I liked his Berlin album the best. I heard it first when I was in Rota, Spain. The cuts Lady Day, Caroline Says, or The Bed, with that line; “They’re Taking Her Children Away”, and the baby crying in the background. Lush and , indulgent and ponderous, in a good way. Lou seemed tired and burnt out for the last twenty years. Good for him, that he found love and comfort with Laurie Anderson, an extremely bright, creative performer. Age and fashion happen to us all, so most today don’t know about Laurie or Lou except for that one beer drinker’s hit ‘Wild Side’. Satelite of Love is very simple and sweet. Anyone could plink a piano and make that song sound good, the way it’s structured with a soft cascade of refrains.
Berlin was my favorite piece by Lou Reed as well. It got me through a few very dark nights of the soul, and for that I will be forever grateful. I liked the way Caroline says part 2 was a play on the Velvets Stephanie says.
“Satellite’s gone way up to Mars,
Soon it’ll be filled with Parking Cars”
Have to like those kinds of lyrics.
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/lou+reed/satellite+of+love_20085178.html
Didn’t know this, album of Lou Reed and Metallica.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/lulu-mw0002223324
Nay, I don’t like the cover and it’s things like that that turn me off. Whatever.
Guy wrote some good hooks in his songs, stuff I remember better than a lot of others.