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Lou Reed Metal Machine Music

You might need to turn down the volume! Lou Reed on Vinyl. 1975 RCA Metal Machine Music, 9 minutes of side one.  
 
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mrADA (5 hours ago) Show Hide
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yeah. but everybody needs money
groovechaser (12 hours ago) Show Hide
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Someone told me about this about 20 years ago. I didn't know if it was just a rumor. Very cool. Now if all the pop stars would protest against their labels and do this, that would be the ultimate revolution!
tommyvercetti7 (15 hours ago) Show Hide
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True,

Metal Machine Music may be that rarest of things: a flop that was intended to be a flop. The theory is that Lou Reed was anxious to get out of his contract with RCA and so deliberately made an album that was unlistenable commercial suicide. Four untitled 16 minute tracks over 4 sides of vinyl, the album collected screeching looped guitar feedback, ending on an "infinite loop". Reed denies it was a stunt, he says he was "stoned".

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spatookbien (1 day ago) Show Hide
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Wow, that guitar really had it coming! Interesting stuff, i'd probably prefer it if were less high pitched. Maybe if the RPM was altered...
groovechaser (5 days ago) Show Hide
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It is rumored he was just trying to get out of his contract with RCA by putting this out.
groovechaser (5 days ago) Show Hide
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Now if Lady Gaga would do something like this...
retrogamah (6 days ago) Show Hide
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A great exercise in feedback experiments
punkrocker1974 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Great Lou's provocation !
theledzeppguy (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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I like it.
TammyLlort (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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This is quite an underrated masterpiece of an album. Shame on anyone who didn't listen to the entire thing.

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