As reported about a month ago, darren aronofsky took a gig directing the first video from metallica and lou reed s. Metallica and lou reeds lulu is actually excellent the atlantic. Lou reed march 2, 1942 october 27, 20 was an american rock artist originally from brooklyn, new york, usa. Licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of rca records label. Reed s band included pentti glan drums, prakash john bass, ray colcord keyboards, and dick wagner and steve hunter guitars. Lulu 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. Reed was originally inspired by german expressionist frank wedekinds theatricals earth spirit and pandoras box, from 1895 and 1904, respectively. The view is a single by american singer lou reed and american heavy metal band metallica. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the velvet underground, and his subsequent solo career spanned five decades. Lulu is a collaboration album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band metallica.
It is inspired by german expressionist writer frank wedekinds plays earth spirit and. Much advance word of lou reed and metallicas excursion has been one of. 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. The album is the final fulllength studio recording project that reed was involved in before his death in october 20. The album is the final fulllength studio recording project that reed was involved in. And its sad that it comes from metallica and lou reed.
Conceptually, lulu is a reedian gloss on the plays of scandalous german dramaturge frank wedekind. Lulu presents a set of songs inspired by german expressionist frank wedekinds early 20th century plays earth spirit and pandoras box. Lulu, metallica s collaboration with lou reed, feels like another misguided step in the name of integrity. The works draw exclusively from lou reed and metallica, and reworked and ruinmixed into a new form that both serves as a logical and populist merger of the aforementioned artists, and. This is the first song to be released from lulu, a joint album between american heavy metal band metallica and new york rock musician lou reed. Kirk hammett talks about metallica and lou reed s lulu, cliff burton, and not playing lead guitar kirk hammett talks about how meeting reed at the rock and roll hall of fame 25th anniversary concert led metallica into making an album that forced them outside of their comfort zone. With kirk hammett, james hetfield, metallica, lou reed. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Metallica lyrics the view with lou reed i am a chorus of the voices that gather up the magnets set before me i attract you and repel you a science of the heart and blood and meaning the coldness of most beauties. Lulu is a musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica. I am a chorus of the voices that gather up the magnets set before me i attract you and repel you a science of the heart and blood and meaning the coldness of most beauties is a challenge that our youth must quickly conquer there is no time for guilt or second guessing, second guessing based on feeling i am the truth, the beauty that causes you to cross your sacred boundaries i have no morals. Conceptually, the album is based on the two lulu plays by the german playwright. Willner, a music industry vet who worked on saturday night live since the 80s and produced albums for artists including reed, marianne faithful, laurie.
A promotional video for lou reed and metallica s 2011 single the view. Lou reed just doesnt seem to mesh with metallica s sound, and its very apparent on the view and rhythmically, everywhere else. Lou reed born march 2, 1942 in brooklyn, new york, usa died october 27, 20, southampton, new york, usa was an american rock musician, songwriter and photographer. In the process, reed has created a body of music that comes as close to disclosing the parameters of human loss and recovery as were likely to find. He formed the group the velvet underground with welsh multiinstrumentalist john cale, second guitarist sterling morrison, and drummer maureen tucker in new york in 1965. It was released on october 31, 2011 by warner bros. Licensed to youtube by emi music publishing, umpi, global music rights llc, bmi broadcast music inc. Metallica pays tribute to late lulu coproducer hal. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Lou reed and metallica s collaborative album based on german playwright frank wedekinds plays about a socialclimberturnedprostitute has been. Lou reed and metallica and the first official video of the project lulu. Metallica and lou reed the view new 2011 music video release. Inspired by a series of demos prepared by reed for a musical production of two plays by the 19th century german dramatist frank.
Few would deny reed s immense importance and considerable achievements. Definitely not a boring biography but an adventure that happened in real life. Lou reed doesnt just write about squalid characters, he allows them to leer and breathe in their own voices, and he colors familiar landscapes through their own eyes. In its original form, it features five songs, four of which were initially recorded by the velvet underground. It is the only single taken from the studio album lulu, released on september 27, 2011. Metallica and lou reed record joint album music the. Lulu is a collaboration album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band. Metallica and lou reeds lulu is actually excellent. It was recorded in san rafael, california, during april to june 2011, after reed had. In february 2011, metallica guitarist kirk hammett announced that in may 2011 the.
C 1972 rca records a division of sony music entertainment. The musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica, lulu, is coming your way this fall and this space will be your spot for all things loutallica. In this interview from 2011, reed and metallica defended their controversial collaboration album lulu to neil mccormick. I am a chorus of the voices that gather up the magnets set before me i attract you and repel you a science of the heart and blood and. The album was released this year on halloween and is loosely based on the lulu plays by the german.
After that performance, the two entities began kicking around the idea of making a record together, but didnt start working togethe. Well, the result of one of the unlikeliest collaborations in some time here. 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. Rock n roll animal is a live album by american musician lou reed, released in february 1974 by rca records.
Metallica and lou reed record joint album this article is more than 8 years old noiserock pioneers collaborate on project inspired by german playwright in what reed. The artists have recorded a series of songs that reed wrote for a german theater groups production of 19th century playwright frank wedekinds socalled lulu plays. Lulu is a music studio album recording by metallica prog relatedprogressive rock released in 2011 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. If the red hot chili peppers acoustically covered the 12. So lou reed and metallica have teamed up to create an album. From the forthcoming album, lulu, bok darklord aka buttress okneel and lucas darklord present the view and mistress dread as a super limited digital single. Chelsea laurenwireimagemetallica has shared a tribute to the late hal willner, who coproduced 2011 s lulu, the bands polarizing collaborative album with lou reed. The author knew lou reed well on a personal level and gave him unprecedented access to windows of his soul and parts of his life you will probably only read on this book. 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. Stand too close to lulu, lou reed and metallica s new collaborationconceptalbum, and you risk collateral brickbats.
If they were looking for songs, songs that were melodic, unifying, and had their lyrics in the right spots, it makes you question why they recorded it. The career of lou reed defied capsule summarization. Especially while a member of the the velvet underground in the 1960s, reed broke new ground for the rock genre in several important dimensions, introducing more mature and intellectual themes to what was then considered a largely simplistic genre of music. The view directed by darren aronofsky from the album lulu. About the view this song is one of the tracks from the collaboration between lou reed and metallica, known as lulu. The lulu project began in may 2011 at hq studios in northern california, with lous. The group soon became a part of andy warhols factory scene, which housed a great number of the most freaked and experimental artists at the time. The plays, originally published in 1904 and set in germany, paris and london in the 1890s, whirl between the points of view of lulu. Best rock songs vietnam war music best rock music of all time 60s and 70s rock playlist duration. Darren aronofsky black swan, the wrestler, requiem for a dream directed this black and white clip for the view from the roundly panned metallica x lou reed album lulu. Lulu was inspired by german expressionist writer frank wedekinds plays earth spirit and. Lou reed and metallica tapped awardwinning director darren aronofsky to helm a music video for their collaborative track the view. Lou reed sweet jane from rock n roll animal youtube.
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