Actually, The Warlocks was Grateful Dead's first name, according to Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton in the book "Last Night a DJ saved my life". They played in the first Kool-Aid Acid Test in 1965, in which occasion, changed their name, specially for the event, to The Grateful Dead (after considering Mythical Ethical, Icicle Tricicle and Nonreality Sandwich).
@captaininsanity89 yeah, this riff is kind of a whole genre to itself . Many songs by velvet underground, lou reed, spaceman 3, etc. use something very similar
+Todd Balazovic Of course not. I don't think anything is recorded by that version of TVU. The earliest we can have is the Primitives (unless you count Lou Reed's singles from the 50s and early 60s).
Sure, there are similarities between this song and "Sister Ray," but I really don't think they're similar enough to warrant copyright infringement or anything. I've actually never really associated the two. Either way, great vid, thanks for putting it up!
@jandean61 I understand that not everyone hears the same thing when listening to a song. E, G, D, A... (some variation on that progression)... in the same strum pattern. That is why I hear Boys Better. Only the bridge is different. But I bet you could sing the lyrics over the top.
Warlocks are cool and i've been lucky to meet Bobby in one of his concert in switzerland... He is a cool guy but he was more looking to flirt with gruppies! Unfortunately, no success this night... Come and check our shoegaze music if you have time...
To each his/her own. To anyone who says they sound like BJM, well Bobby was IN the BJM so no big shocker there. Yeah it sounds like the Dandy's too - all the same camp. All of these bands heavily influenced by Velvets and Lou Reed, whats wrong with that? You think they don't acknowledge that (Song For Nico)? If you don't like it, feel free not to listen. For my 2 cents - seeing the Warlocks live were 2 of the greatest nights of my life, white noise included....
Not without irony, they had to change their name from the "Warlocks" in 65 or 66 because there was another band by that name. Then Jerry flipped through the dictionary and the rest is Grateful history.
nei, er man KUL så liker man warlocks. er man noob så misliker man warlocks. warlocks er kanskje norges beste hip hop gruppe, og de fortjener recognition over hele verden. the warlocks er også bra, har sansen for slik musikk
there's actually a norwegian rap groups band named Warlocks.. everybody who reads this message should check them out, they are AMAZINGLY AWSOME!!! u gotta hear "city soldier"!! :D
Not quite a BJM live yet, and certainly not as great live as BRMC; but much more entertaining live than this video that seems more like the Dandy's than anything. Alot of jumping around though. Keep jumping around, and learn some more chords! Good band!
um if ne of you knew ne thing about music you would know that it is inevitable that one group will use a riff from another band or a tempo from anothert band.... so on and so on in blues they do it all the time there are only so many combinations of music can be made before they are repeated
this song is such a rip off of The Velvet Underground's song, "Sister Ray". However, this is still good. These guys remind me of a drone version of the dandy's.
Good music is hard to find nowadays. This is good music.
Great record.
Never get sick of this.
this is not the velvet underground, but an incredible simulation...... I love this track!
This is an awsome band! Need of their videos on here.
A Warlocks gig will melt your brain (in a good way).
Soooo sick! Love it! Cant get enough of this song
Saw these guys in the UK a few weeks ago! Still kickin ass!! :)
These guys + The Sisters of Mercy = best show I've ever seen
I just got The Phoenix Album today, loving it so much and this song, brilliant!
What a great drive it has, almost like some BJM Songs. Love this tune so much!
another reason they sound so good!!
no way this group totally has their own sound as much as velvet underground did
@ELPIKE75 Where they any good?
love this song!
they remind me of the velvet underground and i love it
ROCK ON!!
yep exactly.
love both
thats the sound of the dandy warhols!!!
i love this song =)
mixer, J&MC and Syd Barret . excellent..
how so? this is great!
The worst thing about drugs is not having any.
yeah
I'm reading your comment 6 years later, I hope you have found SOME drugs that are better not having :) . Thanks for the laugh though.
nice tribute to the VU's "sister ray" riff. Love this
Actually, The Warlocks was Grateful Dead's first name, according to Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton in the book "Last Night a DJ saved my life". They played in the first Kool-Aid Acid Test in 1965, in which occasion, changed their name, specially for the event, to The Grateful Dead (after considering Mythical Ethical, Icicle Tricicle and Nonreality Sandwich).
...sounds like what awesome would sound like..
... just like it
Sometimes i have to shake the dope out lol or leave it alone completely
love it
it was also an early name of VU, another around that time was The Falling Spikes
there's a difference between ripping off and wearing your influences on your sleeves....the Warlocks fuckin rule.
As well as being a name for early VU this was also a name of the early incarnation of the Grateful dead.
@captaininsanity89 yeah, this riff is kind of a whole genre to itself . Many songs by velvet underground, lou reed, spaceman 3, etc. use something very similar
Anton Newcombe is king! brilliant song writer
@trufiend138 Who doesn't wanna be Lou Reed?
there may be a slight, a very very slight chance, that these guys were influenced by TVU
+Anton Resident Yes.. came here looking for The Warlocks that were pre-underground... this is not them?
+Todd Balazovic
Of course not. I don't think anything is recorded by that version of TVU. The earliest we can have is the Primitives (unless you count Lou Reed's singles from the 50s and early 60s).
love the warlocks...this songs a bit new,,,,,,if any of you were real music freaks you would be able to tell the verse is ...sister ray from lou reed
the sound is similar... i am big fan of the dandys.. i know many things bout them..
I'm discovering this new band.
gibson and vox instrument users... my kind of band
this band have two drummers???
for every velvet underground nostalgic heart :)
see ya tomorrow evenin in the botanique of Bruxelles............
Sure, there are similarities between this song and "Sister Ray," but I really don't think they're similar enough to warrant copyright infringement or anything. I've actually never really associated the two. Either way, great vid, thanks for putting it up!
I like the Original Warlocks( Grateful Dead) and this Warlocks band.. both good bands, very different , with some similar themes.
@jandean61 I understand that not everyone hears the same thing when listening to a song. E, G, D, A... (some variation on that progression)... in the same strum pattern. That is why I hear Boys Better. Only the bridge is different. But I bet you could sing the lyrics over the top.
Warlocks are cool and i've been lucky to meet Bobby in one of his concert in switzerland... He is a cool guy but he was more looking to flirt with gruppies! Unfortunately, no success this night...
Come and check our shoegaze music if you have time...
Plucky Rules!!
Lol my bro is in this band now. This song is much different than eat I've heardthem play live
People are SO wacky. The VU influence is unmistakable...yet someone says they sound like Neil Young!
Anyway, this is a cool song.
he shakes like neil young
wears lou reed sunglasses
i like that guy
reminds me of the vlevet underground
To each his/her own. To anyone who says they sound like BJM, well Bobby was IN the BJM so no big shocker there. Yeah it sounds like the Dandy's too - all the same camp. All of these bands heavily influenced by Velvets and Lou Reed, whats wrong with that? You think they don't acknowledge that (Song For Nico)? If you don't like it, feel free not to listen. For my 2 cents - seeing the Warlocks live were 2 of the greatest nights of my life, white noise included....
hence my use of the world 'also'
yay
Seeds much ??
Wasn't Billy Joel supposed to be in this band?
Not without irony, they had to change their name from the "Warlocks" in 65 or 66 because there was another band by that name. Then Jerry flipped through the dictionary and the rest is Grateful history.
cool af
nei, er man KUL så liker man warlocks. er man noob så misliker man warlocks. warlocks er kanskje norges beste hip hop gruppe, og de fortjener recognition over hele verden. the warlocks er også bra, har sansen for slik musikk
I thought that Lou Reed was in a band called the warlocks before velvet underground, this is of course not it,
why compare?
I was under the impression that there were a few members of VU, or maybe just one in the Warlocks
there's actually a norwegian rap groups band named Warlocks.. everybody who reads this message should check them out, they are AMAZINGLY AWSOME!!! u gotta hear "city soldier"!! :D
como una mezcla entre velvet underground y los dandy warhols xD
me gustó =)
Noooo wrong Warlocks mate!
Shake, shake, shake the derp out
Shake the doop out?!
Aw just like Sister Ray said
@jeroenvlerre He really looks like John Kay from Steppenwolf, too :)
good
VU took there name from a title of a book they`ve found in new apartament they`re to rent.
class! love the sluggish groove, very cool.
like dark music? check out lucid rivers
This could be easily on WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT by the Velvet Underground. :D
wrong, that's the sound of the BJM, do some research, I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised.
@thebigfatyoyo THEM THREE CHORD SONGS!
@nathan120000 YES!
@Agentorange88 Why even compare? Just appreciate both bands and keep music evil.
Sister Ray
impossible not to hear the VU´s influence on this one... also the backing vocals remind me of the warhols as well as the bjm
Yeah, very Sister Rayish.
Its cool though. They're a good band. There arent many like them nowadays.
Sounds very much like Sister Ray of the Velvet Underground and Boys Better by The Dandy Warhols
dead head is born ! Tom Wait
Not quite a BJM live yet, and certainly not as great live as BRMC; but much more entertaining live than this video that seems more like the Dandy's than anything. Alot of jumping around though. Keep jumping around, and learn some more chords! Good band!
sister ray
um if ne of you knew ne thing about music you would know that it is inevitable that one group will use a riff from another band or a tempo from anothert band.... so on and so on in blues they do it all the time there are only so many combinations of music can be made before they are repeated
this represents everything that's wrong with music today.
boys better by the Dandy Warhols is what I hear...
this reminds me of neil young more than vu.
This is not the worst song. The Phoenix Album probably has the least accessible tracklist. Oh Shadie has NOTHING on Jam of the Witches.
@kalebgranthunter88 I wish I could.
SISTER RAY :D
This hardly represents the mainstream rock music today..
Pretty ballsy move to take that name. Good tunes, though.
sounds like the velvet underground
@BBACRU no the warlocks were the grateful dead before the dead. but ya lou wouldve fit in haha
this song is such a rip off of The Velvet Underground's song, "Sister Ray". However, this is still good. These guys remind me of a drone version of the dandy's.
rofl
its all the same! and they all have sun glasses!
Wow I find this not too derivative. Same genre at best.
brian jonestown massacre.
Wow self righteous much? Please explain to me why this band is original and not a poor rehash of music that was being made 40 years ago.
Is this a joke?
haha