Lou Reed/Metallica Collabo Anticipation Thread

This sounds like a really pro version of Reynols.

Ha.

From Ben Greenman's (mostly) positive review in the New Yorker: "'Brandenberg Gate' opens the album with an acoustic guitar, not typical for a Metallica record."

Oh, really? I get the snide zing, but has he not heard "Master of Puppets" or "Ride the Lightning?"

No kidding. How many Beatles records start with an acoustic guitar?

How many records of any kind? Ever since Don Everly started doing it, people have never looked back.

This review is harsh:

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/velez/lou-reed-and-metallica-11-4-11.asp

Metal Machine Music was just a warm up to this misunderstood masterpiece.

Also we should talk about the rampant ageism in the negative reviews.

Also also, we should talk about how in 30 or 40 years this will probably be played in malls.

Also we should talk about the rampant ageism in the negative reviews.

rockists hate old people film at 11

I thought rockists loved old fogey rock.

you're thinking of old Fogerty rock

the way some reviewers are acting like lou reed is doing this to be popular is fucking ridiculous, lou does w/e the fuck he wants.

"ah yeah doing a 20 minute drone dirge called jr dad with metallica, kids will eat this up!"

David Keenan in this month's Wire:

Metallica's unrelenting sledgehammer style works as the perfect complement to Reed's vision of compassionless love, with monolithic chords deployed with almost surgical precision while he dissects relationships of masochism and power. Although the focus will inevitably be on the instrumental side of the album, it's Reed's remarkable vocal performance that is the true centre of gravity...

Tempted to call him out for trolling but maybe he just really likes it?

"remarkable vocal performance"

Worth bearing in mind that Keenan has actually played drums for Jandek. I don't think he's trolling.

Reed's vision of compassionless love

um passionateless

two year old daughter just came in to my office while I was playing "pumping blood".

her: "what is this"
me: "loutallica!"
her: "i do not like it"

worst day of my life tbh

<3 <3 <3

scared for the post-Lulu generation

haha i was thinking of listening to it in front of my lil' one but i couldn't do it

also i noticed on "dragon", when lou says "you're vulva and everything on it" kinda sounds like he's ordering a chicago dog

lol! "your vulva -- on a poppy seed bun!"

yeah i don't think i'll just have this album playing around the house. my wife would kill me for one thing.

here's a question -- is the narrative of Lulu out of order? Like "Pumping Blood" depicts Lulu's death at the hands of Jack The Ripper, right? Should it be last? When the Lulu rock opera hits Broadway, will the songs be performed in a different order?

http://read.mtvhive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lou.reed_.coffee.7.jpg
http://read.mtvhive.com/2011/11/07/lou-reed-terrorizes-a-starbucks-tweet-illustration/

Just remembered - these dobbers are on Jools Holland tonight!

please let them do "junior dad," jools!

I will watch, if only to savour Jools Holland's look of utter bemusement. Hope they join in the boogie woogie jam at the start!

wow actually sounding really good!

so "Iced Honey" was excellent, well done Loutallica, I take back my earlier snark.

Oh shit, did I miss it already?

yep, think they're probably doing the closing number too. Currently a brass band raping Eurythmics, which in a way is a bit like Lulu, when you think about it.

Can't believe I was taking an old man nap while the 80-year old Lou Reed was blowing up the solar system on Jools.

A new planetary system was formed in your dreamscape, H.P. Lovecraft-style.

can't see an 18min track being allowed to eat into Newsnight, sadly. Second time Jools has called Loutallica "unique".

HOLY BALLS, WTF IS THIS???

some old bullshit

writing letters of complaint to Lu, Lars, the Beeb, the PM, the Pope etc.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH WHITE LIGHT!

srsly?

White Light/White Heat hung, drawn and quartered Loutallica style.

yeah they did that one at the r&r hall of fame thing that started this whole crizazy ride.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Miut8CfGno

Wow, that might be worse than "Sweet Jane"

That youtube is about possibly only one-fiftieth as mental as what this nation just witnessed tbh.

In that sentence, I want to destroy "possibly"

can someone get this on youtube asap thx

if this song wasn't killed by bowie, frampton and charlie sexton on the glass spider, it cannot be killed

glass spider TOUR

had a beautiful mental image before you said that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rNpWwHcY3g

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