Lou Reed's Street Hassle

"Little Sister" is fabulous. I love Lou's solo.

"Get Crazy"

(song is "My Baby Sister", played over the closing credits)

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 11:23 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've never actually seen it, it sounds amusingly bad

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 11:24 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sounds fantastic you mean...

Captain Cloud (the Turtles' Howard Kaylan) and the Rainbow Telegraph, Max Wolfe's favorite band, arriving in an aging bus that is painted à la the Merry Pranksters' Further.
Nada (Lori Eastside from Kid Creole and the Coconuts) and her 15-member band, an amalgam of many disparate styles of music that appeared on MTV in the early 1980s—part bubble-gum pop, part New Wave, part garage rock. They are joined by "Special Guest Star" Piggy (Lee Ving of the L.A. punk band Fear).
King Blues, the King of the Blues (Bill Henderson), a spoof of Muddy Waters.
Auden (Lou Reed), "metaphysical folk singer, event of the '70s, and antisocial recluse", a spoof of Bob Dylan. Auden, who initially complains of writer's block, is coaxed to appear thinking Max is close to death, but after blithely asking a taxi driver to take the "scenic route," he spends the majority of the movie on his cab ride, improvising lyrics for the song he intends to perform.
Reggie Wanker (Malcolm McDowell), "20 years of rock and roll and still on top", a spoof of Mick Jagger; featuring his drummer Toad played by John Densmore of The Doors. Wanker is beset by a general malaise, unable to fully enjoy his lavish situation of easily available women and drugs.

See for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrIRmMNi800

So I saw it years ago at the Walter Reade theater in Lincoln Center as part of what must have been a Malcolm McDowell retrospective. Malcolm was there (as was Jay Cocks) and did a Q&A. Hey look:
http://www.malcolmtribute.freeiz.com/getcrazy.html

Was there some sort of rule, unwritten or not, that a certain subset of movies made each year, especially those destined to be Midnight Movies, had to cast Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov?

Hold on, Lou Reed AND Mary Woronov were in it?

http://artillerymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Lou-Reed_woronov1.jpg

Yup. No Gerard Malanga though, if that's what you're after.

Was hoping for Ondine or Taylor Mead at the very least.

Forgot to add caption to this:
https://cinefilesreviews.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/listen-to-me-marlon-documentary-2015-digital-brando-movie-review.png
Butch? Listen to me Butch

Lol this is a hot take

Best thing he ever did, parts of Raven excepted.
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, March 21, 2003 3:46 PM (13 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but yeah, i'm sure if you asked lou for his top 5 favorite recordings, 4 of them would be one-mic doo wop songs. state of the art.

― tylerw, 26. maj 2016 22:15 (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

indeed: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/lou-reed-playlist/ (couldn't find original article with nice quotes)

that skeeter davis song is kinda the inspiration for who loves the sun, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjy3rr7J_yQ

Earlier link seems broken, but whole thing is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-w0z68nFzk

Maybe we should do a watch party/

It has a New Year's Eve theme so very timely.

https://makeminecriterion.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/get-crazy-allan-arkush-1983/

https://pleasekillme.com/lou-reed-allan-arkush/

Maybe I should start new thread or put on Rock rock rock rock Rock and roll high school

If only one of you watches it this year my posting here will not have been in vain.

It's got everything: hippies, punks, teen idols, Allen Garfield, Ed Begley, Jr., Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov. A lost Lou Reed song with Robert Quine on it, or so it seems!

Unless it's Lou soloing, either way.

uh hey James

Allan Arkush here- the Director of Get Crazy. I am happy to let you know that there will be a GET CRAZY BLU_RAY in early 2021. I am in the process of compiling the extras, since you are such a big fan, any thoughts? –aark✧✧✧@m✧✧.c✧✧

(from that Make Mine Criterion link, in the comments)

Ah, cool, thanks!

Just the Lou Reed scenes (albeit in shittier quality)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMEbY7vGRmE

Also his scenes from Blue in the Face (which I can't recommend, but it has its moments, particularly Jim Jarmusch's bit on smoking)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xduERw9BSns

Just looked at the personnel for Reggie’s band. Pretty interesting.

Love how the absolutely dead mic on Lou’s vocals gives the feeling of him in some shitty dimly lit studio at 3am trying to get it together. Such a nighttime album.