DavidMahler
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I don't deny the influence Reed had, I just feel the influence he had was almost entirely negative.
Originally Posted by DavidMahler /img/forum/go_quote.gif I own every VU album, and 6 bootlegs by them and 7 Lou Reed solo CDs. The thing is though, I own plenty of CDs of artists I despise. |
Originally Posted by DavidMahler /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't deny the influence Reed had... |
...I just feel the influence he had was almost entirely negative. |
Originally Posted by DavidMahler /img/forum/go_quote.gif I lump Lou Reed with Philip Glass and Jackson Pollock. People who are critically acclaimed in their field but offer nothing much more than conception. They conceive great ideas, but do not have the talents to bring anything artistic to the table. |
As far as rock goes......my taste is more for the Beatles, Zeppelin, Lennon, Steely Dan, Joni Mithcell, Jeff Buckley, Brian Wilson, Yes......i feel they bring interesting music ideas to the table, not just lyrics. If I want to hear great lyrics, i skip lou reed and read so Goethe or Dante. |
Hearing about some guy waiting for his man, with 26 dollars in his hand, just doesnt interest me.....maybe if i did drugs I'd relate. Funnily enough, I'm a New Yorker, and i know Reed is a very New York kinda dude. I just don't relate. His singing is too awful, his guitar playing is too absurd, and his songs show to be silly...."I've been told that you've been bold with Harry Mark and John" It's not a winning combo for me. That's not to say that if you put out 30 albums you cant write a few good songs. But that doesnt make you deserving. Lastly, I refer you to a comment I heard Iggy Pop say once in an interview: "When we all heard Velvet Underground for the first time in the late 60s, all these kids who wanted to have a rock and roll band, but didn't think they had the talent, realized that they could still do it.....here was this guy who couldn't sing, singing about stuff that we could relate to, and this guy that couldn't play guitar with a drummer that couldnt even keep a beat, rocking out louder than anyone at the time....we knew that if this guy could do it, then we could too".......this comment is paraphrased from a TV interview I saw years ago. I don't deny Reed's influence. But his influence was negative to me in the sense that he allowed nonmusicians to believe themselves musicians........he lowered that bar. And music has not been the same since. |
As far as linking him with the beat nicks.......thats fine, I agree, thats really what he is............but being a great lyricist (its debatable to that he is one) doesnt make you a great songwriter, only if your true merit of a song is its lyrical content can that be true. |
Originally Posted by Fallen /img/forum/go_quote.gif I used to not see the value in Tom Waits either, for example. I now cannot imagine my music collection without him. |