LOU REED - The Phantom Of Rock In Concert (1979)

Audience-recording live at Eissporthalle Berlin, Germany - March 30th, 1979. Unofficial release.
01 Sweet Jane
02 I'll Be Your Mirror
03 Coney Island Baby
04 I'm Waiting For The Man
05 Perfect Day
06 Looking For Love
07 Men Of Good Fortune
08 Caroline Says
09 The Kids
10 The Bed
11 Sad Song
12 Street Hassle
13 Medley (Walk On The Wild Side / Rock & Roll / You Keep Me Hangin' On)
Lou Reed released his third live album, "Live: Take No Prisoners", in 1978; some critics thought it was his "bravest work yet", while others considered it his "silliest". Rolling Stone described it as "one of the funniest live albums ever recorded" and compared Reed's monologues with those of Lenny Bruce. Reed felt it was his best album to date. "The Bells" (1979) featured jazz trumpeter Don Cherry. From around 1979 Reed began to wean himself off drugs. (Wikipedia)

[@animalrocker-p6b]

The best rock poet ever

[@teddydog6229]

This is great - to have a bootleg from Lou's The Bells period - in my opinion his strangest and most underrated and one of my favorite albums of his. There are probably 100 lyrics Lou wrote that he and he alone could have written. 'You can beat me all you want to but I don't love you anymore' and 'Take off your pants. Don't you know this is a party ?' and 'Who wants to know about how you hate men ?' leap instantly to mind but my personal favorite verse opens the album The Bells 'Stupid man, hitchhiking out of the good life in Saskatchewan' cracked me up the instant I heard it and still makes me grin like a fool. Why that song (Stupid Man) or rarely anything else from The Bells has shown up in compilations or live albums mystifies me. For anyone who wants to hear just how experimental and creative and original Lou Reed could be just needs to listen to the indescribable title track itself. It rivals the title track of 'Street Hassle' in showing how many light years ahead of anyone else Lou Reed was and remained until he died. 'Ecstasy' was the most feedback-soaked album he'd done (Metal Machine Music excepted) since White Light/White Heat. Anyway thanks so much for uploading this excellent sounding bootleg from an underrepresented part of his career. His version of You Just Keep Me Hangin' On is utterly insane on this. Great live Lou !

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH LOU YOU ARE THE BEST I WAS 3 TIMES AT YOUR CONCERTS IN LJUBLJANA YOU DIED THE SAME YEAR AS MY MAMA IN AN ACCIDENT I MISS YOU BOTH REST IN PEACE YOUR MUSIC LIVES ON

[@teddydog6229]

Very glad to hear that Lou was loved in Slovenia. It's not surprising or unexpected but it's still nice to hear. And sorry about your mother. That's very sad indeed. As a very wise man once said 'There's a little bit of magic in everything and some loss to even things out.' It was Lou Reed in fact. Whenever I lose someone close who I love dearly that line goes around and around in my head if I want it to or not. I think it's as close to an explanation of the whole mystery as we're ever likely to get.

[@indusianer]

Danke ;-) Saw him once in 2000, but became a real fan 20 years later.

[@PatrickRyder-k1n]

Love the Berlin songs..

[@bobgray1226]

Take no prisoners was an incredible album and not silly...now metal machine music was silly😅 but l🎉i love every second of it

[@animalrocker-p6b]

TNP is one Great album lou in perfekt mode

[@jameslujack1717]

Good tune!!!

[@jamesjohnson-yu5fq]

I saw Rou Reed in 77 at The Fox Theater in Saint Louis. He was good and after the show he tore up all of the equipment and I hope it was his. The Rolling Stones was so loud they shoke my clothes from the 3rd row seat.

[@alvesmonteiro5022]

Ate Sempre Lou

[@leesakowski9145]

Sure would have been great to have All thro' the night in this set but Looking for love kinda makes up for it. Relaxed measured vocal on this gig although after 1976, he was looking for vocal outlets like he'd had a gut's full.

[@christiantonnelier8230]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@luigitorsello2933]

👏👋🖐️😘

[@DAVINOENTERPRISES]

epic

[@kbst8411]

Awesome! Do you have Cogenhagen/Stockholm 1979 as well?

[@animalrocker-p6b]

Yes

[@jameskennedy721]

This was a messy time in his life . The 2 record live set was a mess . But it was interesting . This audience recorded set also captures some worthwhile performances . Not his best , but OK .

[@Kurbisa]

After Coney Island Baby there's no I'm Waiting for the Man and it goes straight to Perfect Day, whereas after Looking for Love there's Berlin (the debut album version).

[@jamesjohnson-yu5fq]

I like the Velvet underground music.

[@rahartner]

agree

[@mikekensington1705]

Over rated.