At least lou reed and metallica arent fooling you, but the view is still a terrible single and track compositionwise not conceptually because it ties together later into the lp. 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. The first fulllength taste of lou reed and metallica s collaborative album, lulu, is here. The album, which was titled lulu, was recorded over several months and comprised ten songs 114 based on frank wedekind s lulu plays earth spirit and pandoras box. The song, as with the entire album, credits all lyrics to lou reed and all music to lou reed and metallica. After that performance, the two entities began kicking around the idea of making a record together, but didnt start working together until two years later. Lulu is a collaboration album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band metallica. A promotional video for lou reed and metallica s 2011 single the view. On june 15, 2011, metallica announced that recording sessions with singersongwriter lou reed had concluded.
Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. The card board cd sleeve is different from the standard release as are the printed faces of the two cds. Lulu is a collaboration album between rock singersongwriter lou reed and heavy metal band. November 1st, 2011 a collaboration between rock singersongwriter lou reed and metallica. The bands live performance of the view from germany can be heard here. Lulu is a musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica. Oct 27, 2011 often, metallica simply fall in behind them in a freeform drone. The first full track from metallica s controversial collaboration with lou reed has been emerged. This video contains content from loureedmetallicatv. Like much of reeds lateperiod work, this is abstract and literary but even by his standards, lulu is gruelling. The collaboration was originally intended to be metallica rerecording various previously unreleased tracks reed had written over the years. Lulu is a music studio album recording by metallica prog relatedprogressive rock released in 2011 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. The first book includes 20 pages of photographs by anton corbijn.
Following their appearance on later with jools holland, lou reed and metallica traveled to germany on friday night for a live radio broadcastwebcast on 1live. The project was revealed to be a collaboration with lou reed once the recording of the album had been completed in june 2011. 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 view is a single by american singer lou reed and american heavy metal band metallica. Watch aronofskys the view lulu is a musical collaboration between lou reed and metallica. Overall i would say this record is really, really, fucked up beyond all recognition and still to this very day i will never understand why exactly these two. The clip was made by darren aronofsky black swan and was officially released on december 2nd of the year 2011. The album is the final fulllength studio recording project that reed was involved in before his death in october 20. All songs 2011 lou reed music bmicreeping death music ascap. Metallicas instrumental track for the view, cut that day in the same room where they made 2003s st. In february 2011, metallica guitarist kirk hammett announced that in may 2011 the. It was recorded in san rafael, california, during april to june 2011, after reed. The news that lou reed and metallica were to collaborate was met with no small dose of trepidation.
An official video clip was made for a shortened version of the song 03. The three photos of lou reed and metallica have a nice feel about them and theyd be ideal for framing. In this interview from 2011, reed and metallica defended their controversial collaboration album lulu to neil mccormick. All songs on this album are based on songs originally written by lou reed for the play lulu. Many say they find it repetitive, but the mighty metallica is in absolute true form here. The riffs may seem somewhat limited compared to classic metallica albums, but it complements lou reed s spoken word style really well. All songs 2011 lou reed music bmi creeping death music ascap. It was released on october 31, 2011 by warner bros. Lulu was inspired by german expressionist writer frank wedekinds plays earth spirit and pandoras box, which tell a story of a young abused dancers life and relationships and are. Conceptually, the album is based on the two lulu plays by the german playwright. Would you come to me if i was half drowning an arm above the last wave would you come to me would y. Much advance word of lou reed and metallicas excursion has been one of bewilderment and dismissal. Lulu is out 1031 worldwide, and 111 in the us via warner bros. 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.
It was recorded in san rafael, california, during april to june 2011, after reed had. Searches related to loureed total verified torrents. Both tracks were also played one additional time as part of the bands 2011 30th anniversary shows at the filmore, with lou reed. Lulu was inspired by german expressionist writer frank wedekinds plays earth spirit and. Nov 01, 2011 lou reed and metallica s collaborative album based on german playwright frank wedekinds plays about a socialclimberturnedprostitute has been preemptively crowned the worst album of all time. In late september, the band released a song, the view, proving loutallica to be exactly the sum of its parts. Lulu lou reed to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Nov 12, 2011 following their appearance on later with jools holland, lou reed and metallica traveled to germany on friday night for a live radio broadcastwebcast on 1live. 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. Metallica and former the velvet underground frontman lou reed performed live earlier tonight friday, november 11 for a special radio broadcast in germany on 1live that was also webcast on. Lou reed and metallica performs live lulu in cologne, germany on november 11, 2011 during a live radio broadcast webcast for 1live radio.
Aug 30, 2011 lou reed s forthcoming metallica collaboration is the best the best thing i ever did, he claimed this week. It is the only single taken from the studio album lulu, released on september 27, 2011. The conception of the project began in 2009 when both metallica and lou reed performed at the rock and roll hall of fames 25th anniversary concert. Metallica and lou reed perform on germanys 1 live video. Metallica is simply a backing band for lou reed on this album. With kirk hammett, james hetfield, metallica, lou reed. Reed and metallica had both been on the bill in october 1997 for the eleventh of neil youngs bridge concerts. I am a chorus of the voices that gather up the magnets set before me i attract you and repel you a. The view video 2011 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
November, 2011 che tempo che fa milan, italy songs. Mit ihrer bestellung erkennen sie unsere allgemeinen geschaftsbedingungen an. 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. The first single from the metallica lou reed collaboration album lulu. Digital downloads live metallica cds cds dvds accessories menu toggle. The unlikely musical pairing has teamed up for the upcoming 10track offering lulu, due november. After that performance, the two entities began kicking around the idea of making a record together, but didnt start working togethe. Lou reed doing spokenword lyrics over throwaway metallica riffs. He formed the group the velvet underground with welsh multiinstrumentalist john cale, second guitarist. Sep 26, 2011 the first full track from metallicas controversial collaboration with lou reed has been emerged. Its 2011 and this is now the acceptable face of lou reed and metallicas efforts.
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