― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
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― Mark Dixon, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
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― Manny Parsons, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Yip!, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― John Darnielle, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mary, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Queen G of the 7 drops of oceanic semen, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
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― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Matt Riedl (veal), Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― the pinefox, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― what goes on, Wednesday, 18 December 2002 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― dan (dan), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 01:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 13:06 (twenty-two years ago)
― toraneko (toraneko), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 13:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)
solo, hmmm, I would like to pick one of my favorite Reed album, Berlin, but those songs are great in the context of the whole album, picking one single song out of it would deminish it's impact. Therefor: Street Hassle.
― willem (willem), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)
Just kidding.
I like "Waiting for the Man" and "What Goes On" and uh shit I forget the name of the song on the third VU album that talks about "put jelly on your shoulder" fuck it 'cause I like that one a lot too and of course "Sweet Sister Ray" but I'm not so big on his solo stuff aside from Transformer and on that I'd probably rate "Vicious" or "Andy's Chest."
Time for more coffee.
― hstencil, Wednesday, 18 December 2002 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)
Some Kinda Love
― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― hstencil, Wednesday, 18 December 2002 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)
A*RIGHT! not that i 'avent any good thoughts on Lou, mind:
"Pale Blue Eyes" is just one of the many great songs of the Velvety period,and quite a few on "Drella" more than just hold up,and yes, the Berlin alb as a whole is very good.
but i've never given a tiniest toss 'bout the friggin' "Walk on the Wild Side"
― t\'\'t (t''t), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 20:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 19 December 2002 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 19 December 2002 00:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― toraneko (toraneko), Thursday, 19 December 2002 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― Poppy (poppy), Thursday, 19 December 2002 02:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― Chris K, Friday, 19 November 2004 03:27 (twenty years ago)
"I wanna play footbal for the coach" on Coney Island Baby is pretty good too.
Don't wast your money on The Raven or Machine Music - unless your a hard core collector.
― Chris K, Friday, 19 November 2004 03:35 (twenty years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 19 November 2004 03:40 (twenty years ago)
― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 19 November 2004 04:47 (twenty years ago)
― chris herrington (chris herrington), Friday, 19 November 2004 05:02 (twenty years ago)
― Seuss, Friday, 19 November 2004 08:22 (twenty years ago)
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 19 November 2004 08:35 (twenty years ago)
― Bimble (bimble), Friday, 19 November 2004 08:46 (twenty years ago)
So many of the great VU songs have a group writing credit that I don't know if they really count; my copies of "Loaded" and "VU" don't say who specifically wrote "Temptation Inside Your Heart" or "Cool It Down" or "Hey Mr. Rain". So I dunno if they go to Lou or not. But they are fabulous songs, and don't get their due I think because the chestnuts are "Sunday Morning" and "Femme Fatale".
"Street Hassle" to thread, for sure.
If we're picking "Metal Machine Music", (and we should), then it's all about side four: the locked groove, people!
― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Friday, 19 November 2004 08:48 (twenty years ago)
I think they're all Lou.
― My Son Calls Another Man Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 19 November 2004 09:54 (twenty years ago)
― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:13 (twenty years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:21 (twenty years ago)
― My Son Calls Another Man Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:23 (twenty years ago)
― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:36 (twenty years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:39 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 16 September 2006 20:44 (eighteen years ago)
― Ficky Stingers (Bimble...), Sunday, 17 September 2006 08:05 (eighteen years ago)
― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Sunday, 17 September 2006 20:36 (eighteen years ago)
― Erroneous Botch (joseph cotten), Monday, 18 September 2006 02:00 (eighteen years ago)
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Monday, 18 September 2006 02:30 (eighteen years ago)
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Monday, 18 September 2006 02:31 (eighteen years ago)
― Grey, Ian (IanBrooklyn), Monday, 18 September 2006 05:41 (eighteen years ago)
― emekars (emekars), Monday, 18 September 2006 07:29 (eighteen years ago)
― emekars (emekars), Monday, 18 September 2006 08:21 (eighteen years ago)
― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:56 (eighteen years ago)
Show you where my state of mind is.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 18 September 2006 13:52 (eighteen years ago)
"Thought of you as my mountaintop / Thought of you as my peak / Thought of you as everything / I had but couldn't keep" is a hall of fame lyric.
― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:24 (eighteen years ago)
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 18 September 2006 16:26 (eighteen years ago)
there are about 5 velvet tracks that jump in ahead of it however
― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 11:46 (eighteen years ago)
― Oh No It's Dadaismus! (Dada), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 11:48 (eighteen years ago)
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 12:35 (eighteen years ago)
I can think of many best songs.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 March 2018 02:40 (seven years ago)
good list, you not a fan of Drella?
― piscesx, Saturday, 3 March 2018 12:46 (seven years ago)
I am but I prefer Cale's tunes.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 March 2018 12:57 (seven years ago)
live in italy version of "betrayed" has always been one of my fave moments of RQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plh-3ej1t0M
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 3 March 2018 15:05 (seven years ago)
didn't mean to embed, sry
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 3 March 2018 15:06 (seven years ago)
I really think 'Legendary Hearts' is one of Lou's most beautiful songs. A bit of a 'Everybody Hurts' sentiment going on, but then, I love grand sweeping gestures.
― campreverb, Saturday, 3 March 2018 18:24 (seven years ago)
One of my favorites is "Busload of Faith". I always really dug how the New York album, as it's real stripped down and live sounding.
― earlnash, Saturday, 3 March 2018 18:39 (seven years ago)
can think of many best songs.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, March 2, 2018 6:40 PM
Taste is taste; but the positioning of “Coney Island Baby” on that list almost leads me to conclude you are trolling
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 3 March 2018 19:45 (seven years ago)
Perfect Day and Stephanie Says.
― treeship 2, Saturday, 3 March 2018 19:56 (seven years ago)
Not very exciting answers but you know. I find halloween day parade really affecting too.
aste is taste; but the positioning of “Coney Island Baby” on that list almost leads me to conclude you are trolling
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp)
Don't take lists too seriously. The song made it, you're good.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 March 2018 19:59 (seven years ago)
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx-mH9ZjnuM
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 3 March 2018 21:59 (seven years ago)
pale blue eyes
― flappy bird, Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:40 (seven years ago)
Alfred, Our House is called My House.
And this should be on your list:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gveePL9Ft2Y
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:53 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l4FI88FkQU
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:54 (seven years ago)
There's a white prism with phony jism
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:55 (seven years ago)
Man, what an impossible question. But at least sentimentally I guess I always come back to "I Love You" (where I think he might be being sincerely loving) and "Perfect Day" (where I'm pretty sure he's being deeply biting). . . "The Bed" really cripples me, and "Street Hassle" always wows me, too.
― Soundslike, Saturday, 3 March 2018 23:24 (seven years ago)
Oh, flappy, yeah, "Pale Blue Eyes" is waay up there, too
I love that line in “My House” —
I really got a lucky lifeMy writhing, my motorcycle and my wife
— and particularly how the “life/wife” rhyme echoes the long-ago rhyme in “Heroin” (in a very different context).
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 3 March 2018 23:54 (seven years ago)
* that’s ”writing,” not “writhing” (wtf)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 3 March 2018 23:55 (seven years ago)
It would have been 'writhing' if he'd written it a ten years earlier or later.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:32 (seven years ago)
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:36 (seven years ago)
VU era: some kinda love solo: coney island baby
― i remember the corned beef of my childhood (Karl Malone), Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:47 (seven years ago)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 3 March 2018 23:54 (five days ago) Permalink
Also a testament to Lou I had to really stop and think "wait is it writhing?" for second there
Anyway the correct answer is Rock Minuet
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 8 March 2018 20:23 (seven years ago)
that is a very dark song
I'd choose something lighter, he was a humanist at heart right?
― niels, Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:40 (seven years ago)
What Goes On, Rock and Roll, I'm Waiting for the Man
Waves of Fear, Coney Island Baby, Mad
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:52 (seven years ago)
And special love to The Last Shot for the most insane Lou lyric ever (and that's saying quite a bit)
I shot a vein in my neck and coughed up a quaalude
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:54 (seven years ago)
VU: Sweet Jane70s: Coney Island Baby80s: Waves of Fear90s: Hello It's Me00s: Modern Dance10s: Junior Dad
― niels, Saturday, 10 March 2018 20:02 (seven years ago)
I couldn’t even pick a “best song” from "The Blue Mask" alone. That album is extraordinary...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 10 March 2018 21:05 (seven years ago)
Covers comp coming: https://acerecords.co.uk/what-goes-on-the-songs-of-lou-reed
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Friday, 26 March 2021 19:46 (four years ago)
'walk like an egyptian'
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 26 March 2021 19:52 (four years ago)
oh wait, that's the bagnles
Sorry, it was Prince
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Sunday, 2 May 2021 19:54 (four years ago)
Oh he wrote more profound tunes, but when I just put the question to myself the first tune I heard was "She's My Best Friend". It is one of those songs that sounds like the whole song is a chorus.
― earlnash, Sunday, 2 May 2021 22:19 (four years ago)