I just listened to "Metal Machine Music"

[GatewaySnayke]

And it was absolutely painful. There's no way Lou Reed was serious about that.

[StatmanCrothers]

http://op-for.com/simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg

[StatmanCrothers]

i agree.
its not even worth listening to say you tried it.

check with me first before you branch out.
i'll steer you clear of such noise, and if you insist i'll keep you away from Sly Stone as well.

[heyzeus]

Only critics like that album, and only perverse ones at that.

With Reed, I prefer to stay with the Velvet Underground and selected solo tracks. Perfect Day, for example, is untouchable.

[GatewaySnayke]

Only critics like that album, and only perverse ones at that.

With Reed, I prefer to stay with the Velvet Underground and selected solo tracks. Perfect Day, for example, is untouchable.

But do they? From everything I've read, it was completely crapped on and still is. I think only Lester Bangs liked it.

[loubob3]

i bought that album......
putting on the first album...(yes kids, there were two albums), i just waited for the noise to stop and for the music to begin....two freaking albums of that noise !
i quickly traded it to a friend for 'diamond dogs' by david bowie.
now i kinda wish i'd kept it.....

[StatmanCrothers]

i bought that album......
putting on the first album...(yes kids, there were two albums), i just waited for the noise to stop and for the music to begin....two freaking albums of that noise !
i quickly traded it to a friend for 'diamond dogs' by david bowie.
now i kinda wish i'd kept it.....

Diamond Dogs is a good one. I've found things to like in most all of Bowie's style shifts but the whole early 70s period ... Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs... that was probably my favorite.

[heyzeus]

Only critics like that album, and only perverse ones at that.

With Reed, I prefer to stay with the Velvet Underground and selected solo tracks. Perfect Day, for example, is untouchable.

But do they? From everything I've read, it was completely crapped on and still is. I think only Lester Bangs liked it.

Leave it to the elite at pitchfork to kiss Reed's ass by praising MMM.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/f ... w-lou-reed

[GatewaySnayke]

Wow, I am so surprised that Pitchfork would manage to find something meaningful in what was essentially a stoned guy recording feedback. It is patently ridiculous for even one person to say that a noise band is good.

And true story, I woke up this morning and my left ear was jammed with wax. I couldn't hear for 12 hours until I went to the doctor and they blasted my canal open. After pondering how the hell I could have wax the size of pebbles pile up in my ear, I came to the conclusion that listening to eight minutes of MMM Pt. 1 on headphones was the cause.

[sighyoung]

Wow, I am so surprised that Pitchfork would manage to find something meaningful in what was essentially a stoned guy recording feedback. It is patently ridiculous for even one person to say that a noise band is good.

And true story, I woke up this morning and my left ear was jammed with wax. I couldn't hear for 12 hours until I went to the doctor and they blasted my canal open. After pondering how the hell I could have wax the size of pebbles pile up in my ear, I came to the conclusion that listening to eight minutes of MMM Pt. 1 on headphones was the cause.

I thought Reed recorded that to get out of his recording contract with RCA.