Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Media relations, Lou Reed style



Dangerous Minds uncovered some uncut video footage of a 1975 interview between a cranky Lou Reed and trying-too-hard Australian journalist Stephen MacLean.

The interview does not go well.

LR: Don’t believe what you read.
I: No, I don’t.
LR: Don’t believe what you see.
I: Is it true that you wrote Sally Can’t Dance in the studio?
LR: If I say so, I guess….
I: But did you?
LR: I wasn’t there!
I: You were there.
LR: No I wasn’t. Dougie [Yule] did it.
I: Are you happier as a brunet?
LR: Ahh…. are you happier as a schmuck?
I: I’m no schmuck.
LR: I’m no brunet.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2014 at 11:17 PM

    Ah, youth.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 1, 2014 at 11:37 AM

    11:17 totally!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 1, 2014 at 2:58 PM

    this guy is hilarious! the fawning media is over the top.

    I-)

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  4. PamieOctober 1, 2014 at 3:46 PM

    Lou was both a brunet AND a schmuck.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 1, 2014 at 6:12 PM

    Too bad they couldn't have talked to him when he was nodded out. He'd have been more interesting.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 3, 2014 at 12:18 PM

    This is a gem of footage, I miss Lou :(

    - wonder how much is, acting, drugs, drug cravings, or just difficult Lou?

    Reminds me a little of some Bob Dylan press interviews from Don't Look Back.

    Seems around the time he was lost in Metal Machine Music, I never have listened to that.

    It's funny to hear how he characterizes Berlin - his masterpiece :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zBOhNzungE



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