The Velvet Underground - Heroin (song Only)
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\"Heroin\" (along with songs like \"I'm Waiting for the Man\" which dealt with similar subject matter) tied the Velvet Underground with drug use in the media. Some critics declared the band were glorifying the use of drugs such as heroin.[10] However, members of the band (Reed, in particular) frequently denied any claims that the song was advocating use of the drug. Reed's lyrics, such as they are on the majority of The Velvet Underground & Nico, were more meant to focus on providing an objective description of the topic without taking a moral stance.[2][11] Critics were not the only ones who misunderstood the song's neutral tone; fans would sometimes approach the band members after a live performance and tell them they \"shot up to 'Heroin'\",[12] a phenomenon that deeply disturbed Reed. As a result, Reed was somewhat hesitant to play the song with the band through much of the band's later career.[10]
Groundbreaking, sure, but 1967 saw quite a few groundbreaking albums --the difference is that the VU broke a certain ground that other bandswouldn't even touch. Not even the perverts the Rolling Stones sang sofrankly about standing on the corner of Harlem scoring heroin, thencrashing in some scummy Lower East dive to shoot up, then whiplashing yourlover during sex play, all the while preparing for \"All Tomorrow'sParties,\" that no doubt end in decadent drug/sex orgies with Andy Warhol'sstable of transvestites, drug addicts, spoiled rich girls, trendyassholes, and other assorted freaks and poseurs. Reed's lyrical contentreally is the most revolutionary aspect of the album -- he's asself-consciously a detached observer of the lower depths as Nelson Algren,only not as good of a writer. As for the music, it sounds like simple folk songs lathered in bargain-basement distortion - the melodies arestrong, if repetitive and not very catchy (like most folk melodies). Ofcourse by this point Reed had shed his obvious Dylan infatuation for amore original stance, adapting some novel Kurt Veill touches in his tunes,giving the entire album an oddly Germanic-meets-Indian drone feel.Unfortunately, German art songs and Indian drones don't add up torock'n'roll - take two dirgey forms of music, slap'em together, and you'vegot a great insomnia cure. Oh, but I guess it is rock'n'roll after all,'cause \"Run, Run, Run\" is a lame ripoff of the Who's \"Run, Run, Run\"(couldn't Reed have been a little less obvious), which while not even aclassic of the Who's canon, trounces most of this shit all over the place- heck, the Who had something the Velvets don't: ENERGY. You see, and Ibet you already knew this, the Velvet Underground consisted of a bunch ofheroin addicts, and if there's one rule for rock music, it's this: heroinaddiction makes for bad music. Except for the NY Dolls, of course.Anyway, the non-production sucks all the life of some classic songs - hey,I gave this record a good grade for some reason, didn't I \"SundayMorning,\" and \"Femme Fatale\" are quite lovely little beatnik ballads,though I can't stand Nico's vocalizing on the latter - consult the R.E.M.version to hear \"Femme Fatale\" with a decent singer. Unfortunately, zeefraulein who has, how do you say, no talent, sings a total of three songshere - that's three too many! The Velvet Underground were so uncommercialthat they allowed a talentless German model to front the band because shehelped the band's image (this is true fact, friends). About half of thesesongs aren't very good - the final two in particular, as \"European Son,\"ends in this load of loud pointless feedback that goes on forever with nopurpose. Which is a fairly apt description of the band's secondalbum....
But songwriter Lou Reed has defended his words, saying that he had only the intention of giving an \"accurate reflection\" of the drug subculture of New York, showing both its allure and, just as starkly, its consequences. (And really, who wants heroin to be his wife and his life) Nevertheless, listeners and the media personalities who are so inclined to judge these things have at times labeled the song a decadent endorsement of heroin use. Apocryphal tales of users overdosing while \"Heroin\" is playing on their record players are widespread. The song has become known as must-have for heroin users all over.
In my hometown of Española, the largest city in Rio Arriba County with slightly more than 10,000 people, heroin has long been a destroyer of youth and families. When I was growing up, what was referred to as Mexican black tar heroin was prevalent not only in Española, but in smaller adjacent villages such as Alcalde and Chimayó. Today, heroin use and heroin-related deaths are much higher than when I was in high school. 59ce067264
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