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From:Chicago Tribune January 31, 1997
In Steve Goulding's Logan Square flat, there are few reminders that the drummer holds a significant if often overlooked place in rock history, from his early days excavating the groove for London upstarts Graham Parker, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello to his current timekeeping duties in Chicago favorites Poi Dog Pondering, the Mekons and the Waco Brothers.
But on an end table in the living room, there's a telltale hint of Goulding's occupation: a framed picture of himself from 18 years ago standing next to Charlie Watts, the drummer's drummer. The opportunity to meet one of his heroes left Goulding star-struck, even though at the time he was in the midst of a creative burst that would be the envy of most musicians.
"Meeting Watts was a pretty big deal, because after Keith Moon, he was one of the guys who got me into playing drums in the first place," says Goulding, a soft-spoken 42-year-old who moved from his native London to Chicago in 1990 to live with his wife, Carol.
When the pair met, Goulding was busy recording "Squeezing Out Sparks" with Graham Parker, one of the classic albums to emerge out of the London pub-rock scene of the mid-'70s. Goulding was the timekeeper in the Rumour, arguably the tightest, toughest band ever to come out of that R&B-influenced milieu, and they would back Parker on his first half-dozen albums.
There were other inspired discs from that era that bore the Goulding touch: Nick Lowe's classic debut, "Pure Pop for Now People"; "Watching the Detectives," a cornerstone track on Elvis Costello's debut album; Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World"; two tracks on Dave Edmunds' "Get It."
On these records, Goulding evolved into the efficient stylist he remains -- a model of economy and restraint who, to paraphrase Keith Richards describing Watts, can swing with anything. "I spent about a year listening to Bernard Purdie's drumming on an Esther Phillips album, 'From a Whisper to a Scream,' and then I saw a video of him performing it and he was getting all these amazing sounds by barely moving his hands; it was like he was knitting instead of bashing," Goulding marvels.
Still, once Parker and the Rumour got hot, the drummer couldn't resist showing off his improved technique. "We made a terrible live album ('Parkerilla') and (critic) Greil Marcus stuck it to us in a review, saying how over-the-top the drumming was especially. I was mortified, and I learned."
After Parker cut loose the Rumour, never to regain his golden touch, Goulding rubbed shoulders with a few celebrities: He backed Davie Bowie on "The Tonight Show" and hung out with Bowie's pal Iggy Pop -- "Iggy stole my beer. Do you ask Iggy Pop for your beer back? I don't think so."
He played the television top-of-the-pops circuit in Europe with Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, a job that involved a lot of lolling around swimming pools and lip synching, and he toured the world with the then-hot Thompson Twins, the not-so-hot Lene Lovich and the once-great Gang of Four.
He also played on the Cure's North American breakthrough single, "Let's Go to Bed" -- "If I played my cards right I probably could have played with them a while longer, but when I met them they were all tripping on acid and hanging out with Siouxsie and the Banshees; it was just too much of a leap for me, not musically but socially."
He also fell in with members of the Clash to back Pearl Harbour on her minor new-wave classic, "Don't Follow Me I'm Lost Too," and backed Garland Jeffreys on his acclaimed "Escape Artist" and "Rock and Roll Adult" releases.
In 1985, he joined the Mekons, punk-era survivors who had re-formed to play benefits for striking British coal miners.
"The first few gigs were really bad," Goulding remembers. "When I played properly it didn't feel right, and so I had to develop a new way of playing. I got to know them more and more and pretty soon I got dragged into this weird little cult."
As the Mekons assimilated more styles -- from country to reggae and even techno -- the drummer helped hold down the center with an open-ended, hard-swinging style. With Poi Dog Pondering, whom he joined nearly a decade after his Mekons debut, he takes a completely different, more tightly groove-oriented approach.
"I suppose I relate to the Mekons' attitude more, because in Poi Dog it's a pretty jolly, upbeat bunch," Goulding says with a laugh. "With the Mekons, their lack of commercial success becomes ingrained in you, for better or worse."
Which is why Goulding and fellow Mekon Jon Langford blow out the burners with four of their pals in the hard country band the Waco Brothers, which headlines Saturday at FitzGerald's to celebrate the release of their second album, "Cowboy in Flames" (Bloodshot).
"There's no way we'll ever do a proper tour, even though people want us to," Goulding says. "We've been involved in so many bands, so much politics, that this is supposed to be a vacation from all that. It's a night out with the lads, and a chance to play the drums for no other reason than it's fun." GRAPHIC: PHOTOS 5PHOTO: Steve Goulding, seen in his Logan Square flat, says he had to develop a new style of playing when he hooked up with the Mekons and, he jokes, "got dragged into this weird little cult." Tribune photo by Jose M. Osorio.; PHOTOS: Drummer Steve Goulding's greatest hits include his work on albums like (from left) Graham Parker's "Squeezing Out Sparks," Nick Lowe's "Pure Pop for Now People," The Mekons' "Rock 'n' Roll" and Poi Dog Pondering's "Pomegranate."
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From:Chicago Tribune January 31, 1997
CARRYING SOME BIG STICKS; STEVE GOULDING POUNDS OUT HIS ROLE IN ROCK'S KEY MOMENTS
BY: Greg Kot.In Steve Goulding's Logan Square flat, there are few reminders that the drummer holds a significant if often overlooked place in rock history, from his early days excavating the groove for London upstarts Graham Parker, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello to his current timekeeping duties in Chicago favorites Poi Dog Pondering, the Mekons and the Waco Brothers.
But on an end table in the living room, there's a telltale hint of Goulding's occupation: a framed picture of himself from 18 years ago standing next to Charlie Watts, the drummer's drummer. The opportunity to meet one of his heroes left Goulding star-struck, even though at the time he was in the midst of a creative burst that would be the envy of most musicians.
"Meeting Watts was a pretty big deal, because after Keith Moon, he was one of the guys who got me into playing drums in the first place," says Goulding, a soft-spoken 42-year-old who moved from his native London to Chicago in 1990 to live with his wife, Carol.
When the pair met, Goulding was busy recording "Squeezing Out Sparks" with Graham Parker, one of the classic albums to emerge out of the London pub-rock scene of the mid-'70s. Goulding was the timekeeper in the Rumour, arguably the tightest, toughest band ever to come out of that R&B-influenced milieu, and they would back Parker on his first half-dozen albums.
There were other inspired discs from that era that bore the Goulding touch: Nick Lowe's classic debut, "Pure Pop for Now People"; "Watching the Detectives," a cornerstone track on Elvis Costello's debut album; Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World"; two tracks on Dave Edmunds' "Get It."
On these records, Goulding evolved into the efficient stylist he remains -- a model of economy and restraint who, to paraphrase Keith Richards describing Watts, can swing with anything. "I spent about a year listening to Bernard Purdie's drumming on an Esther Phillips album, 'From a Whisper to a Scream,' and then I saw a video of him performing it and he was getting all these amazing sounds by barely moving his hands; it was like he was knitting instead of bashing," Goulding marvels.
Still, once Parker and the Rumour got hot, the drummer couldn't resist showing off his improved technique. "We made a terrible live album ('Parkerilla') and (critic) Greil Marcus stuck it to us in a review, saying how over-the-top the drumming was especially. I was mortified, and I learned."
After Parker cut loose the Rumour, never to regain his golden touch, Goulding rubbed shoulders with a few celebrities: He backed Davie Bowie on "The Tonight Show" and hung out with Bowie's pal Iggy Pop -- "Iggy stole my beer. Do you ask Iggy Pop for your beer back? I don't think so."
He played the television top-of-the-pops circuit in Europe with Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, a job that involved a lot of lolling around swimming pools and lip synching, and he toured the world with the then-hot Thompson Twins, the not-so-hot Lene Lovich and the once-great Gang of Four.
He also played on the Cure's North American breakthrough single, "Let's Go to Bed" -- "If I played my cards right I probably could have played with them a while longer, but when I met them they were all tripping on acid and hanging out with Siouxsie and the Banshees; it was just too much of a leap for me, not musically but socially."
He also fell in with members of the Clash to back Pearl Harbour on her minor new-wave classic, "Don't Follow Me I'm Lost Too," and backed Garland Jeffreys on his acclaimed "Escape Artist" and "Rock and Roll Adult" releases.
In 1985, he joined the Mekons, punk-era survivors who had re-formed to play benefits for striking British coal miners.
"The first few gigs were really bad," Goulding remembers. "When I played properly it didn't feel right, and so I had to develop a new way of playing. I got to know them more and more and pretty soon I got dragged into this weird little cult."
As the Mekons assimilated more styles -- from country to reggae and even techno -- the drummer helped hold down the center with an open-ended, hard-swinging style. With Poi Dog Pondering, whom he joined nearly a decade after his Mekons debut, he takes a completely different, more tightly groove-oriented approach.
"I suppose I relate to the Mekons' attitude more, because in Poi Dog it's a pretty jolly, upbeat bunch," Goulding says with a laugh. "With the Mekons, their lack of commercial success becomes ingrained in you, for better or worse."
Which is why Goulding and fellow Mekon Jon Langford blow out the burners with four of their pals in the hard country band the Waco Brothers, which headlines Saturday at FitzGerald's to celebrate the release of their second album, "Cowboy in Flames" (Bloodshot).
"There's no way we'll ever do a proper tour, even though people want us to," Goulding says. "We've been involved in so many bands, so much politics, that this is supposed to be a vacation from all that. It's a night out with the lads, and a chance to play the drums for no other reason than it's fun." GRAPHIC: PHOTOS 5PHOTO: Steve Goulding, seen in his Logan Square flat, says he had to develop a new style of playing when he hooked up with the Mekons and, he jokes, "got dragged into this weird little cult." Tribune photo by Jose M. Osorio.; PHOTOS: Drummer Steve Goulding's greatest hits include his work on albums like (from left) Graham Parker's "Squeezing Out Sparks," Nick Lowe's "Pure Pop for Now People," The Mekons' "Rock 'n' Roll" and Poi Dog Pondering's "Pomegranate."
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Venus in Furs (song)
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| "Venus in Furs" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song by The Velvet Underground | ||
| Album | The Velvet Underground and Nico | |
| Released | March 1967 | |
| Recorded | May 1966 T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood, California | |
| Genre | Rock, Experimental rock, Psychedelic rock | |
| Length | 5:12 | |
| Label | Verve Records | |
| Writer | Lou Reed | |
| Composer | Lou Reed | |
| Producer | Andy Warhol | |
| The Velvet Underground and Nico track listing | ||
"Venus in Furs" is a song by The Velvet Underground, written by Lou Reed and originally released on the 1967 album The Velvet Underground and Nico. Inspired by the book of the same name by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the song deals with themes of sadomasochism, bondage and submission.
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[edit] Recording
"Venus in Furs" was one of three songs to be re-recorded at T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood, before appearing on the final mix of The Velvet Underground and Nico (the other two being "Heroin" and "I'm Waiting for the Man"). The music features John Cale's cacophonous viola as well as Lou Reed's Ostrich guitar, that is, a guitar with all of its strings tuned to the same note.
[edit] Alternate versions
[edit] Ludlow Street Loft, July 1965
The song was one of several early songs to be recorded by Lou Reed, John Cale and Sterling Morrison in their Ludlow Street loft during July 1965. This version of the song features a drastically different arrangement than would appear on The Velvet Underground and Nico, and ends with what David Fricke calls a "stark, Olde English-style folk lament" in the liner notes for Peel Slowly and See (the 1995 compilation album that the Ludlow demos appear on).
[edit] Scepter Studios, April 1966
An alternate take of the song was first recorded at Scepter Studios, New York City before being re-recorded in Hollywood. This take of the song is performed at a quicker pace and the lyrics vary slightly from the T.T.G. recording.
[edit] Cover versions
Lou Reed has recorded several solo versions of the song and John Cale also performs it with his band. In addition, the following artists have recorded it.
| Artist | Year | Appears on album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara | ? | Beyond the Pale compilation | |
| The Melvins | 1991 | Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs (split single with Nirvana) | |
| Eye & I | 1991 | Eye & I | |
| The Ukrainians | 1993 | Vorony | |
| Christian Death | 1993 | Path of Sorrows | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 1994 | Mashed Potatoes | |
| Rosetta Stone | 1996 | Hiding in Waiting EP | |
| Bettie Serveert | 1998 | Plays "Venus in Furs" and Other Velvet Underground Songs | |
| Miłość & Lester Bowie | 1999 | Talkin' about live and death | |
| The Creatures | 1999 | Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Now Buy Zulu (also referred to as simply "Now Buy Zulu") | |
| Dave Navarro | 2001 | Trust No One | |
| Hugh Cornwell | 2002 | Footprints in the Desert | |
| Krieg | 2004 | The Black House | |
| Monster Magnet | 2004 | Monolithic Baby! (US version bonus track) | |
| DeVotchKa | 2006 | Curse Your Little Heart EP | |
| Chuck Dukowski Sextet | 2006 | Eat My Life | |
| Boxcar Preachers | 2007 | Model T Ford |
[edit] Miscellenea
- The song was used in the Oliver Stone film The Doors (1991) and in Gus Van Sant's Last Days (2005).
- Steven Severin, from Siouxsie & the Banshees, developed his artistic last name inspired by the song, in which the name of von Sacher-Masoch's protagonist, "Severin", is repeated.
- This song was covered by the then guitarist Dave Navarro of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in the mid 90s on their One Hot Minute tour.
- Dave Navarro also sat in with Siouxsie & the Banshees on their appearance at Lollapalooza and covered the song on more than one show.
- The song was adapted by the band The Ukrainians on their 1993 album, "Vorony", and entitled "Chekannya" (waiting).
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