Lou Reed - "Rock & Roll Animal" (1974) & "Lou Reed Live" (1975) - RCA Victor
Hello Friends,
We've got a Lou Reed twofer going on tonight!
Rock & Roll Animal and Lou Reed Live are two albums from the height of Lou Reed's glam rock phase. Guitar-heavy live versions of some Velvet Underground classics ("Heroin", "White Light/White Heat", "I'm Waiting For the Man") as well some solo stuff from the Bowie-produced Transformer and the uber-depressing Berlin.
Both albums were actually recorded at the same gig at Howard Stein's Academy of Music (which later became the Palladium) in New York City in December 1973.
Why they just didn't release the entire set as a double album will remain a mystery!
With only 11 songs between the two albums, Reed's lyrics take a back seat to some more complex arrangements and some heavy extended jams. (Guitarist's Dick Wagner & Steve Hunter would eventually join Alice Cooper's band.) You can even fool your hipster friends by putting on the first song on Rock & Roll Animal (an instrumental that leads into "Sweet Jane") and have them guess as to who it is. We're betting you'll get more guesses for Zappa, Pink Floyd or even the Dead than you will for Sir Lou.
Shine a light on love, indeed!
Rock & Roll Animal and Lou Reed Live are two albums from the height of Lou Reed's glam rock phase. Guitar-heavy live versions of some Velvet Underground classics ("Heroin", "White Light/White Heat", "I'm Waiting For the Man") as well some solo stuff from the Bowie-produced Transformer and the uber-depressing Berlin.
Both albums were actually recorded at the same gig at Howard Stein's Academy of Music (which later became the Palladium) in New York City in December 1973.
Why they just didn't release the entire set as a double album will remain a mystery!
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Shine a light on love, indeed!
RATING (both albums): 4 Jim-Jims in this Town out of 5
I love Animal on the drums. I think he was better than Keith Moon!!!!!
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