Paris and london in the 1890s, whirl between the points of view of lulu, a. Lou reed doesnt just write about squalid characters, he allows them to leer and breathe in their own voices, and he colors familiar landscapes through their own eyes. Lulu is a musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica. I am a chorus of the voices that gather up the magnets set before me i attract you and repel you a science of.
A promotional video for lou reed and metallicas 2011 single the view. The entire the view song taken from the forthcoming musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica, lulu can be streamed in the youtube clip below. Lou reed and metallica may at first seem to be a pairing at odds with what old fans of either new yorks god of rock and roll, or the black album chart toppers would think prudent until you watch these two colossal entities in the same room together, through the lens of director darren aronofsky if there was something incongruous about the idea, aronofskys menacing camera puts that. This is the first song to be released from lulu, a joint album between american heavy metal band metallica and new york rock musician lou reed. Metallicas always been autonomous, and lou reed is the godfather of being an outsider, being autonomous, marching to his own drum, making every project different from the. The unlikely musical pairing has teamed up for the. Metallica and lou reed release album cover cbs news. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the velvet underground, and his subsequent solo career spanned five decades. Many of these audios and mp3s are available for free.
In the plays, the main character, lulu, is objectified by men in a brutal tale of sex, deception and murder. Especially while a member of the the velvet underground in the 1960s, reed broke new ground for the rock genre in several important dimensions, introducing more mature and intellectual themes to what was then considered a largely simplistic genre of music. The first fulllength taste of lou reed and metallica s collaborative album, lulu, is here. Lulu lou reed to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. After that performance, the two entities began kicking around the idea of making a record together, but didnt start working togethe. Lou reed performing at the arlene schnitzer concert hall in portland, oregon. Download or listen to free music and audio this library contains recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to grateful dead concerts, to old time radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Lou reed born march 2, 1942 in brooklyn, new york, usa died october 27, 20, southampton, new york, usa was an american rock musician, songwriter and photographer. Metallica may receive collaborative billing, and reed has made canny use of the bands skill set, but its clear after the first ten minutes that he is the auteur on this project, and most metallica fans are going to be awfully puzzled by lulu.
Lou reed sweet jane from rock n roll animal youtube. It is inspired by german expressionist writer frank wedekinds plays earth spirit and pandoras box, which tell the story of a young abused dancers life and relationships, and are now collectively known as the lulu plays. The album is the final fulllength studio recording project that reed was involved in before his death in october 20. Lulu is a musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica, based on frank wiedekind. The combination of metallicas aforementioned troubles mixed with the fact that reed is a mere blip on the relevance radar was a stark early warning to many. Lulu is a collaboration album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band metallica. Lou reed march 2, 1942 october 27, 20 was an american rock artist originally from brooklyn, new york, usa. The guardian view columnists letters opinion videos. Download lou reed complete studio album discography all 320 djcollection torrent or any other torrent from mp3 category. He was the rhythmlead guitarist, singer and principal songwriter for the rock band the velvet. The career of lou reed defied capsule summarization. The news that lou reed and metallica were to collaborate was met with no small dose of trepidation.
I am a chorus of the voices that gather up the magnets set before me i attract you and repel you a science of the heart and blood and meaning the coldness of most beauties is a challenge that our youth must quickly conquer there is no time for guilt or second guessing, second guessing based on feeling i am the truth, the beauty that causes you to cross your sacred boundaries i have no morals. Lulu lou reed to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on qobuz. It was released on october 31, 2011 by warner bros. In this interview from 2011, reed and metallica defended their controversial collaboration album lulu to neil mccormick.
For the welsh rugby player, see lou reed rugby player. C 1972 rca records a division of sony music entertainment. Few would deny reed s immense importance and considerable achievements. Lulu by lou reed and metallica lou reed and metallica cbs with each piece of news released by lou reed and metallica, the idea of what their. The unusual pairing on the album lulu has some fans boilingwill it sell. Much advance word of lou reed and metallicas excursion has been one of. The conception of the collaboration project began in 2009 when both metallica and lou reed performed at the rock and roll hall of fames 25th anniversary concert. The cd works, it downloaded onto my pc and i could share it onto my phone so. With kirk hammett, james hetfield, metallica, lou reed. Music video by lou reed performing walk on the wild side audio.
He formed the group the velvet underground with welsh multiinstrumentalist john cale, second guitarist sterling morrison, and drummer maureen tucker in new york in 1965. Metallica ran around the world three times finishing their death magnetic commitments, and were ready. Lou reed biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Watch the music video of the view from metallica and lou reed directed by oscar nominee darren aronofsky. Stephan berwick, friend and tai chi brother of lou, has launched a kickstarter campaign to fund a featurelength version of final weapon final weapon was originally released in 2010 as a short film. And offcourse lou reed and all the members of metallica.
Blog points us to a soundcloud stream of the album track the view, which you can. Metallica and lou reed streaming new song, the view. Watching interviews with lou and metallica made some of us understand how much this project meant to them, and made me personally spend a great deal of time listening to the lyrics and the music. In the process, reed has created a body of music that comes as close to disclosing the parameters of human loss and recovery as were likely to find. It stars master ren guang yi, lous longtime tai chi teacher, and. It is strictly forbidden to share links to albums via file sharing sites magnet, torrent, kingdom leaks etc.
When we first learned that lou reed and metallica had gone and made an entire album together, just about everyone asked the same. The group soon became a part of andy warhols factory scene, which housed a great number of the most freaked and experimental artists at the time. Deftly leaps from intimacy to grandeur, from joy to heartwrenching sadness and across the full emotional spectrum while maintaining a stylistic and thematic unity. The view directed by darren aronofsky from the album lulu. Lewis allan reed march 2, 1942 october 27, 20 was an american musician, singer, songwriter and poet. Lulu is a music studio album recording by metallica prog relatedprogressive rock released in 2011 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette.
Metallicas instrumental track for the view, cut that day in the same room where they made 2003s st. For a comprehensive list of releases by reed as a member of the velvet underground, see the velvet underground discography. Licensed to youtube by emi music publishing, solar music rights management, audiam publishing, global music rights llc, umpi, bmi broadcast music inc. Download lou reed complete studio album discography all. It was recorded in san rafael, california, during april to june 2011, after reed had. Lou reed and metallica the view lyrics genius lyrics. I was really struck by this idea that there are these two big names on the spine of the albummetallica and lou reedand the record ends with a long stretch of viola, where youre not.
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