The Velvet Underground's influence

When the Velvet Underground started
It was at a time in the '60s when, I mean, actually
Didn't the Velvet Underground and Nico album come out the same year as Sergeant Pepper?

And it certainly was quite different
It was not, the Velvet Underground songs
I mean, for many of us that was the group of the '60s'
Not the Beatles, not the Jefferson Airplane
Or any of the good vibes kind of group

In New York
Yeah, but, well, not only in New York
I think there are people (nah in New York)
Same for the Boca people, like New York, like
We realized that when we left New York
That New York might as well have been, you know
The 51st state or something

It's, it was (in the New York City) yeah (right)
Like when you left, you might as well have gone to another country
"Cause you know
Where the rest of everything
The rest of the world was not what was going on in New York
And there was literally no connection between the two

Nonetheless, it was an incredibly influential group
There are people growing up in England
Growing up in Cleveland, lots of other musicians
Whether it's Brian Ferry or Ric O'Cassick or, I mean, whoever
The Velvet Underground was very important to

And it certainly came at a time when there was a whole kind of
Hippie good vibes, ethics, and the Velvet Underground
The songs that you were writing particularly were
I thought about real things
And I think you've said also that you had tried to make
Songs more intelligent, or you just brought your sensibility to it
And yet people thought that-that was all decadent
Why?

I don't know