In 1965, the Velvet Underground appeared in Piero Heliczer's underground film, Venus in Furs, which was named for the song. In 2012, Paste ranked the song number nine on their list of the 20 greatest Velvet Underground songs, and in 2021, The Guardian placed the song at number three on their list of the 30 greatest Velvet Underground songs. "Venus in Furs" is widely considered one of the band's greatest songs. Additionally, on the same disc, there is a "fun version" recorded on January 3, 1966, during rehearsals at Warhol's Factory. This features a version with more of Cale's viola in the arrangement. The 2012 deluxe six-CD boxed set, celebrating the album's 45th anniversary features, as Disc 4, the original version of the album, cut to acetate on April 26, 1966, known as the "Norman Dolph acetate". Norman Dolph acetate and Factory rehearsal Live recordings of "Venus in Furs" appear on Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (recorded in San Francisco, December 1969) and on Live MCMXCIII (recorded in Paris, June 1993). This take of the song is performed at a quicker pace and the lyrics vary slightly from the TTG recording. John Cale provides lead vocals for this demo recording of the song.Īn alternate take of the song was first recorded at Scepter Studios, New York City before being re-recorded in Hollywood. This version of the song features a drastically different arrangement than would appear on The Velvet Underground & Nico, and ends with what David Fricke calls a "stark, Olde English-style folk lament" in the liner notes for Peel Slowly and See (the 1995 compilation album upon which the Ludlow demos appear). The song was one of several early songs to be recorded by Lou Reed, John Cale and Sterling Morrison in their Ludlow Street loft during July 1965. Lou Reed – lead vocals, lead guitar, ostrich guitarĪlternate versions Ludlow Street Loft, July 1965. Morrison always cited "Venus in Furs" as his favourite Velvet Underground song, as he believed that the band had achieved the sound that they had intended. "There is no intro or buildup to the song the track starts as if you opened a door to a decadent Marrakesh S&M/opium den, a blast of air-conditioned Middle Eastern menace with a plodding beat that's the missing link between " Bolero" and Led Zeppelin's version of " When the Levee Breaks". In his essay "Venus in Furs by the Velvet Underground", Erich Kuersten writes: The backbeat consists of two bass drum beats and one tambourine shake, played at a slow pace by Maureen Tucker. Guitarist Sterling Morrison played bass on the song, but according to Cale, who was the band's usual bassist, Morrison never cared for playing the instrument. The arrangement features John Cale's cacophonous electric viola as well as Lou Reed's guitar tuned to D G C F A C. "Venus in Furs" was one of three songs to be re-recorded, in May 1966 at TTG Studios in Hollywood, before appearing on the final mix of The Velvet Underground & Nico (the other two being " Heroin" and " I'm Waiting for the Man").
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