Silent film footage of the Velvet Underground, Dallas 1969

The Velvet Underground
(no sound)

Winfrey Point on White Rock Lake - Dallas, TX
October 15, 1969

 

Nice edit

 

The mind reels at what songs they might have been playing here.

 

Don't ask me why...but I think that last clip of Moe with the mallets seems like it would be 'Ocean'.

 

Wow! Great video. Mo looks awesome.

 

Wow! That is amazing stuff!

Any good lip-readers around here?

 

This clip's link from the university was posted a few weeks ago as part of another thread and somebody mentioned that it looked liked Lou was singing 'I'm Waiting For The Man'.

 

Very cool!!

 

Go Mo!

 

I think I hear Beginning to See the Light at one point.

 

I just discovered this via a column in today's Dallas paper. I live right next door to this park, run along that lake, and have walked up that hill many, many times. Crazy.

Lost film flashes back to Dallas' forgotten 1969 Vietnam War protest — starring the Velvet Underground! | Commentary | Dallas News

 

Wow, nice new addition! I saw the silent clip, this is new. Sterling interview in there too.

Dallas Peace Moratorium - October 15, 1969

 

Pretty funny that this previously little-known VU performance would turn out to have 2 video sources, which is 2 more than any other gig besides those early Warhol films. In the new clip we hear "Waiting For The Man," "Beginning To See The Light" and "I'm Set Free," with a nice Sterling Morrison chat interspersed. My favorite moment might be the older gentlemen on the grass: "I'm not an establishment spy." Heh.

Dallas sure has a way of capturing rare moments...

 

You'd think there'd be a monument of some sort telling what had happened, but cultural history ain't Dallas's thing, unfortunately.

 

Amazing

Thank you

 

Lou looks great

 

My feeble attempt at lip-reading suggested that Lou (and Doug) were singing "What Goes On" at one point in the clips.

 

Best they ever sounded

 

The Velvet’s cover version of John Cage’s 4.33

 

They played it better with Cale.