Zarathustra

I wrote this review, and in my haste, I forgot to fill in some authentication fields.

Great album, great review. One nation under a groove is even more extreme in my opinion.

Come on jettojet, don't take it so hard... let's think about the music, that's what we're all here for (in theory).

I meant the album, does he have to like it for sure?

Well, in the end, the reviewer just expressed a personal opinion; I don't understand, do they have to like them for sure?

for josi: Regarding that story about house music (which is just one of the various "genres" of disco music), I believe that the obsessive, pulsing rhythm, adorned with a melodic line over certain tracks like "I'm Waiting for the Man" or as you rightly pointed out, "White Light White Heat" (which remains a pure rock 'n roll piece) is simply what is meant by BEAT, in fact, I would say it is Beat in its purest form. What you're saying in the end isn't wrong; after all, when it’s said that all modern music stems from these late 60s albums (thus from rock, which in turn derives from blues, and so on through the ages), it doesn't just repeat a cliché but speaks the undeniable truth. However, I think it’s rather bold to directly associate the music of the Velvet Underground with disco music. I would find it reasonable if you were comparing it to a track like "Run Like Hell" or "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd; there the rhythm is pulsing and schematic to the point that it gets quite close to dance music, but to now draw a connection to the Velvet Underground seems excessive.. I reiterate my belief that the reviewer hasn’t listened to the album this time, or at least not attentively. I hope our discussion continues; after all, it’s for things like this that this space exists.

Sure BeatBoy. Listen to this CD then post your comment and let's see if the review is as complete as you say. How can you say it’s complete if you don’t even know if all the information and/or statements written in it are correct or not? Well.

Josi, could you explain to me where you perceive the house in this album? It's not to stir up controversy, it's simple curiosity, believe me.

Indeed, even Cale submissive to Reed is a bit much.. but come on, don't be too harsh, a misstep can happen to anyone.

Well, in fact, this review says a lot of nonsense: Nico's gender, the alleged comparison with the Beatles, the Velvet mixing Pop and House among other things, the European Song "delightful and touching piece," when instead it’s one of the first examples of cacophony, but the biggest nonsense is that the Velvet Underground are the pioneers of hard rock (disregarding people like Cream, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and then Deep Purple): this is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard, just like the claim that the music of Deep Purple's "In Rock" is derivative of this album and that the Purple themselves even speculated on the music of the Velvet Underground. Too much for the ears of anyone who has listened to this album; your only possible justification could be that you actually did NOT listen to this album, otherwise your musical limits would worry me a lot (well, so to speak..). And then there are already many reviews of this epic record, a couple of which are truly superb, so the judgment would be even harsher. However, since I don’t like to pile on, I’ll just rate the album.