Never one for the slick, safe live recording, Reed outdid himself on this 1978 double. Street Hassle (also '78) had brought him halfway back from the brink he'd braved with Metal Machine Music, but here the well-known songs' loose outlines are just irrelevant backdrops for extended miserabilist rants against fans, friends and critics.
A cross between Lenny Bruce and Alex Ferguson, Lou bitches about the injustice of it all as the nervous, ignored band jam through "Sweet Jane", "Walk On The Wild Side" et al. Reed as great, grizzling punk grinch.
A cross between Lenny Bruce and Alex Ferguson, Lou bitches about the injustice of it all as the nervous, ignored band jam through "Sweet Jane", "Walk On The Wild Side" et al. Reed as great, grizzling punk grinch.
dusty Rhodes
Georgia
Georgia
Funny As Hell
Nervous though they may be, the band knows how to vamp! Lou
does his best Henny Youngman as the audience howls in glee!
One of the best Lou Reeds ever and thank god it's now out worldwide on cd because I wore the vinyl out in the 80's and my Japanese cd edition out in the 90's! I had the fortune of meeting Lou in Japan in both the 80's and 90's, but, unfortunately, he had left his sense of humor back in the states. Luckily, "Take No Prisoners" captures Lou in his heyday when he just did not care and was funny as fuck!
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