John Cale's Vintage Violence was his first solo album released in 1970. It is the sort of album that you listen to after a hard day at work. You go to your car and put on the cd and everything is complete for the day.
One of things that I adore about this album is that the tracks are 'kind of' country but then again at its time, the poppy and rock n' roll side to it stays aswell. By listening to this album you can see the importance of John Cale's role in The Velvet Underground. You see without his intellect for Pop/rock structure, whether it be intentional or unintentional in his songwriting, his influence on The Velvet Underground was phenomenal and made songs which swung both directions on the mood pendulum. Having his Violin skills, he courted a really depressive feel to "Venus in Furs". Yet with their other songs like "Who loves the sun" and "Sunday Morning" he could definately swing it back for the people who need cheering up.
His husky yet sonorous voice leads me out to the clouds where I could die peacefully basking in the sunlight forever. Truly..
"Cleo" is a song I just purely enjoy for the influence of soul music on the guitars and keys especially. With it's high emphasis on rhythm, its fairly simple. Lyrics are quite easy to pick up but its just totally listenable. It would have your whole family dancing to the beat.
The best track on the album I would have to say is "Amsterdam". It's just John Cale and a guitar but how his sorrow connects with me. I feel like I'm in some poor movie theatre watching a documentary that doesn't interest me at all. The depressed make such good songs sometimes. It also reminds me of my songwriting which in a way gives me hope for my musical career. If Im abit like John Cale, I cant be too bad.
Im outta here.
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