The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Undeground continued to speak live, and their concerts became harder and more experimental, they were prisutvovat many improvisations. According to Keila, a group in this period was one of the first, using the amplifiers firm Vox; steel used and new sound effects. All this is reflected in the second longplee group.

The Velvets longer cooperate with Warhol and Nico, and began to write «White Light / White Heat» in September 1967, with Tom Wilson as a producer. The material group is more raw, dirty and hard, according to the Keila, if the first album had moments of weakness and beauty, the second album was the «anti-consciously beautiful».

First TimeZero song album begins with an energetic piano sound Keila in the spirit of Jerry Lee Lewis. Reed favorite song from the album became an ominous «Lady Godiva's Operation». «The Gift» is a short story written by Reed and told against the backdrop of music Keil with its distinctive Scottish accent. One of the most popular songs was the plate of meditation «Here She Comes Now», perepetaya later, REM, Nirvana, Galaxie 500, and Cabaret Voltaire. However, most experimental moments of the plate were two noise-rock song - «I Heard Her Call My Name» and «Sister Ray», the second lasted about 17 minutes.

Commercially launched the second album is even less successful than the first - he lasted two weeks in the Billboard Top 200 at position 199. The team was extremely unhappy so weak response to their efforts, and as a result of The Velvets increased tensions. The last session in the «classic» of the group was recorded in February 1968 and clearly reflects the differences two of its leaders: Reed had composed two melodic pop songs ( «Temptation Inside Your Heart» and «Stephanie Says»), and Keila - another experiment with «pilyaschey» violin ( «Hey Mr. Rain»). (These recordings were not issued until inclusion in the compilation of rare tracks VU and Another View). A number of songs written in collaboration with Keil, the group performed in concerts, but he recorded them in the studio already solo ( «Walk It and Talk It», «Guess I'm Falling in Love», «Ride into the Sun», and «Countess from Hong Kong».