Lou Reed :: The Bottom Line (New York, NY) Feb 28, 1983 (Soundcheck)

These new guys (well to me!) have posted a doozie this morning . . . . . . . more from Uncle Lou!

I’m Waiting For The Man 03:27

 Women 04:10

Underneath The Bottle 02:21

Waves Of Fear 03:48

The Day John Kennedy Died 04:05

Sweet Jane 04:18

Satellite Of Love 05:34

Rock & Roll 04:49

Walk On The Wild Side 04:18

Charley's Girl 02:07

Sunday Morning 03:54

A Gift 03:11

Kill Your Sons 03:32

Vicious Circle 03:28

Sally Can't Dance 04:44

New Age 04:57

Some Kinda Love 04:10

There She Goes Again 03:11

White Light White Heat 04:04

I'll Be Your Mirror 02:51

Line up

Lou Reed - Guitar, Vocals; Robert Quine - Guitar; Fernando Saunders - Bass, Vocals; Fred Maher - Drums

Doom says:

"Bottom Line tape of Lou, Quine, Fernando Saunders and Fred Maher warming up before their first live shows a few months before invading Italy. A cool document, with some interesting rarities and arrangements; songs like “The Day John Kennedy Died,” “Vicious Circle” and “A Gift” wouldn’t be played much (or at all) after ‘83. The energy level isn’t quite as high as it would get with an actual audience present, but it’s pretty high all the same. And even though Quine and Reed’s relationship was already pretty fractured at this point, it doesn’t stop Lou from praising his guitarist. “Damn!” he exclaims at the end of Quine’s typically tortured “Waves of Fear” solo. You’ll likely say the same thing when you hear it"

Doom and Gloom From The Tomb

Lou Reed live at The Bottom Live 1983 - Martial Law

LOU REED IN INTERVIEW - REBEL WITHOUT APPLAUSE

Lou Reed - Various Radio Interviews, 1976

Lou reveals all! Or at least he reveals something. These interviews came in the wake of the infamous Metal Machine Music, which certainly seems to have bewildered the FM DJs Reed is speaking to. Our hero refers to the album as a means of “clearing the air.” Forty-five years later, MMM still clears the air, my friends. 

Lou is pretty forthcoming and chill, relatively speaking — I think the most spicy he gets is when one DJ asks if he likes The Tubes. Lou does not like The Tubes! Things he does like: New York City, Jimmy Carter, Zuma … and Sandy Denny! As we’ve noted before, Lou fell in love with Like an Old Fashioned Waltz at some point in the mid-70s. I like to think of him coming off of a days-long speed bender, dropping the needle on “Whispering Grass,” and drifting off into a dream. What would be Lou’s equivalent of “The Battle of Evermore” be, I wonder? 

(Reblogged from doomandgloomfromthetomb)
although I found it at rebel without applause.