[lbo-talk] Just wondering...

[Mark Bennett]

MMM sounds fairly tame now, but when it was released it was considered
unlistenable noise, at least to rock fans who generally weren't accustomed
to that kind thing.  If someone had a grown up on steady diet of Peter
Brotzmanm or Derek Bailey it was nothing new; but fans of the The Velvets
had to be confused.  Reed seemed hell-bent on fucking with Velvets fans'
expectations for a spell:  "'Rock and Roll Animal" set their teeth on edge,
and MMM really pulled the rug out.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Angelus Novus <
fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote:


>
> Doug:
>
> > With the right drugs, I probably could dance to Metal Machine Music.
>
> And Charles:
>
> > CB: Don't u need drugs to listen to it anyway ?
>
>
> Metal Machine Music has this undeserved reputation of being such an
> unlistenable horrific noise recording, but in reality it's a mellow,
> electronic drone record.  There is nothing freaky about MMM for people whose
> musical diet consists of the likes of David Tudor, Kevin Drumm, Stockhausen,
> Toshimaru Nakamura, Keith Rowe, etc.
>
> I love to fall asleep to Metal Machine Music, though my favorite "fall
> asleep" recording of that sort is probably Keith Rowe and Oren Ambarchi's
> Flypaper.
>
> The Zeitkratzer Ensemble in Berlin actually recorded MMM:
>
> http://www.zeitkratzer.de/mmm.html
>
>
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