The Velvet Underground "Berlin" (Bataclan 1972 - Paris) | Archive INA

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Pop Deux | ORTF | 10/06/1972 | Réalisé par Claude Ventura
The Velvet Underground, avec Lou REED au chant, interprète "Berlin" sur la scène du Bataclan lors d'un concert donné le 29 janvier 1972. Institut National de l'Audiovisuel,
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[@brucemacmillan9581]

My dad played piano on the studio recording of Berlin. Also did the string and horn arrangements for the album.

[@kanjiwooowooo3202]

That's amazing

[@kahnlives]

You expect us to believe that🤨

[@brucemacmillan9581]

@@kahnlives My father is Allan Macmillan. Check out the credits on the album and you'll see that he's the pianist on the title track and also did the string and horn arrangements for other tracks on the album. He worked with the producer, Bob Ezrin, on several album projects, including Alice Cooper records. I also worked, for a brief period, at the studio he ran in Toronto - Nimbus 9/Soundstage - with his partners, producer Jack Richardson and Peter Clayton. Whether you choose to believe he's my father is your business. But it won't change the fact that he is.

[@kahnlives]

@@brucemacmillan9581 The VU a one of a kind band, I’m impressed. You’re father sounds like an amazing guy!

[@brucemacmillan9581]

@@kahnlives My dad wasn't involved with The VU. He worked with Lou after he went solo. And just on the one album.

[@kahnlives]

John Cales piano playing is phenomenal in this clip, truly amazing.

[@dottieparker7274]

@@kahnlives Ah, that'd be John Cale

[@CarnivalofLVX]

This is the best performance I’ve ever seen. And this version of Berlin is by far the best. Beautiful

[@lelandthomosoniii4743]

He's reading Urban Poetry!

[@annamonaco5959]

amassed by performance but sound too!

[@Godloveszaza]

@@lelandthomosoniii4743and the beat is just following along!

[@6202191190]

"I´m gonna miss you now that you´re gone..."

[@ninonr.2728]

this is absolutely the best live I never saw in my entire life and i'm still amazed every time I see it

[@poopmcstuffins4417]

it's so beautiful

[@visionaerie]

Hey john cale is stil with us. Him and mo tucker...appreciate. Was this post -VU lou reed ...? Either way.....bad ass. They wuz bad ass.

[@user-yz9kz6vt9y]

Yes, it's amazing! I think it helped Lou to have the subject of his song sitting beside him!

[@mistersurrealist]

@@user-yz9kz6vt9y Oh yeah, "Berlin" is most definitely a song about Nico. :)

[@jjacolo1]

Nico, the german queen is quietly listening. Candle lights and Dubonnet on ice.

[@Xiobing]

She knows he's gonna miss her now.

[@abbyohannes]

this was so beautiful. i miss lou.

[@Lomedae]

I miss Lou so much

[@danielvega71]

You're right... I'm into the New York album now, It's just pandemic. "Caught between the twisted stars, the plotted lines, the faulty map that brought Columbus to Noo Yawk..."

[@calebmoore4727]

Lou at his best in my opinion. Berlin is a masterpiece

[@cortezcortez739]

Holy smokes. Lou and John are On fire here. Timeless!

[@alainclement9244]

"Was a killer"??...I agree with you, Cortez, i'm french, my first rock concert was in 1973, i heard about this unique concert just some monthes before right at home, here in paris, and i spent some years thinking i missed it....I was right LOL this "caoustic" concert was so velvetissimo...The three of them are so good in their part...Lou Reed was not "Lou Reed" yet.."Berlin" the record was noy as known than today, Nico just began to sing alone, and was living here in Paris with Philippe Garrel, and John hadn't done "paris1919", not produced a lot (except teh Stooges LOL)...well, i mean their ego wasn't too big enough to prevent them playing together....During this concert, they played ""The Biggest, Loudest, Hairiest Group of All" ...could be a good epitatph for the Velvet...? ;+) kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5i4hJqIm5ikjqM

[@bighoss6115]

The piano is so beautiful!!

[@MrASIDS]

Je suis complètement fasciné par sa façon de chanter, une voix sublime !

[@annamonaco5959]

OMG Mon Dieu .. Lou c est mon dieu!

[@annamonaco5959]

et vraiment sexy

[@sarahwelty9223]

That piano is haunting. Truely amazing!

[@mennobults6464]

Hi from Holand. I gues you know the version on the album. The piano is tunned very sharp. It makes it even more haunting. This was a version a didn't know and I realy liked it. Thank you, Ina, for posting this.

[@carltoeski]

Half of the views must be me. I've been listening to this for the last couple of months everyday on repeat. Will never get tired of this, it's a gem! I love lou, john and nico ❤

[@slaterslater5944]

The other half is me :-)

[@alainclement9244]

@@slaterslater5944 and the third half is...me! lol

[@scottmaclean5443]

The performance, the location, the absolute perfect version of this song

[@hughdismuke4703]

Had the pleasure of meeting Lou. What a moment it was! Very cool man.

[@presence5426]

Details!! 🙂

[@HansonZhang-ri2lj]

Was he rather a harsh person to talk to like he's in the interviews? What Was he like?

[@guezou]

"This is my Barbra Streisand song" said Lou just before this Video starts.

[@carltoeski]

I just got the whole album can't wait to hear it :D

[@presence5426]

It's like buttah.

[@JIKAHERA]

Sublime ! Quel timbre de voix enchanteur.....

[@rossturcotte419]

unreal / surreal set. 🍌 and this version is devastating. absolutely iconic & gorgeously moving. tremendous, haunting & legendary stuff y'all.

[@patrickmb3632]

bonjour,quelle domage que le concert n est pas filmer en entier et sortis en dvd ,pour que l on puisse savourer ce moment inoubliable du velvet underground, qui a graver dans le marbre tout une époque,salut les artistes.

[@JimRitchieBhoy]

Miss you Lou

[@simondeun9692]

Piano sound of the seventies; so great! (Thanks John ). Voice and acoustic guitar Lou. Nico is a watching it all. Top top version.

[@juanmanuelalvarezrodriguez84]

Beatiful song

[@saraannibale407]

Meravigliosa e commovente, grazie Lou

[@robertsmith4519]

Just love his voice

[@jamesdavid2192]

C'est un premier jet pour devenir un monument qq années plus tard dans l'album du même nom !!!!! Le piano et la voix deviendront sublimes ........

[@13bKalighat]

My elder brother (deceased) brought me in. I was 14 at this time. Now I'm 66 and still kept a great relation with the Vu and Lou. But in 76 , after hearing Cannonball's Dancing in the dark, I plunged into jazz. Weird, isn't it ?

[@cjm5781]

Great performance.

[@naluo8628]

Love from China ❤

[@michellevitali4540]

Finding this literally made my night!

[@mastexcc2658]

Thats what happend to me now!!

[@jasonsenator6144]

Dont forget what happened at the bataclan. ❤ or Lou R.I.P.

[@Riatzi]

You're right and I'm wrong...so touching. Love you, Lou.

[@gabrieldallonder]

i'm gonna miss you, Millena! ♡

[@nzstrawman]

Lou, John and Nico

[@Rock-iw7ov]

Ooh it was paradise...

[@romanlouche3702]

I wonder how many of us came to the comments to make a correction regarding the description of who the artist is and then saw that the undeniable heart and bones dudes of V.U. are performing. Nico's presence as prop/idol only further validates it. Exquisite.

[@AlainBELLY-tc4ze]

Moment unique !

[@rehctansmuc6565]

this is so good i could cry

[@JDarrylSSS]

beautiful. I love them both, as musicians but also as great people!

[@chickenbiscuitbabyyewww9580]

Lou is one of my favorite artists ever. I am reading Howard’s sonnes book the life of Lou reed now. But Lou was no good person

[@elenayblanco]

@@chickenbiscuitbabyyewww9580 same here... They all said Cale was much easier character

[@LucyBowie8]

sublime my Lou ★

[@d_walsh]

awwww it was paradise

[@stutombs5294]

Sublime.

[@Steffen-gg4gp]

Magnifique😄

[@sabinevasse9396]

Adoré Adorable Lou Reed ..et ce bijou

[@thais8606]

this is SO FUCKING GOOD MY MAN

[@TheMarioRunner]

Même si ce n'est pas le Velvet officiellement, c'est tout de même sa quintessence qui joue en acoustique. Lou Reed et John Cale sur une compo de Lou. On voit régulièrement en arrière-plan Nico, bras croisés, puisque le Bataclan les accueillait tous les trois ce jour de 1972. Sur l'album Lou Reed (1972) c'est Rick Wakeman et sur l'album Berlin (1973), c'est Bob Ezrin qui joue les parties de piano.

[@albertoc4038]

No te entiendo nada frances!!! Habla en criollo...

[@jacd.3697]

Les cadreurs de l'époque étaient des bons génies ; une seule caméra, un opérateur mobile, attentif à ce qui se passe sur scène, recadrant au bon moment, qui est au service de la musique tout en organisant la mise en scène... rien à voir avec ces dispositifs multi-caméra qui le font à l'esbroufe, bourrins parmi les bourrins.

[@alainclement9244]

A chaque fois que je revois cette vidéo (souvent), c'est ce que je me dis.....Déjà, c'était l'équipe de Claude Ventura, un sacré pro, et aussi le plus important, c'était pour Pop2, et je suis sûr que tous les "techniciens" partageaient cet amour du rock, bref, musiciens, public, et équipe technique étaient en phase...L'autre chose où je suis bien d'accord avec toi, c'est sur la "mise en scène"....Ces 3 là avaient une histoire "particulière" d'amour-haine..Et ces caméramen ont eu le génie de capter des échanges, des regards assez incoyables..(De Lou vers Nico, ou inversement...), et bien sûr une captation du public, même fantomatique......Toute la vidéo, environ 30 minutes est dispo sur le site de l'INA...Dernière chose que tu ne savais paut-être pas: c'était tourné en 16 MM, confirmé auprès d'un technicien de cette équipe, après avoir visionné ce tournage de Genesis, toujours par la même équipe technique (le son aussi est fabuleux et respectueux)...kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqKwpKVtn8-EfJI

[@jacd.3697]

@@alainclement9244 Oui, les équipes de la télévision tournaient encore beaucoup de sujets en pellicule d'où ce regard affuté des cadreurs qui savaient qu'ils étaient limités en autonomie par la durée du chargeur et qui anticipaient le moment où ils allaient devoir s'arrêter de tourner tout en songeant au raccord possible. Rien à voir avec la facilité donnée par la vidéo, puis par le numérique. Et le résultat est là.

[@alainclement9244]

@@jacd.3697 Exact. Une belle illustration de la façon dont les contraintes donnent à s'exprimer créativement......Orson Welles disait aux jeunes réalisateurs en herbe: "Vous voulez filmer mais n'avez pas assez d'argent pour acheter une caméra? Volez là!!"..Une autre époque....😂

[@volternoomi]

Please please please please please upload the other songs from this performance. I would give one of my feet to get to see when Nico performs "No One Is There" and John Cales "Empty Bottles". Please please please please for the love of all music holy please.

[@presence5426]

Terrific song.

[@alaskadenisovna]

IM GOING TO MISS YOU NOW THAT YOURE GONE one sweet day.....

[@saugat805]

@3:20

[@syncret_]

400 views...should be much higher than that. cheers for the upload.

[@Syfoll]

24.000 now

[@darylcumming7119]

Wow.

[@Lu-pt2bf]

❤

[@demianmachado9043]

Wonderfull voice...

[@LJBrown25]

Back when he actually cared about the quality of his performances

[@tradrjk]

Went to highschool with Doug Yule...good guy

[@morganahonkis]

sweet lou

[@christinapeter1001]

Wonderful...

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love it!!

[@tryharder75]

Cooooool

[@paolomarinelli2294]

Great!

[@gildas2]

I wish I would be there

[@Jimmypoolza]

Hes very handsome

[@user-yz9kz6vt9y]

He is beautiful, yes.

[@tryharder75]

Is that Cale on piano?

[@sebastian4451]

and nico was right there

[@barbaravanwhy4564]

I love this

[@Wy1att]

Gracias James

[@dottieparker7274]

Omg is that Ivy Nicholson on the side there?

[@tylerparr8488]

Where's the rest of the concert?!

[@d_walsh]

Tyler Parr it's on here, well about 22 minutes worth on film

[@carltoeski]

@@d_walsh the whole album came out not long ago but sadly there's not much of video

[@asabilabiel9599]

Now that you're gone

[@WeskerFoda]

Why they took this out of Spotify? Why??????? W H Y

[@tradrjk]

DuBonet on ice....says it all😢

[@donnydarko2100]

It's not the VU. It's Reed, Nico & John Cale.

[@BasVoets-fj9bx]

Berlin is cool

[@annamonaco5959]

Oh my sweet babe

[@alraune7361]

Ari Boulogne`s father?

[@presence5426]

Lou looks stoned. But still on.

[@humbertojimmy]

Bob Dylan has nothing on Lou.

[@jameskennedy721]

billboards at the time said " dont forget - hire the vet . " the Vietnam disaster was still unfolding .

[@tavinho9498]

viva Perón

[@terenceboris851]

what song is this? it’s not on BERLIN.

[@ezechielpequay5894]

It's Berlin....and this song is on "Berlin", but also on the S/T Lou Reed's records

[@igorhusadzic5716]

Berlin !

[@guritevzadze314]

Dope or buzz?

[@luckyodigie5694]

Great performance until the smoke from the cigarettes nearly killed Nico! And this wild audience just clap at anything 🤦. I'd be cool and try not to rip my clothes off a VU concert, right? I think?

[@richpatz4807]

This was shot in color though. How can it be that I have a copy in color and INA posts it in b/w?

[@camiloformica9031]

Any chance you publish it?

[@rotflachaine4768]

c'est pas les velvet underground

[@TheLebowskick]

alors c'est qui ?

[@rotflachaine4768]

lou reed

[@Ludovikokaine]

J'ai eu un doute, mais apparemment si il s'agit bien du Velvet Underground ! "À l'issue de la tournée en Grande-Bretagne, le manager Steve Sesnick renvoie Tucker (la dernière survivante des débuts du Velvet Underground), Powers et Alexander en Amérique, et pousse Yule à enregistrer un cinquième album, pour le label Polydor. Ce qui sera fait, en 1972 : il enregistre Squeeze, avec l'aide de Ian Paice, batteur de Deep Purple, et de quelques anonymes. Mais à la même époque, le « vrai » Velvet Underground est ailleurs : Reed, Cale et Nico, qui ont tous trois entamé des carrières solos, se retrouvent à Londres, puis à Paris, pour deux concerts « unplugged »"

[@justinhiggins2210]

Opiate rasp on high.

[@grahamgreene1158]

Nico aurait du rester

[@cesareantinellipickinup]

Undertones for bad vibes.