knowing VU this probably is about LSD or a gal that dumped Lou but I like to imagine it's about the listener. cause everyone's gone through something that's caused them to suffer, long-term I mean. most people suffer depression at one point in their life. so I just kind of imagine it to be Lou (and the guys + Maureen) trying to make us laugh but at the same time not treating it frivolously: "what goes onnnnn in your mind?" - like, what's happening!
i used to be an avid VU listener but i recently went through (and am still going through) a phase in which i just don't have the patience for rock and proto-punk and all that; i've turned almost completely towards instrumental and folk. but today, I randomly had a craving for this! i was beginning to really dislike VU actually because of its morbidity in the first album and then its immaturity in their second (also present in 'heroin' on the first album though)- and these are the ones, like most other fans, that i adored most when i was in love with VU. they're the ones i bought... but now, if i were ever to go back to VU (and it's still possible) i would definitely choose their self-titled because I think they finally grew up ('jesus' is a perfect example! how simple and beautiful!) in it. it's also less cliched. some people would probably gawk at me for calling them cliched though for their first two albums though, lol. i think they're known for being ahead of their time for those. i guess they kind of were...
knowing VU this probably is about LSD or a gal that dumped Lou but I like to imagine it's about the listener. cause everyone's gone through something that's caused them to suffer, long-term I mean. most people suffer depression at one point in their life. so I just kind of imagine it to be Lou (and the guys + Maureen) trying to make us laugh but at the same time not treating it frivolously: "what goes onnnnn in your mind?" - like, what's happening!
i used to be an avid VU listener but i recently went through (and am still going through) a phase in which i just don't have the patience for rock and proto-punk and all that; i've turned almost completely towards instrumental and folk. but today, I randomly had a craving for this! i was beginning to really dislike VU actually because of its morbidity in the first album and then its immaturity in their second (also present in 'heroin' on the first album though)- and these are the ones, like most other fans, that i adored most when i was in love with VU. they're the ones i bought... but now, if i were ever to go back to VU (and it's still possible) i would definitely choose their self-titled because I think they finally grew up ('jesus' is a perfect example! how simple and beautiful!) in it. it's also less cliched. some people would probably gawk at me for calling them cliched though for their first two albums though, lol. i think they're known for being ahead of their time for those. i guess they kind of were...