your ten fave LOU REED songies

[the science eel]

Satellite Of Love
Lady Day
Hallowe'en Parade
Crazy Feeling
Wild Child
Street Hassle
Make Up
Caroline Says I
Perfect Day
Sad Song

runners-up: Baby Face, Romeo Had Juliette, I Love You Suzanne, Claim To Fame, A Gift, Pow Wow

[Better Midlands]

Coney Island Baby
Satellite Of Love
WOTW

Not what you'd call a huge fan, but of a hits man I guess.

[Mark Steels Stockbroker]

Algernon Says
Sex Baby Burn
100 Days Of Sodom
I Like Drugs
Jessica Says
Harry's Short Story
Burn Sex Baby
I'll Hum It And You Lads Just Play Along (feat. Metallica)
Burn Sex Baby
Somebody Says

[hewantstolurkatad]

Solo Lou?

1. Street Hassle
2. The rest of his songs

[Artie Fufkin]

I seriously *adore* Satellite Of Love. Bowie is amazing on it.
I must admit, I'm only really familiar with Transformer, so I'll guess I'll have to say 9 other songs from that album....?
Vicious is great.

[the science eel]

I seriously *adore* Satellite Of Love. Bowie is amazing on it.
I must admit, I'm only really familiar with Transformer, so I'll guess I'll have to say 9 other songs from that album....?
Vicious is great.

For me it's far and away his best album. I'd probably have chosen more from it but I wanted to 'represent' his other 'eras'

[grassbath]

I'm not familiar with a huge amount of his discography (only know Transformer in its entirety), but 'Street Hassle' is incredible. First heard it when it's used at the end of Squid and the Whale where Jesse Eisenberg runs to the museum, and it perked up my ears immediately - 'what is this?!' There's just something so evocative about that opening string riff, if it ever comes on I'm so grabbed by that alone I have to listen to the whole thing.

[Serge]

1. Metal Machine Music (Side 1)
2. Metal Machine Music (Side 4)
3. Metal Machine Music (Side 3)
4. Metal Machine Music (Side 2)
5. The rest.

[xxxx xxx x xxx]

1. Metal Machine Music (Side 1)
2. Metal Machine Music (Side 4)
3. Metal Machine Music (Side 3)
4. Metal Machine Music (Side 2)
5. The rest.

Are you crazy, man??  Side 3's terrible!

[holyzombiejesus]

Dunno if this is generally thought to be the case or due to my idiocy but, until recently, I believed that Transformer was Lou Reed's debut solo album. Fascinating, huh?

[holyzombiejesus]

I'm not familiar with a huge amount of his discography (only know Transformer in its entirety), but 'Street Hassle' is incredible. First heard it when it's used at the end of Squid and the Whale where Jesse Eisenberg runs to the museum, and it perked up my ears immediately - 'what is this?!' There's just something so evocative about that opening string riff, if it ever comes on I'm so grabbed by that alone I have to listen to the whole thing.

Yeah, I'd known Lou's solo stuff for years but had never come across this. I think someone chose it for one of those Back To Mine/ Late Night Tales compilations and it was on in Piccadilly Records one day and it just sounded incredible. Still seems to be one of his lesser known 'hits'.

[Serge]

Dunno if this is generally thought to be the case or due to my idiocy but, until recently, I believed that Transformer was Lou Reed's debut solo album. Fascinating, huh?

To be fair, I can't remember the last time I actually read anything in a music magazine or online about his actual debut album - I suspect it's a bit like Kraftwerk not ever mentioning they did three albums before 'Autobahn'[nb]Four if you count the Organization album.[/nb], or Bjork's 'Debut' not actually being her debut - it's a work that the artist feels they've moved on from and doesn't ever really want to talk about.

[One off man mental]

1. She's My Best Friend
2. The Blue Mask
3. I'm So Free
4. Caroline Says II
5. Satellite of Love
6. Coney Island Baby
7. Men of Good Fortune
8. Andy's Chest
9. Waves of Fear
10. I Love You Suzanne

[Black_Bart]

Are you crazy, man??  Side 3's terrible!

"If you've managed to listen past side three, then you're dumber than I am" L Reed.

The Ocean (VU version better, but his versions still good)
Kicks
Coney Island Baby
Hanging Around (is it a veiled dig at Bowie?)
I Wanna Be Black
Kill your Sons
How Do You Think It Feels
Sally Can't Dance (lyrically a very dark song, but you can dance to it)
Small Town (ok, so it's Lou and John)
Dirt

[wosl]

I can manage seven:

WOTWS
Perfect Day
Satellite Of Love
How Do You Think It Feels
Ennui
Coney Island Baby
Rooftop Garden

Kicks is enjoyable too, but very daft.

[Sparers]

Ooh, I'll play. Not in order though.

Coney Island Baby
Street Hassle
Vicious
Intro-Sweet Jane from Rock 'n' Roll Animal. Is that cheating?
The Blue Mask
She's My Best Friend
Fly Into The Sun
Ladies Pay
Animal Language. Lester Bangs interview discussing this tune is great.
Wild Child
Ride Into The Sun

Got carried away there. Thought I was making a tape. It's all good, nothing bad.

[the science eel]

Ooh, I'll play. Not in order though.

Coney Island Baby
Street Hassle
Vicious
Intro-Sweet Jane from Rock 'n' Roll Animal. Is that cheating?
The Blue Mask
She's My Best Friend
Fly Into The Sun
Ladies Pay
Animal Language. Lester Bangs interview discussing this tune is great.
Wild Child
Ride Into The Sun

Got carried away there. Thought I was making a tape. It's all good, nothing bad.

Nice to see another selection from Sally Can't Dance. The first side of that album is some of my favourite Lou, altho' many think it's naff, commercial.