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I wish Radio.blog.com had a track of European Son, by The Velvet Underground. I feel as if I am listening to the Italian Futurists all over again...but with a discernable beat this time around and a boogie riff.
The aggression, chaos, anhilation, technological distortion of sound, urban "sound effects" (breaking of glass). The song is a clash of noise (chaos) and virtuosity (control).
Russolo meets the Beatles. Or something.
And I am somewhat convinced in my mind that "Who Loves the Sun" is an ironic, semi-parodic reference to the Beatles. Abbey Road (1969) with "Here Comes the Sun" had come out the year before the VU's Loaded (1970).