"What Goes On" by the Velvet Underground
The rhythm guitar makes this song, an incredibly simple one that features Lou Reed's attitude in full effect: self-aware, cool without trying too hard. Is he singing, or is he just talkling? The fact is that this song goes on for an incredibly long time repeating the same chord progression, but I never seem to mind. The fuzzed-out lead in the middle of the song is also pretty simple, but the result is the same: I could listen to it over and over. A great rock and roll song, intelligent but also somewhat pointless, as all great rock songs should strive to be.
I would like to read more, but I am now seemingly permanently distracted by pondering the posed question: Is he singing, or is he just talking? And now I want this to be more than rhetorical. Singing or talking? Which in the fuck is it? Respondez s'il te plait.
ReplyDeleteAlright, he's singing already. But sometimes he just talks.
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