In Praise Of...Lou Reed "Take No Prisoners"

Bimble's right about this album. Probably my favorite versions of "Satellite of Love" and "Berlin." I did always think that Xgau/pronunciation line was a good one, though.

This record is totally dope and the band on it are awesome and tbh this and Metal Machine Music and the VU albums are all the Lou Reed I've ever needed.

lou reedchristgau is such a dick

responsible for the chuck eddys and the frank kogans of our time, r.i.p.

B-++

That's the second review I know of where he applauds an artist for pronouncing his name right (the other is for Sonic Youth's Kill Yr Idols). I wonder how many albums there are where his name is pronounced wrong. Hundreds? Two? None?

Listen to what he says about Xgau on "Walk On The Wild Side". That is classic.

XG's review, didn't it also say "Can you sue for being called a toe-fucker?" ?

HAHAHAAH I was trying to figure that out! I was like "what did he say? TOE-FUCKER? am I just drunk?" LOL

No, look, I just have to say...there are times when it's only Lou Reed that holds my soul together. Him, and ONLY him.

Maybe my favourite non-sequitur: "You ever put a quarter in those machines, man?
You know, like the bear that plays basketball?"

HAHAHAAH I was trying to figure that out! I was like "what did he say? TOE-FUCKER? am I just drunk?" LOL

No, Lou's drunk, not you

this is hilarious

man this is funny. I feel kinda sorry for his band but hey they were getting paid

I want to talk to that fcuking Reed man why did he throw a cup at his roadie

fuck radio ethiopia, this is radio brooklyn

what do I look like, Henny Youngman?

she gives good clerk

I do Lou Reed better than anybody, I thought I'd get in on it.

I know Einstein couldn't tie his shoe laces, but it's not like that

I'll sing when you shut the fuck up

I want to talk to that fcuking Reed man why did he throw a cup at his roadie

LOLz

One of the best stand-up albums ever. Or maybe it's a really raucous, vulgar proto-Laurie Anderson record.

*shrieking feedback*

is that annoying?

*more shrieking feedback*

LOL again, I thought he said "Isn't that annoying?"

i've always liked the groan of barely-concealed disgust one of the (presumably black?) backup singers emits during "i wanna be black" ...

Bimble otm about the weirdo version of Waiting For the Man tho, that is genuinely great.

in general the band is horrible tho, kinda get the feeling Lou hates them as much (if not more) than the audience

Most of this album I can live without, but "Satellite of Love" is epic.

You can really live without the version of "Street Hassle"?

Need a what?
Need a what?

"I need a boyfriend can't you hear?"

"The best lack all conviction
and the worst are filled with a passionate intensity
now you figure out where i am"

Lou Reed is my reason for living. Just saying.

I wrote a fairly pointless post about this album not too long ago. You can read it here.

Wow, thanks, Alex!

"they charge us for the towels here"

haha i just heard this again at friends house a couple weeks ago.

what an album!

I first heard this a few months ago when I was listening through the complete Lou oeuvre. This was a highlight amidst the dreariness of the landscapes of the other 70s albums.

"you ever put a quarter in, y'know, the wooden bear that plays basketball"

"like going to bed with a brontaurus man, it's outta style"

love this album

as good as any old Cosby album.

"it's not that we don't want to play your favorites, it's just that there's SO MANY to choose from"

haha, just put this on.
there should be a box set a la Live at the Plugged Nickel of this stuff. Liners from the reissue says every show (10 in all, 2 a night) was recorded.

"they charge us for the towels here"

hahahahahahaha oh man I haven't heard this in years.

here comes the condominium -- oh shit!

"pale blue eyes" is so weird on this -- I take it that weird droney sound is the "roland guitar synthesizer"?

sounds like one of those shitty children's air-pump organs

lol, during "waiting for the man" -- "you read too many movies ... "

I literally haven't heard this album in at least twenty years and still when I remember "here comes the condominium - oh, shit!" I can hear it down to the comma

"all the time he shows up late.."

"so do you, Lou!"

I remember hearing the "fuck Radio Ethiopia this is Radio Brooklyn" line way back in the past, but weirdly, I cannot remember hearing anything else from this album.

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/6761/bomp1979issue20january1.jpg

Great article just there btw

RELEASE THE TAPES!

yo the SECOND song on that '78 WFMU broadcast is the SECOND track i put on a mix a few days of "songs that sound like oh sweet nuthin" for that one thread

it's dion "your own back yard"

Cool.

I think John Cale's "The Jeweler" was played before that home tape was rolling, but haven't checked in a while.

Great article just there btw
That guy has some good stuff on his blog besides the two links posted here, including more Lou, like this one: https://damienlove.com/writing/through-the-ringer-lou-reeds-the-bells/

"Andre Previn!"
"Who?"
"He's French."

lol

Thread of missing Οὖτις

attn: lou-heads, i just started a bootleg Lou listening project today ... https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/619460181736161280/lou-reed-the-robinson-apartment-new-york-city