But you haven't lived until you've heard the alternate version of "Coney Island Baby" the title track. You have not even begun to live.
― Dracula Tells Superman What To Do (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 12 October 2008 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Ooooo baby ooo baby oooooo baby oooooooooo baby ooooo baby ooooooooooooo shake yo bunz now mama
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 12 October 2008 01:49 (fifteen years ago) link
"Nowhere At All" makes me feel like a little kid just discovering the Beatles for the first time.
― Dracula Tells Superman What To Do (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 12 October 2008 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
CHARLEY'S GIRL = astonishing that this has never been used in a wes anderson movie so far.
― piscesx, Monday, 13 October 2008 00:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay who has heard the bonus tracks, though? Seriously?
― Hot Pants Floyd (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 13 October 2008 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Because once you hear the bonus tracks, you will never be the same.
― Hot Pants Floyd (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 13 October 2008 11:04 (fifteen years ago) link
alright already, you sold me; i'll be getting the remaster sometime in the near future. sheesh... who's next?
― "I'ma lose my religion and go secular on you, boy" (Ioannis), Monday, 13 October 2008 11:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I couldn't find the bonus tracks/reissue version posted anywhere - and I am not buying another copy of this album just to hear them.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
this album's great -- and the bonus tracks are worth hearing (dougie yule's on some of them!). i wrote about this reissue (along with cale's paris 1919 reish) here: http://www.junkmedia.org/index.php?i=1959
― tylerw, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Where has this album been all my life?― Bimble, Thursday, October 2, 2008 2:31 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Bimble, Thursday, October 2, 2008 2:31 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link
the guitars all over this album reminds me of the shit on the title track of l'homme a tete de chou
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
(u still need the reissue versh, shakey mo? i found it somewhere)
― willem, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
link?
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
ilm mail works?
― willem, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
sure - many thanks!!!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
hey can you hook me up too
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
This has some of Reed's best vocals. I like how he's not in the cool, bad ass hipster mode, but just being Lou.
I need to hear those bonus tracks.
― leavethecapital, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
whoah some of these bonus tracks are clearly proto-Street Hassle in sound/delivery. Doesn't work so well on "She's My Best Friend", but "Leave Me Alone" is great!! "Downtown Dirt" too. Can't decide if the alt. versino of title track is better than the official one or not - some sweet stuff here, muchas gracias!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
lolz this review is great
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
You can play on my team any day, Lou.
"Keep the fuck away from my ass, Lou."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
When I die, please bury some talisman of Lou Reed with me. Just some symbol of him, anything. A tiny shred of his album cover, anything. When I die, he's going to be there, man. He's gonna wave to me and smile, and I'll know my life wasn't in vain.
― you could call it a "fan" club but a man I can only be a "fan" of a hot (Bimble), Saturday, 7 February 2009 08:05 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^
holy shit
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
aw. poor bim. this album sounded rilly good to me recently. felt like an old friend i hadn't seen in a long time.
― scott seward, Thursday, 20 May 2010 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Coney Island Baby is probably (at least sometimes) my favorite Lou solo album. And now it means just a little bit more.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 20 May 2010 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Lou is gonna be King Neptune and Laurie Anderson Queen Mermaid in the 2010 Coney Island Mermaid parade
http://www.coneyisland.com/mermaid.shtml
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 May 2010 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
The Coney Island Parade King and Queen, Lou and Laurie look so cute in the photo...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 May 2010 12:54 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, this is the best Lou Reed solo album, in my opinion.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
lol at King Neptune Lou Reed.
Anderson looks adorable. Lou looks like poached salmon.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 May 2010 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
He is Neptune after all
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 May 2010 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
even after all these years, they still seem like a weird couple. when are they going to do a reality show. "I Love Lou"?
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 00:43 (16 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is too much.
RIP Bimble.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Its always a tough choice for me, but Coney Island Baby is steady in there for my favorite Lou Reed platter. I'm also a supporter of Street Hassle, Sally Can't Dance, the Blue Mask, Berlin, and New York. Depends on my mood I guess. I can also say that I actually LIKE Metal Machine Music. Speaking of Lou & Laurie, their recording with John Zorn is absolutely great, unlike the grande snoozefest that is Lou's recent ambient tribute to a river.
― ImprovSpirit, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
haha waht
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Lou's recent ambient tribute to a river
seriously, haven't heard word one about this
it was like music he used for tai chi iirc
― in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
He sang Laurie Anderson to sleep by imitating a flowing river.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
you know you want ithttp://images.uulyrics.com/cover/l/lou-reed/album-hudson-river-wind-meditations.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
That font is so 1998.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
the album's ok. if it was a stars of the lid record or something, people on ILX would be all over it.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I heard a great Lou radio interview recently. Mostly about his photography, but he spent a loooooong time talking very seriously about how he just got some special shoes that simulate being barefoot. Totally the kind of conversation I find myself in within 3 minutes of meeting a friend of my mom's. Kinda made you realize how dude is pushing 70 hard.
― Brio, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
he spent a loooooong time talking very seriously about how he just got some special shoes that simulate being barefoot
http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Urban-Archaeology/March-2010/The-Next-Horrible-Shoe-Fad/vibram-fivefingers-classic-shoes.jpg
???
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
those look damn comfy.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
omg lou reed is almost 70...that's so scary
― iatee, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Really? I thought he'd be older!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
please let him start wearing those shoes onstage
― in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
if he's 70, that makes him 27 when VU & Nico comes out - seems about right doesn't it? Maybe a couple of years older and they figure 70's a fair enough cheat
― in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
he was born in '42
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.loureed.com/new/news/imgs/kungfu.jpg
― Brio, Thursday, 20 May 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
the secret of hung men
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i wanna play football for the coach
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 1 August 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
Actually I was a pole vaulter.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 August 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
I went out of the sectionals at 8' 6''... that's pathetic!
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 1 August 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
^this
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 August 2021 22:23 (two years ago) link
Loving his “Foux du Fafa” nasalization near the end.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 August 2021 23:04 (two years ago) link
About a minute before the end
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 August 2021 23:09 (two years ago) link
something like a circus or a sewer
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 October 2021 04:33 (two years ago) link
Never knew Bob Kulick’s name until just now. RIP a year and a half late, Bob.
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 October 2021 04:42 (two years ago) link
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2012/11/a-look-at-the-poems-of-louis-reed-in-an-old-issue-of-the-harvard-advocate
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 October 2021 04:48 (two years ago) link
https://blog.theharvardadvocate.com/blog/post/2012-11-13-from-the-archives-lou-reed-the-velvet-u/
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 October 2021 04:49 (two years ago) link
Can’t remember if I wondered yet on this thread about which version of “The Glory of Love” Lou was referring to, always thought it must be this one, which also seems to be referred to by his arch-frenemy and erstwhile label mate Frank Zappa:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-prFT-eLxY
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 October 2021 04:53 (two years ago) link
HI DERE
― Fine, Fine, Superfine Career Opportunities (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 October 2021 04:57 (two years ago) link
a little too lightweight to play linebacker
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Thursday, 31 March 2022 23:51 (two years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOz5Dv1WQAUqOWa?format=png&name=small
― tylerw, Friday, 1 April 2022 17:25 (two years ago) link
Nothing says "Rock'n'Roll Animal" like a tuxedo t-shirt and a free hot dog.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 April 2022 17:47 (two years ago) link
I do wish Coney Island Baby had better/different cover art.
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Friday, 1 April 2022 17:48 (two years ago) link
There are other shots from the Mick Rock photo session that I think would have been better, but I like how on the actual cover shot Reed looks simultaneously 20 and 90 years old.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 1 April 2022 18:14 (two years ago) link
the bad cover is pretty perfect
― Bongo Jongus, Friday, 1 April 2022 18:16 (two years ago) link
I like the ones that Reed described as "look(ing) like an android, programmed to assassinate", but the carnival barker shot fits the mood of the album better.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 1 April 2022 18:19 (two years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/474x/22/a9/fc/22a9fc9a5fe2dd051e4e0d2f7b9b0872--source-of-inspiration-private-life.jpg
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 10 April 2022 23:40 (two years ago) link
^You’d like to send this one out to them, right?
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 April 2022 23:46 (two years ago) link
Well, yeah.
Actually I just picked up another used vinyl copy of this album to replace my already pretty tapped out $1 garage sale one, and found that shot while trying to find a pic of the former's back cover, which is one of those budget versions that's different from the original in kind of a dumb way.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 11 April 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
My new used copy used to belong to this radio station, which apparently has gone under a format change since then:
https://www.radiolineup.com/stations/WPRG-FM
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 11 April 2022 00:05 (two years ago) link
I feel like its pretty clearly a joel grey reference
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 11 April 2022 04:16 (two years ago) link
I’d like to send this one out to HOOS and Jor-El.
― Jimmy Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne Mary-Anne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 14 June 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
"your old man was the B&E man down on the street'
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 18 January 2024 14:48 (three months ago) link