It is a well-known fact that The Velvet Underground were good as hell. Everyone ever, including people like Winston Churchill, John the Baptist, and Khan Noonien Singh (the full name of the dude from Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, duh) liked all of their songs. The Velvet Underground is no longer a band, which means they will not be making any more songs. But! There are still many rare, high-quality alternate versions of Velvet Underground songs you already know and love that you probably have not heard. This is the principle behind the upcoming "super deluxe" version of The Velvet Underground, the band's third album (and first with Doug Yule, who we interviewed here), due out November 24 on Polydor. The six-disc set will contain a remastered stereo mix of The Velvet Underground, two other mixes of the record, the Velvets' lost fourth album, a two-disc live performance from the band at the San Francisco club The Matrix, plus liner notes by the rock critic David Fricke.What we have here is a live version of "What Goes On" from The Matrix performance. It is good and not bad. It makes me think if I had a time machine, I would NOT go back and kill Hitler (too obvious, buddy) or make a fortune off sports betting (too Back to the Future II), I would go back to 1969 and go to The Matrix and watch The Velvet Underground play. And like, maybe invest in Apple or something. But that's me being greedy.Listen to the live "What Goes On" below.Follow Drew Millard on Twitter.
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