This Rolling Stones track used to stump a young Tom Petty, who had to get creative (and dedicated) to learn music in the early 1960s.

The year 1965 is regarded as one of the best for rock music. But for one writer, 1965 wasn't just a great year for music - it was a groundbreaking.

'Lou Reed: Words & Music, May 1965' presents a long-lost recording of the singer and John Cale performing the earliest known versions of the songs that would change rock with the Velvet Underground.

'Words & Music, May 1965,' a Lou Reed album containing early demos of Velvet Underground songs and unreleased material, is due in August.

“Words & Music: May 1965” explores some of the earliest work of Reed’s career and presents a quieter side of an artist who would help change the course of rock music.

Lou Reed can’t help but laugh after announcing the title of a new song, “Heroin,” on a demo recording from May 1965. He then gives a surprisingly folky, almost Dylan-esque performance of the ...