Comments on: This Sucks!…(Don’t) Try This: Lou Reed, “Metal Machine Music”

By: Earmageddon, Part One: Wingmageddon | Popdose

Earmageddon, Part One: Wingmageddon | Popdose — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:27:20 +0000

[...] about on my other website. I retaliated by sending him Andrew Ridgeley’s album. He sent me Metal Machine Music. I sent him Florence Foster Jenkins. Since then, he’s sent me at least three other CDs, all [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:10:33 +0000

I wonder if anyone yelled "’Freebird’!" during that concert.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:43:43 +0000

I warned Jeff that if he sends it to me, I’m not going to open it.

By: James G

James G — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:07:44 +0000

It makes perfect sense. Lou Reed is going to release a live version of Metal Machine Music with German avant-garde chamber music ensemblee Zeitkratzer. Asphodel Records is releasing the CD/DVD on September 4th. Don’t believe me?
Click here for the full feedback - http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/lou_reed/metal_machine_music.htm

By: 2fs

2fs — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:07:03 +0000

And, inevitably...the tribute album: from the NYT 5/27 online edition -

A notable full-length album tribute is due in August: Zeitkratzer’s “Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music” (Asphodel), which transcribes Mr. Reed’s worst-selling 1975 album — originally an opus of guitar feedback — for chamber ensemble, followed by Mr. Reed himself with a climactic solo. Played by a live group, “Metal Machine Music” sounds even wilder and more frenetic, and Zeitkratzer’s act of fandom — countless work-hours involved in transcribing and orchestrating — moves “Metal Machine Music” into a context where, perhaps, it always belonged: as an avant-garde piece of bristling minimalism rather than a rock musician’s bizarre experiment.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 24 May 2007 16:33:41 +0000

That Rolling Stone review says, "In the liner notes [Reed] admits that he hasn’t listened to [the album] all the way through, and in [a recent interview] the claim that he made for Metal Machine Music was that playing it ‘would clear the room.’" Ha! Lou Reed’s a jolly misanthrope. I think I mentioned on Jefitoblog that my former boss’s former record-store boss used to clear out all the closing-time stragglers by putting on Metal Machine Music. Thanks for that RS link, BD!

By: BD

BD — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:07:20 +0000

Jason — I had to wind up and do my own post, calling upon my misspent music-major days, old Rolling Stone reviews and Calvin and Hobbes. Sorry I’m a Blogger user who can’t do trackbacks. Enjoy.

By: jhensy

jhensy — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:21:48 +0000

Wow, I finally get to hear MMM after YEARS of reading about it (yep, I remember all those Lester Bangs pieces in Creem). It sounds pretty much as expected.
I remember seeing an original copy of this LP for sale in a record store in Ft. Lauderdale about 20 years ago… it was fairly beat-up, with a a big cut-out notch in the corner, but extremely rare nonetheless. I thought about buying it, but eventually balked at the $30 price tag. Always regretted that.
Your post — and video — were hilarious, of course.

By: Eric P.

Eric P. — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:51:46 +0000

I nearly had a heart attack laughing over every word, priceless blog posting.
This should be a sitcom, it beats all the reality tv and it’s got enough character and heart to survive beyond the pilot.

By: Py Korry

Py Korry — Thu, 24 May 2007 03:49:34 +0000

I agree with Jeff. That was a priceless post!