(TV) VU in paree/the bells

[eric gregory <crackcity_2000@yahoo.com>]

my take on 2 of yr queries, leo:
1) yeah, the VU renuion was a load of shit. bad vibes, bad takes, bad attaempt to kiss ass.
2) the bells is, like most reed solo lps, flawed but has its moments...i picked up a used copy of the buddha reissue (i'm kind of a reed completist...he's probably the most important figure in my own rock & roll pantheon, tho that doesn't mean i can't see his (serious) flaws) & was reminded of how ridculously cool shit like "disco mystic" was..."all through the night", "i wanna boogie with you"& "looking for love" are all enjoyable as well. however, if yr not a diehard reed fan, it'd likely be a sorry purchase.
 
 
 "Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV> wrote:I saw the Letterman show last night, and agree with
most of the comments about the 'roller coaster'-
quality of Reed's solo output.

On a slightly different note, am I one of the few 
who was embarrassed by the Live (Paris?) VU 're-union' 
CD that came out around 1995?

Leo

ps: I am actually a Reed fan [doesn't mean I 
can't hate some of his stuff] but I pick my 
spots---am not a Reed-Compleatist as regards 
collecting/owning his oeuvre.

PPS: Is the Bells any good?

pps: Lame attempt to be slightly on topic, 
what was that story about TV confiscating 
the batteries of Reed's cassette recorder 
at Television gig?



-----Original Message-----
From: wal00@hampshire.edu [mailto:wal00@hampshire.edu]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:15 PM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: (TV) when Lou got bad, and high in the city


sure, the VU material places Lou in a high echelon of writers, but i just get 
so many kicks out of the fact that the same man who wrote those songs also put 
out those goddamn solo albums. 'berlin,' 'transformer,' 'metal machine music,' 
and the song 'kicks' are boast worthy, but i bust my guts at the sound of 
everything else. and i have heard EVERYTHING else, 'live in italy' right down 
to 'between thought and expression' rarities. i can't really think of a more 
disappointing career, both as a musician and writer. and i'm not one to 'rank' 
folks in top ten lists, but here's a list of 10 people that i thought were/are 
compelling lyricists who stick out more than lou in practically all of his post-
velvets work:

dylan
verlaine
tom rapp
leonard cohen
lee ranaldo
david berman
ed sanders
neil young
patti smith
van morrisson
peter hammill, even!

standing on ceremony and upstate in a bar,
willie
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