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Documentaries like The Velvet Underground

Not everyone loves The Velvet Underground for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love The Velvet Underground

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You love the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground.

  2. You like Todd Haynes cutting archive footage into split screens.

  3. You want to be dropped into the New York avant-garde of the sixties.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground
    • you want to be dropped into the New York avant-garde of the sixties

    Good for you if you want to hear Dylan's songs as they were first played.

  • Moonage Daydream2022

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground
    • Todd Haynes cutting archive footage into split screens

    Good for you if you like Bowie's songs loud and woven through the whole film.

  • Imagine: John Lennon1988

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground

    Good for you if you love the Beatles and Lennon's solo songs.

  • Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool2019

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground
    • you want to be dropped into the New York avant-garde of the sixties

    Good for you if you want to hear Kind of Blue and the records that changed jazz.

  • Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten2007

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground

    Good for you if you love the Clash and punk.

  • Quincy2018

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground
    • you want to be dropped into the New York avant-garde of the sixties

    Good for you if you like hearing how jazz, pop and film music passed through one man.

  • Elvis2022

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground

    Good for you if you like rock'n'roll, gospel and Elvis songs mixed with modern tracks.

  • Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese2019

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground
    • you want to be dropped into the New York avant-garde of the sixties

    Good for you if you want Dylan at full force on stage in 1975.

  • Marley2012

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground

    Good for you if you like reggae and want to know where these songs came from.

  • The Beatles: Get Back2021

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground

    Good for you if you like watching songs like Get Back take shape from nothing.

  • When You're Strange2010

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground
    • you want to be dropped into the New York avant-garde of the sixties

    Good for you if you like hearing The Doors' songs alongside how they were made.

  • Piece by Piece2024

    • the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground
    • Todd Haynes cutting archive footage into split screens

    Good for you if you like hearing how Pharrell built his songs and beats.

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