{"id":16591,"date":"2023-08-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.insinio.fr\/the-velvet-underground-5-things-you-may-not-know-about-andy-warhols-favorite-band\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:54:33","slug":"the-velvet-underground-5-things-you-may-not-know-about-andy-warhols-favorite-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/the-velvet-underground-5-things-you-may-not-know-about-andy-warhols-favorite-band\/","title":{"rendered":"The Velvet Underground: 5 Things You May Not Know About Andy Warhol&#8217;s Favorite Band"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Velvet Underground \u2014 Official Trailer | Apple TV+\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hWq7a8Tin8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">La bande-annonce du film documentaire<em>&nbsp;The Velvet Underground&nbsp;<\/em>(2021).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C\u2019est l\u2019un des groupes qui a suscit\u00e9 le plus de vocations<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans les ann\u00e9es 80, le l\u00e9gendaire<strong> Brian Eno <\/strong>a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 au <em>Los Angeles Times\u00a0<\/em>: \u201cJ<em>e parlais \u00e0 <strong>Lou Reed<\/strong> l\u2019autre jour et il me disait que le premier album du Velvet Underground n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 vendu qu\u2019\u00e0 30 000 exemplaires (58 476 exemplaires s\u2019en sont \u00e9coul\u00e9s en r\u00e9alit\u00e9) dans ses cinq premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. Je pense que chacun de ceux qui ont achet\u00e9 une de ces 30 000 copies a fond\u00e9 un groupe !.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il\u00a0serait difficile de lister tous les artistes que le <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/culture\/musique\/cinq-bonnes-raisons-daller-voir-lexposition-the-velvet-underground-new-york-extravaganza-a-la-philharmonie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Velvet Underground<\/a><\/strong>, fond\u00e9 dans les ann\u00e9es 60, a influenc\u00e9, que ce soit par ses sonorit\u00e9s avant-gardistes m\u00ealant tr\u00e8s librement rock, folk, protopunk et bien d&#8217;autres choses encore ou son\u00a0aura d\u00e9cadente. Les New-Yorkais avaient beau se vivre comme un anti-groupe et se comportaient souvent de fa\u00e7on odieuse avec leur entourage et leurs fans, ils sont devenus l&#8217;inverse de leurs grandes id\u00e9es en gagnant le statut d&#8217;idoles.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xgp7wlBfASA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charli xcx &#8211; <em>House<\/em> featuring John Cale (2025).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">L&#8217;influence du Velvet Underground sur Nirvana et Charli xcx<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Iggy Pop, <a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/culture\/musique\/david-bowie-livre-photos-musee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Bowie<\/a>, Talking Heads, R.E.M., <a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/culture\/musique\/tout-ce-que-vous-ne-savez-peut-etre-pas-sur-kurt-cobain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nirvana<\/a>, Sonic Youth, <a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/culture\/musique\/comment-daft-punk-a-reconcilie-la-pop-et-lelectronique-avec-random-access-memories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daft Punk<\/a>, <\/strong>mais aussi de nombreux groupes de<strong> punk<\/strong>, de <strong>new wave<\/strong> et de <strong>rock ind\u00e9pendant <\/strong>ont tous puis\u00e9 dans les m\u00e9lodies psych\u00e9d\u00e9liques, les envol\u00e9es exp\u00e9rimentales ou le bruit blanc\u00a0produit par\u00a0la formation emmen\u00e9e par <strong>Lou Reed<\/strong>. En 1996, c\u2019est une autre pionni\u00e8re, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numero.com\/photographie\/patti-smith-metallica-gunsnroses-neil-young-sous-lobjectif-de-gabriele-moratti-dans-la-serie-idols-stage-musique-rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patti Smith<\/a>,<\/strong> qui a introduit le groupe au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, une<b> <\/b>institution am\u00e9ricaine qui signifie qu&#8217;on d\u00e9tient enfin ses lettres de noblesse dans le s\u00e9rail des musiques \u00e0 guitares.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En 2021, la sortie d\u2019un documentaire sign\u00e9 <strong>Todd Haynes<\/strong> sur Apple TV+ d\u00e9di\u00e9 au groupe ainsi que d&#8217;un album hommage intitul\u00e9<em> I&#8217;ll Be Your Mirror : A Tribute to The Velvet Underground &amp; Nico <\/em>r\u00e9unissant <strong>St.\u00a0Vincent<\/strong>, Kurt Vile ou encore Courtney Barnett montrait, une fois encore, que l&#8217;h\u00e9ritage de ce groupe sombre et myst\u00e9rieux\u00a0n\u2019est pas pr\u00e8s de s\u2019\u00e9teindre. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aussi, <strong>Lana Del Rey<\/strong> a rendu hommage \u00e0 Lou Reed sur son titre <em>Brooklyn Baby<\/em> (2014) et <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/portrait\/charli-xc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charli xcx<\/a><\/strong> a invit\u00e9<strong> John Cale<\/strong> sur son dernier morceau, <em>House <\/em>(2025). Cette derni\u00e8re d\u00e9finit la musique du groupe comme \u00e9l\u00e9gante et brutale. Quant \u00e0 la mode, elle adule le Velvet Underground. Pour preuve, la maison <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/mode\/fashion-week\/le-defile-celine-printemps-ete-2026\/\">Celine<\/a><\/strong> a choisi l&#8217;un des titres (<em>Pale Blue Eyes<\/em>) de la formation pour l&#8217;une de ses campagnes de haute parfumerie datant de 2022.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"velvet underground - venus in furs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AwzaifhSw2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Velvet Underground \u2013<em>\u00a0Venus in Furs\u00a0<\/em>(1967).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leurs albums ont \u00e9t\u00e9 des \u00e9checs commerciaux<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Telle une m\u00e9t\u00e9orite, la carri\u00e8re du <strong>Velvet Underground<\/strong> n&#8217;a dur\u00e9 que quelques ann\u00e9es, avec seulement quatre albums officiels sortis entre 1967 et 1970. Chacun d&#8217;entre eux ne s\u2019est vendu qu\u2019\u00e0 quelques milliers d&#8217;exemplaires. Et le succ\u00e8s critique n\u2019a pas non plus \u00e9t\u00e9 au rendez-vous, la plupart des journalistes de l\u2019\u00e9poque qualifiant leur musique dissonante d\u2019attaque contre les oreilles et le cerveau.\u00a0Le premier disque du groupe devenu culte par la suite, <em><strong>The Velvet Underground and Nico<\/strong><\/em>, enregistr\u00e9 \u00e0 Manhattan en 1966 pour une somme estim\u00e9e entre 1500 et 3000 dollars, a m\u00eame \u00e9t\u00e9 rejet\u00e9 par plusieurs maisons de disques.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il a finalement \u00e9t\u00e9\u00a0sign\u00e9 par le label Verve qui a demand\u00e9 \u00e0 ces dissidents un peu trop \u00e9loign\u00e9s de l&#8217;utopie hippie de l&#8217;\u00e9poque de r\u00e9enregistrer certains de leurs morceaux. Un an auparavant, les membres du Velvet acceptaient 75 dollars pour jouer leur premier concert dans une \u00e9cole publique sup\u00e9rieure de l\u2019Union County (dans le New Jersey). Autant dire que cette aventure sonore \u00e9tait loin d&#8217;\u00eatre aussi <em>bankable<\/em> que l&#8217;\u0153uvre de leur m\u00e9c\u00e8ne,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/portrait\/andy-warhol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Warhol<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3f9058c8c66&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3f9058c8c66\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"656\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/velvet-underground-numero-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"De gauche &#xE0; droite : Edie Sedgwick, Gerard Malanga, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison et John Cale. Les Velvet Underground en concert &#xE0; la Cin&#xE9;math&#xE8;que des cin&#xE9;astes de New York, en f&#xE9;vrier 1966.\" class=\"wp-image-757236\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Velvet Underground et Edie Sedgwick en concert \u00e0 la Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que des cin\u00e9astes de New York, en f\u00e9vrier 1966. \u00a9\u00a0Adam Ritchie\/Redferns\/GettyImages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ils cultivaient un c\u00f4t\u00e9 litt\u00e9raire et sulfureux<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le nom du groupe vient d\u2019un ouvrage traitant de sadomasochisme (entre autres pratiques sexuelles jug\u00e9es d\u00e9viantes), \u00e9crit par Michael Leigh et publi\u00e9 en 1963. Les th\u00e8mes du premier album du <strong>Velvet Underground\u00a0<\/strong>tournent eux-aussi autour de la sexualit\u00e9 (d\u00e9brid\u00e9e), de l\u2019addiction aux drogues dures et du mal-\u00eatre. <strong>Lou Reed<\/strong>, qui avait subi dans sa jeunesse un traitement douloureux par \u00e9lectrochocs, abordait ces sujets avec une verve et une crudit\u00e9 rappelant <strong>Jean Genet<\/strong>. Il s\u2019inspirait de <strong>William S. Burroughs<\/strong>, <strong>Allen Ginsberg<\/strong>, Raymond Chandler et Hubert Selby, Jr, des \u00e9crivains phares de la contre-culture pour donner plus de po\u00e9sie et de profondeur au rock. Comme ces auteurs, Lou Reed et sa bande voulaient t\u00e9moigner du c\u00f4t\u00e9 obscur et marginal de New York.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le New York des laiss\u00e9s-pour-compte, de ceux qui tra\u00eenent tard la nuit dans les rues sales, sans cheminement pr\u00e9cis. \u201d<em>Take a walk on the wild side<\/em>\u201d chantera plus tard Lou Reed en solo, proposant une balade interlope au milieu des prostitu\u00e9es et des cam\u00e9s. \u00c0\u00a0cause des paroles subversives de la formation, le premier album du Velvet sorti en 1967 fut banni de nombreux disquaires et radios. M\u00eame les magazines\u00a0ne voulaient pas diffuser les publicit\u00e9s du disque.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans les performances live des ann\u00e9es 60, le Velvet se produisait, sur fond de films en noir et blanc, avec d\u2019autres artistes de la Factory d\u2019<strong>Andy Warhol<\/strong> dont Gerard Malanga qui dansait avec un\u00a0fouet, filant la th\u00e9matique BDSM. Une mise en sc\u00e8ne provoc qui assura une fois de plus la r\u00e9putation dangereuse d&#8217;un groupe qui aimait pi\u00e9tiner la notion de moralit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Velvet Underground &amp; Nico &quot;I&#039;ll Be Your Mirror&quot; (Warhol film footage)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZudHYTya-dQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Velvet Underground &amp; Nico \u2013 <em>I&#8217;ll Be Your Mirror<\/em> (r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par Andy Warhol) (1967).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nico, une muse un peu trop charismatique<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nico<\/strong>, mannequin et actrice allemande \u00e0 la beaut\u00e9 fascinante, \u00e0 la limite de l&#8217;irr\u00e9el, \u00e9tait l&#8217;une des muses f\u00e9tiches d\u2019<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/portrait\/andy-warhol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Warhol <\/a><\/strong>dans les ann\u00e9es 60. Il la faisait tourner dans ses films,\u00a0l\u2019invitait \u00e0 irradier de ses costumes blancs et de son blond polaire les murs argent\u00e9s de la <strong>Factory<\/strong>, et surtout, il l&#8217;imposa au Velvet Underground en tant que chanteuse. Son but ? Donner un cachet glamour \u00e0 une bande dont il ne trouvait aucun membre assez beau pour rencontrer le succ\u00e8s.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sauf que Nico sema vite le trouble au sein de la formation, nouant des relations amoureuses avec John Cale, bassiste et pianiste du groupe, mais aussi avec <strong>Lou Reed<\/strong>. Ce dernier trouvait d\u2019ailleurs que la jeune femme\u00a0lui faisait un peu trop d\u2019ombre. L&#8217;artiste germanique quitta le groupe l&#8217;ann\u00e9e de la sortie du\u00a0premier album (en 1967) et poursuivit une longue et passionnante carri\u00e8re solo qui fit, elle aussi, bien des \u00e9mules.<\/p>\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3f9058c91e6&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3f9058c91e6\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/velvet-underground-numero-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nico et Sterling Morrison et les Velvet Underground sur sc&#xE8;ne lors du d&#xEE;ner annuel de la New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry, &#xE0; l'h&#xF4;tel Delmonico, &#xE0; New York, le 13 janvier 1966. \" class=\"wp-image-757238\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nico, Sterling Morrison et The Velvet Underground sur sc\u00e8ne lors du d\u00eener annuel de la New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry, \u00e0 New York, le 13 janvier 1966. \u00a9\u00a0Adam Ritchie\/Redferns\/GettyImages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andy Warhol \u00e9tait leur Cendrillon (et leur Dracula)<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/art\/numero-art\/devenez-incollable-sur-andy-warhol-grace-a-la-tate-modern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Warhol<\/a><\/strong> est cr\u00e9dit\u00e9 en tant que producteur du premier album du Velvet Underground avec <strong>Nico<\/strong>, mais il n\u2019a pas influ\u00e9 directement sur leur musique. <strong>Lou Reed<\/strong> a avou\u00e9 dans plusieurs interviews que le pape du pop art se contentait de s\u2019assoir et de les \u00e9couter avant de s\u2019exclamer \u201c<em>Oooh, c\u2019est fantastique.<\/em>\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Par contre, le <strong>Velvet Underground <\/strong>lui doit beaucoup, \u00e0 commencer par la fameuse pochette &#8220;\u00e0 la banane&#8221; de leur premier album. Des rumeurs pr\u00e9tendaient lors de sa sortie que si on pelait l\u2019autocollant en forme de fruit \u2013\u00a0phallique \u2013\u00a0pr\u00e9sent sur le disque, on trouverait peut-\u00eatre du LSD sous la colle. Et le magazine<em> Billboard <\/em>a \u00e9lu la pochette de l&#8217;album <em><strong>The Velvet Underground &amp; Nico<\/strong><\/em> (1967) comme la plus belle de tous les temps.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si le groupe vira tr\u00e8s rapidement leur manager qui avait r\u00eav\u00e9 de rockeurs v\u00eatus de noir jouant dos au public, il garda une certaine affection pour celui qu\u2019ils surnommaient &#8220;Drella&#8221;\u00a0(un croisement entre <strong>Dracula <\/strong>et <strong>Cinderella<\/strong>). En 1990, les membres de la formation new-yorkaise fra\u00eechement r\u00e9unis rendirent un bel hommage au ma\u00eetre (d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 en 1987) de la s\u00e9rigraphie en publiant un album intitul\u00e9\u00a0<i>Songs for Drella<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Velvet Underground (2021) de Todd Haynes, disponible sur Apple TV+.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u2019est l\u2019un des groupes qui a suscit\u00e9 le plus de vocations Dans les ann\u00e9es 80, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/the-velvet-underground-5-things-you-may-not-know-about-andy-warhols-favorite-band\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from The Velvet Underground: 5 Things You May Not Know About Andy Warhol&#8217;s Favorite Band<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,3177,1],"tags":[2933,1902],"class_list":["post-16591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-en","category-music","category-non-classifiee","tag-charli-xcx-en","tag-new-york-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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