In January of 1972 a disbanded Velvet Underground came together for an unexpected reunion. Three of the core band members – Lou Reed, Nico and John Cale on finding themselves in Europe at the same time, played a one-off "unplugged" concert at a thousand-seat venue in Paris called Le Bataclan.

The concert has come to be legendary in the legions of rock n' roll performances. In the video above from Le Bataclan, Reed sings "Berlin" a song about two doomed lovers, with the refrain "it was paradise."

The band, known for its experimental and avant-garde style, is credited with being the precursor of several sub genres of rock music. It broke up in 1970, two years before this reunion performance at the Le Bataclan. The concert venue's name ended up as the title for a sixteen-track live album including recordings from this legendary show.

Now Le Bataclan will have another, less happy memory, attached to its name. Terrorists struck the French capital on Friday night making it anything but paradise. The 1,500-seat capacity Bataclan hall was hosting another sold-out concert. This time by an American rock band called Eagles of Death Metal, when gunmen launched an open fire on the crowd triggering of a hostage crisis. The hall was one of the six sites terrorist attacked in Paris on Friday night.

The attack on the concert hall was the deadliest with reports of about a 100 deaths. After the siege at The Bataclan ended, authorities said three attackers there had blown themselves up as the police closed in, while a fourth was shot by the police, The New York Times reported.