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Originally Posted by GBP04
the Velvet Underground is a funny one. Virtually all music critics (and aficionados) at least recognize their brilliance and influence, so much sometimes that they teeter on being overrated. But then you have the casual music fan (even the casual classic rock fan) and most of them haven't heard more than the name (and certainly couldn't come up with Lou Reed).
so I guess that makes them underrated?
The highest they ever got during their initial run on the billboard charts was 171 and my understanding is that it took most critics a decade or more to realize they made amazing music. This is according to Wikipedia on The Velvet Underground & Nico...
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The critical world also took little notice of the album. One of the few print reviews of the album in 1967 was a mostly positive review in the second issue of Vibrations, a small rock music magazine. The review described the music as "a full-fledged attack on the ears and on the brain" and took note of the dark subject matter to be found in the majority of the song's lyrics.
It was not until a decade later that the album started to receive almost unanimous praise by numerous rock critics, many of whom made particular note of its influence in modern rock music
Most critics give them a nod nowadays, but afaict, under appreciation haunted the band, despite each well-crafted, pioneering album they churned out (before reed left ldo...lol "Squeeze"), and ultimately brought about its dissolution. I can't agree that they are now almost overrated. It's nigh on impossible imo.
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Originally Posted by GBP04
Underrated:
Yo La Tengo - underrated band with a discography spanning 30 years. their albums range from good to excellent and I hardly hear people ever talking about them
Absolutely.
Last edited by 000000; 06-13-2013 at 12:15 AM.