>Oh, Doug, that's just so much of Lou's chest-thumping. There's no question who
>the real musical genius behind the VU was: John Cale. If you doubt this,
>listen to his 70s post-VU lp Fear (Is A Man's Best Friend).
Oh, I'm a big Cale fan - I even like the highly aestheticized Paris 1919 - but the VU was a collaboration. Lou's early solo stuff was great, too, before the artiste in him got the best of the rocker.
Doug