I don't get the velvet underground?

Black Francis · 04-19-2014, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Necromancer

I would personally love to know who all these artists and musicians are, that were supposedly inspired by Velvet Underground?

My Morning Jacket Dead Boys Mott the Hoople Sun City Girls
Galaxie 500 The Modern Lovers Pere Ubu Pretenders Slint Spectrum Jim Carroll The Dream Syndicate U2 British Sea Power Sonic Youth Mercury Rev Young Marble Giants Roxy Music Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mink DeVille Pussy Galore Pixies Electrelane The Raincoats Stevie Jackson Neu! Kraftwerk Clinic Amon Düül Nirvana Bauhaus Sparks Throbbing Gristle Glenn Branca Gary Numan Simple Minds The Chameleons UK Deleted Scenes Big Star Gang of Four Low Spoon The Fall Let's Active Broadcast That Petrol Emotion Slowdive Suicide The Verlaines Dirty Three Cosmonauts The Verve Sex Pistols Television Personalities Au Dunes Siouxsie and the Banshees Th' Faith Healers The Jesus and Mary Chain The Cure Peter Bjorn and John Yo La Tengo The Vaselines Faust Hüsker Dü Joy Division.

And more~

Necromancer · 04-19-2014, 12:24 PM

It took you awhile to gather the information off the internet, I haven't heard of 98 percent of those bands, you forgot to mention David Bowie and the Stooges.

Black Francis · 04-19-2014, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Necromancer

It took you awhile to gather the information off the internet, I haven't heard of 98 percent of those bands, you forgot to mention David Bowie and the Stooges.

Nope, Copy paste it took me like 3 seconds

And see? YOU KNOW they influenced alot of artists in a direct or indirect way.

Paul Smeenus · 04-19-2014, 12:33 PM

I have high respect for VU and their influence, but I don't listen to them actively. I do enjoy the Cowboy Junkies cover of "Sweet Jane".

Necromancer · 04-19-2014, 12:33 PM

And how is that, that I should know?
David Bowie and the Stooges are just a joke that I've heard others reply to as artist that were influenced by Velvet Underground, sorry.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-19-2014, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Necromancer

And how is that, that I should know?
David Bowie and the Stooges are just a joke that I've heard others reply to as artist that were influenced by Velvet Underground, sorry.

Bowie was performing VU covers when they were still together.

Black Francis · 04-19-2014, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Necromancer

And how is that, that I should know?
David Bowie and the Stooges are just a joke that I've heard others reply to as artist that were influenced by Velvet Underground, sorry.

But it's not a joke it's true.

thought you knew.

Necromancer · 04-19-2014, 12:43 PM

Well I've performed covers by David Bowie, but that doesn't mean I'm influenced by his music in my own writing.
I personally don't hear the influence of VU in any of David Bowie's material.

ExiledMind · 04-19-2014, 12:46 PM

I'm not a overly big fan of them but I do have a lot of respect for them. I read somewhere that they had major influence on Jello from Dead Kennedys and Greg Ginn from Black Flag and those are 2 of my favorite bands.

Black Francis · 04-19-2014, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Necromancer

Well I've performed covers by David Bowie, but that doesn't mean I'm influenced by his music in my own writing.
I personally don't hear the influence of VU in any of David Bowie's material.

"Queen Bitch" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory.

Bowie was a great Velvet Underground fan and wrote the song in tribute to the band and Lou Reed.[1] He recorded a studio cover of Reed's "I'm Waiting for the Man" in 1967 (which remains unissued), as well as live versions, which may be heard on Bowie at the Beeb and on Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (in the 2010 special edition and deluxe edition re-issues of Station To Station). -Wiki

04-19-2014, 12:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	It took you awhile to gather the information off the internet, I haven't heard of 98 percent of those bands, you forgot to mention David Bowie and the Stooges.

04-19-2014, 12:33 PM	#15 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	And how is that, that I should know? David Bowie and the Stooges are just a joke that I've heard others reply to as artist that were influenced by Velvet Underground, sorry.

04-19-2014, 12:43 PM	#18 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	Well I've performed covers by David Bowie, but that doesn't mean I'm influenced by his music in my own writing. I personally don't hear the influence of VU in any of David Bowie's material.

04-19-2014, 12:46 PM	#19 (permalink)
ExiledMind Groupie Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Oregon Posts: 31	I'm not a overly big fan of them but I do have a lot of respect for them. I read somewhere that they had major influence on Jello from Dead Kennedys and Greg Ginn from Black Flag and those are 2 of my favorite bands.