Acoustic version of Venus in Furs from Peel Slowly And See [Disc 1] played by Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison. Actually the demo is longer, they sing the song 3 times : this is 2nd time, best one... Enjoy !
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@StevenParrisWard6 жыл бұрын
Cale has an almost Scarborough Fair Elizabethan feel to this. Fascinating.
@ewantaylor4832 жыл бұрын
Elizabethian ! Excellent description !
@vonjunzt41302 жыл бұрын
he's from Wales. I think the Gin is made with Juniper, so it would be more like Juniper, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
@rarebird_822 жыл бұрын
Bang on wow!
@karlb.Am.I Жыл бұрын
Bit alt j .. and o course he's welsh , it's a very traditionL west Wales sound
@krisscanlon4051 Жыл бұрын
Its in his blood plus his career always veered close to Witchseason Sound Techniques production. Cale not afraid to go acoustic either...
@user-vg5rv5xf4u8 жыл бұрын
John Cale is one of the most underrated musicians of all time.Swapping out the strings on that electric viola for guitar strings gave the fierce drone on the first two records.
@pieterkock6958 жыл бұрын
he is not underrated at all, he is pretty good and being seen that way.
@ForARide7 жыл бұрын
Of course he´s underrated. Why has he never apeared on the cover of The Rolling Stone or any other relevant Music magazine? There are trillions of books about the Beatles, Stones, Bowie, Pistols whatever, you just name them. There are only 3 books about JC; his semi-autobiography What´s Welsh For Zen? then a book by an italian journalist in Italian! and a fanzine like book. Or when do you ever get to hear or see his music being played by the media. And a lot of people I spoke to who are heavely into alternative music have never even heard of him before. Considering his enormos influence on modern music and his endless talent he should be right up the top with the other giant rockstars. I believe Cale´s story still has to be told: as the arch-punk, afterall it was him who sowed those bad seeds into rock´n roll, music wise. As saying with his old friend and foe Lou Reed: I hope one day John Cale will be seen sa the Beethoven of his time.
@pieterkock6957 жыл бұрын
you're confusing popularity with rating.
@FerneyManrique7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@SonikJesus5 жыл бұрын
he’s not underrated at all. he’s a legend.
@zzzwy7772 жыл бұрын
Literally early velvet underground is classical,ancient and traditional folk type music using electric guitars ,bass and drums that's why their music sounds so timeless and touching as well as a little touch of experimetal textures and sounds . Amen.
@ewantaylor4478 Жыл бұрын
Medieval!
@georgehamburger15575 жыл бұрын
John Cale makes this version so alluring and captivating. His voice is beautiful and in great contrast to the somewhat dark lyrics of this masterpiece. I am truly blown away by its sheer beauty. Help,i cant stop listening to this.
@anujbajracharya553 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is Lou could sing like this too. He had an incredibly buttery soft voice which you can hear in later VU albums after Cale departed. They just opted to sing it very harshly, maybe to match the violent and raging viola?
@mrdirachiel5 жыл бұрын
"Vicar, would you mind singing this tune for us?"
@andrewcooper-barnes61654 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ForARide Жыл бұрын
Yeah, should have been a scene in Monty Python's Holy Grail
@ForARideАй бұрын
Have you seen some of the early Velvets photos, with Angus MacLise still in the band? Cale is dressed up like some psycho priest with that clerical collar and those dark Ray-ban shades, ready to celebrate a black mass.
@Darksunshinerain8711 жыл бұрын
This is the Renaissance Fair version!
@liliamuseum196 Жыл бұрын
Gives a whole new dimension and vibe to this song !! I like this version even if its not better than the original
@donnicholas75525 жыл бұрын
Wow! I never heard this before! John Cale is excellent on this!
@asnaebo2 жыл бұрын
I just discovered this song watching TVU documentary, its just so spiritual singing, way ahead Lou singing. Very emotional and pure
@WoodRatGirl12 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous voice Cale has. And how can anyone think this is Reed? Reed's voice is pretty distinctive.
@danielk3014 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear Nico singing this.
@rarebird_822 жыл бұрын
Same
@II-xl7lj2 жыл бұрын
By no means, it's almost blasphemy
@II-xl7lj2 жыл бұрын
@@rarebird_82 By no means, it's almost blasphemy
@ewantaylor4478 Жыл бұрын
I would love to hear Charlotte C. singing this !
@andreasghb80742 жыл бұрын
I strongly recommend the new VU documentary to any of their fans.
@daveholly90052 жыл бұрын
From everything I've read I am surprised Cale didn't get a writing credit on this. He virtually invented drone drone rock... or at least introduced drone to popular music
@ForARide2 жыл бұрын
Have a listen into this playlist, this is what John Cale did before and besides the VU: kzbin.info/aero/PLNINWcxxj9hHMJx4_oFVWNLznPeMWKRVW
@chuckiec202 жыл бұрын
Listen to Lou Reed solo heroin demo. Plenty of drone. What they had in common. Ostrich guitar link is interesting. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich_guitar
@ForARide4 ай бұрын
@@chuckiec20which Reed Heroin solo version. Can't find one.
@batmangler12 жыл бұрын
My favorite version of this song!
@louisrelf5903 Жыл бұрын
Like the medieval feel of this version
@rondeewright326010 жыл бұрын
this is john cale ( and that accent is amanford valley, carmarthenshire, wales.) and personally i love this version best. tough shit.x
@martinhaughey3219 жыл бұрын
Never heard this version before. It starts off as a pure English folk song. The music continues as such but the lyrics become really dirty , as I remember the song
@sutcliffe6211 жыл бұрын
I think I love this version more than Lou's version. Of course, Lou made such an amazing job but John's vocals in this song is just.. Magical?
@ForARide3 жыл бұрын
What's Lou's version? The lp version? Well that wasn't purely Reed, the others had their contribution too. Especially Cale had a massive impact on the arrangements and sound, should have been co-credited for the music.
@sutcliffe623 жыл бұрын
@@ForARide by "lou's version" i meant lou's vocals so i wasn't talking about the arrangements or anything else.
@brianmatt4822 Жыл бұрын
So real- feeling.B. would call it Ren faire music,& laugh. I call it a supplication,& I know the Velvets would laugh but it brought hot tears to my eyes. I bought my 1st electric violin because of John Cale. The Velvets would never be a stadium band& I love it. The Beatles have their good ones,I'm not really a stones fan( the music tv always puts their top 100 bands,& it always ends with the cliffhanger- "who's #1? Beatles? Stones?" I always thought where are our true creators,Cave,Cale,Reed ,Bowie,Bolan, Curtis,the thinkers the Readers! The list goes on,so they line the church of music,even if they are tokened out to the r&r hall of fame- as punk would say,boring ! & Yet they'll play there when nominated. So contrary. - b not B.
@seanod71576 жыл бұрын
RIP Sterling Morrison
@hiyapoeple111 жыл бұрын
Dude, totally Cale. Welsh accent, sounds exaclty like he does on White Light/White Heat
@dashmash54784 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of something that could have appeared on Chelsea Girls
@childwallred2 жыл бұрын
Like a really old English folk song! still sounds great!
@kedgwell8 жыл бұрын
I hadn't heard this version of the Velvets' song. It's totally different in sensibility. In this acoustic version, with Cale singing, it sounds as if it had come out of the British electric folk scene that was happening in the late 60s/early 70s -- something totally different from what the Velvets were up to.
@rexterrocks7 жыл бұрын
A lot of the early demos are 'folky' . It's weird. I think they are still finding their sound. The song had on the whole been written by Lou years before. He wrote 'Heroin' when he was 15. I think you couldn't choose a more diverse group of people. Lou and John are undoubtedly the . They chose Moe to play drums, or a drum and she had never played. I think it's genius.
@LiliCanal7 жыл бұрын
True! This version actually reminds me a lot of "Scarborough Fair" by Simon & Garfunkel. It's amazing though!
@BartMazzetti7 жыл бұрын
Wow! If I had heard this without knowing who it was by, I would have guessed Pentangle, or Bert and John.
@chadbot01293 жыл бұрын
John Cale is Welsh, so the accent adds to the vibe
@eleni19683 жыл бұрын
Ya' know some where in You Tube Land there is an interview with John Cale and he talks about how he [and Lou Reed] originally co-wrote and conceptualized this as an English folk song; He even recorded this original version on his own album but I couldn't tell you what album that was. But the song references a book, which I can't remember the title to, but one of the main character's is "Severin". It's NOT demonic but rather more along the lines of S&M. It could be from the Marquis deSade BUT it could also be a different novel by the same author using a nom de plume [writer's alias].
@michaelburke77429 жыл бұрын
This is incredible!
@najimahori11 жыл бұрын
“Cale sings Venus in Furs as a hymn, Satanic perhaps, but a hymn nonetheless." - Source: Sal Mercuri REVIEW
@tonguetiedification2 жыл бұрын
Satanic?
@gabrielemarchetti77932 жыл бұрын
@@tonguetiedification Don't ask me ^_^ It's a quote! :)
@jaceyp.84573 жыл бұрын
lou's version, gothic ass satanic sounding song cale's version, gothic ass medieval song
@aestheticaltwat2 жыл бұрын
I’ve always thought the album version sounded Medieval anyways.
@jaceyp.84572 жыл бұрын
@@aestheticaltwat it did have elements, but this version is just straight up medieval sounding
@TheArminrock11 жыл бұрын
yes, yes it's Cale's vocals, the info on this acoustic demo version can also be found on wikipedia, google Peel Slowly and See
@claudiogallucci5637 ай бұрын
John cale is amazing
@duckface5244 жыл бұрын
It's insane. So different from the final version
@gilles.leguen11 жыл бұрын
this is Cale. Lou Reed sings the electric version on the album. the "official" album version.
@fernfernisfernie5 жыл бұрын
ugh beautiful.
@alessandrofaggioni65989 жыл бұрын
Sorprendente!
@jw2463ify10 жыл бұрын
I've got the set and agree this is the best one of three...and for the sake of it Cale is Welsh......
@user-vg5rv5xf4u5 жыл бұрын
Is it true one of his parents was blind and the other deaf?
@ggkitchener11222 жыл бұрын
English is his second language why no pic workers expounded on this? He's the wrong kind of ethnic!
@ggkitchener11222 жыл бұрын
Pc wokers..... sorry 😔
@childwallred2 жыл бұрын
The Welsh speak English better than the English!
@James-hd6ez9 ай бұрын
@@childwallredAnd the English Royal family speak better German than the Germans 😮
@thiagodionisi55512 жыл бұрын
Celtic songs at 2021
@rodoza6629 күн бұрын
S&M at its finest!!!
@superbrainbowАй бұрын
Feel like you might hear this from afar in the plague years of England. A minstrel locked up in a tower, running out of food, slowly losing their mind.
@johnpehanich8322 жыл бұрын
Just the melody to this song should be played in all churches in the world because it literally strikes a chord in your heart just like Scarborough Fair beautiful
@Bruthole10 жыл бұрын
the studio version is Lou. This is John.
@TK-fk4po Жыл бұрын
Ooooo that’s great!
@Jon-nt8sx3 ай бұрын
Whoa
@__zyggy__73623 жыл бұрын
Hermoso
@yosilatengo29166 жыл бұрын
Gold
@amelie100able13 жыл бұрын
son celtique..les origines de Cale!!
@xaviertrevino8 жыл бұрын
Sounds like they were listening to a lot of Simon and Garfunkle.
@caribman107 жыл бұрын
They didn't sound like this then....
@MeanderingSlacker6 жыл бұрын
Xavier Trevino I think they were listening to the same records, in the sense that Cale is from the same area that Paul Simon, by way of Martin Carthy, picked it up from.
@1981Badfish6 жыл бұрын
Are you going to Scarborough Fair ?
@san5a895 жыл бұрын
that's almost impossible. they had recorded the album in April and the Simon and Garfunkel album was on the market in October. I never heard of communication between the two bands... john Cale studied a lot of classical music so it's possible he "stole" that from the material he studied more than someone who played at that time. velvet underground was a unique band and no one ever sounded like that before them (and I would say after them...)
@gabriv19955 жыл бұрын
@@1981Badfish Scarborough Fair was not written by Paul Simon. It is in fact a traditional English tune ballad.
@unpaginated11 жыл бұрын
On this version, it's definitely Cale on vocals.
@esotericsolitaire5 жыл бұрын
Wow
@natelivas39612 жыл бұрын
Eyes Wide Shut vibes
@jj808084 ай бұрын
Definitely "bleed for me" in this version,which was what i first heard with the studio version and suits the so much more
@htieksamoht21593 ай бұрын
Wish I could pay the local bards in Skyrim to play this
@mariedesbrumes3 жыл бұрын
Bijou
@melorafoy71098 жыл бұрын
I love this versio.
@AndreaFranchiMusic Жыл бұрын
The Celtic roots of John Cale…
@joedoe7837 ай бұрын
Never heard this before and the pictures are great. Credit to the creator.
@miles313 жыл бұрын
@justnicknet yes, J.Cale on vocals
@justnicknet13 жыл бұрын
@Alkyani on the album version yes, but I think this is Cale. It's a very good version either way.
@miriaborgess2 жыл бұрын
♡♡
@GWHEATCUBS1611 жыл бұрын
its amazing. i wouldnt mind both Reed and Cale-sung versions on the same album because little differences make the actual takes of the songs so much different.
@vonjunzt41302 жыл бұрын
trade verses they could.
@JohnnyCake6759 Жыл бұрын
Would anyone happen to have tab for this version (or any transcribed version)?
@d_walsh7 жыл бұрын
dandelion version
@kiernanthomas6006 Жыл бұрын
Cale singing this is way surperior to Reed singing this . They should have had him singing the original version.
@thedissidentbrit2001Ай бұрын
Far better I feel ❤
@toust4413 жыл бұрын
@Alkyani I think in this version it really is Cale...
@caribman107 жыл бұрын
Lou nicely erased John's vocal from the VU album on this song. Nice. My wife always said "How did someone with a voice so beautiful get in the Velvet Underground?". Refer to John's version of this or a certain Leonard Cohen song for reference...
@GaylordBonnafous7 жыл бұрын
Could someone show me the chords, please?
@Alkyani13 жыл бұрын
@justnicknet Are you sure? i've always tought it was Lou reed singing...
@ChickCorea100012 жыл бұрын
Cale on vocals for this.
@tapaddtiiiii12 жыл бұрын
@Alkyani Definitely John Cale
@Terencetembre1001.2 жыл бұрын
Read the comments section for reiteration of information given with the video "for some reason "?
@justnicknet13 жыл бұрын
Cale on vocals, I believe?
@peterpick4240 Жыл бұрын
i love this song, i even recorded a version myself, not that you care, and this is the most extraordinary performance, they could have been using lutes and dressed as mummers. i hate it. i'm amazed. if this is the demo i'm surprised they ever recorded it again. i suppose they are playing with ironies, opposing the setting against the lyrical content. it just goes to show how risky jokes can be.
@hiyapoeple111 жыл бұрын
It is Cale, Reed sounds nothing like that. Listen to Lady Godiva's operation. They both sing and have an obvious difference.
@BenCulture10 жыл бұрын
Does anybody wonder if the band ever really approved of Lou's decision to sing the song himself? I have been in bands with more than one singer, and I know if someone else could sing it like this, but I wanted to "sing-speak" it like Lou, a lot of musicians would put up resistance. That's why a lot of singers make it a rule that they alone are lead singer, because they don't want to compete, especially on their own songs. But the best bands, like the VU, mostly have more than one lead singer.
@caribman107 жыл бұрын
Yeah, nice try unless you knew Lou. He would have insisted on his version whether it was the "better" version or not. And John didn't get to sing hardly anything other than live performances. He was the better singer - and Nico was the better "sing-speaker". Didn't make a difference.
@d_walsh7 жыл бұрын
Lou lyrics.he was gunna sing it.no way in hell was he gonna allow john and this version to be heard in '67 this was just test run
@keithdion7544 жыл бұрын
Who said Lou wasn't a Folkie ~! By heart
@markabboud85643 жыл бұрын
keith dion This is Cale singing
@keithdion7543 жыл бұрын
@@markabboud8564 And Lou wrote it - that's the point !
@markabboud85643 жыл бұрын
keith dion Ah, sorry. I thought maybe you meant Lou sang it on this recording. My mistake
@keithdion7543 жыл бұрын
@@markabboud8564 No problem Mark - I believe there are early VU (Reed / Cale) demos out there too, that feature Lou playing harmonica, trying his best to sound like Dylan ! Stay Safe everyone !
@markabboud85643 жыл бұрын
keith dion I would love to hear them. I hope there is guitar tablature to this version of Venus In Furs
@patrik40672 жыл бұрын
This is the end.........
@brianmatt4822 Жыл бұрын
In the church of true creatively made music,there is a stained glass window that lets only the moonlight in on full-moon nights.it stands behind a dusty,unused lectern,where no priests of sound have conducted since the 2010s-16s. The stained glass,as you approach down a worn black carpet spun from musical notes of violence, emptiness, triumphs&downfalls young&old, voices&instruments,the glass slightly blinds you ,scintillating the entire church in what looks like the tears,or maybe black blood,or patent leather. When you climb the bald stone stairs to get close enough to see ,the arched window contains the leaded,stained glass of eons- &all the colors of the tears of the worlds unfounded & that which is within the nomads, the suffering,partying,rising falling&dying stars,always creating ,true artists. The colors inspire fear & then you recognize- not Jesus,suffering on a cross,but a wiley 2- headed saint, St. John(Cale)& St.Lou(Reed),dressed tightly in black,the black angel grinning behind them giving them the very ink from his veins,& Severin,serving at the pointed boots of the 2 bickering, yet lifelong, bound friends, the spikes &within the droppers,the best medicine,to quiet the mind of chaotic, relentless creators,that which will torment them then leave them used up,alone, until they numb away the ringing of truth in their skulls,or unless they let it join with ink &blood& sound,&leave for the masses,what they can. In selfishness,they create what they would want to hear- & some of the masses without ability or too fearful, but in desperation for something meaningful, find it,hear it,treasure it,Amen. To inspire,humankind,someday, maybe,again.- b not B.- VUalways
@logimite71747 ай бұрын
sounds like something I'd hear walking down the streets of europe 500 years ago
@thedissidentbrit2001Ай бұрын
I used to be a musician like you, until I took a needle to the arm
@logimite7174Ай бұрын
@@thedissidentbrit2001 what do you mean by that?
@thedissidentbrit2001Ай бұрын
@@logimite7174 It's a reference to Skyrim don't worry. It's a sorta medieval magic video game. I just replaced arrow with needle to reference the nature of heroin in VU's music 😅
@logimite7174Ай бұрын
@@thedissidentbrit2001 ohhh lol. I haven’t played Skyrim before.
@thedissidentbrit2001Ай бұрын
@@logimite7174 No worries! I'm not that big a fan, but it's been memed to death haha
@weekendsrvce Жыл бұрын
kayak lagu yang diputer depan raja
@doctorfuse007 Жыл бұрын
What year is this from?
@ToxicMayo912 жыл бұрын
You can also hear the english accent
@Chortees10 жыл бұрын
i am sure its CAle
@ewilliaman119 жыл бұрын
wait who thinks this is lou reed? all the comments that say it's john cale...
@fingerling12318 жыл бұрын
It's definitely Cale. They are singing with a Welsh accent.
@timdc49722 жыл бұрын
fantasy and scarborough fair version lol
@garrynorris77195 жыл бұрын
This is a beautiful version even though it’s about S&M
@Just.Kidding5 жыл бұрын
Garry Norris what do mean "even though"? It's not like that would hold a song back or need to be overcome in any way
@rodoza6629 күн бұрын
more so, because it is :)
@markabboud85643 жыл бұрын
Why they didn’t release this version, I’ll never know. This is far superior to the Reed version
@chadbot01293 жыл бұрын
They should've taken this version and mixed so it sounds like Lou and John are dueting. Imagine John's verses being folk, and then Lou comes in electric style. Almost like a duet between genres as well
@markabboud85643 жыл бұрын
chadbot 01 I would be down to hear a version like that. It would probably sound really good
@ForARide3 жыл бұрын
What's the Reed version? You probably mean the lp version which is the Velvet's version.
@Michelle_Schu-blacka Жыл бұрын
It sounds like 13th-17th century English folk music.
@Pootycat8359 Жыл бұрын
I'd say, during the reign of Henry VIII...
@matiasnunezmiranda34912 жыл бұрын
Chords???'
@WilmerCook3 ай бұрын
Without LouReed and Mo's drums it's old English foke.
@BettaWhisperer7 жыл бұрын
He had committed Himself as Producer of The DiLs' Debut LP fer his Fledglin' label, SPY; & Pled w/ the Kinman Bros to remain in NYC that Summer '79 coin' Gigs {"There's Enormous demand fer Yoo guys here"}; but Drip & Phony Blew Him Off & Let me Go. I prolly had a nervous breakdown subsequently & Ole JC Lost innarest in them&zippy
@beadetrog7777 Жыл бұрын
Wauw..this really reminds me of "scarborough fair"..Still the final version is so much better.This is much to restrained..no passion.
@adamacote2 жыл бұрын
Simon and Garfunkel, anyone??
@rintohiramatsu24262 жыл бұрын
[Verse 1] Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather Whiplash girlchild in the dark Comes in bells, your servant, don’t forsake him Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart [Verse 2] Downy sins of streetlight fancies Chase the costumes she shall wear Ermine furs adorned, imperious Severin, Severin awaits you there [Bridge] I am tired, I am weary I could sleep for a thousand years A thousand dreams that would awake Different colors made of tears [Verse 3] Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather Shiny leather in the dark Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart [Verse 4] Severin, Severin, speak so slightly Severin, down on your bended knee Taste the whip in love not given lightly Taste the whip, now bleed for me [Bridge] I am tired, I am weary I could sleep for a thousand years A thousand dreams that would awake Different colors made of tears [Verse 5] Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather Whiplash girlchild in the dark Severin, your servant comes in bells, please don’t forsake him Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
@rodoza6629 күн бұрын
i have a vintage pair :)
@lehliladevandria57124 жыл бұрын
This version is much better imho. Who's "Severin"? Not Severin from Souixsie and the Banshees?
@danielk3014 жыл бұрын
Refers to a character from the novella "Venus in Furs" by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
@GrantFredereckZen2 жыл бұрын
Severin from Souxsie and the Banshees took the name from the VU song, which, in turn, was based on the Novella.
@fabiolopesd12 жыл бұрын
I'm sure that it isn't Lou Reed on vocals, but it seems it's not Cale either.
@octaviussludberry90162 жыл бұрын
This sounds like some wank Hipster cover of the known version. Goes to show what I know. It sounds amazing really. Same artists, totally different vibe. Dirge, New York version versus folky Welsh hippy version. Who would win? There's only one way to find out...
@goodie2shoes Жыл бұрын
ghehe
@jameskennedy7212 жыл бұрын
Music could be an English ballad from centuries ago , the kind Joan Baez made a career of . The lyrics a reference to an 1800's porn book - of special interest to masochists . Ive always thought that Cale was rated as a genius by people who never noticed how basic his skills actually were . Warhol was the real genius - at convincing rich bored people that ordinary people were facinating . Sometimes they were , I can agree . But usually they were just sitting there , zonked out of their heads on Warhol's drug cocktails , mumbling about random things . Or just sitting there .