The Velvet Underground’s music was the beginning of
something that we today would call “alternative.” They experimented in their
albums trying to develop something new. They were developing music where they
could express problems in words, and have them mean something. Not something
like “this is wrong!” More like “This is a problem, it needs to be solved.” They
used music to voice problems, like many artists we see today do. Their image
was different; they were just regular people, nothing big, since they bombed on
their records during while they were together. Only after they broke up did
they become big, and then their image changed, instead of normal people, they
were an influence. A cult was slowly forming behind their music, and this is
probably why they are remembered today. Lou Reed used personal subjects in his
lyrics, like sexuality and drugs. While Reed wrote the lyrics, John Cale backed
it with his music, providing many experiment styles and instruments into The
Velvet Underground’s music. The main person who backed The Velvet Underground
was Andy Warhol, the owned The Factory, a place or arts where he worked. He
provided money for the studio recordings and helped produce the records. The
thing that strikes me most about The Velvet Underground was their success after
they went their own ways. I just find it amazing how after they started to
split up that they became more popular, strange how the world works sometimes.
I really like the experimentation of music in the album, trying something
different is good. These experiments added a necessary base to the music, and
without it, they would not have been influential.
The Velvet Underground kick started the alternative genre. There
is nothing like listening to music and hear history being made right before
you. It is always good to come back and look at these albums to get inspiration
to try something new.
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