10 Weirdest Rock Songs Ever Made
1. The Murder Mystery - the Velvet Underground
When it comes to the beginnings of the artful side of rock and roll, you can't really do much better than the Velvet Underground. Operating under the watchful eye of Lou Reed, every single one of the group's records showed them progressing into something much more adventurous in the realm of rock and roll, influencing everyone from Iggy Pop to David Bowie in the process. Though the poetry of Reed's words were always at the forefront, what happens when you have two songs happening at once?
Towards the end of their self-titled third outing, the Murder Mystery starts off fairly haunting, with some strange guitar fills setting the scene. Once the actual lyrics come in, you have the band telling you the story of this murder mystery at the exact same time, which makes for sensory overload every time you turn the record on.
Even after listening to it thousands of times, it's almost like you need to program your brain to focus in on one of the voices so you can get any sense of what's actually going on in the lyrics. While still having that penchant for the world of art rock, The Murder Mystery feels like the moment where the Velvets nearly got too experimental for their own good.