Lou Reed/Metallica Collabo Anticipation Thread

Of course, all the "Inc." puns would still work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXgbN81zNG8

this was more productive than I thought it would be.

guys lets stop wasting time talking about these other bands/artists who were obviously not the best band Lou Reed could possibly find on the planet.

This has come into the world pure.

I dunno, kinda think you're stopping a least a dozen more comedy ILX compilations in their tracks with that kind of talk.

What about, LOU REED KRAYOLA?

STEAMY RAY VAUGHN

oh god

I have a feeling these dudes could totally scrap whatever it is they've been working on for the past weeks/months, record an hour of material tonight, and have that quickly turned out material be better than what they were planning to release.

"Big Dog" and "Senior Dad" are being saved for Lumixes

If Amazon is any indication, there's going to be a Lulu 4LP Version VINYL Box set. Holy smokes!

I have a feeling these dudes could totally scrap whatever it is they've been working on for the past weeks/months, record an hour of material tonight, and have that quickly turned out material be better than what they were planning to release.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

just read the Mojo article last night, and interesting you say that, because from the article is sounds like that's not far off from what it was...metallica dudes seemed kinda shocked by lou, they would essentially read lyrics and listen to his demos and stuff, makes something up on the spot, play it through in what they thought was just a first run...then Lou would be like "Ok sounds great, move on to the next one"...Hetfield made some comment like "lou said it was done, if this were a metallica session we'd still be working on drum sounds for another few hours"

the whole article is a really strange read...i hope someone else reads it because last night i swear it seemed to me that, in one part, lou was kinda strongly intimating that he still did cocaine, but i'm not sure

Clearly he was on something to think this collaboration was a good idea.

i hope someone else reads it because last night i swear it seemed to me that, in one part, lou was kinda strongly intimating that he still did cocaine, but i'm not sure

if i was going to add any additional element to the already thunderous equation of metallica + lou reed, i would add cocaine

maybe we can verify this by consulting the album's track running times

Clearly he was on something to think this collaboration was a good idea.

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, September 16, 2011 10:29 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

josh i'm getting the vibe that you might still be living in the realms of reality of a very outdated planetary system man....

you need to come into this thread pure

srsly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGXMPvE1Hd4

is the Mojo article online anywhere?

i was trying not to think of this seriously, but then just the idea of metallica being recorded to reed's exacting muso audiophile standards...

LR: "See? I've got all my strings tuned to D. It's called Ostrich Tuning."
JH: "You shittin' me, Lou?"

OMG Metallica doing "Do the Ostrich"

LR: "See? I've got all my strings tuned to D. It's called Ostrich Tuning."
JH: [Weeps]

"But wait a minute, man! If we tune all our guitar strings to D then won't that date us to this particular moment? When everyone was tuning their strings to D?"*

*Me paraphrasing Kirk in "Some Kind of Monster" when he objects to the notion of no guitar solos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XWuHoUryE8&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CiYwZbqgcw&feature=related

poor kirk

He's so sweet.

that clip is so great, because it could be any teenage garage band in the world. but it's metallica.

The notes in between are fucking with me.

imo you aren't allowed in the ILX JUNIOR DADS CLUB

oops that got cut off

imo you aren't allowed in the ILX JUNIOR DADS CLUB until you've

1) watched all of Some Kind Of Monster
2) Listened to all of Metal Machine Music

3) At the same time! They sync, you know.

4) Membership Cards

someone whip up an isignia

―  (gr8080), Thursday, September 15, 2011 12:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5172696A5EL.jpg

disturbing

O if that were the album cover.

imo you aren't allowed in the ILX JUNIOR DADS CLUB until you've

1) watched all of Some Kind Of Monster
2) Listened to all of Metal Machine Music

―  (gr8080), Friday, September 16, 2011 7:05 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

3) At the same time! They sync, you know.

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, September 16, 2011 7:09 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark

<3 yall 4 this

fuck why is says-it.com's official seal maker page down :----(

http://www.says-it.com/

this guy does not get it

Lou Reed Is Out of His Goddamned Mind
by Jacob Sprecher

Have you heard about this, Ed? Did you know about this? Lou Reed and Metallica just announced the full tracklist for Lulu, aka what is sure to be one of the worst collaborations in the history of rock music. If the above information is entirely new, all you really need to know is that Reed and Metallica are in cahoots, and that the forthcoming 10-song effort will include a 19-and-a-half minute closer entitled “Junior Dad.” Oh, and there’s also two songs that clock in at 11 minutes (“Cheat On Me” and “Dragon”).

So let me beg the question: When exactly did Lou Reed officially crack his curly headed nut? Jesus Christ. This whole thing stinks worse than Chickenfoot. And by that I mean no press outlet worth half a bumblebee nickel ever took that schlocky supergroup seriously. But with the unfounded wealth of legitimate rock ‘n’ roll cred that both Reed and Metallica accumulated in their respective heydays, the Rolling Stone’s and Z-Rocks of the world are going to slurp this shit up like runny ice cream, and it’s already making me ill. I mean come on! Lou Reed and Metallica?? Did you see their ridiculous Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame performance of “Sweet Jane”? It was a goddamn butt-rock extravaganza! And it’s not even that I expect Lulu to be butthole-ish; on the contrary. With the length of the tracks listed above, I expect a full dose of masturbatory crap from an artist and band that seem completely incapable of riding off into the sunset.

But in many ways, this pairing is a perfect fit. On the one hand you’ve got Lou Reed, father of the Velvet Underground, the most influential rock ‘n’ roll outfit to ever exist outside the mainstream. Reed’s solo career flourished throughout the 70s (Transformer, Berlin, Metal Machine Music, Coney Island Baby), even through the misses (Sally Can’t Dance, Rock and Roll Heart), and maintained bits of magic as late as 1990 (Songs For Drella). But the past 20 years have seen both fans and critics alike shun most everything Reed has put forth, be it conceptualizing Edgar Allen Poe or leaping into the world of meditation/relaxation. And that’s not to say old Lou should simply hang up the sneakers; it’s his life, he can do what he wants, and he will. But Metallica? This is how he decides to comeback into the national spotlight? With a band that operates more as a punchline than a group of respected musicians at this point?

Of course Metallica are deserved legends in their own right, pioneering thrash and metal at large, yada, yada, we all know the story. But we also know that they’ve sucked for 20 straight years, along the way denigrating their professional reputation to the highest status of greed-driven, egomaniacal rockstars. Which is of course perfect for Reed, who’s always been a megalomaniac, and continues as such to to this day. I’m actually surprised they managed to keep his mug off the cover, as Reed’s face has graced the front of literally every single solo album he’s ever released with the exception of his two namesakes, Lou Reed and Lou Reed’s Inner Spaces. But he obviously needed some sort of personal bump, as they dubbed the fucking thing Lulu.

So we can see, by comparison of career path and ego, that it does makes sense that these two would link up. But beyond that it’s totally insane. There’s never been anything about Lou Reed’s music that screamed Metallica (and don’t say Metal Machine Music–that’s an entirely separate trip), and there’s never been anything about Metallica that’s screamed Lou Reed. Stylistically speaking, the pairing is completely arbitrary. And I’m sure in some deranged circles, people would shout, “Say hey! What about Public Enemy and Anthrax, Run DMC and Aerosmith?” Well, I hate to break it, but this ain’t the rock-hop merger of ‘86. This is a merger of no value to musically exclusive styles. It is again, quite simply, masturbatory. It’s a bunch aging stars looking for a way to stay relevant, who in the process will further sacrifice their already diminished contemporary notoriety. Fuck it, I guess. Their lives, their legacies. Nobody’s gonna remember in five years anyway.

Tyler as you are secretary treasurer, would you please remove him from the ILX Junior Dads Club xmas card list?

Seriously though, how much of a killjoy do you have to be to not at least be tripped or that this thing exists?

I mean, the whole ” tarnish the legacy” stuff is such crap, those records exist and will always exist and be touchstones, for both lou and metallica. They don't owe anyone anything

it's basically a gift. a weird, wonderful gift.

Lars Ulrich had reached his limit.

lol

I hate to break it, but this ain’t the rock-hop merger of ‘86.

shut the fuck up big hoos aka the steendriver

curly-headed nut

this is not your mom and pop's wild but successful genre fusion

not the planetary system your mom n pop created