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The Velvet Underground Reunite in New York (Videos)

8:33 a.m. · December 10, 2009 · by Nick Neyland

Lour Reed, Moe Tucker and Doug Yule got on stage at the New York Public Library on Tuesday (Dec. 8) to take part in a question and answer session. The talk didn’t pass without incident, as some ticketholders were left out on the street, but a number of YouTube clips have surfaced from the discussion.

John Cale may not have made it, but the next best musician in the band, Moe Tucker, was lavished with praise from Lou Reed. "I've tried since then to get a drummer to do what she did, and it's impossible. They can't," Reed said. "If we sped up, she sped up. Instead of having a drummer who'll sit there trying to hold the beat down, our songs speed up and slow down all over the place."