THIS MAGIC MOMENT

[andressie]

please baby save the last dance for me.

[court02380]

un vrai "magic moment".... i do enjoy...

[MrBluesman2]

beautiful song!!!

[laredoland]

does anyone know who coppied whom: bowie or this guy ?

[jaack1979]

This is a Drifters song from the early 60s and The Drifters did it best. The Misfits put their spin on it and so did Lou Reed. It's a great song no matter who sings it but Lou Reed puts a sad spin on it. Kind of like how Billie Holiday sang... maybe because they were both junkies with great talent

[jaack1979]

This is a Drifters song from the early 60s. The Misfits put their spin on it and so did Lou Reed. It's a great song no matter who sings it but Lou Reed puts a sad spin on it. Kind of like how Billie Holiday sung... maybe because they were both junkies with great talent

[75metal75]

lou reed sucks ass

[316rox]

The Misfits is ten times better

[plasticnapoleon22]

sounds like dire straits

[69leeman]

The Misfits version is the best.

[Akathepriest]

I dislike this. Its like rock and roll, with a lazy singer

[B52sguy]

What a poor piece of work. How in the world did this pass the critics ear?

Joseph F

[SIRONEDRAGON]

cool

[Ruda217]

BEST SONG FROM LOST HIGHWAY :d

[xannox]

GREAT

[wasjunk]

this the best one

the singer is just fine as can be

but you friend- O are a unenthusiastic

listener

now go in peace

[Tonesyxx]

Even though this is the original, I don't really like it. The singer sounds like he is singing off key and his voice sounds unenthusiastic. I think The Drifters and The Misfits are the only two groups/bands that did this song perfectly...

[loranceb]

hahaha your stupidity is amusing. this is far from the original.

lou reed def. is not out of key. your ears are just incapable of hearing greatness

[Tonesyxx]

You're calling me stupid, but yet you're the one who writes like a third grader...right...

[declique]

that's one good cover

[Mandarinacafe]

Shopie calle, es una inspiración para mi, gran Artista.

Lou Reed gran musico.

[Trulliii]

I prefer the original.

[beedomman]

The coolest!-anyone out there know who played bass???

[zrevre]

Fernando Saunders...usually part of the Lou Reed Band" since 2 decades I guess

[Egnog1983]

i like this pic, what is it?

[jelenakrneta]

sweeter than wine,

softer than a summer's night,

everything I want I have,whenever I hold you tight..this magic moment,while your lips are close to mine will last 4ever 'till the end of time!

[davidnc76]

This song fit well in Lost Highway. That whole soundtrack kicks ass.

[adamcastforth]

La versión original de This Magic Moment de los Drifters es nauseabunda. Lou Reed redime esta canción. Cuánta tristeza. Cuánta furia.

[edproblemchild]

agree.. so special that its quite difficult to play and sing it in LR style

[rhpositive2002]

If you like this, you'll love the Christopher Walken version. lol

[exhaustedfumes999]

and I love THIS version, by LR. it's really great.

[trublyonne]

For your information, this song is from soundtrack of movie Lost Highway by David Lynch

and is really by Lou Reed.

Trublyonne from Lyon (somewhere in France)

Enjoy !!!

[m1kewithaone]

@trublyonne where is the picture of the girl from? : )

[m1kewithaone]

@trublyonne a girl with a dead cat around her neck? .... my kinda girl.... : )

[grandmasbuttons]

@trublyonne For YOUR information, this song dates all of the way back to 1960. First performed by Ben E. King with The Drifters

[gremlinfeatures]

I was very intrigued when I seen this was a Lou Reed version of 'This Magic Moment' but it's fairly dissapointing. :( Could've been great with him singing it.

[MrK623]

Ben E. King and the Drifters may have the best version, but it is not "the original" since he/they didn't write it. The song was written by 2 Jewish guys from Brooklyn,

it was written by lyricist Doc Pomus and pianist Mort Shuman.

[dougchapel1977]

Pomus & Shuman were professional songwriters . There are no recordings by them

- they wrote music & lyrics .Therefore the original recorded version is by Ben E King & The Drifters.

[neotex555]

I think that although they dont wrote it, in that time that happened often, i mean, professional composers wrote songs all the time for several bands (a lot of the motowns) even "like a virgin" was not written by Madonna. So is ok if somebody says that the original is the drifters version, because it was wrote it for them, and all no-performer composer do it all the time, if you specify each case, you will never end.

Indeed many 50's and 60's bands didnt compose a song in all his career.

[allgovtsrliars]

For somebody that hates this version so much, loudasss sure spends alot of time on this page.. If you don't like it, stop coming back. BTW the original is to cheesy for me, but i wont be talking shit to the people who like it, i guess i have a life.

[loudasss]

life? what do you do for a living, life-haver? looks like you're yet another hater of the"loudasss"... shaa! hate on hater...! yadda-da-da-know-what i'm talkinabout?...

wanna see some kool shit, life-haver? check out jonbloww then go kiss some asses... hwaaa-ha ha hahh aaaaaa!!

[allgovtsrliars]

Yeah, Lou Reed is a badass...

[loudasss]

bro, Ben E King sings that. :) the original, anyway. he sang with the drifters.

Have you ever heard william shatner sing? (the guy from the original startrek) funny ass shit. this reminds me of how that guy sings. ha ha hah

[allgovtsrliars]

Anybody know what album this is on?

[loudasss]

I'd just like to know who sang this stuff. It has some good aspects to it (music wise), but they fucked up a good and beautiful song. Would they have sung about anything else and had their own lyrics to this music, it might be a hit.

by the way, Sounds like Dylan,or petty, but I think it might be Cake... (?)

[omygonzalez]

Lou Reed - This Magic Moment

From "Lost Highway Soundtrack"

[loudasss]

not lou reed. Ben-E.King. And He was with the Drifters. :) The Album was 'The Drifters Golden Hits', Just in case you wanted to collect it. 

it's one of the best records i know of.

[loudasss]

omygonzales thought that I thought the original song was sung by Dylan,petty, or Cake.

I should rephrase and say I think that this cover/re-make of 'This Magic Moment' was sung by someone that sounds like Bob Dylan,or Tom Petty, but is most likely a group called "Cake".

If you want to hear THE ORIGINAL...

look for: the Drifters, Ben E. King,This Magic Moment....  (thanx anyway, omy)

[omygonzalez]

Sorry ... that reply wasn't for you ... anyway it sounds like that (something like cake or dylan) ... but I think that I just wanna keep up with this version

By the way I had heard the original song already, and I do really appreciate what Lou Reed did with it...

[lipsticktraces7]

I like it, thank you.

[benytink]

wot a bag o shit listen to the drifters...

[MayaSweden224]

Jay and Americans

[crazyBritt17music]

this sucked balls old ones

[loudasss]

ha ha ha ha ha haha hah ah ah hahhah.. that's some funny shit.

I'm a Drifters fan myself. Used to have the album 'Drifters Golden Hits'.

I need to be high, or hella drink to be brave enough to play this shit with anyone I respect... ha ha hah ha ha..!

[focuspuller]

It's not a Lou Reed song, The Platter did the song.

[jps5535]

drifters

[sdycmn]

love this song!!!

[sdycmn]

love this song!!!

[littledp87]

this is great!

[trublyonne]

Indeed it is some kind of hommage to the frency photographer Sophie Calle and my intention is to make what I call "musical postcard" that I insert on my blog. Is is clear enough ?

[lb8x]

great song by Lou Reed. why is there only one pic? is it some kind of personal hommage to someone?