I like Lou Reed, but I wouldn’t consider him any kind of a musician at all, or maybe I would consider him a musician in the most minimal sense possible. He obviously can’t sing or play an instrument (or conduct or compose), and he doesn’t demonstrate any particular knowledge of music. He wrote a fair number of pithy and affecting lyrics (“Bottoming Out” is one of my favorites; it’s so well-structured, to the point, and cinematic) , and from time to time he has worked with some excellent musicians, but lyrics aren’t music and working with musicians is not the same as being one.
Exactly. They aren't bright enough to realise that. He's always on the verge of smiling when he makes a wise crack. And interviewers are like deer in the headlights. They're unable to process his comments.
Yeh, early on Lou told a whole string of jokes - the interviewer didn't seem to get any of them - and Lou just looks forward at the person presenting themselves to him, wondering.
@@eli-schlomo-wetshekelstien6696 obviously you are not a Lou fan or u don't listen to the lyrics he wrote Maybe you should listen to Pale Blue Eyes or waiting for my man and Lou's genius will come through ✌
15:45 Ooh. She has barely started asking her question, and you can already see Lou suddenly getting pissed off, his lips tightening up; he's been around the track enough times to see it coming a mile away and as nice as the interview has been going so far I can hear him muttering to himself, "oh, for Christ's sake..." This girl seemed fairly well-prepared compared to most of the idiots who've talked with him, so she should have known full well not to tread there. It's a little chilling to watch.
Tracy who I wonder... She was indeed well prepared, and she was scared shitless - and she still won him over, sort of - very courageously done; great interview.
moogyboy6 I think he’s joking around with her as he subtlety does in a lot of interviews but the they’re always so nervous they don’t know how to take him, I love watching it, especially how he asks questions and tries to get them to say their opinion too. And feels like if they’re gonna interview him they should be smart enough to know what he’s talking about from Prussia to life in the Congo
take note at 17:25, where Lou's publicist asks the interviewer (post interview) "so you're not going to do anything about that Sobriety thing, are you?" and Tracy the interviewer says "we can drop it", and the publicist replies back:" yeah, drop it", to which all parties agree. This is an interesting dynamic, which supports Lou's desire to keep his personal life personal. His friend David Bowie was from the same mold as you watch interview after interview to gain insight into the world in which they lived. Fascinating to watch. It's also around this time, that Lou had a Liver transplant done at The Cleveland Clinic. Lou always had a "salty" personality toward interviewers, but it makes me wonder how much of this was his actual discomfort level. You can see at the very end as Lou walks out after the interview, a distended abdomen, which could be a direct result of his liver failing.
@@motowngirl5891 Lou had hepatitis C for 30 yrs. It makes one VERY tired, non-energetic, gradually wears one out; it does a job on the liver. Especially if one drinks and/or uses drugs.We know he quit drinking in early 80's.There was no cure even 10 years ago. Interferon was used before that but it was not always successful, Lou then became so unhealthy that he chose to get a liver transplant. 100,000$ operation that has big risks. He was fine only a short while and then his body rejected it. I hope you enjoy his music as I do.
It makes sense. He actually could be respectful to people as he got older and his interviews, but by the time he got sick, it was so hard for him to stand. He had trouble walking. He needed a cane so even in interview before he did them, they gave him pain medicine. No one is perfect, but he matured in his later years, but you can also tell he was sick because how his voice started to change.
Berlin was one of the monuments of music in my life. Spent a summer riding around drinking premixed screwdrivers and ……. There’s a special beauty in this and albums like tonight’s the night
Great interview. Thanks! Lou strikes me as being very jet lagged but still very coherent and elequent. I wonder if he was having liver issues at this point.
Lou is such a stoic person to interview,one of the most difficult people to interview.He seems to be so controversial in his answers…not a happy man.Don’t get me wrong I love his music.Tracy will never forget this interview.
I love Lou Reed. But,thé life is so bad bécasse you are not heure today. Thanks Mister Lou Reed for your song. Excuse me for my bad english but I’m french.
OK I like to think I've got pretty good people skills but I would never ever even attempt this. I have to actually take my hat off to this interviewer for her valiant attempt. Lou Reed is terrifying, I would crumble into a thousand pieces trying to keep this interview going with him. Had to stop half way through, I was exhausted! Literally like pulling teeth.
Greg Dixon just ask about the music. Thats what they dont do and they dont ask about guitars or how they capture sound , they ask shit that youll never get a great answer on.
If the interviewer just said, 'I don't know anything about shakesphire, what the fuck are you talking about?'. 'What made you go into the music job anyway?' But the interviewer didn't.
He didnt respond well to nervous or pompous. Just be genuine and he seems fine (unless hes in a tempermental mood in which case nothing will work). She seemed fine to me. Its his manager that asks for a part to be dropped not lou
At 15:54 I laughed so hard because right there he shot her down. Apparently he only agree'd to be asked the questions that had been submitted and like any twit interviewer that always has to get to the substance abuse questions, he wasn't having it. Good for him. Why do "journalists" find it so necessary to try and get the dirt on people like Lou Reed and their private lives? We as music fans have no right to know this stuff, we don't own them.
She didn't ask him a question about his drug use, she referenced it and asked him what he thought about his current sobriety and the current morays of drug use and music. I think that was a very good question and I think what really is illustrated is Lou self consciousness. A hallmark of interviews with Lou was his discomfort with parts of his own past. He never knew how to talk about it and that frustration, I think, resulted in his lashing out at reporters.
@@sethorren Well yes. We’re talking about someone who trades on this reputation and doesn’t want to discuss it. He may as well get his publicist to ask the questions and just supply the tape.
Interesting to hear Lou talk exercise…I do physical morning stretches, but the good habit has no name…I prefer nameless benefits…Great interview to follow. Lou has a unique no nonsense pace which is remarkable.
I heard that he had depression. His eyes look sad. Depression is hell, ive made some videos of my experience of depression, there is also 1 whole folder on my channel about understanding depression. It is in the playlist part of my channel if anyone wants to check it out and can relate to them, or can get something from them ? Over 400 videos. Thanks
Honestly I think it's really the reflection to his music, and sort of dark side his songs have...depression's one side, but maybe it was just how he chose to be, to make his music HIS. Just my opinion, but RIP Mr. Lou Reed. The Songwriting/Rock Music World's lost one of it's greatest.
I imagine the interviewer (and anyone else) would shit themselves when copping Reed's 'don't fuck with me' stare down. Reed is in total control all throughout this interview, and I admire the way he is so cool when the interviewer goes out of bounds. He could tell them to fuck off and leave the interview, but he stays seated and calmly stops the interviewers attempt directly and in a polite and respectful manner. He seems to know himself, perhaps that's why he's so cool and in control. RIP Lou Reed
Polite and respectful could be argued against in a way but yeah, at least he's cool as a cucumber. Shows where the boundary is and bodies her attempt. But he's not very polite and not very respectful, towards others that is, everything's on his terms.
I photographed Lou Reed in 2007 when he was invited to Australia by Fergus Linehan to perform at the State Theatre as part of the annual Sydney Festival. I photographed John Cale at the Enmore Theatre around the same time. I now suspect Lou may have already been ill by this time (2007), although he lived for another six years. I later moved to Detroit. Iggy Pop was from a town called Ypsilanti, not Detroit proper, but it isn't too far from Detroit. Iggy didn't mind having a laugh and 'taking the mickey' during interviews, so it was nice to see Lou also being receptive to interviewers here (2007), unlike his 1974-75 interviews on tour. It makes for a more interesting and insightful look at the artist in question. Sure, interviewers ask stupid questions, and Tracy did in this ABC interview, but Lou was still fairly accommodating. I mean, some interviewers don't even prepare properly or know next to nothing about the people they're interviewing. You might get away with that at a press conference, but not in a one-on-one interview situation. People should've asked Lou more about New York City, the town he's always been so associated with. It has become much safer, but it has also become so gentrified and expensive. Detroit's still unsafe, but that too is getting expensive - at least in the small number of reasonably safe neighbourhoods - Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Woodbridge, Corktown, the Cass Corridor. Rents have skyrocketed in recent years in those areas, while the rest of Detroit is still blighted and deadly.
She did well with Lou, remember by 2007 he’d been shat on by loads of journalists who didn’t understand his work until 30 years after it came out. Lou is the best and will always be
I dont blame lou for not wanting to talk about either sobriety or drug use. That shits personal, obviously the guy was an old man. Let the 60’s and 70’s be a part of the past, the man was there to talk about his art.
You have to see it from Lou's point of view, god my 1000th interview with the same questions has things really not changed that much at all, well then i will give short answers that end the question, "god that stupid, it's like talking to a squirrel" funny, and your absolutely right lou
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she has her list of questions & checking them each off is more important than the answer, pretending to be even the slightest bit interested in what he offers up.
When people make comments about Lou Reed's music they do not know what they are talking about! Sometimes you have to talk about the dark side of society and it is not all sweetness and light like people expect! Their has to be dark before light! I think that was a record by Lou Reed as well! People need to grow up and realise what people go through! Peter Hardy, Southport, 49 Years of Age
He looks ill to me, too. Depressed or at least very sad. And what´s with his throat, it looks weird from the outside. I love Lou Reed, so this is not to say anything bad about him, I just wonder what was going on with him, never saw an interview from this time in his life before. Does anybody know?
iim xBlade A music journalist wrote that about "Berlin" in a review of the album when it originally came out, I believe; Lou is upset because many people believed what the reviewer said and so they didn't buy the album because they thought it'd be no fun to listen to. He says this is a reason it took so long to produce "Berlin" as a stage show. Basically this reviewer helped to ruin the record's reputation with the public and he's angry about that; Lou doesn't think the "most depressing record" opinion was fair or accurate. Lou mentions several plays by Shakespeare and one by Tennessee Williams as examples of *really* depressing literature, more than "Berlin", and basically says that music journalists are so ignorant that he doesn't even want to discuss what they think about his music.
For light relief after enduring this train wreck go to "Lou Reed '74 Australia Funniest Press Conference EVER & Wild side + Rock 'n Roll" video which is extremely hilarious :) the difference being that he got off the drugs (which we dare not speak of) unfortunately; much more agreeable guy back then, and retained his sense of humour. I still love ya Lou!
Maybe if the media had treated Mr, Reed with a little more respect, he might of reciprocated.....But I didn't know him personally, so that's just an observation.
ya kno... Lou had a reputation 4 being a rough interview subject, being short with answers, vague, etc... but this interview is a perfect example of an interviewer not taking a hint... Lou was all about discussing Tai Chi, he was genuinely interested in talking about it, and all she did was keep trying to change the topic to exhaust her mundane question list... pathetic
@@kevinherbert4256 you are a fraud Lou Reed was so down to earth and produced the greatest poetry and music of the 60s and beyond LISTEN TO PALE BLUE EYES AND waitin' for my man and you'll begin to see the light like uncle Lou said
I love Lou Reed but someone in his position can’t expect the media to ask him solely about what he’s interested in that day. If he wants to talk about Tai Chi he can hire his own interviewer. Journalists ask the questions they believe are relevant.
I thought this was good interview and he was open with her,......I don't understand the complaints...........do they all come from Australians I wonder ??......I thought it was good journalism, she wasn't being a sycophant and tried too have some understanding of him as when he talks about yoga !!.......protect yourself man !!..
Lou Reed was a prick but made some of my favourite music of all time. Top ten some. That's saying something because I know more about music than anyone. And have better taste. And better jeans.
Lou was always honest and straight forward..Man we could use that today..
One of my best friends, i never met
RIP Lou you were an absolute genius of a musician...
I like Lou Reed, but I wouldn’t consider him any kind of a musician at all, or maybe I would consider him a musician in the most minimal sense possible. He obviously can’t sing or play an instrument (or conduct or compose), and he doesn’t demonstrate any particular knowledge of music. He wrote a fair number of pithy and affecting lyrics (“Bottoming Out” is one of my favorites; it’s so well-structured, to the point, and cinematic) , and from time to time he has worked with some excellent musicians, but lyrics aren’t music and working with musicians is not the same as being one.
Gotta hand it to the interviewer, she did a pretty good job. Lou Reed certainly isn't the easiest person to interview by a long shot!
I miss him.
Bloody oath she did
He has always been an insecure arrogant guy
Try John Lydon
@@savanaviolenta Mr John
Lou always tells a lot of jokes in his interviews but his interviewers always take him face value
Exactly. They aren't bright enough to realise that. He's always on the verge of smiling when he makes a wise crack. And interviewers are like deer in the headlights. They're unable to process his comments.
He was an OG troll.
I love Reed but he's a dickhead here and alot of other times.
Yeh, early on Lou told a whole string of jokes - the interviewer didn't seem to get any of them - and Lou just looks forward at the person presenting themselves to him, wondering.
I love Lou. He takes no shit and speaks his mind truthfully.
outshined its easy to fuck with reporters its stupid. I haven't heard him say anything too often that is really amazing.
@@eli-schlomo-wetshekelstien6696 What are you talking about, imbecile?
@@eli-schlomo-wetshekelstien6696 obviously you are not a Lou fan or u don't listen to the lyrics he wrote Maybe you should listen to Pale Blue Eyes or waiting for my man and Lou's genius will come through ✌
truthfully? he's actually an irony machine lol
He also gave a lot of shit
I love you Lou Reed, I send you lots of Love brother... God bless you.
I can't argue with an idiot, it's like talking to a squirrel lol 😂
ah yes " tai chi and the Joy of Living " that's exactly what comes to mind when I see you, Lou, you just radiate happiness
HAHAHA YES
hahahha
You have a very superficial understanding of the term “happiness”. “Happiness” and “kitsch” are antonyms. (No one despised kitsch more than Lou Reed.)
@@DummyAccount-f1q sorry, it wasn't meant as a serious comment
Great songwriter; great music maker; great guy. Miss you Lou!
No. Just no.
True enuf,bro.
The sobriety question!! Hahaha … I swear I laugh more watching some Lou interviews than I do most stand up comedy.
@barrett402 Yeah, drop it!
very expressive. I love Lou. Very generous.
he's a very genuine person
Well he’s full of the joys of spring !
He is actually talking in full sentences during an interview.
He's very generous about the people he works with who he admires.
"It's like talking to a squirrel"
Interviewer sounds nervous, occasionally terrified.
why would she be terrified by a lightweight?
@@acohen1980 Trolling?
@@acohen1980 a lightweight?! Bitch, you have no clue.
And Lou loved her!
@@acohen1980you think a lot more of yourself than Lou did.
he's definitely not a social media type RIP
15:45 Ooh. She has barely started asking her question, and you can already see Lou suddenly getting pissed off, his lips tightening up; he's been around the track enough times to see it coming a mile away and as nice as the interview has been going so far I can hear him muttering to himself, "oh, for Christ's sake..." This girl seemed fairly well-prepared compared to most of the idiots who've talked with him, so she should have known full well not to tread there. It's a little chilling to watch.
I CHANGE MY MIND SO PURE SIMPLE LIKE HÉRO STRANGE BIG SUBJECT I'M NOT HOMO BUT HE'S SO CALM NOTHING UNUSFULL
Tracy who I wonder... She was indeed well prepared, and she was scared shitless - and she still won him over, sort of - very courageously done; great interview.
moogyboy6 I think he’s joking around with her as he subtlety does in a lot of interviews but the they’re always so nervous they don’t know how to take him, I love watching it, especially how he asks questions and tries to get them to say their opinion too. And feels like if they’re gonna interview him they should be smart enough to know what he’s talking about from Prussia to life in the Congo
he's an idiot...a fraud....
Kevin you poor thing.
The interviewer can forever brag about the fact that Lou Reed told her he loved her!
take note at 17:25, where Lou's publicist asks the interviewer (post interview) "so you're not going to do anything about that Sobriety thing, are you?" and Tracy the interviewer says "we can drop it", and the publicist replies back:" yeah, drop it", to which all parties agree. This is an interesting dynamic, which supports Lou's desire to keep his personal life personal. His friend David Bowie was from the same mold as you watch interview after interview to gain insight into the world in which they lived. Fascinating to watch. It's also around this time, that Lou had a Liver transplant done at The Cleveland Clinic. Lou always had a "salty" personality toward interviewers, but it makes me wonder how much of this was his actual discomfort level. You can see at the very end as Lou walks out after the interview, a distended abdomen, which could be a direct result of his liver failing.
cyberopbug yes you can see how his midsection is protruding, liver cancer
@@motowngirl5891 Lou had hepatitis C for 30 yrs. It makes one VERY tired, non-energetic, gradually wears one out; it does a job on the liver. Especially if one drinks and/or uses drugs.We know he quit drinking in early 80's.There was no cure even 10 years ago. Interferon was used before that but it was not always successful, Lou then became so unhealthy that he chose to get a liver transplant. 100,000$ operation that has big risks. He was fine only a short while and then his body rejected it. I hope you enjoy his music as I do.
Mark Turmel I know all that, I have known people who have had this disease
Mark Turmel I have been a fan since he first came on the scene on the mid 1960's
It makes sense. He actually could be respectful to people as he got older and his interviews, but by the time he got sick, it was so hard for him to stand. He had trouble walking. He needed a cane so even in interview before he did them, they gave him pain medicine. No one is perfect, but he matured in his later years, but you can also tell he was sick because how his voice started to change.
Wow, I love you Lou. Thank you for the gift.
"You're doing okay. Beautiful and in shape." The ole charmer...
I thank God, I walked the Earth the same time as Lou Reed.
Wow - is all I can say. I really liked this interview. I found it affirming.
Lou had a very rocky relationship with the Australian media LOL...he seemed pretty chill here
Berlin was one of the monuments of music in my life. Spent a summer riding around drinking premixed screwdrivers and ……. There’s a special beauty in this and albums like tonight’s the night
wow...reed is almost gushingly polite
How many times can one interviewer go, "hmmmm?" With this one, it's limitless.
Hmmm. Annoying isn't it?
Lou will listen to you till the very end.
He never suffered fools and was always one step ahead of them all.
I don't think he suffers anyone!
i think he was up his own bum
I disagree. Lou was just an asshole. I love his music but he was a cantankerous prick.
@@octagonseventynine1253 asshole is your mother, whereas he a hell genius that fools like you don't understand
he's a fraud...an veritable plastic Bertrand...ha ha ha
“I can’t argue with an idiot. It’s like talking to a squirrel.” Brilliant.
Great interview. Thanks! Lou strikes me as being very jet lagged but still very coherent and elequent. I wonder if he was having liver issues at this point.
I'm sure he did have some kind of liver trouble since he had contracted the Hep C many years before this.
Pure genius! On both sides.
Love you so much, Lou. Wish I was born a bit earlier so I could have seen you live
He's was a serious guy - but better behaved here than in many other interviews.
Lou is such a stoic person to interview,one of the most difficult people to interview.He seems to be so controversial in his answers…not a happy man.Don’t get me wrong I love his music.Tracy will never forget this interview.
Wonderful interview!
'Why did you leave out people who like goats??"-Lou never suffered fools lightly-god bless
I love Lou Reed. But,thé life is so bad bécasse you are not heure today. Thanks Mister Lou Reed for your song. Excuse me for my bad english but I’m french.
This interview makes me a little sad because I know he only has 6 more years to live.
An extremely honest, truthful man
i love how lou sets boundaries
Lou looks shell shocked and like his thoughts are really somewhere else.
His strong reaction to the sobriety question. A poignant time perhaps. x
STOP THIS rip.....
This is against his wishes and it is ridiculous.
Mr. Reed you are number 1❤
OK I like to think I've got pretty good people skills but I would never ever even attempt this. I have to actually take my hat off to this interviewer for her valiant attempt. Lou Reed is terrifying, I would crumble into a thousand pieces trying to keep this interview going with him. Had to stop half way through, I was exhausted! Literally like pulling teeth.
Greg Dixon just ask about the music. Thats what they dont do and they dont ask about guitars or how they capture sound , they ask shit that youll never get a great answer on.
If the interviewer just said, 'I don't know anything about shakesphire, what the fuck are you talking about?'. 'What made you go into the music job anyway?'
But the interviewer didn't.
Greg Dixon she is BRAVE!!
He didnt respond well to nervous or pompous. Just be genuine and he seems fine (unless hes in a tempermental mood in which case nothing will work). She seemed fine to me. Its his manager that asks for a part to be dropped not lou
He actually thinks he is a musical
genius ......it's called delusions of
Grandeur . Leads him to act like
a prima donna.
I miss you, Lou
"The people are incredibly nice, always." hahahahahahahahahahhahaahahah
Yup, you can tell Lou did NOT care about this interview, lmao. Rock on, Legend, wherever you are.
What did she ask on 16:00 that made him furious and refused to answer?
"The only thing we have left to fear is fear itself"
- Lou Reed
At 15:54 I laughed so hard because right there he shot her down. Apparently he only agree'd to be asked the questions that had been submitted and like any twit interviewer that always has to get to the substance abuse questions, he wasn't having it. Good for him. Why do "journalists" find it so necessary to try and get the dirt on people like Lou Reed and their private lives? We as music fans have no right to know this stuff, we don't own them.
Well said and you are right, we do not own our heroes they should be left alone.
She didn't ask him a question about his drug use, she referenced it and asked him what he thought about his current sobriety and the current morays of drug use and music. I think that was a very good question and I think what really is illustrated is Lou self consciousness. A hallmark of interviews with Lou was his discomfort with parts of his own past. He never knew how to talk about it and that frustration, I think, resulted in his lashing out at reporters.
@@sethorren Well yes. We’re talking about someone who trades on this reputation and doesn’t want to discuss it. He may as well get his publicist to ask the questions and just supply the tape.
Great interview. Hard to believe it took 30 years to stage Berlin. A great piece of work.
Nope. Just an @$$#0l3 and talentless hack to who had access to top-tier studio men. Lou is the male equivalent of Yoko Ono.
A really special, special person. R.I.P.
I’m french girl,so excuse me for my bad english. You miss me dear Lou
Interesting to hear Lou talk exercise…I do physical morning stretches, but the good habit has no name…I prefer nameless benefits…Great interview to follow. Lou has a unique no nonsense pace which is remarkable.
His eyes are kinda....off.
His stare is sad....
That's what I can see, I am I wrong?
I heard that he had depression. His eyes look sad. Depression is hell, ive made some videos of my experience of depression, there is also 1 whole folder on my channel about understanding depression. It is in the playlist part of my channel if anyone wants to check it out and can relate to them, or can get something from them ? Over 400 videos. Thanks
He also said that he despises journalists and probably doesn't care much for interviews. The man always has his dry sense of humor going as well
best brit pop king ever
No, I see it, too. I think he is a melancholic.
Honestly I think it's really the reflection to his music, and sort of dark side his songs have...depression's one side, but maybe it was just how he chose to be, to make his music HIS. Just my opinion, but RIP Mr. Lou Reed. The Songwriting/Rock Music World's lost one of it's greatest.
I imagine the interviewer (and anyone else) would shit themselves when copping Reed's 'don't fuck with me' stare down. Reed is in total control all throughout this interview, and I admire the way he is so cool when the interviewer goes out of bounds. He could tell them to fuck off and leave the interview, but he stays seated and calmly stops the interviewers attempt directly and in a polite and respectful manner. He seems to know himself, perhaps that's why he's so cool and in control. RIP Lou Reed
Polite and respectful could be argued against in a way but yeah, at least he's cool as a cucumber. Shows where the boundary is and bodies her attempt. But he's not very polite and not very respectful, towards others that is, everything's on his terms.
I like him a lot. Extremely interesting talented artist. He is no phony.
I photographed Lou Reed in 2007 when he was invited to Australia by Fergus Linehan to perform at the State Theatre as part of the annual Sydney Festival. I photographed John Cale at the Enmore Theatre around the same time. I now suspect Lou may have already been ill by this time (2007), although he lived for another six years. I later moved to Detroit. Iggy Pop was from a town called Ypsilanti, not Detroit proper, but it isn't too far from Detroit. Iggy didn't mind having a laugh and 'taking the mickey' during interviews, so it was nice to see Lou also being receptive to interviewers here (2007), unlike his 1974-75 interviews on tour. It makes for a more interesting and insightful look at the artist in question. Sure, interviewers ask stupid questions, and Tracy did in this ABC interview, but Lou was still fairly accommodating. I mean, some interviewers don't even prepare properly or know next to nothing about the people they're interviewing. You might get away with that at a press conference, but not in a one-on-one interview situation. People should've asked Lou more about New York City, the town he's always been so associated with. It has become much safer, but it has also become so gentrified and expensive. Detroit's still unsafe, but that too is getting expensive - at least in the small number of reasonably safe neighbourhoods - Downtown Detroit, Midtown, Woodbridge, Corktown, the Cass Corridor. Rents have skyrocketed in recent years in those areas, while the rest of Detroit is still blighted and deadly.
She did well with Lou, remember by 2007 he’d been shat on by loads of journalists who didn’t understand his work until 30 years after it came out. Lou is the best and will always be
This is so true!
His stuff was already being praised in the 70s dude what are you talking about?
I dont blame lou for not wanting to talk about either sobriety or drug use. That shits personal, obviously the guy was an old man. Let the 60’s and 70’s be a part of the past, the man was there to talk about his art.
You have to see it from Lou's point of view, god my 1000th interview with the same questions has things really not changed that much at all, well then i will give short answers that end the question, "god that stupid, it's like talking to a squirrel" funny, and your absolutely right lou
This is painful.
I do not blame him for being hard on interviewers. It is truly astonishing how inept some journalists are. Mind boggling how well he handled this.
who r u sir?...the girl did an alright job. Actually thats an OK interview so I dunno what you;re on about
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that's true
"It's the parts they left out that I like........ typically." said in a completely deadpan way. Absolutely delicious.
I love you Lou!
Are all his interviews done in Sydney?
LOU REED IS VERY,
VERY MISSED!!⚘
Another relaxed conversation with Lou.
she has her list of questions & checking them each off is more important than the answer, pretending to be even the slightest bit interested in what he offers up.
5:40 That was so "gothic" and badass. Hahaha
Journalists either make you or break you before the Internet, so ye...artists are always going to be on the defense.
When people make comments about Lou Reed's music they do not know what they are talking about! Sometimes you have to talk about the dark side of society and it is not all sweetness and light like people expect! Their has to be dark before light! I think that was a record by Lou Reed as well! People need to grow up and realise what people go through! Peter Hardy, Southport, 49 Years of Age
"Arguing with idiots is like talking to a squirrel"!!!
Classic album
Lou looks pissed lol
No, he's not. He's just tired.
Very bored or depressed, rather
@@IHeartNoise dude had that thousand yard stare lol
Anyone else notice how much Lou resembled Jerry Lewis?
I thought the same thing. Their mannerisms are similar. I would never want to interview either one. Neither ever suffered fools gladly.
Almost eerily similar.
I love Mr reed....
is anyone else getting rediculous amounts of bottom end sound coming out of this video?
Lou, a real out front human being.
He looks ill to me, too. Depressed or at least very sad. And what´s with his throat, it looks weird from the outside. I love Lou Reed, so this is not to say anything bad about him, I just wonder what was going on with him, never saw an interview from this time in his life before. Does anybody know?
He gad liver cancer .. look his stomach at the end .. protruding .. he died after liver transplant ..
i am not english so could someone please explain me what exactly he said to her when she said most depressing record
iim xBlade A music journalist wrote that about "Berlin" in a review of the album when it originally came out, I believe; Lou is upset because many people believed what the reviewer said and so they didn't buy the album because they thought it'd be no fun to listen to. He says this is a reason it took so long to produce "Berlin" as a stage show. Basically this reviewer helped to ruin the record's reputation with the public and he's angry about that; Lou doesn't think the "most depressing record" opinion was fair or accurate. Lou mentions several plays by Shakespeare and one by Tennessee Williams as examples of *really* depressing literature, more than "Berlin", and basically says that music journalists are so ignorant that he doesn't even want to discuss what they think about his music.
She's so sweet but... Lou is Lou
For light relief after enduring this train wreck go to "Lou Reed '74 Australia Funniest Press Conference EVER & Wild side + Rock 'n Roll" video which is extremely hilarious :) the difference being that he got off the drugs (which we dare not speak of) unfortunately; much more agreeable guy back then, and retained his sense of humour. I still love ya Lou!
You can tell he has spent his whole life angry and pissed off.
Maybe if the media had treated Mr, Reed with a little more respect, he might of reciprocated.....But I didn't know him personally, so that's just an observation.
Better be on top of your game when you interview The Lou.
ya kno... Lou had a reputation 4 being a rough interview subject, being short with answers, vague, etc... but this interview is a perfect example of an interviewer not taking a hint... Lou was all about discussing Tai Chi, he was genuinely interested in talking about it, and all she did was keep trying to change the topic to exhaust her mundane question list... pathetic
@Roger Clemons the Lou was never boring
@@y0sh1100 Tai Chi people posing in the park, go and show off somewhere else.
@@kirby711 : he was a total fraud...
@@kevinherbert4256 you are a fraud Lou Reed was so down to earth and produced the greatest poetry and music of the 60s and beyond LISTEN TO PALE BLUE EYES AND waitin' for my man and you'll begin to see the light like uncle Lou said
I love Lou Reed but someone in his position can’t expect the media to ask him solely about what he’s interested in that day. If he wants to talk about Tai Chi he can hire his own interviewer. Journalists ask the questions they believe are relevant.
"Why'd you leave out people who like goats?" HAHAHAHAHA
I'd love to know what in the world went on behind the scenes here prior to the interview - something happened, no doubt.
Lou seems vulnerable here. The interviewer must be pretty.
From the very few people i know who've had any interactions with him say he was not a very nice or welcoming guy..
This woman can't keep up with Lou's mind and wit. She truly seems dumbfounded.
what was he telling her at the end to drop?
I thought this was good interview and he was open with her,......I don't understand the complaints...........do they all come from Australians I wonder ??......I thought it was good journalism, she wasn't being a sycophant and tried too have some understanding of him as when he talks about yoga !!.......protect yourself man !!..
Lou Reed was a prick but made some of my favourite music of all time. Top ten some. That's saying something because I know more about music than anyone. And have better taste. And better jeans.
Oh little grasshopper...Jeans are so passe....get some proper dress slacks kiddo
Cock
Nick you know nada
How sick and tired he is...of the squirrels.
"It's like talking to a squirrel" ha ha. I prefer "It's like trying to teach my dog algebra"