Lou Reed - Kids

[ProfToke420]

god Damn thats a sad ass song!!!!!

[iheartculture]

The most depressing song ever written, and I mean that as a compliment

[wadaledu]

@GodlessWhore Loud Reed, and you write* like crap

[MrShuggieTodd]

Those are producer Bob Ezrin's children screaming and crying because he had told them to go to bed (read in an interview)

[nicorigo]

@MrShuggieTodd ....I read that he told us that her ma was leaving them just to record them cryin'...hardcore prod!

[theblahman]

not usually an emotional guy, but this song makes my eyes well up more than any scene in any movie, or maybe real life too

[Zarathustra06]

@theblahman "And I am much happier this way" slays me every time.

[plynnc56]

that song always made me cry, even before i was a mom, the part when the little ones are crying.

[bricklayer501]

cool bastard sings about reality and class shit

[SolsburyHill22]

Social Services sent me here.....:(

[hildaatje]

I heard they took GTA away for 5 minutes from a couple of 4 year olds to get them to cry like that.

Bastards!

[harrisongsrule]

@hildaatje except that gta didn't exist.

[Rnewmanguy]

goddamn xpinggodess's comment is still one of the top comments? its untrue look it up

[tiagocosolin]

Som meio sinistro mas muito louco...

[rizabuv]

Don't know why I love this song, but it's my favorite on the album.

[dazzzer]

@rizabuv me too and im not sure why??

[tertommy]

Junkies suck

[xXxXTravisBickleXxXx]

86 Liked it and 3 didn't like the song...

.

And 43.096 prefer not to give an opinion LOL...

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

When he mentions the 'Welshman from India', is Lou referencing John Cale? Becuase one time I mistook John to be indian (the accent, you know)

[rm009z0858]

@TheNEWfilmfanatic99

I doubt it but Nico was raped by 'a black air-force sergeant' stationed in her native Germany after the war. Grim but Lou is the real deal.

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

@rm009z0858 Nico's life was a sad one indeed

[Jennifer78370]

They're taking her children away

Because they said she was not a good mother

Because of the things she did in the streets

In the alleys and bars, No she couldn't be beat

That miserable rotten slut couldn't turn anyone away !

Lou Reed <3

[yamon98]

this song is heartbreaking. i love it!

[Davechop54]

xXPinkNOTAGODDESSXx, you are a loser, and don't ever make a comment again, you are so full of crap that your hair probably smells like it, GET A BATH, and go AWAY, you idiot! LIAR!! You live in California, right? Along with the rest of the fruits and nuts, and mentally challenged.

[elbanner]

@Davechop54 My god , sorry but have to laugh how ya said that here .  Damn this song sigh .... well ,,, the whole album sigh ...

[bobfino]

Loving this tune..

[XBlueshunterX]

k hijo de puta por hacer pasar eso a sus hijos..........

[garybh2112]

Ricky who? over-rated, sell-out !

[FungusMossGnosis]

@garybh2112

I think you have him confused with Adam Sandler or something.

Gervais is one of the good guys.

[DILLIGAF425]

i remember buying this album in Woolworths about a year after it came out

i thought it was great and this was my favorite track on it

so thanks for posting it

[uburei]

this kids should take revenge today... giving Bob a prank call: YOUR BANK ACOUNT HAS BEEN DELETED AND YOU'RE IN SERIOUS FINANCIAL DANGER

hwehewhewew

[katielewis111]

the best songs are the ones which no one knows.

[charchr]

In a dark time, the eye begins to see eh

[anthonydom1]

i never heard berlin but i love this album now

[UnwindingPhantasy]

ricky sent me here :)

[apssb]

this music is part of my life...good and bad it was always there!

[glimlach]

This song made me make one of the biggest decisions of my life..

[azz0991]

It's good to feel ill

[bairdy79]

ive seen a bit of your stuff heres a bit of mine

[VanishingWish]

You'd take this book to the toilet with you - Lou Reed.

[Nickubus99]

deli meat tree

[netskot]

saw a bee have a heart attack..

[RedRhys125]

MANMOTHS!!??

[RedRhys125]

MANMOTHS!!??

[cutes22]

Bald manc twat

[rdgloveshouse]

It would be spiteful to put jellyfish in a trifle

Karl Pilkington's got a head like a FUCKING orange...the twat..

gr8 song xx

[robaliciousIOW]

Ricky sent me here

[thrillho007]

HLAFO

[herepooch]

its 2006, why are they still using the finger?

[azz0991]

What's that lake the loch ness monster lives in?

"Loch Ness"

I know, but what's the lake?

[TheRoom102]

rockbusters - the fella's only got one badge left, initial was 'e'

[jwktje]

Elastica ( his last sticker )

[Protonpack]

I believe that's the well-known band His Last Sticker.

[spencerkeegan]

n'that

[spencerkeegan]

n'that

[dave147]

it's just like air.....with cream on......me eyes said "this is what yer want".....they've conned me

[HPhenomenal]

thanks Ricky! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tomgoulding16]

HILDAAAAAA

[ToTheTopJohnny]

He could be your brother.

[StanDellone]

Greenness...

[MrSharpmillenium]

Theres too much fruit about

[barrasse]

and a meat tree and that...

[alkasaurus]

I'll take that book to the toilet with me

[thegeorgeisgeorge]

at what point is a wasp gonna have a chat with a spider?

[otleybull]

"That's the problem with them fables, they're putting animals together that wouldn't meet. I don't know where a scorpion is knockin' around with a frog."

[bogstandardoldwoman]

Even caveman had little pants on when you see footage of them

[WaldoJeffers25]

Can someone please tell me what 'Ricky sent me here' is and why have so many people commented on this song today? :)

[dylanwiggan]

british comedian ricky gervais linked to this song on his blog, so lots of people click on the link and right 'ricky sent me' or something or quote bits from his podcasts/audiobooks :)

[WaldoJeffers25]

@dylanwiggan Wow are you serious? David Brent is my favorite tv character of all time, I've watched every episode of The Office 4 or 5 times!

RICKY GERVAIS, IF YOU EVER COME BACK HERE: I LOVE YOU!

[rdgloveshouse]

hehe how cool is it to know that he watched a video of yours? lolx

[leonwright86]

Ricky Gervais writes a blog which, most days, includes a link to a song he likes on youtube, such as this. Fans of Ricky then follow the link and recite some of his classic lines (or lines from cohorts Smerch or Mr Dilkington)

Anything comment with the words head, fucking and orange are always a dead giveaway.

[Neeebla]

or "n that"

[jaday89]

DR FROGGGG

[caytonxavier]

kunts

[caytonxavier]

kunts

[cutes22]

a pile of dead flies with a condom on top.

[thom225]

I've been listening to this loads just recently, that's strange ricky sent me here. Cheers ricky! He's got a head like a fucking orange! Fucking GUMP!

[hackum1]

Alien gives man a beard

[Guvna07]

HLAFO! RSMH (ricky sent me here)

[ahhthatsafinewaynegr]

sausage in a toaster

[redgriff]

Before any cunts say it 'Ricky Sent Me Here'

[shannon7733]

Awesome song

[tilallapy]

Berlin is all about ART, individuals and social issues !!! It's probably the greatest album I've ever heard. There is no such a thing as art if it's not capable of conveying all the pain and distress we all go through in this life

[calvinthedog]

Honest, this is one of the greatest albums ever made. You either love it or hate it. I was a rock reviewer at my college paper and I listed it as the greatest album of the 1970's. That caused quite an uproar.

That cassette was stuck in my deck for most of a year, 1979. That and the Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks. Everyone thinks that Berlin is horribly depressing, but I was *happy* that whole year!

I was the happiest person on Earth! Berlin need not make you depressed. Berlin is art!

[thefuzeuk]

bonbon, don't be a twat. lou reed wouldn't be interesting if he wrote happy

[bonbon1995]

christ this stuffs painful to listen to. I wish, for once, he'd do something a little...dare i say it, lighthearted

[DeGuerre]

You didn't like "Transformer"?

[Doderhultarn89]

if you want something lighthearted there is always miley cyrus

[OrangeColita]

@Doderhultarn89 aw hell yeah rock on miley

[rustylegiron]

@Doderhultarn89

smiley virus?

[elbanner]

@Doderhultarn89 i was wonder wha hell tha was , so i listen a sec to Miley Cyrus . How ya can come up with tha ? sheeeeehs your must have sense oh humor . o ya , maybe its couse im dutch . HA! must be tha . Berlin brings back alot memories tho

[Doderhultarn89]

@elbanner yeah,it was a joke

[BR50Kab]

@Doderhultarn89

Listening to Miley Cyrus makes me depressed!!! Quickly back to Lou Reed's Berlin to cheer me up again.

Maybe one day: "And this is the place where Miley Cyrus cut her wrists"

[mharrin5507]

@BR50Kab

Sounds good to me. :)

[xXxXTravisBickleXxXx]

@BR50Kab Why bring up Miley Cyrus?

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Children like her... so what ,i don't see kids listening to lou reed.... when i was a small kid i listened to shit but that's just the way it goes ,i don't care if kids like Cyrus or Bieber!

[guitaristshad]

damn Lou Reed... He writes some of the best, deepest things ever... This song constantly gets stuck in my head...

[wichititty1]

I might be mistaken but they were considering removing this album from circulation cause it really fucked with some peoples heads. And it seems for a short period they may have. I know theres alot more mind fuck shit out there now but this was 1973 ya know ?

[YoleaTheOnlyONE]

oh man, I'm gonna cry after this album is over...

[wistoncap]

A Warning--- never listen to this album while under the influence of LSD.. its WAY too hard to take.

[sugnillacsisubeulb27]

Why are some artists so underrated? Because they can express more than an average person can understand. Most of the people are satified with soulless and mainstream music and they don't even try to listen to something that can be really called art.

[MusicControlsMyLife]

Awesome! :'(

[nedthetoothpick]

The sub harmonics during the crying sequence is amazing.

nedthetoothpick*com

[BejnXander]

The crying at the end was from Bob Ezrin told his kids that their mother had died n he recorded their tormented wails.

He later told them he was lying.

He used the song effect on the KISS song God of Thunder

[xXPinkGoddessXx]

"The crying at the end was from Bob Ezrin told his kids that their mother had died n he recorded their tormented wails."

Damn, that's low. And ironically perverse considering the song's content.

[uburei]

that's pretty tough lesson so godamm early :)))) but it enhanced the song. Totally.

[Gwyll2501]

@xXPinkGoddessXx Not true. According to Lou, anyway. Ezrin asked his kids to cry as real as possibly, and the youngest one got carried away a bit, that's why it sounds so desperate. But anyway, who knows if this is the truth.

[hildaatje]

@xXPinkGoddessXx Maybe a bit overstated.In the radio interview of Lou Reed that I have he merely stated that they put the kids in another room for a short while.Never heard that heartwrenching tale to go along though...

Come on,who in their right mind would tell their kids such a horrible thing.

You can just hear that the kids dont believe Mummy is dead.

Mu-myyyhieee!!!!!At the end.Annoyed maybe,but not heartbroken.

I am a Mummy and I frequently hear these cries.And I,m very much alive.NAH!

[Rnewmanguy]

@xXPinkGoddessXx that's not true apparently. you should look things up, particularly remarkable things like that, before saying them.

[xXxXTravisBickleXxXx]

@xXPinkGoddessXx damn are you serious...

That's brutal...

[tbcanceled]

@xXPinkGoddessXx Another version of the story is that the kids were simply told to go to bed and started freaking out.

[tbcanceled]

@xXPinkGoddessXx Another version of the story is that the kids were simply told to go to bed and started freaking out.

[madwaa20]

to think i have actually been that low that this album made complete sense to me. the man is a genius, but i wonder where his insiration came from to make such a emotion wrenching album.

[birdhaldol]

when lou was in mott the hoople, he was on drugs and being sexually deviant. that's when he met this not a good mother chick. thats actually lou crying "mommy" in "baby voice" near the end. he is also CIA level at sounding like he's birdcalling for extreme telekinesis/ telepathy. lou is actually from the south.

[KOSMICKEN09]

he wasn't in mott the hoople, wtf?

[birdhaldol]

i give up...why not? I SAID HE WAS PROBABLY NOT IN MOTT THE HOOPLE. Its possible that with his shadow of bad influence he made you so addicted to pornography that it's all you care about anymore.

[cubyman23]

Is it just me or does Lou have a very sarcastic tone in this album.

[AnabelFrenk]

i love this song by lou.

[jasonjarvis1988]

why is it that berlin made number 7 in the u.k charts and like 97 in the u.s? this should have been a number 1

[Doderhultarn89]

well. most people dont understand greatness

[theShpiz]

it's a great song and a great album. feels like he's cheating with the crying kids. just not fair to use that in the end of an already powerful song...

i love it ...

[mharrin5507]

This is THEE centerpiece of this brilliant album. not many cats can (or have) gotten this low so coherently as Lou do on this album. this album -- like it or not -- is the best meditation on the negative side of human experience ever set to record. I know that's heavy proclamation, but I have yet to encounter anything rival in stature to this piece of work. This record should be used as a form of audio torture, really; it's that "good"

[Claude2006]

Berlin is a masterpiece!

[gabe32194]

Is it just me or is The Wall by pink floyd a total rip-off of this album?

[lyonslaforet]

Perhaps it's you but I think you've got this impression because both albums were produced by the same man: Bob Ezrin.

[gabe32194]

apparently he worked on the fragile by nine inch nails as well. Another amazing concept album, btw. Most people don't give it a chance...

[OrangeColita]

the wall is a concept album as well, but on completely different subject material and musical styles

[spanishnavax]

@gabe32194 Well they're both produced by Bob Ezrin so it must be his 'touch'...

[Exilemainstreet]

I actually like Berlin, but this is the one song from it I never wanted to hear again. Too depressing.

[stripbones]

Thr best consept album aound in my eyes ov all time. Most depressing also. Used to listen to this in rehab coming off heroin addiction, and whilst i used. Such a good message. Cant explain it, but thats music. Love it.

[stripbones]

"i am the water boy"....poor bloke lol

[rvkan]

"And I am much happier this way"

[jasonjarvis1988]

when this album was released it was panned why? This album is like a fine wine. In my opinion this is better than Transformer

[originaldivinylsfan]

The pinnacle of Lou Reed's considerable achievements. Berlin is an album that i return to time & time again.........................­.

Hauntingly beautiful song, this is.

*relaunches & plays along*

[Sting0NL]

His best album ever, and this is the best song on that album!!!

[thebigfatyoyo]

The cries of the baby and the call for their mother, powerful stuff. Shocking but beautiful.

[moluvsage]

This is Lou Reeds crowning achievement,Transformer is probably second.But then theres Songs for Drella, another excellent album.

[louiseduvee]

.An epic of helplessness...

[BejnXander]

I bet this is where Dave Navarro got the "wailing kids" idea for the song "One Big Mob" by Red Hot Chili Peppers "found on "One Hot Minute", another dark album)

[Selectivelymute]

definately one of the most depressing songs ever written.

[bartleby2007]

My mom used to always get mad at me for listening to this song: "How can you listen to music about kids being taken away from a lousy mother?"

lol

[euuhi]

I stop the song at the crying part,just too sad,but this is a really good album.

[moluvsage]

such a wonderful album.love every song

[Gwyll2501]

the last part of the song, after the crying kids, sometimes puts a tear in my eye.

[ralucagymnast]

The saddest, most upsetting song ever written.

[rominadth]

pedazo de cancion!

[JasonJarvis88]

I love this song!!!!