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that
Lou, Sterling, John and Moe performed at the L'Olympia Theater in Paris
between 15 and 17 June 1993 as part of a promo for an art gallery who
were hosting a Velvet's exhibition.
They
might look like your dad's mates when you first see them onstage but
that's soon dispelled as soon as Venus in Furs kicks in and the same raw
power that the band had back in the day is still there, it's urgent,
loud and rocking. Lou Reed still can't sing of course and he completely
mangles Sweet Jane, easily the best Velvet's song and doesn't even
attempt to hit any high notes, he's more in form on Heroin though which
is still incredibly powerful (a single song that launched the careers of
a hundred Velvet imitators) Sterling Morrison probably has too little do
but he proves what an under rated guiatrist he is, especially on Rock N
Roll which features some blistering soloing and of course the real star
of the band has to be Moe Tucker's drumming, she might look like your
gran but there's some real
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