Lou Reed/Metallica Collabo Anticipation Thread

like a COMMMON STATE WORK-AH

more and more it's so great that this crazy record was Lou's final statement.
kind of surprised there haven't been more archival things released though -- I guess the VU reissue train keeps a rollin, but wouldn't mind if there were some expanded reissues. You know, The Complete Lulu Sessions (12 discs at least).

― tylerw, Wednesday, May 6, 2015 9:20 AM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah I actually think about this a lot, like compared to most iconic people, I love that guy who had a super sprawling illogical career went out with maybe his (2nd most) divisive album (though Metal Machine Music is kind of canonized in a way)...it's absolutely relentless and insane, really fucked in parts, really great in parts

so much better than some kind of "return to form" respectable record like the last Bowie record or some kind of horrible "guest stars" Santana bit...

Lou Reed's final record is one of the most visceral and alive records I've ever heard.

Warren Zeavon has The Wind.

all otm!

I think it's the liner notes to New York where Lou suggests you take in the album in one focused sitting and then it's kind of like a movie. Really applies to LULU too for me, remember when I got it on vinyl I had a couple of good nights with friends where we'd listen to it all the way through while drinking a case of beer - Junior Dad is such a fantastic emotional payoff when you've been through all the frustration and desire up till then.

I think the way this album depicts sex, perversion, numbness, frustration is real interesting - and Junior Dad is just so touching, I think it made me realize some stuff abt my relation to my dad.

[q]GQ: There's been some talk about how the song "Junior Dad" brought Kirk and James to tears. What do you remember about that moment?

Lou Reed: Not just them...

Lars Ulrich: All of us. My dad was down there during the moment that you're talking about, and it was shared by everybody.[q]

Love that anecdote

What I mostly do now is listen to Brandenburg Gate and The View, then Iced Honey and then finish off with Junior Dad

heh, I messed up the code

Didn't realize this was now on Spotify.

hmm I don't see it is it under "Loutallica" or smth?

https://open.spotify.com/album/3FgLMfp5o2h2rAny7S6h57?si=1JfozsajQRSw2RWEdyfT8g ?

no tracks where I am but looking forward to them being added!

I forgot about this so hard!

at last i can listen to lulu in its intended environment, my office

album still amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adyC404_gEk

the manic confusion... of looooooove

i beseech ya

i keep lulu close to my heart at all times

hetfield's voice is (deliberately, i guess) real rough throughout but i love that high note he hits at the end of "cheat on me"

if there's an LP signed by all of them, it would have to be one of the most valuable records around.

The Official Album Of The Darkest Timeline

supreme violation

The adolescent sense of the sky
The feeling of billowing heartbeats
The fingertips run through your hair
They run through your hair, hallucination, hallucination

I think I played Lulu twice.

I'm sure I've played both volumes of the ILX version, ooh...

Junior Dad has become one of my favorite songs

Ocean and Junior Dad and you can have the rest

psychic savagery

― ciderpress, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 12:28 PM (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Sorry. Didn't know where else to put this.

OMG

could go here imo

Far better than Lulu TBH.

a new planetary system