john cale Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/john-cale/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 01:59:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 198238920 The Stooges “The Stooges” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-stooges-the-stooges-released-50-years-ago/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-stooges-the-stooges-released-50-years-ago Mon, 05 Aug 2019 16:36:43 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/the-stooges-the-stooges-released-50-years-ago/ The Stooges “The Stooges” released 50 years ago today, August 5th, 1969. The Stooges’ debut album is, in retrospect, one of the best and most important records released during its era. At the time of its release it was criticized as dumb (well, yes, it is: the lyrics to “No Fun” and “Real Cool Time” should wipe [...]

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]]> The Stooges “The Stooges” released 50 years ago today, August 5th, 1969. The Stooges’ debut album is, in retrospect, one of the best and most important records released during its era. At the time of its release it was criticized as dumb (well, yes, it is: the lyrics to “No Fun” and “Real Cool Time” should wipe away any doubt about that), musically simple (“stripped-down” is the polite term I think), brutally loud (nothing wrong with that) but it helped usher in punk a few years later as a widespread musical and cultural movement. The Stooges sold moderately well, hitting #106 on the US charts, with two released singles: “1969” and “I Wanna Be Your Dog.” I don’t think either charted but the former has been recognized as one of the greatest guitar songs ever and the latter is one of my personal all-time favorite tracks and many mainstream music publications agree, listing it as one of the best rock songs ever made – it is certainly the best non-holiday song to feature sleigh bells (played by John Cale, who also plays viola on the epic dirge “We Will Fall” and mixed the first iteration of the album but Elektra rejected his mix and Iggy Pop and Elektra exec Jac Holzman mixed the final release).

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]]> 10200 The Velvet Underground “White Light/White Heat” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-velvet-underground-white-lightwhite-heat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-velvet-underground-white-lightwhite-heat Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:57:13 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/the-velvet-underground-white-lightwhite-heat/ The Velvet Underground “White Light/White Heat” released 50 years ago on this day, January 30th, 1968. VU’s second studio album, post-Nico and Warhol and the last with new tracks from John Cale (whose quote about White Light/White Heat is superbly accurate: it’s “a very rabid record…consciously anti-beauty”). Allmusic calls it the least accessible of VU’s recordings, a “no-holds-barred [...]

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]]> The Velvet Underground “White Light/White Heat” released 50 years ago on this day, January 30th, 1968. VU’s second studio album, post-Nico and Warhol and the last with new tracks from John Cale (whose quote about White Light/White Heat is superbly accurate: it’s “a very rabid record…consciously anti-beauty”). Allmusic calls it the least accessible of VU’s recordings, a “no-holds-barred frontal assault on cultural and aesthetic propriety” but it also set the standard for avant-garde and experimental noise-rock and inspired musicians from David Bowie to the Buzzcocks.

The Velvet Underground released two singles from the album, the title track “White Light/White Heat” (which gleefully expounds on the rush from shooting up methamphetamine) and the manic free-form garagey “I Heard Her Call My Name.” My favorite tracks on White Light/White Heat are “Lady Godiva’s Operation” (weird and psychedelic and I am repeatedly startled by Lou Reed shouting “SWEETLY” out of the mix) and “Sister Ray,” an epic 17+ minute song filled with sex and depravity that was recorded in one amazing take.

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