Lou Reed Solo

I've done that

pretty sure Alfred has too haha

we could poll all the albums individually...

I think I still have the solo VU poll results if we wanted to just isolate Lou's tracks

ah here we are. ILM's favorite Lou songs, in order of placement

Satellite of Love
Coney Island Baby
Street Hassle
Perfect Day
Walk on the Wild Side
Vicious
Waves of Fear
Metal Machine Music
Andy's Chest
Style It Takes
The Blue Mask
Kicks
Romeo Had Juliette
I Love You, Suzanne
Halloween Parade
Crazy Feeling
New York Telephone Conversation
She's My Best Friend
Egg Cream
Men of Good Fortune
Dirty Blvd.
Reed the bed
Metallica Junior Dad
The Kids
My House
Underneath the Bottle
Open House
Sad Song
Hangin' Round
Legendary Hearts
Nobody But You
Brandenburg Gate
Charley's Girl
Make Up
Women
Hello It's Me
What's Good
The Last Shot
Smalltown
Wild Child
Big Sky
The Bells
A Gift
Caroline Says II
New Sensations
Set The Twilight Reeling
I Wanna Be Black
I Want to Boogie With You
Families
The Gun

if you just take the top 12 that's a pretty awesome "greatest hits"

Andy's Chest is awfully high.

^ posts taken out of context.

lol (also, "I Love You, Suzanne" is awfully high...)

what's wrong with that
I'd like to know

sorry about the missed edits in the list

Reed the Bed

I came up with these last year.

I wanna hooky wooky with you! I am also partial to "looking for love" and several tunes from the bells…was it somewhere on ILM that somebody was talking about they can't take fretless? Saunders forever! Quine/Saunders/Maher is one of my favorite bands ever; live in Italy is terrific…

was it somewhere on ILM that somebody was talking about they can't take fretless?

*raises hand*

my tolerance of this sound is... limited. Mostly to XTC records lol

Fernando Saunders taught me to love it in limited quantities, like frosting.

Same here, I enjoy his playing on those records.

Chalk me up as another who has little time for the whale song of the fretless.

Generally have no time for them but I like Fernando's playing - would prefer him on a fretted bass though.

Let us do what you fear most
that from which you recoil

"that from which" in a pop song: is this the only instance! I love its formality, for underlining the seriousness of the sentiments being expressed.

or to make it rhyme

MOVE ALONG

and ignore those that lou wronged 🎶

I don’t think he’s trying to force a rhyme there? I agree w/Euler about that line...

the bells is a fucking awesome album

is it weird to find "i want to boogie with you" really beautiful

also some version of spiritualized was hatched out of that song

I love plenty of purportedly unloveable lou e.g. "sally" but the bells is dire

some of the nils longfren cowrites do sound written an octave outside of lou's range

but idk it strikes me as rock and roll heart merged with street hassle, which i'm into, lou having a blast with horns in every fluctuating foot of stereo space. the second side is all really good especially "families" and the title track

Used to be down on The Bells and think stuff on it like “Disco Mystic” was ridiculous, but now I think maybe it is ridiculously great. Seem to remember on one of the WPIX shows, maybe not one that resurfaced, that Lou was asked if it was a negation or everything he had ever done and he said “it’s a CONTINUATION of everything I’ve ever done.”

"lou's range"

Literally laughing out loud right now.

I’m laughing on the inside.

Agree that The Bells splits the difference between a couple of different other Lou albums. It sounds like if he had decided to sing more songs on Take No Prisoners than just “Coney Island Baby.”

I love plenty of purportedly unloveable lou e.g. "sally" but the bells is dire

― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi),

"Looking for Love" though. And "Families."

just speaking for myself "Families" is one of the worst songs I've ever heard by anybody so we're gonna have to agree to disagree here

lol

So you are saying you don’t really like “Families” all that much, is that it?

after some consideration no not really my thing lol

JCLC when will the axe you have so dutifully ground to an unnecessary sharpness for Lou Reed finally become dull

Families, Disco Mystic, I Wanna Boogie With You are all great imho.

JCLC when will the axe you have so dutifully ground to an unnecessary sharpness for Lou Reed finally become dull

Wait lets throw in a beach boys song for good measure

Hadn’t noticed that he had beef with them.

I didn't even include The Bells in my list of his best. At this stage in his life he couldn't even concentrate on failed experiments.

I believe the Kokomo thread contains JCLC’s most scholarly opinions on their output

Xp

DISCO. DISCO MYSTIC.

― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:09 AM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I dislike the Beach Boys but Outis evidently has confused "occasionally gives voice to how much I dislike the Beach Boys" with "is on a crusade about it." idgaf honestly they're just fun to hate on because they suck. with Lou it's different, his best work is some of the best rock ever made & his worst work is considerably worse than the Mighty Mighty Bosstones on a bad day. The Bells figures in this latter category.

also my first post on this thread was in defense of Sally Can't Dance, I honestly think I like Lou more than most people I just don't think his shitty "I'm working something out here" albums are secret strokes of genius, they're just bad

^^^ wanna boogie with you imo

I'll insist forever that, obvious exceptions noted, Reed solo is best at the throwaway ("Sally Can't Dance," "I Love You, Suzanne," "Hookywooky").

There’s no law against disliking The Beach Boys, you can hate them in fact, but declaring they “suck” is simply a wrong opinion

i don't think it's particularly a secret stroke of genius, it just surprised me! it's a v odd record

bad Lou Reed albums:

Sally Can't Dance
Metal Machine Music
Rock and Roll Heart
The Bells
Growing Up in Public
Mistrial

Metal Machine Music may be a bad Lou Reed album, but it's a great album. It's unique in its transgression and its impact on the medium, and a scouring pad for the mind. I don't put it on if I want to listen to music, but sometimes I put it on because I need what it provides.