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May 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 46 – Lou Reed “Metal Machine Music”
Lou Reed, Metal Machine Music, 1975 It’s probably cool now – in fact I know that it’s regarded as pioneering, it’s also been performed (in tribute) by large ensembles. There’s an official orchestra version. But that was never Lou Reed’s plan. And the album Metal Machine Music still exists as shorthand for Belligerent Artist Does […]Archive
September 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 59
Lou Reed, Romeo Had Juliette [Single] (1989) The first song on Lou Reed’s great New York album. What a lyrical tour-de-force. I was listening to it just recently, I Googled the lyrics. I marvelled. I always have. I’m sure I always will. Caught between the twisted stars the plotted lines the faulty map that brought […]Archive
September 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: September 2020
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… For […]Archive
September 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Better Off Read Podcast: Episode 78 – Sound Series 6; Carl Shuker and Simon Sweetman
One of my favourite podcasts to check in on is Pip Adam’s Better Off Read. I was a guest on it way back in 2016, episode 29. Pip returned the favour and was on my podcast a while back. The Better Off Read podcast has continued across the last few years. But recently Pip has started a “Sound […]Archive
August 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Lou Reed: Audio Violence ’89 (The Legendary Boston Broadcast)
Lou Reed Audio Violence ’89 (The Legendary Boston Broadcast) Smokin’ Badger Lou Reed found his mojo again – big time! – with his gritty, sublime New York album (a novel or movie in the form of a record). We’ll soon get to hear the expanded edition, b-sides, extras – and at the time of release […]Archive
August 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Clint Mansell and Clint Walsh: Berlin
Clint Mansell and Clint Walsh Berlin Invada Records UK In 2014 Clint Mansell’s girlfriend died. He contacted his friend and fellow multi-instrumentalist Clint Walsh to help him recreate Lou Reed’s Berlin album. The idea came from Julian Barnes’ slim volume about grief. In that fabulous book Barnes lists the ‘lasts’ that he shared with his […]Archive
November 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 221
Lou Reed, Growing Up In Public (1980) I’m sure this one rates pretty low down the list of Lou Reed albums – but I’ve always quite liked it. Some good songs (How Do You Speak To An Angel, Standing On Ceremony) and some stupid songs that you had to kinda laugh at (the title track, […]Archive
September 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Mistrial/Innocent Man
This teacher in high school told us all to write out the lyrics to our favourite song and bring a tape or CD into class to play the tune. We’d read the lyrics out and play the song to the class – talk about why we choose it – what it was about. She played […]Archive
August 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Nils Lofgren: Blue With Lou
Nils Lofgren Blue With Lou Cattle Track Road Nils Lofgren’s always been one of the great guitar-heroes of songwriting – which is to say he’s a hell of a player and a decent songwriter and he knows how to combine the two; maybe he’s learned a bit from serving at the feet of masters, certainly […]Archive
May 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 312
Lou Reed, Berlin (1973) I got to this one pretty early in my Lou Reed worship – I guess because I was reading the bios and whatever I could get my hands on…I approached the discography in a giant scatter-grab; trips to Auckland to the ‘big’ record stores to get whatever I could, armed with as many names […]Archive
September 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman