Back in October 2018, New Jersey alt-pop legends The Feelies played a special show at Jersey City’s White Eagle Hall where their main set was all VELVET UNDERGROUND covers. (It was in conjunction with the Velvet Underground Experience exhibit that was running in NYC at the time.) In that set, they played 18 classic covers of Velvet Underground tracks including “Who Loves The Sun”, “All Tomorrow’s Parties”, “That’s The Story Of My Life”, “White Light/White Heat”, “I’m Waiting For The Man”, “Sweet Jane”, and “Rock and Roll”.
The Feelies are one of the most influential bands to emerge from the NY post punk scene of the late 1970s and have continued to perform together and make records for 4 decades.
That show, featuring appearances by THE BONGOS‘ Richard Barone & James Maestro, was recorded & is now being released as a double live album, ‘Some Kinda Love: Performing The Music Of The Velvet Underground’, that will be out October 13th via Bar/None.
The Feelies left their underrated mark back in 1980 with their Stiff Records classic, “Crazy Rhythms”. Shored up by Bill Million, and Glenn Mercer, The Feelies released five more albums over a period of about 30 years. If you enjoyed the Stiff eclectic catalogue, then you would be overjoyed by their music with all six albums.
The Feelies certainly know their way around The Velvet Underground — they’ve probably covered a song at every shows they’ve played in the last 20 years — as you can hear on their version of ‘Loaded’ classic “Rock & Roll”.
Includes VU standards “Sweet Jane,” “Rock & Roll” and “I’m Waiting for the Man” as well as rarely covered material like “I Heard Her Call My Name” and “That’s the Story of My Life.” Double LP
Available October 13th, 2023. “Some Kinda Love.” 18 classic songs from the Velvet Underground catalogue performed by The Feelies at White Eagle Hall/ Jersey City, NJ – October 13th, 2018.
Limited Edition of 1000 copies
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