No Wave 25,376 views. Go directly to shout page. We currently don't have any themes associated with this song. Unable to open the box by other means and frustrated, Marsha retrieves a sheet metal cutter from her basement and gives it to Sheila, who stabs straight through the box as well as Waldo's head. [4], At the urging of Frank Zappa, Reed provided the sound effect of Waldo's head being cut by stabbing a cantaloupe either by using a knife or a wrench.[5]. "The Gift" is the second track that appears on White Light/White Heat, the 1968 second album by the Velvet Underground.The song is over eight minutes long and, in the stereo version, mixed in such a way that a short story can be heard in the left speaker, while a rock instrumental is heard on the right. Leave feedback. 50+ videos Play all Mix - The Velvet Underground - The Gift YouTube; The Velvet Underground 1967 The Gymnasium - Duration: 49:21. Waldo Jeffers had reached his limit. However, he did manage to set one of his short stories to music for the Velvet Underground's second album, White Light/White Heat. Lou Reed has always taken great pride in his literary sensibilities, and has frequently cited his fondness for such authors as Raymond Chandler, Hubert Selby Jr., and Delmore Schwartz, but despite this he's published little work as a poet, journalist, or writer of fiction over the years (though admittedly much more than the average rock star). The following Monday, Marsha is having a discussion with her friend Sheila Klein about Bill, a man that Marsha slept with the previous night. While the story isn't much more than an elaborate shaggy-dog story, it's funny and effective in context, and was a good bit more ambitious than what the vast majority of bands were doing at the time. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground | Songs, Reviews, Credits", "Velvet Underground's 'White Light/White Heat': 10 Things You Didn't Know", Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground Featuring Nico, The Best of The Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou Reed, The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground, The Best of The Velvet Underground: The Millennium Collection, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Gift_(The_Velvet_Underground_song)&oldid=981980120, Song recordings produced by Tom Wilson (record producer), Articles that may contain original research from November 2019, All articles that may contain original research, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 October 2020, at 14:30. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. The Gift - inspired by The Velvet Underground song - Duration: 8:55. aurelio laloni 1,100 views. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. We currently don't have any moods associated with this song. Contrary to rumor, it is not the same song as "Booker T.", as noted in David Fricke's essay in the 2013 deluxe reissue of White Light/White Heat. Peter Sugarman 619,987 views. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Lyrics to 'The Gift' by The Velvet Underground. Would you like to contribute? Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. On "The Gift," the band grinds out a raunchy, mid-tempo instrumental (which they'd been playing for a while under the title "Booker T") on the right stereo channel, while the left channel features the voice of John Cale reciting the strange tale of Waldo Jeffers, who misses his girlfriend Marsha so much that he mails himself to her, with dire results. 49:21. The British punk band the Bollock Brothers did a cover version called "The Gift II". After their school terms end, Waldo returns to his hometown of Locust, Pennsylvania. The narrative concerns Waldo Jeffers, a lovesick youth, who has engaged in a distressing long-distance relationship with his college girlfriend Marsha Bronson. The remastered version was released on the 1995 Peel Slowly and See box set, and subsequently released on a standalone 1996 CD. Velvet Underground
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Waldo Jeffers had reached his limit.
It was now Mid-August which meant that he had been separated from Marsha for more than two months.
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