candy says is more intense then sister ray

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because candy says deals with a falling apart , a lnley and meloncholy song about a woman in the throes of self destruction, a phoneix whose ashes refused to rise up. the yearning to "walk aaway, to see bluebirds fly ,to be old" and that chourus of do do aahs like an angels choir . Sister Ray is loud and brash and fuck you but it seems to be an excercise in technique .

I mean this wider as well. Intensity suggests for me a rawness, a versimiullitude , an honest emotional document, the awkardness when someone tells you exactly how they are feeling instead of ok when you ask they are doing. the freind calling you drunk at 3 am and just weeping .

― anthony, Tuesday, 25 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Gosh, is everything alright, Anthony? On Xmas Day and all. In answer to your question, very hard to choose in terms of intensity. You're not really comparing like with like. One is drug strung out, the other is heart-strings strung out.

― Daniel, Tuesday, 25 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Agree totally. The last minute or so of that song is maybe the loveliest thing they ever did. On the wider issue, repeated listens tend to dull the impact of most sorts of noise/extremity in music, whereas they may not innure you to the sort of quiet intensity I think you're talking about.

― Matt, Tuesday, 25 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"song about a woman in the throes of self destruction"

-- well, a song about a tranny in the throes of self destruction.

― ksr, Tuesday, 25 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What technique is exercised in "Sister Ray?"

I'd rather be waken up by feedback at 3 am than by some inarticulate bawling drunk.

― sundar subramanian, Tuesday, 25 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What technique is exercised in "Sister Ray?"

I'd rather be waken up by feedback at 3 am than by some inarticulate bawling drunk (who'd better have a good excuse if he or she still wants to be my friend). "Candy Says" doesn't really evoke that sort of 'intensity' either for me though. It sort of has a detached third- person's-report quality which was always a big part of the Velvets' appeal for me. Grimly sober, pretty, and moody with tenderness creeping out. But I still haven't played it in maybe 2 years. I'd probably take "Sister Ray."

― sundar subramanian, Tuesday, 25 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

its 17 minutes of guitar noise , i thought there might be techinuque

― anthony, Wednesday, 26 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

it's a better song too...

― g, Wednesday, 26 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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