It both works, and really, really doesnt at the same time. I cant say that its good, but i also cant say that its bad. Lulu is the landmark collaboration album between two of musics true heavyweights, but yet. Oct 30, 2011 a collaboration between lou reed and metallica.
Get all the lyrics to songs on lulu and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Many say they find it repetitive, but the mighty metallica is in absolute true form here. Metallica and lou reed have created in this album a complete masterpiece destined to become a cult album. The album is the final fulllength studio recording project that reed was involved in before his death in 20. Lulu is a collaboration between metallica and lou reed. Users who ignore this rule will be banned from the site.
Lulu is the landmark collaboration album between two of musics true heavyweights, but yet surprising artistic bedfellows, metallica and lou reed. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Lulu lou reed to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. The riffs may seem somewhat limited compared to classic metallica albums, but it complements lou reed s spoken word style really well. Nov 01, 2011 lou reed and metallica s collaborative album based on german playwright frank wedekinds plays about a socialclimberturnedprostitute has been preemptively crowned the worst album of all time.
Reed and metallica are walking a very fine line, of course, so when the album falters, it falters into selfparody, especially on frustration, which details a wish for degradation and. Im not saying this is the best album ever, but sure one of the greatest cds in the last 5 years. Lou reed and metallica pumping blood lyrics genius lyrics. The news that lou reed and metallica were to collaborate was met with no small dose of trepidation. Reed emailed sketches of 10 songs for metallica to write new arrangements, and when he and his producer, hal willner, arrived at the bands. Oct 30, 2011 lulu is a collaborative album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band metallica. In essence, bok darklords lulu is a revisionist concept album that attempts to replace the original. Reed and the guys were probably sitting around getting wasted and thought this would be a funny joke. This is by far the worst album i have heard in all of 2011, and in the top ten personal worst of alltime, right up there with none other than, st. It was released on october 31, 2011 by warner bros. The combination of metallicas aforementioned troubles mixed with the fact that reed is a mere blip on the relevance radar was a stark early warning to many. Lou non e nuovo ne alla sperimentazione, metal machine music ne al rap poetico.
Originally conceived as a berlin theater production by avantgarde director robert wilson, lulu is an interesting collaboration between two iconoclastic rock acts. If the red hot chili peppers acoustically covered the 12 worst primus songs. Reed narrates and sings most of the material, with metallica s james hetfield providing backing vocals and. For lou reed, hey man, its just another lou reed record. Hammett, whose father died in april, remembers when reed recorded his vocal for lulu s closing elegy, junior dad.
I love velvet underground, and i love metallica, and have undying respect for lou reed, nico, david bowie, mick ronson, andy warhol, and mott the hoople, but this albums just strange. The guy who spent years doing blow off the backs of hookers and a vast array of trannies with fellow nutcase andy warhol should not be criticized anymore for poor decision making. The album is the final fulllength studio recording project that reed was involved in before his death in october 20. It is strictly forbidden to share links to albums via file sharing sites magnet, torrent, kingdom leaks etc. Rooted in lou reed s fascination with frank wedekinds plays dealing with the character lulu, this is an hour and a halfs walk on a wild side indeed, a fullbody, fullmind immersion in pain and. Much advance word of lou reed and metallicas excursion has been one of bewilderment and dismissal. An odd collaboration to say the least, the lyrics to lulu are based on a play, but the track listing oddly doesnt follow the story in any chronological order which makes me feel as if this isnt a concept album. Lou reed and metallica lulu lyrics and tracklist genius.
It is inspired by german expressionist writer frank wedekinds plays earth spirit and pandoras box, which tell the story of a young abused dancers life and relationships, and are now collectively known as the lulu plays. Metallica lyrics the view with lou reed i am a chorus of the voices. The conception of the collaboration project began in 2009 when both metallica and lou reed performed at the rock and roll hall of fames 25th anniversary concert. Een gezamenlijk optreden in 2009, ter gelegenheid van het vijfentwintigjarig. Lulu is een album van lou reed en metallica, uitgebracht op 31 oktober 2011. Oct 27, 20 theres a new youtube music web player for desktop. Includes highquality download in mp3, flac and more. The album, inspired by the plays of german dramatist frank wedekind, was derided by critics, but it demonstrated that reeds experimental tendencies remained as audacious as ever. I have just modified 2 external links on lulu lou reed and metallica album. Metallica and lou reeds lulu is actually excellent the. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. After that performance, the two entities began kicking around the idea of making a record together, but didnt start working togethe. Metallica may receive collaborative billing, and reed has made canny use of the bands skill set, but its clear after the first ten minutes that he is the auteur on this project, and most metallica fans are going to be awfully puzzled by lulu.
Metallica and lou reeds lulu is actually excellent. Lulu lou reed to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on qobuz. Feb 06, 2020 lou reed sounds like he has a fork in his throat and gary busey wrote the lyrics. Lulu is a music studio album recording by metallica. This is actually pretty good by lou reed standards. An audio sample of the song the view taken from the forthcoming musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica, lulu can be streamed at. Lulu is a story of a young woman whos seen quite a bit. Junior dad in late 2011, the musical giants metallica and lou reed released the. Lulu is a music studio album recording by metallica prog relatedprogressive rock released in 2011 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Zero redeeming qualities, zero moments that bring a smile to the listeners face unless they happen to be completely insane. Lulu is a musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica. This wound goes unaided by producers reed, metallica, et al. Lulu is a collaboration album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band metallica.
Nov 16, 2011 stand too close to lulu, lou reed and metallica s new collaborationconceptalbum, and you risk collateral brickbats. Oct 28, 2011 this wound goes unaided by producers reed, metallica, et al. Hammett, whose father died in april, remembers when reed recorded his vocal for lulus closing elegy, junior dad. Lou reed and metallica team up on lulu the new york times. Lulu is a collaborative album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band metallica.
In this interview from 2011, reed and metallica defended their controversial collaboration album lulu to neil mccormick. Stand too close to lulu, lou reed and metallica s new collaborationconceptalbum, and you risk collateral brickbats. In closing, its clear that, in lulu, metallica now have their own metal machine music. Lulu with lou reed is a heavy metal music album recording by metallica released in 2011 on cd, lpvinyl andor cassette. Im not saying this is the best metallica and lou reed have created in this album a complete masterpiece destined to become a cult album.
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