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Episode 164: “White Light/White Heat” by the Velvet Underground

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Nico's Flute

Nico's romantic life had grown ever more complex, after dating Reed for a while she'd had a brief affair with Kayla and then a date of Brown. She flew to London partly to escape from these increased entanglements and partly to seek medical treatment for a problem with her ears. The arrangements in general were not so good, even so I could bear the string sound, but I wish I could take the flute off. There should be a button on record players and no flute button, there could be an ad drums button too,. You would think they could do this.

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