Lou Reed - Sad Song - Live Amsterdam 070621

[venisfurs]

are you kidding? lou's great live! he's made some of the best live recordings ever!

[ruiluispinto]

Lou Reed is a living God!

[NicoDraak74]

As much as I love Lou Reed, I've always hated his live singing

[moccasin11]

lacking in jive.

[ritter1808]

So did he release it?

[Jellybeantiger]

I justheard this on local radio and it got me outta bed-blew me away.

[liketheleaf]

I love it too ;)

[spotswoodthenewt]

Well, I just dig it, and have always loved the album. Despite the avalanche of criticism it received at the time. Thanks for posting, it looks like an amazing tour to me. I know he's releasing it on DVD. 5*****'S

~ Tim

[elodiefan]

Still think the best version he ever did of this is on the album lou reed live. Without choir or flutes and strings, but in my opinion far more intense. Reed's singing is better, and the two lead guitarist really nail it down, especially in the outro. Check that version out, you won't regret it!

[xmollzyzx]

im in the choir and i went last yr and this year! its amazing!! xx

[joeldennison]

i saw this tour yesterday, he played the whole berlin album, it was amazing even if he is getting old

[elisaloba]

suena lejos pero suena fuerte suena por los que ya se fueron

[mihell996]

One of my fav songs of all time,Berlin is not a great peice of work in its total but individual songs are priceless

[Giellman]

Have to disagree with you there, Berlin is a stunning album, an all time classic.

[shepherdlauraine1323]

bob ezrin used the strings from this song on comfortly numb from the wall

[343777]

this song make me feel bewitched....wonderfull!!!!!

[johaningridoscar]

Lou has reached amazing heights in his artistic career. As a fan I have to deal with these, to my opinion, low moments too. It's really just no good. I applaud him for trying it, after all the idea was not bad but I wonder if it was all his own idea..... So let's forget about this one and move on.

[woodsy58]

A great album? hmmm

A great concert..? Oh Yes, saw it as part of the Festival of Sydney in January 2007, wonderful....Rob Wasserman and Fernando Saunders..too much.

[SUPERPLYTNT]

Sfogliando il mio album di foto, mi sembrava Maria regina diScozia questo dimostra di come ci si possa sbagliare...

[paretsky]

I wonder if I am watching and especially listening to something different to all the others who have made comments here?? I love this song - but this version is (to my ears) a massacre! guitars all over the place and no balance in the arrangement... Strange, really strange...

[thiefandlawyer]

agree with you. moreover Lou sings like a jerk. guys, do you really have piece of cork in your ears?

[martinirosen]

I guess it´s a matter of taste, I definately don´t agree with on any of your criticism

regarding either the guitars or Lou´s vocals.

Then again it´s live right ? And apart from the magnificent feeling of hearing Berlin livewith Lou, the band, orchestra and that beautiful choir, I´m sure there are flaws.

I just don´t hear them.

To me the raw power at the end gives it

a new edge that makes it even stronger.

But hey, you can always go back to the album from 1973 !

:)

[demag2]

After many night drunk perhaps, I tend to agree with you. The original "Berlin" was the best. I do like looking at the video and watching waterver is going on.

[Camuze]

I think they have some technical problems. At 1.43 the lead guitarist makes a mess of it, at 1.58 he waves for a new guitar.

[elodiefan]

guess he broke a snare there... messed the fine solo up there indeed ;)

[liamuir]

hope it comes out on dvd

[poddel]

Thanxx love this song and the album since long very moving pieces really!

[telcorp]

SAD SONG!!!!

[incantation2001]

Berlin is "Sgt. Pepper" of 70ties. Very underrated after "Transformers"... "Sad Song" - my favourite one. Didn't expect Lou would play it again. Thanks for posting!

[ADEBAYOR09]

great show in hammersmith so powerful

[NoiseHeatPower]

<sigh>

Just ridiculously good. 'Berlin' may be bleak but it certainly isn't 'difficult'; it's actually exquisite.

[Permuted]

This version of Sad Song is awesome. I saw the London show. Spellbinding, and this was definitely one of the highlights. I love the way it builds and builds.

[TrentH190]

fucking beautiful masterpiece, uplifting for such a bleak but beautiful concept album, almost Bergman like

[elinorharrison]

I was there singing to :]

do you have any others?

or know of where i might find them?

thanks so much

xxx

[swanstep]

Wow, thanks for posting this martinirosen... this concert looks simply amazing... Good Lord, Lou getting to do Berlin live, who would have thought it!? Stupendous stuff. Thanks again. (Now if only Abba would reunite for a bit....)

[martinirosen]

There´s a tour going on in Europe now, think it started in Australia late -06. check out his Myspace page or loureed(dot)com for details. I saw him the first time in Stockholm -74 which is a couple of years ago

- really glad I caught this one...

[jdanski]

Great concert!!! Thnx for posting. Sad song was the awesome final of a more then fantastic performance.

[tjcopley]

thank you for posting this...i was there singing ..its great to hear and see myself...wasn't it such fun

[martinirosen]

I was singing with you !

:)

We went from Stockholm to see it and it´s one of

the best trips I made, apart frpm a couple of nice days in Adam it was one of the best Lou Reed gigs

I ever saw...classic album, classic gig !