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Venus in Furs

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Velvet Underground

  • the Velvet Underground
    In the Velvet Underground

    …songs, such as “Heroin” and “Venus in Furs,” that reflected his interest in the graphic, narrative realism of novelists Raymond Chandler and Hubert Selby, Jr. With guitarist Morrison (a Syracuse classmate of Reed’s) and percussionist MacLise, Reed on guitar and vocals and Cale on piano, viola, and bass formed a…

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  • John Cale
    In John Cale: Solo career

    …classic Velvet Underground songs “Venus in Furs” and “All Tomorrow’s Parties,” among others.

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