A shirtless Lou Reed down a long dark hallway, in black and white, doing tai chi. 3D.
― da croupier, Saturday, 22 October 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
i'm seriously convinced that if james hetfield didn't sing a note on lulu it would be at least 10 times better than it is.
― charlie h, Sunday, 23 October 2011 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
gtfo w/ that
maaaaybe on cheat on me and iced honey, but:
SMAAAAAAL TOOOWN GIIIIRLLLL
I AM THE ROOT
???
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 23 October 2011 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry all, but "Junior Dad" is as good as anything Lou Reed (or anybody, to use his words) has ever done. Tightly sums up the heavy emotion behind the generational battle (disguised as the recession/OWS/whatever) going on right now. Totally vital and necessary poetry and music. A few of the details hit so close to home I can't really express it without crying. Not a joke.
― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:58 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark
lol
― The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 23 October 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
If it works, it works!
― waylon flowers and muammar gaddafi (Eazy), Sunday, 23 October 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
fave review so farFUCK THIS PIECE OF SHIT. Metallica go back to your old ways, lou reed is fucking terrible and is ruining your vibe, your already the best band in the world and your gonna let this sack of shit ruin what you have ? My band Anesthesia can whip up better song than this lulu piece of shit with a stupid ass title, and WE DONT EVEN HAVE A DRUM SET. It sounds like an amature is playing on drums, kirk can make 1000000000000 times better riffs and solos better than this bitch lou reed. he should be in a hospital bed being medicated. james doesnt even sing and even though lou reed has been around more and sucks major dick, James Hetfield already surpassed him ! This ''project'' is shit. Lou reed wants the attention because he did something with the best band in the world, he has to get his ass, his voice that sounds like his throat was ran over by a train, and his no skilled ass, to a nursing home. my grandma can sing better than him AND SHE HAS THROAT CANCER. Metallica your better than this. FIX IT PLEASE. Let this old bitch know who's the heaviest metal band on earth.
― tylerw, Monday, 24 October 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
in other news, i guess i didn't win that contest where they'd fly me to NYC for an exclulusive listening party... the greatest disappointment.
― tylerw, Monday, 24 October 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
A protest
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 October 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
who is danko jones?
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 24 October 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
Mike's quiet younger brother
― do not wake the dragon (DJP), Monday, 24 October 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
Big as Wilco in Canada.
― your way better (Eazy), Monday, 24 October 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
erhttp://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/lou-reed-and-metallica-on-the-making-of-lulu-20111025
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
there's something very Christopher Guest about the slow zooming in and out on the framed art
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
is fluxblogggg the ed in chief of rolling stone now?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
He gets a lot of interviews.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
"Hetfield and I …"
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/300033_155996634497203_112801092150091_247613_1890950338_n.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
lolololol
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
lock thread
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
Lock life, really.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like lou reed deserves a medal of honor just for making that photo happen. thank you, lou. the best thing done by anyone ever.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
Omfg this has been such a great chapter in my life
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
So uh yeah, finally heard the whole thing and "Junior Dad" is actually not that bad. Not sure whether this is because it's the least Metallica-like thing here or because Lou finally stopped rambling like an unhinged maniac. Maybe both. Agree with everyone upthread who said the album would have been boatloads better if James had just shut the fuck up throughout. But then again it probably would have also been better if Lou had shut the fuck up about half the time, too, so.
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
20 years from now it'll be critically correct to love this record, just like with Berlin and Metal Machine Music. Lou's just decades ahead of the critics. Again.
― thirdalternative, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
Klosterman's review convinced me of this:
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7146312/lou-reed-metallica-album
― thirdalternative, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
wow
― An Outcast From Time's Feast (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
haha that is an amazing review
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
I want Klos to review us now
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 (twelve years ago) link
xpost -- yeah I was disappointed at no mention.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
Not me. Don't think ILX falls into his realm of expertise or insight.
― An Outcast From Time's Feast (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
The reason Lulu is so terrible is because the people making this music clearly don't care if anyone else enjoys it. Now, here again — if viewed in a vacuum — that sentiment is admirable and important. But we don't live in a vacuum. We live on Earth. And that means we have to accept the real-life consequences of a culture in which recorded music no longer has monetary value, and one of those consequences is Lulu.
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
So there were no bad collabos back in the glory days of the record companies?
― An Outcast From Time's Feast (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
I will happily "stan" for Chinese Democracy. As I've said before, it's a J-pop record with the Guns N' Roses name slapped on it. Wipe Axl Rose's vocals and replace him with Ayumi Hamasaki and you've got the exact same album. It won't surprise me a bit if Lulu becomes an object of critical worship 20 years from now. Look at the way people talk about the Velvet Underground today.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
these ten storieeeeees
― markers, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
Eventually there will be a triumphant full-staging of Lulu at BAM.
― thirdalternative, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Apocalyptiloutallica
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
it will be revived at (wait for it....) LULUPALOOZA
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
All these kids around the world are going to learn improper English from growing up on this.
"I am looking for buy an active hotel."
― your way better (Eazy), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
It is entertaining watching the metalheads on Blabbermouth, etc., completely losing their shit. I sometimes forget how personally they take music. PS I love metal but we have an open relationship.
― thirdalternative, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
Would like to know what Antony thinks of Lulu
― da croupier, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
If the Red Hot Chili Peppers acoustically covered the 12 worst Primus songs for Starbucks, it would still be (slightly) better than this. "Loutallica" makes SuperHeavy seem like Big Star.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
Had no idea Klosterman still wrote.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
If you call it that
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I;m not sure.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
almost 13 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0rTaghP1nQ
― markers, Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
the hardest power-rock you can come up with
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
lol rob trujillo is like whatever
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
"The band’s now looking for a director with the stones to direct a Metallica-style feature." I read this as the (Rolling) Stones - whoa!
"he has to get his ass, his voice that sounds like his throat was ran over by a train, and his no skilled ass, to a nursing home." genuine lol!
Lou in youtube above looks/sounds like he's on heavy meds, prescribed or otherwise.
― stooping as low to include electronic blips and bloops (superflyguy), Thursday, 27 October 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
I agree with Lars. Lou Reed is definitely a solo version of Metallica.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 27 October 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link