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.

Комментарии • 394

  • @spongebob2310
    @spongebob2310 9 лет назад +461

    The best rhythm guitar sound ever...

    • @thundergroundsamurai5343
      @thundergroundsamurai5343 7 лет назад +15

      Ain't no guitar dude. That a voodoo drum.

    • @Obeast117
      @Obeast117 5 лет назад +41

      @@huggarugga Crazy how Morrison and Reed could exchange lead/rhyhthm so easily and make it sound so fluid

    • @michaelsoftbinbows8859
      @michaelsoftbinbows8859 5 лет назад +20

      @@huggarugga That's Sterling Morrison on rhythm guitar

    • @wiggersnake3661
      @wiggersnake3661 4 года назад +20

      from this rhythm guitar, we can pretty much tell what U2's The Edge was listening to as an aspiring musician.

    • @solarpower7581
      @solarpower7581 4 года назад +21

      Sterling was genius

  • @Shikta-poobah67
    @Shikta-poobah67 8 месяцев назад +44

    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.

    • @jodragon8118
      @jodragon8118 5 месяцев назад +1

      the live version from the Matrix in 69 is killer.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 5 месяцев назад

      @@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.

    • @cadams6945
      @cadams6945 5 месяцев назад

      Had no clue .. hopefully, all original VU received great creative compensation ​

    • @jerzomirusiomir8288
      @jerzomirusiomir8288 3 месяца назад

      When I will die I want listen this song

    • @theresacole
      @theresacole Месяц назад +1

      This is one of my favorite songs of theirs as well. That and Venus in Furs. 😊

  • @davidsheehan8552
    @davidsheehan8552 5 лет назад +112

    That groove. The bridge. The guitar outro. Song is just perfect.

    • @The1234craig
      @The1234craig 3 года назад +4

      except the live version on the 1969 album is longer and more perfect.

    • @grahamchapple3552
      @grahamchapple3552 Год назад +1

      i call this elevator music play iin shoppping centres loud at easter and xmas

    • @davidcolpo5212
      @davidcolpo5212 Год назад +2

      it is the perfect song

    • @daleholmes4288
      @daleholmes4288 10 месяцев назад +3

      I've never heard music this good playing in my local shopping centre :)

    • @aleksastamenkovic5526
      @aleksastamenkovic5526 10 месяцев назад

      @@grahamchapple3552 Brother you smoking crack or something?

  • @Ricklynchcorecom
    @Ricklynchcorecom 3 года назад +60

    The Rhythm guitar is incredible. Sterling was fantastic.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 8 месяцев назад +1

      They’re all on point in this one. One of the most moving songs I’ve ever known in my life.

  • @llaurita2
    @llaurita2 5 лет назад +99

    I want that riff playing in my head 24-7

  • @pablozewoppa
    @pablozewoppa 3 года назад +81

    I love The Velvet Underground with all of my heart

  • @Guy4755
    @Guy4755 11 лет назад +68

    Lou has passed, but his magnificent music shall live on forever. This song has always made my heart sing.

  • @LessAiredvanU
    @LessAiredvanU Год назад +18

    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!

    • @ComradeMarx1017
      @ComradeMarx1017 10 месяцев назад +8

      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.

  • @BenCulture
    @BenCulture 11 лет назад +116

    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.

    • @versioncity1
      @versioncity1 5 лет назад +8

      there probably is a 30 minute version out there somewhere.

    • @waynecrawford9531
      @waynecrawford9531 2 года назад +7

      300 hour version wouldn't be enough

    • @SaddamYusfal
      @SaddamYusfal 2 года назад +5

      @@waynecrawford9531 the version of this song from the 1969 live album will scroll your nurd!

    • @PeleSahota
      @PeleSahota Год назад +2

      It feels a lot like Rock n Roll.

    • @grahamchapple3552
      @grahamchapple3552 Год назад +1

      i am sick of 3 mins here and skip ads i like this just goes on then i do repeat

  • @twofiveb
    @twofiveb 5 лет назад +60

    This song and Rock n Roll both say “it’ll be alright...”
    I listen to them both often.

    • @DizzyVizion
      @DizzyVizion 4 года назад +7

      Not a massive fan of the band, but those 2 songs are possibly my 2 favourite songs by anyone. Makes no sense.

    • @defoperator7993
      @defoperator7993 4 года назад +3

      Rock is medicine for the soul

    • @comedownmachine4682
      @comedownmachine4682 3 года назад +4

      @@DizzyVizion how are you not a fan of this band

    • @jofall91
      @jofall91 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@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…

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@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.

  • @dannyguzman7052
    @dannyguzman7052 6 лет назад +87

    That guitar that organ 😍😍😍

  • @valhalia100
    @valhalia100 11 лет назад +51

    RIP Lou Reed ; Probally waiting for the man

    • @toddc2394
      @toddc2394 5 лет назад +3

      Hopefully the man already came 🤒😎

    • @ethanhill9460
      @ethanhill9460 4 года назад

      Looking for Warhol and Delmore.

    • @martenbos7007
      @martenbos7007 3 года назад +1

      I hope with some good stuff.

    • @jameshafner1442
      @jameshafner1442 3 года назад +1

      Andy, Nico, and Sterling were probably glad to see him too.

  • @Sml1keW4ka
    @Sml1keW4ka 2 года назад +13

    Most favorite song from The Velvet Underground.

  • @II-xl7lj
    @II-xl7lj 4 года назад +24

    One of the best solos of all time, without a doubt

  • @keithmockridge3329
    @keithmockridge3329 4 года назад +14

    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

  • @beee7004
    @beee7004 10 лет назад +27

    one of the best velvets tracks!! possibly my top 10 of all time songs ever!!!

    • @BenCulture
      @BenCulture 10 лет назад +2

      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.

    • @kwd-kwd
      @kwd-kwd 10 лет назад +7

      Ben Culture nah, that song is good too. just because they share a title is no reason to slag one over the other.

    • @brianengel1298
      @brianengel1298 Год назад +1

      ​@@kwd-kwdI know,that was the most ridiculous comment from anyone I read lol

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@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.

  • @robertsmith4519
    @robertsmith4519 11 месяцев назад +10

    One of the greatest albums ever

  • @ralucagymnast
    @ralucagymnast 10 лет назад +96

    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. ♥

    • @alwynshaw6197
      @alwynshaw6197 10 лет назад +3

      nice you tube comment. Do youfeel better?

    • @alwynshaw6197
      @alwynshaw6197 10 лет назад +2

      Chris Morey I like them too they are the best band ever x

    • @number7gracestreet
      @number7gracestreet 7 лет назад +4

      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 :-)

    • @foldingspace7397
      @foldingspace7397 4 года назад +2

      Thanks for the heads-up on the '69 live version...haven't stopped smiling

    • @pietop55
      @pietop55 4 года назад +1

      I'm glad you got to grow up with this music!

  • @Farmlandsfallfan
    @Farmlandsfallfan 12 лет назад +32

    One of the most amazingly awesome classic songs ever, a veritable masterpiece

  • @hughdismuke4703
    @hughdismuke4703 Год назад +6

    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.

  • @anorthernsoul100
    @anorthernsoul100 3 года назад +14

    My god I love this tune,it gets better and better with age,god bless you Lou

  • @troutmask6800
    @troutmask6800 3 года назад +19

    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.

    • @RobertCarusoOfficial
      @RobertCarusoOfficial  3 года назад +8

      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

    • @hasanabir115
      @hasanabir115 2 года назад +1

      @@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.

    • @jameslappin77
      @jameslappin77 2 года назад +1

      Why only early 20's?

    • @troutmask6800
      @troutmask6800 2 года назад +3

      @@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.

    • @stevesmith7067
      @stevesmith7067 Год назад +1

      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....

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 5 лет назад +17

    No one else made songs so fascinatingly hypnotic. Amazing!

  • @petejones879
    @petejones879 2 года назад +9

    My favourite from the velvets.. Even now still mind blowing that guitar riff is mesmerising

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 2 года назад +1

      Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

    • @grahamchapple3552
      @grahamchapple3552 10 месяцев назад +2

      i like the gift stereo one side bent story the other velvet cacophony

  • @esotericsolitaire
    @esotericsolitaire 5 лет назад +33

    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.

    • @BlueRosebuds
      @BlueRosebuds 4 года назад +2

      I think I'd ugly-cry if I got the chance to do that...love them so much!

    • @defoperator7993
      @defoperator7993 4 года назад +3

      This kinda was a hidden jem in the city though you would ran into allot of poverty and crime

    • @natelivas3961
      @natelivas3961 4 года назад +3

      Yeah fuck that west coast shit lol

    • @doitnowvideosyeah5841
      @doitnowvideosyeah5841 3 года назад +2

      1980's LES was pretty amazing too

    • @kelechi_77
      @kelechi_77 3 месяца назад

      You would have probably just caught the Fugs because VU mainly played gigs in Boston

  • @michaelnewton5270
    @michaelnewton5270 10 лет назад +16

    lou you make me grateful to have lived in this time

  • @gvp999999
    @gvp999999 10 лет назад +21

    I'd love to hear a non-fadeout version of this. My favourite piece of rhythm guitar playing ever!

    • @The1234craig
      @The1234craig 3 года назад +4

      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.

    • @grahamchapple3552
      @grahamchapple3552 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@The1234craig cale electric organ reed rythym band etc 12 minutes later

    • @grahamchapple3552
      @grahamchapple3552 10 месяцев назад +1

      semi garage punk

  • @robertvanpelt4039
    @robertvanpelt4039 2 года назад +10

    Song is mind bending experience, especially the lead and rythm guitar work.

    • @grahamchapple3552
      @grahamchapple3552 10 месяцев назад +3

      no lead cale keyboards?

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 8 месяцев назад +2

      That organ swell is pretty damn mesmerizing too.

  • @danielorlando8172
    @danielorlando8172 Год назад +11

    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

  • @josejones7025
    @josejones7025 10 месяцев назад +3

    The entire composition And band are unmatched

  • @27dcrow
    @27dcrow 12 лет назад +8

    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.

  • @christy7698
    @christy7698 3 года назад +8

    Thank you, VU, because your music changed my life!🥰

  • @adinocc2042
    @adinocc2042 5 лет назад +8

    They created and carved out the place where alternative/punk/etc lives now!
    Enjoy!

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 8 месяцев назад

      Yep. I’ve always been of the opinion that it all begins with the Velvets. They were the true originals.

  • @martmako1
    @martmako1 5 лет назад +7

    even 30mins of that glorious rhythm guitar & Hammond wouldn't be enough, just flawless , many thanks

    • @RobertCarusoOfficial
      @RobertCarusoOfficial  Год назад +3

      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

  • @lesilluminations1
    @lesilluminations1 4 месяца назад +2

    The song that launched a thousand bands.

  • @mrsir8685
    @mrsir8685 7 лет назад +8

    my favourite velvet song its got it all

  • @Mytyay_ShostaIV
    @Mytyay_ShostaIV 3 года назад +4

    I was searching this song for years. First time I heard it 5 years ago. Now I found it

  • @raidsado8718
    @raidsado8718 10 лет назад +11

    I will listen to this tune forever!

  • @seiyakan1380
    @seiyakan1380 3 года назад +5

    Timeless classic!

  • @corsaro8363
    @corsaro8363 5 лет назад +9

    R.I.P Great Lou Reed

  • @caryheuchert
    @caryheuchert 8 месяцев назад

    Wonderful Velvets tune! Love the lead guitar break. Reminds me of what Eno would do in his career after leaving Roxy Music.

  • @TheKeefed
    @TheKeefed Год назад +4

    And again. I'm lost in Moe's drumming. Incredible. Steady as she goes.

  • @christy7698
    @christy7698 3 года назад +2

    Best "fan made" video I have ever seen! Good job!

  • @brianhusker01
    @brianhusker01 6 месяцев назад

    Waaaayyyyy ahead of its time. Amazing. Cant say enuff about this vastly under appreciated band

  • @sofijavukic9126
    @sofijavukic9126 3 года назад +3

    and all of a sudden, she found out velvet underground was her favorite band.

  • @ashleymonday298
    @ashleymonday298 4 года назад +51

    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.

    • @lotharroberts5978
      @lotharroberts5978 3 года назад +6

      That was due in partial to the Fender amps, Lou's Gretsch, and the Teisco Del Ray guitar Sterling was playing.

    • @ollie9754
      @ollie9754 3 года назад +4

      @@lotharroberts5978 Likely had something to do with John Cale's influence too, considering The Modern Lovers was also produced by him.

    • @Johnconno
      @Johnconno 3 года назад +3

      Amazing what can be achieved with Malanga and a whip.

    • @Chichesterfrotesque1001
      @Chichesterfrotesque1001 3 года назад +2

      @@lotharroberts5978 not on what goes , that'd be an es335 & es345 & big sunn amps.

    • @Chichesterfrotesque1001
      @Chichesterfrotesque1001 3 года назад +1

      @@Johnconno Gerards whip was a fashion acoutrement & had no influence on the music.

  • @DH-3on_sAm
    @DH-3on_sAm 5 лет назад +4

    thank you for this. I needed to hear this today.

  • @bluebirdreviews
    @bluebirdreviews 11 лет назад +11

    This is really well done and reflects the magic and intensity of Lou Reed and VU. Love your educational commentary. Thank You!

  • @christopherschipper3132
    @christopherschipper3132 5 лет назад +4

    I can't love this song enough.

  • @julianciahaconsulting8663
    @julianciahaconsulting8663 6 месяцев назад +1

    possibly the coolest song ever

  • @Yourismouter
    @Yourismouter 11 лет назад +5

    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!

    • @johnb6080
      @johnb6080 5 лет назад

      It is well done & i am quite a fan of the group. Andy?... Well who knows right?

  • @mgmegt5920
    @mgmegt5920 3 года назад +2

    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.

    • @RobertCarusoOfficial
      @RobertCarusoOfficial  3 года назад +1

      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 🙂

  • @markheidema3699
    @markheidema3699 3 года назад +2

    Gotta love the Hamond in the background.

    • @RobertCarusoOfficial
      @RobertCarusoOfficial  3 года назад +3

      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... 😂)

  • @BenCulture
    @BenCulture 10 лет назад +17

    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

  • @christy7698
    @christy7698 3 года назад +4

    My favorite VU song, by far!!

  • @sebastiancaterva5760
    @sebastiancaterva5760 6 лет назад +10

    Dios tenga en la gloria al gran Lou Reed.

  • @LeafInTheStream
    @LeafInTheStream 3 года назад +1

    My oldest brother's favourite song. Rest in peace, Bob.

  • @ralphallen7656
    @ralphallen7656 3 года назад +1

    great tune.from 2.43 on is organ and rhythm guitar magic. listen to it over and over.

  • @pietop55
    @pietop55 4 года назад +2

    Loved it for a long time!

  • @user-qm9gh4zg1d
    @user-qm9gh4zg1d 5 лет назад +3

    I Love Velvet Underground !!!!!!! Forever !!!!!!!

  • @mypousto215
    @mypousto215 6 лет назад +1

    Amazing photos and footage. I want to see more.

    • @RobertCarusoOfficial
      @RobertCarusoOfficial  6 лет назад +3

      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

  • @markandresen1
    @markandresen1 3 года назад +1

    Could've listened to that for hours...

  • @ricklohn4140
    @ricklohn4140 Год назад +1

    Brian Eno said the chord structure in this song was used for David Bowie’s “Heroes”.

    • @RobertCarusoOfficial
      @RobertCarusoOfficial  Год назад +1

      Yes, true, it's the melody of the vocals that scan in a similar way in both songs. I always thought that in general Bowie's Heroes is derivative of Lou Reed's Heroin: 1) "Hero" is the masculine of the feminine "Heroine". 2) Both songs are based on 2 basic chords: D and G. 3) Both songs start slow to then have a crescendo. 4) Both songs are about transcendence: Heroes is about love triumphing over violence and war ("And the guns shot above our heads/And we kissed as tho' nothing could fall", etc..); Heroin is about transcending the world and life through a narcotic; but if one pays attention, Heroin is sung from the point of view of someone having a transcendent, almost religious experience (and the narrator is a Christian: "I feel just like Jesus' son", "I'm going to try for the Kingdom, if I can" (the Kingdom Of God, obviously), "Thank God , I'm good as dead, Thank God, I'm not aware, Thank God, I just don't care"), etc.. etc.. 5) What Goes On has a totally different harmonic structure (I mean its chords), a completely different tempo and its crescendo is done with intensity, sound-wise (the organ that goes on 'til the end) rather than rhythmically, etc... 🙂

  • @matteoponticelli4056
    @matteoponticelli4056 2 года назад

    Fantastic sound fantastic years

  • @dgbradman1
    @dgbradman1 9 лет назад +1

    well written song, with an intuitive guitar solo

  • @Texeq
    @Texeq 11 лет назад +4

    Rock music you can dance to - as it fills your head.

  • @calewolf3430
    @calewolf3430 9 лет назад +3

    Wonderful stuff.

  • @yolandajohnson8685
    @yolandajohnson8685 3 года назад +1

    Lou Reed was soooo very naturally smooth and cool. He didnt have to try to be cool, it came naturally.

  • @sandrakenney567
    @sandrakenney567 6 месяцев назад

    Great song 👍👏🤘💖💃🕺

  • @vicente8705
    @vicente8705 3 года назад +1

    Love this version

  • @samalbaugh9321
    @samalbaugh9321 3 года назад

    Indeed and what Spirit and Energy 👍❤️👍

  • @UweSchmidt-f2x
    @UweSchmidt-f2x 2 месяца назад

    It goes straigth in my mind

  • @tiriri64
    @tiriri64 4 года назад +1

    I love too mutch this song!

  • @ATCguy1973
    @ATCguy1973 3 года назад

    Best outro ever! Wish it was longer! Like days longer 😁👍

  • @thetriumphofthethrill2457
    @thetriumphofthethrill2457 3 года назад

    Great song and compelling video. Priceless images and footage.

  • @jacklyndonovan4701
    @jacklyndonovan4701 3 года назад +1

    This was way before people knew what real good music was, 😍

  • @twiggirl37
    @twiggirl37 11 лет назад +1

    great visuals

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 5 лет назад +6

    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.

    • @hippojuice23
      @hippojuice23 4 года назад

      Brian Wilson, Joni Mitchell, Hendrix, the Kinks, Bowie, lesee....

    • @keithnaylor1981
      @keithnaylor1981 4 года назад

      hippojuice23 - yep, amazing times.

    • @ameg6432
      @ameg6432 4 года назад +2

      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

  • @lifesoboring1
    @lifesoboring1 8 лет назад +1

    Great visuals.

  • @becksy539
    @becksy539 4 года назад +12

    the first trance song ever made

  • @marcosantucci7616
    @marcosantucci7616 3 года назад +1

    Magic sound ...

  • @darylcumming7119
    @darylcumming7119 Год назад

    Thanks for the upload.❤

  • @marguskiis7711
    @marguskiis7711 8 месяцев назад +1

    The Beatles version (1965)
    hat goes on in your heart?
    What goes on in your mind?
    You are tearin' me apart
    When you treat me so unkind
    What goes on in your mind?
    The other day I saw you as I walked along the road
    But when I saw him with you, I could feel my future fold
    It's so easy for a girl like you to lie
    Tell me why
    What goes on in your heart?
    What goes on in your mind?
    You are tearin' me apart
    When you treat me so unkind
    What goes on in your mind?
    (Uuuuh)
    I met you in the morning waiting for the tides of time
    But now the tide is turning, I can see that I was blind
    (Uuuuh)
    It's so easy for a girl like you to lie
    (Uuuuh)
    Tell me why
    What goes on in your heart?
    VU version (1969)
    What goes on here in your mind?
    I think that I am falling down
    What goes on here in your mind?
    I think that I am upside down
    Lady, be good, do what you should
    You know it'll work alright
    Lady, be good, do what you should
    You know it'll be alright
    I'm going up, and I'm going down
    I'm gonna fly from side to side
    See the bells up in the sky
    Somebody's cut the string in two
    Lady, be good, do what you should
    You know it'll work alright
    Lady, be good, do what you should
    You know it'll 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

    • @RobertCarusoOfficial
      @RobertCarusoOfficial  8 месяцев назад +1

      "The Beatles version"? It's not the same song! They only happen to have the same title... 🙄 Bryan Ferry covered it in 1978 (quoting the chorus from Beginning To See The Light).. ruclips.net/video/h5_ZuOSyyaw/видео.htmlsi=FRMRssnvaiVpQChX

    • @marguskiis7711
      @marguskiis7711 8 месяцев назад

      The main hook is pretty the same. And lyrics covers the same theme a lot.

    • @RobertCarusoOfficial
      @RobertCarusoOfficial  8 месяцев назад +1

      @@marguskiis7711 No, they are not and they don't. You haven't the slightest idea of what you're talking about and clearly do not understand what Reed was singing about. Besides one song is credited to Lennon-McCartney, the other to Lou Reed. Don't you know what credits, copyright, etc.. are??? My God, people on these social media are delirious! Don't expect an answer to your nonsense...
      🙄

    • @marguskiis7711
      @marguskiis7711 8 месяцев назад

      @@RobertCarusoOfficial Beatles is singing how a woman is driving the singer (Starrr) crazy, Lou Reed Is singing how a woman is driving him crazy.

    • @RobertCarusoOfficial
      @RobertCarusoOfficial  8 месяцев назад +1

      @@marguskiis7711 Not at all! The songs have totally different harmonic structures & totally different meanings, except in your head. "Starr"? Strarr wrote nothing, he was given a silly song to sing every now and then. Reed's singing about drugs, up and down as in "uppers and downers", referring only obliquely to a woman: "Lady, be good, do what you should" as in "don't freak out while tripping", because "You know it'll work alright". In a love song, one calls his girlfriend "lady" rather than "baby", "darling", etc..? "One minute one, one minute two/One minute up and one minute down/What goes on in your mind? I think I'm falling down" as in his song Going Down., etc.. etc.. By your lights, "I'm going up and I'm going down, I'm gonna FLY from side to side" is about love and a chick? You've clearly never done LSD or a speedball, have you? One has to spell out the obvious with you. When did you discover Lou Reed? Yesterday? Listen to the music, the sound; his solo's pure psychedelia; transcendence Velvets-style, like the crescendo in Heroin. That's the same as The Beatles' What Goes On to you? How old are you? Do you really have no inkling to how puerile these comments of yours are? Only a child could write such gibberish. I can't believe I'm having this conversation... and I won't. You are delirious! 🙄

  • @dianelohrke404
    @dianelohrke404 7 лет назад +12

    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.

    • @kenkovar2647
      @kenkovar2647 4 года назад

      baby be good do what you should and it'll be alright!

  • @tonecot8932
    @tonecot8932 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @ivolix1967
    @ivolix1967 3 года назад +1

    masterpiece

  • @waynecrawford9531
    @waynecrawford9531 2 месяца назад

    Heavenly

  • @PennyTraition
    @PennyTraition 13 лет назад +2

    I love this! Also, 'Beginning To See The Light'...I'd so much like to see what you could do with the 'White Light/White Heat' album, maybe 'Lady Godiva's Operation' and 'I Heard Her Call My Name'...Thanks for these vids, the Stooges and the Velvets! Heaven. X.

  • @jimhinkley8983
    @jimhinkley8983 3 года назад +5

    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...)

  • @nbcouch
    @nbcouch 8 дней назад

    Terrific record, but the in concert recordings of are even better. They were such a great live act!

  • @mrkanangra
    @mrkanangra 2 года назад

    God I had this record back in the early 80's when I was a teenager - thought it was the best record!

  • @derekmontgomery6126
    @derekmontgomery6126 Год назад

    What a tune

  • @Retroscoop
    @Retroscoop Год назад +1

    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.

  • @tinchocabj1053
    @tinchocabj1053 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @Joey69G
    @Joey69G 12 лет назад +2

    Just too good!!! :)

  • @drl241
    @drl241 12 лет назад +3

    crazy....that's.....that's just crazy

  • @DeltaProductionOfficial
    @DeltaProductionOfficial 4 года назад +7

    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

  • @rgrg34
    @rgrg34 10 лет назад +2

    great video!!!

  • @rorybone100
    @rorybone100 5 лет назад +1

    Still fresh in 2020

  • @albertobosis1524
    @albertobosis1524 4 года назад

    Wonderful!