Plays Venus in Furs and Other Velvet Underground Songs

Plays Venus in Furs and other Velvet Underground songs
Live album by Bettie Serveert
Released	1998
Recorded	27 November 1997
Venue	Paradiso, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Genre	Pop rock
Length	52:00
Label	Brinkman Records [1]
Bettie Serveert chronology
Dust Bunnies (1997) Plays Venus in Furs and other Velvet Underground songs (1998) Private Suit (2000)
Singles from Plays Venus in Furs and Other Velvet Underground Songs
"Beginning to See the Light" Released: 2019

Bettie Serveert plays Venus in Furs and other Velvet Underground songs is a live album by the Dutch indie rock band Bettie Serveert, released in 1998. ^{[2] [3]} The songs are all Velvet Underground covers, recorded during a concert at the Paradiso, in Amsterdam, in 1997. ^[4]

The album was a limited release and quickly sold out and was out of print until 2019 when the album, along with four bonus tracks, was reissued and remastered for a digital-only release on 27 November 2019. The release date marked exactly 22 years after their last Paradiso show. A music video for "Beginning to See the Light" was released to promote the reissue. The music video featured footage of the Super 8 movies that were projected during the band's live show.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lou Reed except where noted.

Plays Venus in Furs and Other Velvet Underground Songs

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Beginning to See the Light"	5:30
2.	"Stephanie Says"	3:20
3.	"What Goes On"	3:59
4.	"Venus in Furs"	6:18
5.	"Sunday Morning" (Reed/John Cale)	3:21
6.	"The Black Angel's Death Song" (Reed/Cale)	5:40
7.	"I Can't Stand It"	3:59
8.	"European Son" (Reed/Cale/Sterling Morrison/Moe Tucker)	8:45
9.	"Rock & Roll"	8:08
10.	"After Hours"	2:57

Bonus Tracks (2019 reissue)

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Here She Comes Now" (Reed/Cale/Morrison/Tucker)	4:02
12.	"Guess I'm Falling in Love" (Reed/Cale/Morrison/Tucker)	4:28
13.	"Run Run Run"	3:24
14.	"There She Goes Again" (Nico)	2:54

Personnel

• Carol van Dijk – vocals, guitar
• Herman Bunskoeke – bass, vocals
• Peter Visser – guitar, vocals, xylophone, violin
• Berend Dubbe – drums, vocals, tapes, guitar

References

1. "Bettie Serveert". Trouser Press. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
2. "Bettie Serveert Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
3. "Bettie Serveert Go Underground". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021.
4. Homan, Shane (September 16, 2006). Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture. McGraw-Hill Education (UK). ISBN   9780335229864 – via Google Books.
5. Parker, Chris. "Plays Venus in Furs and Other Velvet Underground Songs - Bettie Serveert". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-11-03.