Re: (TV) "Blue Mask"

["Michael Carlucci" <michael@recordsnyc.com>]

    Noah wrote:
> 
> There's some good albums in that period though. I *love* "Street Hassle"
> and "Legendary Hearts," and portions of "Transformer" and "Growing Up in
> Public." 
> 
> Is there anybody that likes the kind of sound he was pursuing on "Live" and
> "Rock and Roll Animal"? That's the Reed stuff that made me punch out my
> front teeth.
> 
> Noah
> 

 Oh man, I love the R & R Animal and Live LP's. I know that it's not hip
because Lou bastardised those V.U. songs and yeah he claims to have been
bored with it and had to do it to get popular yakety yakety yak. But he sang
with more passion and venom on those LP's than any other solo records. I
don't believe him, he's a perpetual liar. RCA is remastering Animal with 2
bonus trax, "Caroline Says"and "How Do You Think It Feels". I can't wait.
That was a great band then and still are. Each time I hear those LP's they
bring me back to a good place and I can't help but have these visions of Lou
working his ass off like he's never worked before. He was a true R&R Animal
then. Just listen to the vocal performances on White Light White Heat and
Lady Day. There's all this great snarl and growling not to mention
passionate energy coming from Lou. I love Steve Hunter's analogy of the
group. "We were very coordinated while Lou was very, well, uncoordinated.
Lou was the only singer that I ever saw lean forward and fall backward.
Somehow that coordinated/uncoordinated duality worked". The rhythm section
of Prakash John and Penti/Whitey Glan were a monster the way they held that
band together. So yes, I like what Lou was going after as much as I like the
rawness of the Banana LP even though your only suppose to like one or the
other. I always found that humorous that you couldn't possibly like both
because they were at different ends of the spectrum. Who cares as long as it
moves ya. M T C
> 
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 OwenGwilliam@cs.com wrote:
> 
>> In a message dated 3/14/00 5:26:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> keith@marquee.demon.co.uk writes:
>> 
>>> We were just sitting here listening to Lou Reed's "Blue Mask"; does
>>> anyone agree that this is a terrific album, not often mentioned but with
>>> some great guitar work from Robert Quine and, I guess Reed himself? The
>>> title track, especially, sounds wonderful.
>> 
>> Oh, I definitely agree. For my taste, I always though the stuff in between
>> BERLIN and THE BLUE MASK was kind of Lou's low point. There's good stuff in
>> there, but I think BLUE MASK is a fine return to what Lou does real well. And
>> with the exception of MISTRIAL, I think he's done fantastic work ever since!
>> 
>> -- OWen
>> 
>> Owen Gwilliam
>> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/otg
>> 
>> "I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn"
>> -- Neil Innes, "Protest Song"
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