Lou Reed?

[longers]

Just wondering what peoples opinions of him were/are? He's banned someone from singing Perfect Day on America's Got Pop Idol, apparently.

I don't know much about him at all but it seems a bit mean.

Can he do that? Whether he should or not, if they'd gone ahead with the performance, would he have been able to sue?

 

[Trembler49]

It's his song, he can do what he wants. I think he is right on taste grounds if nothing else.

 

[KennyGray]

Gotta say his origonal version is the dogs,,

 

[Keith Oates]

He is now reported as saying he did not stop Susan Boyle fron singing the song but that the song was not cleared for the American market, what ever that means!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[yello]

I like him and his aforementioned sullenness gives me a smile.

He's a story teller of excellence. Not a sage but an astute observer and commentator.

 

[Aperitif]

He's apparently a right curmudgeonly old git. It gives me a warm feeling inside.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I like Lou Reed - 'Transformer' and 'Lou Reed Live' were two of the first 'serious' LPs I bought.
If I'd written 'Perfect Day' apart from not having to work again I wouldn't want it to be associated with junk telly.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I don't think he's particularly nice, but he's a superb lyric writer.

 

[BearPear]

After the mauling Simon Cowell's lot gave "Hallelujah" I don't blame him for saying no.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

After the mauling Simon Cowell's lot gave "Hallelujah" I don't blame him for saying no.

That's a shockingly dreadful song though, whoever's singing it.

 

[Crankarm]

Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground are everything that the X Factory aka Simon Cowell are not. Good on him for protecting his own material and stopping his songs from being massacred by talentless no hopers trying to make a few quid out of some one else's previous hard work and talent.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Best not to forget though that Reed is also responsible for what many people consider to be the worst record in existence - Metal Machine Music, it's a stinker!

 

[User169]

Best not to forget though that Reed is also responsible for what many people consider to be the worst record in existence - Metal Machine Music, it's a stinker!

Reed's entire solo output is pretty patchy I reckon. Ronson. "Mistrial" is, by quite a considerable margin, the worst album I've ever purchased.

Even so, I'm not sure he really deserves the dog's dinner that SuBo would inevitably have served up.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Surely that honour has to go to Deep Purple's Concerto For Group And Orchestra

Looks ghastly - once I've had a few beers I'll see if I can find on youtube.

 

[User482]

That's a shockingly dreadful song though, whoever's singing it.

You jest surely? Buckley's my fave, but I can see the appeal of the original version by Cohen.