ZOOM FROM GLOOM
LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA!
greatest suicide ever ….
Can you hear the bells ?
read somewhere Lou just walked up to the mic and recorded whatever came out of his mouth.
“And the actresses relate
To the actor who comes home late
After the plays have gone down
And the crowds have scattered around
Though the city lights and the streets
No ticket could be beat
For the beautiful show of shows
Ah, broadway only knows
The great white milky way
It had something to say
When he fell down on his knees
After soaring through the air
With nothing to hold him there
It was really not so cute
To play without a parachute
As he stood upon the ledge
Looking out, he thought he saw a brook
And he hollered, look, there are the bells..”
beautiful.
Through The Ringer: Lou Reed’s The Bells
What bells are these? Are they the same bells the Velvet Underground saw “up in the sky” during “What Goes On” in 1969? Are they the Bells Albert Ayler chased through his fiery free-jazz milestone …damienlove.com
Even his ‘standard rock n roll’ songs are unique, I mean, that black angel is in all of his songs somewhere.
It's probably his best studio album, together with Transformer (I like noise, probably more than you do, but I'm not very interested in his MMM, other than the fact that he dared to release an album like that one).
But I know you will agree... the thread needs Sun Ra! We are no allowed to discard Sun Ra here!