![]() 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. I think its just a case of them being inspired. The Pale Blue Eye was released in select cinemas on December 23, 2022, before its streaming release on Januby Netflix. Its like they combined Pale Blue Eyes and the vocal melodies from Sunday Morning to make Mad Sounds. 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. Its plot follows veteran detective Augustus Landor in 1830 West Point, New York, as he investigates a series of murders at the United States Military Academy with the aid of Edgar Allan Poe, a young military cadet. The real question is what this music is about - smack, meth, deviate sex and drugdreams, or something deeper? The Murder Mystery is an eight minute exercise in aural overload that annoys after a few listenings, and Pale Blue Eyes is. ![]() ![]() 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. The album is unfortunately not without its weak tracks though. The Velvet Underground are alive and well (which in itself may surprise some people) and ever-changing.
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