Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Le Bataclan '72

In the beginning of '72 three ex-members of the Velvet Underground - Lou Reed, John Cale and Nico - were touring in Europe at the same time, and decided to meet themselves for just one magical concert in a club called Le Bataclan, in Paris (for some reasons most of my latest posts have something to do with Paris...) That memorable acoustic perfomance has been documented on some bootleg CDs, and lately also on an official release, whose sound quality unfortunately is still poor. It looks like the event, or part of it, has been broadcasted by French TV too, as there are some clips available. In an intimate atmosphere they played very charming versions of songs from the Velvet Underground's repertoire and from their respective solo works. Certainly you don't have to expect a perfect quality from these videos, but they are good enough to excite the many fans of these great artists, and of the Velvet Underground of course!

Lou Reed and John Cale - Heroin (1972)
Lou Reed, John Cale and Nico - Femme Fatale (1972)

Password: http://musicforyoureyes.blogspot.com/

Bye

Mirco

8 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Wow! che blog che stai mantenendo! respect Bro......grazie per aver visitato il mio minuscolo angolo di diffusione musicale...posso linkarti? ciao

Wow! what kind of blog you are bulding! respect Bro...thankx for visiting my little corner of muzik diffusion...may I link you? ciao

5/17/2006 12:48 PM  
Blogger Mirco said...

Of course you can...ti aggiungo pure io ;-)

Ciao

5/17/2006 1:08 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ciao Mirco
Mi chiamo Daniel, parlo un pò d'italiano.
Io ho qualche canzoni in video del Velvet Underground:
I'm Waiting for the Man
Berlin (di Lou Reed)
Ghost Story (di John Cale)
Come posso inviartelo? Vuoi?

Ciao,
Daniel

5/18/2006 1:58 AM  
Blogger Mirco said...

Ciao Daniel, di dove sei?
Sei davvero molto gentile, possiamo parlarne tramite e-mail, trovi l'indirizzo nel mio profilo.

A presto :-)

Mirco

5/18/2006 2:17 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Te felicito Mirco por tu blog, muy buenos videos. Espero que lo sigas haciendo por mucho tiempo, esta musica es de la que mas me gusta.
Me declaro fanatico de Ten Years After, Yardbirds, Deep Purple, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. y desde que conoci a Nico, tambien de ella (vi el video "I'm Not Saying") y a Lou Reed que ya lo conocia de antes ("Heroin").

Muchas gracias. Bad Boy Boogie.

PD. Disculpa pero no se hablar italiano, espero que me entiendas.

5/18/2006 2:36 PM  
Blogger Mirco said...

Yo entiendo, muchas gracias!

5/18/2006 9:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nico was ever a true woman... and very beautiful. :-) ;-)

5/19/2006 8:08 PM  
Blogger Phyll said...

The Velvet Underground are awesome. I like this site. Keep it up.

5/23/2006 4:26 AM  

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