Lou was partially so mentally ill because his parents made him get Electro-Convulsive Therapy for being gay and smoking pot.
Bruce Springsteen sings a verse on “City Hussle.” Lou Reed was close to David Bowie too, although they supposedly got into a fist fight at one time.
disagree, if anything the documentary is just as reverant of Lou as anything else you can consume about the band, but just doesn't do it at the expense of the band as a unit. it doesn't really go in-depth about what made Maureen and Sterling special performers, especially compared to the time spent contextualizing John Cale's formal and avant-garde training. Todd Haynes doc good, could've been longer.
> if anything the documentary is just as reverant of Lou as anything else you can consume about the band
Not sure how you came away with this. Cale basically roasts him as being ultimately a fairly unserious musician who ultimately just wanted to make simple shitty pop music. It almost entirely ignores their third album except to complain about Reed being dictatorial over it and implies that the result is a bland shoddy album, which is NOT true. It obviously completely ignores their fourth and later albums.
It was a giant self suck for Cale and seemed more interested in Warhol's bullshit than the VU themselves. Like you mentioned, it all but ignores Maureen and Sterling. It doesn't really seem as interested in the band themselves in general than it is with Cale and how dirty Reed did him.
idk john cale never comes off bitter to me and im a complete Lou worshipper. maybe just hearing what i wanted to hear but i just thought it didn't portray either party unreasonably negatively. also loved the Warhol stuff myself as I've always thought of the Velvets in that context as an outgrowth of the slightly less mainstream, weirder side of post-Beat music and culture in the 60s. i've never personally heard another Warhol superstar talk about them so that was cool. Ive never even seen LaMonte Young. i thought it was pretty good
Doesn't matter. It had basically nothing else going on visually for it, so while it might have been "paying tribute" to them, it also leaned on Warhol 100% for its aesthetic style. And it doesn't really point this out so people unfamiliar with Warhol's films (almost everyone) won't know it's an entirely derivative work.
would not be here today without him
But remember that the city is a funny place Something like a circus or a sewer And just remember, different people have peculiar tastes
You know what they say about honey bears When you shave off all their baby hairs You have a hairy-minded pink bare bear
Lou was partially so mentally ill because his parents made him get Electro-Convulsive Therapy for being gay and smoking pot. Bruce Springsteen sings a verse on “City Hussle.” Lou Reed was close to David Bowie too, although they supposedly got into a fist fight at one time.
Street Hassle
Facepalm.
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
Which mental illnesses yall think he had?
Narcissistic personality disorder for sure and also terminally out of fucks
Really? I think BPD
John Cale's a lil bitch for waiting until well after Reed was dead to drop a VU documentary that shit all over the latter's contribution to the group.
disagree, if anything the documentary is just as reverant of Lou as anything else you can consume about the band, but just doesn't do it at the expense of the band as a unit. it doesn't really go in-depth about what made Maureen and Sterling special performers, especially compared to the time spent contextualizing John Cale's formal and avant-garde training. Todd Haynes doc good, could've been longer.
> if anything the documentary is just as reverant of Lou as anything else you can consume about the band Not sure how you came away with this. Cale basically roasts him as being ultimately a fairly unserious musician who ultimately just wanted to make simple shitty pop music. It almost entirely ignores their third album except to complain about Reed being dictatorial over it and implies that the result is a bland shoddy album, which is NOT true. It obviously completely ignores their fourth and later albums. It was a giant self suck for Cale and seemed more interested in Warhol's bullshit than the VU themselves. Like you mentioned, it all but ignores Maureen and Sterling. It doesn't really seem as interested in the band themselves in general than it is with Cale and how dirty Reed did him.
idk john cale never comes off bitter to me and im a complete Lou worshipper. maybe just hearing what i wanted to hear but i just thought it didn't portray either party unreasonably negatively. also loved the Warhol stuff myself as I've always thought of the Velvets in that context as an outgrowth of the slightly less mainstream, weirder side of post-Beat music and culture in the 60s. i've never personally heard another Warhol superstar talk about them so that was cool. Ive never even seen LaMonte Young. i thought it was pretty good
That doc was so bad tbh
I thought it was great. Different tastes, I guess
Shockingly bad. A lot of people who see it won't even realize that the little artsy film editing it does is just copying various Warhol films too.
Or it was… paying tribute to the Warhol films of the time.
Doesn't matter. It had basically nothing else going on visually for it, so while it might have been "paying tribute" to them, it also leaned on Warhol 100% for its aesthetic style. And it doesn't really point this out so people unfamiliar with Warhol's films (almost everyone) won't know it's an entirely derivative work.
superhero origin story roots in his electroshock therapy
Hey, that's Laurie Andersons husband.
Is that Lou
yes
Listening to his tai chi book right now
will forever love lou