Chelsea Girls

About Chelsea Girls

"Chelsea Girls" is the title track of Nico's 1967 debut album, Chelsea Girl. The song was written by Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison of the Velvet Underground, who Nico had collaborated with for their debut album the previous year. The title of the song and the album itself is a reference to the 1966 film of the same name by Andy Warhol, which Nico starred in herself. The film was an experimental reality movie that focused on the various residents of the Hotel Chelsea during Warhol's Factory days. Many of them were Bohemian artists, drop outs, and drug addicts, which is also described in the lyrics of the song, and also referred to are turning tricks, heroin, S&M, amphetamine and silver foil. Running at just under seven and a half minutes long, "Chelsea Girls" is similar in style to a ballad, telling the stories of various residents at the hotel. It features guitar work from both Reed and Morrison, who wrote the song together, as well as a flute and string section, both of which are prominent throughout the song. more »

Year:

2006

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Here's Room five four six
it's enough to make you sick
Bridget's all wrapped up in foil
you wonder if
she can uncoil

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Here's Room One fifteen
filled with SM queens
Magic marker row
you wonder just
how high they go

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Here's Pope dear Ondine
Rona's treated him so mean
She wants another scene
she wants to be
a human being

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Pepe she's having fun
she thinks she's some men's son
Her perfect loves don't last
her future died
in someone's past

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Dear Ingrid's found her lick
she's turned another trick
Her treats and times revolves
she's got problems
to be solved

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Poor Mary, she's uptight
she can't turn out her light
She rolled Susan in a ball
and now she can't
see her at all

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Drop out, she's in a fix
amphetamine has made her sick
White powder in the air
she's got no bones
and can't be scared

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Here comes Johnny Bore
he collapsed on the floor
They shut him up with milk
and when he died
sold him for silk

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

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The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited by many critics as one of the most important and influential groups of the 1960s. An often-repeated statement, made by Brian Eno in a 1982 interview, is that while the first Velvet Underground album may have sold only 30,000 copies in its early years, "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band." more »

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