John Cale: 'It was all about revenge'

The Velvet Underground's John Cale has never forgotten his Welsh roots. Now he is representing his home country at the Venice BiennaleIt sounds at first like an electronic whine, a build-up of noise in the amplifier. Then there's Lou Reed's voice, young but hardened: "When the smack begins to flow, and it shoots up the dropper's neck, and I'm rushing on my run, then I feel just like Jesus's son." Behind it all, there's that strange keening, humming note. Listen to the Velvet Underground's Heroi...

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