1 The Velvet Underground Forget, for a moment, the surly genius of Lou Reed and his songs. Forget John Cale’s experimental background. Forget that the classic Velvet Underground lineup lasted just three years. Forget that Cale and Reed were living and recording on Ludlow Street three decades before it seemed like a good idea. Forget Warhol and the Factory, forget Mo Tucker’s stand-up drumming, forget the shades and the heroin. Just play any of the first three albums. They still sound impossibly cool. The Velvets were born in the space after the Beats and before the hippies, and represented a stern, aloof rejoinder to everything California was spewing at the time. They midwifed the love child of rock and the avant-garde. They remain the ultimate NYC band. Must-own album: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
當然，這只是Time Out 紐約版的暫時意見而已。 隨著時間演變中。
