Velvet Underground

[Bekah]

I hadn't chimed in on this one but here goes -

I agree there may be a high correlation between Pynchon readers and  
Velvet Underground fans but it's not universal.   And I'm sure that  
some kind of nostalgia for the "dark side of the 60s" is part of  
it.     However-  I'm one of those others who loves Pynchon's style  
and themes, etc.  but can barely remember Velvet Underground  
specifics.    I don't think I was ever attracted to the dark side of  
anything.   I was close enough to know that it was scary out there.   
And I'm no Pollyanna but the old "flower-power"  attitude was closer  
to my perspective in the 60s than Velvet Underground.    I remember  
the name -  I remember the song Sunday Morning - it just wasn't one  
of my favorites.   Crosby, Stills and Nash did some stuff, too -  
Paranoia and so on.

This is UK oriented but it seems pretty much about right to me:
http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/sprm1/files/late%2060s%20-%20the%20dark% 
20side.PDF

Bekah
a senior-hippie now  (omg)


On Apr 25, 2009, at 7:26 AM, Natália Maranca wrote:

> I like your explanation, Kevin.
>
> Ed said:
> "Possibly the illusion of coincidence
>
> I am 38 and dig both but doubt I would list Lou Reed as pivotal  
> music influence.
>
> It may come with the forum but u have a point.
>
> Cum hoc ergo propter hoc.
>
> I observe patterns too but unifying theories are dangerous."
>
> See, the reason I called it a coincidence is that I don't believe  
> there should be any relation between a person's musical and  
> literary taste. If one stops to think about it there are relations  
> and patterns but it's all generalization.
> Is it an illusion of coincidence, then? I have thought of the whole  
> shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather stuff, but thought it wasn't  
> enough to make a connection. Maybe the taste for the darker side of  
> the 1960s explains it as well...
>
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Kevin Dunn <kevindunn27 at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> I'd have to add my name to that list, as I love both TRP and The  
> Velvet Underground, especially White Light/White Heat. Maybe the  
> more experimental VU stuff mirrors the jazz riffs TRP tried to  
> simulate in his writing style, and therefore would appeal to the  
> same kind of people.
>
> Kevin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Apr 24, 2009, at 10:26 PM, Natália Maranca <nmaranca at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
> and Thomas Pynchon. Why does every Pynchon fan I know like Velvet  
> Underground? They're not few, and it's a strange coincidence - I'm  
> just a sucker for strange coincidences and I had to ask you all.  
> Has anyone ever noticed this?
>
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> Natália Maranca
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> Natália Maranca