Purchased at the Little Shop Primitive in Reims in the late 1980's
Ref: AL 4100 - Published by Arista in the U.S. in 1976
Support: 33 laps 30 cm
12 titles
Regarding Lou Reed , my journey began with Street hassle. Then I redid part of the path in reverse to the tube being interested Walk on the Wild Side , the live electric Rock and roll animal , two disks that had a lot of friends, as Berlin, critics strongly recommended, so much so that the disk relatively disappointed me. Critics insisted much on the Velvet Underground , I happily discovered, and even Metal Machine Music, I made the mistake of giving me a price already collector, to celebrate the successful completion of a review I believe, and I do not regret having sold very quickly, except that I should try to get a better price.
Regarding Rock and Roll Heart , our roads had never crossed until the day of 1988 or 1989, when I heard the title track of the album, with the guitar riff saturated and the piano intro, the peculiar voice of Lou Reed and the organ on the chorus. And I said, "But it's crazy it looks like an excerpt from The Pictorial Jackson Review of Felt! ".
Luckily, someone put up for sale shortly after the primitive copy pressing in the American album, perfect condition and not too expensive. I have not missed ...
The song Rock and Roll Heart , the 45 rpm single from the album (it was not a pipe), remains One of my favorite disc. From the Velvets, Lou Reed sang the power of Rock and Roll . Here he talks about himself and his true nature: "I guess I'm just dumb ' Cause I Know That I is not smart, goal Deep down inside, I got a rock 'n' roll heart. Yeah-yeah-yeah, deep down inside I got a rock'n'roll heart "(" I must be a little beta, because I know I'm not keen mind, but in my heart, I got a heart rock and roll. Yé yé yé, deep inside of me, I have a heart rock and roll "). As Lou Reed this for years as an artist whose subject is rock and roll, I guess, if it should write or sing this song today, he would transform into rock and roll art . The only problem I have with this title is that I put myself in the lead our National Monument Rock could resume, on the advice of a good manager or his label. As far as I know he did not, but just to imagine singing "Oh Yéééééé! Yéééééé! Yéééééé! I have a rock heart and rolleeeuuu! "Bet I spoil my enjoyment one bit.
It's also about rock in the first title of the disc, I believe in love : "As everybody knows I believe in good time music. Yeah, good time rock 'n' roll. I believe in music, music, music. It'll Satisfy Your Soul, but - Oh, I believe in love (Good time music) . As much as I walk for Rock and Roll Heart, as there I really feel that Lou does not care about our mouth, as his " As everybody knows " and his "purpose " seem to indicate. He amuses himself on the end to make lots of different choruses on "I Believe in Love " and "Good time music " but I have as much trouble making this song the first degree that the entire discography Denim .
This disc is the first that Lou Reed has recorded for Arista after leaving RCA. It was recorded very quickly with a group including several musicians from the jazz scene. These are the three tracks where it means the more I like least: the instrumental Chooser And The Chosen One , Follow the leader and A Sheltered Life. It can not be coincidence that these last two titles are just two old songs that were already in the repertoire of Velvet, the first was performed live in 1969 (there is a version The Quine tapes ) and other was recorded as a demo in 1967 and published in the cabinet Peel Slowly and See . It has been fun and Reed mistreat them. At least A Sheltered Life is saved by his humor, Lou interpreting a character of provincial never left his hole ("Never Been to England , Never Been to France, never really Learned how to dance, I've never taken dope and I've never taken drugs, ah, I've never danced it a bear-skin rug, Guess It's True, What They Say All Those people, I'm gonna have to loose my hometown Ways ").
But there's a title on this album that sounds like the Velvet Underground, it's amazing Banging on my drum . The short instrumental part at the end makes me think even some pre-Velvet titles like You're driving me insane .
My other favorite tracks on the disc are Vicious circle, with fairly minimal voice well highlighted, You wear it so well a slow song with piano and brass, from Lou Reed fairly typical with Garland Jeffreys backing vocals, and finally the hard Temporary Thing , a title that seems slow paced and announce the next album, Street hassle.
surely I will not pretend that this album is a masterpiece, but it's a nice drive and very consistent, maybe a little too little known beyond the few excerpts that appear on compilations. In any case, I would bet that Lawrence had to use his copy to the bottom of the furrows.
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