The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts, and New Sensations are wonderful records, superior to anything Bowie and Iggy released in that period.
agree 100%-and that's without mentioning Quine on the first 2.
― campreverb, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 16:56 (eight years ago) link
ahah, yeah, I thought about him (since he's on Iggy's t-shirt in the picture) !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link
/"New York" is kind of an outlier in Lou's catalog in that every single song has the same sound/instrumental setup./YOU CAN'T BEAT TWO GUITARS, BASS, AND DRUMS
― Look at that Pavement POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link
& tbh i love the overall sound of New York, just nicely recorded, crisp sounds, doesn't sound terribly dated. that eighth grader had skillz.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link
Still wish he had gone back to get his GED
― Look at that Pavement POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
The Blue Mask and LH bombed. Wonder if they would have performed better at the height of boomer revivalism several years later.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
he was never exactly a steady hitmaker! 'dirty blvd' benefited alot from the emergence of modern rock radio
― balls, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:10 (eight years ago) link
Always thought it was deeply weird that that's Dion singing backup on Dirty Blvd, but in the video that part is lip-synced by an old black guy (iirc)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
we should all just pay attention to dennis perrin's twitter instead
his 'dressing up as Bowie in high school' blog post was pretty good.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link
is there an album that has all three together? feels like as much as they all collaborated there should be....
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
Re-run the thread when Iggy pops his cloggs as 4th option.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
they're all only a couple degrees removed from one another (thx to Cale and Eno), but no
xp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
"The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts, and New Sensations are wonderful records, superior to anything Bowie and Iggy released in that period.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:45 AM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"
"Legendary Hearts" is hell of underrated, ha I ignored it for a long time cuz of the dumb album cover
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
and well duh Bowie worked w both obviously
xxp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
I don't think there's an album but maybe a song ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
or at least a session/demo/outtake whatever.
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:23 (eight years ago) link
12" version of 'hands across america' maybe
― balls, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
i could be wrong, but i don't think Lou really liked Iggy -- did they become buddies in the latter days?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
"The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts, and New Sensations are wonderful records, superior to anything Bowie and Iggy released in that period.― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:45 AM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink""Legendary Hearts" is hell of underrated, ha I ignored it for a long time cuz of the dumb album cover
― Look at that Pavement POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
I've never read about Lou and Iggy interacting tbh. I can imagine Lou feeling threatened
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
might just be thinking of Lou dissing Iggy in that Lester Bangs article -- "sweet, but stupid" or something like that.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:26 (eight years ago) link
xxp I think yr right, I think Iggy liked Lou, but Lou...I mean who knows
Also, I thought it was interesting in that Iggy interivew when Bowie died he was very complimentary but also made it sound like they hadn't spoken in yrs & yrs
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:26 (eight years ago) link
Malkmus's vote, btw: http://www.nme.com/news/lou-reed/74044
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
Anyway, this poll...head says Lou, heart says Ig, for me at least
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
"sweet, but stupid" or something like that.
of course if you took this as an insult Lou would probably come back with "what's wrong with stupid? I love stupid"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:28 (eight years ago) link
My cursory Bowie bio reading this past week led me to believe that Iggy was perhaps Bowie's best rock star friend, but he still considered people like George Underwood his only true friends. Also seem to recall reading about some, um, cat fight between David and Lou.
― Look at that Pavement POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:30 (eight years ago) link
iirc Lou wasn't all that grateful about Bowie saving his career in 1972
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
Lou had the best music video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiyX70ZqsVQ
― Chortles And Guffaws (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
Lou guitarist Chuck Hammer:
As a guitarist in the Lou Reed band at that time, I was actually sitting next to both David and Lou at dinner when this exchange took pace, I can tell you exactly what transpired verbally.
‘Lou had been discussing details regarding his upcoming new album- as yet un-recorded. Lou asked David if he would be interested in producing the record and David replied yes – but only upon the condition that Lou would stop drinking and clean up his act. And upon that reply, the aforementioned chaos ensued.
‘It should be noted that this verbal bantering also continued into the night back at the hotel -With Bowie in the hallway demanding that Reed “come out and fight like a man” Eventually it all quieted down as Lou never reappeared to continue the fight, and was most likely already fast asleep.’
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
yeah bowie and reed seemed to patch things up later in life -- think i read they socialized pretty regularly in the 2000s since both were NYC residents?hard to imagine bowie telling Lou to "fight like a man" but who knows
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
Bowie would know.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:35 (eight years ago) link
I assume this is a mistake, since that is not the Original Wrapper video
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:35 (eight years ago) link
woah puppet Lou is freaking me out
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
Starman says it was perhaps his first fight "since being clocked in the eye by George Underwood."(Xp)
― Look at that Pavement POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:37 (eight years ago) link
I haven't that video in yrs and just the memory of puppet Lou is going make me not be able to sleep tonight
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:38 (eight years ago) link
think i read that Lou's mother really hated that video, which is understandable. xp a bowie-produced Lou Reed record in 1980 would've been ... interesting.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:38 (eight years ago) link
Meanwhile The Blue Mask could easily be mistaken for a cheapo comp, as it's just the Transformer cover photo tinted blue...
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:40 (eight years ago) link
Lol, right
― Look at that Pavement POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
did Bowie get the idea of uglifying The Next Day sleeve from Lou?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:44 (eight years ago) link
Ha, I just had that thought myself...
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:45 (eight years ago) link
Still think the idea that David borrowed Aladdin Sane's lighting bolt from Elvis's TCB jewelry is undercirculated.
― Look at that Pavement POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:53 (eight years ago) link
I mean it was three years before the King bought the Lisa Marie and painted it on the tail fin.
― Look at that Pavement POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
surely Captain Marvel is the real source there
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
Right! Elvis was way into Captain Marvel.
― Look at that Pavement POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 18:09 (eight years ago) link
"his last album was a grim, rage-filled contrarian "fuck you" move (ie, standard operating Lou procedure) so yeah"
But.... Junior Dad?
― Mule, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link
I can never choose between these guys. They're just the best thing in Music.
― Mule, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
The head says Bowie, the heart says Lou.the crotch definitely says Iggy though.still, went with the heart.
― campreverb, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 20:09 (eight years ago) link
Music: Bowie >>> Lou > IggyInteresting-ness of 70s lifestyle: Lou > Iggy > BowiePractical approach to music: Iggy > Bowie > LouIntellectual approach to music: Lou > Bowie > IggyWho would be the best company in a bar: Iggy > Bowie >>> Lou
― bored at work (snoball), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
Collaborators: Bowie >>> Iggy > Lou (not counting Bowie as a Lou or Iggy collaborator)
― bored at work (snoball), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ioRWlG9PBQ
always feel like this is the soundtrack to the OP photo
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link