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title: "Rock 'n' Roll Animal"
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# Rock 'n' Roll Animal

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Lou's best live album, remastered from the original tapes and featuring two previously unreleased performances of Caroline Says and How Do You Think It Feels !

Review: REED - A TRUE ROCK'N'ROLL POET - According to certain versions , Lou Reed himself admittedly said once that he was not in good shape during this concert ( as a matter of fact I think he was referring to the whole period , circa 1973 , not just the concert ) . Certainly he was close to an all-time low in terms of psicological and physical exhaustion from the abuse of certain substances , but , ( hey Lou , call me what you want ) I disagree with his own statement . One of Lou's statements I fully agree with is the one that says that rock'n'roll saved his life . Another one that admits no dispute is "I don't like to disguise reality" . And that's exactly what he does in this concert/album . His singing is , probably more than ever , raw , painful , desperate at times . One thing you can't deny is his poetry , the way he communicates how he feels when he sees the world around him coming down hopelessly . These are not precisely lullaby songs . Lou doesn't really sing : he spits words and phrases , and the guitars sound like a machine gun at times to match his outburst. This is a classic album , one that gets better and better with the years , like a good wine . One big contributing factor for the great sound here is , no doubt , the guitar tandem of Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner , who were especially inspired that night and provided Lou with a perfect , extraordinary sound environment. Wrapped by these two axemen and propelled by an equally inspired rythm section , Lou was able to shout his guts out . Bad shape ? I call it a marriage made in Heaven . Show me a better version of "Sweet Jane" and I will gladly pay you.Try to match the scorching , spine-shivering intro of Hunter and Wagner's guitars before Lou appears on stage and starts telling us about the mixed-up life of Sweet Jane and other odd characters . The same goes for "Heroin" , with its slow start gradually becoming a vertiginous rush . Life imitates art or art imitates life ? Who cares ? Then Lou goes to a rage-ladden version of "How do you think it feels" , with heart-ripping shouts and all , before he continues with his tales of physical and mental suffering and dark , ambiguous happiness/unhapiness in "Caroline says I" . After that he returns to his adventures with chemicals in an explosive rendition of "White light/white heat" , to me the best ever . I'm ready to take another bet here : show me a better version ! Then comes "Lady Day" which doesn't let the standards fall here , although it is probably the less remarkable song in this album . But , hey , Lou couldn't finish without another memorable tour-de-force , so in the best Reed-style and fashion he delivers "Rock'n'roll" , and for the first time in the concert(it ain't over till it's over , right?)there's a song that is sunnier and somewhat hopeful , if you can see it . Can't see it ? Well , ask the man . He said that rock'n'roll saved his life . And , this time , I believe him .
Review: Still Blows Me Away - Maybe I'm stuck in the 70's,but I still love this album. Though, when I first heard the updated version [w/the xtra songs] I thought, "This is why they edited it in the first place". After a few more listens I fell in love with this album/CD all over again, including the added songs. I wore the vinyl off the original album and now I think it sounds as fresh as ever. I turn this on and crank up the volume and listen to Steven Hunter's searing guitar along w/a wonderful rhythm section and I feel the 30+ years come rushing back. Pure Rock 'N Roll Joy. To this day,I can't sit still when these songs start kicking into high gear. My whole body head and body just take on a life of their own. I can remember seeing G.E. Smith [late of The SNL Band, David Bowie, & Hall + Oates, etc.] playing in a local cover band in New Haven,Ct. at the Oxford Ale House back in the mid-seventies. They covered the "Intro + Sweet Jane", from this album,spot on. Being so young, I was blown away at how G.E. Smith hit every note and bent every string just like Steve Hunter did on the album. So maybe Im stuck in the 70's but this album still still makes makes me happy and isn't that what it's all about?

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ REED - A TRUE ROCK'N'ROLL POET
*by K***Y on October 27, 2001*

According to certain versions , Lou Reed himself admittedly said once that he was not in good shape during this concert ( as a matter of fact I think he was referring to the whole period , circa 1973 , not just the concert ) . Certainly he was close to an all-time low in terms of psicological and physical exhaustion from the abuse of certain substances , but , ( hey Lou , call me what you want ) I disagree with his own statement . One of Lou's statements I fully agree with is the one that says that rock'n'roll saved his life . Another one that admits no dispute is "I don't like to disguise reality" . And that's exactly what he does in this concert/album . His singing is , probably more than ever , raw , painful , desperate at times . One thing you can't deny is his poetry , the way he communicates how he feels when he sees the world around him coming down hopelessly . These are not precisely lullaby songs . Lou doesn't really sing : he spits words and phrases , and the guitars sound like a machine gun at times to match his outburst. This is a classic album , one that gets better and better with the years , like a good wine . One big contributing factor for the great sound here is , no doubt , the guitar tandem of Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner , who were especially inspired that night and provided Lou with a perfect , extraordinary sound environment. Wrapped by these two axemen and propelled by an equally inspired rythm section , Lou was able to shout his guts out . Bad shape ? I call it a marriage made in Heaven . Show me a better version of "Sweet Jane" and I will gladly pay you.Try to match the scorching , spine-shivering intro of Hunter and Wagner's guitars before Lou appears on stage and starts telling us about the mixed-up life of Sweet Jane and other odd characters . The same goes for "Heroin" , with its slow start gradually becoming a vertiginous rush . Life imitates art or art imitates life ? Who cares ? Then Lou goes to a rage-ladden version of "How do you think it feels" , with heart-ripping shouts and all , before he continues with his tales of physical and mental suffering and dark , ambiguous happiness/unhapiness in "Caroline says I" . After that he returns to his adventures with chemicals in an explosive rendition of "White light/white heat" , to me the best ever . I'm ready to take another bet here : show me a better version ! Then comes "Lady Day" which doesn't let the standards fall here , although it is probably the less remarkable song in this album . But , hey , Lou couldn't finish without another memorable tour-de-force , so in the best Reed-style and fashion he delivers "Rock'n'roll" , and for the first time in the concert(it ain't over till it's over , right?)there's a song that is sunnier and somewhat hopeful , if you can see it . Can't see it ? Well , ask the man . He said that rock'n'roll saved his life . And , this time , I believe him .

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Still Blows Me Away
*by T***. on February 21, 2007*

Maybe I'm stuck in the 70's,but I still love this album. Though, when I first heard the updated version [w/the xtra songs] I thought, "This is why they edited it in the first place". After a few more listens I fell in love with this album/CD all over again, including the added songs. I wore the vinyl off the original album and now I think it sounds as fresh as ever. I turn this on and crank up the volume and listen to Steven Hunter's searing guitar along w/a wonderful rhythm section and I feel the 30+ years come rushing back. Pure Rock 'N Roll Joy. To this day,I can't sit still when these songs start kicking into high gear. My whole body head and body just take on a life of their own. I can remember seeing G.E. Smith [late of The SNL Band, David Bowie, & Hall + Oates, etc.] playing in a local cover band in New Haven,Ct. at the Oxford Ale House back in the mid-seventies. They covered the "Intro + Sweet Jane", from this album,spot on. Being so young, I was blown away at how G.E. Smith hit every note and bent every string just like Steve Hunter did on the album. So maybe Im stuck in the 70's but this album still still makes makes me happy and isn't that what it's all about?

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Replacement
*by J***S on December 16, 2025*

Love this album

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