The five bands Lou Reed hated most

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It’s no secret that Lou Reed was an obstinately cantankerous contrarian, and there was little he enjoyed more than sticking in the craw of his peers. Accounts of Reed’s personality varied wildly depending on who was asked. The pattern was no enigma; if Reed liked someone, he would sing their praises and likely get on well with them, but if he wasn’t fond of you or your art, you’d better hope he wasn’t asked about you in an interview.
00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Roxy Music
01:31 - Frank Zappa
02:39 - The Doors
03:32 - The Beatles
04:24 - The Who

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@seanmeehan-js5kh 2 ай бұрын

Lou was a speed freak, it tends to jangle the nerves 👍😊

@zetetick395 6 күн бұрын

Yeah, also sometimes with these 'aggro' interviews what we never see is the (oftentimes) annoying, self regarding journalist asking all the questions, (they always write themselves out of the situations they report on. Becoming invisible in the narrative to the readers) - Sometimes I think the guy being interviewed is just ripping a band / whatever because they know the reporter is a smug fanboy of 'em, so it's a FU manoeuvre at them.

@sugarjoe50 9 ай бұрын

Lou even hated some of his own albums!!

@AutomaticSelector 7 ай бұрын

Can't say I blame him. Too many of his solo albums were chock full of filler.

@75aces97 3 ай бұрын

I’m a little surprised Velvet Underground wasn’t on this list. Lou Reed wouldn’t be my most trusted source.

@OdinsCloud Ай бұрын

About the only thing he was ever right about.

@jeffmurdock8321 Ай бұрын

Lou had that in common with Lennon then. Lennon would often knock his own stuff, almost as much as he did Paul's. ;)

@OdinsCloud Ай бұрын

@@jeffmurdock8321 And the comparison ends there. Lennon had more talent in his baby toenail than Lou ever possessed.

@scurfie2343 6 ай бұрын

I had a friend in HS in the early 70's who was very excited to see Lou Reed live. Lou came out and couldn't stand he was so drunk. He sat on the stage edge and just mumbled.

@DeaconBlues0982 7 күн бұрын

As soon as someone says The Beatles are "garbage", I automatically can disregard any other opinion they have about music.

@trashyraccoon2615 3 күн бұрын

Seriously, just because you don’t personally like something, doesn’t mean it isn’t good. The Beatles are objectively good regardless of opinion

@batphink2655 19 сағат бұрын

I have to admit to being sick to death of them I never wish to hear them again in my life having Livepudlian parents(who me the band twice and some members alone),having been in 3 Beatles tribute bands( one ruthless scene that is the worst) but even I a longtime songwriter will never say they were rubbish ever!

@batphink2655 19 сағат бұрын

Lou Reed was garbage!

@lowe-quay-shush 7 ай бұрын

Lou Reed took notes early on observing Andy Warhol's responses to questions reporters would ask about his art.

@MicahMicahel 24 күн бұрын

No way.. Warhol had total control of the interview. Lou reed was always stressed out unless the interviewer was another musician or artist of some sort. His attitude was influenced by his stress level. Reed felt powerless with reporters because they burned him in sth 1960s so his stress level ruined him with them when they were friendly with him and had better intentions. Warhol's genius might have really just been how he talked to the press. His art was never as good as his p.r. abilities. Reed was always a mess.

@davidwilliams1060 6 ай бұрын

Thanks. Showed an incredible list of my all time favorite musicians to include Lou Reed and everyone he didn’t like.

@crowbone8136 4 ай бұрын

FZ dedicated an LP to Lou, it was called "Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar.

@kevinjoseph517 5 күн бұрын

he meant strum yr guitar lr.

@chuckselvage3157 2 ай бұрын

He might have been a cranky character but whats important is his music,which was really good.

@tooth2k 3 ай бұрын

Lou Reed hated himself more than any of these musicians & bands& HE WAS RIGHT. I know a lot of people who knew him& they all agree he was a miserable person to the very end.

@troytempest290 Ай бұрын

I completely believe you.

@ericaward702 Ай бұрын

Good for you man good for you

@dixonpinfold2582 23 күн бұрын

@@ericaward702 Lou? That you? 😄

@erestube 9 ай бұрын

A lot of those old interviews with various musicians had them trashing each other for fun, and winking after they tried their latest put-down lines. Actually, they respected each other as musicians. As you say in the beginning of this video, endless strings of interviews became like a game.

@zendae54 6 ай бұрын

Yep. I remember being at a Tull concert where Anderson was trashing the Stones. Obviously with a wink and a nod so subtle no one really got it. In reality, Ian said the Stones, Zeppelin, and Mountain were his fave bands.

@nicmart 4 ай бұрын

I adore mind readers.

@75aces97 3 ай бұрын

Lou Reed was just a crank who got easily annoyed, sometimes with his own fans. Hell sometimes with his own creations. But I’d say there were some musicians from that time who genuinely didn’t like each other, or didn’t respect some other’s musicianship.

@reimourrpower9357 Ай бұрын

Original viral trolling.

@Xxxxxrrr6464 7 ай бұрын

I think Lou is trolling, a lot of these responses were to idiot reporters, he was likely intoxicated at times, although some of these statements had truth in them

@Tamar-sz8ox 6 ай бұрын

I agree, and it’s no secret he did not like interviewers

@zetetick395 6 күн бұрын

@batphink2655 19 сағат бұрын

Yeah and remember when drunk most people speak the truth as they can't hold back!

@beekay5914 Ай бұрын

If he based his entire view of The Who on Tommy, okay, whatever. But he was wrong about them. Pete Townshend is one of the best songwriters in Rock history, and his post-Tommy stuff speaks for itself.

@batphink2655 19 сағат бұрын

You are right Lou couldn't hold a candle to Townsend who was an excellent rhythm guitarist and just an average Lead player BUT man he write them NO doubt at all and yes they were amazing live in their prime!

@irathompson6471 3 ай бұрын

For a master of pretentiousness Lou sure liked to call others pretentious. He also sounds bipolar.

@zetetick395 6 күн бұрын

Well Speed and Junk can have that 'two gear personality' effect also

@RullXov 2 ай бұрын

Reed was jealous of how good Jim Morrison's voice was..

@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 4 күн бұрын

I think it had more to due with Nico's worship of Morrison.

@Biddy-vk9di Ай бұрын

He softened so much in his later years

@ricks7469 18 күн бұрын

Reed inducted Zappa into the Hall of Fame. That tells you what he really thought of him.

@grellis6483 14 күн бұрын

Does it? Or does it tells us Reed was a hypocrite?

@user-tz3kb2hc5p 3 ай бұрын

He was trolling, he learnt from Warhol.

@tigermoontarot5136 4 ай бұрын

Cant say i agree with his take on some of the bands esp.the doors but reed was definitely not an overrated hack.the velvet underground were unique and way ahead of their time in my book.

@glenearl9506 Ай бұрын

What book is that. Reed couldn't sing to start with or play.

@MicahMicahel 24 күн бұрын

most of his problems were jealousy. Zappa and him were rivals .. their personalities clashed because they were both wrong men? He obviously hates the people he loves.

@glenearl9506 24 күн бұрын

@@MicahMicahel Zappa was a class musician. Reed became friend with Bowie who helped him.

@Thelavendel 2 ай бұрын

ok I was hoping to hear Lou Reed talk.

@omegajrz1269 3 ай бұрын

I can't really dislike Lou. Transformers is one of those albums that doesn't have a single bad song. David Bowie saw a lot of talent in Lou and wanted to help him. That's why he produced Transformer. Along with Mick Ronson. Imagine if it had produced Lou's entire career. It would be impressive.

@richardsteinbach9264 6 ай бұрын

I am a huge fan of Lou's solo and the Velvets music. I am also a a huge Zappa fan. Seen both of them live a handful of times each. I don't care for the Beatles, went through my Who phaze. At the end of the day, who the hell cares what Lou likes or dislikes. Think for yourself! If you like a band cool, if you don't, cool again. If anyone remembers the old magazine articles back in the day they did this "I don't like this band" shit all the time. Jerry Garcia, supposedly hated the Doors. Aerosmith disliked Queen. At the end of the day all this "I like this band, I hate this band" was just bullshit to sell magazines. By the way, I like Captain Beefheart and hate the Ramones.

@RMTmusic1-mv1jh 5 ай бұрын

Pete Townshed is a little overrated. It was The Ox and Keith Moon that made The Who so great imo.

@phukuhu7310 4 ай бұрын

@@RMTmusic1-mv1jh Keith Moon taught Joe Walsh how to party like a rockstar, who in turn taught the comedian, John Belushi, how to party to such an extreme.

@RawBlueCheeseTV 2 ай бұрын

Ramones were crap

@maryk446 7 ай бұрын

What I'm curious about is Lou's opinion on Marc Bolan and T. Rex. Bolan and Reed occupied some of the same ground musically, both were Jewish, and they even somewhat resembled each other physically. There are photos of Bolan at around 20 or 21 where he could pass for Lou. It's hard to imagine Lou NOT being impressed by "Bang a Gong."

@99tonnes 7 ай бұрын

You mean "Get it on" of course (as rechristened for the delicate US public).

@user-ei9ns9hq6b 4 ай бұрын

"Both were Jewish" Funny how nobody will call you antisemitic for saying that, but if you were to say the same about Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, Mark Zuckerberg, Vladimir Lenin, or Karl Marx for example then somehow that's different...

@phukuhu7310 4 ай бұрын

@@user-ei9ns9hq6b Ah, as Dave Chappelle said in his SNL monologue: "....ah, but when it's a group of "insert their name" it's just a coincidence." We're only allowed to refer to them collectively in the positive, all while they can negatively collectivize every other damn group, and especially Whites. We need to end that shit ASAP.

@5tar5z 2 ай бұрын

What does them being Jewish have to do with anything? Nothing. Lou Reed wasn’t religious at all. I don’t know about Bolan.

@LetsAllDrinkToTheDeathOfAClown 25 күн бұрын

@@5tar5zJewish is an ethnicity as well as a religion. At least half of Israel is made up of secular Jews.

@timmyteaching 6 күн бұрын

The dude could rock a rhythm guitar.

@robertcook2680 4 ай бұрын

Reed was simply insecure and jealous of other artists whom he felt were competition for him, artists who had ambition to do more than 2 minute pop ditties, as he saw himself as "the artist" of pop music. Reed wrote a handful of good songs, but overall I found nothing of interest in his work. (I was not a big fan of Zappa, actually, but he certainly produced work of greater ambition and accomplishment than most of Reed's output.)

@kevinjoseph517 5 күн бұрын

I didnt 'get'Lous songs....nihilist? sarcastic? a good band leader n front man...not much of a singer / guitarist, obviously.

@robertcook2680 5 күн бұрын

@@kevinjoseph517 Nihilist? Sarcastic? Certainly! And more, if you dig through his body of work. I was never captivated by him, so I have not heard most of his output.

@FreeSpeech101-pb3lg Ай бұрын

KZfaq is getting poisoned by endless clickbait videos about who "hated" who in the music biz.

@reresimone4300 7 ай бұрын

his debut album was called lou reed. transformers came later

@danh5150 7 ай бұрын

The video said that. 'Eponymous' basically means self titled [referring to his first solo record]; it also said 'Transformer' was the more successful follow-up. ;o)

@RullXov 2 ай бұрын

Lou Reed hated everything when he ran out of... H

@PaulTopping1 4 күн бұрын

We just don't let Lou Reed (or anyone else) choose our music for us. Frank Zappa? Come on, Lou.

@tonyhill1141 4 ай бұрын

Anyone can bash more popular bands. Keep in mind this is when everyone had chops and were pushing boundaries. These weren’t “pretty” kids and auto tune. They were all real musicians. Not liking the Beatles is just silliness and being petty. I’m not a fan of the Doors but they had their place. Bashing The Who and Townsend? I guess if you are going to be a jerk you might as well aim high.

@traviesoarcefan3063 3 ай бұрын

Miserable Lou seems like he was jealous of anybody who was more popular, successful or respected than him; which was a lot of people we consider greats.

@billc2198 Ай бұрын

I totally agree with him, just add grateful dead.

@shannonwalker6944 18 күн бұрын

But is it the band that grates or is it their insipid fans?

@plyforea 8 күн бұрын

The man who lamented "You can't be Shakespeare, can't be Joyce so what is left instead" calling other pretentious is rich

@mathiasjonsson8222 4 ай бұрын

😂 The grumpiest guy ever...

@RobertCarusoOfficial 3 ай бұрын

This is an awful video: 1) Zappa was responsible for delaying The Velvets' first album' release from the spring of '66 to October '67: he pestered Verve (both The Velvets and The Mothers Of Invention were on Verve Records) not to promote The Velvets because they had Andy Warhol, among other things. 2) Reed once played Lennon's Mother and there are Velvets' bootlegs where they play Day Tripper. 3) Reed played an acoustic show with just Pete Townshend a few years before passing. 4) Reed disliked The Doors simply because Nico liked Jim Morrison of whom he was jealous (Nico told me). 5) At one point in 1974 there was talk about The Velvets re-uniting with John Cale, Nico & Roxy Music's Brian Eno who was a huge Velvet Underground fan. The people who make these videos don't know what they're talking about; I bet this guy wasn't even around in the 1970s... 🙄

@alexgerrits349 7 ай бұрын

"Taking a hit" would mean adverse effects on their career... The Who's career was never effected by words from Lou Reed.

@phukuhu7310 4 ай бұрын

True. Lou was a nobody by comparison. Just another smarmy, NY Jew.

@RobinEdgar 4 күн бұрын

Vicious Lou hit groups with a flower Lou do it every hour Oh, baby, Lou's so vicious Vicious Lou wanted to hit groups with a schtick But all he's got's a guitar pick Huh, baby, Lou's so vicious

@carlosvillacres1507 Ай бұрын

Any artist who calls the Beatles garbage,ain't much to think about, I heard this guy's name , maybe one song or 2 , Frank Zappa was a genius, this dude was a hypocrite, it ain't like he wrote the best stuff.

@dixonpinfold2582 23 күн бұрын

We're all entitled to our opinion and I respect yours, but let's face it, if someone judges The Beatles on their worst work or by the bulk of their solo careers they won't be deeply impressed. So unless you've heard Reed's best work from his professional prime, you may very well not be in a position to judge his merit. I don't mean to come across as hostile, though.

@BarbarraBay 13 күн бұрын

Lou did not know I walked out of one of his concerts. It was likely country & western music on drugs.

@reimourrpower9357 Ай бұрын

I like Lou Reed and like or love the music of these artists he dissed. It's all good.

@charlesbronson4282 6 сағат бұрын

He couldn't stand KISS but ended up working with them...thanks to Mr. Bob Ezrin

@reddiver7293 13 күн бұрын

I respect how hard he worked, the rep he made for himself. I can't stand any of his music. And I am grateful I never had to endure his presumptuous presence.

@tommyrawlings3046 Ай бұрын

Roxy Music was amazing! One of the best groups ever!

@lahaza6515 Ай бұрын

Hands down without a doubt. Those first 4 records especially are pure innovation, musical prowess, humor, style & magic. Also that he called Zappa "untalented" is a bit much. To say the same about Pete Townsend is just beyond the pale.

@75aces97 3 ай бұрын

Knowing Lou Reed I’m surprised Velvet Underground or himself wasn’t one of his most hated bands.

@jcjcviews Ай бұрын

01:40 Reed can't say that Zappa liked ("admired") him without Zappa's permission. The story gets funny from the beginning. 02:25 Oh, question: What did Lou Reed do that was other than "Sweet Jane"?

@electricman523 Ай бұрын

"Hey Oyving! Take a walk on the kosher side".

@JimHancock Ай бұрын

way back in the 80s a couple buddies and myself were casting for a singer for a New Wave band..... I recall more then one came in and when asked who they sounded like they said (more then one said this LOL) I don't know, maybe Lou Reed.....Oh?.....you can't sing at all is what you are saying.... ? The fact is, Lou Reed would have to practice to have a voice for rap.... LOL

@xXXBongToker420xXx 4 ай бұрын

3:19 When I was younger, I made a comment on a Mogwai video saying that I didn't like Jim Morrison or The Doors too much, and I got a lot of flak for it. Now, I feel vindicated.

@aclark903 4 ай бұрын

It’s still a bad take bro. 😎

@xXXBongToker420xXx 4 ай бұрын

@@aclark903 If liking the Doors was a good take, I wouldn't want it.

@xXXBongToker420xXx 4 ай бұрын

and I like the Doors

@paullee3660 2 ай бұрын

Sour grapes and jealousy.

@timmyteaching Ай бұрын

Lou was under the influence of Warhol in those days. Hilarious.

@newtboys 29 күн бұрын

Maybe why he didn't like Morrison given his history with Warhol.

@crysstoll1191 4 ай бұрын

Lou was just trolling at least in the case of Roxy Music and Frank Zappa. Didn't he do a great eoulogy or HOF induction for FZ? edit: yeah 1995 R&R HOF FZ induction.

@xXXBongToker420xXx 4 ай бұрын

Lou Reed is based and I agree with pretty much everything he said.

@phukuhu7310 4 ай бұрын

Lou was the opposite of based. He, and his ilk, are exactly how we got to all this woke shit. Bar non. He was a radical lefty smallhat, which is another term for shit.

@ErsatzMcGuffin 7 ай бұрын

No one gets press when they're sweet as cherry pie, Lou got each one of these acts attention. Even today it still sparks conversation. That said I kinda get sick of seeing contrived YT posts that amplify hate that really never was. The Beatles and Doors wrote about the exact same topic as Lou, The Beats and their art. Bowie is no slouch when it comes to reflecting the Beats art back to us either. It must be hard for those in the UK to understand the American Beat Literary Movement. Just guessing and assuming.

@billstill1794 7 ай бұрын

Yes! This piece of trash video is simply for clickbait. That's why this slug has only 2.2K subs and only 28 comments after more than 3 months. He probably wasn't even in the scene in this time! Video/uploader gets a big 👎!

@Thesortvokter 20 күн бұрын

Metallica and Lou Reed together, I mean, that's the WORST F@CKING SH!T ever spewed out from a record factory!

@tarnopol 7 ай бұрын

He was fucked up a lot of the time back in the day. And pretty cantankerous. Great musician, as are all the people he trashed here. 🙂

@60zeller Ай бұрын

So he was basically Noel Gallagher

@delta5852 7 ай бұрын

the zappa thing was probably due to the verve records rivalry and verve's choosing to promote one over the other... just a guess at the root of that one, but obv lou was bitchy and tongue in cheek to great extents...

@zendae54 6 ай бұрын

But Lou made sure he never faced Frank with that, one on one. He'd have lost...Frank could out-Lou Lou...

@oupahens9219 3 ай бұрын

BS. Cale wrote a song about Picasso, which was a hint for Reed.

@ForARide Ай бұрын

Jonathan Richman wrote Pablo Picasso. And where did you get that the song is about Reed?

@user-ei9ns9hq6b 4 ай бұрын

Reed's take on the Doors was off base. The Doors made perhaps the darkest trippiest music of the era. They didn't have that bubblegum pop sound that many of their peers did and bands like the Byrds criticised them for that. So they didn't really fit in with the other bands of the era or that whole hippy movement so much. Maybe Reed was just jealous they were able to achieve a much more macabre, grittier vibe than the Velvets could. Not to mention Morrison's prowess as poet far exceeded Reed's poetic aspirations so there was that to contend with as well. And I say this as someone who still listens to both bands.

@xXXBongToker420xXx 4 ай бұрын

Nah man, the Doors suck.

@nickpagano7134 4 ай бұрын

Bro doors were making Touch me Babe, and light my fire. These are pretty basic. They did have some good stuff too obviously but VU was darker

@xXXBongToker420xXx 4 ай бұрын

@@nickpagano7134 Well, the reason that I don't like the Doors is because I feel like they are very boring and mainstream; Their music sounds good but it lacks substance.

@nickpagano7134 4 ай бұрын

@@xXXBongToker420xXx yeah I was agreeing with you

@crysstoll1191 4 ай бұрын

The Doors were making darker and more trippy music than White Light White Heat. Not nearly.Jim Morrison more poetry and Lou Reed more like prose, both some of the best. Agree that Lou was jealous. Morrison was was more of a dynamic performer. I am a huge fan of both bands.

@user-zh1th8sz2l 8 ай бұрын

He doesn't like The Who? That sucks. I like The Who WAY more than I like VU. But I guess I have to be respectful since this is Lou Reed's video. Plus Rock and Roll is one of my all-time favorite songs. And why is Pete Townsend philosophically boring, wtf is that supposed that mean? You mean he can't actually see for miles and miles? I'm just going to pretend I didn't hear that....

@vernpascal1531 8 ай бұрын

if you don't like The Who you don't like R& R. I've had people tell me they don't like Dylan, The Beatles or Elvis Costello. That tells me the person has no taste whatsoever.

@jamosbigjaw1791 6 ай бұрын

i think i heard him say he really likes the who in an interview from the 80s. I think he said they where the only good British band or something like that. He does say alot of things out of spite but i think that maybe he got alot more musically open as he got older. Obviously he was a contrarian too

@nicmart 4 ай бұрын

Here! Here! I can't bear to hear their wretched rubbish.

@xXXBongToker420xXx 4 ай бұрын

The Who are good but I mean, the Velvet Underground is phenominal, way better than any of that trash

@kevmac1230 Ай бұрын

I'm a big Reed fan but what a damaged human being.The last person that should have criticized anybody's playing.

@movid 6 ай бұрын

It makes me 💢 sort of disappointed that Lou says such things... 🌬️ because it probably is a sign of jealousy... You have to be pretentious to accuse so many original major artists to be... pretentious 😮 or rubbish.. There are enough second grade artists that are praised... Why destroy the good ones?😁

@johnnynbk 3 ай бұрын

Chances are, if Lou Reed hated your band, it was one of the greatest bands ever.

@dennistognan3791 4 күн бұрын

Lou Reed needed professional help

@crysstoll1191 8 ай бұрын

Lou was a great writer imo, but i always think of him as "the guy who kicked John Cale out of the VU."

@phukuhu7310 4 ай бұрын

John Cale was the only talented one in the group, tbh.

@crysstoll1191 4 ай бұрын

@@phukuhu7310I'd say most talented.

@phukuhu7310 4 ай бұрын

@@crysstoll1191 True. The rest has some skills, but were no where near that level of skill on their instrument as Cale. Lou was a good lyrics writer.

@ForARide Ай бұрын

Cale should have been co-credited for the music, selfish Reed would have none of that. He wanted everybody to believe the Velvets was entirely his doing. When I got into the Velvets in the early 80s, I got Transformer and Street Hassle. They were ok, but seemingly there was something lacking. Shortly after, Cale released his Honi Soit lp in 1981 and I was lucky to randomly hear him on the radio (when ever do they play John Cale on the radio?). I was impressed, so the next day I got the album and quickly updated on his back catalogue and have practically everything he has ever recorded. And Lou Reed? Never looked back...

@Blackdog222 25 күн бұрын

Just about every individual mentioned in this video was a better musician and song writer than Lou Reed.

@shanemcconnell1736 2 күн бұрын

He hates every band with the singer better than him, I guess that would be all of them

@paulcooper8818 7 ай бұрын

Lou didn't like success.

@user-ei9ns9hq6b 4 ай бұрын

Or at least pretended not to

@user-wq9vh9ik1m 3 күн бұрын

I think he was just manic depressive or bipolar or something. Guy hated everything

@jasonpeters9716 3 ай бұрын

Im 46 and never liked Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd

@FreezeMathias 3 ай бұрын

In other words, you dont like british rockmusic?

@jasonpeters9716 3 ай бұрын

@@FreezeMathias boring

@jasonpeters9716 3 ай бұрын

@@FreezeMathias Hendrix, Dylan, CSNY, Doors, The Stooges, MC5 good music

@johnwolf5035 19 күн бұрын

maybe Lou doesn't know that he's sucks too

@imagine9265 4 ай бұрын

Dead or alive he was a Aragant no personality overrated under achieving musician !

@phukuhu7310 4 ай бұрын

He was hyper promoted due to the nepotism of his people. Same with Ginsberg, Leonard Cohen, Amy Schumer, Sarah Silverman, etc. All of them were/are mediocre to slightly above. None of them deserved the fame they got/get.

@marcioarbex168 4 ай бұрын

Não desgosto do Velvet , mas é musicalmente inferior às bandas que ele critica. Lou Reed tem apenas doi albuns satisfatórios. Transformer e New York. Era um indivíduo pretensioso e frustrado

@robertknight5429 2 ай бұрын

Im a velvets fan, but I worked on one of his gigs once, he was a right c**t.

@zetetick395 6 күн бұрын

Sometimes with these 'aggro' interviews what we never see is the (oftentimes) annoying, self regarding journalist asking all the questions, (they always write themselves out of the situations they report on.) - Sometimes I think the person being interviewed is just ripping a band / whatever because they know the reporter is a smug fanboy of 'em, so it's a FU manoeuvre at them.

@marcioarbex168 4 ай бұрын

I don't dislike the Velvets, but it's musically inferior to the bands it criticizes. Lou Reed has only two satisfactory albums. Transformer and New York. He was a pretentious and frustrated individual.

@kerriknight5056 4 ай бұрын

Or .......5 bands Lou Reed was Jealous of ...............

@animalrocker 3 ай бұрын

Lou was never yellow always right

@pedroV2003 3 күн бұрын

Who the hell cares what Reed thought?

@gwine9087 8 ай бұрын

Lou Reed, one entry on the Billboard Top 100 chart, reaching number 16. The Beatles, 20 number one hits and 34 top 10 hits on the Billboard chart.

@99tonnes 7 ай бұрын

Commercial success being the ultimate aesthetic criterion of course.

@gwine9087 7 ай бұрын

@@99tonnes It is, certainly, one factor but perhaps more important is that most people and critics would agree that, from a talent point of view, Reed wasn't qualified to carry their sheet music.

@rocketpigrecords3719 7 ай бұрын

Velvet Underground wasn't popular, but "everyone who was a fan started a band." McDonald's likes to claim the billions of items of slop sold, too.

@gwine9087 7 ай бұрын

@@rocketpigrecords3719 Boy, you really had to go out into left field for that.

@rocketpigrecords3719 7 ай бұрын

@@gwine9087 not really, they aren't exactly obscure - it's just that you're shallow & fellate the most famous thing you see.

@pinanti 6 ай бұрын

Lou Reed hated himself.

@user-ei9ns9hq6b 4 ай бұрын

Probably for dabbling in the gay lifestyle and getting hooked on intravenous drugs.

@c.d.macaulay66 3 ай бұрын

"INDICTED" Zappa into the HOF? How about inducted? While many thnk Frank"s music was a crime, he was never charged. LOL.

@fredfreddy8684 5 ай бұрын

I can't stand Lou Reed, but I like Roxy Music, Frank Zappa and sometimes the Beatles.

@user-ei9ns9hq6b 4 ай бұрын

The Doors were better than all of them.

@fredfreddy8684 4 ай бұрын

@@user-ei9ns9hq6bThe Residents & the Third Reich & Roll album.

@crysstoll1191 4 ай бұрын

I'm not a fan of Lou solo but the VU, Roxy Music ,the Doors, and Frank Zappa are all mighty fine imo.

@urslocher3749 4 ай бұрын

Reed cant sing and cant play Guitar, so what qualifies him to criticize real musicians😎😎

@batphink2655 19 сағат бұрын

I'm known a bit but not famous and been writing songs for 40 years. I know my stuff(on my other YT channel).I can say Lou Reed is the single most overrated musician if you can call him that in all of Alt Rock. He was more a spoken word poet ,he can't sing in key or hold a decent note, can barely strum more than a G, C ,and D and can't even speak/sing in time ,had a minimal amount of talent a person can have. He was known as one arrogant SOB and million of you fell for it.

@xWESTICLESx Ай бұрын

Zappa’s music is horrible. But at least he documented his be of the most important albums in music history: Trout Mask Replica. Smart guy too, it’s a shame his music sucked.

@llxxll 4 ай бұрын

the more i learn of him the less I like him

@spyderhead7160 5 ай бұрын

Lou Reed? Overrated nobody.😎

@shawnstephens1251 4 ай бұрын

Lou Reed wasn't that talented himself. He's barely a blip on the radar. I only know him cause I'm old. Most people today never heard of him. He's sort of like David Crosby is his vitriol toward other musicians, the difference being that Crosby actually had talent.

@user-ei9ns9hq6b 4 ай бұрын

Crosby had talent? LOL he is the textbook example of the out of touch boomer that nobody with a libido cares about

@laurentdupasquier7872 2 ай бұрын

wrong

@99tonnes 7 ай бұрын

Reed wrote and performed some great music, but his public persona was embarrassingly infantile, like a 13-year-old desperate to impress. He had a point about Tommy though.

@BasVoets-fj9bx 3 ай бұрын

I love roxi music

@LetsAllDrinkToTheDeathOfAClown 25 күн бұрын

Frank Zappa did suck, and so did Roxy Music.

@kathleengleason9805 5 ай бұрын

He is right about Zappa his music was nauseatingly awful

@krisscanlon4051 2 ай бұрын

Lou then inducted Zappa into the R/R hall of fame! Paradoxical games! Obfuscation defined lol

@tommyrawlings3046 Ай бұрын

Some of it was, but, some was phenomenal!

@ConservativeAnthem 20 күн бұрын

Reed was a Warhol puppet.

@user-th2pp7ck2b 2 ай бұрын

Reed talking about Zappa sounds like he is talking about himself ... two-bit pretentious.

@oppothumbs1 9 ай бұрын

Well, at least Lou was right about Frank Zappa. And Townsend is philosophically boring. Tommy is so overrated and a lyrical embarrassment. Otherwise, Lou should critique his own records; most are no good. Lou excelled at caustic interviews and he was great at those.

@michaelcap9550 9 ай бұрын

Zappa was too far ahead of his time, that's all.

@oppothumbs1 9 ай бұрын

@@michaelcap9550 It's all taste. Some of his songs are fine but I never heard one song that moved me. Some could say too many of his songs sound like novelty songs though nothing so wrong with that. I don't know his stuff well but I don't like the sound of his guitar. He might play great but one has to like the sound.

@neonfroot 7 ай бұрын

Lou Reed hated Zappa because both of their respective bands, Velvet Underground and Mothers Of Invention were competitors on Verve Records.

@99tonnes 7 ай бұрын

@@neonfrootWhat do you mean "both"? How could only one of them be competitors?

@Astralpains 5 ай бұрын

Velvets we’re splitting bills with the dead during the era they were runnin into zappa n such. They ripped.

@FiveFigsDigital 2 күн бұрын

Reed was correct about the Doors. That said, Lou Reed was basically a tiny talent attached to a huge ego and a mean prick. Horrible person by all accounts.

@MrSupro 3 ай бұрын

Lou Reed was a talentless hack who just copied what all the other burnouts were doing. Every other person or group on this list was far superior to anything he did and his only good work was with Bowie and Ronson. Given the option I would have rather had another Bowie album. Also Townshends worst songs are written better than anything Lou Reed could ever hope to pen.