Lou Reed/Metallica Collabo Anticipation Thread

Need to photoshop Antony in there.

l-r, Tom, Leslie, Ron, Andy and Ann

“Have I ever done anything to sell records?” Mr. Reed responded when asked if he was overstating his excitement for promotional purposes. “I’m not the guy you go to to sell records. I wouldn’t know where to start.”

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Lol at Antony

rob trujillo definitely doing a good job of taking Kirk's place as "lukewarm water"

Anticipating this record has definitely been great - and I'm still looking forward to what the CD/LP will sound like on a proper stereo (not "like a radio shack CD player" lol).

Thread has been more about the reception than the songs, and the irony in the reception bothers and amuses me at the same time. I do think it's a shame if the record isn't properly reviewed due to the hilarious circumstances surrounding the recording/release. These guys are constantly emphasizing that they take Lulu very seriously (and I don't think it's fair if James being a table undermines that).

Kind of "scared" that p4k might 0.0 this, since I'm not as indifferent to reviews as Lou Reed.

yesterday i had the best thing, my metal friend who had literally been like crazy mad about this thing and just talking endless shit about lou reed and metallica, etc etc

...he actually finally listened to it and was like "oh nevermind this is kinda cool" lol

Does anyone know why some metal fans get so angry when their gods disappoint them or do something out of their usual sphere?

They might just recognize crap when they hear it.

Mr. Hetfield, in turn, was introduced to the sounds of Antony Hegarty, the androgynous, quavering singer of Antony and the Johnsons. “He got it right away,” Mr. Willner said. “He said: ‘This is beautiful. I’ve got to get this stuff.’ ”

Hahahaha!

This is the same James Hetfield who said of Load's album artwork: "Lars and Kirk were very into abstract art, pretending they were gay. I think they knew it bugged me. It was a statement around all that. I love art, but not for the sake of shocking others. I think the cover of Load was just a piss-take around all that. I just went along with the make-up and all of this crazy, stupid shit that they felt they needed to do." !?!?

woops i misread that originally and thought antony was saying "this is beautiful" about lulu.

Man, I had forgotten about that whole phase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3WIHtOmkBg

HEY, WAIT. I GOT A NEW COMPLAINT
FOREVER IN COMES LIFE THAT I MUST FEEL

Bop shoobie dop wap!

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Coming from the hack that stanned for chinese democracy

― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 17:51 (3 days ago)

smh @ u

Junior Dad reminds me of those drawn out early Red House Painters' songs

Which is awesome

went to halloween party as the table.
nobody caught the ref but a good time was had by all.

gonna pick up my copy tomorrow morning!

pitchfor will give it a 1.2

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, August 29, 2011 7:26 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i'll burn that fuckin website to the ground

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time to fetch that gasoline

Pitchfork: 1.0

"Junior Dad" is a song that seemingly does the impossible: it momentarily redeems the idea of a Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration as a plausible, potentially fruitful concept. But its late appearance also serves as a potent reminder of just how terribly that concept is executed on everything that precedes it.

Pitchfork is so not the table.

Happy Lulu day North America!

Today's the day!

Let's live it up!

Let's get some LULU!

Let's spend it up!

Go out and smash it!

Like [Lou Reed voice] "Oh my God!"

Pitchfork is so not the table.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOQUiVcOc2k

crazy news, NASA is reporting a new planetary system
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/509677main_image_1841_946-710.jpg

So basically the Pitchfork score is saying that it's better than St. Anger but not as good as Ian Astbury rambling on about witches on top of Boris.

happy LULU day everyone! got my copy!

pumping blood rules

mistress dread is as hard as metallica has rocked in like 20 years

"pumping blood" does rule. shifts through like three awesome riffs and then there's all that weird stuff in between.

also yeah "mistress dread" is kind of an awesome example of how "thrash" can also equal "drone"

I have to confess I've only heard this on my Bose earbuds.

Really want to hear it on a non-RadioShack stereo.

November 1, 2011: the day music ended.

the day music became itself

Dropped by a mall store today and they had a whole pile of these front-racked. Have a sneaking suspicion however, from the chitchat of the employees,that they've sold more copies of the 40th anniversary reissue of Jethro Tull's Aqualung.

damn, what's on the reish, did not even know about that. what a day for music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr7iWaJraAA

smile sessions seemed to be the big seller at the store i went to this AM

m@tt i'm scared you are spending the day listening to lulu and smile. it seems like a kinda grody combo. or maybe surprisingly delicious?

Yeah pretty sure Smile was the big one at this place too. Or maybe the U2 reissue. Jethro Tull was a bit down the list. Followed by Lulu.

Here's the Tull double disc set (but you can grab the ultradeluxe with vinyl thrown in, if this isn't enough Tull for ya: http://www.amazon.com/Aqualung-40th-Anniversary-Jethro-Tull/dp/B005FVFWOI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1320186803&sr=8-3

looks tight.
the legendary metallica/tull beef continues.

Attention mash-up masters, please place Lou Reed's "Lulu" ramblings on top of "Aqualung," thanks!

flulute solo!

Pumping Lung

I would love MeTullica.

would love the idea of MeTullica winning a grammy.

if you can't beat em, join em. literally.

junior dad is pretty good, cheat on me is the worst

listened to songs for drella today for the first time

like, this whole lulu thing, is I don't know, you know