The Velvet Underground: Next Steps

The Velvet Underground: Next Steps

The Velvet Underground were innovators on many fronts—lyrical content, dissonance, sheer attitude—but beneath the screeching feedback lay some deceptively traditional songwriting. The shuffling “Run Run Run” boasts harmonies far sweeter than its subject matter; “There She Goes Again” pins its risqué lyrics on a riff cribbed from Marvin Gaye. And the lilting “Who Loves the Sun” could almost be mistaken for a lullaby.

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