Lady Godiva's Operation

"Lady Godiva's Operation"
Song by The Velvet Underground from the album White Light/White Heat
Released	January 30, 1968
Recorded	September 1967, Scepter Studios,^[1] Manhattan
Genre	Art rock, avant-garde
Length	4:56
Label	Verve Records
Writer	Lou Reed
Composer	Lou Reed
Producer	Tom Wilson
White Light/White Heat track listing
"White Light/White Heat" "The Gift" "Lady Godiva's Operation" "Here She Comes Now" "I Heard Her Call My Name" "Sister Ray"

"Lady Godiva's Operation" is a song by American avant-garde rock band The Velvet Underground, appearing on their second album, White Light/White Heat (1968). The lyrics of the first half of the song (sung by John Cale) describe Lady Godiva. The lyrics of the second half (sung by Cale alternating with Lou Reed) are full of oblique, deadpan black humor and describe a botched surgical procedure.

The person's name is taken from the British legend of Lady Godiva, a noble English lady who rode naked through the streets of Coventry.

The song was covered by The Fatima Mansions as a single.^[2]

Personnel

John Cale - lead vocals, electric viola, medical instrument vocal noises
Lou Reed - co-lead vocals, electric guitar
Sterling Morrison - bass, backing vocals, medical instrument vocal noises
Maureen Tucker - percussion

References

↑ Discogs - Scepter Records (Manhattan) profile and discography
↑ Green, Jim. "Fatima Mansions". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2016-02-22.

White Light/White Heat

Songs

Side 1:	"White Light/White Heat" "The Gift" "Lady Godiva's Operation" "Here She Comes Now"

Side 2:	"I Heard Her Call My Name" "Sister Ray"

The Velvet Underground

John Cale Lou Reed Sterling Morrison Maureen Tucker Doug Yule Willie Alexander Angus MacLise Nico Walter Powers Billy Yule

Studio albums	The Velvet Underground & Nico White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground Loaded Squeeze

Live albums	Live at Max's Kansas City 1969: The Velvet Underground Live Live MCMXCIII Final V.U. 1971–1973 The Quine Tapes

Box sets and out-takes	VU Another View Peel Slowly and See

Compilations	Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground Featuring Nico The Best of The Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou Reed The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground The Best of The Velvet Underground: The Millennium Collection The Very Best of the Velvet Underground Gold

Songs	"After Hours" "All Tomorrow's Parties" "European Son" "Femme Fatale" "Here She Comes Now" "Heroin" "I Heard Her Call My Name" "I'll Be Your Mirror" "I'm Waiting for the Man" "Lady Godiva's Operation" "New Age" "Pale Blue Eyes" "Rock & Roll" "Run Run Run" "Sister Ray" "Stephanie Says" "Sunday Morning" "Sweet Jane" "The Black Angel's Death Song" "The Gift" "There She Goes Again" "Venus in Furs" "White Light/White Heat"

Tribute albums	Heaven & Hell Fifteen Minutes

Related articles	Discography Songs A Symphony of Sound Walter De Maria Exploding Plastic Inevitable Steve Sesnick Andy Warhol Tom Wilson Songs for Drella

Lady Godiva

Family	Leofric, Earl of Mercia (husband) Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia (son)

Film	Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle (2007) Lady Godiva (2008)

Variations	Isabeau (opera) "Godiva" (poem) "The Seven Lady Godivas" (book)

Songs	"Lady Godiva" (1966) "Lady Godiva's Operation" (1968)

Other	Lady Godiva in popular culture Godiva Procession Lady Godiva Rides Again The Ghost Talks The Godiva Affair tax resistance

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