Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal: Remastered
Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal: Remastered
Customer Review: For Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves
As a long-term Lou & VU fan I was looking forward to this but having just listened to it I feel sick.
The musicians sound like a bad bar covers band, all dated soft rock postures & tired FX.
Yes yes yes, I’m sure a chorus pedal was very clever in 1979 but enough already. The songs are killed in what looks like a pastiche of bloated corporate 70s rock.
You might think “Thank God punk killed this sort of stuff” but the songs were fine before: short, taut, original and appropriate.
This has to be Lou’s nadir before redemption a decade later with NuYork.
Keep clear, keep a clear head and stick to the VU Live in 1969 or the albums.
It is ironic that something more recent than the originals is much more dated, but this would have been dated at time of release. It was dated beofre it was recorded.
Take it out & kill it.
Is this clear enough?
If you like this recording & like the originals you either have a broad musical taste or are clueless.
If you like this album, the ngo on, justify a 12-minute version of heroin. Go on, try it. How, in any way, is this appropriate?
It makes Bowie’s Tin Machine aberration look like Nirvana.
Customer Review: Slighty better than Frampton comes alive!!!
The greatest live album ever bar none. Velvet’s snobs hate it because of the “rock outs” and the the extended guitar play of Wagner and Hunter. Look I love the Velvets with Nico and all the early stuff but the this is equally sublime. The band is tighter than a shark with lock jaw and Reed’s singing is fantastic. No whooping or howling out of place either. Clearly an audience who love the material and add to the occasion. I dare anyone not to marvel at the brilliance of Sweet Jane as Hunter and Wagner do a jazzy intro to be joined half way through by Lou Reed walking on stage to the crunchiest riff of all time and the audience losing the plot. Heroin is stunning and builds to such a crescendo you feel exhausted at the end of it. The best ever version of Rock n Roll is also included for good measure. All in all Reed doing what Reed does best, surprising the audience and moving the goalposts. Who has ever followed this up? Possibly Television which is the best compliment anyone can pay.
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