2) Lou Reed - I'm Waiting for the Man - live in Paris, 1974

[SYCDH]

can you upload "walk on the wild side" of this concert? please¡

[rlevanony1]

No one from the crowd got up to the stage. Buch of chickenshit assholes. The guy has real problems and is in need of a real friend.

[albertobsn]

@rlevanony1 and you need a real friend too man

[albertobsn]

@rlevanony1 that's fucking rock'n'roll, that's it

[TheToecutter79]

cant say how many times id be out waiting to copp somethin w this song ringin in my head

[TheOfficialJelly]

Does anyone else hear "Take Me to the River"?

[RamBam3000]

This straight boy thinks that Lou was one sexy man - and a great singer.

[82rondo]

Nothing like singing a song about a dope sick junkie while tweaking on an injection of pharm grade methamphetamine hydrochloride

[defjuxisdope]

goddamn lou is fucking speeding

[redredshoes]

@defjuxisdope Dude, if you want to see him really speeding, check out the RNR video from the same concert.

[nikaye1]

Dire que ce type est une vrai pédale et que j'ai acheté ses albums, je me suis bien fait arnarqué. Sale ordure.

[simoom37]

@nikaye1 une pédale que je me taperais bien!! il est HOT!

[Misslotusification]

@nikaye1 t'es malade ou quoi???

[VerilyMusic]

ohh man he used to be hot

[82rondo]

My favororite is still the live at max's kansas city version

[eoin1959]

@82rondo

Try and find a copy of the bootleg from a concert he did in Sydney in 1975 called Blondes Have More Fun... he slows the tempo right down resulting in a 10 minute+ version of this song... it's a killer!

[mollysangelique]

tot later

[cksienra]

louie louie!

[CyberDruidtheModGod]

I have $26 in my hand. 6 people did not.

[SeeYouNextFall]

@CyberDruidtheModGod

Back in the late 60's and early 70's ,you could buy a decent amount of heroin for $26.

[andersonplayer99]

@ovomusic

That is Danny Weis on guitar.

[stevensmith288]

brilliant !!!!!! am waiting for my man and the cunt said he`d phone in an hour that was 2 oclock yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dankbuda]

WOW I love this version. it trumps the demo version

[82GROZERIAX]

the junkie time

[adsones]

FUCKING. EPIC.

[newhappyjack]

j étais à ce concert à l olympia on pouvait à cette époque fumer le tarpé devant la scène !et on en est pas morts!

[Alexkorbuto]

A fucking geniuos, a drunk, a musician AWESOME!

[sammythe6th]

He's dancing like Mick Jagger.

[rotor]

Sex and drugs makes you look like a trans, but I love it anyway !

[shatchett0]

R&B!!!

[mfistetto57]

straordinario 

[RiverSolitaire]

My god he's almost as fucked up as Bowie in Japan!

[Bobjb999]

I recall a typically outspoken Lou in an interview dating from a few years after this period the video captures, looking back on this time disdainfully and commenting:

"No more bleached hair, faggot junkie trip" !

[whathelephant1251]

he was hot back in the day

[Locust1313]

This is Fantastic, he knocks Mick and Bowie off the stage in this performance

[definemaybe]

dope and halicination i'd say, but dont matter he 's WAITIN FOR HIS MAN!!

[EmielZeno56]

he wants to be a rocker, but he just isn't. with the velvet underground he was great and pure, this is just not the real lou reed(my opion)

[ConanTheLibrarian100]

Who cares about his sexuality? I'm hetero, and I don't listen to music to get an orgasam, but I do sometimes have an Eargasm! It's MUSIC, people.

Now, if you bought a copy of Hustler magazine, and there was a naked picture of Lou Reed, then YES you would have reason to complain. Until then Pump up the volume & shut the fuck up!!!

[indio77777]

When i got into Lou Reed in the late 80's i never realised he was a fairy, anyway, i love his music.

[visionfirst1970]

@indio77777 Hes not singing about "his man" that way... the song is about his heroin dealer... The man

[indio77777]

@visionfirst1970  Don't give me a lesson in Lou Reed's music, i know exactly what he's singing about. He's just singing it in an over camp way, he never did that when he performed later on. Anyway, as i've said, i love his music.

[visionfirst1970]

@indio77777 Well, you did call him a fairy so I did not see it as anything other than a lack of understanding of the lyrics.

Meant no offense, never really do when I comment on music related vids.

Peace out homie

[indio77777]

@visionfirst1970 It was simply a 'tongue in cheek' comment based on the way he was moving. No offence taken, suitably peaced out, cheers.

[matteopinix]

@visionfirst1970

oooh? yes?

[Bobjb999]

@indio77777 He's not a fairy now.He's led a hetero life for the past 25 years or so,is currently married to Laurie Anderson,& was married to another woman before that. In the '70s he had a steady boyfriend named Ray(Sister Ray?), aka "Rachel". John Cale said in early VU days, Lou was quite faggy in manner. I guess he grew out of it.As a teen,his parents sent him to psychiatrists who gave him electroshock to try to cure his gay tendencies.His song "Kill Your Son" is about that.

[indio77777]

@Bobjb999 Thanks for putting a sensible perspective on this.

[ntn777]

the coolest guy alive

[alice981]

sexy boyyyyyyy i love you

[ledivo59]

Lou in his full-funky-sally-can't-dance phase! Surely 'smacked' to the tilt!

[MrHDKID]

@ledivo59 more like speed

[noisesionoise]

this sucks!, I like more VU!

[11spike7]

This cat has pushed the envelope in a big way.

[nicademus666]

thank gawd Laurie Anderson has been a stabilizing force in his life... This era sucked. He hadn't yet found his voice sans VU...

[orangeorphan]

This is post VU

[viggoantipasta]

gatta love his moves and attitude!

[combatjm89]

up to Lexington and 125,

I'm sick and dirty!

[fIamingcreature]

Lou is wiggin out. You go, girl.

[Snotra]

colcfc123, Lay off the drugs man.

[TheCrackedActor]

lol. he's on Drugs :)

[hottiledancer]

I agree with kappser

[MrTamborineMan19]

I like this funky version of waiting for the man, its interesting.

[rockmeamadeus23]

anyone know how i can get this exact live version on cd?

[MrHDKID]

@rockmeamadeus23 yeah type in ride paris ride torrent on google and they give you a bunch of options to download from

[Deodanth23]

Twenty-Six Dollars in my hand bought a big bag of smack back in '67 when he wrote this.

[mrcannabis94]

a big bag of smack? Is that an ounce of weed?

[EpicChef]

Heroin

lol mrcannabis

[tjhillgardner]

This song first appeared on an album in 1966.

[Snotra]

White men cant dance.

[colcfc123]

Black people cant write songs

[kappser]

Too much trying to be cool. I honestly think this version is lame and quite boring.

[streethassled]

I Love Talking Heads, Modern Lovers and Jonathan Richman. I remember Lou saying Jonathan was his little brother to one interviewer.

[definemaybe]

go to lexinton4-2-5

sick and dirty, more dead than alive

he's never dirty-he's always late,

first think that u learn is that u always got to wait....

LOUUUUUUuuuuu

[emannyc2002]

lexington ONE 2 5 --- 125th street- harlem-

look at lou do his mick jagger dance

[siknup]

@definemaybe "he's never early" i what you mean i guess

[rehabriot]

74 was deffiantely lou's coolist year. all the funk.

[venisfurs]

get funky lou! you're the man!!!

[miser68]

this is why a love lou reed

[nicounderground2004]

re: the speed comment to hehhe then bowies legs must have been the only thing on coke hahah lou is god thank you for posting this .. you are so cool

[gotears2listen]

Yep Lou's a super cool cat! But he also would sometimes parody himself, I love him for that. What was it he once said - "no more black leather junky-faggott trip"..... what a guy!

[nicounderground2004]

haha LOU IS GOD .... hahah re: the 'high" comments lol funny lol

[friendstacy]

i can't decide. plastic lou is way cool, but i'm real glad he didn't burn out and die like the rest of them. who'd a thunk he'd still be alive now?

[Filmcode]

nobody is cooler than Lou Reed in this period...not even Lennon

[corbouman]

fucked up many kids.!!

[WoodRatGirl]

Far out I love the music for this number!

[venisfurs]

too fucking cool!

[PVCVIDEOLA]

Wow...the Talking Heads aped this one for 'Take Me to the River.

[venisfurs]

Theres only one lou reed! The greatest!!!

[badgersQ]

The extraneous arm movements indicate high quality amphetamine.

[bonovoxthevoice]

Yes, I think so.

[sandrovilanova]

@badgersQ or not ;0

[matteopinix]

@badgersQ

lol. u are the best!

[matteopinix]

@badgersQ lou is the beast!!

[miser68]

hes ma man

[therealmuffin]

@badgersQ Lou's Iggy Pop imitation

[2009262]

i am in awe with Lou's dance moves here

and is it just me, or is this funky as hell? that organ is rippin, and that bass line is jut pumpin, so unlike the velvets, but its definatelyy working!

[RoberSoul77]

That was his funky period. Check out all his 74 live footage.

[skeetrosauce]

Couldnt agree with you more.

Great observation.

Thumbs up!!

[Mirada84]

Aww it's Lou the Lead Singer, still cool as usual.

[pimpnez]

luv lou

genious, but those were confusing times for lou lou

doing 33% jagger 33% iggy 33% i guess jacked up lou

[harryspoonpotter]

100% lou reed?

[notsovelvet]

Glam?

Punk?

Whatever you wanna call him,Lou's a Rock N Roll God.

[carlotta8]

excellente video, merci

[jbrenard]

they were good 'cause they were geniuses. not 'cause they took heroin.

[420allday69]

but if they didn't take heroin they wouldn't have written the same songs.

[skeetrosauce]

Well they obviously wouldnt have written songs like "Heroin" lol.

[DyllamDop]

There can not be such a thing like a definition of PUNK - but anyway, if i have to put Lou Reed or V.U. in some kind of genre i would say it's "Art Rock" or something what i like to call "Heroin Lovers Music" and personally admire 100%

[moLeOnPoT]

That guy is right VU Dolls Stooges and Dictators predicted punk, and the Ramones gave the sound the blueprint. the Pistols establishes the "cliche" image, but with their media presence also made it a trend. And all of these bands are great!

[sarjuin]

he's making fun of all the "rockstar" and that shit...

thats punk

[doncastersfinestjoe]

glamrock? punk? is it me !its lou reed

4 fuck sake doing his thing at this time of his life to me its sounds more like "funkyrockism" great sound

[sal4fun]

1st thing that you learn is you always have to wait...

truer words were never said.

great song!

[mumble67]

Oh shit. Wow. I like his zipper shirt, for sure.

[qotsaeodm]

thats a dirty stinkin lie. man

[Mirada84]

Ladies and Gentlemen, here comes Glam Rock...

[y1a2r3e4l5y]

he's so crazy i love him

[infoim]

This is terrible: Lou is obviously absolutely off his tits and is disconnected from "himself". ie - his rhythm guitar playing and is great lyrics. Lou's a genius who embraces his inner idiot. Either that or he just lost it...

[bostonredsoxm11]

The Talking Heads stole that opening riff (it's on "Take Me to the River"). I guess that makes sense, though, because David Byrne was a huge Velvet Underground/Reed fan.

[Devmeister91]

wow so do they did, how blind I am!!!!

[rodge2001]

al green wrote take me to the river

[UKISOCIETY]

Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads was in The Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman too. Richman was hugely influenced by Reed and VU and the Lovers' early music showed it. Another Talking Heads-Lou Reed connection!

[darkstarr77b]

Spiritualized: I'm confused by your comment. Please explain. Thanks.

[notsovelvet]

LOVE THE SHADES!

[pauli67]

Joldko's right. it's basically the blues back beat to Take Me to the River.

[KineticRic]

Whoa thats right.

Didn't the Talking Heads cover that song also?

[pauli67]

Yes, one of my favorite performances, esp. live on STOP MAKING SENSE. The original was on "More Songs about Building and Food". I was a huge heads fan and didn't realize it was a cover at first.

[somnambulistyes]

actually imo he could dance and sang not bad, one of those unique types, and he has made some pretty catchy tunes and words, and his guitars not too bad either

[subliminability]

"not bad" in the sense that this is perhaps the greatest rock band ever. And perhaps the most influential.

[rodge2001]

this is not the velvet underground.

[FransPannekeet]

Yes, this is Lou Reed solo.

I remember the LP I got this year. 1974

His head like in this video on front.

And big letters "Lou Reed"

[joldko]

ummm

take me to the river?

[8Giamma]

Lou reed couldn't sing, couldn't dance and looked very weird. He was great.

[pryorandrew]

Bull he could fuckin get down!

[darkstarr77b]

You are seeing the original punk rock band.

[Spiritualized1]

nope. by 1974 all of the original punk bands had disbanded.

[darkstarr77b]

I'm confused by your comment. Please explain. Thanks.

[Spiritualized1]

hey there. I always considered bands like The Godz, The Stooges and VU to be the orignal punks. Maybe proto-punk, and if yes aren't The Undertones the original punk band? Hell, what about the first Swell Maps single?

[adeworks]

Punk began with the Sex Pistols.  Before that there was New York,...and Hawkwind!

[holygoalee]

man...bands like VU, New York Dolls, The Dictators...they started punk...ramones brought it to the world...sex pistols ruined it (i love the sex pistols, but its true) and the clash brought it back.

[adeworks]

The Clash weren't punk at all until they heard the Sex Pistols. They actually had a meeting and decided to 'be like the Pistols'. The New York scene was great and a forerunner to punk, but I maintain, punk began with the Pistols.

[leadbelly39]

Dude.

Can you honestly watch this performance and tell me it's not punk?

I bet if someone told you this was filmed in 1977 or 1978 you'd say differently.

If Lou Reed isn't punk, then I don't know what is.

[terrynutkins22]

Up to Lexington, 125...

Feel sick and dirty more dead than alive...

Know how you feel gringo.

[Miguelito174]

Nice version. Like it.

[bruce1368]

Ya gotta wonder if Lou's buddies send him these clips for a laugh, and what he thinks seeing them.

Would have been awesome to have been there, though...right up there with Rolling Thunder for wierdness.

[siwelluap]

Saw Lou on this tour in March 74 in Manchester..this vid brings back the memories

[Boshanks]

For everyone that takes the dancing seriously he's making fun of all the singers around this time who for some reason danced really fucking gay.

[tomskatee]

Lol, in my opinion, at this time, Lou Reed didn't even realize he was dancing...

[Boshanks]

hahah, yeah your probably right.

[fIamingcreature]

He's not making fun of anything. He's being himself.

[RevJackStraw]

man, Lou, boy did you rip off Iggy Pop on the dance moves in this one. Love ya man but the year before this you were sittin on a stool with long hair. Transformer still rules but Iggy would kick your ass

[Bowiefanperson]

I beg to differ.

[burzum2]

genius Lou

[beegirl6970]

Lol, look at the way hes dancing... but it still sounds pretty cool.

[rubenc83]

kinda sounds like "Take Me to the River"

[CrozetBob]

You mean "Take Me to the River" sounds like "I'm Waiting For the Man" written a few years prior to Byrnes' tune.

[rubenc83]

The original version by Al Green came out in 1974, same year as this concert. But then again I'm not familiar with that version so the Talking Heads might have reworked it to sound more like this. You do have to admit that "Teach the Gifted Children" sounds ALOT like "Take Me to the River", musically and lyrically.

[OsmacksO]

This song appeared 1967 on the first VU album...

[rubenc83]

No shit sherlock. I have VU & Nico.

[cloonmore]

Remarkably similar to the T.Heads. Dunno if David Byrne was in Europe in 74 for this tour, but I wouldn't be suprised if Eno was at a few of these shows making careful notes.

[Snacka]

Interesting take on a classic.