through the days of the BEST EVER music - The Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Velvet Underground, and some others.
Feel sorry for all today's fans growing up and listening to shite.
Brian Wilson, Joni Mitchell, Hendrix, the Kinks, Bowie, lesee....
hippojuice23 - yep, amazing times.
as a teenager, I think it's safe to say it's not all "shite". I'm just grateful I can listen to whatever I want, and whenever I want to. maybe I'm listening to glam of the 70s, 60s alternative, industrial 90s, rock n roll of the 50s... all within the span of an hour. it's all available to us to consume, dabble in and do what we like artistically. plus, we get to experience the joy of the art produced without the same level of prejudice. seems pretty decent to me from the perspective you're looking from
thank you for this. I needed to hear this today.
Lou Reed was soooo very naturally smooth and cool. He didnt have to try to be cool, it came naturally.
This is really well done and reflects the magic and intensity of Lou Reed and VU. Love your educational commentary. Thank You!
Thank You for your kind words!
great tune.from 2.43 on is organ and rhythm guitar magic. listen to it over and over.
Rock music you can dance to - as it fills your head.
transition from velvet to Lou Reed. The guitar solo is a masterpiece of sound engineering
Yeah, it's a terrific guitar solo. It sounds like that because it's more than one solo; it's at least 2 of them overdubbed. Lou Reed was actually having problems playing and recording this guitar solo; he kept recording different takes of it until sound-engineer Val Valentin told him that he couldn't record any more takes of it as Los Angeles' TT&G studios, in 1969, was only a 4 or 8--track studio. The band - vocals included - were recorded on 1 or 2 tracks, leaving the remaining ones for Reed to overdub different takes of the guitar solo as the original one wasn't very good. Because of the limitations of recording back then, Reed could record only 3 takes of the guitar solo without erasing one of the takes and hence they kept 2 or 3 that were all mixed together as one, which is why it sounds like that. What Goes On's musical highlight originally was John Cale's organ, but by the time The Velvets recorded the song Cale had left The Velvets (September 1968) and there are no extant recordings of What Goes On with Cale playing the band's Vox continental organ, although everybody who heard it live back then said it was amazing and traces of it are in the long, live version of What Goes On on Live 1969, with the Vox Connie organ played by Doug Yule.
I'm not sure about what you mean by "From The Velvets to Lou Reed". Reed became a major solo rockstar between December 1972 (Transformer and single Walk On The Wild Side which were big hits) and Coney Island Baby in December 1975; that's when Reed was on radio, TV, magazine covers, etc.. and with hits in the charts (the Sally Can't Dance album made the US Top 10 in 1974, the only time Reed made the US Top 10), but Reed hardly played guitar on the albums that made him a rockstar: on Transformer all guitar parts were done by Mick Ronson (from Bowie's Spiders From Mars); on Berlin, Rock'n'Roll Animal and Lou Reed Live there were guitar virtuosos Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter; on Sally Can't Dance Danny Weis played all guitar parts; on Coney Island Baby it was Bob Kulick. Reed played only acoustic guitar on The Bed and The Kids on Berlin and on Billy on Sally Can't Dance. It was only from the '80s onward that Reed started playing guitar again on his records and he still always had a lead guitarist, like Robert Quine, etc..
Finally, when The Velvets did their 1993 reunion tour in Europe, they performed What Goes On only in Glasgow and with no organ. The song was dropped from the set list for the remainder of the tour 🙂
Lou reed was a great guitar player man
Best "fan made" video I have ever seen! Good job!
Could've listened to that for hours...
This was way before people knew what real good music was, 😍
I truly believe that the Velvet Underground was the most important band in the music history.the top influence for every musician/band around the world,T V U is so important that even the new bands copy them influenced by other bands that are Velvet s clones in the first place.record sales have no relation with music talent a lot of products created in mayor labels offices it the most expensives towers sold better than the Velvet s but finally always the V U probe what great they are.just listen the music pure talent from the first album to the last of the 4 that came in the velvet original era 65-70.
I originally heard this song as a teen when the punk band The Dils did a 7 minute cover version of in one of my punk comp CDs (What? Stuff). It was great, but I found out many years later it was an original VU song. I definitely like the VU version, but the Dils cover is also great.
Loved it for a long time!
Magic sound ...
Love this version
Smell Like Teen Spirit Sound Here
Theory Of First Punk
Según una teoría, el punk rock se remonta a " La Bamba " de Ritchie Valens . Solo considere el chillido de mariachi de tres acordes de Valens a la luz de "Louie Louie" de Kingsmen , luego considere "Louie Louie" a la luz de " You Really Got Me " de The Kinks , luego "You Really Louie " a la luz de " No Fun " de los Stooges , luego "No Fun" a la luz de " Blitzkrieg Bop " de los Ramones, y finalmente note que "Blitzkrieg Bop" suena mucho a "La Bamba".
- Lester Bangs , 1980.
Twist and Shout in My List
It makes sense.
Yeah so says mr bangs and what we all bow down muso schmuso
Sheep 🐑🐏
Bunkum.
@@Sweetbabaloo1001 what bunkum to myself or bangs
@@andrewjohnstone963 Mr Bangs , of course! .
well written song, with an intuitive guitar solo
I love too mutch this song!
Now I even more appreciate the cover Bryan Ferry made of this song. He lifted it from just another song to something exciting, vibrant and stylish.
Wonderful Velvets tune! Love the lead guitar break. Reminds me of what Eno would do in his career after leaving Roxy Music.
Great song. The live 69 version is great too. Shoulda been a hit!
It's all gonna be "alright" according to Lou. And you know what...he's absolutely right!
masterpiece
Great song 👍👏🤘💖💃🕺
crazy....that's.....that's just crazy
"Let it be good ....!"Supercool.
R.I.P. Lou.
Indeed and what Spirit and Energy 👍❤️👍
Fantastic sound fantastic years
just...still...so...good
Amazing photos and footage. I want to see more.
Thank you. I don't know if you've seen this... in case you haven't, feel free to have a look... : ) ruclips.net/video/p6k6ZnSzfCw/видео.html
Wonderful stuff.
God I had this record back in the early 80's when I was a teenager - thought it was the best record!
Imagine being that baby in the footage from the factory. Showing your kids/grandkids..... That was me... hanging out with the velvets.....
Still fresh in 2020
you just have to burn to shine
This is such a light-hearted fun tune compared to the rest of the Velvet's songs,and it's even kind of pretty,lol. I always liked this--fun song to listen to.
@@alondathomas293 I don't agree, the song is quite serious
What goes on in your mind?
I think that I am falling down
What goes on in your mind?
I think that I am upside down
Baby, be good, do what you should
You know it will work alright
Baby, be good, do what you should
You know it will be alright
I'm going up, and I'm going down
I'm going to fly from side to side
See the bells up in the sky
Somebody's cut their string in two
Baby, be good, do what you should
You know it will work alright
Baby, be good, do what you should
You know it will be alright
One minute born, one minute doomed
One minute up and one minute down
What goes on in your mind?
I think that I am falling down
Baby, be good, do what you should
You know it will work alright
Baby, be good, do what you should
You know it will be alright
❤❤❤
Best outro ever! Wish it was longer! Like days longer 😁👍
Rock and Roll
What a tune
great visuals
Honestly I'm tired of people busting on Yule. Shit gets old. All I know is when I first heard these records debating wasn't on my mind. This couldn't be better.
Yule was fine
His great contributions to the ST and Loaded albums plus his tracks on the VU comp cannot be denied. They left him out of the hall of fame. That's wrong.
might be the best ever
i think so too
Tune!!!