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Originally Posted by Far-L
Reed compared it to daring to liking the smell of someone else's farts.
Lynch is another one that is notorious for saying how much he likes what he hates and his films are a testament to the sneer of false praise and inverted justice.
McCartney is pretty much about as real and sincere as the color of his hair these days.
I admit I need to hear the record myself to judge it firsthand, but based on those other opinions... let's just say I am not running out to buy those downloads, although I will concede that it unfair to judge it just on the previous body of work without having heard it so I will make an effort to hear it and keep an open mind and ear about it.
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Reed also said 'the guy is really, really, really talented', 'At so many points in this album, the music breaks into this melody, and it's glorious - I mean, glorious and 'If you like sound, listen to what he's giving you. Majestic and inspiring."
I understand what you're saying about Reed's acid wit, but I don't think that was the case in any of those comments and I'm very familiar with his music as well as much of his social commentary and pop culture criticism.
I first started listening to Velvet Underground back in college. In '98, I went to Vegas on Halloween for a Phish concert. At the time, every year on Halloween, they would play 3 sets and in the 2nd set, they would take on a 'musical costume' and cover an entire album. That year they played Velvet Underground's
Loaded. It was a great show. Naturally, when I got back to Austin one of the first things I did was buy
Loaded and
The Velvet Underground & Nico. I listened to both of them quite a bit.
When I moved to NYC a year or so later, I became fascinated with the 'Silver era' with Warhol and The Factory and whatnot. Lou Reed was very much a part of that era, so in the process of researching and reading about that time period, I learned a lot about him. Then, I think it was in 2005 or 2006, I was a member of the Whitney (as well as several other museums) and went to a members viewing of his photography exhibit at the Hermes gallery. I actually met him and talked to him about his photography for about a minute. So then, naturally, I went through another Velvet Underground phase.
So, I'm not coming out of nowhere when I say I'm pretty familiar with him and his style of writing and certainly have a grasp of what he was saying.