The Velvet Underground: ‘Venus in Furs’ live January 1966
Video: The Velvet Underground filmed on 16mm by Jonas Mekas at the Annual Dinner of the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry, Delmonico’s Hotel, New York City, January 13, 1966. Also featuring Edie Sedgewick, Gerard Malanga and Andy Warhol. Originally included in the film ‘Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol’. Music: recorded by WNET TV at The Factory, New York City. First broadcast on ‘USA Artists’, February 7, 1966. This piece of footage has been released many times over the years, …
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By Murderermarv, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
Edie Sedgwick, warhol muse. she died at 28
By Ledvolta, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
who is edie?
By markthatsastupididea, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
too surreal
By punkace, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
No- this is the Velvet Underground.
By punkace, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
The Psychiatrists loved it actually- they knew what they were seeing and most of them appreciated it; I think the groups were closer than you would think.
By jojolovejoy, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
what a meeting of the minds, the velvets and the society for clinical psychiatry? this is where the term ‘leather and lace’ must have been coined..i can only hope that plenty of psychotropic drugs were on hand for the band as well as the attendees..was this event called ‘the speed ball’?
By moongika, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
toooo muchchhhh psychedeleekkkk!!!##*
By Murderermarv, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
This is the famous psychiatrist convention, the last party edie officially attended with warhol.
By Murderermarv, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
Yep, this is right before she left the factory.
By waynealarsen, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
the psyc convention nyc
By groundfloor88, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
Great work msturdy. There is something so captivatingly evil about this song. It is just beautiful.
By tHeStArRoVeR, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
Sensational msturdy, well done, getting really tired of looking for footage or videos of bands only to find peoples whimsical self indulgence as film makers, that’s fine but not what I’m looking for, this however fits the bill v.nicely.
By pvtjoker86, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
THIS. IS. MADNESS!!!!!!!!!
By punkace, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
Nope- there was an Igrid Superstar. Warhol talks about her in “Popism”
By xSusieQ, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
Isn’t Ingrid Superstar the character Edie played in…what was it again..Ciao!Manhattan..? Anyways, this footage is nice
By punkace, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
its either her or Ingrid Superstar… I forget.
By particleplease, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
so cool
By xSusieQ, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
The girl at the end… is that Warhols’ muse Edie Sedgwick? Great piece of film!
By the0scarlet0piper, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
Inevitable
By drylaundry, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
The Exploding Plastic
By MCFpresent, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
WOW!!!
By Dx11, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
Thank you! Your exhaustive reworking of this footage has not gone unnoticed.(And you correctly deduced (from silent footage)the song the VU are playing is “Venus In Furs”. Great job!
By punkace, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
this is amazing.
By msturdy, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
See the ‘About this video’ section over to the side there!
By jisasyuholem, July 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
where did you get this!?