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This experimental, lo-fi track from the 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico was written by Lou Reed and John Cale. In a footnote to the lyrics, Lou Reed wrote: "The idea here was to string words together for the sheer fun of their sound, not any particular meaning." This song was unpopular when the band played it live, such as in 1965 when the band was playing in Café Bizarre in Greenwich Village for a fortnight. While there, they played a "furious" version of "Black Angel's Death Song"; the manager ordered them not to play that song again, to which the band responded by playing it again "with a vengeance", and were kicked out.
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