As I mentioned on the other faves thread, the Velvet Underground reunion thing was appalling, due mainly to Lou Reed's insistence on singing in a wobbly, weird stop-start way that made me think he might have been deliberately sabotaging it. And it is all his fault, cos the one time he shuts up and he and Cale have a head-to-head instrumental battle on 'Hey Mr Rain', the whole thing came to life... for four minutes. According to John Cale's autobiog, he didn't have a very high opinion of his performance either.
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