People talk about how "ahead of their time" they were. I think what happened is everybody has just been copying the Velvet Underground the past 50 years! The artists today are BEHIND the times!
Important band, that never gets rusty! Whole concept was so good, it attracts a lot of old & young listeners around the planet, with its spontaneous fresh and powerful sound. I never stopped being a fan, since my youth! It wasnt the rich musicians that wrote history! It was peoole like us...starting as friends having fun and experiencing togetherness! And trying to do their own stuff, unlikely who critizizes...following their instincts!