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White Light/White Heat (song)

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"White Light/White Heat" is a song released by the American rock band the Velvet Underground in November 1967, from their second studio album White Light/White Heat. [1]

59 relations: A-side and B-side, Backing vocalist, BBC, Blue Jean, Conclusion (music), Cracked Actor (song), David Bowie, Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song), Fuzz bass, Glam rock, Glass Spider, Glass Spider Tour, Hammersmith Apollo, HBO, Here She Comes Now, Hunky Dory, I Heard Her Call My Name, I'm Waiting for the Man, John Cale, Juke joint, Julian Casablancas, Lady Godiva's Operation, Lawless (film), Lead guitar, Lead vocalist, Let's Dance (David Bowie album), Lou Reed, Manhattan, Mark Lanegan, Metallica, Methamphetamine, Mick Ronson, Moe Tucker, Ostinato, Percussion instrument, Piano, Pin Ups, Proto-punk, Queen Bitch, Ralph Stanley, RCA Records, Rhythm guitar, Rock 'n' Roll Animal, Rock music, Single (music), Sister Ray, Sterling Morrison, Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground song), The Gift (The Velvet Underground song), The Raconteurs, ..., The Velvet Underground, Tom Wilson (record producer), Tony Visconti, Verve Records, Vinyl (TV series), What Goes On (Velvet Underground song), White Light/White Heat, Without You (David Bowie song), Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture. Expand index (9 more) »

A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, or cassettes, whether singles, extended plays (EPs), or long-playing (LP) records.

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Backing vocalist

Backing vocalists are singers who provide vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Blue Jean

"Blue Jean" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie for his sixteenth studio album Tonight.

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Conclusion (music)

In music, the conclusion is the ending of a composition and may take the form of a coda or outro.

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Cracked Actor (song)

"Cracked Actor" is a song written by David Bowie, originally released on the album Aladdin Sane in April 1973.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)

"Femme Fatale" is a song by The Velvet Underground from their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico, with lead vocals by Nico.

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Fuzz bass

Fuzz bass, also called "bass overdrive" or "bass distortion", is a style of playing the electric bass or modifying its signal that produces a buzzy, distorted, overdriven sound, which the name implies in an onomatopoetic fashion.

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Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter.

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Glass Spider

Glass Spider is a concert film by English writer, singer and actor David Bowie.

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Glass Spider Tour

The Glass Spider Tour was a 1987 worldwide concert tour by David Bowie, launched in support of his album Never Let Me Down.

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Hammersmith Apollo

The Hammersmith Apollo (called the Eventim Apollo for sponsorship reasons and formerly – and still commonly – known as the Hammersmith Odeon) is an entertainment venue and a Grade II* listed building located in Hammersmith, London.

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HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network of Home Box Office, Inc..

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Here She Comes Now

"Here She Comes Now" is a song released by the American rock band the Velvet Underground in November 1967, from their second studio album White Light/White Heat.

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Hunky Dory

Hunky Dory is the fourth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 17 December 1971 by RCA Records.

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I Heard Her Call My Name

"I Heard Her Call My Name" is a song by American rock band the Velvet Underground.

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I'm Waiting for the Man

"I'm Waiting for the Man" is a song by the American rock band the Velvet Underground, written by Lou Reed.

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John Cale

John Davies Cale, OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground.

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Juke joint

Juke joint (or jook joint) is the vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States.

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Julian Casablancas

Julian Fernando Casablancas (born August 23, 1978) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Lady Godiva's Operation

"Lady Godiva's Operation" is a song by American avant-garde rock band The Velvet Underground, appearing on their second album, White Light/White Heat (1968).

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Lawless (film)

Lawless is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by John Hillcoat.

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Lead guitar

Lead guitar is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure.

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Lead vocalist

The lead vocalist (or main vocalist, lead vocals or lead singer) in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent in a performance where multiple voices may be heard.

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Let's Dance (David Bowie album)

Let's Dance is the 15th studio album by David Bowie.

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Lou Reed

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Mark Lanegan

Mark William Lanegan (born November 25, 1964) is an American alternative rock musician and singer-songwriter.

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Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band.

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Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine (contracted from) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug and less commonly as a second-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity.

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Mick Ronson

Michael Ronson (26 May 1946 – 29 April 1993) was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer.

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Moe Tucker

Maureen Ann "Moe" Tucker (born August 26, 1944) is an American musician and singer best known for having been the drummer for the New York City-based rock band the Velvet Underground.

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Ostinato

In music, an ostinato (derived from Italian: stubborn, compare English, from Latin: 'obstinate') is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently at the same pitch.

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Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Pin Ups

Pin Ups (also referred to as PinUps) is the seventh studio album by David Bowie, containing cover versions of songs, released in 1973 on RCA Records.

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Proto-punk

Proto-punk (or protopunk) is the rock music played by garage bands from the 1960s and early 1970s that presaged the punk rock movement.

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Queen Bitch

"Queen Bitch" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory.

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Ralph Stanley

Ralph Edmund Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016), also known as Dr.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Rhythm guitar

In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drumkit, bass guitar); and to provide all or part of the harmony, i.e. the chords from a song's chord progression, where a chord is a group of notes played together.

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Rock 'n' Roll Animal

Rock n Roll Animal is a live album by American musician Lou Reed, released in February 1974 by RCA Records.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Sister Ray

"Sister Ray" is a song by the Velvet Underground that closes side two of their 1968 album White Light/White Heat.

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Sterling Morrison

Holmes Sterling Morrison, Jr. (August 29, 1942 – August 30, 1995) was an American guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the rock group the Velvet Underground, usually playing electric guitar, occasionally bass guitar, and singing backing vocals.

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Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground song)

"Sunday Morning" is a song by the Velvet Underground.

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The Gift (The Velvet Underground song)

"The Gift" is the second track that appears on White Light/White Heat, the 1968 second album by the Velvet Underground.

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The Raconteurs

The Raconteurs, also known as The Saboteurs in Australia, is an American rock supergroup that was formed in Detroit, Michigan, featuring four musicians associated with earlier musical projects: Jack White (formerly of The White Stripes, currently The Dead Weather, as well as solo), Brendan Benson (solo), Jack Lawrence (of The Greenhornes, Blanche and The Dead Weather), and Patrick Keeler (also of The Greenhornes).

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The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in 1964 in New York City by singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise (replaced by Moe Tucker in 1965).

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Tom Wilson (record producer)

Thomas Blanchard "Tom" Wilson Jr. (March 25, 1931 – September 6, 1978) was an American record producer best known for his work in the 1960s with Bob Dylan, the Mothers of Invention, Simon and Garfunkel, the Velvet Underground, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Eddie Harris, Nico, Eric Burdon & the Animals, the Blues Project, the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, and others.

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Tony Visconti

Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer.

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Verve Records

Verve Records, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world’s largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others.

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Vinyl (TV series)

Vinyl is an American period drama television series created by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese, Rich Cohen and Terence Winter.

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What Goes On (Velvet Underground song)

"What Goes On" is a song by the Velvet Underground.

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White Light/White Heat

White Light/White Heat is the second studio album by American rock band the Velvet Underground, released in 1968 by record label Verve.

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Without You (David Bowie song)

"Without You" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie in 1983 for his fifteenth studio album Let's Dance.

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Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture is a live album by David Bowie, corresponding to the film of the same name.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Light/White_Heat_(song)

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