Huh. Any chance of providing the text of the letter?Doctor Bob wrote:Did enjoy seeing Lou destroy Sylvie Simmons some months ago though, then they tried to avenge her by publishing a crappy reader letter attacking Reed in their next issue.
Personally, I love Lou's music but he is pretty pathetic in my view. You come out with an album or are going on tour, so you schedule some interviews...and what does he do? He refuses to answer questions and berates the interviewer! This aint the 70's anymore and he is well respected (if not feared) by the press, so why does he attack/ignore the interviewers? I think it's sad.
On Conan or Leno he is more than happy to chat it up a bit and deliver a one-liner or two, but those "interviews" don't require anything more than "yes" or "no" answers. There are a few interviews I have read that are very revealing and Lou seemed to really take to the journalist, but those are few and far between. (His interview in that Tai Chi magazine was excellent)
You can cut the pretention in the room with a dull blade it's so thick.
It's really pathetic that after all these years of making music and breaking ground he can't simply relax. I love it (hate it) when he starts talking about recording equipment and technology in an attempt to make the interviewer feel like a retarded toad. Regarding this, there is a great line in the new MOJO:
During a write up on Stephen Stills, Peter Doggett (no stranger to Lou), says, "[Stephen Stills] uses jargon about digital technology, room ambience, the comparative value of Neuman microphones - not as a debating tactic like Lou Reed, but because he's genuinely enthralled by the subject."
