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Old 11-03-2011, 08:51 PM   #85 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Il Duce View Post
the few hundred copies of VU & Nico bought by people, those people started bands

just by word of mouth and propagation by its fans, VU is considered a seminal influence

it's hardly anything to do with "marketing"

lots of 80s synth-pop were marketed like mad, yet failed to achieve any results, mainly cos they were crap

the Beatles were hardly "crap"
The bottom line is this: If you stamp the Beatles name on the debut album of the Velvet Underground that album would be considered the greatest album of all time.
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