LOU REED intro and " Sweet Jane "

[ThePontiacgto65]

lou reed quand je l ai revu en1989 ou90 casino de paris etait deja chiant cracher sur le passé quand tu sais combien on pris de la came ecoutant velvet underground and co et 30 ans plus tards ce la jouer monsieur prope sa fait chier maintenant pour moi c est it s my wife and it s my bad life no thanks mister lou!!!

[urwclwg]

no, maybe not a keeper, but can you imagine the panic of the other guests.

[AKLPUNDERGROUND]

i was 5 when i watched this, back then i was proper into Elvis and Oasis. I was a weird child.

[1LonePuma]

Some songs you just can't deviate from and Sweet Jane is one of them! Lou could have brought the house down, but the song simply bombed. What a shame!

[mistermendola]

the good part starts at 1:55

[olofssonwarren]

This is about Lou read fuck velvet under ground go to there videos and blow some bubles up there arse. ...

[wilhoitsux]

I just want to let my speakers "breathe" as this develops, but people are sleeping... NEEDS MASSIVE VOLUME!!!

nice post!

[SYLVIEDETRETS]

pour mon ami qui se reconnaitra

[iampower714]

Sweet!

[gurlymichelle]

This just isn't the same without Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner on guitar, sigh.

[mrsolofeo]

@gurlymichelle Yeah, Lou Reed was doing some real metal when he had those guys.

[LlewInLouisville]

I'm not a huge Lou Reed fan overall -- I respect the guy, but I'm not a massive fan.

The Cowboy Junkies did a nice cover, but they took a rock song and made it easy listening. Phish needed to make their version dramatically shorter -- the song doesn't matter for them, as long as it gives an excuse for overly long solos.

However, this rocks. Plain, flat-out, purest-sense-of-rock-and-roll rocks.  If you can't hear this (or the original) and not be moved, then you've got no rock'n'roll in you.

[TheBuzzCatt]

...hard and dirty like the NewYork streets that this music came from.



[hencloud]

Guys check out the 1974 Paris live version - just unbelievably awsome.

[CarlesCanals]

Lou's one of the many many (but not the less) notorious songwriters from he sixties who have grown deeper and wiser with the years, both when composing new stuff and when covering his own songs. Marianne Faithfull, Joni Mitchell, so many good people give us grown music which is not AOR, but good experience and knowledge. I like it, yet I can understand some people won't see it this way.

[rainspirit100]

@rohanhaggart The man is monotone and it works for him. Used to see him in the sixties at La Cave in Cleveland, small venue, very intimate, they rocked

[unclebilbo2000]

i have a limited frame of reference because i have not listened to much VU, but i'd have to say this is pretty awful. no offense to lou or any fans.....but this is bad....check out phish's version from 10/31/98

[prestige158]

Check out REVIVAL doing sweet jaqne intro starts at 10:16

[welooklikegiants]

I like this version, but I just loved the Laaa la la- la la laaa at the end of the velvet underground version. That just put me over the top

[Onzelonz]

another great version of the world's most famous *3* cords... ;-)

but the original >LOADED< version is the much more "kickAssOne* - IMHO

[PAULLONDEN]

'Trod" of the wooden soldiers ?

[PAULLONDEN]

@rohanhaggart▬True,this going through the motions, has nothing on the '74 Rock'n'Roll Animal version.Nothing sweet here,with this uncharismatic bunch behind him.The most ridiculous is Reed staring studiously to his guitar to get those 3 repeating simple chords,which most of us can play blind.Where's the action?

Lou's obviously longing here to feed the animals in the Zoo(which is prohibited, bytheway).I'm clicking on Live Paris'74 now.Bye.

[mrsolofeo]

@PAULLONDEN Rock'n'Roll Animal was Lou Reed at his best. And it pisses me off 'cause Lou Reed tends to be schizophrenic at times--I mean he can really be full of himself.

[alyssaannmarie]

Sweet Jane recorded live on Waltz Across America is faster, powerful, exciting, the only Cowboy Junkies version I like, and unlike all their other recordings of Sweet Jane. It's worth a listen to, if you can find it.

[GibsonElectricI]

The cowboy junkie version is the version that is depressing slow and uninteresting. The velvet makes you feel like the song was written for you has that badass edge that nothing else could give. Lou reed does it so well too.

[gabbahey66]

whats this shit

[Fernandobez]

action starts on 2:00

[MaximusRelaximus]

my name is dieter, velome to shprockets. touch my monkey!

[JenR1]

How can you not like "The Louster" as I like to call him lol. This man is AMAZING with every facet of music. He makes you rock out, think, and you can hear his arrangements of music and admire them or even learn from them. What a legend and a "true" rocker!

[toxic1632]

lmao..... lou, david( mr. Bowie....&  Mr. Reed)

thank you both for giving me a bit of rock and roll history!! hotdamn!

[pr10s]

Sweet!!! Lou's playing a Danny Gatton Signature Tele, nice touch there.

[Vafareunculo]

@pr10s

Frost Gold, Birdseye maple, Joe Bardens, DG Signature Tele

[sandman4321]

Lou is one of those rare singers whose voice has aged like great wine and gotten better with time.

[lebarosky]

anyone who has a heart wouldn't turn around and break it

anyone who's ever played a part, wouldn't turn around and fake it

[mediblue9]

cool concept

[mimibett]

@mediblue9 concept??? whats up with that comment

[FucklyDuckly]

this wasn't what i expected :/ wasn't even close to that paris gig in the 70s (not that I was there :p)

[givemesth2believe]

I agree with you, it wasn't what I was expecting :/

[lionsmane25]

There not playing in rhythm with each other. I dont care who you are if dont have the beat then youve just missed the train. Cant you hear that they are way off?

[manatomicfluid]

maybe thats the point?

[mimibett]

@lionsmane25  wait a minute this was 1966, who are you kidding and live without the fake crap....get a grip you have no idea, hippie chicks rule, woodstock forever...

[mimibett]

@lionsmane25 rufkm, do you know music live reality without fake techno, or what, what is your fav dude...really...1966!!! yes!!! hippiechicksrule!!! woodstock forever.

[MajorSecord]

the song sounds vacant without the embellishments of Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner.......

[mrchuffy]

This is poor, a bunch of 60 something geezers wearing headbands and leather trousers, Lou mumbling the lyrics like hes got alzheimers. the guitar bashed out like Bruce Springsteen with no relevant reference to the original. Poor as fuck.

[smwrbd]

mrchuffy you sad son of a bitch who doesnt understand or appreciate the classics knockin what you dont understand so sad. tell the world your heros, then stop

[Ricksnake]

BLOW ME

[scumgod13]

@mrchuffy

You suck! You have no idea the talent on that stage. Go on, listen to the jonas Bros and lady Ga Ga!

[lionsmane25]

I was talking about the intro. Who are the Jonas Bros and lady gaga? sounds like you know more about that stuff than me. Lou reed is awesome.

[philstutt]

Truth be told rock and roll rescued so many of us....

Life without hope, without grief, without laughter, without rock, without blues, is no life at all.

I love Lou.

[scumgod13]

@philstutt

WELL SAID! ID BE DEAD WITHOUT IT, at least dead inside.

[metalife2006]

i prefer lou reed 70's ...

[staggersu]

he is like a good wine: he's getting better when he's getting older..

and he is like a good wine getting better when he aged.

even wild but better playing with time on his side...

saw him 10times and evertime he was great..

[steinsprang]

Song start 1:55

[peeclvjewel]

oh wow kelis

[elsiepuppy]

You thought you were wrong once, but you were mistaken.

[Freindlyghost88]

ha ha love the trousers

Lou Reed probably has leather pyjamas

[pmfont]

hahaha, yeah you're probably right about the pyjamas

[snickerdoodles8]

I kind of liked it better when he played with the Velvet Underground back then.. but Lou still rocks!

[teojuve95]

brano memorabile per la storia della musica

[lladsbid]

this is really good, shame he never seems to do that awesome intro thingy that's on the version in loaded when he plays this live

[Dukabor]

lol...really funny HMNB...I love sarcasm and you hit it...thanks...made me laugh....love the "everybody is wrong except me"..line...lol...you are a genius....please post again...I look forward to it.....or PLEASE subscribe to my site...we need humor....not that we are not funny...oh fuck it we need humor...

[mymindourdream]

who's this idiot!! Let Lou play !!

[lladsbid]

he's the host you fuckhead, sorry this programme wasn't made with youtube idiots in mind

[mymindourdream]

thanks,Einstein......

[lladsbid]

you ask stupid questions, you get stupid answers. who's he? he's the host. it's quite simple really. sorry if it wasn't quite witty enough of a reply, clearly you are a raconteur of the highest order so i apologize for soiling your mind with such simplicities.

[theboab]

People like you make me laugh.

[99carr99]

who cares what u clowns are bitching about thats what i call power cords lou reed is the main man

[kastashado]

WHOAAA!!!!!!If that wasn't the most obnoxious and self centered comment,  then I I don't know what is!!!!! I hope for everyones sake, that you hold a doctorate degree. hell, it'd even give you credit for graduating high school with an asinine comment like that

BTW

F.U.

[ASelinger]

you really didn't note his sarcasm? really? really??? good job katashado, ya blew it.

[lotus21]

Hey man somebody knows if there's more of this show to see coz i wanna see Bert Jansch aswell

Thanx

[TheUnamenable]

is that jason newsted father?

[theboab]

My god I never noticed that before - I think you might be on to something there! lol

[DBCrowns]

he's so cute!! gotta love him.

[raindogred]

awsome version. I'm pretty toasted at the moment -is it just my imagination or does that Telecaster look humungous, or is Lou shrinking?? Only in frame 4:03 though. Fucken'ell..

[binion111]

OUT FUCKING STANDING!!!!

If you don't like this, go back to your Glen Campbell 8 tracks.

[knowallcity]

Lou Reed is the luckiest guy in the world that the Cowboy Junkies heard something in this song and made it more than the forgettable tune Reed warbles.

THIS is the original sound? what crap.

[murderingkittensRUN]

Try listening to the ORIGINAL recording with the Velvet Underground. And those shitheads, The Cowboy Junkies(what a stupid name), can suck it because without Lou Reed, they wouldn't have had a song to cover.

[scarecrow312]

mate, have you fucking listened to the velvet underground?

the cowboy junkies are a bit of gum on the sidewalk next to the Velvet skyscraper

[murderingkittensRUN]

I hope that reply wasn't aimed toward my comment because The Velvet Underground is my favorite band.

[scarecrow312]

nah i was talking to the other cock who you were owning.

mine to aye

[murderingkittensRUN]

Oh. In that case, have a wonderful life. (:

[spankr]

@scarecrow312 "A bit of gum" that Lou Reed himself described it as "the best and most authentic version I have ever heard" - referring to their recording of "Sweet Jane"

[BeccaHeartsRainbows]

@scarecrow312

Agreed dude!

[LBjim]

@scarecrow312 So true!!

[grimaces]

@scarecrow312

you deserve a literary award for that comment

[astalker]

Good laugh mate! You must be fucking kidding. Listen to some Rock 'n Roll once in a while if you don't' ??? know who Lou Reed is. Granted this is a late tv recording, but that is irrelevant. The past creeps up on us all over again don't it? Janie said, when she was just 5 years old, there was, nothing happening at awl...........

[knowallcity]

Okay,since you sound like a decent guy..its not as bad as I thought. But it does sound sort of generic Bowieish,or even Wherewolves of London like. In other words sounds like ALOT of other songs.The Junkies version has a soundtrack of your life sound.Unique.

[astalker]

Honestly, I haven't heard him do a version of Sweet Jane that I liked since 1974.. He's an artist now. I saw him in NYC and he just played 'art'. But he wrote the fucking book. Yeah, I like the CJ's version too. Lou was best when he was still trashy. Sally Can't Dance, & that shit. When they stop getting high, they forget how to rock & roll I guess. But he's still the man. If you think he sounds 'Bowieish', well Bowie used to produce his albums. Even sings on some. So who sounds like whom?..

[rabbitholeofmoxie]

They sound like each other. You can't say how copied another's sound cause Lour, David, Iggy, and Bolan all copied each other. They benefit of having amazingly talented friends that are generous with their music. Besides, it's no wonder this sounds Bowieish as it was written for Bowie.

[ghu83]

are you serious or what?

[Muzle84]

Not good at all.

Jee it's a TV show, not a music concert !

[metalife2006]

not good like the live in paris in 1974, but nice performance !

[torcodk]

In danish: Søde Jane. He he :-)

[tommyd417]

this song is too cool..raw,new york, lou reed.

thnks for puttin this up.

[metalife2006]

i don't like the sound of guitar....however too cool this song

[salmonico]

Great version.

I think is the first time i've see him play an Telecaster...it sounds like fucking raw!

[methlab4qt]

yeah this is a lot different. one thing i personally thought about lou was that he had a voice kind of similar to bob dylan. and also like bob dylan his voice changed drastically over time. but as much as i love bob dylan, i think that the main difference between them is that lou is still pretty performable. (if thats even a word)

[malmo123]

It's a Danny Gatton Signature Tele

[bealgre]

you are the moron. you couldn't carry lou reed's balls unless they were in your mouth.

[boazandjiacinth]

@bealgre ezee tiger!!! peace....

[Kammler03]

GREAT !!!

THANX !!!

[ericesko]

yeah hes old now lol back n the day WOW trippin to that lol whoaaaaaaaaaa lol

[sdingeswho]

Man, that is a *righteous* guitar-sound he's getting out of that Tele (and the Marshalls)! Weirdly enough, it sounds more like something with humbuckers than a single-coil pickup. ???

[Vafareunculo]

@sdingeswho

Those are Joe Barden pickups.

[GetBusyLiving1]

its no velvet underground thats for sure

[11spike7]

Many big-time guitarists consider Steve Hunter in the top 10-15 players on the planet. He must deliberately stay under the radar.

[Kohntarkosz]

Well, he's basically a sideman. I dont think he's ever done much in the way of leading his own band, the way, let's say Jeff Beck or Eric Clapton. Most of Hunter's work has been as a studio musician, so most people don't know the stuff that he's done.

Steve Hunter's most famous performance is probably on Lou's Rock And Roll Animal, where he traded solos with another studio rat, Dick Wagner. Surely you've heard Intro/Sweet Jane off that album.

[mwolf49]

Don't forget the bass work done by Prakesh John on that intro to Lou Reed. It remains one of my alltime favs. I flat wore out my vinyl copy. Mesmerizing licks. To this day I've yet to hear a better version of "Sweet Jane". . .nor, a better intro by guitars.

[malmo123]

Hunter owns the solo an won't allow Reed or anyone else to perform it on stage.

[IMCHRIS38]

Guitar player in this band is Stephen Hunter, who also played guitar in the MOVIE:

The Rose, with Bette Midler, check it out

[ottowes]

A little classical music there, kids...Poor Lou! Left that famous line out. Sometimes he forgets the lyrics. Wish that he'd done a duet with Kelis! Milkshake and Sweeeet Jane! Long live the Rock and Roll Animal!

[stolenbaby472]

i saw lou reed in dc a few weeks ago and his voice sounded just like his recordings from when he was in his 20's so i dont know maybe it was just a bad day for him

[deussitus]

that sounds promising ;P

[SaltWaterFlush]

That's where waiting for the man comes into play. The only way to experience it is to do it!!!!!!!!!

[musicboxbook]

The style it takes.

[stunark]

u want reed to just push his his voice a little more.....but w/e hes raaad

[johnnywasted]

i actually like this performance...obviously his voice is not the same as when he was younger...its hard to watch your heroes get old...in my case i wasnt even around when he was young but i'd wish he would've stayed young forever...still amazing artist!

[Drugs4theWeak]

Talking about quality live play on drugs.

Forgot to mention the quitar solo's from his younger days like in the end part of the song Heroin. It surpasses this song in variation.

[Drugs4theWeak]

I agree with narut13. When he was on drugs he was at least ten times better.

The Rock 'n Roll Animal album quality is the real deal. His voice timings are like he can't speak normal taking pauzes between the words all the time.

[ohmkv]

Rock'n Roll Animal

[narut13]

I never did like his other versions of that song the album version is the best and always will be.

[ahabello]

There's not passion on this exibition..... :-(

[OLDumb]

reed rocks

[Earthling14]

Reeds guitar rocks so HARD!!

[Tunnelof]

What a genuios

[mycroft999]

shit......did he nearly smile?

[Lynott3337]

great stuff.

[mycroft999]

that old and still cool.

[flairbird1965]

Serious attitude!!!!

[jw101131]

absolutey sodding amazing, what a song and only Lou could have done it.

[phlp1961]

take no prisonners is one of the best live album of lou. Pure rock'n'roll album!!! Rock'n'roll animal wasn't in the spirit of music of lou reed

[punkace]

haha- it did sound like the entire crew took acid before they recorded it. I'm a Velvets/ Transformer fan foremost though.

[streethassled]

nice heavy guitars. Nice one Lou.

[dvalentino1]

Rock and Roll Animal is one of the strongest rock LPs of the 70s bar none!

[orangerobbie]

I agree. But would extend it to all time!