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035: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

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The Ramones 53rd and 3rd Review

Reed's nervously delivered lyrics paint a detailed, authentic and occasionally amusing portrait of the grim grime of Harlem in 1967. John Cale's Insistent Piano really captures the anticipatory jitters of an attic jonesing for his next fix. I would rather listen to the Ramones 53rd and 3rd any day if I was in the mood for a song about the Simi underbelly of New York but I guess if I wanted a song about a drug dealer with inexplicable sartorial taste I'd be happy with this.

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