The unlikely musical pairing has teamed up for the. Lulu with lou reed is a heavy metal music album recording by metallica released in 2011 on cd, lpvinyl andor cassette. Metallica may receive collaborative billing, and reed has made canny use of the bands skill set, but its clear after the first ten minutes that he is the auteur on this project, and most metallica fans are going to be awfully puzzled by lulu. Especially while a member of the the velvet underground in the 1960s, reed broke new ground for the rock genre in several important dimensions, introducing more mature and intellectual themes to what was then considered a largely simplistic genre of music. A concept album, berlin tells the story of a couples struggle with drug addiction and abuse. Music video by lou reed performing walk on the wild side audio. C 1973 rca records a division of sony music entertainment.
In its original form, it features five songs, four of which were initially recorded by the velvet underground. This album sounds like metallica and vic reeves aka pub singer. Im so pleased i managed to play some samples before i purchased. Lou reed doesnt just write about squalid characters, he allows them to leer and breathe in their own voices, and he colors familiar landscapes through their own eyes. It is inspired by german expressionist writer frank wedekinds plays earth spirit and pandoras box, which tell the story of a young abused dancers life and relationships, and are now collectively known as the lulu plays. I am a chorus of the voices that gather up the magnets set before me i attract you and repel you a science of the heart and blood and meaning the coldness of most beauties is a challenge that our youth must quickly conquer there is no time for guilt or second guessing, second guessing based on feeling i am the truth, the beauty that causes you to cross your sacred boundaries i have no morals. George thorogood one bourbon, one scotch, one beer 751984 capitol theatre official duration. Then again, reeds fans may be scratching their heads, too lulu is a purposefully difficult album, one. Reed presents his photographs as a collection of photography. Reed also released 5 video albums and 11 music videos. Iggy pop an eloquent account of a harrowing life transformed by love in the end. The view, a song by lou reed, metallica on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Lou reed performing at the arlene schnitzer concert hall in portland, oregon. After that performance, the two entities began kicking around the idea of making a record together, but.
Lou reed, velvet underground leader and rock pioneer, dead at. At least lou reed and metallica arent fooling you, but the view is still a terrible single and track compositionwise not conceptually because it ties together later into the lp. The album is the final fulllength studio recording project that reed was involved in before his death in october 20. Excellent overview of lou reed s solo career and several tracks from his career with the velvet underground. I think metallica, and lou reed in this case, has made that clear. This is lou reed transformer by juan pedro soriano on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. Lou reed and metallica lulu lyrics and tracklist genius. Lou reed and metallicas collaborative album based on german playwright frank wedekinds plays about a socialclimberturnedprostitute has been preemptively. He was the rhythmlead guitarist, singer and principal songwriter for the rock band the velvet underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. Sign in to get statistics for your attended concerts.
Nov 15, 20 music video by lou reed performing sweet jane. If they were looking for songs, songs that were melodic, unifying, and had their lyrics in the right spots, it makes you question why they recorded it. It was released on october 31, 2011 by warner bros. Lou reed is the guy that gave dignity and poetry and rock n roll to smack, speed, homosexuality, sadomasochism, murder, misogyny, stumblebum passivity, and suicide, wrote bangs, a dedicated. All songs 2011 lou reed music bmicreeping death music ascap.
The project was revealed to be a collaboration with lou reed once the recording of the album had been completed in june 2011. Between rock and an art space at the boston universitys photographic resource center. I have just modified 2 external links on lulu lou reed and metallica album. This is unnecessary to you, but not to me, perhaps not for others, and maybe not for lou reed and metallica. As a solo artist, reed continued to push boundaries metal. Lou reed biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. The group soon became a part of andy warhols factory scene, which housed a great number of the most freaked and experimental artists at the time.
The conception of the collaboration project began in 2009 when both metallica and lou reed performed at the rock and roll hall of fames 25th anniversary concert. Overall i would say this record is really, really, fucked up beyond all recognition and still to this very day i will never understand why exactly these two. Rock n roll animal is a live album by american musician lou reed, released in february 1974 by rca records. My sister says that if youre feeling depressed, do not listen to this as you will likely commit suicide. A promotional video for lou reed and metallicas 2011 single the view. In the process, reed has created a body of music that comes as close to disclosing the parameters of human loss and recovery as were likely to find. The cause of his death has not yet been released, but reed. Lou reed born march 2, 1942 in brooklyn, new york, usa died october 27, 20, southampton, new york, usa was an american rock musician, songwriter and photographer. The guy who spent years doing blow off the backs of hookers and a vast array of trannies with fellow nutcase andy warhol should not be criticized anymore for poor decision making. Berlin is the third solo studio album by american musician lou reed, released in july 1973 by rca records. Anderson may overlap with howard sounes, the author of the controversial new lou reed biography, notes from. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the velvet underground, and his subsequent solo career spanned five decades. The photos of reed and rachel suggest a happy couple, but what is known about their relationship paints a far more complicated.
Lou reeds forthcoming metallica collaboration is the best the best thing i ever did, he claimed this week. Nov 26, 20 music video by lou reed performing walk on the wild side audio. Depending on how you frame the historical narrative, lou reed along with john cale and the other members of the velvet underground might just be the man responsible for all of indie rock as we know it. When lou reed asked me, emily haines, who would you rather be, the beatles or the rolling stones, i shot back, the velvet underground. Scoperti brani inediti di lou reed ispirati a warhol. All songs on this album are based on songs originally written by lou reed for the play lulu.
Lewis allan reed march 2, 1942 october 27, 20 was an american musician, singer, songwriter and poet. In october 1990, lou reed interviewed vaclav havel, playwright, poet, president of the newly emancipated czechoslovakia, and surprisingly. It was recorded in san rafael, california, during april to june 2011, after reed had. Anthony decurtis does a brilliant job of synthesizing the disparate parts of lou reed s life into an insightful, moving narrative. Feb 04, 2009 videos play all lou reed rock and roll animal tete dur lou reed full concert 092584 capitol theatre official duration. Ring is the fifth studio album by american rock musician lou reed, released as a double album in july 1975 by rca records. It would be like backhanding a retard for not scoring a 1600 on their sats.
Rhymes is a bilingual book english and french featuring more than 300 photos by lou reed. Lou reed s 1975 album has been called one of the worst albums ever made. According to lou reed it was andy warhol who inspired the song. Reed babbles like hes leaving a frustrated voice mail, while metallica vamps. All your twobit friends theyre shootin you up with pills they said that it was good for you that it would cure your ills i dont care just where its at im just like.
Dont get me wrong, i am a huge metallica fan and their musical input is technically as good as always. He formed the group the velvet underground with welsh multiinstrumentalist john cale, second guitarist sterling morrison, and drummer maureen tucker in new york in 1965. Lou reed mostly consisted of flaccid versions of songs dating back to the velvet days, and he could have really used the group to punch them up, as proved by the many outtake versions of these tunes that he actually recorded with the velvet underground some of which didnt surface until about 25 years later. The musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica, lulu, is coming your way this fall and this space will be your spot for all things loutallica. Mar 11, 2003 being lou reed in 1972 was a raw deal. Lou reed just doesnt seem to mesh with metallicas sound, and its very apparent on the view and rhythmically, everywhere else. Lulu is a musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica. His work with vu inspired such key tastemakers as david bowie and brian eno and helped set the stage for the emergence of punk. Lou reed was as polarizing a figure as rock has seen, but he was not, at heart, the lee rude character often evoked in magazine profiles. Lou reed sweet jane from rock n roll animal youtube. I am a chorus of the voices that gather up the magnets set before me i attract you and repel you a science of the heart and blood and. Much advance word of lou reed and metallicas excursion has been one of bewilderment and dismissal.
The riffs may seem somewhat limited compared to classic metallica albums, but it complements lou reeds spoken word style really well. C 1972 rca records a division of sony music entertainment. Many say they find it repetitive, but the mighty metallica is in absolute true form here. They do it because they want to and it makes them feel good to do it. Lou reed, byname of lewis allan reed, born march 2, 1942, brooklyn, new york, u. With kirk hammett, james hetfield, metallica, lou reed. The former velvet underground singer is head over heels for the band that wrote enter. The truth is it is the product of genuine love and passion, still exhilarating and bursting with possibility four decades on.
Lars ulrich, robert trujillo, kirk hammett, and james hetfield with lou reed center in new york, september 2011. The highlight from lous selftitled first record, wild child is the kind of ambling, noaccount narrative regarding his interaction with the. In this interview from 2011, reed and metallica defended their controversial collaboration album lulu to neil mccormick. The first full track from metallicas controversial collaboration with lou reed has been emerged. Lou reed, american singersongwriter whose place in the rock pantheon rests primarily on his role in guiding the velvet underground, a new york citybased quartet that produced four poorselling but enormously influential studio albums under reeds direction from 1965 to 1970. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Lou reed lou reed was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1996 and is a founding member of the legendary velvet underground. During the course of their conversation, havel handed reed a book. The collaboration was originally intended to be metallica rerecording various previously unreleased tracks reed had written over the years. Especially while a member of the the velvet underground in the 1960s, reed broke new ground for the rock genre in several important dimensions, introducing more mature and intellec.
In our song gimme sympathy, we lament the fact that none of us living today are likely to achieve the stature or saturation the signature acts of that. The accompanying text, written by bernard comment, gives his views on the photographic work of lou reed. These are your lyrics, handprinted and translated into czechoslovakian. Metallica is simply a backing band for lou reed on this album. Metallica lyrics the view with lou reed i am a chorus of the voices that gather up the magnets set before me i attract you and repel you a science of the heart and blood and meaning the coldness of most beauties. Lulu is a music studio album recording by metallica prog relatedprogressive rock released in 2011 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette.
A departure from the rest of his catalog, the album features no songs or even recognizably structured compositions, eschewing melody and rhythm for modulated feedback and guitar effects, mixed at varying speeds by reed. This wound goes unaided by producers reed, metallica, et al. Both discs have excellent sound quality available at a bargain price, this is the set to get for anyone new to the great man. Lulu is out 1031 worldwide, and 111 in the us via warner bros. For a comprehensive list of releases by reed as a member of the velvet underground, see the velvet underground discography. Lou reed march 2, 1942 october 27, 20 was an american rock artist originally from brooklyn, new york, usa. Anthony decurtis hones in early on reed s sensitivity his introversion, social awkwardness, and need to prove himself to his father, and his tendency to act out as a way of distinguishing himself from. The discography of the american rock musician lou reed consists of 22 studio albums and live albums, and 44 singles. Lou reed and metallica lulu album discussion sputnikmusic. Lou reed at lincoln center a gathering open to the public no speeches. Nov 01, 2015 lou was a prince and a fighter, she wrote. The very best of lou reed features an eclectic set of tracks defined on the back jacket as the lifechanging songs, the outofprint tracks, the hits, the fan favorites everyone loves, and the songs that make the artists who they are. It may well be, though, that in the fullness of time this is an album that is given the praise. He began experimenting with photography in the 1990s and first exhibited his work in the 1997 group show extended play.
Get all the lyrics to songs on lulu and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Lulu is a collaboration album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band metallica. Metallicas instrumental track for the view, cut that day in the same room where they made 2003s st. Get lou reed setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other lou reed fans for free on. Lou reed sweet jane audio from walk on the wild side. Lulu was inspired by german expressionist writer frank wedekinds plays earth spirit and pandoras box, which tell a story of a young abused dancers life and relationships and are. After that performance, the two entities began kicking around the idea of making a record together, but didnt start working togethe.
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