I was at Olympia in Paris 1993. Velvet played three nights and I watched "only" the first two, 15-16 June. It was pure magic with Cale on keyboard singing "Parties". The peak of the concerts for me and I have been sad to this day that the song is not included at the official DVD. I wounder if this video is from a Paris show and if so, witch date?
Great post. This song is not on Velvet Redux, the live, official DVD of the 1993 Velvets reunion (I was at the Wembley Arena gig: front row, middle seats: best seat in the house, unbelievable! There's a God after all!) ditto The Gift, and probably some other songs they performed during that tour. I think this is one of their best songs, and nowadays I'm not too keen on Lou Reed's singing, I'd rather hear John Cale singing this or I'm Waiting For The Man. Anyway, thanks for posting this
kidcalabria, Maybe you ought to have a look at Cale's solo work. Cale fulfills the Velvets musical legacy far more than Reed ever could. Let's not forget, that it was mainly Cale's musical ideas, that would define the Velvets groundbreaking sound. And he had a far more Punk attitude than Reed ever would, especially at his live performances with decapitated chicken on stage or tearing up the carpet tiles. Between the mid 70s and mid 80s Cale was a real Rock'n'Roll Animal, always providing the unexpected.
@@ForARide No argument there, man. I know Cale's solo work and even met the man: we talked about different things at length and got along great. I also knew Nico very well. Indeed, in The Velvets Reed wrote and sang the songs, but Cale was the "musical director". I don't think that the Punk "attitude" came from Cale who at the time had doubts about what to do, split between his classical and avantgarde background and Rock'n'Roll. Cale might have decapitated a chicken on stage, but Reed shot up (or pretended to) on stage a couple of years before, during the 1974 World Tour. That New York, Punk, street-attitude came from Reed, not Cale. I think Cale learned lots from Reed about lyrics, song-writing and Rock'n'Roll: Reed was a greaser, started doing Doo Wop already in the '50s, he was a fanatical rock'n'roller as a teenager (like also Dylan and Lennon, although some people seem to be unaware of that). Cale's influence on The Velvets was their Gothic, dark side and the musical innovations (the use of drone, feedback, distortion from avantgarde music); I mean, Cale used to go around in a Dracula-like cape; when David Bowie first met him, he thought Cale was scary; the first album's sound-engineer Norman Dolph described Cale as "Doom incarnate". Cale once said "I went to the US to join a street gang and that's exactly what I did with The Velvets" and that street attitude came from Reed (and Morrison and Warhol too). So I think that the 2 complemented each other very well and after all these years - I first became a Velvets fan in the '70s, when most people didn't even know who they were and their records were hard to find - is clear who did what. The two of them had lots in common, but yes, despite the success that turned Reed into a rockstar with chart hits 1972-1976, Cale's was musically more consistent during that same period. Reed had a lot of personal problems in the mid-'70s, as Cale did later in the '80s. They had very similar personalities, except that Cale is much more pleasant as a person (I met Reed too) and they influenced each other. If Brian Epstein - who was a fan - had not died in 1967, he might have become The Velvets' manager; he once said "They're going to be my American Beatles" and that would have changed their fortunes and kept Reed and Cale together. After Cale left the band in Sept 1968, The Velvets kept that "Punk attitude", as you call it (see songs like Foggy Notion, Rock'n'Roll, Sweet Jane, Cool It Down, etc..), but lost Cale's musical abilities which is why Loaded (and other stuff) sound much more conventional than their early output. But there were no musical differences between the two (see 1968's Hey Mr Rain). Reed kicked Cale out of the band because he might have wanted to have a more conventional sound (as in Stephanie Says and Temptation Inside Your Heart which were meant to be released as a single), frustrated by their lack of success and recognition, but the main reason for Reed kicking Cale out of the band was that Nico had left Reed for Cale; make no mistake about it... 🙂
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I saw them at Wembley Arena in 93. John Cale was on form that night and loved his versions of All Tomorrow's Parties. I think that he stole the show.
4 GENIUS ON STAGE! FOREVER THE VELVET UNDERGROUND! ❤
R.I.P. Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground ist legendär so eine gute Band, ich verehre sie, genial!!!!
Journalist Kurt Loder would write that the song "All Tomorrow's Parties" by the Velvet Underground is a "mesmerizing gothic-rock masterpiece"
He was right
that goes VERY Happy Mondays at times, weird
Love this live version :)
Brilliant- absolutely superb. Wish I was there
I was, and it was. Utterly magnificent.
Dieser Song ist einer meiner liebsten Lieder.. ♥️♥️♥️
Und mich auch!👍
I was at Olympia in Paris 1993. Velvet played three nights and I watched "only" the first two, 15-16 June. It was pure magic with Cale on keyboard singing "Parties". The peak of the concerts for me and I have been sad to this day that the song is not included at the official DVD. I wounder if this video is from a Paris show and if so, witch date?
I have this complete show on CD
great this song coool. cool song. i remember and i'm miss to Nico :( :(
...it threws you to every corner, a split of a second I saw Mikis Theoderakis....and as always Maureen Tucker holds it together
The gratest song in the history of pop music. Only Beethoven an Mozart can beat them!
Great post. This song is not on Velvet Redux, the live, official DVD of the 1993 Velvets reunion (I was at the Wembley Arena gig: front row, middle seats: best seat in the house, unbelievable! There's a God after all!) ditto The Gift, and probably some other songs they performed during that tour. I think this is one of their best songs, and nowadays I'm not too keen on Lou Reed's singing, I'd rather hear John Cale singing this or I'm Waiting For The Man. Anyway, thanks for posting this
kidcalabria, Maybe you ought to have a look at Cale's solo work. Cale fulfills the Velvets musical legacy far more than Reed ever could. Let's not forget, that it was mainly Cale's musical ideas, that would define the Velvets groundbreaking sound. And he had a far more Punk attitude than Reed ever would, especially at his live performances with decapitated chicken on stage or tearing up the carpet tiles. Between the mid 70s and mid 80s Cale was a real Rock'n'Roll Animal, always providing the unexpected.
@@ForARide No argument there, man. I know Cale's solo work and even met the man: we talked about different things at length and got along great. I also knew Nico very well. Indeed, in The Velvets Reed wrote and sang the songs, but Cale was the "musical director". I don't think that the Punk "attitude" came from Cale who at the time had doubts about what to do, split between his classical and avantgarde background and Rock'n'Roll. Cale might have decapitated a chicken on stage, but Reed shot up (or pretended to) on stage a couple of years before, during the 1974 World Tour. That New York, Punk, street-attitude came from Reed, not Cale. I think Cale learned lots from Reed about lyrics, song-writing and Rock'n'Roll: Reed was a greaser, started doing Doo Wop already in the '50s, he was a fanatical rock'n'roller as a teenager (like also Dylan and Lennon, although some people seem to be unaware of that). Cale's influence on The Velvets was their Gothic, dark side and the musical innovations (the use of drone, feedback, distortion from avantgarde music); I mean, Cale used to go around in a Dracula-like cape; when David Bowie first met him, he thought Cale was scary; the first album's sound-engineer Norman Dolph described Cale as "Doom incarnate". Cale once said "I went to the US to join a street gang and that's exactly what I did with The Velvets" and that street attitude came from Reed (and Morrison and Warhol too). So I think that the 2 complemented each other very well and after all these years - I first became a Velvets fan in the '70s, when most people didn't even know who they were and their records were hard to find - is clear who did what. The two of them had lots in common, but yes, despite the success that turned Reed into a rockstar with chart hits 1972-1976, Cale's was musically more consistent during that same period. Reed had a lot of personal problems in the mid-'70s, as Cale did later in the '80s. They had very similar personalities, except that Cale is much more pleasant as a person (I met Reed too) and they influenced each other. If Brian Epstein - who was a fan - had not died in 1967, he might have become The Velvets' manager; he once said "They're going to be my American Beatles" and that would have changed their fortunes and kept Reed and Cale together. After Cale left the band in Sept 1968, The Velvets kept that "Punk attitude", as you call it (see songs like Foggy Notion, Rock'n'Roll, Sweet Jane, Cool It Down, etc..), but lost Cale's musical abilities which is why Loaded (and other stuff) sound much more conventional than their early output. But there were no musical differences between the two (see 1968's Hey Mr Rain). Reed kicked Cale out of the band because he might have wanted to have a more conventional sound (as in Stephanie Says and Temptation Inside Your Heart which were meant to be released as a single), frustrated by their lack of success and recognition, but the main reason for Reed kicking Cale out of the band was that Nico had left Reed for Cale; make no mistake about it... 🙂
How cool was Cale's hair?
Maybe 50's haircut
saw it in Hamburg. it was magical.... everyone except nico of course
God I love this.
Breathtaking... I wonder what people felt when that keyboard started playing.
I just felt like this is awesome, I love it
great spirit
@psssyche Which specific gig was this?
In Ehren...aber ohne Nico's Stimme....da fehlt was...
maestros
The lords of Salem
The Lords of Salem
"Should have had that woman sing it" Moe or Nico? Cause Nico was already dead...
That's not reed singing, is it? He's playing the guitar?
That’s bassist John Cale singing. (Also plays viola and keys
Where's the footage from?
The band’s early ‘90s reunion tour.
2 MINS TOO LONG... YAWN.
NOT MY TEMPO!!!
thank god nico is not in this version