The Velvet Underground..

[tomsk]

Who were the 4 members?

[Icey]

Pass. I thought there were more of them.

[tomsk]

Lou Reed,
Stirling Moss.
JJ Cale
Mo Tucker.....I think off the top of my head...

Lou Reed
John Cale
Sterling Morrison
Angus MacLise
Maureen Tucker
Doug Yule
Walter Powers
Willie

Just curious..

[Icey]

See? Loads! I couldnt've named one.

[tomsk]

yes Icey but they weren't in all at the same time...
You know Lou Reed surely 007?

[Icey]

True, there was him, but the others? I don't even know much of Lou Reed's stuff either. In fact ... hmmm ... let's see .....

[tomsk]

Yes you..do...

1."Perfect Day"
2."Walk on the Wild Side"
3."Vicious"
4."Rock and Roll Heart"
5."The Gun"
6."I Love You, Suzanne"
7."Caroline Says II"
8."Men of Good Fortune"
9."My Friend George"
10."Lisa Says"
11."I Want to Boogie with You"
12."Ocean"
13."The Last Shot"
14."I Wanna be Black"
15."Sally Can't Dance"
16."Coney Island Baby"
17."Berlin"
18."Satellite of Love"

[Icey]

Oh yes. Well, Perfect Day and Walk on the Wild Side're the only ones that I can recall hearing.

[tomsk]

I know a few more..

[Icey]

Yes, but you know more music than I do, T. I'm sure you know of more bands than I do, and different sorts of music.

[tomsk]

I think I've read all I need to know !

[Icey]

No matter. You're still well up on it. I've seen more live bands than I can count, but I've seen some of them several times, and they've mostly been within a certain rock genre. You have a wider experience of listening to different sounds.

[tomsk]

music is very stimulating ..
I couldn't just listen to one single genre..

[Icey]

Nor me, but you know what I mean. I like certain bands, and can listen to them for quite a while. I played Maiden's Empire of the Clouds yesterday, off their latest album. It's epic, in every way, but I didn't know what the hell it meant. On looking things up, it was really interesting - about a huge dirigible (air ship) that was made in 1930. It crash-landed in France, killing all but 6 of its 48 occupants, who were hoping to fly to India in 6 days. There's apparently a monument where the accident happened. The craft was large enough to've carried the Titanic inside it, but it was too heavy to withstand the journey, and it came down and exploded. : (

[tomsk]

http://www.airships.net/blog/british-ai ... 8-day-1930

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvh-DnsY3vc
gee...

[Icey]

Massive craft wasn't it? Very sad story though. I listened to the song again on Christmas Eve while everyone was at church. Fabulous instrumentals.

[tomsk]

indeed , indeed....'pon my word Icey!

[Icey]

You've never heard it, you stinker!

[tomsk]

What song???

[Icey]

I've told you before - Empire of the Clouds, Iron Maiden. It's very long, but with some magnificent solo playing interspersed, and the words're spot on, describing what happened within the verses. The intro lasts for just over 2 minutes, and the song builds up as it goes along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsM6wpIA3Sc