This is the one band that I have absolutely no real idea about. I know that they're on The List quite a lot and they were managed by Andy Warhol. I love the song "Femme Fatale", which features Nico on vocals, details a woman and how "You're written in your book, You're number 37, have a look". It's every guy's experience of the girl that's "been around", but they didn't know it. The whole album is really seemingly experimental as evident in the almost psychadelic "Venus in Furs", which is followed by the immensely bluesy "Run Run Run". It took me a while to really figure out why this album was ranked number 12 on The List above such greats as Nirvana and Bruce Springsteen. That's when I realized it, the somewhat sideways harmonies, the feedback, the seemingly "wrong" solos and notes, The Velvet Underground were the first Indie Rockers. They didn't fit in any genre so they created the genre that defines culture today. This is when the whole album finally makes sense, they don't care what kind of music they want to make they just do whatever they want. After you finally realize this the rest of the album just becomes absolutely amazing.
Favorite Songs:
"Run Run Run"
"Heroin"
"Sunday Morning"
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