The references to Motown reflect their attempt at doing something in that style. I like to imagine that they tried doing it seriously, then just fell about with laughter about how silly it sounded. Seems to me that VU was an incredibly unique band that couldn't figure out why they weren't played on the radio, so they finally made an album called LOADED, (as in "loaded with hits,") but still couldn't pull it off, because... (drum roll) they just couldn't escape their own wonderful weirdness. Late 60's radio wasn't ready for them.
The references to Motown reflect their attempt at doing something in that style. I like to imagine that they tried doing it seriously, then just fell about with laughter about how silly it sounded. Seems to me that VU was an incredibly unique band that couldn't figure out why they weren't played on the radio, so they finally made an album called LOADED, (as in "loaded with hits,") but still couldn't pull it off, because... (drum roll) they just couldn't escape their own wonderful weirdness. Late 60's radio wasn't ready for them.
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