Velvet Underground Lyrics

    ------ About the song Heroin performed by Velvet Underground

anybody who has never done heroin, don't judge people who do until you either try it or are open minded and empathetic enough to really try and understand the drug and its affect on people. imagine a drug that can literally change your mood from total depression or anger to bliss and happiness and the most content feeling youve ever felt in your life. well that is exactly what heroin can do (good, real heroin), it makes you more social, it makes you happy, it makes you able to forget about all your problems and anxiety. it is a miracle drug. and because of this it is evil, because your life seems to dull and depressing once you are off it, and you think to yourself how much better i could feel if only i did a little dope. heroin is bad, but for those of us who know how to use it recreationally and only on occassion (once a month or so) it really isn't so bad. but i'd say only about 1 in 20 people can do it that way. and by the way lou reed was not glorifying heroin in this song he was simply singing about it from his own perspective, not glorifying nor railing against it, but simply seeing it was it was in his life!

    ------ About the song Heroin performed by Velvet Underground

Let me start out by saying, that whoever made the statements that you got clean listening to this song is totally ironic, but congratulations! It would make me do the exact opposite, but I'm glad for you all!! I've heard this song before but I never sat down and listen to the lyrics until today. My husband and I went for a motorcycle ride and he just started singing this song, and I said, " honey what song are you singing? It sounds familiar to me. " He then said to me, " Whenever i was a teenager, my buddies and I used to sit around & listen to this song whenever we would get high. " Then he told me that whenever we got home he was gonna download this song, and he said, " I want you to listen to the lyrics and tell me what you think about it. " So I did, and I loved it. So thank you Lou Reed. I found my new sit back and relax song.

    ------ About the song Heroin performed by Velvet Underground

I have to agree with Steven_tyler77..it surprises me that so many of the people here have quit because of this song. I find that very beautiful though. I'm very happy for all of you. This song makes me crave for opiates as well. I have a thing for dilaudid..which I usually call my medical heroin, since I get it from doctors and such. So everytime I hear this Velvet Underground song, it immediately makes me crave or I listen to this song while I'm high on occasions. I hope that eventually I wont feel this way anymore because this is a beautiful song..I absolutely love it. I also read somewhere that Lou Reed was told by a few fans that they shot up heroin while playing the song..Lou Reed mentioned that that was not the intention of the song's meaning. So hope my review was helpful.

    ------ About the song Sweet Jane performed by Velvet Underground

Lou Reed is fantastic in this song. I love his sense of humor while he sings Sweet Jane. The Velvet Underground is a very good and inspirational band. Great jam again..I can play this all day long.

    ------ About the song Heroin performed by Velvet Underground

I don't know how you people have been helped by this song to stay clean (I mean, it's great that you did, good for you). If anything, to me, it just gives opiate cravings (I have never done heroin, but I'm a regular recreational codeine user). The way the music flows and the mellow lyrics about not caring about what goes on in the world anymore describe very well the pleasures of an opiate high... I can't see how you were frightened by it, when this song really glorifies the drug. I perfectly understand why Lou Reed stopped singing it after quitting heroin use: had he sung it, it would've make him crave the high. I guess it takes an opiate user to understand this, but do take my word for it. Do not mess with opiates and expect you won't get hooked, because eventually you will...

    ------ About the song The Gift performed by Velvet Underground

Has to be one of the greatest songs of all time. John Cale's delivery of the quirky narrative together with the brilliant background jam is the perfect combination. The attention to detail in the lyrics is hilarious, "It was at this point that Mr Jameson of the Clarence Darrow Post Office rang the door bell of the large stucco coloured framed house...." all leading to the most horrific, blackest comedic ending in the history of song.

    ------ About the song Stephanie Says performed by Velvet Underground

it seems to me that this song is a clear example of a person who, through severe life long trauma, abbandonment, demoralization, and lack of anyone who can/will understand her, is now empty and cold as a result of giving her love to so many people that could/would not see that love for the treasure that it was, did not give any love back and now she has nothing left. shes the door, not the room, people use doors to get into rooms, she wanted to be the room so people would want to be with her, but they didnt, using was the best she could get, so she let herself be used, now she is all used up. everyone says shes so cold, as though its her fault, but everyone is all the people who took love and would not give it, or even cherish what they took, everyone who could not be bothered to try to understand her. shes not afraid of death because she is already dead, she pretends that someone is calling her with something of great import, they are not, she is alone, the seashell is more companionship than they gave her, and they all say its her fault still, she is so cold, alaska is so cold. so alone, but her warmth was stolen by them, and now they judge, is it good or bad? but dont dare ask 'is it my doing?'. The song is a tragedy, i marvel to hear it called 'sweet'. in 'the royal tenenbaums', which is also tragic, this song is applied to margot, and fades after the first line. Margot has severe emotional trauma, turmoil and self worth and abbandonment issues as a result of being cast out of her original family (and constantly being reminded of that) and then never really being accepted by royal, the only father she had. she was not given love, understanding or a place for her heart to be so she tried to find it elswhere, she didnt. then her and richie convey their love, but she cant have it now, though its what she wanted, she doesnt feel she has anything left and she already feels guilty about his pain. royal is represntative of the oblivious takers and, i must say, that some of the asinine and shallow comments on this page are definitely indicative of why there are so many 'stephanies' in the world. oblivion.

    ------ About the song Heroin performed by Velvet Underground

i've never been a drug addict. but i'm codependent, and there are a lot of parallels between reed's experience as described in this song and my experiences with my ex.

a lot of songs about heroin seem to work for codependency too, in my opinion; and although a lot of songs about heroin are sad--this one included--this isn't the one i listen to when i need to cry. this is the one i listen to when i just need a little reminder as to what aspect of my nature i'm struggling against. :)

incidentally, i hear lou reed stopped performing this song after he got clean. judging from how many people here have said it helped them get/stay clean, that's kind of ironic, isn't it?

    ------ About the song I'll Be Your Mirror performed by Velvet Underground

Whilst this is, maybe only in my opinion, one of the less known Velvet Underground songs, it is undoubtedly my favourite. I feel that the song is easy and refreshing and relaxing but not so much so that it lulls you to sleep whilst you're having a bath, causing you to drown. My own personal opinion aside, I think it's hard to argue with the statement: "This is a great Velvet Underground song". But that statement pales when the same is true for all Velvet Underground song. I tend to class them in a rank all of their own. The only thing, for me, able to measure up to a Velvet Underground song is a different Velvet Underground song. This makes reviewing them hard and as you can see I'm doing a bang up job but let me continue. Let me put it this way, if Velvet Underground songs were boxers, then I'll be your mirror would be a totally competant fighter. Put it in the ring with Anything by Michael Buble or Shakira or me, and it'll beat seven bells out of it. Put it in a ring with songs like Venus In Furs or Sunday Morning and it'll put up a good fight. Ultimately though, it's just punching above its weight. No matter how much of an underdog it seems, this David cannot and will not defeat the Goliaths of Velvet Undergrounds Illustrious career, or just Velvet Underground and Nico. Regardless of it's boxing prowess (or lack thereof as the later case may serve) I recommend giving it another listen, it still packs a punch.

    ------ About the song Heroin performed by Velvet Underground

hi folks,
genious expression for what an awaking, self consciousness creating human being is to make fool of itself in contact with so called "zeitgeist". Am (ab)user, in process to free myself from this painful binding. My "deepest love" in order to destroy myself, transforms me to "material"ism i never ever wanna be part of. But awaking grows and so next step leads to spiritual being, the red thread always loose`n`found in history until...
hopefully on the way, which is destination itself.
agreeing "venus in furs" gives hint, too.