However, this isn’t the last we’ve heard of the trial. Along with his latest foray into music, Depp is currently in pre-production for a film in which he’ll play King Louis V, but it’s yet to be seen if Hollywood views him as too much of a liability for tentpole blockbusters.
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I just hope people will take him seriously as a musician because it’s a hard thing for some people to accept that Johnny Depp can sing rock and roll.”Īlthough this new endeavor comes after the conclusion of Depp’s defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, the actor has actually been a rock musician for years, most famously as a member of The HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry. “ I haven’t had another creative partner like him for ages,” Beck said about Depp in a statement accompanying the album’s announcement. It will also contain two Depp originals, including the previously released “This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr.” In addition to their VELVET UNDERGROUND cover, Depp and Beck’s upcoming album, 18, will feature them taking on songs by THE BEACH BOYS, Marvin Gaye, and THE EVERLY BROTHERS.
Whereas the original is notable for John Cale’s electric viola and Moe Tucker’s bass drum and tambourine shake backbeat, Depp and Beck’s take is more straightforward and sludges forward with fuzzed-out guitar and bleary vocals. We would joke about how we felt 18 again, so that just became the album title too.Like it or not, Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck have a collaborative album on the way, and now, they’ve dropped the latest preview, a cover of “Venus in Furs” by THE VELVET UNDERGROUND. Beck says, “When Johnny and I started playing together, it really ignited our youthful spirit and creativity. The album’s cover illustration was done by Jeff’s wife, Sandra and pictures them when they were both 18. When the Velvet Underground emerged amid the New York underground singing about heroin, prostitution, and sado-masochism, it fated them to remain subterranean, no matter how influential they would prove after the fact. When the basic tracks were finished, they were fleshed out by musicians who’ve played with Beck through the years, including drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and bassist Rhonda Smith. The 1960s might seem like the dawn of liberation, but in truth, times were still somewhat conservative. Robert Adam Stevenson co-produced several tracks on the album and engineered many of the sessions remotely from Depp’s studio in Los Angeles. The duo recorded most of the album in Beck’s studio over three years while Depp lived on and off in the guitarist’s English cottage. What chords does The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs use The Velvet Underground plays C min, G min, C min, E maj in Venus in Furs. Each performance stands on its own, but the sharp contrast created by sequencing them together heightens the emotional impact of both songs. A remarkable example comes early on when the industrial stomp of Killing Joke’s Death And Resurrection Show gives way to the intense heartache of Dennis Wilson’s Time. The result is a wild roller coaster ride through different genres where hairpin juxtapositions deliver some of the album’s biggest thrills. On 18, Beck’s first studio effort in six years, which is due out on 15 July, the artists coax unexpected performances from one another on 11 covers and two originals that touch on everything from Celtic and Motown to John Lennon, the Beach Boys and The Velvet Underground. The version of Venus in Furs that ended up on the band’s groundbreaking debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967), utterly different from the earlier demo, reflects this new approach: it is a chilling, thrilling, sexually charged piece of drone-rock, Cale’s viola crackling like a whip, Tucker’s bass drum pounding, tambourine.
I’m glad I did because this song is going to be quite powerful live.” Jeff Beck says of the song: “I wasn’t so sure about it at first, but when I started messing around with a ring modulator on my guitar, Johnny started freaking out. Written by Lou Reed, Venus In Furs first appeared on the 1967 album The Velvet Underground & Nico. Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp have shared their cover of Venus In Furs, from their 18 album.
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