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?
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