The Velvet Underground - The Gift download song

Lou Reed's improvisations were just mind boggling at that time, never heard anyone play a guitar like that. Over 8 minutes of effortless improvisation over a simple bass line, and never once is it dull to listen to

How original must this have sounded at the time? Classic.

RIP in pepperoni Waldo Jeffers

Waldo Jeffers, martyred patron saint of Nice Guys

One of the most important bands, ever. The entire band was an artwork, atleast for the first two albums.

It's a crime to hear this without immediately listening to Lady Godiva's Operation

"My god he was like an octopus, hands all over the place"  :P

I can't help but laugh every time at 1:24 when John's bandmates go "Aww!"

"Rough hands gripped his package." Best line ever.

the first time I heard this i only had my left earbud in and I was really confused

Glad I found this. My dad told me about this once. He never told me what it was but said he heard it on mescaline in Vietnam. Thanks Google.

He marked the package "fragile"...

I don't know if i laughed harder at "suddenly rough hands gripped his package" or "oh gawd, it's absolutely maudlin outside." "ach, I know what you mean, I feel all ic-ky!" Standing ovation for John Cale's brilliant adaptation of this cultural critique wrapped up in a well-written short story.

Listening to this, I can kind of hear how some people mistake the Welsh accent for "Indian".

whenever i feel like a creep for listening to this sort of thing, i remind myself that we've been reading more f-ed up stories in school since like seventh grade. the catbird seat, anyone?

The guitar is underrated here

sad to see politics in the comments

4:40 for phrase..."my god, he's like an octopus..hands all over the place".....