The Velvet Underground are not to everyone's taste and, perhaps are a tad overated. But I always loved them and, maybe, love Lou reed and much of Johns Cale's solo stuff more. Songs for Drella was their collaboration in tribute to Andy Warhol when he died. Not only was it the best of either's…

One the best training songs for ever. It's what waterproof MP3 players were made for.  

Visceral.    

Some songs command your full attention every time you play them. This is one of them. I imagine giving my daughter this song when she's teenage, in preparation for the first break up.  

So, after having a baby, moving house, having said baby and her Mum go into hospital it's all over. Or, rather, it's the beginning.

I've been caught air guitaring to this. This song made we feel what the death of relationship feels like and still makes me think of a certain girl of Polish ancestry.  

  Overlooked. We've all heard Once in a Lifetime though (which has some context as 40 years of age becomes more real with every year)  

After the night  I first met my wife, I couldn't sleep for the week I was waiting for our next date. This song feels like that.  

I like new stuff too.  

I love this. (John Dodds would, no doubt berate me for EMOness) I've only ever met one other person who likes the Blue Nile and I can't get anyone else to listen to them. This song bleeds genius.