One of my Desert Island Records. Keeps it Real. Pain and Beauty . Lou Reed's Perfect followup to Transformer. A Curveball the Record Company Didn't see coming. The Sinker was Metal Machine Music. LOU REED was Real as it gets.
El tono intimista de esta canción...pff! Están Lou y el oyente a solas,te deja atrapado hasta el final.En un silencio desolador.El feeling es simplemente mágico.
My father hates Lou Reed...He just can't get behind his voice. Despite my best efforts, it's just not his thing. But "The Bed" is the one song he likes. I'm glad. This is probably Lou's secret masterpiece. People laud Transformer up and down and the title track from Street Hassle is arguably his artistic peak, but Berlin is his best album post-VU. Harshly criticized in its time but justifiably beloved in hindsight. The whole album is filled with fantastic songs, but there's just something so innately personal and perfect about this particular track. Lou really understood the deepest, hardest parts of the human condition, and he could express this empathy with simple, quiet guitar. He was a genius.
Perfectly put. I agree wholeheartedly....Those haunted ghost like vocals at the end are.....terrifying! P.S. 'Street hassle' - Absolutely brilliant. Featuring Bruce Springsteen - it took me years to investigate that - and it dawned on me that it sounded very much like him....!
Berlin is a special album, arguably one of the most depressing records ever made, along with Leonard Cohen's Songs of Love and Hate (also great). Berlin will always be my favorite Lou Reed solo record, along with The Blue Mask.
I've never understood why it wasn't universally lauded from the start. I'd known about its legend for a few years before I actually heard it in the early 90s. I reckon I'd have been 15 when I heard it and it was better than the legend that surrounded it suggested. It's so brilliantly observed through the eyes of Jim. It really is a masterpiece and it is utterly unique.
that outro can easily be seen as a pure goth rock pioneering moment almost 10 years before even the likes of joy division. It's crazy. What an absolutely crazy record. Like youre in the imagination of a drug addict going through the extreme lows and like in the song that follows a little bit of a high and then another extreme low absolute rollercoaster of an album
Juan Perez baritone and tenors are voice ranges. Baritone spans the lower pitches of the human vocal range (tending to sound masculine) and tenor is higher but certainly not the highest (I’m not exactly sure where tenor falls on a piano). And all you need to know about Lou Reed is in the music. All you have to do is listen.
This is the place where she lay her head When she went to bed at night And this is the place our children were conceived Candles lit the room at night And this is the place where she cut her wrists That odd and fateful night And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling This is the place where we used to live I paid for it with love and blood And these are the boxes that she kept on the shelf Filled with her poetry and stuff And this is the room where she took the razor And cut her wrists that strange and fateful night And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling I never would have started if I'd known That it'd end this way But funny thing I'm not at all sad That it stopped this way Stopped this way
I remember the Rolling Stone review of this record when it first came out. They HATED it. It was such a scathing review that I cut it out and taped it to the record cover as a joke because I thought it was his best album.
My old Mum (bless her) tried to ruin this for me by claiming the ethereal voices at the end are saying 'pass the sauce'. She didn't succeed, but 50 years later I still can't quite un-hear it!
This is so very good. I had it on vinyl in the 70's but lost it then on cd and gave it away. Have to find it again and in the meantime, in my top five? Number 3.
August 2020. My last copy of this record is stapled to the wall. Gunna be 50 years at some point soon, for this much maligned Masterpiece - yeah, had it new (cleveland radio played it on-air too lol)
Not exactly a happy album full stop. I discovered this album when I was going through a messy break-up. Became my go to record for a while despite the rather "jolly" subject matter
Terrible in the sense of almost unbearable because of the beauty of the melody entwined with such a tragic story. I still wonder why Lou wrote ' oh, oh such a feeling!'
what means a lot, although such would mean the same in this context. meaning it was f emotional .these guys were inundated with opiates perhaps alchohol too. I love lou reed man men of good fortune .
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Lou’s music is like a warm blanket on a winter’s night. He was such a genius songwriter. I love it 🖤
a warm blanket on a winter's night.. exactly!
@@opus65He is a terrible vocalist, but he is a great songwriter.
I'll forever be mesmerized by the way Lou Reed turns ugliness and tragedy into beauty
One of the few it can.try nick cave.you ll love him too
A la Jean Genet.
American Beauty film does that.
A masterpiece never quite understood
One of the best songs from Lou Reed! The best thing about this is you don't need to sing to tell a story! Just stunning!
i met Lou Reed a few times, he was a very gentle old soul.
I love this album, and all I can say is "oh oh oh oh what a feeeling"
me too. You're 2 ohs short for the full feeling. }
I love it too, supposed to be the most depressing album of all time.
Cutting my wrist right now😍
~This is the spookiest & most atmospheric album track EVER. It's practically _Filmic_ .
I don't want to cry, what am i doing listening to this... Again and again.
and I'm doing the same........
Maybe you just needed to
Oh, what a feelin
One of my Desert Island Records.
Keeps it Real.
Pain and Beauty .
Lou Reed's Perfect followup to Transformer.
A Curveball the Record Company
Didn't see coming.
The Sinker was Metal Machine Music.
LOU REED was Real as it gets.
Such an uplifting song!
Hauntingly dark and beautiful. Lou really was one of a kind.
El tono intimista de esta canción...pff! Están Lou y el oyente a solas,te deja atrapado hasta el final.En un silencio desolador.El feeling es simplemente mágico.
Love this album - one of his best, a masterpiece
My father hates Lou Reed...He just can't get behind his voice. Despite my best efforts, it's just not his thing. But "The Bed" is the one song he likes. I'm glad. This is probably Lou's secret masterpiece. People laud Transformer up and down and the title track from Street Hassle is arguably his artistic peak, but Berlin is his best album post-VU. Harshly criticized in its time but justifiably beloved in hindsight. The whole album is filled with fantastic songs, but there's just something so innately personal and perfect about this particular track. Lou really understood the deepest, hardest parts of the human condition, and he could express this empathy with simple, quiet guitar. He was a genius.
Metal Machine Music is pretty dope though I think a lot of people agree on that
Well said. This always stands out to me. So hauntingly beautiful.
Fuck what people think
Perfectly put. I agree wholeheartedly....Those haunted ghost like vocals at the end are.....terrifying! P.S. 'Street hassle' - Absolutely brilliant. Featuring Bruce Springsteen - it took me years to investigate that - and it dawned on me that it sounded very much like him....!
Berlin is a special album, arguably one of the most depressing records ever made, along with Leonard Cohen's Songs of Love and Hate (also great). Berlin will always be my favorite Lou Reed solo record, along with The Blue Mask.
The greatest of all the greatest real artists in this universe.
When I first got this album and listened to it chills ran up my spine and I was on the verge of freaking out. Thank you Lou.
Berlin - surely one of the best lp's ever made. It is nothing but class.
...produced by Bob Ezrin .... Master
I've never understood why it wasn't universally lauded from the start. I'd known about its legend for a few years before I actually heard it in the early 90s. I reckon I'd have been 15 when I heard it and it was better than the legend that surrounded it suggested. It's so brilliantly observed through the eyes of Jim. It really is a masterpiece and it is utterly unique.
hbd lou this is my favorite song written by you
could've wished you well
but i think you wouldn't want to
I'm Not usually influenced by songs emotionally. But Dang, this has me bawling
as you get older more hurts ... x
RIP LOU REED ANOTHER LEGEND GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN 🦋 YOUR MUSIC STILL BRINGS ME HAPPINESS BUT ALSO TEARS SLEEP WELL 🌈🦋❤️🦋
that outro can easily be seen as a pure goth rock pioneering moment almost 10 years before even the likes of joy division.
It's crazy.
What an absolutely crazy record. Like youre in the imagination of a drug addict going through the extreme lows and like in the song that follows a little bit of a high and then another extreme low
absolute rollercoaster of an album
Lou Reed's voice is great.
It's between a baritone and tenor I think. Has a velvet feel to it.
Nice joke.
More like a bass/baritone. Absolutely not a tenor.
Juan Perez baritone and tenors are voice ranges. Baritone spans the lower pitches of the human vocal range (tending to sound masculine) and tenor is higher but certainly not the highest (I’m not exactly sure where tenor falls on a piano). And all you need to know about Lou Reed is in the music. All you have to do is listen.
It looks undefined and broken like it doesnt fit music but still he really makes his own style
1:36 the eeriest and most chilling moment of recording- ever.
The end of the song gets utterly terrifying
so magical and beautiful..
one of the saddest songs ever written, hands down
I lived this....and I continue to every night
Hauntingly beautiful song 💙👌🏻
beautiful sadness. Lewis Reed the soundtrack of my life ♡
This is the place where she lay her head
When she went to bed at night
And this is the place our children were conceived
Candles lit the room at night
And this is the place where she cut her wrists
That odd and fateful night
And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
This is the place where we used to live
I paid for it with love and blood
And these are the boxes that she kept on the shelf
Filled with her poetry and stuff
And this is the room where she took the razor
And cut her wrists that strange and fateful night
And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
I never would have started if I'd known
That it'd end this way
But funny thing I'm not at all sad
That it stopped this way
Stopped this way
Wow...
I remember the Rolling Stone review of this record when it first came out. They HATED it. It was such a scathing review that I cut it out and taped it to the record cover as a joke because I thought it was his best album.
Online with recod Lou Reed is already the boss of Rock
Love those long droning vocals at the end of the song. Sounds like Lou was doing a little homage to his former bandmate John Cale on this one.
The final minute reminds me of the end of the film "2001: A Space Odyssey".
fremsleysballoon yess! Ligeti was the composer who scored 2001 and I thought the same! A lot of microtonal and dissonant harmonies going on.
But funny thing I'm not at all sad
That it stopped this way
Stopped this way
Damn, man, that's a destroyed yet sensitive man
That ending is so spooky
WTF ...spooky ? Go back to your kindergarden ... Get serious
My old Mum (bless her) tried to ruin this for me by claiming the ethereal voices at the end are saying 'pass the sauce'. She didn't succeed, but 50 years later I still can't quite un-hear it!
è una canzone che ferma il cuore
Been a big fan of this album since a teen. I wonder if it appeals to depressives only.
qué tema! te llega a los huesos..
this song nearly killed me when i was young and impressionable.....
The band nearly killed me in it's own way. This is poisonous in some cases. I am still on methadone 20 years later
Too right. I was 15 and had no idea.
This is so very good. I had it on vinyl in the 70's but lost it then on cd and gave it away. Have to find it again and in the meantime, in my top five? Number 3.
Still have the vinyl with the original booklet inside
este album es una cumbre del lirismo en el rock !!!
Lou, truly saw the whole of the moon...
Saddest song ever heard:'( ♡♡♡
The Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band of depression.
August 2020. My last copy of this record is stapled to the wall. Gunna be 50 years at some point soon, for this much maligned Masterpiece - yeah, had it new (cleveland radio played it on-air too lol)
August 2021 ... and yes it Will be almost half a Century this Masterpiece was published ...Gives me the chills how time speeds up ...
No match for this, ever in this world...
Masterpiece
The ghostly singing at 1:36 is chilling.
Lou ❤
solo un genio pudo escribir esto
Sólo un Genio .El único en el ROCK'N'ROLL.
LOU REED.
How come Steve Wright in the afternoon has never included this in his Friday Serious Jockin' segment?
souvenir/ souvenir!
la cançó més llibertina de la història, amics
Cuando se publicó originalmente en España faltaba la canción The Kids. Aún me gusta más ahora que entonces. Creo que no tuvo muchas ventas.
Ohhhh,,,,,
😎 Bob
LP trés inégal
r I p lou
yes lou ,i like
this song reminds me of sylvia plath
Well that was depressing!
But in a good Melancholic way
well, you know, suicide songs generally are. You could try I Love You Suzanne if you'd prefer happy Lou?
Not exactly a happy album full stop. I discovered this album when I was going through a messy break-up. Became my go to record for a while despite the rather "jolly" subject matter
ecoutez ,tout est dit ,et dire que cet album aurait ne pas sortir
3:10 to 3:45 and far beyond.
Well--this IS rather dark and haunting.
❤❤❤
If Sylvia Plat wrote sheet music for Lou Reed..
いまだに、これを超えるアルバムを知らない
I covered the song as well as Caroline pt2. Hard songs to cover. You can find them on my channel. One day I hopeto cover the entire Berlin album.
immensa
Yes and me idem
💞🌍🌎🌏💞
you have Mozart's requiem & you have Berlin
I can imagine Alice Cooper also doing this song.
with all intent
"That's no Shalamar !"
Did bowie mention this on young americans?
This could easily have been an Alice Cooper song.
Agreed...it was produced by Bob Ezrin...who worked with Alice on sevrral albums
Terrible in the sense of almost unbearable because of the beauty of the melody entwined with such a tragic story. I still wonder why Lou wrote ' oh, oh such a feeling!'
That's what's so scary about this song, he's not just feeling grief, but relief.
"but funny thing; im not at all sad that it stopped this way"
It's actually 'what a feeling'
what means a lot, although such would mean the same in this context. meaning it was f emotional .these guys were inundated with opiates perhaps alchohol too. I love lou reed man
men of good fortune .
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and funny thing. I'm not at all sad
🤔
Was this album recorded in a church?
Leo Cachero no
No, the producer laid on the reverb with a trowel though.
... in Bob EZRIN 's church
sad guitar vocals costly backing vocals
dissonance at five minutes or so is well enough said.
It's sad when "Heroin" and "Jesus" are the only 2 good songs they have...im kidding.
I dig Lou but feel it's not good to use suicide in a song like this, because it's waay too serious
It's real
looks like bono's voice :P
Not insult Lou...