Velveteen by Daniel Marks6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, it can, and this is perhaps the most important lesson the Velvet Underground: the power of the human soul to transcend its darker levels. Their spiritual odyssey ranges from an early blast of sadomasochistic self-loathing called “I’m So Fucked Up,” through the furious nihilism of “Heroin” and the metaphysical quest implied in the words “I’m searching for my mainline,” to this album, which combines almost overpowering musical lyricism with deeply yearning, compassionate lyrics to let us all know that they are finally “Beginning to See the Light.”Ĭan this be that same bunch of junkie - faggot - sadomasochist - speed - freaks who roared their anger and their pain in storms of screaming feedback and words spat out like strings of epithets? Yes. The real question is what this music is about - smack, meth, deviate sex and drugdreams, or something deeper? How do you define a group like this, who moved from “Heroin” to “Jesus” in two short-years? It is not enough to say that they have one of the broadest ranges of any group extant this should be apparent to anyone who has listened closely to their three albums. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. ![]() The Velvet Underground are alive and well (which in itself may surprise some people) and ever-changing. Velveteen by Daniel Marks Release Date: OctoPublisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Source: NetGalley Rating: Buy It: Amazon IndieBound Velveteen Monroe is dead. ![]()
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