John Cale
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Oct 30, 2026
Legs McNeilGUEST
You know, we had a swimming hole that we went to.
Legs McNeilGUEST
And John came up, and we were listening to Blood on the Tracks by Dylan, which was a great album.
Michael MoynihanHOST
Amazing album.
Legs McNeilGUEST
But John said, take that shit off.
Legs McNeilGUEST
And he put on The Dictators.
Legs McNeilGUEST
And once he put on The Dictators, it was just, you know, cars, girls, surfing, beer, nothing else matters here.
Michael MoynihanHOST
Yeah.
Legs McNeilGUEST
You know, so we're riding back to New York in the Punkmobile.
Jim MotavalliHOST
Let me ask you this.
Jim MotavalliHOST
So two of the big turning points in the career of the Velvet Underground was when John Cale was ejected from the band.
Jim MotavalliHOST
And I guess you'd have to say Nico was ejected from the band.
Jim MotavalliHOST
Also, she showed up in Boston and they wouldn't let her play.
Jim MotavalliHOST
I think that was sort of the end of it.
Jim MotavalliHOST
Why do you think that John Cale was ejected? Why did Lou Reed decide he couldn't work with John Cale anymore?
Richie UnterbergerGUEST
It's sort of hard to believe.
Richie UnterbergerGUEST
It's still somewhat of a mystery with all the documentation about the Velvet Underground.
speaker_0HOST
And so you could only expect that she's going to be pulling out new things.
JasonGUEST
And then like the collab with John Cale on the Wuthering Heights soundtrack.
JasonGUEST
Crazy.
speaker_0HOST
How do you get an artist whose most, I don't know, recognizable album at this point being something kind of blended with club music, house, tracks like that, and then you have her being the person who does the soundtrack for Wuthering Heights? And brings back the guy from The Velvet Underground.
Simon TeslerHOST
But between 1989, when D-Lite were making their first album, and 2000, when the Avalanches were working on theirs, computer technology had increased almost a hundredfold, making even the most incredibly complex cut and paste audio collages possible.
Simon TeslerHOST
There are elements on this track lifted from at least 14 different sources, most obviously from different parts of the movie Cabaret, as well as from songs by John Cale and the Beach Boys.
Simon TeslerHOST
But the main vocal sample comes from a mid-70s track by the American jazz singer Marlena Shaw.
Simon TeslerHOST
This is Two Hearts in Three-Four Time.
Theresa BuchheisterHOST
Um, Summer in Siam by the Pogues.
Theresa BuchheisterHOST
And then, uh, the biggest one for me was the John Cale Hallelujah.
Theresa BuchheisterHOST
And so I just, the soundtrack was so good.
Theresa BuchheisterHOST
It brought back to me these moments in the movie because I feel like all of those songs were also in the movie.
speaker_0HOST
After graduating, he worked as a staff songwriter for Pickwick Records, a low budget label where he honed his ability to churn out commercial music while secretly developing a stark avant-garde style that would define his later work.
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In 1965, he co-founded the Velvet Underground alongside John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Maureen Tucker.
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Under the temporary management of pop art icon Mr. Andy Warhol, The band integrated dark literary themes of urban alienation and isolation into their feedback-heavy sound.
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And although the band achieved minimal commercial success during its initial run, their debut album, The Velvet Underground and Nico, eventually became recognized as being one of the most influential records in rock history.
Nate GoyerHOST
Because when they recorded, they just recorded 12, 15 minutes at a time.
Nate GoyerHOST
And John Cale found the three minutes that they could make for a song.
Nate GoyerHOST
But there's a whole other 10 minutes around that I certainly haven't heard.
Nate GoyerHOST
I don't know if you've had the privilege to hear the extended version.
Nat DoigHOST
Wuthering Heights, yeah.
Joel MorrisGUEST
With John Cale going, and I went, oh, they've nicked my idea.
Joel MorrisGUEST
It's a really good noise because it's sort of a droney, horrible noise.
Joel MorrisGUEST
But the fact that I'm not very good at playing it, that it's chaotic, what I'll often do is I'll really carefully make a soundtrack and then do a single take of me being unable to hold the note in.
Marshall CrenshawGUEST
I always love to hear somebody play a Vox Continental.
Marshall CrenshawGUEST
I was listening this morning to like a 17-minute solo instrumental piece by John Cale.
Marshall CrenshawGUEST
where he's playing the Vox Continental and it's just playing like the same chord for five minutes.
Marshall CrenshawGUEST
And then, you know, it's just like really way out and crazy, but I love, I just love that instrument.
Ferris KennedyHOST
I was so excited that Guess Who was finally making their triumphant return.
Ferris KennedyHOST
Obviously no Gary Peterson or John Cale, but it was just Cummings and Bachman.
Ferris KennedyHOST
It was perfect.
Ferris KennedyHOST
What's it like working with that man in particular?
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