You can laugh all you want and think WTF?? But at the end did you stay to see Lou Reed's face and his love and respect for Pavarotti? He didn't give a crap what anyone else thought. I mean, what a kick to have a world famous opera singer sing YOUR song with YOU...... !!!!
The expression on Lou Reed when the master Pavarotti starts singing is priceless and moving. Thank you for sharing this time capsule moment. Two greats from different worlds. RIP Heroes.
I On Dec.26Th,1979,When I Was 19 Years Old,I Was Fortunate To See Lou Reed At The Legendary Bottom Line In New York City's Greenwich Village On West Forth Street, It Was Lou's Favorite Venue To Play In NYC. It Only Held 400 People, Not A Bad Seat In The House! He Put On A Great Show That Rolling Stone Profiled On It's Concert Pages. I Am 62 Now, It One Of My Favorite Memories. When Someone Like Luciano Pavarotti Wants To Sing Your Song and Sing It With You, That Says So Much. Grace and Peace Ralph In CT
Reed's amused by Pavarotti singing a bar late (he stretched 'day' for 3 beats longer) for a bit and thus struggling to fit the words into the next phrase, but at the same time equally as impressed how he managed to get out of it without letting anybody know something was wrong.
What a beautifull song ! Thanks you very much Mister Lou Reed and Mister Luciano Pavarotti. Excuse me for my bad english but I’m french girl .I love Lou Reed. Luciano Pavarotti and classic music. Thanks again,it’s really beautifull ! In french : Un grand merci à ces grands Messieurs, un grand merci post mortem.
+Dusty Rhodes two completely different contrasting performances...both in service to the lyric, to the art of music...symphonic and tremendous! the audience certainly appreciated it!
I'm Dusty Rhodes, I changed to Lady BlackStardust. That Pavarotti, he sure got around. But not as much as Lou! It must have been thrilling for each one to perform with the other.
This is so beautiful. So strange but yet so spectacular. Just shows that not everything in music has to be perfect and 'easy' to listen to, it should be felt and enjoyed. Just look at lou's smile when pavarotti sings.
love this version...Pavarotti sang with a lot of people...can I say this without sounding foolish-this is a masterpiece of a song!! It's like God wrote this song and gave it to Reed!
My thoughts exactly! The combo of sincerity and a Joycean focus on the beautiful minutiae of life makes a masterpiece indeed! Not to mention the juxtaposition of voices in this performance. Brought it out to the fullest!
Dont make judgements. Two great artists from two great styles of art. Pavarotti was an excepcional musician and a great human being. Lou Reed, its one of my favorite artists. Without him, theres no rock n' roll.
The critics need to knock it off, this was a fundraiser, (Pavarati and Friends benefit for Angolan refugees in 2002) the artists are brilliant and daring to do this.
I’m a french girl so excuse me for my bad english. Perfect day is one of Lou Reed finest songs. I advise you to listen to Lou Reed and Renée Fleming for another version of this masterful song. Good day to all of you.
I'm Italian and I must, with pain, admit it: Pavarotti, a great tenor - don't get me wrong - fits on this Lou Reed song like the sweat of a Texas cow's butt on a plate of pasta.
I think he brings a tragic touch to it in the first chorus that I believe is behind the sing in the first place, then a triumphant in the second and tragic again in the last refrains I think he did good, but yeah slightly mismatched.
Merci Monsieur Lou Reed et Monsieur Luciano Pavarotti. Votre duo est magistral. Le mélange de l'underground et du classique est fort bien réussi. Un grand Merci post mortem.
Both brilliant and extraordinary performers and entertainers. No question in my view. Of the two, Lou was the one that broke new ground, originally breaking, as a new performer, the expected link between tone, melody and emotional power in presentation. A shift in the Zeitgeist; a bit like Andy Warhol did in the fine arts. I love this performance but so regret that Lou felt the need to shift so slightly from the atonal beauty of the original song. Dylanesque perhaps? I wonder how intimidated he felt by Pavarotti - what a challenge that would’ve been. But nothing can take anything away from him.
He's amused by Pavarotti singing a bar late (he stretched 'day' for 3 beats longer) for a bit and thus struggling to fit the words into the next phrase, but at the same time equally as impressed how he managed to get out of it without letting anybody know something was wrong.
Que bonita canción! De una placidez increible! En la voz de dos grandes, cada cual en su género, hacen una versión única. R.I.P. Lou Reed. R.I.P. Luciano Pavarotti.
Perdónenme pero ésta canción tiene una connotación especial cuando la canta Duran Duran. Nadie como ellos para interpretarla. Mis respetos a éstos dos grandes maestros que ya fallecieron pero en la voz de Simon LeBon es única y con los instrumentos de la banda hizo una combinación perfecta 😍😍👌🏻👌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I love this version of a favorite song. My late brother used to set up the shows in Atlanta and swore that he and the crew loved Pavarotti who was the kindest to the crews and always took them for a steak dinner. I'm a huge Lou Reed fan so it's best of all world for me.
Sono capitato per caso in questo video, niente mi è entrato un bruscolino nell'occhio, non mi capitava da tanti anni, sentire questo brano in live, da due fuoriclasse del genere poi e di una epicita' unica
I’m so glad you are honest in your opinion this version kills this song IMO this is about a sad lonely person singing about a day in his life But this version sounds like a bunch of football hooligans especially the end of the song I know I’ll get a lot of criticism for this but who cares
I agree, I was expecting Pavarotti to sing on his own and the contrast between the two was not a good mix. Lou in his leather and Lucy in a tux, I wouldn’t have been surprised if Lou had cracked up after the first chorus. Ah well made me smile as well.
I mean it was for charity. Ricky Martin also sang at one of these fucking things. James Brown and Sting were there singing during the same charity event as Lou. I mean, fuckin hell, Pavorotti sang with the Spice Girls for charity. It wasn't supposed to be art so much as getting a wide variety of people together to raise money for people suffering from war and poverty. He did this charity event every year from the early 90s until his farewell tour and retirement. Context is king. Take it for what it is.
+Ricky Rhoades For all the silly, insulting, brain dead, mean handed comments I read on youtube, yours says exactly what I was thinking. This is when youtube shines: when a glorious moment such as this can be preserved for you and I AND for generations to come. When later this year I purchase one of those 65" TVs this will be one of the first videos I watch. Peace.
Che duetto meraviglioso...Adoro da sempre Lou Reed questa è una delle mie preferite. Nel confronto con la voce potente di Pavarotti,Lou Reed non sfigura,anzi mette in evidenza il carisma umano e artistico. Bravissimi tutti e due. Pezzo fantastico.
watched this video 7 years ago and thought their performance don't really fit each other. Today a second watch is actually not bad. It is a beautiful song after all and both of them are real musicians.
He looked humiliated AND amused, as his song got crucified by Pav/grotti!!!! NOT being a hater but masonic garped upto the hilts, ritual humiliations much for Lou!!!!!! Nutty performance and he knew it... poor bloke :((( RIP.
Cosa si può dire di questi due Giganti?Lou Reed è nell'Olimpo dei Grandi del Rock, Luciano ha saputo smarcarsi dalla lirica e dire la sua anche su altri generi con la sua voce unica,in questo senso è stato il Freddie Mercury della lirica!Rip
Lou took it to church on this rendition. One of the best live versions I have heard from him. He seemed inspired. Also cool to see that even the Pav could misread sheet music.
R.I.P Lou Reed
R.I.P Luciano Pavarotti
+Loquendo Lauta
Lou & Lu C:
+Loquendo Lauta Great to listen to the best combo of an outstanding song:)
RIP grupo punk español de los 80s !
:( :(
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Perfect timing to hear this~
You can laugh all you want and think WTF?? But at the end did you stay to see Lou Reed's face and his love and respect for Pavarotti? He didn't give a crap what anyone else thought. I mean, what a kick to have a world famous opera singer sing YOUR song with YOU...... !!!!
Exactly.
It works both ways Pavarotti was equally blessed to be singing with Lou Reed - Imagine that
No laugh, it rolls like an egg.
The expression on Lou Reed when the master Pavarotti starts singing is priceless and moving. Thank you for sharing this time capsule moment. Two greats from different worlds. RIP Heroes.
Lou just can't stop smiling everytime Pavarotti sings his song
I
On Dec.26Th,1979,When I Was 19 Years Old,I Was Fortunate To See Lou Reed At The Legendary Bottom Line In New York City's Greenwich Village On West Forth Street, It Was Lou's Favorite Venue To Play In NYC.
It Only Held 400 People, Not A Bad Seat In The House!
He Put On A Great Show That Rolling Stone Profiled On It's Concert Pages.
I Am 62 Now, It One Of My Favorite Memories.
When Someone Like Luciano Pavarotti Wants To Sing Your Song and Sing It With You, That Says So Much.
Grace and Peace
Ralph In CT
Reed probably knew he was dying and this would be the most beautiful rendition of his song he would hear before his death.
I loved Lou, the Velvet and Pavoretti, greatest tenor ever. But this combination...if well intended...really???
😂😂😂
Lou Reed ain’t got a note in his head god bless him
Pavarotti wasn't the best at rhythm, so they pretty much balanced each other out.
Nope
The most acclaimed, vocally proficient opera singer of all time and Luciano Pavarotti.
the way lou looks at him when he sings lol... like "holy shit im singing with pavoratti WTF"
Pavarotti: "holy shit i'm singing with Lou Reed WTF"
Or maybe it's
Pavarotti: "What's a Lou Reed?"
Either way.
lol
1:25 what this face is saying
EXACTLY what I thought.
This is awesome, yet almost laughably ridiculous at the same time. I love it!
Heehee. Yes. Thank you, exactly what I was thinking.
Yup, it's amazing, even though the two styles don't really click
MaximumMadnessStixon when Pavaratti sings the first chorus lou reed's face kinda says the same thing, he looks like "how the fuck did I manage this?"
Couldn't have said it better myself.
mozart and his mates must be thinking "We started something"
This is so weirdly epic...
your picture too
Bruthole It made me cry.
Bruthole It made me cry.
как Я замучился осталась одна радость послушать эту великолепную песню
1:21 lous face is just priceless. Total respect to a legend
Agree 👍
Real as it Gets
It looks like he can’t believe it 😂 it’s so beautyfully bizarre…
Reed's amused by Pavarotti singing a bar late (he stretched 'day' for 3 beats longer) for a bit and thus struggling to fit the words into the next phrase, but at the same time equally as impressed how he managed to get out of it without letting anybody know something was wrong.
Pavarotti knew a genius piece of art when he saw one. Brilliant song.
This was a benefit concert for the children of Bosnia I wish celebrities still did things like this
they are nowadays busy defending Israel or making the same phony post about Ukraine
If they did it would be lip synced trash.
What a beautifull song ! Thanks you very much Mister Lou Reed and Mister Luciano Pavarotti. Excuse me for my bad english but I’m french girl .I love Lou Reed. Luciano Pavarotti and classic music. Thanks again,it’s really beautifull ! In french : Un grand merci à ces grands Messieurs, un grand merci post mortem.
Goosebumps when Pavarotti sings,wow just wow.
This song is so melancholic, but with Pavarotti's voice, damn, the anguish is alive....
I want this played at my funeral.
Yes Mister Lou Reed il’s a perfect Day to listen you with Luciano Pavarotti. Thanks you very very much !
A Trainspotting fever dream......
Maravilloso tema de Lou Reed,,Perfect day,gran poeta,versos tan sentidos y tan verdaderos.
1:20! The most unlikely duo ever to perform a song together. And one of the most moving and spectacular performances.
+Dusty Rhodes two completely different contrasting performances...both in service to the lyric, to the art of music...symphonic and tremendous! the audience certainly appreciated it!
+Lady BlackStardust Not the most unlikely duo ever. There's a video of Pavarotti singing along with James Brown.
I'm Dusty Rhodes, I changed to Lady BlackStardust. That Pavarotti, he sure got around. But not as much as Lou! It must have been thrilling for each one to perform with the other.
Lady BlackstarDust The recent Lady Ga Ga and Tony Bennett or David Bowie and Bing Crosby.
Pavarotti with Spice Girls is even weirder
This is so beautiful. So strange but yet so spectacular. Just shows that not everything in music has to be perfect and 'easy' to listen to, it should be felt and enjoyed. Just look at lou's smile when pavarotti sings.
Tears me up
love this version...Pavarotti sang with a lot of people...can I say this without sounding foolish-this is a masterpiece of a song!! It's like God wrote this song and gave it to Reed!
My thoughts exactly! The combo of sincerity and a Joycean focus on the beautiful minutiae of life makes a masterpiece indeed! Not to mention the juxtaposition of voices in this performance. Brought it out to the fullest!
Yes
Two friends-- very different and very respectful of one another and embodying the moment
Five friends-- very different and very respectful of one another and embodying the moment: ua-cam.com/video/SEitjUdgAjo/v-deo.html
Dont make judgements.
Two great artists from two great styles of art.
Pavarotti was an excepcional musician and a great human being.
Lou Reed, its one of my favorite artists. Without him, theres no rock n' roll.
Well goddamn. Isn't this just the most excessively epic thing ever?
Une chanson exceptionnelle ,un moment magique que ces interprètes inoubliables nous feront adorer à jamais 👍👍
The best singer of all time with Luciano Pavarotti ❤
Then I have a chance of being the best singer.
Incredibile ....... due uomini provenienti da galassie diverse uniti dalla musica ..... WOW
The critics need to knock it off, this was a fundraiser, (Pavarati and Friends benefit for Angolan refugees in 2002) the artists are brilliant and daring to do this.
Critics on this one?
It's like two totally different things lol he's a fkn opera singer preforming with Lou Reed. Just enjoy the absurdity = )
I’m a french girl so excuse me for my bad english. Perfect day is one of Lou Reed finest songs. I advise you to listen to Lou Reed and Renée Fleming for another version of this masterful song. Good day to all of you.
Pavarotti’s stage makeup here could totally hold its own to glam-era Lou Reed. That brow pencil work is some expert-level shit.
Wow this sounds so lush with the orchestra.
Lou Reed und Pavarotti , echt genial das die beiden Auftreten. R.I.P. und das ihr beide im Himmel weiter singt !
simbiosi d'arte. Adesso puoi vivere in eterno dei "perfects days". addio lou
The respext goes both ways......this beautiful music was written by Lou. 😍
I'm Italian and I must, with pain, admit it: Pavarotti, a great tenor - don't get me wrong - fits on this Lou Reed song like the sweat of a Texas cow's butt on a plate of pasta.
I think he brings a tragic touch to it in the first chorus that I believe is behind the sing in the first place, then a triumphant in the second and tragic again in the last refrains I think he did good, but yeah slightly mismatched.
Weird when you watch this knowing that both of them are gone now RIP Both of you.
Merci Monsieur Lou Reed et Monsieur Luciano Pavarotti. Votre duo est magistral. Le mélange de l'underground et du classique est fort bien réussi. Un grand Merci post mortem.
This is simply amazing. R.I.P.
Both brilliant and extraordinary performers and entertainers. No question in my view. Of the two, Lou was the one that broke new ground, originally breaking, as a new performer, the expected link between tone, melody and emotional power in presentation. A shift in the Zeitgeist; a bit like Andy Warhol did in the fine arts. I love this performance but so regret that Lou felt the need to shift so slightly from the atonal beauty of the original song. Dylanesque perhaps? I wonder how intimidated he felt by Pavarotti - what a challenge that would’ve been. But nothing can take anything away from him.
Awesome duet, such contrasting styles but they rock it!!!
That is exactly the definition of music!! To unite everyone, to unite "different" worlds, rock, pop, tzaz, opera, in one word MUSIC!!!
Lou's look at Luciano is wow!! Good vibe!
It should be a cappella 😁😁😁
Though.. Phenomenal artists 😍
Croatia, nice!
I'm so confused yet intrigued
No puedo dejar de derramar una lágrima siempre que escucho esta hermosa canción, me es imposible.
Oh Lou. You are so amazing, showing respect to Luciano on your song. So happy to have lived in your generation. Heroes ❤
Both are unforgotten heroes of music.
certainly not forgotten
RIP legends. This was amazing. Now that looked like one Perfect Day.
I just love how Reed looks at Pavarotti at 1:20. It's a combination admiration and childish glee. Priceless.
one of the best facial expressions i've seen on anybody!
He's amused by Pavarotti singing a bar late (he stretched 'day' for 3 beats longer) for a bit and thus struggling to fit the words into the next phrase, but at the same time equally as impressed how he managed to get out of it without letting anybody know something was wrong.
i think they match perfectly... the fact that they are so utterly different makes one appreciate both more, IMHO...
The words are so touching... brings tears to my eyes. Thanks for the memories.. RIP Lou and Luciano
Both has left us now!
Two great of the greatest!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Rock artist and more classical artists should collaborate more often!
Both died at 71. Both are together, singing in paradise now.
INCREIBLE SIN PALABRAS.. ES LO QUE PUEDEN HACER DOS GENIOS DE LA MUSICA COMO TALES., DEJARTE SIN PALABRA. GENIOS
Unusual Duo but very nice.Thank you for posting. ♪♫•*♫ •♫♪
Que bonita canción! De una placidez increible! En la voz de dos grandes, cada cual en su género, hacen una versión única. R.I.P. Lou Reed. R.I.P. Luciano Pavarotti.
Perdónenme pero ésta canción tiene una connotación especial cuando la canta Duran Duran. Nadie como ellos para interpretarla. Mis respetos a éstos dos grandes maestros que ya fallecieron pero en la voz de Simon LeBon es única y con los instrumentos de la banda hizo una combinación perfecta 😍😍👌🏻👌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
this is the best thing i saw in a while, epic yet goofy, wonderful yet hilarious
It's extremely insane and extremely epic at the same time! Totally off the grid and beautiful! I'm always looking for interesting and unusual music.
Haha, I don't know why expected this to be good. But it still made me smile.
I didn't know this many chills was possible
At 0:17 the orchestra creates a wave of absolutely gorgeous mindfulness!
I am shocked I don't hear this song more often. It's beautiful!
Perfect together:
LouCiano PavaReedTi
R.I.P. Luciano and Lou! Maybe there are playing somewere else together!
This is so surreal
I love this version of a favorite song. My late brother used to set up the shows in Atlanta and swore that he and the crew loved Pavarotti who was the kindest to the crews and always took them for a steak dinner. I'm a huge Lou Reed fan so it's best of all world for me.
Sono capitato per caso in questo video, niente mi è entrato un bruscolino nell'occhio, non mi capitava da tanti anni, sentire questo brano in live, da due fuoriclasse del genere poi e di una epicita' unica
never been a fan of the opera style of singing but this is pretty awesome :D
Love them both like crazy 🥰😍😘
This wasn't all that good, but seeing these two together makes me smile.
I’m so glad you are honest in your opinion this version kills this song IMO this is about a sad lonely person singing about a day in his life
But this version sounds like a bunch of football hooligans especially the end of the song I know I’ll get a lot of criticism for this but who cares
I thought it actually had real comic value which made it that much better😂🤣
I agree, I was expecting Pavarotti to sing on his own and the contrast between the two was not a good mix. Lou in his leather and Lucy in a tux, I wouldn’t have been surprised if Lou had cracked up after the first chorus. Ah well made me smile as well.
Lou sounds off key.
Para mim o melhor tenor de todos os tempos, saudades eternas Pavarotti.
Can't believe they're both gone. Legendary.
love it. awesome performance
I gotta tell you in a really earthy way I loved it. More than the sum of its parts. An experience.
Two amazing talents that do not mix together at all. Too bad.
***** Yep. Singer =/= Musician
all the vocal training doesnt make this type of singer versatile
Found this from oney plays, great song.
The criticisms on this thread are pointless. This is a wonderful infusion of styles, feelings, artistry, all with flaws and genius.
Right bro 👍
I mean it was for charity. Ricky Martin also sang at one of these fucking things. James Brown and Sting were there singing during the same charity event as Lou. I mean, fuckin hell, Pavorotti sang with the Spice Girls for charity. It wasn't supposed to be art so much as getting a wide variety of people together to raise money for people suffering from war and poverty. He did this charity event every year from the early 90s until his farewell tour and retirement. Context is king. Take it for what it is.
Two legends singing the wrong song the wrong way. Even Lou Reed manages to make a mess of this little masterpiece of a song.
Ist ja sein Song und es ist wunderbar.
This is fucking awesome. Glad they got in on UA-cam. Saved for posterity!!
+Ricky Rhoades For all the silly, insulting, brain dead, mean handed comments I read on youtube, yours says exactly what I was thinking. This is when youtube shines: when a glorious moment such as this can be preserved for you and I AND for generations to come. When later this year I purchase one of those 65" TVs this will be one of the first videos I watch. Peace.
Pavarotti has no business bellowing the life out of this beautiful intimate wistful song.
RIP Lou ,you will be sorely missed
Che duetto meraviglioso...Adoro da sempre Lou Reed questa è una delle mie preferite. Nel confronto con la voce potente di Pavarotti,Lou Reed non sfigura,anzi mette in evidenza il carisma umano e artistico. Bravissimi tutti e due. Pezzo fantastico.
beautiful
watched this video 7 years ago and thought their performance don't really fit each other. Today a second watch is actually not bad. It is a beautiful song after all and both of them are real musicians.
Would have been sweet to hear their voices paired 20 years earlier. At this point in the careers, not so much. Miss them both.
Oh gawd. This is some serious mind-altering stuff. I'm melting. In all seriousness.
I need to know the story behind this performance, looks like some kind of a drunk dream of mine, epic and ridiculous at the same time
Lol two of my father's favourite performers and it's so out of time......and tune sometimes. Hysterical.
Countess Boochie Flagrante exactly, it could work but fails in timin' .
It looked like Lou Reed was about to laugh for some reason during the first chorus. Maybe it just seemed super surreal at that moment!
+hump frog I do believe that is was, for Lou, surreal.
He looked humiliated AND amused, as his song got crucified by Pav/grotti!!!! NOT being a hater but masonic garped upto the hilts, ritual humiliations much for Lou!!!!!! Nutty performance and he knew it... poor bloke :((( RIP.
He was laughing because Luciano missed the first chorus
Nah man😂🤣😂 Lou has a few times bursted out laughing on stage for no real reason before I saw it in another live concert he did outta nowhere😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Salamander676 yea I think he really does it when there’s a forgotten chorus like Pavarotti did here😂😂🤣
Cosa si può dire di questi due Giganti?Lou Reed è nell'Olimpo dei Grandi del Rock, Luciano ha saputo smarcarsi dalla lirica e dire la sua anche su altri generi con la sua voce unica,in questo senso è stato il Freddie Mercury della lirica!Rip
Lou took it to church on this rendition. One of the best live versions I have heard from him. He seemed inspired. Also cool to see that even the Pav could misread sheet music.
Yea , I think singing with Pav kind of pushed Lou to focus on Singing
So touching.... This version is deep.. RIP... thanks for all the memories... I'll never forget you
With Pavarotti's voice this song is taken to another level...
"Perfect" performance of Perfect Day. Awesome to say the least.
Браво !!!👏👏👏
This deserves a billion likes and views..
RIP Lou...
RIP Liciano...
Poor Pavarotti was sick here 💔RIP
really? He was terribly off queue at times.