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Beck and Co. Cover Velvet Underground’s “Waiting For the Man”

6/26/09, 2:13 pm EST

Beck and his all-star Record Club have premiered the second song from their classic album project, taking on the Velvet Underground’s “Waiting For the Man.” While the group’s attempt at opening track “Sunday Morning” adhered more to the style of VU’s version, “Waiting” finds Beck’s troops experimenting more with the structure of the song, as the promise of “no rehearsals” prior to performing the album in its entirety leaves the door open for some creative improvisation.

“Here is the second song from The Velvet Underground & Nico, in which everyone untunes their instruments and Nigel [Godrich, Radiohead producer] thrashes a DX-7, coaxing sounds hitherto unheard from the ’80s power ballad beast,” the Modern Guilt singer writes on his refurbished Website, which incorrectly labeled the song “Waiting For My Man” in their post. Next week, Beck and his Record Club will perform <>VU & Nico’s “Femme Fatale,” allowing Icelandic singer Thorunn Magnusdottir to tackle the role of Nico. Beck has had some previous experience covering the song, as fan site Whiskeyclone writes that the singer used to play the song live in concert in the early 2000s.

Daniel Kreps

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kottke | 6/26/2009, 3:08 pm EST

waiting for “the” man or “my” man?

Denton | 6/26/2009, 3:57 pm EST

Genius

Pepper Jack | 6/26/2009, 5:35 pm EST

i love beck but i love the velvet underground more, and this is terrible

Rejemy | 6/26/2009, 6:42 pm EST

Sunday Morning was much better. This makes me nervous about how Venus In Furs might turn out

Anonymous | 6/26/2009, 6:46 pm EST

I think this is great. He’s not trying to re-record the album, he’s re-conceiving and reinventing it.

Xenu | 6/27/2009, 11:27 pm EST

Please give Beck more money, so he can afford to attain the highest levels of my ‘church’.

Nick-Romania | 6/28/2009, 4:20 am EST

The World had just lost it invaluable jewel! God keep him in peace!

Anonymous | 6/28/2009, 1:09 pm EST

Yes, Nick-Romania.

We need God to look after the OxiClean dude!

ddv | 6/28/2009, 10:59 pm EST

Man, I love Beck and the VU, but this was borderline unlistenable. Hopefully this is just a misstep and the end product will actually be worth hearing.

ARIS SEYDI | 7/12/2009, 7:32 pm EST

I live I love michael jackson I love

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