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EPISODIX:
Posted:
March 14, 2017
Music:
Songs from The Velvet Underground and Nico (Verve) March 12, 1967
- “Femme Fatale”
- “Venus in Furs”
Notes:
This is Mark Jenkins‘ second appearance on RTS.
“Femme Fatale” was issued as the b-side of the “Sunday Morning” single, which preceded the release of the Velvet Underground and Nico by about 4 months.
Duran Duran once covered “Femme Fatale” yikes. But so did Big Star:
And lots of other people.
That book that gives “Venus in Furs” its context and outline. And John Cale with those electric guitar strings on his viola, yeah?