[lbo-talk] Lou Reed to Web 2.0 Conference: Do you want me to make it hurt?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Nov 9 20:03:39 PST 2006


On Nov 9, 2006, at 4:43 PM, John Adams wrote:


> Between songs Lou looks pissed, but I think that’s normal. He tells
> the crowd, “You
> can keep on talking, I’ve only got 20 minutes. Or I can turn up the
> music. I can
> turn it up so loud it will hurt. Do you want me to turn it up? Do
> you want me to
> make it hurt?” (rough paraphrase). How awkward.

I love Lou Reed. I saw him at Columbia around 1980. Someone in the audience shouted, "turn it up!" Lou replied "listen harder!"

Doug



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