So Beth McDonaaroooa sends me this link of John Oliver talking about this concert Lou Reed did called "Music for Dogs" with his wife, Laurie Anderson. I also thought that tonite would be a good time to talk about "Metal Machine Music".
This album is an hour of recorded feedback looped and played at various speeds. It never lets up (other than the few seconds between each track), and it might be my second favorite Lou Reed-related recording.
The sounds that come out here are just pure, unadulterated noise. Noise that sends family flying, eardrums bleeding, speakers shaking, wife's leaving and many many more. There's no rhythm, there's no melody, there's just oscillating noise for an hour (4 tracks, all about 15-16 minutes long).
To go with the topic of the Oliver bit, here's how Cabo (my dog) reacts to this album as I sit downstairs with her:
Part I - sleeping on fireplace, halfway through gets up, goes to sleep in living room, further away from me and the computer.
Part II - Cabo jumps on my lap, and begins licking my face while stopping my hand with her paw as I try to start writing this email. Eventually gives up, goes to lie down in the dining room. Now back on fireplace. (for those who don't know, the fireplace is two-way - one side is on the kitchen where I am, the other on the living room).
Part III - Still lying there. Eventually, I stood up while contemplating to get a piece of cake and she got up, ran to me, and looked at me while trying to jump on the counter, with a face that says "make it stop, please?". Now lying near the fridge.
Part IV - After the 4 seconds of silence in-between tracks, it kicks off, sounding just like the first 3 and Cabo looks at me like "JESUS CHRIST!". After this, just lies there and doesn't move until after it's stopped.
In other words, FANTASTIC ALBUM! "IV" ends with a locked groove and sounds like the dentist, and the other 3 are layers of sound that just keep going and going. Now to listen to "4'33"" for an hour...
OVERALL RATING - FREE SLURPEES!
KEY TRACKS - THE WHOLE THING
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