- Pale Blue Eyes
Infobox Song
Name = Pale Blue Eyes
Caption =
Type =
Artist =The Velvet Underground
alt Artist =
Album = The Velvet Underground
Published =
Released = 1969
track_no = 4
Recorded = November-December 1968
TTG Studios, Hollywood
Genre =Rock and Roll
Length = 5:41
Writer =Lou Reed
Composer =Lou Reed
Label =MGM Records
Producer =The Velvet Underground
Chart position =
Tracks =
prev = Some Kinda Love
prev_no = 3
next = Jesus
next_no = 5
Misc ="Pale Blue Eyes" is a song written by
Lou Reed and performed byThe Velvet Underground . It was included on the band's eponymous1969 album The Velvet Underground.The original song has five verses. First verse starts: "Sometimes I feel so happy, Sometimes I feel so sad." The refrain goes: "Linger on, your pale blue eyes".
Cover versions
"Pale Blue Eyes" has later been adopted by several bands/artist. [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=17:1158238 "Pale Blue Eyes"] at
All-Music Guide (Retrieved on June 23, 2007, and again on March 22, 2008)] In addition toLou Reed andMaureen Tucker from Velvet Underground, alsoEric Andersen ,Alejandro Escovedo ,Neil Finn ,Counting Crows , Hole,Marisa Monte , R.E.M., Tom McRae andPatti Smith have their own versions of this song.An instrumental version of the song was used in
Julian Schnabel 's 2007 film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=658261&category=Full%20Credits Full Credits for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)"] (Retrieved on March 22, 2008)] The song was also used in a scene of the 2008 film "August".fact|date=June 2008References
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