Antony & Lou Reed : Candy Says

[Larinho2]

Wow, excellent. Simply excellent.

[FoxyFreddie]

So sweet

[dandini2999]

pure class...

[cam012989]

Wow...I'm actually crying.

[yvonn72]

sweet as ...candy :)

[mareimarei1]

wow ..this is beyond beautiful!

[THEMAN080]

Lou knew that was special.

[bckm54]

I'm just wondering if Antony has Parkinson's or some sort of neurological condition that makes him move like that. My brother died from Parkinson's, so it's by no means a criticism. Whatever it is, I hope he's OK.

[subsamadhi]

@bckm54 that comment just makes you sound like an ignorant dick. He sings with his diaphragm (sp?) so he moves around like an opera singer does to get his voice to do those things. Do some fucking reading once in a while.

[transworId]

Wow. I've never seen Lou look so moved.

[SuperMusiclover541]

Antony, your voice IS like an angel's..... 

[OpiumBeast]

Does the file sound damaged to anyone else?

[martinirosen]

@OpiumBeast there are some glitches in the video stream, correct. But it´s good quality apart from that so I let it be...

[NathalyVAinshtein]

Lou Reed.... van de Joodse rock muzikanten, werd hij tweede ....eerst - Dylan. Echte naam van Lou - rabinovich.

[celticlavender]

Pretty!

[elbohas]

el maestro Reed impresionado... muy impresionante!

[Karmalize]

lou <3's antony & so do i

[rich4445rich4445]

Innocence made profound.

[Ghostorchid2]

Beautiful!!!

[xplodetrain]

whos the antony guy? he has a great voice.

[schijtluisje]

@xplodetrain He's from antony and the johnsons. Lou Reed sort of saw his talent and decided to work with him on a album. You should check out i'm a bird now, a LP from Antony. It's about transsexuality... That sounds wierd but Antony is a strange soul. He poses himself alot like a women. I hope you'll enjoy it! It's a great artist.

[TimmyStoneSoul]

@xplodetrain Antony and the Johnson :)

[TheFiirestorm]

'antony'

[TheFiirestorm]

'antony'

[krussman]

this is amazing

[ree819]

Magnificent!!!!!

[Tuphman]

Beautiful, just beautiful

[serv45]

Every time I see this clip I'm just riveted to the screen. Antony is so delicate with this song and handles it with such care. I feel like Lou at the end - totally moved. Brilliant.

[bartonone2005]

Not to diminish the version on "The Velvet Underground" album and Doug Yule but...

Antony's amazing vocal, Lou Reed's restrained chorus, the simple, poignant arrangement and the outro make this version otherworldly. Lou Reed gets it. He understands. That's enough for me.

[jr3368a]

when was this? Antony looks really good!

[shodopoet]

Antony sings like an angel!!

[moondough]

Damn, but this is beautiful. Thanks for posting it. It's powerful to see Lou so moved at the end -- and rightly so, because Antony makes this a transcendent version of a great song.

[josepromero]

esto es FLAMENCO!!!! Camarón!!!!! Viva el viejo -nunca muerto- Lou

[elreyamuerto]

Immense. It really is priceless look of respect, gratitude and admiration for Lou at the end. It is as if her eyes told him: "Thanks for dropping the song into the stratosphere ..." A single voice, with an amount of almost unbelievable emotional nuances.

[elreyamuerto]

Antony can sing anything, the difference is the human quality of his voice, the emotion. Just see the face of Lou Reed's eternal gratitude at the end. It's like saying: "Thank you, and I dreamed, I have sung thus be able ..."

[redrozes1964]

UNIQUE!

[Nijjung]

I really like Antony's singing in this. Captures the mood of the song better, though I must say the rhythm he is rocking back and forth with doesn't quite fit anything I was hearing ;)

[sabrinacle]

I see him rock like that to just about everything he sings. I think its just a his way. Doesnt change the fact he has an amazing voice. First saw him sing "if it be your will" for a Lenard Cohen tribute. Check it out. He is amazing

[aitch3]

I have never heard of this rockumentary. When was it made?

[odradekk]

god bless you!

[inabeautifulplace]

lou and antony. i really wouldn't have imagined this

[kargyraa1]

Antony is actually UNIQUE! I saw him in concert 3 times and i was always mezmerize by his astounding voice and soul...the rest is nothing :)

[whatlunaticever]

Lou´s cryin in the end. Just watch the whole concert somewhere! really worth it!

[theMAXX81]

i get goosebumps when i see lou appreciating athonys contribution at the end, its such a moving performance, wow. legend lou amazed by his 1000+ times performed own song thanks to that combo on stage. look how he always is in full control of every musician whilst playing. i salute, its a masterpiece

[bartonim]

@theMAXX81 Lou is not easy to please, and sometimes comes across as quite difficult, but here he really was moved by Antony's performance. It is truly brilliant, and clearly Lou was overwhelmed by it! Great performance!

[DUXNOBISHONORIS]

brillant...

[bartonim]

One of my favourite VU songs given a new take with the wonderful Antony, a voice so beautiful I do believe I hear the sound of grown men weeping. Oh, that's me!:) Just a lovely version of this classic song!

[alienproduct]

Absolutely Hypnotizing. Anthony's movements remind me very much of the late Ian Curtis, another genius and velvets fan.

[matttattack]

He sounds good, but man, it's painful watching him sing.

[webuilt]

i love watching him

[macchriss]

it's one of those performances that really that are unique. I wish I could have been there. let the soul speak free that's all I can say!!!!!

[nycdude999]

One of Lou Reed's best song; here Antony's singing gives it flight. Lou appears emotional at the end. Thanks for posting this.

[knopfohr]

Two musicians with goose flesh guarantee.

I own both versions, Antony as a solo singer (animal serenade) and together with Lou Reed.

I love both. Thanks for the song and voice to Lou Reed and so many thanks to Antony for the touching interpretation. There is overwhelming.

[lertez]

this guy sounds like Robert Plant

[macchriss]

this just leaves you wanting more, antony's voice is haunting thank you!!!

[MetallicaMichael24]

beautiful song ever

[cockkats]

Played it over and over.

Beautiful!!!!

[mags031f]

I love this album!

[fercho73]

Impresionante. Dos genios frente a frente.

[kurrekarmeruk]

YEAHHHH!!!

[makokibcn]

Impresionante

[pamesotov]

maravilloso

[neobe101]

Everytime I listen to this song the only wish I have is that it wouldn ´t end.

[haleusca]

I first saw this in a cinema a year ago and all I could tell myself was "must not break into hysterical sobbing". Lou's expression towards the end of the song speaks volumes and my guess is he shed a tear, too. Freakishly emotional moment and the high point of that concert, imo.

[TosseTosses]

This is so beautiful ........goosebumps and tears in my eyes!

[TorontovsLondon]

so long that Candy died now.... she was great, so great

[blueballsredhair]

is it just me or does lou look like he's on the verge of tears at the end?

[quinofrance]

i enjoyed this film a lot

[Thegreatsoul]

What a massive voice - fragile, enchanting! Doobie do wahh!

[CookingWithBetsy]

Very cool!

[CoNXa91]

realmente increible , enorme

[nycdude999]

Antony gives me goosebumps on this song.

[darkwebguy]

I love how at 4:50, Lou hands the song over to Antony. If you love this, go to: Antony, Leonard Cohen, If it be your will. Amazing too.

Peter from Toronto

[cactusdude6666]

the last minute or so just blows me away, Antony's hands swirl around . . . beautiful

[HermannHermit]

look at lou's face 5:14

he is stunned

[HermannHermit]

this doo-doo-waaah part is ... i can't go on...

[sfxrules]

damn, as a lou reed fan I didn't know about his collaboration with anthony, it's the real lou this, he left me stunned again..... and anthony you're beautiful too!

[THEMAN080]

fucking beautiful

[shibby999955]

... I agree XD

[sickval2304]

Thank you Martin for putting this beautiful video. Antony is amazing, he's so true when singing and this song is beautiful. Thanx

[originaldivinylsfan]

Utterly compelling... shame that the audio cuts in & out.

[marcelonge]

This Antony is on acid or Problems down sindrome

[magnescencja]

he's just full of emotions

[jennyjones13]

I truly enjoyed the Berlin show. I suggest watching it.

[latarations]

absolutely beautiful even better then the originial

[2wishid]

Incredible. A spine tingling performance. Just, wow.

[FolkeBernadotte]

Lou is so touched.. and so are we all!

[k9liny]

especially in the bathroom . . . haha!

[noarchetypes]

This is another great example of Lou leaving his thumb print on the ever evolving music world. Antony is beautifully haunting, giving me chills and making tears come to my eyes once again. Thanks for posting this.

[yvonneperfect]

loving Antony xxx what a voice !!

[fzkny]

His voice is bigger than his own self. He is amazing!

[muteaudio218]

phenomenal! thanks!

[applevampires]

beautiful.

[frothsof]

fantastic

[tomsmeetsthevolta]

AMAZING!!

[JohnTeeYall]

Fantastic.

[jolalojalna]

Love love love this version! "What do you think I'd see, if I could walk away from me?"-extraordinary!

[kevinfaulkner00]

who did the original?

[coldplay107]

Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground)

[moliste]

grande anthony... canti come un angelo del paradiso

[bobjones864]

This is beautiful...and its great casting to have Antony sing it.

I love the moment at the end where Lou looks over like "the kid's got something...."

This is about as good as it gets.

[thatmattguy5]

antony's vocals eclipse lou's in terms of technical ability, but there is something undeniable and unexplainable, that just draws you to lou reeds voice.

[afireintheforest1]

Oh Lou! Wonderful!

[bappek]

Wouldn´t it be great if Lou decided to just write the songs, instead of singing them...? And don´t give me that "unique voice" crap, the man just can´t sing!!!

[martinirosen]

The discussion about Lou Reeds voice or singing style is very interesting. To me he is one of the greatest singers, and above all voices in the world. To me there is beauty and true and undeniable character in it. To me rock n roll singing has nothing to do with technique, and everything to do with personality. Then again, I saw Lou live in 1974, have always loved him and probably will always, his singing is beautiful, and like his words - true.

[chuffyone]

saw Lou on the Berlin tour- the bass player sang one half of Satelite of love- perfect, soaring, powerful vocal-amazing.... the audience all laughed when Lou came to the mike- he grinned, looked at the bass player in a sort of amused awe and then sang. i love Lou, but always felt he couldn't sing. Changed my mind at that point... he can't hit half the notes, but he is a great singer... hard to put your finger on what makes him great- but whatever the elusive X factor is, he has it

[indiedrugmusic]

@martinirosen Definitely agree with you; Lou is amazing. Perfection isn't always perfect.

[hunterbush]

@martinirosen I agree with you. Anyone else's voice on any of the VU studio albums would've changed sooo much with what I appreciate about the VU. Lou does a particularly bad job on this song.

[CptFadeOut]

@martinirosen

Got to agree with you. His pitch might not be perfect but,like Dylan, he's got his own phrasing and intonations, and I prefer that. Perfection is imperfection, and vice versa.

[WaldoJeffers25]

Lou is 66 now. He trully HAD one of the most unique voices I've ever heard. Just listen to some of his older solo albums, or his word on the Velvet Underground.

His voice has deteriorated, maybe more than other amazing voices in their 60's and 70's: Mick Jagger, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan.

He was a giant, don't doubt it!

[moonlightdriver6889]

you can't say their voices have deteriorated over the years, i'd say jim morrison's voice also changed 180 degrees, but i wouldn't call it deterioration, life is a learning process, you never stop learning, and the more you know the more you evolve, so does the body, the mind and the voice, mirror of the inside, they were all giants and they still are

peace

[littleswedishboy]

You're a bit of an imbecile, aren't ya?

[bappek]

Verkligen en lysande kommentar som klart bevisar ditt överlägsna intellekt... Imbecill var ordet...

[nolanpotter1]

back in the day he could sing but these days, i'd agree with you.

[feddahfeddah]

simply beautiful and very touching...

[toemasie]

Lou was impressed! Great vocals on Antony.

[spiderziggy]

Hahaha, touch guy Reed is almost in tears.

[hitherehilbilly]

I don't mean to sound mean but you don't know/understand Lou's works at all.

[branmaniaaol]

whether he does or doesnt know his work. i think everone can see how much reed appriciated the way antony did the vocals.

[hitherehilbilly]

agreed.

[subsamadhi]

Yeah, really this is amazing.

[WaldoJeffers25]

This is so good!

[3691grass]

Lou, there's your gold ark

[klivemartins]

I also saw the movie, it`s nice. Antony is great!

[Exorciseone]

Very very good I saw this on the cinema. Fucking briliant

[punkrocker1974]

Quando la musica diventa letteratura!

[salmonico]

Wow...beatiful version, gotta get this film ray-now.!

[AsphaltedLife]

I love the look on Lou's face at the end, he's just stunned by Anthony's input.

[subsamadhi]

It's tough to be Lou Reed in this combo. I mean, I love Lou Reed to death, but Antony just buries him.

[WaldoJeffers25]

I gotta say Lou is 66 ;)

[WaldoJeffers25]

Also, this song is not the best for Lou's voice (which I love). It isn't even sung by him in the studio version, Doug Yule does it. It is so in this song as in others, like I'll Be Your Mirror, Oh Sweet Nothing, After Hours, I'm sticking With You...

But your right: this is overwhelming.

[punkace]

Absolutely- but as with every Lou Reed Recording and song... you need to remember who wrote it!

[parablearable]

thats the idea...lou has the younger innocent parts talking to himself.brilliant idea.check out the way lou arranged the vocals and lyrics

[thinkinoutloud123]

This movie has immortalized something magic on the first live performances of Berlin, that will never be repeated, stunning!

[e655321]

I saw this film a week ago and was so moved by it. Everyone knew what a momentous occasion it was for this concert to be happening and it was performances like this video that truly made the documentary an epic.

[mdavid]

Wonderful, Wonderful!! Thank You, Martinirosen