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April 21, 2012
11:27 • 1 year ago
Tags: record store day record stores lulu lou reed metallica
FYI: Today is Record Store Day. Be sure to support your local record store, even if they’re selling multiple copies of Metallica and Lou Reed’s ill-fated “Lulu.” (photo from the recently-closed Melody Records in Dupont Circle, which will be greatly missed)

FYI: Today is Record Store Day. Be sure to support your local record store, even if they’re selling multiple copies of Metallica and Lou Reed’s ill-fated “Lulu.” (photo from the recently-closed Melody Records in Dupont Circle, which will be greatly missed)

November 2, 2011
23:22 • 1 year ago
Tags: lou reed starbucks lulz lou reed starbucks lou reed at starbucks tom scharpling awesome
Lou Reed takes a walk on the mild side? First he made an album with Metallica, now he’s going to #(&@(&ing Starbucks? Who cares if this encounter, recalled by WFMU host and comedian Tom Scharpling, is real or not? It’s hilarious. (via mrshl, who has the full thing; this is really just the intro to a solid hour of tweeting)

Lou Reed takes a walk on the mild side? First he made an album with Metallica, now he’s going to #(&@(&ing Starbucks? Who cares if this encounter, recalled by WFMU host and comedian Tom Scharpling, is real or not? It’s hilarious. (via mrshl, who has the full thing; this is really just the intro to a solid hour of tweeting)

November 1, 2011
08:50 • 1 year ago
Tags: lou reed metallica bad ideas albums lulu collaborations collaborations from hell awful music metal machine music
The bulk of Lulu sounds like your dad’s drunk friend reciting his self-penned erotica over a melting ReLoad cassette.
Entertainment Weekly’s review of the Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration “Lulu,” which many internet types have been fearing might be the worst album in each artist’s careers. (Fortunately, EW says, it’s not: It “isn’t nearly as alienating as Reed’s 1975 noise experiment Metal Machine Music.”) Surprisingly, hatred of this album is far from across-the-board. In fact, the BBC claims it’s a great album: “It may well be, though, that in the fullness of time this is an album that is given the praise it deserves.”
June 18, 2011
10:53 • 1 year ago
Tags: berlin bizarre collaborations lou reed Master of Puppets Metallica velvet underground wtf
The record, not yet titled, features 10 songs composed by Reed with significant arrangement contributions by the band that suggest a raging union of his 1973 noir classic, Berlin, and Metallica’s ‘86 crusher, Master of Puppets.
Rolling Stone writer David Fricke • Describing that bizarre Metallica-Lou Reed album the duo collaborated on. May we just say, could you pick two weirder albums to mash up? But that said, both Metallica and Reed seem uber-excited about the project, which is based around a bunch of songs Reed wrote for a German play. “A marriage made in heaven,” Reed said. ”I knew it from the first day we played together: ‘Oh, man, this is perfection, right in front of me.’ ” It might be a bit before the project gets out, as neither Reed nor Metallica (who still are a multi-platinum-selling force) currently have a record deal. But then again, both are legendary enough that they probably have the money to start one. source (via • follow)
June 17, 2011
01:03 • 1 year ago
Tags: metallica lou reed the velvet underground james hetfield
Metallica and Lou Reed record an album: Uh, what? Apparently The Velvet Underground’s art-damaged living legend, inspired by a jam during a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame anniversary celebration, spent a few months in the studio with James Hetfield and the gang recording an album. That’s actually quite fast by Metallica standards. So what do you guys think it’s gonna sound more like, “Load” or “Loaded”? “Ride The Lightning” or “Transformer”? “Master Of Puppets” or “Metal Machine Music”?

Metallica and Lou Reed record an album: Uh, what? Apparently The Velvet Underground’s art-damaged living legend, inspired by a jam during a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame anniversary celebration, spent a few months in the studio with James Hetfield and the gang recording an album. That’s actually quite fast by Metallica standards. So what do you guys think it’s gonna sound more like, “Load” or “Loaded”? “Ride The Lightning” or “Transformer”? “Master Of Puppets” or “Metal Machine Music”?

 

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