In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Who loves the sun?
Who cares that it makes plants grow?
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart?
Who loves the wind?
Who cares that it makes breezes?
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Not everyone
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Who loves the rain?
Who cares that it makes flowers?
Who cares that it makes showers
Since you broke my heart?
Who loves the sun?
Who cares that it is shining?
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Not everyone
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, sun
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Not just anyone
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Who cares that it makes plants grow?
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart?
Who loves the wind?
Who cares that it makes breezes?
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Not everyone
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Who loves the rain?
Who cares that it makes flowers?
Who cares that it makes showers
Since you broke my heart?
Who loves the sun?
Who cares that it is shining?
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Not everyone
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, sun
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Not just anyone
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Who loves the sun?
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This song sounds eerily like the Beatles "Here comes the sun", it seems to me that the entire album "Loaded" is maybe an attack on the Beatles
I disagree with it being an attack. I think it's an attempt at emulation.
It is both an attack and an emulation. The Velvet Underground is basically writing a better version of a Beatles song with the exact opposite meaning to make fun of their lyrical simplicity and to show everyone that they could write that kind of hippy bullshit better than any of the hippy bands ever could
@drgonzothx I have to disagree with both of the claims that this song is an 'attack' or an 'emulation'. While the album Loaded was in conception, Lou Reed was told by Cotillion Records that he needed to take Loaded into the direction of having more radio friendly hits on it. Songs like 'Rock and Roll' and 'Sweet Jane' shined as highlights of this album while other songs like 'Who Loves The Sun' kind of fell below the radar. Lou Reed wasn't 'attacking' or 'emulating' anyone. He was just trying to write more folk inspired, radio friendly songs for Loaded. It does have similarities to George Harrison/The Beatles track 'Here Comes The Sun', but if anything it was something Reed was inspired by, not something he would attack or emulate.