Lou Reed/Metallica Collabo Anticipation Thread

if this was a poll, i'd vote "To much west coast? WTF???"

http://twitter.com/#!/keshasuxx/status/163071301236436995

#ledgendary

worst thing ever since the laST METALLICA ALBUM.

I'm surprised someone that hated Death Magnetic so much would even bother with this.

that's the awesome thing about Metallica fans: they keep. coming. back.

it's a dream come true for a troll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCq4SqGStzE

Top Comments
Howard Stern
gforadis 2 days ago 38
Thumbs up if you are listening to this crappy song thanks to Howard Stern
quicken02 19 hours ago 18

Markers, did you see this?

Ian Astbury Defends Lulu
http://thequietus.com/articles/07865-loutallica-lulu-ian-astbury-the-cult

doran not down with the cause :(

John Doran
12 hours ago

In reply to danmac:

WIRE were clearly 'trolling' their subscribers. Only a genuine mouth breathing idiot would have ranked that album above, say, Wolves In The Throne Room, Obake, Liturgy or Yob...

kind of weird to think of ian astbury reading pitchfork

http://www.sterngeek.com/shows/1/the-howard-stern-show/2452/2012-01-30/
Howard Loves Metallica And Lou Reed's 19 Minute ''Junior Dad.'' 01/30/12. 7:55am

stern otm

kind of weird to think of ian astbury reading pitchfork

Feel bad for him that they only gave his collab with Boris a 3.0 or something.

The good news: Lou's touring Lulu in Europe.
The bad news: there's no Metallica.

http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/lou_reed/european-tour-2012.htm

Lou and band will perform material from Reed’s entire cannon of songs ranging from the Velvet Underground to his recent Metallica collaborative album LULU.
what a radical concept -- he'll play his greatest hits and some songs from his latest album!

you buried the lede, which is that the name of the tour is FROM VU TO LULU!

bummer that he's only playing in Europe, but kinda makes sense since there were a bunch of countries over there where the album charted in the top 10

finally listening to this. so far "The View" and "Dragon" really stand out. "Junior Dad" is pretty but I'm not quite sure I hear yet what everyone else is hearing.

I'm going to playing records at a thing tonight, trying to decide which song from Lulu I should play.

Kind of feeling "Cheat on Me"

"Pumping Blood" from ILXLULU

"Iced Honey" would be my party mix pick

I'd love to play anything from the two pre-Lulu records but I only have the ability to plan vinyl tonight.

I was thinking "Iced Honey" as well, I might play both

put "dragon" on and run

deep house remix of junior dad

when does the remix album drop anyway? heard moby does some sick things to "cheat on me."

I believe my reaction to a Moby remix of any of this record would be similar to yr average Metallica fans reaction to the real thing.

also rumored to be a will.i.am remix of iced honey w/ a mustaine cameo verse.

"Brandenburg Gate" (feat. Sean Paul)

small town gu-u-uu-ul

No

i would def play "the view"

"The View (Tyler the Creator remix feat. Rihanna)"

I ended up playing "Brandenburg Gate". No one went crazy and stormed the booth.

"The View" imo was such a wrong choice for first single and would be equally wrong as a DJ night pick

i love "Brandenburg Gate" so fucking much

Lou turned 70 yesterday, y'all.

today

may he stay forever Lou

Exactly 20 years older than Jon Bon Jovi.

SMALL TOWN GIRLLLLL

from The Raven to Lulu -- Lou's 60s were nutty! Will his 70s keep the streak alive? Never stop, Lou, never stop.

happy birthday lou you are the greatest person

http://www.soundearphones.com/collections/frontpage/products/klipsch-x10i-lou-reed-signature-edition-headphones

"These are my Klipsch."
http://mediacdn.shopatron.com/media/mfg/3579/media_image/live_1/LouReedSign.jpg?1321311468

klipsch OTM:

An undeniable truth comes through in Lou's music-a gritty passion mixed with beautiful surrealism. You can hear it with your gut as much as your ears.

i need Klipsch gutphones.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Collage_Lars_Ulrich_2009.jpg/800px-Collage_Lars_Ulrich_2009.jpg

lars is the best

Lou and band will perform material from Reed’s entire cannon of songs ranging from the Velvet Underground to his recent Metallica collaborative album LULU.
what a radical concept -- he'll play his greatest hits and some songs from his latest album!

Last night's set in Amsterdam

Brandenburg Gate
Heroin
Waiting for the Man
Senselessly Cruel
The View
Mistress Dread
Street Hassle
Cremation
Think It Over
Walk On the Wild Side
Sad Song
Junior Dad
--
Sweet Jane

It was awesome, except for it being a seated event (but then again, that's why I was able to take notes on the setlist). I've still not heard a single note from Lulu but based on last night I should remedy that asap (album was not available at the marketing booth when I arrived) - man I loved those songs, esp. "The View" (great delivery by Lou) and Junior Dad. Vocals very weak/false at the start, but they improved later on. Even though he can barely sing anymore, the power of his voice is at times impressive. Guitar skills were left to the 2/3 other guitarists (loved the band, Joan As Policewoman was in there too) and I got the feeling that they killed Lou's output at the mixing board at times. More bandleader than guitarplayer.

First four songs were half of the performance! Both "Heroin" and "Waiting.." went on for 20 odd minutes, didn't feel the former that much, the latter was fantastic. The sax player played a prepared saxophone that made some incredible artifical noises which I didn't really like most of the time but I was so impressed by his stamina during "Waiting.." during which he played the same two-bar riff the piano/keyboard does throughout the song. 20 minutes!

"Street Hassle" opened the second section of the show, which was way more 'easy on the ears' than the first (as you can guess from the setlist) and for which most of the audience probably came (a few people left during the first hour and I saw quite some people being shocked/not able to process the Lulu stuff). "Street Hassle", "Cremation", "Sad Song" and "Junior Dad" were the highlights of the second hour. Fun night! Lou had fun too. And loved us, he said.

sounds awesome, wish he'd consider taking this show to the states

There's probably some sort of Hal Wilner/Lulu/guest vocalist live-collab performance thingy on the way, I was told over the weekend (while in Amsterdam, as it happens). Won't be for a few months yet, though.

i would love to witness the power of lulu live