Artist:The Velvet Underground
Song:I'm Waiting For The Man
Album:The Velvet Underground & Nico
Today, The Velvet Underground is highly regarded as one of the big influences on the punk movement of the 70s. But they had trouble selling records in the 60s. The group was formed by New Yorker Lou Reed & Welshman John Cale. Reed wrote a lot of the songs and among other things, Cale played viola. That's a unique instrument for a rock band. Reed brought in his friend Sterling Morrison to play guitar and Maureen Tucker played drums. Then Andy Warhol decided to manage them and brought in French chanteuse Nico mainly for window dressing. Warhol gave the group some fame by designing an album cover with a peel off banana. I'm Waiting For The Man is one of their best known songs along with Heroin. Reed & Cale had differences in 1968 but the band stayed together for a couple of years without Cale. Both Lou Reed & John Cale have gone on to significant solo careers and Cale has even worked on films. Nico died in 1988 & Morrison died in 1995 but the others are still around. Today, The Velvet Underground are respected as ahead of their time and the music still stands up very well.
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