The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (Version 1/The Complete Matrix Tapes)

[@julianleil7847]

Ok guys, let's start a band

[@WarrenPaulHarris]

The Matrix was a great venue. Small, personal and with a phenomenal assortment of artists. I was there many times from 66-67. I never saw the Velvet Underground live, but they were unique and I enjoyed their albums for a long time. What a cool find!

[@olivercarlton7731]

I bet you saw big brother and the holding company tho bro.

[@klaustoth6982]

big cheers to the veterans !

[@duckface524]

this grooves like nothing else

[@RolandWieffering1]

"watch that speedfreak, watch that speedfreak,..... Great stuff. They inspired so much people and musicians. Really something special.

[@Maximillion666]

This gave me goosebumps , holy shit this version is good.

[@TheGrandmasterMan]

yeah....sounds great. The guitars are raw!

[@drlepper72]

If this doesn't capture the essence of real rock-n-roll, then the entire world missed the point....

[@lunarsoundstage8327]

Clicking on this expecting the album version and got something mind blowingly better

[@AFlyOnYourScreen]

This uptempo version is awesome!

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

you'd think that at a certain point, either sterling or lou's fingers would just fall right off at the base from how hard they were jamming

[@mavjimbo]

No band in my mind ever jammed as hard as the VUG

[@j.peterson7293]

I love when Lou and Sterling would trade rhythm/lead, they were top form here.

[@andrewtedlow6552]

Outrageous and insane. In other words, perfect.

[@mcdude0192]

I swear Sterling Morrison’s wrist was made of rubber! His rhythm playing was so tight and syncopated

[@thomasgregorovich7976]

Wow!!!! Where have you been all my life? Best version ever! Feel that fury...speachless....

[@RodrigoPalmer91]

It was recorded with soundboard?? A few bunch of VU gigs were recorded in that way... this sounds incredible man!!! I can't believe. It's an experience.

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

+Rodrigo Romero bullshit. listen babies ALL VELVET UNDERGROUND LIVE BOOTLEGS YES BOOTLEGS DAHLINGS WERE RECORDED WITH SIMPLE REEL TO REEL TAPE RECORDERS --- THE TINY ONES

[@michaelwoods9005]

Joe Rodriguez Yes, plugged into the soundboard. that's what a soundboard recording is- a tape recorder plugged into the mixing console.

[@leonardsumanjaya]

pure sound quality, best

[@klaustoth6982]

what a glorious noise. that's rock n roll how it was meant to be.... rebellious and puking right on your feet.

[@nickthabit420]

I believe (at this tempo) Maureen's hitting it like Charlies Watts, ie no cymbal on the 2 and 4, just snare.

[@andrewtedlow6552]

Maureen has stated in interviews that she had an affinity for early to mid-60s Stones

[@fritzidler3480]

Must have. Must have The Matrix Tapes.

[@rahmemanuel3142]

+FritzIdler Spotify

[@christyspencer6920]

Their best live but it is too expensive even used!

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

what a kickass live band!

[@ElementalOmni]

Wow. I actually like this better than the final version.

[@AppleOno]

It's so much better!

[@rp7356]

let's not go crazy

[@JKParmer]

The best live recordings of VU to date. So damn good!

[@jrgbello]

raw as we love it.

[@jaggedsigns3O11]

at some point i started dissociating and thought the guitars were having a conversation with eatchother.

[@Krysticfrequency]

they are

[@Inanitatem]

thats kinda how musicians see it. Our instruments are having a conversation with eachother, especially 2 guitars, or any jazz group ever, or....a lot of cases actually

[@nickn2794]

yes they are because they always looked ad each other when playing to understand what to do, Moe Tucker said that in an interview its on youtube.

[@agateplanet]

@@Krysticfrequency Yeah man. It's an exchange of ideas.

[@terryhall8042]

@@Krysticfrequency - it's twue it's twue -

[@erikchavarin6085]

the "ooooooo white light/white heat" is more haunting despite how upbeat it is. the 1969 live album (with the ass on the front cover) shoulda included this one instead of the other version (even tho i really love that one). I believe this version to be the quintessential white light/white heat version. fight me.

[@russellurwin7396]

Agree, though I cut my teeth to VU 1969 and WLWH version, it's almost psychedelic the very antithesis of the band.

[@Jonassssss6]

I love this so much, best version of the song. The solo went on for so long though, that the steam was out by the time they started the last verse. It's a shame too because their long jams are usually the best.

[@thomaskeil263]

After Velvet Underground nothing more happened.

[@TheeMikeForce]

This needs to be the song that everyone plays at music stores to test guitars out

[@randy5375]

IT GOES HARD

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

If albums were like CV's, the velvet underground's 'white light white heat', would be a great example of this, only 6 songs, but every one if those is a different style which covers what the velvet underground were capable of doing.

[@neilus]

Reed, along with Keith Richards and Pete Townshend are the great under appreciated kings of the rhythm guitar

[@brandonh.441]

Wow

[@natetheguitarkid]

Yep. dont forget Sterling Morrison, him and Lou would alternate between lead and rhythm

[@markrelph8988]

Lou and Sterling yes.... Richards and Townsend...not fit to lick Lou's boots.😉

[@eargasm1072]

I think Lou is much more underappreciated than Keith or Pete, who is recognized as the king of the power chord!

[@neilus]

@@eargasm1072 hmm maybe Dave Davies of the Kinks used power chords earliest, if you look at any source of protopunk they always say those early Kinks songs

[@AppleOno]

The playing on here is astounding. SO much better than the album version (which is also great, though not my favorite track on that record). So this version was without Cale then. The guitar playing is 1000x better here - for one thing you can actually hear them! They also added a very cool little change which is interesting & catchy. The speed they're playing at adds to the rush and they are so tight! Too had the band had to fall apart, they were amazing.

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

Genios del rock y vanguardistas sin igual Velvet Underground gracias por la música

[@thecasualfront7432]

This is fucking outrageous

[@rayhanleonardi6924]

Better than album version

[@alejandrogabriel2676]

The album version is my favorite, but this live version so far seems like the best of the song.

[@mavjimbo]

That's ok also

[@donlubin2463]

Holy fuck. Mind blown every time I listen to this version.

[@raykolo]

R'N'R!!!! JUST AWESOME!!!! Fist time i listened them i was 14 y.o. now i'm almost 40 and when i listen them my blood just boil to dance

[@corailgris]

Hot dang ! They’re literally tearing the place down ! 🔥

[@exodusexodus7608]

What an experience!

[@m_recordz]

FUCK. YES. It's about goddamn time.

[@jaredsmallwood7736]

Watch that speed freak gonna shoot it up every night of the week

[@diegomoreno9557]

Wow this really sounds fresh

[@mikedavis1084]

Go Lou Lord have mercy....

[@norbertovelazquez1888]

Noise rock!!

[@downallyourstreets]

That sound like their speed rushin hard on this cut!

[@michaelbaker3920]

perfect B/G to bridge jumping---whatta band!!!!!

[@lured8710]

Speed & beer, fantasric for heard this music LOVE ALL SONGS OF LOU & VELVET , WAIT ME IN THE SKY . :(

[@beandipcartography]

Gigantes del pop.

[@OldExit]

ROCK AND ROLL, YOU BEAST YOU

[@GEA955]

Right on ! This is rock & roll, powerful best version !👏👍

[@fabriziowatters]

Esta rola es mucho mas que una simple canción de punk y era algo distinto para esa epoca

[@hippojuice23]

I want to celebrate this to the world, but I don't know how!!

[@jrgbello]

at 01:38 who was shouting 'come oooon!!'? Was it Moe?

[@comradethoth9629]

+jrgbello That was Doug lol

[@spineway]

+JIDF Fuck off nazi

[@comradethoth9629]

spineway No thank you. Also, Nico was a known National Socialist sympathizer. Which I know sounds strange considering Lou was born a Jew.

[@g59Maddi]

Comrade Thoth wait what? did i read that correctly?

[@userseleven5047]

@@comradethoth9629 no she wasn t she just had a n*zi fetish, just like a bunch of rockstars had, ie Sid vicious, Siouxsie, Ian Curtis, death in june, Bowie, fucking Roger waters, Marilyn Manson, and It could go on forever

[@alifakhreddine998]

let's get that white heat do a shot of crank

[@tearworld]

i would give an arm, a leg and a newborn child just to be at the show this was played at

[@mavjimbo]

Lol

[@alittleguy8114]

Oh no... Fireblu...

[@jmecklenborg]

your mom was there...

[@andrewtedlow6552]

You would have gotten in easily because the were only like 6 people there.

[@AndreaCarozzi83]

fantastico

[@jonathanianthompson]

Way better than Version 2/the one on Live 1969

[@nancycollinge8385]

DRUNK GIRLS

[@smandrew9526]

I’m betting it’s Doug who yells C’mon!! right before the solo.

[@eddietasker9110]

I think it's Mo

[@albertducroq9141]

l 'intégralité est sorti en boot LP et également en coffret CD avec livre !

[@ernestodelaserna9494]

The Velvets were the perfect 1960s East Coast answer to the Beach Boys.

[@nclsrfn]

this is fucking glorious

[@stephenward8328]

lit up

[@trishfranks]

Yaaaaaay!!!!!

[@ashishrajbanshi8601]

The early LP edition with the banana-skin sticker peeled of. Anyone noticed.

[@robertdupont1027]

Amazing... The VU of 69 is my favorite edition of the band ... DYK that neither Doug Yule nor Nico are included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. . This is criminal in my opinion

[@ethanhill9460]

Here's combined blues and rock a billy on speed. Where's JOHNNY CASH? Sitting over there!

[@anonymousfuck9320]

Its great for "speeding" if u know what i mean

[@ethanhill9460]

Powerful testimony for ANDY. LOU. VU.

[@jonnybgoode007]

Thanks so much. Very, very Cool, indeed. I appreciate beyond words. :)

[@chrisdaniels7760]

MOE WITH CYMBALS?!

[@PaleBlueTsu]

+Panda Person i think this might be after she left the group, and doug yule and brother billy replaced john cale and moe, not sure though when this performance was

[@chrisdaniels7760]

tsubasa ohkawa yeah

[@comradethoth9629]

+tsubasa ohkawa that was in 1970. Moe played cymbals since at least 1966 (see the video recorded of them by Andy Warhol).

[@cjm5781]

Moe never really left the group, she was just pregnant in 1970 during the recordings of Loaded and Live at Max's Kansas City sessions. This is from 1969 and definitely her drumming. The way you can tell it's not Moe is when you start hearing all those busy drum rolls and shit. She kept it simple.

[@MilesTippett]

No kick drum tho....

[@duckface524]

Out of the fucking extraordinary

[@quantum7690]

Needs more staplegun

[@ethanhill9460]

Don't need cowbell.

[@Revolutionarybum1]

Holly Shillfit❗️Why wasn't this the version released originally ❓A+++

[@GuriTevzadze-h6m]

It was like speed rush. Always comin back when i shoot up speed.

[@carolineroche6821]

velvet tapeit!!!!

[@kennewton6626]

This is the shit. Does anyone know, is white light a nickname for speed? Sure fits the bill anyway!

[@123four...]

wouldn't be surprised, a lot of their stuff has double meanings

[@andrewtedlow6552]

Yes

[@brentemory1078]

originally it was a reference to moonshine

[@norbertovelazquez2366]

Feedback!!!!!!!

[@gabrieldallonder]

cara, isso é INSANO!! HUUAHUAEHUAHAEU

[@agateplanet]

ASTONISHING !

[@satyros2]

THX!

[@stephenpowers51]

Fun to play this at three-quarter speed.

[@ryosasaki6986]

Dunno y but this one kinda reminds me of "fell in love with a girl" by white stripes

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

I hope yer not serious are you? haha

[@mrseal662]

I get where you're coming from

[@cjm5781]

Great fucking sound!

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

Is this Mo Tucker or Billy Yule on drums?

[@jplew138]

It's Moe.

[@smandrew9526]

Moe left the band to have a baby around the time that Loaded was recorded. She was still with the band in ‘69 , when these live recordings were made.

[@adolfojuarez3654]

This is live?😮

[@gerrydrew9612]

fuckin rock&roll!!!

[@핵타]

yes babe

[@lured8710]

핵타 his words no say nuthin

[@rehctansmuc6565]

HECTOR

[@indian23hhs]

Before rock, there was rock and roll.

[@stephenward8328]

VU at its best

[@brunotrochmann]

topzilla

[@stephenward8328]

Damn. ,,left hand inside lane hammer down blowin doors.....

[@tavinho9498]

Viva peron

[@mryandao54]

amphetamines :')

[@anonymousfuck9320]

Yeah thats nice :)

[@eddietasker9110]

My favourite

[@PsychedelicLife]

SHIT LOADS of speed u can bet...daaaaaamn...bein on pure pharma amph the 3day in a row I cant describe you how I percieve the music right now....hoooooly shot. pure speed fueled craziness...I totally trip away to the jangling soli....

[@adolfojuarez3654]

I like this version more than the original one 😅

[@AlexandrePizay-hd7xy]

Extrêmement pogotant

[@gabriellozano2926]

Tocan un poquito no???

[@herbie0408]

Did I die and just go to heaven...just checking

[@dionysosvorax2272]

Brother Doug Yule wasn't a penguin ! ;)

[@bowieramone4523]

Bowie is smiling !!!

[@alessandrorossi95]

Fuck yeahhhhh!!!!!

[@ArnaldoDeLisio]

Chi ha comprato V.U. suonerà la chitarra elettrica! Really! :-)