1966 New York. At a show, The Velvet Underground and Nico walked onto a stage in front of a movie screen and the dark began to tune up. Andy Warhol worked on one movie projector, playing a silent version of 'vinyl', his interpretation of 'A Clockwork Orange', on the screen. Superimposed on this by another movie projector (run by Paul Morissey) were close up shots of Nico singing "I'll keep it with mine" by Bob Dylan. Then as the Velvet Underground began to play, Edie Sedgwick and Gerard Malanga moved to center stage and began gyrating in a free form dance pattern. The whole ensemble was now playing in front of the two movies.
(exert taken from The History of VJ, by Michael Heap)
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