yeah and that's totally fair it's perhaps an underrated record, just personally, and I know it's nagl to second guess other peoples' taste, but I think you shouldn't need to pretend it's the best Lou Reed album to convince people to revisit it
I know some of you love that 80s production and so yes if that's your favorite sound then OK maybe somehow New Sensation becomes the best Lou Reed album but I think most Lou Reed fans, it's not their fav sound and not what they go to Lou Reed for
― niels, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
will have to give Dragon another listen...
― niels, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
I love it in spite of the production. These are the songs Lou Reed should've been writing in 1984, extensions of what he attempted on The Blue Mask.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
idk every Lou fan I know loves NS.
I don't think I've ever actually listened to the entire thing tbh
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link
The outro of "New Sensations" kills me. It honors the terrific line, "I want the principles of a timeless muse."
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
"Hey bro' what's the woyd, talkin' 'bout my friend Geo-eo-eo-rge"
― Scottish Country Tweerking (Tom D.), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
shit he died again!?
― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
rip
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
5 years today.
― greta van vliet (morrisp), Saturday, 27 October 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
Miss u boo
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 27 October 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
been listening to those 1970 demos he did after leaving the Velvets a lot over the last couple of weeksalso this clip of him talking about hearing the Ramones for the first time in 1975 is great (starts at 1:20)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-f2rz2G9AI
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 27 October 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
That is fantastic!
― JRN, Saturday, 27 October 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
love Lou's line there: "They are their own dream."
― tylerw, Saturday, 27 October 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
He was at his best talking about music, for sure.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 October 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
where’s the Will Hermes bio?
― Tales of Jazz Ulysses (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 03:52 (four years ago) link
I saw on a social media site that Will Hermes mentioned spending time in November at a secluded writers retreat place. Maybe we can presume he was working on the book. He’s still writing for Rolling Stone on occasion.
There’s a book out now that consists of Lou Reed interviews from the 1970s and later, called My Week Beats Your Year
https://hatandbeard.com/products/my-week-beats-your-year-encounters-with-lou-reed
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link
I was at this residency with Will and we roadtripped to Liberty University (!) together for a bizarre tour.
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
I shld clarify that this was *last* November and he was still working on it.
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
8 years gone today.
― Mule, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
It doesn’t feel like that long ago!
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
There's a bit of magic in everythingand then some loss to even things out
― brimstead, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
Love this from 2009 with Laurie A and John Zorn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUr8oRfG1AM
― Mule, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:06 (two years ago) link
I remember it like it was … several years ago.
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:24 (two years ago) link
It kinda feels about 8 years ago tbh
― Mule, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:33 (two years ago) link
Yep
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
Weird, I didn't even know the anniversary was coming up and got a compulsion to listen to New York last night. And then the Blue Mask.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 23:15 (two years ago) link
Was there ever a source for the Donald Fagen/Lou Reed story other than the comments section of Alex in NYC's blog?
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 July 2022 03:56 (one year ago) link
Hmm. Upon further inspection, hat post seems legit.
― Mr. Art-I-Ficial (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 July 2022 04:28 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dok5uv9HrT8
In fine form here, even between songs. Fucking nuts version of Street Hassle here.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Wednesday, 6 July 2022 09:13 (one year ago) link
New Sensations!
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Saturday, 30 July 2022 22:34 (one year ago) link
his post "wild side"/pre "street hassle" remarks in the video lamanti posted three weeks ago are honestly profound
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 30 July 2022 23:33 (one year ago) link
this might get interestinghttps://loureed.bandcamp.com/album/the-power-of-the-heart-a-tribute-to-lou-reed
― corrs unplugged, Sunday, 31 March 2024 16:08 (one month ago) link