― Bimble... (Bimble...), Saturday, 19 March 2005 11:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 19 March 2005 11:09 (nineteen years ago) link
I heard the version of Waiting For My Man on the radio at like 3 am when I was 15 or 16. It made a real deep impression.
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Saturday, 19 March 2005 11:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Saturday, 19 March 2005 12:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave q (listerine), Saturday, 19 March 2005 16:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Saturday, 19 March 2005 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Maybe it's just me but I always hated this backing group, sounds like a Top 40 cover band with delusions of grandeur and blaringly bad arrangements, like Lou was taking pointers from the E Street Band or more likely just being arrongant and lazy. As a comedy album it's okay but I can't imagine listening to it more than once or twice. Not terrible, just sorta mediocre (like Growing Up In Public) and when it comes to Lou Reed I'll take the perversely fascinating failures like Berlin or The Bells (every couple years or so).
― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Saturday, 19 March 2005 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Saturday, 19 March 2005 17:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Saturday, 19 March 2005 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link
The others I own: Metal Machine Music and the one with Vicious and Wildside and that.
― mark grout (mark grout), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link
my main problem with the last few Reed albums is his voice. he warbles too much; wish he'd go back to the flat, even toned sopkenness of New York.
and the pretension is hard to take. here's my interpretation of Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson (they're a couple as I presume you know) at home on a Saturday afternoon.
Lou: You're a geniusLaurie: No, you're geniusLou: No baby, you're the geniusLaurie: No, YOU'RE a genius....
...on and on until infinity.
― shookout (shookout), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link
But it's not Lou, it's ACTORS! Steve Buscemi, et. al. So bad.
Anyway, back to Take No Prisoners...has a great version of Street Hassle.
― shookout (shookout), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Saturday, 19 March 2005 19:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Saturday, 19 March 2005 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― todd (todd), Saturday, 19 March 2005 23:21 (nineteen years ago) link
Saw him live a year or two ago w/Antony & Johnsons opening. I found it all rather underwhelming.
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Saturday, 19 March 2005 23:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Saturday, 19 March 2005 23:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 19 March 2005 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link
Well I'm not up on these things enough to be able to name names but I do recall Fernando, and a lady violinist, and this karate expert guy doing these karate moves while the band played. The Fernando singing wasn't so great, either. I agree. It was just weird. The whole thing seemed designed to take the focus off of Lou and put it on other people. I don't think Lou was in a very good mood, either.
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Sunday, 20 March 2005 00:18 (nineteen years ago) link
Heh. is Lou ever?
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 20 March 2005 00:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Sunday, 20 March 2005 00:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Halloween Spooky Party Hints! (Bimble...), Sunday, 18 December 2005 08:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Doi Doing! (Dada), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 12:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jeff K (jeff k), Friday, 18 August 2006 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Anyone heard the "Tiger In My Tank" song?
― A Cracker Jack On Crack (Bimble...), Saturday, 19 August 2006 03:27 (seventeen years ago) link
I wanna be black.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 28 June 2008 08:27 (fifteen years ago) link
There isn't much in the world that can happen to me in life where the version of "Waiting For My Man" from this album won't pull me out of the blues. I remember hearing that at 3AM in the dark on the radio when I was a teenager and I played it on my iPod just now as I walked outside. That shit has magical properties for me. It heals me on levels I can't explain. It is the ultimate go-to record for me when I'm down, only I don't tend to think of it as anywhere near the first thing to play in those moods. For those who haven't heard it, this is about 6 billion miles from the Velvet Underground version, we're not in Kansas anymore.
A recent girlfriend of mine pointed out to me that he & Laurie Anderson finally tied the knot in April.
― Bimble, Saturday, 12 July 2008 07:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Love Xgau's review:
Lou Reed Live: Take No Prisoners [Arista, 1978] Partly because your humble servant is attacked by name (along with John Rockwell) on what is essentially a comedy record, a few colleagues have rushed in with Don Rickles analogies, but that's not fair. Lenny Bruce is the obvious influence. Me, I don't play my greatest comedy albums, not even the real Lenny Bruce ones, as much as I do Rock n Roll Animal. I've heard Lou do two very different concerts during his Arista period that I'd love to check out again--Palladium November '76 and Bottom Line May '77. I'm sorry this isn't either. And I thank Lou for pronouncing my name right. C+
― Jazzbo, Saturday, 12 July 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha, OMG that's weak.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 12 July 2008 15:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I've got just about all the Reed albums up 'til the mid 80s, and this is one of his worst. Excruciating. So was it the drugs that stopped his ability to sing? He did a bit on Coney Island, and then that was about it.
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 12 July 2008 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
lou reed is such a dick
― Surmounter, Saturday, 12 July 2008 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
bahahaha
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 12 July 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
And I thank Lou for pronouncing my name right
This always confuses me: Doesn't Lou pronounce it "Crist-ow"? It's always sounded that way to me. But a coupla years ago Xgau did an open-question Q&A, and when I asked him if the "g" was silent, he said "no". Weird.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Sunday, 13 July 2008 09:32 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 13 July 2008 09:58 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Noodle Vague, Sunday, 13 July 2008 10:07 (fifteen years ago) link
lou reedchristgau is such a dick
― strgn, Sunday, 13 July 2008 10:14 (fifteen years ago) link
responsible for the chuck eddys and the frank kogans of our time, r.i.p.
― strgn, Sunday, 13 July 2008 10:15 (fifteen years ago) link
B-++
― strgn, Sunday, 13 July 2008 10:17 (fifteen years ago) link
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?
― dlp9001, Sunday, 13 July 2008 13:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Listen to what he says about Xgau on "Walk On The Wild Side". That is classic.
― The More You Live The Faster You Will Die (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 29 September 2008 07:21 (fifteen years ago) link
XG's review, didn't it also say "Can you sue for being called a toe-fucker?" ?
― Mark G, Monday, 29 September 2008 07:25 (fifteen years ago) link
HAHAHAAH I was trying to figure that out! I was like "what did he say? TOE-FUCKER? am I just drunk?" LOL
― The More You Live The Faster You Will Die (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 29 September 2008 07:27 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― The More You Live The Faster You Will Die (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 29 September 2008 07:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe my favourite non-sequitur: "You ever put a quarter in those machines, man?You know, like the bear that plays basketball?"
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 29 September 2008 08:43 (fifteen years ago) link
No, Lou's drunk, not you
― Tom D Gives You the Big Reassure (Tom D.), Monday, 29 September 2008 09:36 (fifteen years ago) link
this is hilarious
― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 29 September 2008 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Celebrate by insulting someone from Wyoming!
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
oh shit, here's that complete WPIX 1978 broadcast -- never heard it all before! GREAT LOU CONTENT. https://soundcloud.com/david-marin-7/lou-reed-w-joe-piasek-wpix-fm-interview-8-5-78
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
Wait with The Jeweler and all?
― Hang On To Your Evol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 19:03 (seven years ago) link
nah, this is a different, earlier WPIX broadcast. he plays sandy denny, of all thing!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
alt version of "street hassle" he plays is a good argument for aforementioned Take No Prisoners: Radio Brooklyn Expanded Edition box set
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
Hello?Yeah
― Hang On To Your Evol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
classic. with all the feeding back phones, they could've done an impromptu metal machine music.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
ooh will have to listen to this later
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
pretty amazing german language cover of "walk on the wild side" included
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
Yes, and all binaurally recorded!(xp)
― Hang On To Your Evol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
i like how lou perks up when the caller starts talking about binaural stereo setups.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:32 (seven years ago) link
Right, exactly.
If one of the callers had really known some obscure doo wop trivia that would have been a distant second
― Hang On To Your Evol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:40 (seven years ago) link
That was the other radio show, some young kid said how much he likednthatvstuff..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link
Christmas has come early.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 00:16 (seven years ago) link
Yeh
― Hang On To Your Evol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 00:44 (seven years ago) link
So "Lou Reed: Live" (aka R&R Animal Pt.2) isn't in the set?
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 01:40 (seven years ago) link
some have speculated that it is being folded into R&R Animal? which would make sense. no Live in Italy either, though that was always an import...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 14:03 (seven years ago) link
man Lou really liked "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
Me too. Guitar playing is pure Lou.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 15:43 (seven years ago) link
this radio recording sounds like it's ... kinda slow? Like the tape speed is not right? The Dion song and Gimme Gimme Good Lovin both sounded like they're slower/in a different key than they should be. (I'm just listening to this whole thing now).
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
i think the tape speed kinda wobbles a little bit throughout. xp it really is! though i wouldn't have really realized it til i heard him playing it on the WPIX shows.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
It's pretty much what I liked about "Gimme Gimme Some Good Times Good' Lovin'" the first time I heard it, which was not yesterday.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 15:48 (seven years ago) link
lol @ "I'm not a map"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
Yes! That was Lou at his most Louist.
― Hang On To Your Evol (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
Go write a bible
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 05:42 (seven years ago) link
Your mother, your father, your cocksucking brother, they don't mean shit to me
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 August 2017 23:05 (six years ago) link
We were driving around the other wknd and "Walk On the Wild Side" from this came up on the 'pod. At abt the 11 minute point my wife stopped and said "Wait, is he still playing the same song? Wait has even played the song? This has been going on for 11 minutes?"
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
Different album but https://damienlove.com/writing/babe-im-on-fire-the-making-of-lou-reeds-street-hassle/
Thanks to tipsy mothra for link
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 April 2018 01:18 (six years ago) link
no, sorry, lovebug coleman
I never said I was ept!
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 April 2018 01:27 (six years ago) link
HI DERE
― Bring Me The Binaural Heads Of Butch Firbanks (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
sorry we were late but we were just tuning
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
That’s pathetic
― Bring Me The Binaural Heads Of Butch Firbanks (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
It's an elecric fire, man, you plug it in...
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Saturday, 13 April 2019 14:16 (five years ago) link
https://damienlove.com/writing/im-set-free-the-making-of-lou-reeds-take-no-prisoners-an-oral-history/
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 00:11 (four years ago) link
I'd like to send this one out to Lou and Rachel, and all the kids at P.S. 192.
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 May 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
you're almost as boring as you look, thanks
― budo jeru, Friday, 22 May 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
Great article just there btw
― Mark G, Friday, 22 May 2020 07:39 (three years ago) link
RELEASE THE TAPES!
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 22 May 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
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"
― budo jeru, Friday, 22 May 2020 14:07 (three years ago) link
Cool.
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 May 2020 14:14 (three years ago) link
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 btwThat 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/
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 May 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
"Andre Previn!""Who?""He's French."
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Friday, 29 May 2020 15:42 (three years ago) link
lol
― Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 May 2020 15:43 (three years ago) link
Thread of missing Οὖτις
― Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 May 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
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
― tylerw, Friday, 29 May 2020 22:53 (three years ago) link