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gazatthebop wrote: ↑

08 May 2024 20:04

The instrumental version is the closest thing he's ever done to vintage VU

Is there also an instrumental version? I'd like to hear that

And while we are on the subject of Cale singles, does anyone know of a source for Cry one of the bonus singles that came with the Shifty Adventures lp?

Was just coming in to say the same thing. He did it just like Sister Ray said.

I have a single-screen dvd which has the music switched on for the entire Nico reel. This means it is better sound quality than either of the boots mentioned above and is not obscured by the monologue from the Pope Ondine reel. Even so, it's not exactly hi fi and unfortunately cuts out at the end of...

i can hear some of the Symphony of Sound soundtrack here and there, but don't recognise all the projected film sounds, Symphony of Sound, definitely. In the interview they describe that film and say it is untitled. I can also hear lots of Hedy; I listen to an edit of the soundtrack more often than ...

Woah! Thanks for links, Jonas

Idly musing on Simonm's suggestion of a possible connection between the use of 'youngman' by John Rechy and Lou, I found myself on Urban Dictionary, where they make a similar connection with its use in YMCA.

It's a short blast from March 7 1966 and not on All Tomorrow's Parties

I used an AI to remove the voice-over and corrected some severe drops in volume https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bgbnaacq ... ak3ir&dl=0

I was just thinking about the given title Youngman 11-66 - youngman is the term for a hustler in John Rechy's queer classic City Of Night published by Grove Press in '63. I'm sure Lou would have had it on his bookshelf next to Hubert Selby's Last Exit To Brooklyn - could that have been a reference ...

Thanks for this, MsRayon. It's a fantastic treat