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“Swoop, swoop, oh baby rock, rock…” Only early ‘70s radio would play a song with blatant references to giving head and not have a problem with the lyrical content. Such was the atmosphere that welcomed Lou Reed’s second solo record after leaving the Velvet Underground and his biggest hit “Walk On The Wild Side.” If [...]
1967, The Doors ‘Light My Fire’ was released in the US, it went on to be No.1 on the singles chart two months later. 1967, Jefferson Airplane appear on American Bandstand, playing “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love.” 1968, Valerie Solanas shot Andy Warhol and art critic and curator Mario Amaya at Warhol’s studio in [...]
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In the story that first appeared in the New York Post, among other places, the Velvet Underground have filed suit in Federal Court claiming that the Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts illegally licensed its iconic banana cover from the VU’s debut album. Even though the artwork was conceived by Andy Warhol, the Velvet’s claim [...]
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