Le Bataclan '72

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共13首歌曲

艺人: Lou Reed
语种: 英语
厂牌: Alchemy Entertainment
发行时间: 2004年10月19日
专辑类别: 现场专辑

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by Lindsay Planer

After decades of being circulated on inferior-sounding bootlegs, the January 1972 reconvergence of Velvet Underground (VU) co-founders Lou Reed (vocals/acoustic guitar), John Cale (guitar/viola/piano/vocals), and Nico (vocals/harmonium) in Paris at Le Bataclan has been committed to commercial release. A suitably noir mood hangs over them as they stonily amble through VU staples and key entries from their concurrent solo endeavors. They commence with a slow and almost methodical &Waiting for the Man& as Cale offers up a simple piano accompaniment to Reed's casual guitar and lead vocal. Reed aptly describes the bleak torch reading of &Berlin& as his &Barbra Streisand song& before unveiling a profoundly minimalist interpretation. It captures the unnerving mood inescapably defining the city in the wake of WWII. They return to the early VU for an inspired &Black Angel Death Song.& Reed's rhythmic chiming guitar incongruously fits beside Cale as he whittles away an austere viola counterpoint. Back briefly to Reed's eponymously titled debut for a very Dylanesque delivery of &Wild Child.& The reconnection between the duo begins to jel significantly, if not audibly throughout an intense &Heroin,& immediately recalling what makes the Cale/Reed combo so appealing. Cale seizes the reigns for the melodically and lyrically involved &Ghost Story& from Vintage Violence (1970). One rarity is Cale's &Empty Bottles,& which he contributed to Jennifer Warnes' Jennifer (1972) album. Nico finally takes the spotlight for a healthy sampling of her work, couching a trio of post-VU efforts around three of her most memorable sides during her brief time in the band. They saunter into an intimate and warmly received mini-set featuring &Femme Fatale,& &No One Is There,& and &Frozen Warnings& of off Marble Index (1969), as well as &Janitor of Lunacy& from Desertshore (1970). The show concludes with another trip into the VU songbook on a comparatively optimistic &I'll Be Your Mirror& duly juxtaposed against an edgy and sinister &All Tomorrow's Parties.& While fans and pundits hopefully proclaimed the performance as the return of the Velvets, alas it would not be so. Le Bataclan '72 (2004) is a no-brainer for all dimension of VU, John Cale, Lou Reed, and/or Nico enthusiasts.

Le Bataclan '72

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