Who do you like?

[FarLeftRage]

Poll question: Who do you like?

Each one of these Cale guys has made his own significant contribution to music.

Which one do you like and why?

[Servo300]

1. JJ Cale

Never heard of the other one.

[FarLeftRage]

4. The other one...

John Cale was the bass player for a little-known group called the Velvet Underground.

He went on to a so-so solo career...

[Servo300]

5. A lot of people don't know

that JJ Cale originally recorded the song "Cocaine" which was a big hit for Eric Clapton.

[FarLeftRage]

10. JJ Cale also wrote "After Midnight"

another song, Clapton covered...

[Whitacre D_WI]

8. Uh -- he also played viola.

Better than bass, FWIW.

And recited "The Gift" on White Light/White Heat

[FarLeftRage]

9. He also sang "European Son"

on the Velvets' first album...

[Whitacre D_WI]

11. No, he didn't.

I'm listening to it right now. That's Lou.

[FarLeftRage]

13. Well... maybe it was "The Black Angel's Death Song"

It has been years since I heard that album... vinyl, no cd.

[Whitacre D_WI]

14. No, that was Lou, too.

Cale sang "The Gift" and "Lady Godiva's Operation" on White Light/White Heat. Everything on The Velvet Underground and Nico was sung by either Lou or Nico.

[ForrestGump]

2. Ike

[Misunderestimator]

3. Who?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

7. Ditto.

[Blue-Jay]

12. Ditto x2

[Whitacre D_WI]

6. Listen to Nico's "The Marble Index."

John Cale was great in the Velvets. But that was Reed's band, really. On The Marble Index, he really came into his own as an arranger, a conductor, and a performer.

Fucking genius.

Oh, yeah -- and listen to "Fear Is a Man's Best Friend" -- one of my favorite songs ever.