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''The Velvet Underground'' is the eponymous third studio album by Music/TheVelvetUnderground, released in 1969. It is their first album without founding member Music/JohnCale, who chose to leave the band after ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat'' from the previous year due to CreativeDifferences with frontman Music/LouReed; it is also their last studio album to feature Maureen Tucker, as due to her pregnancy, she was unable to appear on ''Music/{{Loaded}}'' from the following year. This album is the first featuring Cale's replacement Doug Yule, who would take over the band in the future.
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''The Velvet Underground'' is the eponymous third studio album by Music/TheVelvetUnderground, released in 1969.1969 through Creator/MGMRecords. It is their first album without founding member Music/JohnCale, who chose to leave the band after ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat'' from the previous year due to CreativeDifferences with frontman Music/LouReed; it is also their last studio album to feature Maureen Tucker, as due to her pregnancy, she was unable to appear on ''Music/{{Loaded}}'' from the following year. This album is the first featuring Cale's replacement Doug Yule, who would take over the band in the future.
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** An instrumental version of "Pale Blue Eyes" was used in ''Film/TheDivingBellAndTheButterfly''.
** "Some Kinda Love" inspired the Music/{{dEUS}} song "What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love)" from ''Music/PocketRevolution'' (2005).
** The distorted organ sound heard at the end of Music/TalkingHeads' "Music/OnceInALifetime" from the ''Music/RemainInLight'' album (1980) was inspired by "What Goes On".
** "Some Kinda Love" inspired the Music/{{dEUS}} song "What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love)" from ''Music/PocketRevolution'' (2005).
** The distorted organ sound heard at the end of Music/TalkingHeads' "Music/OnceInALifetime" from the ''Music/RemainInLight'' album (1980) was inspired by "What Goes On".
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''The Velvet Underground'' is the eponymous third studio album by the Music/VelvetUnderground, Music/TheVelvetUnderground, released in 1969. It is their first album without founding member Music/JohnCale, who chose to leave the band after ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat'' from the previous year due to CreativeDifferences with frontman Music/LouReed; it is also their last studio album to feature Maureen Tucker, as due to her pregnancy, she was unable to appear on ''Music/{{Loaded}}'' from the following year. This album is the first featuring Cale's replacement Doug Yule, who would take over the band in the future.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''I don't know just what it's all about. Put on your red pajamas and find out.'']]
''The Velvet Underground'' is the eponymous third studio album by the Music/VelvetUnderground, released in 1969. It is their first album without founding member Music/JohnCale, who chose to leave the band after ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat'' from the previous year due to CreativeDifferences with frontman Music/LouReed; it is also their last studio album to feature Maureen Tucker, as due to her pregnancy, she was unable to appear on ''Music/{{Loaded}}'' from the following year. This album is the first featuring Cale's replacement Doug Yule, who would take over the band in the future.
With his main rival within the band now gone, Reed was able to make his own ideas and tastes more dominant. The result was a less AvantGardeMusic sound compared to their previous two albums ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' from 1967 and ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat''. Most of the songs are straightforward rock songs such as "Candy Says", "What Goes On" and "Pale Blue Eyes", which remained audience favourites over the years.
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!! Tracklist:
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Candy Says" (4:04)
# "What Goes On" (4:55)
# "Some Kinda Love" (4:03)
# "Pale Blue Eyes" (5:41)
# "Jesus" (3:24)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Beginning to See the Light" (4:41)
# "I'm Set Free" (4:08)
# "That's the Story of My Life" (1:59)
# "The Murder Mystery" (8:55)
# "After Hours" (2:07)
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!!Principal Members:
* Sterling Morrison - guitar, backing and co-lead vocals
* Music/LouReed - lead vocals, guitar, piano
* Maureen Tucker - drums, percussion, backing and lead vocals
* Doug Yule - bass, backing and lead vocals, organ
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! '''''Linger on your pale blue tropes''''':
* AlliterativeTitle: "The '''M'''urder '''M'''ystery".
* AntiLoveSong: "Pale Blue Eyes"
-->''But mostly you just make me mad\\
Baby, you just make me mad\\
Linger on, your pale blue eyes''
* AvantGardeMusic: "The Murder Mystery" is the sole track that fits this genre.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: A huge theme on the album. In "That's the Story of My Life" the difference between wrong and right is said to be "dead". In "Beginning to See the Light" Reed asks: "Here comes two of you, which one will you choose? One is black, one is blue. Don't know just what to do?" and in "Jesus" he asks Jesus to help him.
* BoringButPractical: "Some Kinda Love"
-->''I heard what you said\\
Marguerita told Tom\\
And, of course, you're a bore\\
But at that you're not charm-less\\
For a bore is a straight line\\
That finds a wealth in division\\
And some kinds of love\\
Are mistaken for vision''
* ContinuityNod: "Candy Says" would receive a CallBack with "Caroline Says Part II" on ''Music/{{Berlin}}'' by Music/LouReed.
* CountingToThree: Tucker does this at the start of "After Hours".
* CoverVersion: [[Music/RoxyMusic Bryan Ferry]] covered "What Goes On", which also interpolated "Beginning to See the Light", for 1976's ''The Bride Stripped Bare''.
* TheCynic:
** "I'm Set Free"
--->''And now I'm set free\\
I'm set free\\
I'm set free to find a new illusion''
** "That's the Story of My Life"
--->''That's the story of my life\\
That's the difference between wrong and right\\
But Billy said, both those words are dead\\
That's the story of my life.''
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover is in black and white.
* DespairEventHorizon: "After Hours"
-->''All the people are dancing\\
And they're having such fun\\
I wish it could happen to me''
* DownerEnding: "After Hours" is a pretty dark ending to the album.
* EpicRocking: The 8:55 "The Murder Mystery".
* EpiphanyTherapy: "Beginning to See the Light".
--> ''Yeah, I'm beginning to see the light''
* FaceOnTheCover: This was the first album to feature the band members on the cover. Features a hilariously clean-cut Lou Reed.
* GodIsLoveSongs: "Jesus", a song where Reed asks the Messiah for salvation.
** Complicating the matter is that, well, Reed was Jewish. This has led to a number of conflicting interpretations.
* GratuitousPanning: "The Murder Mystery", which has different vocals from different band members in each channel. Reed would later call this a failed experiment.
* HairOfTheDog: "Beginning to See the Light":
--> ''Wine in the morning, and some breakfast at night''
* InnocentBlueEyes: {{Subverted|Trope}} in "Pale Blue Eyes". The mellow and soothing music leads one to think that this trope is in play, and from the lyrics you can tell that the narrator ''wants'' to believe this -- but he can't, because the relationship can't last, because she's cheating on her husband with him.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to their last two albums this record is much more minimalist and intimate. The only real AvantGardeMusic track is "The Murder Mystery".
* LyricalDissonance: Despite the incredibly dissonant lyrics, "After Hours" has a jaunty melody with an innocent vocal delivery from Tucker.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead:
** "Candy Says"
--->''Candy says: "I'd like to know completely\\
What others so discreetly talk about''
** "What Goes On"
--->''What goes on in your mind?''
* MinisculeRocking: The 1:59 "That's the Story of My Life" and 2:07 "After Hours".
* MythologyGag: The album cover is a deliberate nod to the cover of ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat'' immediately before it, featuring the band name in the exact same font and a similar position, again against a black backdrop, but with a photograph of the band in place of the skull tattoo.
* NewSoundAlbum: Compared to their earlier albums they are almost unrecognizable, save for "The Murder Mystery".
* NonAppearingTitle: The album title does not appear in any of the lyrics.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: "The Murder Mystery" features all four band members' voices. During the verses, Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison each recite different verses of poetry simultaneously, with each track panning strictly to the left and right. For the choruses, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule sing different lyrics and melodies at the same time, also separated left and right.
* OneManSong: "Jesus".
* OneWomanSong: "Candy Says".
* PerishingAltRockVoice: The {{Trope Codifier}}s at work. Notably, Reed's voice is even more perishing here than it usually is; a listener could be forgiven for thinking Yule sings lead vocals on tracks like "I'm Set Free" and "That's the Story of My Life".
* ProperlyParanoid: "Candy Says"
-->''Candy says: "I'd like to know completely\\
What others so discreetly talk about"''.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Candy Says" was about Creator/AndyWarhol model Candy Darling, who would later be referenced again in Reed's song "Walk on the Wild Side" from ''Music/{{Transformer}}''.
* SelfTitledAlbum: ''The Velvet Underground''.
* ShoutOut:
** An instrumental version of "Pale Blue Eyes" was used in ''Film/TheDivingBellAndTheButterfly''.
** "Some Kinda Love" inspired the Music/{{dEUS}} song "What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love)" from ''Music/PocketRevolution'' (2005).
** The distorted organ sound heard at the end of Music/TalkingHeads' "Music/OnceInALifetime" from the ''Music/RemainInLight'' album (1980) was inspired by "What Goes On".
** "The Murder Mystery" references Music/TheBeachBoys' [[Music/PetSounds "Caroline, No"]].
** "Candy Says" was written with Andy Warhol protégé Candy Darling in mind.
* SpokenWordInMusic: "The Murder Mystery" alternates Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison speaking in one channel with Doug Yule and Moe Tucker singing in the other.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Drummer Maureen "Moe" Tucker sings lead vocals on "After Hours". Bass player Doug Yule performs the lead vocals on "Candy Says" and co-lead vocals on the choruses of "Jesus". All four band members perform lead vocals on "The Murder Mystery" (Morrison and Reed during the verses, which are spoken-word; Yule and Tucker during the choruses, which are sung). This is Morrison's only lead vocal credit on a Velvet Underground album, though he did provide backing vocals quite often.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong:
** "After Hours", much thanks to Maureen "Moe" Tucker's vocal delivery. Reed admitted that he gave it to her on purpose because if he'd sung it, it wouldn't have sounded as innocent.
** Around two-thirds of the album qualified by the band's standards at the time. There are a few rockers such as "What Goes On", "Beginning to See the Light", and "The Murder Mystery", but by the standards of a band known for experiments like the viola freakout of "The Black Angel's Death Song" and the seventeen-and-a-half-minute noise jam "Sister Ray", the meditative ballads that make up the majority of this album were a major sonic departure.
* WordSaladLyrics:
** "The Murder Mystery" consists mostly of a series of nonsensical words and phrases, most of them spoken by different people at the same time.
** Many lyrics are difficult to decipher at first. This is lampshaded in "Some Kinda Love":
--->''I don't know just what it's all about\\
Put on your red pyjamas and find out''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''I don't know just what it's all about. Put on your red pajamas and find out.'']]
''The Velvet Underground'' is the eponymous third studio album by the Music/VelvetUnderground, released in 1969. It is their first album without founding member Music/JohnCale, who chose to leave the band after ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat'' from the previous year due to CreativeDifferences with frontman Music/LouReed; it is also their last studio album to feature Maureen Tucker, as due to her pregnancy, she was unable to appear on ''Music/{{Loaded}}'' from the following year. This album is the first featuring Cale's replacement Doug Yule, who would take over the band in the future.
With his main rival within the band now gone, Reed was able to make his own ideas and tastes more dominant. The result was a less AvantGardeMusic sound compared to their previous two albums ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' from 1967 and ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat''. Most of the songs are straightforward rock songs such as "Candy Says", "What Goes On" and "Pale Blue Eyes", which remained audience favourites over the years.
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!! Tracklist:
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Candy Says" (4:04)
# "What Goes On" (4:55)
# "Some Kinda Love" (4:03)
# "Pale Blue Eyes" (5:41)
# "Jesus" (3:24)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Beginning to See the Light" (4:41)
# "I'm Set Free" (4:08)
# "That's the Story of My Life" (1:59)
# "The Murder Mystery" (8:55)
# "After Hours" (2:07)
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!!Principal Members:
* Sterling Morrison - guitar, backing and co-lead vocals
* Music/LouReed - lead vocals, guitar, piano
* Maureen Tucker - drums, percussion, backing and lead vocals
* Doug Yule - bass, backing and lead vocals, organ
----
! '''''Linger on your pale blue tropes''''':
* AlliterativeTitle: "The '''M'''urder '''M'''ystery".
* AntiLoveSong: "Pale Blue Eyes"
-->''But mostly you just make me mad\\
Baby, you just make me mad\\
Linger on, your pale blue eyes''
* AvantGardeMusic: "The Murder Mystery" is the sole track that fits this genre.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: A huge theme on the album. In "That's the Story of My Life" the difference between wrong and right is said to be "dead". In "Beginning to See the Light" Reed asks: "Here comes two of you, which one will you choose? One is black, one is blue. Don't know just what to do?" and in "Jesus" he asks Jesus to help him.
* BoringButPractical: "Some Kinda Love"
-->''I heard what you said\\
Marguerita told Tom\\
And, of course, you're a bore\\
But at that you're not charm-less\\
For a bore is a straight line\\
That finds a wealth in division\\
And some kinds of love\\
Are mistaken for vision''
* ContinuityNod: "Candy Says" would receive a CallBack with "Caroline Says Part II" on ''Music/{{Berlin}}'' by Music/LouReed.
* CountingToThree: Tucker does this at the start of "After Hours".
* CoverVersion: [[Music/RoxyMusic Bryan Ferry]] covered "What Goes On", which also interpolated "Beginning to See the Light", for 1976's ''The Bride Stripped Bare''.
* TheCynic:
** "I'm Set Free"
--->''And now I'm set free\\
I'm set free\\
I'm set free to find a new illusion''
** "That's the Story of My Life"
--->''That's the story of my life\\
That's the difference between wrong and right\\
But Billy said, both those words are dead\\
That's the story of my life.''
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover is in black and white.
* DespairEventHorizon: "After Hours"
-->''All the people are dancing\\
And they're having such fun\\
I wish it could happen to me''
* DownerEnding: "After Hours" is a pretty dark ending to the album.
* EpicRocking: The 8:55 "The Murder Mystery".
* EpiphanyTherapy: "Beginning to See the Light".
--> ''Yeah, I'm beginning to see the light''
* FaceOnTheCover: This was the first album to feature the band members on the cover. Features a hilariously clean-cut Lou Reed.
* GodIsLoveSongs: "Jesus", a song where Reed asks the Messiah for salvation.
** Complicating the matter is that, well, Reed was Jewish. This has led to a number of conflicting interpretations.
* GratuitousPanning: "The Murder Mystery", which has different vocals from different band members in each channel. Reed would later call this a failed experiment.
* HairOfTheDog: "Beginning to See the Light":
--> ''Wine in the morning, and some breakfast at night''
* InnocentBlueEyes: {{Subverted|Trope}} in "Pale Blue Eyes". The mellow and soothing music leads one to think that this trope is in play, and from the lyrics you can tell that the narrator ''wants'' to believe this -- but he can't, because the relationship can't last, because she's cheating on her husband with him.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to their last two albums this record is much more minimalist and intimate. The only real AvantGardeMusic track is "The Murder Mystery".
* LyricalDissonance: Despite the incredibly dissonant lyrics, "After Hours" has a jaunty melody with an innocent vocal delivery from Tucker.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead:
** "Candy Says"
--->''Candy says: "I'd like to know completely\\
What others so discreetly talk about''
** "What Goes On"
--->''What goes on in your mind?''
* MinisculeRocking: The 1:59 "That's the Story of My Life" and 2:07 "After Hours".
* MythologyGag: The album cover is a deliberate nod to the cover of ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat'' immediately before it, featuring the band name in the exact same font and a similar position, again against a black backdrop, but with a photograph of the band in place of the skull tattoo.
* NewSoundAlbum: Compared to their earlier albums they are almost unrecognizable, save for "The Murder Mystery".
* NonAppearingTitle: The album title does not appear in any of the lyrics.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: "The Murder Mystery" features all four band members' voices. During the verses, Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison each recite different verses of poetry simultaneously, with each track panning strictly to the left and right. For the choruses, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule sing different lyrics and melodies at the same time, also separated left and right.
* OneManSong: "Jesus".
* OneWomanSong: "Candy Says".
* PerishingAltRockVoice: The {{Trope Codifier}}s at work. Notably, Reed's voice is even more perishing here than it usually is; a listener could be forgiven for thinking Yule sings lead vocals on tracks like "I'm Set Free" and "That's the Story of My Life".
* ProperlyParanoid: "Candy Says"
-->''Candy says: "I'd like to know completely\\
What others so discreetly talk about"''.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Candy Says" was about Creator/AndyWarhol model Candy Darling, who would later be referenced again in Reed's song "Walk on the Wild Side" from ''Music/{{Transformer}}''.
* SelfTitledAlbum: ''The Velvet Underground''.
* ShoutOut:
** An instrumental version of "Pale Blue Eyes" was used in ''Film/TheDivingBellAndTheButterfly''.
** "Some Kinda Love" inspired the Music/{{dEUS}} song "What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love)" from ''Music/PocketRevolution'' (2005).
** The distorted organ sound heard at the end of Music/TalkingHeads' "Music/OnceInALifetime" from the ''Music/RemainInLight'' album (1980) was inspired by "What Goes On".
** "The Murder Mystery" references Music/TheBeachBoys' [[Music/PetSounds "Caroline, No"]].
** "Candy Says" was written with Andy Warhol protégé Candy Darling in mind.
* SpokenWordInMusic: "The Murder Mystery" alternates Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison speaking in one channel with Doug Yule and Moe Tucker singing in the other.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Drummer Maureen "Moe" Tucker sings lead vocals on "After Hours". Bass player Doug Yule performs the lead vocals on "Candy Says" and co-lead vocals on the choruses of "Jesus". All four band members perform lead vocals on "The Murder Mystery" (Morrison and Reed during the verses, which are spoken-word; Yule and Tucker during the choruses, which are sung). This is Morrison's only lead vocal credit on a Velvet Underground album, though he did provide backing vocals quite often.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong:
** "After Hours", much thanks to Maureen "Moe" Tucker's vocal delivery. Reed admitted that he gave it to her on purpose because if he'd sung it, it wouldn't have sounded as innocent.
** Around two-thirds of the album qualified by the band's standards at the time. There are a few rockers such as "What Goes On", "Beginning to See the Light", and "The Murder Mystery", but by the standards of a band known for experiments like the viola freakout of "The Black Angel's Death Song" and the seventeen-and-a-half-minute noise jam "Sister Ray", the meditative ballads that make up the majority of this album were a major sonic departure.
* WordSaladLyrics:
** "The Murder Mystery" consists mostly of a series of nonsensical words and phrases, most of them spoken by different people at the same time.
** Many lyrics are difficult to decipher at first. This is lampshaded in "Some Kinda Love":
--->''I don't know just what it's all about\\
Put on your red pyjamas and find out''
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