Lou Reed - Oh Jim

[dutchhywel]

i first heard this track as the soundtrack to the tv drama "operation julie" about 1981

[socallymike]

Lou begins for me with Berlin... summer 1974...

[jaredgrantkelly]

Oh, Lou.. Oh Lou!

[dvargashell]

lou oh lou

[Perfidia4ever]

Stilisticamente può non essere trascinante o quanto meno risulta intriso di un certo rock made in USA filtrato da contaminazioni diciamo mitteleuropee (?) ma Lou appare sincero quando decide di scrivere canzoni "cult".E questa non lo è.Ma ha il sapore acre delle sue creazioni underground comunque....

[Davechop54]

Where is Steve Hunter now? That guy was unbelievable!

[texadillo53]

@Davechop54 also worked with Alice on Welcome to my Nightmare....give a listen.

[texadillo53]

@Davechop54 Steve and dick wagner both worked with Alice Cooper on Welcome to my Nightmare.

[camelitto1]

a crazy good album, i love berlin

[Exilemainstreet]

They left in the drum stick click at 0:26.

[lundehund44]

@Exilemainstreet Because it was a cue to the rest of the musicians.

[Phantasus87]

how could you treat me this way (8)

[alamosquare]

questa canzone dev'esser posta in una sala del Louvre.

[axc19891]

still on target - even after forty years

[dyr2323]

Lou foverver Our God!!

[rustylegiron]

Yo, sweet, all my 2 bit friends did the same mother fuckers

[anthonydom1]

fuckin love reed man

[killybay2]

One of the greatest pieces of rock and roll ever written.

[ralucagymnast]

This is one of the best songs that Lou Reed ever made; the first part, is so funky and made for strutting your stuff lol XD Love love love LOVE this song so much. Always have done too. Berlin is the best solo album Lou ever did.

[gasgas270]

Doesn't get much better than this.

[jackhillty1]

I've spent many a happy time staging the full opera in my mind

[vegastr0n]

This song still strikes me to my core. Reminds me oh so much, of my many days in the past on amphetamine-binges playing this song on my guitar over and over. this song speaks so many volumes about the kind of mind-set you have when you are knee-deep in Amphetamine insanity. Lou is God.

[thoban1724]

Lou Reed is not God. He is a great, talented and introspective musician who's work still rings true because he honestly explores and assesses various elements of the human condition. I never understand people who claim that all of Lou's songs have something to do with drug abuse or addiction.  I've never abused drugs but Lou's songs have always spoken to me at the same level you describe. Lou would not have endured as he has if he simply picked at the scab of addictions as you assert.

[EMPower08]

nobody is god... even dylan or the beatles... they all eat piss shit and sleep like the rest of us

[woodoven]

i LOVE the moments at 1:16 and 2:11. those undulating electrical humming waves that are so perfect to walk down a dark city street to.

[MEpianist]

This song is brooding nonsense, if you want a good song called 'Oh, Jim' look up the single by Gay Dad, the Britpop group. That track is probably the most perfect song ever written.

[cacemphaton]

ohmigod sir u r a dandy turd. this is my favorite lou song. please piss off.

[sagizanne]

this song meant so much to me when I was young girl. you may not appreciate but when when you're young, this talks to you

[stripbones]

Blues mofo

[cacemphaton]

lemme tell ya dear, they speak to you all over again when you're a middle aged dope who can relate to the 'shooting up of pills' and the 'when you're speeding and lonelies'- i doubt even lou knew his music would be that transcendent and he was a classic megalomaniac

[damongirl66]

Nuthin but drug induced rubbish.

[stripbones]

hell yeah. but what memories.

[Exilemainstreet]

Oh really? When's YOUR record coming out?

[belbird]

This is my getting ready song.. the first part always gets me excited for a night out, dancing, drinking, putting on makeup whatever

[ralucagymnast]

Oh my god!! It was my "getting ready" song too!! I dont go out clubbing anymore(too old and knackered to do it now XD), but when I used to, I used to play this; the first part really struts doesnt it? This is such a fantastic song. Happy memories!

[darkandlight331]

the best american rocker !!! *****

[netter8848]

Sadly, this is my son's life.

[BejnXander]

Lou Reed is God!

[louiseduvee]

At last! This is one of his BEST SONGS EVER!!!

[kodifeeder]

An absolutey great song!

[thrillkk]

Amazing song from Lou Reed's masterpiece album.

[thosewerethedays]

HERE HERE!!!!!