#597 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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🗓️ 5 May 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The 1967 debut from The Velvet Underground didn't sell many records, but arguably no album in the past half century has had a greater influence on rock music. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot offer a Classic Album Dissection of The Velvet Underground & Nico in celebration of the art-rock classic's fiftieth anniversary.

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0:00.0	There had been abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature. Are you ready to get your world rocked?
0:13.0	Do it?
0:14.0	Are you ready to get your world rocked?
0:20.0	Ready?
0:21.0	Are you ready to get your mind blown?
0:23.4	Do it!
0:24.4	One, two, teeth, Beth!
0:28.9	No album has had a greater influence on rock in the last half century than the Velvet Underground's debut.
0:35.0	I'm Jim De Regottis.
0:36.0	And I'm Greg Kot. We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Velvet Underground and Nico.
0:41.0	That's coming up on sound opinions. And the This is sound opinions and Greg we are going to blow out the entire next hour to discuss the
1:15.8	velvet underground and Nico the most important most influential and
1:20.4	certainly a record that means more to us than any in rock history.
1:25.0	No doubt Jim, I think this is the most influential band in rock history and this is where it all starts for me in a lot of ways.
1:31.0	Different album, Lou Reed sang this line years later, unloaded,
1:36.0	talking about Jenny, this mythical young girl on Long Island,
1:39.6	discovering rock and roll, and her life was saved by rock and roll. I feel that way about this album
1:45.8	The Velvet Underground and Nico. I know you do and it's amazing that this
1:49.9	record is now half a century 50 years old. For those who don't know this record, we are
1:55.9	going to make the case at the end of it about why they need it in their life as
1:59.3	urgently today as they did in 1967. Who were the musicians that make this record? Lou Reed,
2:06.2	first and foremost singer and songwriter. He is born in Brooklyn but moves to
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