Velvet Underground music break

A midday music feature from a few weeks back at nola.com. I endorse the idea, but would not have featured any song sung by Nico. Chacon a son goût, as I always say.
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2014/03/the_velvet_underground_is_your.html#incart_river_default

Weird postscript stands out:

Coincidentally, former child star Macaulay Culkin brings his tribute band the Pizza Underground, whose charming premise is to rewrite Velvet Underground songs with lyrics about pizza, to New Orleans on March 17. The first, 10 p.m. set at the Hi Ho Lounge sold out quickly, so a second early show was added, at 7 p.m.

So, Culkin’s new "I’m Just Waiting For The Man" is about scoring a 12" pepperoni with black olives instead of heroin.

And "Take a Walk on the Wild Side" is no longer about transvestite hookers, but contains the lyric "don’t hold the anchovies." And the Papa John’s girls say …

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