11-24-2021, 11:16 PM
http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...8#pid49818
This was slow to get going. Often presented in split screen with Warhol clips against period clips or locations or other Warhol clips with Voice overs. A lot of discussion of drones. The focus is split across all members of the band and how Warhol got involved. After that, it follows the VU career, adding Neko, playing clubs, recording, touring the country.
The bit about the west coast was funny. I’m surprised they HATED Zappa. Seems to me that they were both interested in Avant Garde and anti-establishment. Also Billy Graham hatted VU.
At the point where Lou leaves the band, it jumps into overdrive and just shows montages of album art for the various members post-VU projects. Then photo montages of the members apart and then Lou and John together (for an album) and then all of them together for a show. No talk about what led to the reunions and how they went. In the Lou photo montage, there’s a single photo of him with Laurie.
The wrap up is fast, with some interesting tidbits that I didn’t know:
Sterling became a professor of medieval studies. Maureen became a programmer for IBM.
Another thing I didn’t know: When Neko would play a set before the VU, Jackson Brown was her guitar player.
it was alright, but I would have liked a deeper dive into each album, and more backstory for the band as the tensions between Lou and John, or Lou and Warhol seemed somewhat vague.
—tg
This was slow to get going. Often presented in split screen with Warhol clips against period clips or locations or other Warhol clips with Voice overs. A lot of discussion of drones. The focus is split across all members of the band and how Warhol got involved. After that, it follows the VU career, adding Neko, playing clubs, recording, touring the country.
The bit about the west coast was funny. I’m surprised they HATED Zappa. Seems to me that they were both interested in Avant Garde and anti-establishment. Also Billy Graham hatted VU.
At the point where Lou leaves the band, it jumps into overdrive and just shows montages of album art for the various members post-VU projects. Then photo montages of the members apart and then Lou and John together (for an album) and then all of them together for a show. No talk about what led to the reunions and how they went. In the Lou photo montage, there’s a single photo of him with Laurie.
The wrap up is fast, with some interesting tidbits that I didn’t know:
Sterling became a professor of medieval studies. Maureen became a programmer for IBM.
Another thing I didn’t know: When Neko would play a set before the VU, Jackson Brown was her guitar player.
it was alright, but I would have liked a deeper dive into each album, and more backstory for the band as the tensions between Lou and John, or Lou and Warhol seemed somewhat vague.
—tg
