How The Velvet Underground became the most influential band in history

While they were a band, The Velvet Underground got almost no attention. But, since then, The Velvet Underground has become one of the most influential bands in the history of rock. This mini documentary tells their story.
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[@SecretSocietyofGoths]

that first album has gotten me through so many bad times

[@gavinmcgilvray4848]

“The first Velvet Underground album sold only 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band.” Music is an extremely subjective medium, allowing room for a heap full of disagreements and criticisms to take place. With this in mind the most reliable measurement for artistic criticism is influence. love it or hate it, it is undeniable that the VU is one of - if not the most - influential bands of all time.

[@ForARide]

David Bowie: 'To me, the sound of the band was John Cale. That was confirmed a few years later when I worked with Lou on Transformer. John was the subversive element of the band, one of the most underrated musicians in rock history. That guy is a danger, a true character.'

[@therocknrollgamer9572]

I love how The Velvet Underground are shaping 2024 for me personally

[@ashwinters9315]

Lou was right. Niko sucked. They sound way better with just Lou singing

[@SongsforSleepwalkers]

A very good, accessible, not too heady documentary of the band. Thanks for your effort producing it. Very much enjoyed.

[@jacobogiquelpalacios1326]

Love the velvets dearly, and Lou too, but man Reed hating on the Dead is a big L for him. Guess psychedelic music doesn’t work with speedballs

[@atrophybelles5879]

No. The thing you fall in love with is the sound of the room it was recorded in.

[@gavinshickle1814]

Not trying to be argumentative but saying they are the MOST influential band in history is rather bold. It's just such a definitive statement. I won't disagree that they can be considered very influential but it can easily be argued that The Beatles or Kraftwerk deserve this designation.

[@natet5959]

Great work! You summed up their career perfectly. Lou Reed was talented and influential, but I have a hard time getting passed his prickly attitude.

[@DonaldTurner]

a great job of research! thank you!

[@tomrobinson5776]

Excellent video! A lot of new info discovered here.

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

Very good, bother!. Learned some new things about the individual members of the VU.

[@ranmanfl5597]

excellent band history story telling with lots of interesting details

[@sarahwelty9223]

Great video and very thorough! Kudos to you you know your stuff! I think that Lou was always jealous of John but I read in John Cales biography that Lou made a pass at him and that's when the tensions started between them because John wasn't interested in that kind of relationship with Lou. And when John married Betsey Johnson and that's when the fireworks really started between them 👍

[@cafeAmericano]

Nico is an artist who has a special place in my soul. She truly had depth and he wants to her and I feel that the other members of the band were either shut off from it or just didn't comprehend what she was about. She got brushed off for being a beautiful girl when an actual fact her Iceberg was much deeper than theirs. It was cultural as well as superficial.

[@keltonking4457]

thank you for this one🙏

[@chriswatts9019]

Great video on a very influential band ✌️

[@kevconn441]

I'm 62, grew up in the far south of the South island of New Zealand. Middle of nowhere. Can't remember now where or when I first heard the Velvet's first album, but I know "my life was changed by rock and roll".

[@r.w.bottorff7735]

Loved your Minutemen episode, back for the velvets.