'Lou Reed' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
CBGB (2013)
Actors:
Johnny Galecki (actor),
Rupert Grint (actor),
Freddy Rodríguez (actor),
Joel David Moore (actor),
Bradley Whitford (actor),
Tom Nowicki (actor),
Alan Rickman (actor),
Donal Logue (actor),
Paul Giorgi (miscellaneous crew),
Estelle Harris (actress),
Malin Akerman (actress),
Randall Miller (producer),
Randall Miller (director),
Randall Miller (writer),
Justin Bartha (actor),
Plot: CBGB follows the story of Hilly Kristal's New York club from its conceit as a venue for Country, Bluegrass and Blues (CBGB) to what it ultimately became: the birthplace of underground rock 'n roll and punk. When Kristal had difficulty booking country bands in his club on the Bowery he opened his doors to other kinds of rock music. Kristal had one demand of the acts he booked; they could only play original music. No top 40's, no covers. It was the credo he lived by, support the artist at whatever the cost. Hilly Kristal ironically became known as the godfather of punk giving a chance to such bands as Blondie, Television, Ramones, Talking Heads, Dead Boys and The Police.
Genres:
Drama,
Music,
Taglines: 50,000 bands and 1 disgusting bathroom.
Quotes:
Legs McNeil: [Talking about a new magazine] Cool, I can be like the editor, or something.::John Holmstrom: No. I'm the editor and the illustrator.::Legs McNeil: Whoa... what does that leave me?::John Holmstrom: You're just a punk.
Hilly Kristal: What kind of music do you play?::Terry Ork: Ohmmmm... new music.
Hilly Kristal: [Being introduced to the Ramones] What do you guys have for me?::Joey Ramone: We got four songs. I don't wanna walk around with you, I don't wanna be learned, I don't wanna be tamed and I don't wanna go down to the basement.::Hilly Kristal: Lot of things you don't wanna do.
Factory Girl (2006)
Actors:
Colleen Camp (actress),
Grant James (actor),
Guy Pearce (actor),
Don Novello (actor),
Edward Herrmann (actor),
George Plimpton (actor),
James Naughton (actor),
George Hickenlooper (actor),
Jeff Galpin (actor),
Joel Michaely (actor),
Cary Elwes (actor),
Hayden Christensen (actor),
Jimmy Fallon (actor),
Beth Grant (actress),
Illeana Douglas (actress),
Plot: A beautiful, wealthy young party girl drops out of Radcliffe in 1965 and heads to New York to become Holly Golightly. When she meets a hungry young artist named Andy Warhol, he promises to make her the star she always wanted to be. And like a super nova she explodes on the New York scene only to find herself slowly lose grip on reality...
Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, accidental-fire, accountant, actor's-life, actress, adultery, aires, airplane, alice-in-wonderland-statue
Genres:
Biography,
Drama,
Taglines: When Andy met Edie, life imitated art. The Fame. The Spotlight. The Scandal. The Party's About To Begin. Sexy. Uncut. Unrated.
Quotes:
Andy Warhol: [to Edie] You're the boss, applesauce!
Andy Warhol: I think I'll quit my painting and, just make Edie a big star.
Edie Sedgwick: Don't be jealous, Andy. He's nothing like you.
Edie Sedgwick: I can't hate him!
Billy Quinn: Lady, you don't know shit about shit.
Syd Pepperman: [regarding Edie] What do you want me to do?::Billy Quinn: I dunno. See if she needs anything... [walks away] I'd help her if I could.
Billy Quinn: I sing about what I see.
Andy Warhol: I wonder if people are going to remember us?::Edie Sedgwick: What, when we're dead?::Andy Warhol: Yeah.::Edie Sedgwick: Well I think people will talk about how you changed the world.::Andy Warhol: I wonder what they'll say about you... in your obituary. I like that word.::Edie Sedgwick: Nothing nice, I don't think.::Andy Warhol: No no, come on. They'd say, "Edith Minturn Sedgwick: beautiful artist and actress...::Edie Sedgwick: ...and all around loon.::Andy Warhol: ...Remembered for setting the world on fire...::Edie Sedgwick: ...and escaping the clutches of her terrifying family...::Andy Warhol: ...Made friends with eeeeverybody, and anybody...::Edie Sedgwick: ...creating chaos and uproar wherever she went. Divorced as many times as she married, she leaves only good wishes behind. [laughs] That's nice, isn't it?
Edie Sedgwick: I went to a party once, and there was a palm reader there and when she looked at my hand, she just froze. And I said to her "I know. My lifeline is broken. I know I won't live past thirty.
Edie Sedgwick: And what would I have to do in one of your movies?::Andy Warhol: Just be yourself.::Edie Sedgwick: Well which one?::James Townsend: You're going to be bankrupt soon.::Edie Sedgwick: James, you take life too seriously. How could I possibly be bankrupt? My grandfather invented the elevator.::James Townsend: Then you should be familiar with the concept of up and down.
Prozac Nation (2001)
Actors:
Michelle Williams (actress),
Danny Dimbort (producer),
Christina Ricci (actress),
Jessica Lange (actress),
Nicholas Campbell (actor),
Chiara Zanni (actress),
Anne Heche (actress),
Lou Reed (actor),
Ronald Reagan (actor),
Ian Tracey (actor),
Jason Biggs (actor),
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (actor),
Jesse Moss (actor),
Christina Ricci (producer),
Avi Lerner (producer),
Plot: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wurtzel is a teenager accepted into Harvard with a scholarship in journalism. She has been raised by her divorced mother Mrs. Wurtzel since she was two years old, but she misses her father and feels needy and depressive. When she joins the university, she lives with a roommate Ruby and has her sexual initiation with Noah. Her article for the local column in Crimson newspaper is awarded by Rolling Stone magazine. Lizzie becomes abusive in sex and drugs, and her existential crisis and depression increases and she hurts her friends and her mother that love her, while dating Rafe. Mrs. Wurtzel sends her to an expensive psychiatric treatment with Dr. Sterling, in spite of having difficulties paying for her medical bills and therapy sessions. After a long period of treatment under medication, and suicide attempt, Lizzie stabilizes and adjusts to the real world.
Keywords: acting-out, airplane, airport, all-nighter, anger, anti-depressant, anxiety, apology, argument, austin-texas
Genres:
Drama,
Taglines: Pledge allegiance. Life's a drag. Based On The New York Times Best-Selling Book! Young and depressed in America
Quotes:
[opening narration]::Elizabeth: Back, back, back. How fucking far back do you go? My mom and dad were divorced before I was two, and from that on my father was almost uninvolved in my life, and my mother much too involved. She wanted to make up for all her mistakes through me.
Elizabeth: One night there was something in my pants, like blood. My mom said, oh, hell, your period. This is where all the trouble starts. She was right.
Elizabeth: Now mom and dad really had something to fight over: me. Then one day my dad disappeared. No numbers, no letters - just gone. I wrote to seventeen magazine, a long letter about us. They wanted to publish it as an article, but kept asking, your dad going away, does he come back? Does it have a happy ending? In reality it didn't, but I thought, what the hell, I'll give them what they want.
Mrs. Wurtzel: Come on, this is the most important day of your life!::Elizabeth: I thought that's when you get married.::Mrs. Wurtzel: Huh, no honey, that's the worst day of your life.
Mrs. Wurtzel: [on the phone] Mom, she looks beautiful.::Elizabeth: Pity, I was aiming for psychotic.
Elizabeth: Ever since I was a little kid, my mum and I hang out together. I didn't fit in with most kids at schools. They thought I was strange, so they made me feel like a stranger. And my mother took advantage of it from an early age, throwing me into plays, spelling bees, studying, writing, museums, concerts, and even more writing. She convinced me this would lead to the Holy Grail: Harvard. A place where I would finally be surrounded by people I had something in common with.
Elizabeth: [to Ruby] We'll be like this beautiful literary freaks. Being brilliant, and dark. Sexy. [both laugh]::Elizabeth: [to herself] Trouble is, I'm deadly serious.
Elizabeth: He told me afterwards in terms of absolute value, sex and drugs were equally meaningless to him. Just two different ways to have fun. Which is all well and good, until a girl tries out the same approach.
Elizabeth: You know, if you're going to suggest therapy, don't. I'm living proof it doesn't work.
Elizabeth: You don't understand. You don't understand, it was an accident.::Ruby: An accident? You call that a fucking accident?::Elizabeth: It was, uh, it was sort of, you know...::Ruby: Come on, what?::Elizabeth: An accidental blowjob?
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Lou Reed - Interview on 7.30 Report, 2007 (Unedited)
Clip Title:
Lou Reed -
Interview on
7.30 Report,
2007 (
Unedited)
Program:
Rage - Lou Reed
Special (
ABC Ch21)
Source:
ABC1
Date:
Saturday,
2 November 2013.
Links:
7.30 Report -
http://www.abc.net.au/
7.30/
Rage - http://www.abc.net.au/rage/
ABC - http://www.abc.net.au/
About:
Clips of Mr Lou Reed. For people to remember, learn more about, or discover for the first time, now and into the future.
More information or stories relating to this clip for everyone to read, is welcome in the comments.
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Lou Reed ABC Interviews, part 1
Australian TV interviews with
Lou Reed
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Press conference 19th August,
1974
- Some interview from around
1989
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Interview on 7:30
Report,
2000
- Interview,
1975
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL5PKUKCfeI
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Lou Reed - Lowest Form Of Life
The fascinating story behind a catastrophic interview with the legend
Lou Reed.
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Lou Reed - Interview with Jools Holland (2003) -HD-
Lou Reed -
Interview with
Jools Holland (
2003)
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Lou Reed - rare NZ interview 1984
One of rock's most notorious interviewees, one decade after he first visited
New Zealand in the mid-seventies the late
Lou Reed was in more expansive mood promoting his
1984 album New Sensations down under
...
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Lou Reed Interview with Bill Boggs
Lewis Allan "
Lou" Reed (born March 2,
1942) is an
American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer.[1] He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of
The Velvet Underground, and for his solo career, which has spanned several decades. Though the
Velvet Underground were a commercial failure in the late
1960s, the group has gained a considerable cult following in the years since its demise and has gone on to become one of the most widely cited and influential bands of the era.[2] As the Velvet Underground's principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that rarely had been examined so openly in rock and roll, including sexuality and drug culture.
After his departure from the group, Reed began a solo career in
1971. He had a hit the following
...
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Lou Reed's interview for Parrot Zik headphones
Parrot Zik
Official Website:
http://www.parrot.com/zik
A few months ago, I asked
Lou Reed for his opinion. He told me that the headphones were well tuned for classical music but not for rock. And he told me he could help. So on
September 30th,
2013, I travelled to his studio in
New York; it would be the last time I would see him.
Henri Seydoux,
CEO of Parrot
New version of Parrot
Audio Suite available on
November 18th
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Laurie Anderson & Lou Reed Interviewed by Charlie Rose (2003) - Part One
July 8, 2003
Lou Reed talks about '
NYC Man' (his retrospective
album) and
Andy Warhol.
Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed talk about their relationship.
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Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo | Blank on Blank | PBS Digital Studios
"I write a song called '
Heroin', you would have thought that I murdered the
Pope or something"
-
Lou Reed on March 20,
1987, as told to
Joe Smith
Lou Reed. Lou Reed. Here we bring you a rarely heard interview Lou recored in 1987.
It's vintage Lou.
Salty and sweet. Earnest and cocky. Grouchy and kind of endearing. Reed (and his legendary band
The Velvet Underground) were those musicians who never got the extensive accolades or awards--nor the riches many of their contemporaries found. Yet he never seemed to waver in his search for the perfect sound and his quest "to elevate the rock and roll song and take it where it hadn't been taken before." Here we present some interview outtakes that give a taste for this iconic
American musician. Lou Reed died of liver disease on
October 27,
2013. He
...
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Lou Reed Interview
SFX No. 9 -
20th March - 1st
April 1982.
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Lou Reed Interview
Lou Reed
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LOU REED "The Fucking Porcupine Interview" part1
see for part2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pRnzmr-xi8
Lou Reed interviewed by Hanneke Groenteman, watch out for her !! 6may2001
Plantage Amsterdam aired live on tv
The Netherlands
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Lou Reed Interview KVAN FM November 1969
Lou talking about the first three VU albums and spirituality
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Lou Reed - Interview - Berlin Tour
BBC Culture Show special.
Absolutely no copyright infringement is intended. This clip has been uploaded by fans for fans and not for profit or gain.
Copyright of the music and images belong to the respective owners.
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Lou Reed meets the Australian press in 1974
In
1974,
Lou Reed came to
Australia to play some shows in
Melbourne,
Adelaide and
Sydney (his support act on that tour was
AC/DC). Upon his arrival at
Sydney Airport, he was ushered into the press room where a horde of journalists were waiting to interview him.
Despite their best efforts to get a rise out of him by asking provocative questions, he managed to maintain his impassive mien throughout. This segment was first broadcast on August 19, 1974 on
GTK (Get To Know), a ten-minute magazine-style program about pop culture that ran on the
ABC from
1969 to
1975.
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The Wisdom of Lou Reed (Blue in the Face)
Partly up elsewhere in better quality but this is all Lou, all the time.
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Lou Reed - Planet Rock - Interview Part One
Recorded for
UK TV around the time of the release of 'Set
The Twilight Reeling' (
1996). Parts
Two and Three are uploaded seperately.
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Interview with Lou Reed, Denmark 1984
An interview from
Danish television with
Lou Reed for his appearance at the
Roskilde Festival in
1984, circa the
album "
Legendary Hearts". Not his usual surly self with the journalist.
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Lou Reed & Metallica - 1LIVE Radio Interview
Lou Reed &
Metallica is interviewed in
Cologne, Germany on
November 11,
2011 during a live radio broadcast/webcast on
1LIVE radio.
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Lou Reed & Metallica Interview (Lydverket, NRK1) [HD]
FACEBOOK:
http://bit.ly/MetHDFacebook
Lou,
Lars and
James sat down with "Lydverket", a norwegian
TV-show about music that airs on
NRK.
The parts where a narrator speaks in norwegian were translated and subtitled by me.
It's probably not
100% right, gramatic wise, but hopefully I didn't lose the meaning. I am norwegian myself.
The funny part about this interview is that the clips from "The
25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert" was taken from YouTube.
Original uploader "tallica4lifegbrtdydm" put his watermark in the down-left corner on those clips. His channel has sadly been removed from YouTube. May it rest in
peace, lol.
Lou Reed - Lowest Form Of Life
The fascinating story behind a catastrophic interview with the legend
Lou Reed.
The fascinating story behind a catastrophic interview with the legend
Lou Reed.
wn.com/Lou Reed Lowest Form Of Life
The fascinating story behind a catastrophic interview with the legend
Lou Reed.
- published: 26 Oct 2011
- views: 206965
Lou Reed Interview with Bill Boggs
Lewis Allan "
Lou" Reed (born March 2,
1942) is an
American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer.[1] He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of
The Velvet Underground, and for his solo career, which has spanned several decades. Though the
Velvet Underground were a commercial failure in the late
1960s, the group has gained a considerable cult following in the years since its demise and has gone on to become one of the most widely cited and influential bands of the era.[2] As the Velvet Underground's principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that rarely had been examined so openly in rock and roll, including sexuality and drug culture.
After his departure from the group, Reed began a solo career in
1971. He had a hit the following year with "
Walk on the Wild Side", although he subsequently lacked the mainstream commercial success its chart status seemed to indicate.[3] Reed's work as a solo artist frustrated critics wishing for a return of the Velvet Underground. In
1975, Reed released a double
album of feedback loops,
Metal Machine Music, upon which he later commented, "No one is supposed to be able to do a thing like that and survive."[4]
In 2008, Reed married performance artist
Laurie Anderson.[5] -
Wikipedia
Footage Owned by
Bill Boggs
http://www.BillBoggs.com
YouTube Managed by
Exit 172 Productions,
LLC.
http://Exit172Productions.com
John Hedlund - Owner &
Producer
BillBoggsTV@Gmail.com
wn.com/Lou Reed Interview With Bill Boggs
Lewis Allan "
Lou" Reed (born March 2,
1942) is an
American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer.[1] He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of
The Velvet Underground, and for his solo career, which has spanned several decades. Though the
Velvet Underground were a commercial failure in the late
1960s, the group has gained a considerable cult following in the years since its demise and has gone on to become one of the most widely cited and influential bands of the era.[2] As the Velvet Underground's principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that rarely had been examined so openly in rock and roll, including sexuality and drug culture.
After his departure from the group, Reed began a solo career in
1971. He had a hit the following year with "
Walk on the Wild Side", although he subsequently lacked the mainstream commercial success its chart status seemed to indicate.[3] Reed's work as a solo artist frustrated critics wishing for a return of the Velvet Underground. In
1975, Reed released a double
album of feedback loops,
Metal Machine Music, upon which he later commented, "No one is supposed to be able to do a thing like that and survive."[4]
In 2008, Reed married performance artist
Laurie Anderson.[5] -
Wikipedia
Footage Owned by
Bill Boggs
http://www.BillBoggs.com
YouTube Managed by
Exit 172 Productions,
LLC.
http://Exit172Productions.com
John Hedlund - Owner &
Producer
BillBoggsTV@Gmail.com
- published: 26 Jun 2012
- views: 81262
Lou Reed's interview for Parrot Zik headphones
Parrot Zik
Official Website:
http://www.parrot.com/zik
A few months ago, I asked
Lou Reed for his opinion. He told me that the headphones were well tuned for classical music but not for rock. And he told me he could help. So on
September 30th,
2013, I travelled to his studio in
New York; it would be the last time I would see him.
Henri Seydoux,
CEO of Parrot
New version of Parrot
Audio Suite available on
November 18th
►Parrot Audio Suite app [iOS] http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/parrot-audio-suite/id523117085
►Parrot Audio Suite app [
Android] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elinext.parrotaudiosuite.activity
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wn.com/Lou Reed's Interview For Parrot Zik Headphones
Parrot Zik
Official Website:
http://www.parrot.com/zik
A few months ago, I asked
Lou Reed for his opinion. He told me that the headphones were well tuned for classical music but not for rock. And he told me he could help. So on
September 30th,
2013, I travelled to his studio in
New York; it would be the last time I would see him.
Henri Seydoux,
CEO of Parrot
New version of Parrot
Audio Suite available on
November 18th
►Parrot Audio Suite app [iOS] http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/parrot-audio-suite/id523117085
►Parrot Audio Suite app [
Android] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elinext.parrotaudiosuite.activity
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- published: 08 Nov 2013
- views: 83098
Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo | Blank on Blank | PBS Digital Studios
"I write a song called '
Heroin', you would have thought that I murdered the
Pope or something"
-
Lou Reed on March 20,
1987, as told to
Joe Smith
Lou Reed. Lou Reed. Here we bring you a rarely heard interview Lou recored in 1987.
It's vintage Lou.
Salty and sweet. Earnest and cocky. Grouchy and kind of endearing. Reed (and his legendary band
The Velvet Underground) were those musicians who never got the extensive accolades or awards--nor the riches many of their contemporaries found. Yet he never seemed to waver in his search for the perfect sound and his quest "to elevate the rock and roll song and take it where it hadn't been taken before." Here we present some interview outtakes that give a taste for this iconic
American musician. Lou Reed died of liver disease on
October 27,
2013. He was 71.
In this animated film Lou Reed talks about chasing off nosy college kids on his porch with his shotgun, how he dreamed about writing the great
American novel while at
Syracuse University, "how savage the reaction against" the
Velvet Underground was, the intention of taking books and putting them into songs, writing rock and roll you could grow old with, not thinking
The Doors or the
Beatles were up to the level of his band, and how he hoped to elevate the rock and roll song to where it hadn't been before.
RIP, Lou.
LOU REED QUOTES
"What we had was ambition and a goal
... to elevate the rock and roll song and take it where it hadn't been taken before."
"I have faith in my own vision, and didn't want them to tamper with it."
"
Don't thin my voice out and make it like that high shit. This is the way I sound."
"
I've gone out with my shotgun. This is hunting country out there. You better run."
"I wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll."
"I got a little puzzled at how savage the reaction against us was."
Hear the full, unedited interview, learn more about Lou Reed including a pic of his college band, and see some sweet Lou Reed GIFs @
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/lou-reed-guns-ammo-the-velvet-underground/
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Executive Producer:
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Animator:
Patrick Smith
Audio Producer: Amy Drozdowska
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Elliott Smith on
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Robin Williams on
Masks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHGmIAv4Dc
Wayne Coyne on
Living with
Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJXU7f0hI30
Maya Angelou on
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VybIJEA41yk
Bette Davis on The Sexes
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Michael Jackson on Godliness
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK2lfs_uiwk
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Happiness
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Stardust
http://youtu.be/lFIDXXDsxAo
Gene Wilder on
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Love
http://youtu.be/DmvmnYEy9NY
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http://youtu.be/ALGi0tcFCcw
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http://youtu.be/qDRUzbAa6lI
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http://youtu.be/C1Z2BkZaOQc
Janis Joplin on
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdF4b1_LQnQ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4mx2P
...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5R8gd...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yD8Pz...
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Music
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
"
Venus in Furs"
"Heroin"
"
Rock and Roll"
LOU REED
"
Perfect Day"
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wn.com/Lou Reed On Guns Ammo | Blank On Blank | Pbs Digital Studios
"I write a song called '
Heroin', you would have thought that I murdered the
Pope or something"
-
Lou Reed on March 20,
1987, as told to
Joe Smith
Lou Reed. Lou Reed. Here we bring you a rarely heard interview Lou recored in 1987.
It's vintage Lou.
Salty and sweet. Earnest and cocky. Grouchy and kind of endearing. Reed (and his legendary band
The Velvet Underground) were those musicians who never got the extensive accolades or awards--nor the riches many of their contemporaries found. Yet he never seemed to waver in his search for the perfect sound and his quest "to elevate the rock and roll song and take it where it hadn't been taken before." Here we present some interview outtakes that give a taste for this iconic
American musician. Lou Reed died of liver disease on
October 27,
2013. He was 71.
In this animated film Lou Reed talks about chasing off nosy college kids on his porch with his shotgun, how he dreamed about writing the great
American novel while at
Syracuse University, "how savage the reaction against" the
Velvet Underground was, the intention of taking books and putting them into songs, writing rock and roll you could grow old with, not thinking
The Doors or the
Beatles were up to the level of his band, and how he hoped to elevate the rock and roll song to where it hadn't been before.
RIP, Lou.
LOU REED QUOTES
"What we had was ambition and a goal
... to elevate the rock and roll song and take it where it hadn't been taken before."
"I have faith in my own vision, and didn't want them to tamper with it."
"
Don't thin my voice out and make it like that high shit. This is the way I sound."
"
I've gone out with my shotgun. This is hunting country out there. You better run."
"I wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll."
"I got a little puzzled at how savage the reaction against us was."
Hear the full, unedited interview, learn more about Lou Reed including a pic of his college band, and see some sweet Lou Reed GIFs @
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/lou-reed-guns-ammo-the-velvet-underground/
Subscribe for new episodes every other Tuesday (it's free):
http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=blankonblank
Executive Producer:
David Gerlach
Animator:
Patrick Smith
Audio Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Watch our previous episodes:
BB King on
The Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tIphqWYu_s
Elliott Smith on
Freaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAP3sYaaBv4
Robin Williams on
Masks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHGmIAv4Dc
Wayne Coyne on
Living with
Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJXU7f0hI30
Maya Angelou on
Con Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VybIJEA41yk
Bette Davis on The Sexes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnTUyrxzWY
Michael Jackson on Godliness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCa3Po7M_8
Jimi Hendrix on
The Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK2lfs_uiwk
Meryl Streep on
Beauty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_T5dwnJuM
Philip Seymour Hoffman on
Happiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osn8rjkPyYM
David Bowie on
Stardust
http://youtu.be/lFIDXXDsxAo
Gene Wilder on
The Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUW2POEjX4
John Lennon on
Love
http://youtu.be/DmvmnYEy9NY
Johnny Cash on
The Gospel
http://youtu.be/ALGi0tcFCcw
Heath Ledger on
Role Playing
http://youtu.be/qDRUzbAa6lI
Tupac on
Life and Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x2FqX2YZws
Kurt Cobain on
Identity
http://youtu.be/C1Z2BkZaOQc
Janis Joplin on
Rejection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdF4b1_LQnQ
Barry White on
Making Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmJIlqjYGkw
Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvtgqJTVVhE
Carol Burnett on Finding
Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aixlc1DJZiE
Grace Kelly on
JFK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5EOuppHoTM
Farrah Fawcett on
Stiletto Power
http://youtu.be/8Eskff0RUQ8
Beastie Boys on Being
Stupid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4mx2P
...
David Foster Wallace on
Ambition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5R8gd...
Wilt Chamberlain on
Tall Tales
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLiVn...
Larry King on Getting Seduced
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yD8Pz...
Jim Morrison on Why Fat is
Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhszZ5...
Music
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
"
Venus in Furs"
"Heroin"
"
Rock and Roll"
LOU REED
"
Perfect Day"
Photos
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- published: 17 Feb 2015
- views: 152433
Lou Reed Interview KVAN FM November 1969
Lou talking about the first three VU albums and spirituality
Lou talking about the first three VU albums and spirituality
wn.com/Lou Reed Interview Kvan Fm November 1969
Lou talking about the first three VU albums and spirituality
- published: 28 Oct 2015
- views: 662
Lou Reed - Interview - Berlin Tour
BBC Culture Show special.
Absolutely no copyright infringement is intended. This clip has been uploaded by fans for fans and not for profit or gain.
Copyright of the music and images belong to the respective owners.
wn.com/Lou Reed Interview Berlin Tour
BBC Culture Show special.
Absolutely no copyright infringement is intended. This clip has been uploaded by fans for fans and not for profit or gain.
Copyright of the music and images belong to the respective owners.
- published: 03 Mar 2014
- views: 2532
Lou Reed meets the Australian press in 1974
In
1974,
Lou Reed came to
Australia to play some shows in
Melbourne,
Adelaide and
Sydney (his support act on that tour was
AC/DC). Upon his arrival at
Sydney Airport, he was ushered into the press room where a horde of journalists were waiting to interview him.
Despite their best efforts to get a rise out of him by asking provocative questions, he managed to maintain his impassive mien throughout. This segment was first broadcast on August 19, 1974 on
GTK (Get To Know), a ten-minute magazine-style program about pop culture that ran on the
ABC from
1969 to
1975.
wn.com/Lou Reed Meets The Australian Press In 1974
In
1974,
Lou Reed came to
Australia to play some shows in
Melbourne,
Adelaide and
Sydney (his support act on that tour was
AC/DC). Upon his arrival at
Sydney Airport, he was ushered into the press room where a horde of journalists were waiting to interview him.
Despite their best efforts to get a rise out of him by asking provocative questions, he managed to maintain his impassive mien throughout. This segment was first broadcast on August 19, 1974 on
GTK (Get To Know), a ten-minute magazine-style program about pop culture that ran on the
ABC from
1969 to
1975.
- published: 27 Oct 2013
- views: 54130
The Wisdom of Lou Reed (Blue in the Face)
Partly up elsewhere in better quality but this is all Lou, all the time.
Partly up elsewhere in better quality but this is all Lou, all the time.
wn.com/The Wisdom Of Lou Reed (Blue In The Face)
Partly up elsewhere in better quality but this is all Lou, all the time.
- published: 20 Apr 2013
- views: 77932
Lou Reed & Metallica Interview (Lydverket, NRK1) [HD]
FACEBOOK:
http://bit.ly/MetHDFacebook
Lou,
Lars and
James sat down with "Lydverket", a norwegian
TV-show about music that airs on
NRK.
The parts where a narrator speaks in norwegian were translated and subtitled by me.
It's probably not
100% right, gramatic wise, but hopefully I didn't lose the meaning. I am norwegian myself.
The funny part about this interview is that the clips from "The
25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert" was taken from YouTube.
Original uploader "tallica4lifegbrtdydm" put his watermark in the down-left corner on those clips. His channel has sadly been removed from YouTube. May it rest in
peace, lol.
wn.com/Lou Reed Metallica Interview (Lydverket, Nrk1) Hd
FACEBOOK:
http://bit.ly/MetHDFacebook
Lou,
Lars and
James sat down with "Lydverket", a norwegian
TV-show about music that airs on
NRK.
The parts where a narrator speaks in norwegian were translated and subtitled by me.
It's probably not
100% right, gramatic wise, but hopefully I didn't lose the meaning. I am norwegian myself.
The funny part about this interview is that the clips from "The
25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert" was taken from YouTube.
Original uploader "tallica4lifegbrtdydm" put his watermark in the down-left corner on those clips. His channel has sadly been removed from YouTube. May it rest in
peace, lol.
- published: 26 Oct 2011
- views: 17291