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JumpingKentFlash
Ah yes. American Poet is better. I think that too. But that's not saying R 'n R Animal isn't very, very good too. Since I started being a serious music fan I've always loved Lou. He has so many great albums. Not even mentioning VU I'd say that Transformer, The Blue Mask, Berlin, Coney Island Baby (One of the best LP covers ever too), Songs For Drella, some of Magic & Loss, New York and Set The Twilight Reeling are all top notch albums.
BTW: All of you name your fave Lou album and top three songs please.
Mine are:
Album - Berlin.
Songs - Halloween Parade, Dirty Blvd., Caroline Says.
Amazing man if you ask me. On YouTube I once found a concert (From last year) where only Lou and Pete Townsend played. I love Lou, but live he doesn't seem like he's very good these days.
PS: Check out the Lou Reed docu DVD "Rock 'n Roll Heart". It's a thrilling piece of work.
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Edward Twining
I love a number of Lou's albums especially, Coney Island Baby, Berlin, even Rock and Roll Heart in places (especially Ladies Pay and You Wear It So Well), also Set The Twilight Reeling, but The Bells is perhaps my favourite. It's often overlooked but it's really one of Lou's best - patience for the listener perhaps is a virtue, though because it's real strength only reveals itself over a number of listens.
Songs - Coney Island Baby, All Through The Night, Leave Me Alone are amongst my favourites amongst many others.
I think the 78 tour was great yet Lou chose the rambling Take No Prisoners to release as the live album from that period. It's amusing for sure in small doses yet a more straight forward concert representation would have been better, i feel. Lou was trying be be contoversial, but i feel ended up selling himself a little short in the longterm.
I agree JumpinKentFlash, Lou's vocals lack any kind of vitality these days, he's merely talking through the songs and i also feel he needs to broaden his sound a little more and stop relying on simply guitar, bass and drums. Since the beginning of the 80s (after Growing Up In Public) he's been stripping his sound down to its core but i really miss some of the inventiveness and density of his music from the old days - he's more focused now, that's for sure, but for being exciting - sometimes his performance now are reminiscent of watching paint dry. Clean and clinical but boring as hell. Sometimes i feel it's a sign of the times because rock in general is too slick and clean these days but journalist seem to appreciate that. Whether Lou will ever be able to recapture his old vitality, i very much doubt because age is also a factor.His voice has lost a lot of its range and is a lot lower. I think i like him best, certainly in terms of live in around 76-78 when he incorporated that jazzy sound to his music.
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Toru A
This was at the Café Royal, London, in July 1973, just after "Ziggy had to break up the band" - Bowie announced the end of Ziggy and the Spiders.
In Anthony Scaduto's Jagger bio, there's this photo of Bowie making out with Lou, and Mick looking embarrassed. I could not find the book now, but surely - someone else must have it... It's a great photo!
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Rockman
Some Kinda Love from THE VELVET UNDERGROUND will always knock ya heart around....
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Rank Stranger
The intro riff of the Velvet's "There She Goes Again" and the Stones'
"Hitch Hike" sound VERY similar to me !
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Rank Stranger
The intro riff of the Velvet's "There She Goes Again" and the Stones'
"Hitch Hike" sound VERY similar to me !
It's exactly the same intro. Sterling Morrison must have been a huge Stones fan.
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keeffriffhard
Yeah Rooster, it "Take No Prisoners" is on CD (Arista/BMG Heritage 07822 10609-2)
One of my favourite live albums.........Lou's introducing his songs, he talks, talks and talks......and some real nasty r&r music....
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ozstoner
rock n roll animal and ya ya's are the two best live albums ever made. I can never quite decide which is 1 and which is 2 but it doesn't matter. some people say YCAGWYW is a rip off of heroin or visa versa. Similar 1/IV chord change it's true but then it's the most common chord change in the history of music
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Glam Descendant
One of my favorite Lou Reed albums was never released in the US: LIVE IN ITALY. Robert Quine fans rules on this! Fantastic version of "Satellite Of Love".
His last album ANIMAL SERENADE is a latter-day high mark.
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Toru A
From his interview at the time of releasing Rock 'n' Roll Animal.
What nail polish do you use?
Lou : Viva La Black.
Actually it was "Biba Black"