#350 The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers

The Modern Lovers were a proto-punk band that played hard and quickly quit. Their self-titled album was not released until 1976, four years after it was recorded and two years after they broke up. John Cale produced six of the songs. David Robinson would join The Cars after they broke up. “Roadrunner” and “Pablo Picasso” […]

#277 John Cale – Paris 1919

Paris 1919 is John Cale‘s third solo album after leaving The Velvet Underground. I expect not to be a bit weird since Lou Reed’s music is so strange. But who was the real genius of the band? I have not heard of John Cale, but I knew of Lou Reed. It seems that Cale is […]

#104 The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat

White Light/White Heat is The Velvet Underground‘s second entry in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Things have changed since their debut album. They dropped Nico and Andy Warhol. This will be their last album with bassist John Cale. He and Lou Reed were not in agreement on the direction of the […]

1001 Albums #87

The Velvet Underground & Nico from The Velvet Underground is out of order in the book of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The problem is that the book is wrong on the order of some of the albums. I think I will make more changes with the next post. The Velvet Underground has risen from an underappreciated band that was briefly managed by artist Andy Warhol to one that […]