![]() ![]() Footage from this reunion performance is included in this film. The Velvet Underground Meets Its Match in Todd Haynes In the director’s hands, music subjects are as much about their cultural moment as about their sound a good description of the band led by. At around the same time as the official Velvet Underground were being reduced to Seswick's Doug Yule project, Lou Reed, John Cale and Nico had also been in Europe for a reunion performance in Paris in 1972, which was bootlegged and eventually released under the name Le Bataclan '72. It is typically considered a Velvets record in name only. ![]() It received terrible reviews, though it has gained some appreciators over the years. While Yule had been a significant creative force, albeit secondary to Lou Reed, on the celebrated Loaded album, Squeeze is much-maligned. Yule himself was displeased at Seswick's control of the process. ![]() Recording the album as essentially a Doug Yule solo effort was at the instruction of manager Steve Seswick, who had earlier brought Yule to the band and had long pushed for the Velvets to adopt a more commercial style with Yule at its centre. All members bar Doug Yule were sent back to the United States in 1972 and Yule recorded all parts except the drums by Deep Purple's Ian Paice, saxophone by someone called Malcolm and some unidentified female backing vocals. A fifth studio album was released for a UK record label under the Velvet Underground name: 1973's Squeeze. This lineup toured the Loaded album around parts of North America and Europe in 1971. Moe Tucker also stayed with the band after her return from parental leave and they were joined by a new bassist and keyboardist. The screen is almost constantly split into self-contained images that are in conversation with each other, at times creating a dizzying sensory overload. Elan and Ira left to be full time Fuzztones, and Tony Matura was brought in for the lifetime of the band on. 188K likes this The New York Times - Science. The band was formed by Bobby Belfiore along with brothers Elan and Orin Portnoy and Ira Elliott. The Velvet Underground Meets Its Match in Todd Haynes The New York Times Styles. After Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison quit the band, it carried on for a time with Doug Yule becoming the frontman on vocals and guitar. Todd Haynes’s new documentary, The Velvet Underground, summons that band’s essence by being a feast for the eyes. The Optic Nerve formed in New York in 1985, and were children of Nuggets who dreamed about the Velvet Underground but looked like The Byrds. ![]()
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