Lou Reed, Metal Machine Music

Guybrush · 09-02-2009, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

geh, i was just being a pretentious douche for the sake of being a pretentious douche. in a bad mood i guess. but i take the 'point' (if not for mmm, at least for duchamp) to be the destruction of value as such. not 'this is crap but i'm presenting it as art' but 'everything is crap, so it doesn't matter what i present.' it's very transcendental in the sense of ecclesiastes... everything below is futile, so look up.

Actually, I may have been a bit rash when posting. I can appreciate MMM. It's a mysterious album and certainly a curiosity. I could appreciate the point if it has one. If the whole album was just a big FUCK YOU (just an example, it supposedly isn't), it would've been a spectacular one and I could appreciate it as such.

What I don't appreciate is actually listening to it. For everything else, it's at least an interesting conversation piece.

5-Track · 09-02-2009, 11:54 AM

What's so not to like about this record? Anybody listen to Boredoms? Acid Mothers Temple? Sunn 0)))? Boris? Bits of Akron / Family records, bits of Six Organs records, even bits of Jimi Hendrix records ("... And The Gods Made Love") ... I find it to be great insulation from the hum of air conditioners, traffic noise, etc ... lots of detail to get nullified in

Guybrush · 09-02-2009, 12:00 PM

^Basically, if I wanna listen to noise, I can find a quiet room and listen to my tinnitus. It saves me money.

Engine · 09-02-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by toretorden

^Basically, if I wanna listen to noise, I can find a quiet room and listen to my tinnitus. It saves me money.

yes, and it's even better if you listen to it with earplugs in. If it's an especially bad spell you get all kinds of crazy tones weaving in and out.

jacklovezhimself · 09-02-2009, 03:10 PM

owned

Antonio · 09-03-2009, 05:48 AM

^huh?

jacklovezhimself · 09-03-2009, 12:00 PM

Sorry it's the first time I've read this review. I was remarking how much Lou Reed gets owned.

5-Track · 09-03-2009, 03:30 PM

Tinnitus only does it for me sometimes ... it gets to be like listening to the same record over and over ... and sometimes I want different frequency spectrums than what's implicit in my ear drums ... but yeah, the mix of sounds can be amazing, makes me wonder what's going on in there ... also if I listen to my tinnitus too closely I become convinced there are spiders living in my ears

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5-Track Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Echo Park, Earth Posts: 197	What's so not to like about this record? Anybody listen to Boredoms? Acid Mothers Temple? Sunn 0)))? Boris? Bits of Akron / Family records, bits of Six Organs records, even bits of Jimi Hendrix records ("... And The Gods Made Love") ... I find it to be great insulation from the hum of air conditioners, traffic noise, etc ... lots of detail to get nullified in __________________ music for your life: http://www.5-Track.com/NeptuneResearch

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09-03-2009, 03:30 PM	#28 (permalink)
5-Track Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Echo Park, Earth Posts: 197	Tinnitus only does it for me sometimes ... it gets to be like listening to the same record over and over ... and sometimes I want different frequency spectrums than what's implicit in my ear drums ... but yeah, the mix of sounds can be amazing, makes me wonder what's going on in there ... also if I listen to my tinnitus too closely I become convinced there are spiders living in my ears __________________ music for your life: http://www.5-Track.com/NeptuneResearch