Lou Reed vs. the other Velvets

[r***@excite.com]

I was reading in the Bockris book about the problems they had during
the reunion. Has Lou ever worked with John Cale or Maureen since then?

I was letdown by the live video. Lou really butchered many of the
songs.

[p***@quentincrisp.com]

Lou Reed jumped the shark back in 1982. Sure, you can still see him
wandering around New York these days, but his body has been taken over
by a screaming, doddering old woman.

[Richard Fangnail]

I thought his music went downhill around 1989. Songs for Drella was
good but mostly because I'm sentimental about the subject.

In Vicktor Bockris's biography, Lou comes across as a real jerk during
the reunion which is why it never made it over to the US.

[p***@quentincrisp.com]

Well, I saw him perform back in 1972. He was a crazy, wildly talented,
bisexual LEATHER DADDY, complete with the boyfriend and S&M regalia.
Fast forward a few years and he's a heterosexual Proust who spends most
of his time arguing with the Koreans at the corner grocery about the
price of kiwi fruit.

If that won't make a fan bitter, nothing will.

[Neptuna]

Post by p***@quentincrisp.com
Lou Reed jumped the shark back in 1982. Sure, you can still see him
wandering around New York these days, but his body has been taken over
by a screaming, doddering old woman.

I believe he more precisely resembles the Bizarro World version of Sigourney
Weaver in leather.