11 Lou Reed - berlin live Sad Song

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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[criztafer]

wonderful song. wonderful album.

[punkrocker1974]

Legendary !!!

[kathymoore57]

i was n rehab n '74 when my counsler introd 2 me 'berlin' alblum still have it & all of reed's the best 2 me is rock n roll animal!

[JCVDist]

bittersweet and beautiful masterpiece

[KIMWHITE777]

How can something so beautiful be sad?

[UNCIEAL]

I feel that this song has an energy in itself i cant really explain it which makes it all the more powerful. It says everything on a purely emotional level.

[CannaS88]

wonderful live. wonderful dvd.

[kevin104z]

i was listening to alot of lou reed when this was new!!frm transformer to this and to rock and roll animal(1 of the best live albums)his peak!!!!what do kids have to listen to now??it;s sad,,

[elfidox2]

after watching the whole film on youtube i had to go buy the dvd. lou reed is still brilliant!

[gonneke]

blijft zo mooi,kippevel

[jpacemen01]

Holy fuck, this is the saddest record of all times.. and I love it...

[OscarLanuzaUrrutia]

epic song