Illustration from the cover of Red Star Weekly issue #967, May 19th, 1951
Here's another obvious entry in the "We Love the Velvets" canon - any summary of the Jesus & Mary Chain's career is guaranteed to mention the Velvets in the first paragraph. They're one of those bands that is considered to have been groundbreaking innovators, while always being described in the context of their influences. You'd think that the JAMC would quickly become tired of hearing the VU call-outs and would distance themselves purposefully from such comparisons, but their third album, Automatic, starts with one of the most direct VU pastiches they ever recorded. Even the title "Here Comes Alice" comes from the Velvet Underground Magnet Poetry set (that's right - I'm making magnet poetry references in 2010!) I'm a fan of the underrated Automatic album, though, and "Here Comes Alice" is a great song - how can you argue with a lyric like, "Get your lips 'round a cool black Pepsi Coke"? Nice.
"Here Comes Alice" by the Jesus & Mary Chain
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