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Second best Velvet Underground album?

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minkles:
I disagree.  All the songs on VU and Nico are incredamazing, even "All Tomorrow's Parties".  Maybe

I'm thinking White Light/White Heat right now, because everyone seems to really love it or hate it, and I usually find myself in the former category on such things.  Also, I can't resist an album with a 17 and a half minute song.

Any love for "Loaded"?

Johnny C:
I agree with Kai. You already have the second best. Go get WL/WH, and in the meantime enjoy this excerpt from Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History Of Punk.


--- Quote ---JOHN CALE: Lou was very full of himself and faggy in those days. We called him Lulu, and I was Black Jack. Lou wanted to be the queen bitch and spit out the sharpest rebukes of anyone around. Lou always ran with the pack and the Factory was full of queens to run with. But Lou was dazzled by Andy and Nico. He was completely spooked by Andy because he could not believe that someone could have so much goodwill, and yet be so mischievous - in the same transvestite way that Lou was, all that bubbling gay humour.

Lou tried to compete. Unfortunately for him, Nico could do it better - Nico and Andy had a slightly different approach, but they outdid Lou time and time again. Andy was never less than considerate to us. Lou couldn't fully understand this, he couldn't grasp this amity that Andy had.

Even worse, Lou would say something bitchy, but Andy would say something even bitchier - and nicer. This would irritate Lou. Nico had the same effect. She would say things so Lou couldn't answer back. You see, Lou and Nico had some kind of affair, both consummated and constipated, during the time he wrote these psychological love songs for her like "I'll Be Your Mirror" and "Femme Fatale."

When it fell apart, we really learnt how Nico could be the mistress of the destructive one-liner. I remember one morning we had gathered at the Factory for a rehearsal. Nico came in late, as usual. Lou said hello to her in a rather cold way.

Nico simply stood there. You could see she was waiting to reply, in her own time. Ages later, out of the blue, came her first words: "I cannot make love to Jews anymore."
--- End quote ---

minkles:
Fascinating.

E. Spaceman:
Rank!

1.- The Velvet Underground
2.- The Velvet Underground & Nico
3.- White Light / White Heat
4.- Loaded
5.- VU

and yes, Squeeze never happenned, OK?

Kai:
Rank!

1. White Light // White Heat
2. Velvet Underground and Nico
3. Loaded
4. Velvet Underground

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