Lou Reed's Street Hassle

Well, that's not necessarily true, but Lou's happens to be great. :-)

Of course, the title track is simply beautiful and its one the few times in his solo career where Lou is actually is good as he thinks he is.

Still not a big fan of the album, but I'm having an earwig moment right now with the title track. That "it's called bad luck" moment keeps me coming back.

Also, what the hell is Bruce Springsteen muttering about?

When Lou sings "I need you baby" it's the most pathetic sound in the world.

Classic.

I don't mind Lou Reed, Sally Can't Dance, Rock N' Roll Animal, Legendary Hearts, etc. but I wouldn't call these albums "must-gets", but I would say that of the above four.

It's been a regular listen for me. Great just before bed.

Er, you mean once or twice a month? But, this thread isn't about MMM. But, as long as we're talking other LReed albums, I think that Coney Island is kind of awful, aside from the KLASSIC title track.

And I hate to say it, but I think the Bruce bit at the end might be dud. It's an interesting artifact, though.

And I love the Take No Prisoners version .. especially "know what it's called? ...Bad Luck... (BASS)"

And does it make a difference to people that it's Springsteen circa 1978, when you could find him lounging on a LES couch struggling through some French Symbolist poetry? I never carp about the cameo at the end b/c Springsteen sounds so blokey. Eh, I can live w/ it if everyone else can.

The bad luck line is unfortunetly true.

I got love for you Alfred but if you mean The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts and New Sensations then wtf

the middle one there has maybe two good songs on it

And say what you will be MMM is so relaxing.

Also likely everyone here knows already I'm insane over Take No Prisoners so that version bears mention too. There's one more song on the Street Hassle album, though, that I want to mention...must pull it out to see...you know I'm not sure which one it is. I'll have to play it again to figure it out.

Look I had a bad dream about Hitler last night give me a break.

Never saw this before, Fat Lou ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rm9rCdF-jU

Shouldn't have a Street Hassle thread without this (used to be a non-Movie Clips clip on YouTube):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VKpd3XEbD8

I'm positive the title song turned up in another movie after that.

Up The Academy before that (I had to google). Jesus, Up The Academy has a crazy soundtrack. I was too young to see it, but was aware that it existed.

What movie had him sing a tune called "Little Sister" again?

"Get Crazy"

(song is "My Baby Sister", played over the closing credits)

I've never actually seen it, it sounds amusingly bad

What's with the album cover

I've never actually seen it, it sounds amusingly bad

I think the song is really called "Little Sister," confusingly so, despite what IMDB says. Wonder if he and Doc Pomus ever discussed this? It is all coming back to me now. Malcolm McDowell was very proud of his performance in this.

given Lou's enthusiasm for binaural recording it's funny how shitty this album sounds (title track excepted)

Well he's also into expensive gimmicky high tech guitars and we know how those sound when he plays them.

yeah, it's weird -- most of it is live recordings w/ overdubs, right? then again, take no prisoners sounds great.

Throbbing Gristle were well into binaural recording about the same time, so, you know, we're not exactly talking Steely Dan here.

super-sloppy performances aside (and there are several of them on this) it's just funny how he used this *revolutionary recording technology* to make a bunch of apparently random and poor production choices. like if the virtues of binaural recording is that it replicates the experience of the listener being in the room with the band, the album decidedly does *not* sound like that given how things are mixed, punched in and out, etc.

this shit looks like it should be the cover of a peter gabriel album or something
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Dummyhead.jpg

This was the Manfred Whatsisname Artifical Head Recording thingummabob? Curiously, "Flowmotion" by Can used it too.

Manfred Schunke.

but yeah, i'm sure if you asked lou for his top 5 favorite recordings, 4 of them would be one-mic doo wop songs. state of the art.

This record sounds amazing you MONSTERS

haha, i mean, i love this record, but it is kind of bizarrely produced

https://cinefilesreviews.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/listen-to-me-marlon-documentary-2015-digital-brando-movie-review.png

this one's more like a late 80s pink floyd bootleg
http://www.realhd-audio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/binaural_head.jpg

"Little Sister" is fabulous. I love Lou's solo.

"Get Crazy"

(song is "My Baby Sister", played over the closing credits)

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 11:23 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've never actually seen it, it sounds amusingly bad

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 11:24 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sounds fantastic you mean...

Captain Cloud (the Turtles' Howard Kaylan) and the Rainbow Telegraph, Max Wolfe's favorite band, arriving in an aging bus that is painted à la the Merry Pranksters' Further.
Nada (Lori Eastside from Kid Creole and the Coconuts) and her 15-member band, an amalgam of many disparate styles of music that appeared on MTV in the early 1980s—part bubble-gum pop, part New Wave, part garage rock. They are joined by "Special Guest Star" Piggy (Lee Ving of the L.A. punk band Fear).
King Blues, the King of the Blues (Bill Henderson), a spoof of Muddy Waters.
Auden (Lou Reed), "metaphysical folk singer, event of the '70s, and antisocial recluse", a spoof of Bob Dylan. Auden, who initially complains of writer's block, is coaxed to appear thinking Max is close to death, but after blithely asking a taxi driver to take the "scenic route," he spends the majority of the movie on his cab ride, improvising lyrics for the song he intends to perform.
Reggie Wanker (Malcolm McDowell), "20 years of rock and roll and still on top", a spoof of Mick Jagger; featuring his drummer Toad played by John Densmore of The Doors. Wanker is beset by a general malaise, unable to fully enjoy his lavish situation of easily available women and drugs.

See for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrIRmMNi800

So I saw it years ago at the Walter Reade theater in Lincoln Center as part of what must have been a Malcolm McDowell retrospective. Malcolm was there (as was Jay Cocks) and did a Q&A. Hey look:
http://www.malcolmtribute.freeiz.com/getcrazy.html

Was there some sort of rule, unwritten or not, that a certain subset of movies made each year, especially those destined to be Midnight Movies, had to cast Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov?

Hold on, Lou Reed AND Mary Woronov were in it?

http://artillerymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Lou-Reed_woronov1.jpg

Yup. No Gerard Malanga though, if that's what you're after.

Was hoping for Ondine or Taylor Mead at the very least.

Forgot to add caption to this:
https://cinefilesreviews.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/listen-to-me-marlon-documentary-2015-digital-brando-movie-review.png
Butch? Listen to me Butch

Lol this is a hot take

Best thing he ever did, parts of Raven excepted.
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, March 21, 2003 3:46 PM (13 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but yeah, i'm sure if you asked lou for his top 5 favorite recordings, 4 of them would be one-mic doo wop songs. state of the art.

― tylerw, 26. maj 2016 22:15 (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

indeed: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/lou-reed-playlist/ (couldn't find original article with nice quotes)

that skeeter davis song is kinda the inspiration for who loves the sun, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjy3rr7J_yQ

Earlier link seems broken, but whole thing is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-w0z68nFzk

Maybe we should do a watch party/

It has a New Year's Eve theme so very timely.

https://makeminecriterion.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/get-crazy-allan-arkush-1983/

https://pleasekillme.com/lou-reed-allan-arkush/

Maybe I should start new thread or put on Rock rock rock rock Rock and roll high school

If only one of you watches it this year my posting here will not have been in vain.

It's got everything: hippies, punks, teen idols, Allen Garfield, Ed Begley, Jr., Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov. A lost Lou Reed song with Robert Quine on it, or so it seems!

Unless it's Lou soloing, either way.

uh hey James

Allan Arkush here- the Director of Get Crazy. I am happy to let you know that there will be a GET CRAZY BLU_RAY in early 2021. I am in the process of compiling the extras, since you are such a big fan, any thoughts? –aark✧✧✧@m✧✧.c✧✧

(from that Make Mine Criterion link, in the comments)

Ah, cool, thanks!

Just the Lou Reed scenes (albeit in shittier quality)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMEbY7vGRmE

Also his scenes from Blue in the Face (which I can't recommend, but it has its moments, particularly Jim Jarmusch's bit on smoking)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xduERw9BSns

Just looked at the personnel for Reggie’s band. Pretty interesting.

Love how the absolutely dead mic on Lou’s vocals gives the feeling of him in some shitty dimly lit studio at 3am trying to get it together. Such a nighttime album.