The Velvet Underground Pt I
No Dogs in Space
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Lou Reed's Velvet Underground Song Shelly
Shelly album besides just being a companion she ended up inspiring what is now the most popular Velvet Underground song. Lou Reed waited until the third Velvet Underground album to deploy this classic although its simplicity does imply that it's fueled by the feelings of an emotionally underdeveloped college kid. "I mean that song wasn't written in college of course anyone knows that song well there's a whole verse about marriage later on yeah but it was directly inspired by Shelly"
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