Talk:The Velvet Underground/Archive 2

History Section
I think that the "Lineups" section could be moved to it's own article. Stepiena (talk) 16:18, 12 January 2012 (UTC) FYI: in the above sentence, it should be "its", not "it's." Captcharat (talk) 05:18, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Meaning?
does/did the phrase have any meaning independent of/prior to the group? is it a reference to "underground" clubs and those velvet ropes by the front door? or some sort of tapestry typically found on the walls?

bowie uses the term in one song where it doesn't seem like a ref to the band. does the phrase indicate a certain "clubbing" lifestyle in general? 67.150.81.69 (talk) 05:43, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Lou Reed's death
Shouldn't there be mention of his death in the article? I posted it but it was removed. Jason1978 (talk) 04:06, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
 * And now you've put it back. But I don't think there's too much detail this time. Rothorpe (talk) 20:43, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Genre
I removed "psychedelic rock" from the genres since no reasonable references are given to support this argument. Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 23:12, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

WP:OVERLINK
I removed a whole lot of links that were repeated multiple times in the article. Just to name a few:

Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, John Cale, Lou Reed, rock, Allmusic, Nico, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Rolling Stones, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Patti Smith, Peel Slowly and See, box set, Polydor, David Fricke, liner notes, drones, Angus MacLise, Doug Yule, The Velvet Underground (album), Venus in Furs (song), Verve Records, Billboard, The Gift, 1969: The Velvet Underground Live, Mercury Records, VU, Loaded, Another View, Atlantic Records, Cotillion Records, pop, Billy Yule, Walter Powers, University of Texas at Austin, Live at Max's Kansas City, bootleg, Ian Paice, Mark Nauseef, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, experimental rock, The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 19:55, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

Nico as a Member
Should Nico be considered a member of the band? I think she definitely should, but I understand some wold disagree with me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95pack (talk • contribs) 15:57, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Please do not revert without giving a reason. Did you see my edit summary? Rothorpe (talk) 16:35, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm curious which reliable sources describe Nico as a band member? — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 16:42, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Barbara Rubin
There should probably be at least a brief mention of Barbara Rubin, who introduced the Velvet Underground to Andy Warhol (numerous sources confirm this) and toured with the EPI. There's a draft article about Rubin currently under review; it would be nice to link back to it from here. Lou Reed himself is quoted as saying, "Barbara was the moving force and coordinator between us all."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Barbara_Rubin

In the intro to his tribute to Barbara Rubin, the filmmaker Jonas Mekas wrote, "This is a mini-portrait of one of the legendary figures of the 60s who should be credited for the discovery of the Velvet Underground...."

http://jonasmekas.com/40/film.php?film=32 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosekelleher (talk • contribs) 00:01, 9 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Okay, I went ahead and added a brief mention of her, with a reference (one of many, it seems to be almost common knowledge). Rosekelleher (talk) 03:05, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Boston
I feel like there ought to be a sentence about how popular they were in Boston in the late 60s, when they were having trouble getting work in New York. They were regulars at the Boston Tea Party. Not sure where to fit that in, though. I'll add a "See also" section with a link for now, for lack of a better idea. Rosekelleher (talk) 15:12, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Peel Slowly and See liner notes
Is the text available online anywhere? --Rosekelleher (talk) 17:42, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Loaded
The article is missing pertinent information about "Loaded", and is no better then a Lou Reed commercial. Someone went back and changed the corrected edits, since this portion of the article isn't accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.83.209.236 (talk) 00:56, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

I undid the last changes, since this article portion of "Loaded" should stay as is since I added information about Doug Yule and I'm citing references. Thanks, Bill

Grass or Glass?
I just reverted someone's edit after they changed "Grass Menagerie" to "Glass Menagerie" because I've seen numerous references to "Grass" (by Richie Unterberger among others), but now that I look again, I see that Rob Jovanovic uses "Glass" in his book, Seeing the Light: Inside the Velvet Underground. So is Jovanovic correcting a mistake he's found in the earlier sources, or is it just a mistake in his book? Sorry if I acted in haste. --Rosekelleher (talk) 19:36, 20 January 2015 (UTC)


 * An unregistered user has just changed it back with no explanation. I have a feeling it's a typo in Jovanovic's book; his website is riddled with them. I've sent out a couple of emails, will be back if I get an answer. Either way, someone is wrong on the Internet. --Rosekelleher (talk) 14:19, 29 January 2015 (UTC)


 * I just got email replies from both Rob Jovanovic and Doug Yule (!). Jovanovic wrote that he'd have to check and get back to me. Yule wrote, "The band was called 'The Grass Menagerie', a pun on the marijuana craze current at the time. I was in another band earlier that also had a pot-pun name." (Why does it not surprise me that Yule would be nice enough to reply, right away, and in detail?) I realize I can't cite an email as a source on Wikipedia, but there are other reliable sources, including Richie Unterberger's bio of Yule on allmusic.com and his meticulously researched book, White Light/White Heat: the Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, as well as this Rolling Stone biography, this Willie Alexander bio on MTV.com, this Willie Alexander interview, and others. So even if you don't believe me about the e-mail, there are reliable sources for "Grass." The other source I know of for "Glass" is Transformer: The Lou Reed Story by Victor Bokris, who, IMO, is not as reliable a source as Unterberger.


 * So I'm going to change it back to "Grass" again, both here and in the Doug Yule article. After that, I'm done. I'm sure we're going to see a parade of unregistered users "correcting" it to "Glass"... I'll leave it up to more experienced editors/admins to decide what, if anything, to do about that. --Rosekelleher (talk) 19:08, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
 * @Rosekelleher: Thanks for your activity! --Marek Koudelka (talk) 19:22, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

hi there, this is this has been incorrectly cited in countless interviews (Pop Matters etc) online where it's referred to as "Glass". I'm the one who changed it, but seeing as Yule himself has corrected it - I stand corrected! :) Thanks! :) sincerely, one of the people who changed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.83.209.236 (talk) 19:26, 29 January 2015 (UTC)


 * No problem. : D --Rosekelleher (talk) 19:36, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

To add to article
To add to article: a Velvet Underground archival collection was just donated to the Cornell University Library. link 173.89.236.187 (talk) 01:07, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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