I'm waiting for the man

Recordings are meant to be discovered and when the file sharing movement was a blaze, I found myself diving into the sounds of The Velvet Underground & their maverick leader Lou Reed. There's something to be said when you first hear that drone effect by John Cale and then that voice followed by the words jump out at you, "I am tired, I am weary, I could sleep for a thousand years, A thousand dreams that would awake me, different colors made of tears," from that moment I became a lifelong fan of The Velvet Underground.

There is something to be said about going back into the musical landscape that was the 1960's. I did it out of my distaste for the current state of popular music, the over sugar sweets that are hip hop and emo rock with a sad boy cup of fever. My ears longed for a voice to sing the truth but without the overproduction of a pretty noise. THe rawness of perfect day to kill your sons, really gives a sonic shoulder to those discovering lou reed.

My list of important bands has given way to the great musicians that began when this type of music was not selling and made a bigger impact than any household product. The idea of do it yourself, the garage movement, pounding it out in the basements of the world.

To the sonic tapestry that was THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, I SAlute you.