I've been skipping over The Gift for so long (like, 25 years) that I forgot how heavy the music was.
Oh hey, I didn't know about this!
So great.
"Now you can look at that band and wonder where
All that sound was coming from
With just 4 people there.
Twangy sounds of the cheapest types,
Sounds as stark as black and white stripes,
Bold and brash, sharp and rude,
Like the heats turned off
And you're low on food.
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground."
--Jonathan Richman