You have only two or three days to listen to a programme presented by a legend of rock music, John Cale of the Velvet Underground, the end of a season of programmes about Pop Art on 6 music (sorry it's a bit late, if you didn't see my comment on Tara's article). He leads us through records he listened to (back to early 60s), records he produced (The Stooges, Nico), and modern records he admires (by people like James Blake or FKA Twigs), and his voice is a great mixture of a Welsh and American accent (even though it sounds as if he's reading). Sadly he doesn't play any of his great solo career (showing he's a modest man!) but there's one of the great songs from the legendary "banana" album, The Velvet Underground and Nico. Get listening!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0684wq1
And here's a great clip from a French telly programme of the 60s. You mainly see Lou Reed with Nico, but the spirit of John Cale's there too!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ey56_the-velvet-underground-nico-femme-f_music
Finally, Cale played rather a good concert in Marseille in 2013. Did anybody else go?
Mr Leah
I adooooore the velvet underground !!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy dad were there in 2013 he say it was great ! You should look up John cale is playing at "philarmonique de Paris" all the banana album ! http://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/concert/15275-john-cale
ReplyDeleteI also like very much the velvet underground! Lots were said about Kale at the exhibition of Andy Warhol in MAC last year and it was really interesting
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