Metal Machine Music - remix

In the last of my sonic experiments into making people feel

like they have taken bad, un-tested drugs, I present my

Metal Machine Music remix.

I have taken Track 1 and recorded it in the left hand speaker. 

Then I have taken Track 2 and recorded it in the right hand speaker. 

In the middle I have put some drones and trumpet loops and samples. 

What do you get when you overlay 2 different songs from the seminal white noise album? 

Please do not listen if driving, operating heavy machinery or suffering from mental health problems.

4 tracks spread out over a double album, this had no 

drum or vocals or indeed any songs, just feedback guitar 

drones looping over and over, with electronic squalls 

of generated tones and noise........ of course it is common 

knowledge that track 3 is the best! Are those hints of 

tunes buried down in the mix? 

This is either: 

Lou Reed getting out of his record company contract 

and a big fuck you to the hired suits 

or 

A noise terror experiment in sonics and volume 

which 15 years later would influence bands like 

The Swans and Sonic Youth etc.

Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (Part 2)

You all know the story behind this album -

1974 and Lou Reed follows up the bleakness

of "Berlin" with this live album.

A lot of VU fans hate this because with the

help of twin guitar players Dick Wagner and

Steve Hunter, he plays old classics as heavy

rock work outs with flashy full-distortion

solos and extended jams ...... but this is what

Reed does best - moving the goal posts and

showing he could turn his hand from anything

including avant garde to heavy metal.

No matter what you think, I fucking love this

album, not only does it rock like a bastard but

it was my first introduction to Lou Reed.

Listen

What is not widely known is that the rest of

the songs from this live set were released years

later - with no fanfare - as "Lou Reed - Live".....

.... which I call Rock 'n' Roll Animal Vol 2.

The set list is:

Vicious

Satellite of Love

Walk on the Wild Side

I'm Waiting for The Man

Oh, Jim

Sad Song

I can only think that his record company wanted

to push the VU aspect of the songs and not bother

with many of his solo tracks, which is a shame

because this is a worthy addition to his already

impressive collection of classic albums.

Volume Two

Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music (1975)

4 tracks spread out over a double album, this had no

drum or vocals or indeed any songs, just feedback guitar

drones looping over and over, with electronic squalls

of generated tones and noise........ of course it is common

knowledge that track 3 is the best! Are those hints of

tunes buried down in the mix?

This is either:

Lou Reed getting out of his record company contract

and a big fuck you to the hired suits

or

A noise terror experiment in sonics and volume

which 15 years later would influence bands like

The Swans and sonic Youth etc.

You Decide!