Released in March 1967 after a series of delays, The Velvet Underground & Nico proved to be a commercial flop yet stands as one of the most influential albums of all time. The alchemy of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, "intruder" Nico and the overseeing Andy Warhol proved serendipitous in creating this masterpiece. Alas, the chemistry proved short-lived and never again would the same group of people collectively create another album. Many cite it as the greatest album ever recorded.

Now let's get down to business. Vote for one song that you wish removed from consideration as the best on the album.

Sunday Morning
I'm Waiting for the Man
Femme Fatale
Venus in Furs
Run, Run, Run
All Tomorrow's Parties
Heroin
There She Goes Again
I'll Be Your Mirror
The Black Angel's Death Song
European Son
[Edited 6/8/05 19:51pm]

I'll cast the first stone in the direction of There She Goes Again. It's pleasant enough, but it awes me less than the remainder of the album. This album is truly a filler-free masterpiece.

There she goes - for the exact same reasons you listed.

I can't imagine what I'll choose after this.

There she goes

There She Goes Again

I'll probably get pelted and booed for this, but up next on the chopping block is "European Son".

Where is lilgish?

VoicesCarry said:

Thinking, Thinking

All I know is Fam is not touching Femme Fatale

lilgish said:

Or the other 2 Nico songs. She rules!

Yeah , 'I'll Be Your Mirror' is my ultimate survivor

I wanna say Heroin (okay, kill me now), but since everyone said There She Goes Again , I'll vote for that.

C'mon that song is so cool though, specially when you walk down the street and sees girls you wanna hit. ....Unless Lou was really talkin' bout trannies

I find those lyrics a little troubling

lilgish said:

lilgish said:

Leave "Heroin" alone! I'm going to have a tough time deciding my favorite among "Heroin", "Venus in Furs" and "Femme Fatale".

Moonbeam said:

Too bad "Somewhere There's a Feather" isn't on there. It'd blow them all away.

GangstaFam said:

Or be blown away. Maybe I can do a Chelsea Girl survivor, but I get the feeling only 3 people would participate.

Moonbeam said:

Eh. Skip it. There are enough going on right now between the Bowie, Smiths and now this.

GangstaFam said:

Just wait until we start the Cure.

Moonbeam said:

That'll be fab. But let's wait until at least Scary Monsters is done, k?

Keep it up! This album demands notice!

Moonbeam said:

I don't see them get much mention on here. Maybe not many people know it.

VoicesCarry said:

Where's your vote?

Moonbeam said:

This isn't exactly about beyonce ya know, don't expect too many other people besides us and a few more. Don't touch Chelsea Girl. How bout a John Cale produced album survivor, that would be cool

There She Goes again..It'll be harder to choose after this though.