Nobody listens to The Velvet Underground, I feel like, which is really f***** stupid, because they're a way more interesting. You know, everybody fucking talks about The Velvet Underground. So when I say you're not allowed to cover The Velvet Underground, it's also important to really do The Velvet Underground a service, and at least talk about them or bring people's attention to them, because there's another funny thing about The Velvet Underground, which is that they're a band that's talked about way more than listened to. But what's interesting about the cover thing is that in the Eighties, when I first heard about them, it wasn't because I had any access to the records, because I didn't, it was always people talking about them. I have a peer group that feels the same way about that band, and so I'm pretty intense about the band. The Velvet Underground are my favourite band. Matt Sweeney On Why The Velvet Underground Should Be Listened To More Rather Than Only Talked About. A statement or an appropriate sound for the time. All we know is that a cough is a bad thing, and so that's why the song ends with Iggy coughing. So now I kind of had two things, which is like, “All right, this is Iggy singing the Velvet Underground, which is a f****** huge deal.” And then also, we're playing this kind of chaotic song in the day before our lives are about to get ruined. So we got together in the studio the day before f****** lockdown happened. It was like, “Yeah, that sounds cool.” And the timing was interesting, because it was late February of 2020, that Iggy happened to be in town and just everything lined up. So I asked Iggy, and weirdly, he said yes, and there was no back and forth. So then I figured I should ask Iggy, because I had been thinking about how the only person who I'd be interested in hearing Lou Reed lyrics from is Iggy Pop. It's like their most fun and most difficult song, in some ways. That was worth considering, because of the nature of that song, which is that it's an eight-minute, really difficult song. Matt Sweeney On Covering 'European Son' With Iggy Pop. Kurt Vile also chats with STROMBO about the influence of Lou Reed. Musician and record producer Matt Sweeney talks to STROMBO on Apple Music Hits about the impact and importance of The Velvet Underground, the ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico’ album, his cover of 'European Son' with Iggy Pop, and the upcoming Apple Original ‘The Velvet Underground’ documentary film.
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