Showing posts with label velvet underground. Show all posts
Showing posts with label velvet underground. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The Velvet Underground: I'm Waiting For the Man



I can understand the appeal of going with the nickname BJ ("Come sit on Uncle BJ's lap!"), but there's a baseball player named BJ Upton whose first name is BOSSMAN. WHY WOULDN'T YOU GO BY BOSSMAN? No wonder he never lived up to his potential as a baseball player.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Velvet Underground: Run Run Run

So here’s a problem. I don’t know where I got this song from. I don’t know much about the Velvet Underground. I don’t know much about Lou Reed. I can’t make any pithy comments. The Wikipedia page for this song says “The song was written on the back of an envelope by Lou Reed while he and the band were on their way to a gig at the CafĂ© Bizarre.” That’s some good research.