Lou Reed reworks Metal Machine Music

by Kev Kharas [Edit this content] ▾ 10 comments 13:52 July 31st, 2007

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Play the hits! Lou Reed has joined up with German ensemble Zeitcracker to re-record his notorious 1975 longplayer Metal Machine Music.

The project has been lying in a vault somewhere since 2002, when Zeitcracker performed the former Velvet's album of feedback at a concert in Berlin.

The contemporary classical act were guided by their saxophonist Ulrich Krieger, who transcribed the original sounds into an acoustic music score.

Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music - Performed by Zeitkratzer Live will be available from the 3rd of September on DVD, with a three-part CD to follow.

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so

who here has actually sat all the way through it?

Parsefone | 31 Jul '07, 13:54 | Reply | X

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Correction: Zeitcracker didn't perform Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.

They performed Feedback. Lou Reed happened to have been informed in advance so he could exploit the event for cultural capital.

Stealthy | 31 Jul '07, 13:57 | Reply | X

Wow

Lets resurrect Lester Bangs especially...

jog_on_tom | 31 Jul '07, 14:10 | Reply | X

me

once.

listening to a track of it occasionally is a genuine pleasure. any more than that and you want to die.

restlessboy @Parsefone | 31 Jul '07, 14:22 | Reply | X

Napoleon | 31 Jul '07, 16:03 | Reply | X

yep

i even put it on at a party once! king of the good times me :0

JonnyRockstar @restlessboy | 31 Jul '07, 16:10 | Reply | X

I listen to it sometimes when I want to play something

as I go to sleep.

Which sounds like an insult even though it's not meant to be

Lucien @Parsefone | 31 Jul '07, 16:36 | Reply | X

Well it knocks Magic and Loss

etc into a cocked hat - give me MMM over New Sensations any day

prole-art-threat @Napoleon | 1 Aug '07, 13:18 | Reply | X