Lou Reed RIP

xp hmm maybe perfect isn't the best word, just meant to say that it's an outstanding album and the solo reed I've listened to the most

I like most of his stuff anyway

New Sensations is an OK album

i have always enjoyed listening to new york. that is something i cannot say about a lot of albums by him. i like the journalistic aspect of it. it must be his wordiest album, he talks and talks and talks. i just love to listen to his voice. especially on take no prisoners...

It's not a bad album it's just the Lou Reed album I'm least likely to listen to.

New York starts out so incredibly strong w/the first three tracks that it can almost convince you it's a great album, but there's a lot of dross there

though i love a lot of it

New Sensations is one that I was surprised how good it was

Same. It would be in the lower reaches of a top ten. I love the opening trio, "There is No Time," and "Dime Store Mystery."

you have a higher tolerance than I do for fretless bass and I would've included Take No Prisoners for the laffs

"Lou Reed wanted to be normal" really does encapsulate him well tho

We are all normal and we want our feedback.

I've been listening to New York a lot and I really like it.

"it's so weird how overlooked his first album is"

that's because it was out of print for ages and he allegedly didn't like it.

To me the indispensibles are Transformer, Berlin, Blue Mask, New York, Magic, and Drella.

if you love those I'm p confident you'll love Set the Twilight Reeling and Ecstacy

I like Coney Island a lot, but title track is by far the best thing on it

Street Hassle I only put on for the title track

I listen to my (imaginary) Lulu EP every once in a while, it goes:

1. "Brandenburg Gate"
2. "The View"
3. "Iced Honey"
4. "Junior Dad"

"dragon" or gtfo

alfred's convinced me i need to spend more time with new sensations

yeah and that's totally fair it's perhaps an underrated record, just personally, and I know it's nagl to second guess other peoples' taste, but I think you shouldn't need to pretend it's the best Lou Reed album to convince people to revisit it

I know some of you love that 80s production and so yes if that's your favorite sound then OK maybe somehow New Sensation becomes the best Lou Reed album but I think most Lou Reed fans, it's not their fav sound and not what they go to Lou Reed for

will have to give Dragon another listen...

I love it in spite of the production. These are the songs Lou Reed should've been writing in 1984, extensions of what he attempted on The Blue Mask.

idk every Lou fan I know loves NS.

I don't think I've ever actually listened to the entire thing tbh

The outro of "New Sensations" kills me. It honors the terrific line, "I want the principles of a timeless muse."

idk every Lou fan I know loves NS.

"Hey bro' what's the woyd, talkin' 'bout my friend Geo-eo-eo-rge"

shit he died again!?

rip

5 years today.

Miss u boo

been listening to those 1970 demos he did after leaving the Velvets a lot over the last couple of weeks
also this clip of him talking about hearing the Ramones for the first time in 1975 is great (starts at 1:20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-f2rz2G9AI

That is fantastic!

love Lou's line there: "They are their own dream."

He was at his best talking about music, for sure.

where’s the Will Hermes bio?

I saw on a social media site that Will Hermes mentioned spending time in November at a secluded writers retreat place. Maybe we can presume he was working on the book. He’s still writing for Rolling Stone on occasion.

There’s a book out now that consists of Lou Reed interviews from the 1970s and later, called My Week Beats Your Year

https://hatandbeard.com/products/my-week-beats-your-year-encounters-with-lou-reed

I was at this residency with Will and we roadtripped to Liberty University (!) together for a bizarre tour.

I shld clarify that this was *last* November and he was still working on it.

8 years gone today.

It doesn’t feel like that long ago!

There's a bit of magic in everything
and then some loss to even things out

Love this from 2009 with Laurie A and John Zorn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUr8oRfG1AM

I remember it like it was … several years ago.

It kinda feels about 8 years ago tbh

Yep

Weird, I didn't even know the anniversary was coming up and got a compulsion to listen to New York last night. And then the Blue Mask.

Was there ever a source for the Donald Fagen/Lou Reed story other than the comments section of Alex in NYC's blog?

Hmm. Upon further inspection, hat post seems legit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dok5uv9HrT8

In fine form here, even between songs. Fucking nuts version of Street Hassle here.

New Sensations!

his post "wild side"/pre "street hassle" remarks in the video lamanti posted three weeks ago are honestly profound

this might get interesting
https://loureed.bandcamp.com/album/the-power-of-the-heart-a-tribute-to-lou-reed