Cover Me: Les Enfants du Velvet

There is a plethora of Velvet Underground covers out there. In 1985 a 6-track compilation Les Enfants du Velvet was released in France. Not half bad and worth tracking down. Full stream on YouTube.

Tracks:

1. All Tomorrow's Parties - Rita Mitsouko 0:00
2. Venus in Furs - Marc Seberg 3:45
3. Je rêve encore de toi (Stephanie says) - Taxi Girl 8:28
4. Sunday Morning - Étienne Daho 11:56
5. Sweet Jane - Graziella de Michele 16:04
6. I'll Be Your Mirror - Aliss Terrell 21:17

John Cale and guests: watch the "re-imagining of The Velvet Underground in Paris" concert on Arte TV

The Franco-German TV network ARTE taped John Cale with his band and special guests at the re-imagining of The Velvet Underground concert in Paris on April 3rd. It is now available for streaming on the Arte Concerts website. TV broadcast on June 11 - 0h35.

Note: they mixed up the running order - White Light / White Heat (w/ Carl Barât and Pete Doherty) and European Son (w/ Carl Barât and Pete Doherty) - traded places - and Lady Godiva's Operation (w/ Saul Williams) and The Gift are missing:

1. I'm Waiting For The Man
2. White Light / White Heat (w/ Carl Barât and Pete Doherty)
3. All Tomorrow's Parties (w/ Mark Lanegan)
4. Venus In Furs
5. I'll Be Your Mirror (w/ Étienne Daho)
6. There She Goes Again (w/ Animal Collective)
7. Sunday Morning
8. European Son (w/ Carl Barât and Pete Doherty)
9. Femme Fatale (w/ Lou Doillon)
10. The Black Angel's Death Song (w/ Mark Lanegan)
11. Run Run Run (w/ Carl Barât and Pete Doherty)
12. Heroin (w/ Saul Williams)
13. Sister Ray (w/ all guests)

The band:
John Cale: vocals, viola, keyboards
Dustin Boyer: lead guitar, samples
Joey Maramba: bass
Deantoni Parks: drums

Guests: Carl Barât and Pete Doherty (The Libertines) on guitar and vocals; Avey Tqare, Geologist and Panda Bear (Animal Collective) on vocals and keyboards; Nick Franglen (Lemon Jelly) on keyboards and samples; Étienne Daho, Mark Lanegan, Saul Williams, Lou Doillon on vocals.

String quartet: Camille Borsarello, Elsa Eger, Marine Gandon, Julien Gaben.

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John Cale live @ Philharmonie de Paris, Paris, France - April 3, 2016

photo: Philharmonie de Paris

John Cale reinvented all of The Velvet Underground & Nico and most of White Light/White Heat last night at Philharmonie de Paris. Backed by his core band and wealth of guest vocalists he didn't follow the blueprints (or running order) of the albums, but transformed them in something new. Those sometimes drastic reinterpretations evolving around the keyboards and guitar worked really well - I'm Waiting For The Man was slowed down, There She Goes Again got close to a modern dance club hit thanks to the guys of Animal Collective. Quite a few people left during Mark Lanegan's haunting The Black Angel's Death Song, proving that it is still to scary for some after The Velvet Underground played it once too often at the Cafe Bizarre in New York in 1965.

John Cale: special guests for "The Velvet Underground & Nico" in Paris

John Cale has announced the special guests for The Velvet Underground & Nico show @ Philharmonie de Paris in Paris on April 3rd: Étienne Daho, Carl Barât and Pete Doherty (The Libertines), Animal Collective, Lou Dollon, Nick Franglen and Mark Lanegan.

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