Search And Destroy: Lou Reed

Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow
Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow

xposts to kate

hermes’ critical distance is a bit disconcerting at times, esp wrt Rachel and the way she is tuned in and out of the story like a low-frequency radio station… but i think, me personally, that his choice to avoid speculation is maybe more uh, respectful somehow.
like i do want the color added but not by hermes, someone better equipped to read between those lines idk someone queer etc etc

though it def does feel cold, when she drops from the story because lou stops talking abt her. it is very much that thing of her only existing when lou chooses to See her which sucks when you stare down the weight of that (and obv a crappy under-acknowledged reality for a lot of queer/trans ppl)

(but also i think the book is better than that new yorker review allows but that is just me lol)

There's a "more disturbing" version of "The Gun" that's been talked about over many years

have never heard about this -- have you got a link to something about it?

From the liner notes for the Between Thought and Expression box set:

On "The Gun" Lou once again takes on the persona of the criminally insane. The effect is chilling. "We had a version of 'The Gun' that was even worse than the one on the album but we all agreed that it went way too far, that none of us would ever listen to it. It just went too far, it went over the line. There was no reason to do that."
The band's performance on the version Lou is referring to is not all that different from what eventually appeared on record. What did go "too far" was Lou's character playing as a couple of improvised lyric lines are so violent as to make the stomach recoil.

in other news the Jokermen podcast 2-parter on Songs For Drella is so gooood, exactly the nerdy indepth exegesis i needed

Ooooh they're takin' her kids away!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVcHLZ4B1mY