this book gives excellent insight into the inner workings of three of my musical heroes, and exactly what was going on during the recording of various songs/albums.it also made me curious about a Lou Reed album called Metal Machine Music, which critics unanimously agreed was a flop but I have a feeling it's one of those stroke of genius things.
and I still hate Nico.
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Trust me, Metal Machine Music isn't a stroke of genius. It's just a noise record. Like you may know, it has four different tracks and all of them should be played at the same time. It's a funny idea though.
I like Nico. Femme Fatale ftw
if you read this book you would know that Lou Reed wrote the song for someone else and later pretended it was for Nico, cause it happened to fit her persona. you would also know that she stated "I don't sleep with Jews anymore" after someone asked her about her falling out with Reed. fucking Nazi cunt. I've always had the feeling she was uppity, mostly just from hearing her singing voice and seeing La Dolce Vita, but this book gave me loads of material to back my Nico-hatred up.
I hate Nico too! Especially after I saw The Doors movie.. what a whore.
The Metal Machine Music album is not just a noise record. It's incredible that in that is influenced SO many bands and spawned genres, but with the lack of rhythm or repetition, it sounded mindless to me. And it hurts.
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