The Velvet Forum

The first hour isn't on the Velvet Underground at all but really is a mind blowing listen all by itself. My first VU exposure was to the Third album and to VU and I also love the 1969 live recordings, particularly "What Goes On" (not mentioned at all), still my favourite part of their career. This ...

[quote=camforrester post_id=179472 time=1661725116 user_id=44513] Yep. There is detailed information about the audio/film in the video's description. [quote=MarkTWIC post_id=179439 time=1660131685 user_id=44607] Is this live version real? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr3LuS7aleY [/quote] [/quote ...

Is this live version real?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr3LuS7aleY

I was reading about "Strange Fruit" a poem and song written by the Jewish-American writer Abel Meeropol when I came across the factoid that he published under a pseudonym of Lewis Allan. I've never seen this mentioned anywhere, but is there any chance this is where Lou Reed's parents got his name ...