Buffalo Boy's Blog

The Velvet Underground were the start of the alternative movement back in the late 1960's. Lou Reed and company wrote songs about sex, drugs and rock and roll that were painfully obvious to the listener. They weren't hiding it in their lyrics, it was their lyrics.

The first record The Velvet Underground and Nico according to legend sold just 1000 copies of its first printing and all thousand who bought it, went on to form a band. The likes of REM, The Cure, David Bowie and virtually every single rock band since the late 60's from Aerosmith to ZZ Top probably owe some of their existence to The Velvet Underground

This is Waiting for My Man, a song literally about waiting for a score of drugs. Heroin was frequently the drug of topic in many VU songs.

The other interesting tidbit about the VU was the late Andy Warhol was their manager. In fact there are some Syracuse ties to the band.