• Submit Date: 3/7/2007
  • Format: CD
  • Category: Theme

If Yo La Tengo were Mothra and The Velvet Underground, Rodan

Artist Song
The Velvet Underground  I'm Sticking With You 
Yo La Tengo  Center of Gravity 
The Velvet Underground & Nico  Sunday Morning 
Yo La Tengo  Something To Do 
The Velvet Underground  Sweet Jane (live , from 1969 vol. 1) 
Yo La Tengo  Detouring America With Horns 
The Velvet Underground  Beginning To See the Light 
Yo La Tengo  Tom Courtenay 
The Velvet Underground  White Light / White Heat 
Yo La Tengo  Cast a Shadow 
The Velvet Underground & Nico  I'll Be Your Mirror 
Yo La Tengo  Satellite 
The Velvet Underground  Satellite of Love (demo 1970) 
Yo La Tengo  Tighten Up (live) 
John Cale  Paris 1919 
Yo La Tengo  Black Flowers 
Lou Reed  New Sensations 
Yo La Tengo  Little Honda 
The Velvet Underground  I Heard Her Call My Name 
Yo La Tengo  Barnaby, Hardly Working 
The Velvet Underground  After Hours 
Yo La Tengo  My Little Corner of the World 
The Velvet Underground  All Tomorrow's Parties (1965 acoustic demo, edit: false start, expletives, tape machine shutoff) 
Yo La Tengo  Attack On Love 
The Velvet Underground  I Love You 
Yo La Tengo  Magnet 

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From Union Square to Hoboken, a swath of destruction.

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Pop Kulcher
Date: 3/7/2007
Two of my favorite bands; nice to see 'em intertwined like this. Of course, in all fairness, it's important to point out that YLT have moved far beyond being a simply VU imitator. Ira may wear his influences on his sleeve, but they've taken the VU blueprint (brilliantly set forth over a mere 4 proper albums) and expanded it in every direction. With more albums to experiment with, YLT have managed to come up with prettier songs (particularly with Georgia's vocals), more insane guitar workouts, and catchier pop songs.
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Yaminon
Date: 3/9/2007
They're two of my favorite bands as well, Yo La Tengo most especially. To me YLT even at their most Velvetsy (as on parts of May I Sing With Me) weren't imitators, I get a sense from YLT of what made the Velvets great, fondly recollected from another place by a band working on its own terms. In choosing songs to juxtapose, I didn't include much from YLT after "I Can Heart the Heart..." ('96) because after that, the clear sonic analogies don't hold. But I had to include "Black Flowers", a great homage to John Cale from YLT's latest.

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Marsicano
Date: 3/11/2007
Ah, a vs. mix, and a very interesting one as well :) Nice work!