haha waht
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:32 (sixteen years ago)
Lou's recent ambient tribute to a river
seriously, haven't heard word one about this
it was like music he used for tai chi iirc
― in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:44 (sixteen years ago)
He sang Laurie Anderson to sleep by imitating a flowing river.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:47 (sixteen years ago)
you know you want ithttp://images.uulyrics.com/cover/l/lou-reed/album-hudson-river-wind-meditations.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:02 (sixteen years ago)
That font is so 1998.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:04 (sixteen years ago)
the album's ok. if it was a stars of the lid record or something, people on ILX would be all over it.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:05 (sixteen years ago)
I heard a great Lou radio interview recently. Mostly about his photography, but he spent a loooooong time talking very seriously about how he just got some special shoes that simulate being barefoot. Totally the kind of conversation I find myself in within 3 minutes of meeting a friend of my mom's. Kinda made you realize how dude is pushing 70 hard.
― Brio, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:19 (sixteen years ago)
he spent a loooooong time talking very seriously about how he just got some special shoes that simulate being barefoot
http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Urban-Archaeology/March-2010/The-Next-Horrible-Shoe-Fad/vibram-fivefingers-classic-shoes.jpg
???
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:37 (sixteen years ago)
those look damn comfy.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:38 (sixteen years ago)
omg lou reed is almost 70...that's so scary
― iatee, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:39 (sixteen years ago)
Really? I thought he'd be older!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:48 (sixteen years ago)
please let him start wearing those shoes onstage
― in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:49 (sixteen years ago)
if he's 70, that makes him 27 when VU & Nico comes out - seems about right doesn't it? Maybe a couple of years older and they figure 70's a fair enough cheat
― in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:51 (sixteen years ago)
he was born in '42
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:53 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.loureed.com/new/news/imgs/kungfu.jpg
― Brio, Thursday, 20 May 2010 20:06 (sixteen years ago)
the secret of hung men
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 20:11 (sixteen years ago)
shoes that simulate being barefoot
― Brio, Thursday, 20 May 2010 20:14 (sixteen years ago)
Well, at least I'm consistent. I find Stars of the Lid a bit boring too. If it sounded more like My Cat Is An Alien, I might've gotten a bit more out of it.. I only gave it one listen [to be fair] & it could well be something that reveals interesting details w/ repeated spins.
― ImprovSpirit, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:30 (sixteen years ago)
ha, yeah, i mean, Lou's ambient album isn't really meant to be *interesting* -- he made it specifically to be background music while he did his tai chi things.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:31 (sixteen years ago)
It should be Lou & Rachel in the Mermaid Parade. Laurie Anderson stole Rachel's Coney crown! Lou & Rachel 4eva!
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1751.jpg
Gay Lou was the best Lou.
― Kent Burt, Sunday, 23 May 2010 17:06 (sixteen years ago)
This is one of my favorite Lous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeM6UqtGBdM
He scared me away from drugs! and while it doesn't say explicitly that it's anti-drugs, Lou's twitching suggests that he's done enough rails to stab himself.
Also I was convinced at that time that this was what all New Yorkers were like.
― Euler, Sunday, 23 May 2010 17:14 (sixteen years ago)
this album is still my favorite
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 19:21 (fifteen years ago)
yes
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:16 (fifteen years ago)
glory of love
― Another Muzak from a Diffident Lichen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:23 (fifteen years ago)
like a good wine it's better as it grows older
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:27 (fifteen years ago)
When I first heard the old doo-wop version of "The Glory Of Love" I was taken aback by the bitter speech at the end about the "fine, fine, superfine career" (which I guess Lou arch-enemy Frank Zappa quoted on Ruben and the Jets) but then I realized that this was a perfect Lou antecedent.
Wish I could remember or find the wording of the old Lou quote about how everybody else was playing blues licks but he was more interested in people like The Spaniels.
― Another Muzak from a Diffident Lichen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:40 (fifteen years ago)
When I first heard the old doo-wop version of "The Glory Of Love" I was taken aback by the bitter speech at the end about the "fine, fine, superfine career"
wait... what? whose version of Glory of Love are you talking about?
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:49 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9R9soGl6Yw
must be this one I guess
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:50 (fifteen years ago)
Yep.
― Another Muzak from a Diffident Lichen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:52 (fifteen years ago)
weird, never heard that before
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:56 (fifteen years ago)
No doubt you were too busy with your fine, fine, superfine career to pay attention.
― Another Muzak from a Diffident Lichen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:45 (fifteen years ago)
to me, this record is what real american rock n roll is
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:46 (fifteen years ago)
yeah, this is pretty much the only lou reed solo rec i listen to with any regularity these days!
― tylerw, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:50 (fifteen years ago)
so many great lines
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:55 (fifteen years ago)
I've warmed to this one! Top five Lou.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:57 (fifteen years ago)
played this a month or so ago, still holds up beautifully
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Sunday, 12 June 2011 15:39 (fourteen years ago)
sometimes I wonder if I will ever tire of the title track
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:42 (fourteen years ago)
listened to this last week -- such a cool sounding band, so much less cartoony and off-putting than the rest of the 70s for lou.
― tylerw, Friday, 26 August 2011 20:47 (fourteen years ago)
i love the band on the blue mask, but he doesn't really have the songs to match up imo
― little dog (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:49 (fourteen years ago)
i've never heard coney island baby
i can never remember what lous are supposed to be good or bad
is legendary hearts good? i hate the cover with that cheesy motorcycle helmet
― little dog (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:52 (fourteen years ago)
title track really is magic---that guitar tone + the backing vocals are sooooo emotional & it's probably a pretty straightforward music trick that he's pulling off, I'd expect nothing less of Lou, but good grief I can barely focus on the drums when I listen, sounds like wailing instead
― Euler, Friday, 26 August 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)
Blue Mask era band doing Coney Island Baby (maybe? I can't tell. Quine is on it tho)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp-5V3PJ90E
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)
m@tt you should definitely hear coney island baby -- essential lou!
― tylerw, Friday, 26 August 2011 20:54 (fourteen years ago)
every time I hear the title track come up I think "eh, I've heard this a million times maybe I should skip it" but it always puts me in this weird mental space, it's like a nostalgia for something I didn't actually live through (ie being a gay football player in NY lol)
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:55 (fourteen years ago)
i'm listening to coney island now
this is good! yeah it's "fun lou" def see the transformer comparison, was this one popular at the time?
― little dog (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:59 (fourteen years ago)
don't think it was wildly popular, though i think it got good reviews. more popular than metal machine music, which it followed, anyway.
― tylerw, Friday, 26 August 2011 21:04 (fourteen years ago)
haha "hey sorry guys, here have a regular record"
― little dog (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:12 (fourteen years ago)
yeah pretty much -- there's a great lester bangs interview/article dealing with all of that.
― tylerw, Friday, 26 August 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)
lol @ this song that seems to have only one lyric - "i'm just a gift to the women in this world"
<3 lou
― little dog (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:19 (fourteen years ago)