In february 2011, metallica guitarist kirk hammett announced that in may 2011 the group would start working on something thats not 100 percent a metallica record. The truth is it is the product of genuine love and passion, still exhilarating and bursting with possibility four decades on. The unlikely musical pairing has teamed up for the. Lou reed biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. The official metallica website with all the latest news, tour dates, media and more.
New york is arguably lou reed s greatest hour as a solo artist. In its original form, it features five songs, four of which were initially recorded by the velvet underground. 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. Metallica lyrics dragon with lou reed you dont actually care love for you is no beginning youre not really there hallucination i thought you were listening hallucination.
B ased on the work of early 20thcentury expressionist playwright frank wedekind, lulu features some of lou reeds more challenging lyrics set to metallicas misfiring metal. Licensed to youtube by emi music publishing, umpi, global music rights llc, bmi broadcast music inc. He also reveals that an 11yearold skrillex once tried to stage dive at a metallica concert. A songcycle about his beloved city in the 80s, reed adopts a conversational tone to discuss politics, aids, romance, tv preachers, and whatever else is on his mind. Lou reed march 2, 1942 october 27, 20 was an american rock artist originally from brooklyn, new york, usa. The combination of metallicas aforementioned troubles mixed with the fact that reed is a mere blip on the relevance radar was a stark early warning to many. How many lou reed and metallica fans will see this as simple rulebreaking, though, and how many just plain wrong. Metallicas james hetfield opens up about lou reed to marc. 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.
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. Zero redeeming qualities, zero moments that bring a smile to the listeners face unless they happen to be completely insane. It was based on the lulu plays by the german playwright frank wedekind. 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. Lou reed and metallica and the first official video of the project lulu. It was recorded in san rafael, california, during april to june 2011, after reed had. Get all the lyrics to songs on lulu and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
After that performance, the two entities began kicking around the idea of making a record together, but didnt start working togethe. Lulu with lou reed is a heavy metal music album recording by metallica released in 2011 on cd, lpvinyl andor cassette. Lou reed is a suprizingly great guitarist and vocalist, his backup guitarists on this tour really almost create a. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The kids, one of berlins hardesthitting tracks, was initially inspired by lous thenwife, bettye kronstad, who had been taken by the state from her mother at the age of five. The guardian view columnists letters opinion videos cartoons. Many say they find it repetitive, but the mighty metallica is in absolute true form here. A promotional video for lou reed and metallicas 2011 single the view. Join the fan club to become the fifth member of meta. The career of lou reed defied capsule summarization.
Excellent overview of lou reed s solo career and several tracks from his career with the velvet underground. Lou reed and the raven april 6, 2003 over the past few decades, iconic musician lou reed has worked with a gallery of talented visual and performing artists andy warhol, the velvet. 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. Lulu is a music studio album recording by metallica prog relatedprogressive rock released in 2011 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Lulu is a musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica. Jan 18, 2009 lou reed licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of rcalegacy. The album is considered an influential landmark of the glam rock genre, anchored by reed s most successful single, walk on the wild side, which touched on thencontroversial topics of sexual orientation, gender identity, prostitution, and drug use.
Music video by lou reed performing walk on the wild side audio. So lulu is the bizarre and unexpected collaboration between lou reed and metallica that has no reason to be. Lou reed s 1975 album has been called one of the worst albums ever made. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the velvet underground, and his subsequent solo career spanned five decades. Stephan berwick, friend and tai chi brother of lou, has launched a kickstarter campaign to fund a featurelength version of final weapon. Reed babbles like hes leaving a frustrated voice mail, while metallica vamps.
The view directed by darren aronofsky from the album lulu. It is the first commercially released pop album to employ binaural recording technology. In this interview from 2011, reed and metallica defended their controversial collaboration album lulu to neil mccormick. It would be like backhanding a retard for not scoring a 1600 on their sats. The first full track from metallicas controversial collaboration with lou reed has been emerged. In february 2011, metallica guitarist kirk hammett announced that in may 2011 the. Lou reed, velvet underground leader and rock pioneer, dead at. News \ lou reed, metallica reveal album details the joint set, titled lulu, will be released on november 1 and is inspired by german writer frank wedekinds plays. Final weapon was originally released in 2010 as a short film. Lewis allan reed march 2, 1942 october 27, 20 was an american musician, singer, songwriter and poet. Transformer is the second solo studio album by american recording artist lou reed. Like the brilliant new york and magic and loss, ecstasy is a sprawling song cycle dealing with one particular subject, in this case marriage and the ensuing death of love. News, discografia, traduzioni, testi e tutto cio che riguarda lou. Sign in to get statistics for your attended concerts.
Oct 27, 20 lou reed, velvet underground leader and rock pioneer, dead at 71 new york legend, who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock music, underwent a liver transplant in may. The discography of the american rock musician lou reed consists of 22 studio albums and live albums, and 44 singles. Also, get a chance to listen to the album ahead of its october 31 release date with lou reed and metallica on monday, october 24. Street hassle is the eighth solo studio album by american musician lou reed, released in february 1978 by arista records. Get lou reed setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other lou reed fans for free on.
The project was revealed to be a collaboration with lou reed once the recording of the album had been completed in june 2011. Im so pleased i managed to play some samples before i purchased. Ring is the fifth studio album by american rock musician lou reed, released as a double album in july 1975 by rca records. With kirk hammett, james hetfield, metallica, lou reed. The diva of american rock critics, lester bangs, has described the decline of reeds artistry thusly. Lou reed and metallicas collaborative album based on german playwright frank wedekinds plays about a socialclimberturnedprostitute has been preemptively. Nov 26, 20 music video by lou reed performing walk on the wild side audio. Neo808 said, this is not a metallica album now with that said. Willner, who produced albums for lou reed and marianne faithfull, was said to be experiencing symptoms consistent with the coronavirus. Nov 01, 2015 the life and music of lou reed, also published last month, said that reed could be abrasive, difficult and abusive, but also that he softened up over the course of his career, so lou. Slowly drawing the curtain back on the track the view made matters worse much worse and most people sold their stock but quick, leaving nothing left for.
The news that lou reed and metallica were to collaborate was met with no small dose of trepidation. Quotations by lou reed, american musician, born march 2, 1942. Lulu is a collaboration album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band. Pedl, latinautor sonyatv, solar music rights management, cmrra. In october 2011, metallica and reed released the collaboration album lulu. 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. Many people dont like lou reed because they dont know what to expect or have some preconcieved idea of what he must be or not be. 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. Licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of rca records label. Metallicas instrumental track for the view, cut that day in the same room where they made 2003s st.
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. Both discs have excellent sound quality available at a bargain price, this is the set to get for anyone new to the great man. This is by far the worst album i have heard in all of 2011, and in the top ten personal worst of alltime, right up there with none other than, st. Interview mit metallica zu lulu, dem koopalbum mit lou reed. This album sounds like metallica and vic reeves aka pub singer. On its own terms, lou reed isnt a bad album, but it isnt a terribly interesting one either, and since superior performances of most of these songs are available elsewhere, it stands today more as a historical curiosity than anything else. 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. In 2010 lou reed featured on the song some kind of nature with gorillaz, from their album plastic beach. The velvet underground was an american rock band formed in 1964 in new york city by singerguitarist lou reed, multiinstrumentalist john cale, guitarist sterling morrison, and drummer angus maclise replaced by moe tucker in 1965. Conceptually, lulu is a reedian gloss on the plays of scandalous german dramaturge frank wedekind. 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. The riffs may seem somewhat limited compared to classic metallica albums, but it complements lou reeds spoken word style really well. 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. The first book includes 20 pages of photographs by anton corbijn.
It stars master ren guang yi, lous longtime tai chi teacher, and features a cameo appearance by and the music of lou. Lou reed is the guy who gave dignity and poetry and rock n roll to smack, speed. 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. Rock n roll animal is a live album by american musician lou reed, released in february 1974 by rca records. The album is the final fulllength studio recording project that reed was involved in before his death in october 20. 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. It was released on october 31, 2011 by warner bros.
Dont get me wrong, i am a huge metallica fan and their musical input is technically as good as always. Lulu lou reed to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. The first fulllength taste of lou reed and metallica s collaborative album, lulu, is here. This backup band really must have created a whole series of great shows wherever they toured.
Metallica and lou reeds lulu is actually excellent the atlantic. Lou reed and metallica lulu lyrics and tracklist genius. This album featured the remaining six tracks from lou reeds storming late 1973 new york city concert that were not included on 1974s rock n roll animal and the subsequent expanded cd release. Zusammen hat diese schrage rockmusikpaarung ein unerhortes. C 1972 rca records a division of sony music entertainment.
Lulu is a collaboration album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band metallica. Find lou reed discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Metallicas james hetfield opens up about lou reed to marc maron. Reed and the guys were probably sitting around getting wasted and thought this would be a funny joke. Blog points us to a soundcloud stream of the album track the view, which you can.
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