12 Lou Reed berlin live Candy Says

Lou Reed Berlin Live at St. Anns Warehouse
Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse is the audio release of Reed's 2006 performances of his classic Berlin album from 1973. Its release coincides with the Weinstein Company's DVD release of the Julian Schnabel film made from these performances, Lou Reed's Berlin. Upon the 1973 release of Berlin, Lou Reed's controversial successor to the wildly popular Transformer, Rolling Stone's Stephen Davis described it as one of "certain records so patently offensive that one wishes to take some kind of physical vengeance on the artists that perpetrate them...a distorted and degenerate demimonde of paranoia, schizophrenia, degradation, pill-induced violence and suicide." A earnest pan, yes, but also a fabulous pull quote. Thirty years later, the magazine named it one of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Staging Berlin had been discussed for over 30 years, and in December of 2006 it became a reality, over four days at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn. It was the first time Reed performed the album live. The New York Times said that Reed "wasn't revisiting these songs as oldies or artifacts; he was reinhabiting them...Berlin carried Reed's music to an ornate extreme, but now its trappings are secondary. What comes through is the way it feels." The film Berlin, by acclaimed painter-turned-director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls, The Diving Bell & The Butterfly), documents these historic performances. Though the album's harrowing qualities are well documented, the experience of seeing and hearing it brought to life was invigorating. More information about the film can be found at http://www.berlinthefilm.com/. Produced by Bob Ezrin and Hal Willner, and featuring musicians like Fernando Saunders, Antony, Steve Hunter, Rob Wassermann, Rupert Christie and Sharon Jones, a seven piece orchestra (including Eyvind Kang and Jane Scarpantoni), and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, this recording magnifies the cinematic quality of the original album. It also includes the three encores, "Candy Says," "Rock Minuet," and "Sweet Jane." Berlin remains one of the most alarming and frank highlights of a career marked by innovation and candor. Just as Schnabel's effort is far more ambitious than your average concert film, this release stands as a majestic and poignant re-imagining of one of the 20th century's most powerful works.

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[Pignohead]

Amazing Perdect Great Live!

[Pignohead]

wow!

[dannyboy0169]

Absolutely fantastic......thanks for posting

[shakeahand1]

Amazing show!!

[ClaraaandFee]

Just amazing, Antony is just fabulous 

[juaninibola2]

OMG I love the original version but this is better.

[codeastronomer]

@Yazygy I don't know, sorry. I like to research myself : )

It's amazing what you find.

[Yazygy]

@codeastronomer There is any site or something that I could go to know what's the stories behind every song?

[codeastronomer]

@bartonone2005 Completely agree. I think the reason it's richer and darker, is because Lou hadn't performed this live since the recording and had grown a lot since... bringing back the emotions of the time and having someone with such an amazing voice as Antony really brought the meaning out. At several points throughout the whole performance, Lou looks emotionally distressed. This is one of my favourite albums and knowing the stories behind it, it really makes me "feel" something.

[bartonone2005]

Antony lives this song so he's the perfect choice to sing it. The emotion on Lou Reed's face when it's over is unmistakable. Antony's performance obviously touched him deeply. This is a richer, darker version than the one on 'The Velvet Underground' album, which is also great. The bowed electric double bass adds so much atmosphere to this song. Wonderful! "What do you think I'd see, if I could walk away from me?"

[IJustHitTheFan]

@PolarOpposites12 I think grambini adressed the vocalist in this song - not LR, who's doing backup vocals here.

I guess he's the 1 dislike this *v*v*v*FABULOUS*v*v*v* song and interpretation received.

[PolarOpposites12]

@grambini just in case you didn't know, this is the guy who originally wrote it

[mellowingrey]

@motzke08 Antony