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PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:07 pm 
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I mean, obviously, but I always forget how much of his career he spent directly contradicting himself.

I'm downing Gelmorangie and listening to that Live at Max's Kansas City recording where he says that "I'm Waiting for the Man" is a "a love between a man and the subway".

hilarity.

I just heard this morning of an old bootleg that was rehearsal tape from Max's dubbed from Danny Fields' copy. and there's like 3 versions of "Head Held High" on it. <drool>

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 Post subject: Re: Lou Reed: such a fucking weirdo
PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:20 pm 
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I just heard this morning of an old bootleg that was rehearsal tape from Max's dubbed from Danny Fields' copy. and there's like 3 versions of "Head Held High" on it. <drool>


damn.

but yeah, lou is a fucking weirdo for sure.

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Gonna go play Transformer now until I head out...supposed to be a trio of Albanian slave girls at the aprty...speaking of weird. Should be an interesting night.

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I watched a documentary on the Velvet Underground last night and about a third of the way through was like: uh... so... a no show from Lou I guess, surprize, surprize.


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the redworm Wrote:

I just heard this morning of an old bootleg that was rehearsal tape from Max's dubbed from Danny Fields' copy. and there's like 3 versions of "Head Held High" on it. <drool>


damn.

but yeah, lou is a fucking weirdo for sure.


She said the answer was to (whooooaaaa) become a dancer, head held hiiigh!

There was a quote I read by him that I can't find anymore, but he essentially got kicked out of where he was living and he was like, I had a notebook of poetry, my english degree and nothing else. And the world felt wide open.

I wish i could remember what it was from and what exactly he said, cos it was awesome.

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the redworm Wrote:
I just heard this morning of an old bootleg that was rehearsal tape from Max's dubbed from Danny Fields' copy. and there's like 3 versions of "Head Held High" on it. <drool>


Goddamn. Find this, and bring it to us.

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Isn't that what makes Lou Reed great? He's a creepy bastard in the same way Christopher Walken is.

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Sen. LooGAR (D - MEH) Wrote:
There was a quote I read by him that I can't find anymore, but he essentially got kicked out of where he was living and he was like, I had a notebook of poetry, my english degree and nothing else. And the world felt wide open.

I wish i could remember what it was from and what exactly he said, cos it was awesome.

And probably 100% manufactured, self-mythologizing bullshit.


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I found it on that site that Paladisiac posted about, the same one that now has me with 5+ GB of music to listen to (including 4 Clash bootlegs, 2 Neil Young shows, and that Amy Millan album I swore I'd never buy). THe link says it was taken down due to complaints. Which pisses me off. I supposed I could beg the guy who runs the site to re-post it or IM it to me or something.

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I watched a documentary on the Velvet Underground last night and about a third of the way through was like: uh... so... a no show from Lou I guess, surprize, surprize.


was Sterling Morrison still alive for this? I'd love to see that.

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And probably 100% manufactured, self-mythologizing bullshit.


And what isn't? That's what we are... writing our lives on the blank page of every morning. So what?

"not" being a fucking weirdo is fucking weird (and a lie).

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