hsut@pur-ee.UUCP (Yuk Hsu) (09/30/85)
Someone mentioned a little while ago that Velvet Underground
took their name from the club they played at. On the album jackets
to their recently re-released albums (VU & Nico, VU, White Light/White Heat)
it was mentioned that they took their name from the title of an S&M book
one of the band members picked up.
So I was the only one to vote for Velvet Underground and Nico
in the "Top n albums of all time" poll. Sigh...
Bill Hsu
pur-ee!hsut
ckk@g.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Chris Koenigsberg) (10/04/85)
The Velvet Underground got their name from a book by William Burroughs. His
writings also spawned the term Heavy Metal, and Steely Dan. He has
also recorded poetry on albums with Laurie Anderson and John Giorno.
His stuff is not for little kids, it's pretty upsetting and disgusting.
Just right for rock and roll.
Chris Koenigsberg
ckk@g.cs.cmu.EDU.ARPA , or ckk@cmu-itc-linus.ARPA
{harvard,seismo,topaz,ucbvax}!g.cs.cmu.EDU!ckkwfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) (10/07/85)
In article <313@g.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA> ckk@g.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Chris Koenigsberg) writes: >The Velvet Underground got their name from a book by William Burroughs. His >writings also spawned the term Heavy Metal, and Steely Dan. ... Also Soft Machine. He also wrote a book called "Wild Boys" which (coincidentally?) is the title of a song by Duran Duran. Terminal hot metal junkie brain flashes from the end of time -- gangs of homosexual roller skating wild boys waving knives and screaming death -- hair crackling with electricity as the wild boys' legs kick out like frogs -- "you like, meester?" Buy a copy of Cities Of The Red Night and give it to your mother for Christmas. :-) -------------------------------------- "Language is a virus from outer space" -------------------------------------- -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly
barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) (10/08/85)
In article <313@g.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA> ckk@g.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Chris Koenigsberg) writes: >The Velvet Underground got their name from a book by William Burroughs. His >writings also spawned the term Heavy Metal, and Steely Dan. He has >also recorded poetry on albums with Laurie Anderson and John Giorno. >His stuff is not for little kids, it's pretty upsetting and disgusting. >Just right for rock and roll. As I recall Steely Dan was a steam powered dildo. Maybe someone who is more familiar with the Burroughs novel in question could back me up on this (or correct me...which ever). Barth Richards Tellabs, Inc. Lisle, IL "If God's up there, we're his excrement." -Ron Geesin
steve@ucbvax.ARPA (Steven Sekiguchi) (10/09/85)
In article <313@g.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA> ckk@g.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Chris Koenigsberg) writes: >The Velvet Underground got their name from a book by William Burroughs. His >writings also spawned the term Heavy Metal, and Steely Dan. ... A slight correction The Velvet Undergroud was written by Michael Leigh. It was published in 1963 and purported to "...shock and amaze you. But as a documentary on the sexual corruption of our age." "This Roman Meal Bakerey thought you'd like to know..." steven sekiguchi u.c. berkeley.
andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) (10/13/85)
In article <622@tellab1.UUCP> barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) writes: >As I recall Steely Dan was a steam powered dildo. Maybe someone who is more >familiar with the Burroughs novel in question could back me up on this (or >correct me...which ever). Yes... in "Naked Lunch". Fagin & Becker used the phrase in a song ("Soul Ram", a pre-SD demo) before selecting it as a band name. BTW, the VU's original name was the Warlocks... sound familiar, Deadheads? AWR