You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk - Gawker Comments

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

Gwinny — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:57:56 EST

@TimeWarnerRhymeAnaheim: we don't need to worry about David Bowie, 'cuz he's always really nice to us little folk.

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

pettyhooker — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:37:37 EST

Me and my brother Duane work out in my apt on a Pilates Reformer and wear tie-dye unitards! Come by anytime and say hi! We're friendly. Promise.

pettyhooker

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

mslisa — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:22:21 EST

LOL to the above.

mslisa

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

Mediahohoho — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:19:05 EST

I have a friend who works with Lou Reed as part of his road crew. Has nothing but nice things to say about him. You're a journalist, Josh, and no one who gets written about by journalists likes them. And the reason is because journalists tend to get everything wrong. Grow some callouses, mister.

Mediahohoho

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

teapartys_over — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:35:15 EST

I used to like Laurie Anderson when I was a kid and my mom listened to her. Then I went to one of her 'performances" in London a couple years ago and truly, sitting through that shit should be banned by the Geneva Convention. Just self-obsessed, uninteresting drivel, spoken in a precious tone of voice, and every once in a while she hits a synthesizer. My friend and I could barely wait until intermission to get the hell out of there.

teapartys_over

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

21370 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:59:41 EST

Lou Reed is a Prick.

In other news, Man Walks on Moon, Sinks Titanic, Invades Poland.

21370

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

TheHonJudgeSmails — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:48:55 EST

@CoachHogan: To equate Lou Reed with Shakespeare is akin to saying "Sammy Hagar is better than DLR."

TheHonJudgeSmails

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

CoachHogan — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:38:08 EST

@SecureLocation: If this were 17th-century London, you'd be all, Fuck Bill Shakespeare. I mean "MacBeth" was aiight, but who does he think he is?

CoachHogan

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

monkeyrotica — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:31:54 EST

Complaining that Lou Reed's a dick is like complaining about the lousy pizzas in Bangalore. Why do we still care about him? Two words: Sister Ray. It's the Citizen Kane of queer junkie orgy shootout songs that weren't written by William S. Burroughs.

monkeyrotica

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

Lizawithazee — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:17:13 EST

it's Deborah Hay, not Haye. Just FYI. And she is a fabulous person as well as a talented choreographer. Love her too!

Lizawithazee

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

SecureLocation — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:10:09 EST

Um, Lou Reed. "Walk on the Wild Side." That's it for him, as far as I'm concerned. Heard the Velvet Underground live once, which was plenty enough. Why do we still care about him, let alone invite him places?

SecureLocation

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

Queen of the Passive Aggressives — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:39:03 EST

It is depressing that Laurie is with him. I took my hub to see Maureen Fleming and he didn't scream afterward - although he should have. Being a doormat is the #1 no no in the feminist rule book. She must have daddy issues.

Queen of the Passive Aggressives

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

TheHonJudgeSmails — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:29:55 EST

Wait... Lou Reed dates that fat fuck Louie Anderson?

TheHonJudgeSmails

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

TimeWarnerRhymeAnaheim — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:11:12 EST

I can't believe anyone on here (you are almost All more inventive people) is wasting any time on Lou Reed.

It's like worrying about David Bowie!

And at least the latter has (exactly) One song I can remember the name of.

Hey! The Police played my town on Tuesday! Did I go?

Natch.

TimeWarnerRhymeAnaheim

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

maevemealone — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:32:28 EST

Lou used to be a client of mine, and I have to say, I was shocked by his kindness. He walked in, held his hand out, introduced himself (duh...) and said so happy to finally meet you. I was a little flabbered by that. His bff Schnabel was equally gracious. Here's the kicker: Lou was a bumbling old fool who had to be told he was going down a flight of stairs. Schnabel was the one loudly pronouncing "Lou, it's a flight of stairs, we're going down them","Ohhh, ok Julien". Like a doddering old married couple I'd say.

maevemealone

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

Moimeme — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:26:16 EST

I think Laurie Anderson is idiotic - so obvs not a feminist. I know it's about choices but does it count if your choice is to be a doormat muse? SIGH.

Moimeme

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

NewYorkWannabe — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:58:13 EST

Okay, so Lou Reed is a prickly little bitch... time to send in Fabio.

NewYorkWannabe

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

NightBright — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:39:05 EST

I've always thought Lou Reed looked like a monkey. Good call, good call.

Also, my father raised me to revere the guy, but always made sure to mention that he's a renowned asshole. When we saw him after his performance of Berlin last year at Saint Ann's, my dad said "Don't even think about approaching him. It could get nasty." At the time, I doubted Lou could get bitchy with a teenage girl, but I can see now that it's not only possible but likely.

NightBright

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

laura_pinkstone — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:38:09 EST

I know someone who, many years ago, sent Lou Reed a genuine 1930s German crucifix with a Nazi swastika in the centre of it, and he rang her and thanked her for it. Lou might be mean but he's not afraid of being grateful.

laura_pinkstone

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

plasticene — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:46:09 EST

Actually, Lou is like a mean little puppy. You just love him but don't go near him.

plasticene

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

lionel-mandrake — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:42:33 EST

I met John Cage and Merce Cunningham about a month before Cage died. I shook John Cage's hand.

Merce is a wonderful man and so was Cage.

lionel-mandrake

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

City_Dater — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:31:42 EST

@the earl grey:

Mr. Reed did a Honda scooter ad in the '80s. Oh yes, they licensed "Take a Walk on The Wild Side" and Lou, astride a little bug of a bike, uttered "hey, don't settle for walking."

LOADED with integrity and clearly too good and noble to be civil to mere mortals or at least not berate random waitresses and his equally famous girlfriend.

Please. Until he comes up with cures for cancer, AIDS, MS and diabetes, Mr. Reed doesn't get to behave like he's too magical to breathe this air.

City_Dater

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

fileunder — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:13:23 EST

NIKOLA:IKONAL

fileunder

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

WileyPeyote — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:02:03 EST

It as about 13 years ago, I had just moved to New York 2 days earlier and off I went to see a new print of Dr. Strangelove. I sat behind Laurie and Lou.

Just as Major Kong starts his rodeo ride on that nuclear missle the sound went out. The movie kept playing to the end and we all watched in silence.

As we all got up to leave Lou looked at Laurie and said, "Should we get our money back?"

Then he made eye contact with me. "Hadn't you seen it before?" I said, feeling my stomach take up residence in my scrotum.

"Of course I've seen it," said Lou.

My dick then fell off entirely but Laurie picked it up and gave it back to me, along with a smile and benediction in Tibetan.

WileyPeyote

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

slinkimalinki — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:59:10 EST

@Colonel Mustard:
all tomorrow's panties?

slinkimalinki

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

Pony_Kushner — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:31:08 EST

If I am ever in a room with Lou Reed he will be an asshole to me. Because I will damp his rough visage with spittle as I repeatedly insist that he give John Cale one last chance.

Pony_Kushner

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

lululemming — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:24:00 EST

@MisterHippity: Gold.

lululemming

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

the earl grey — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:05:03 EST

any savvy NYer knows you dont talk to Lou. he's been legendarily curt/rude/with contempt since the 70s at least. if youre neophyte enough to try to talk to lou he will snap at you. you might hope your celeb heroes are nice, but not every one is. but thats LOU REED and he can do whatever he wants. Jerry Seinfeld, on the other hand, is a shithead for being so rude and i detest his show & Ive seen it exactly once in full.

the earl grey

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

TheBigDoggy — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:55:03 EST

And Dominick Dunne, working the velvet ropes at the door, bounced a few old ladies out on their fat asses.

TheBigDoggy

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

ElijahPollack — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:47:54 EST

@MisterHippity: Is that what the colored girls say?

ElijahPollack

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

MisterHippity — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:13:05 EST

Douche de douche de douche
Douche de douche
Douche de douche de douche
Douche de douche
Douche de douche de douche
Douche de douche
Doooooooooo-ouche ...

MisterHippity

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

Joy_Rebar — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:09:52 EST

Danny Fields on Lou Reed, as quoted in Edie: An American Biography:
"Everyone was certainly in love with him--me, Edie, Andy, everyone. He was so sexy. Everyone just had this raging crush. . .he was the sexiest thing going. He was a major sex object in his years with the Velvet Underground."

Forty years later, of course, not so much.

Joy_Rebar

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

jobbotch — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:57:27 EST

Merce Cunningham is a dude?!

jobbotch

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

MisterHippity — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:50:53 EST

He said hey Babe,
Take a walk on the vile side
He said hey Babe
Take a walk on the vile side

And the colored girls go
douche de douche de douche, douche de douche ....

MisterHippity

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

IggyPopAmen — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:41:19 EST

Lou needs to seriously reread his lyrics to "Strawman."

"Does anyone need another self-righteous rock and roll singer…"

IggyPopAmen

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

plausible_banditti — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:38:13 EST

I once cleaned Lou Reed's vomit out of Peter Gabriel's toilet. And I was wearing a bitchin' black velvet blouse at the time.

Yeah, so I've got a bit of a grudge.

plausible_banditti

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

bloomsberry — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:37:09 EST

I was there last night, and watching a Finnish dance troupe channel circa-1860s Shakers would have turned anybody into a professor's handbag.

Be that as it may. My Lou Reed experience from the '90s: I was dating a guy from Lucinda Williams' band and we went to a benefit at Tramps for whiny and seriously ill singer Victoria Williams. Lou played, and wouldn't allow anybody in the green room who wasn't a Lou Reed-caliber artist, i.e. no one. We were forced to smoke on the street outside the club and watched him climb into a gold-plated limo with his then-wife. Jokes about Lou and "that greasy Boulevard" ensued.

bloomsberry

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

naboo — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:32:25 EST

Once in the mid-1990s Doug Yule did a shit on me.

naboo

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

whoneedslight — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:06:54 EST

My Lou Reed experience: Had dinner in San Francisco at the table behind Lou and Laurie at China Moon. He didn't open his mouth once during the meal. Good times!

whoneedslight

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

VanTwee — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:50:19 EST

Whoops! It's Aaron COPLAND, like the Sylvester Stallone movie--not COPELAND like that guy from the Police.

P.S., "Venus in Furs" is a horrible song.

VanTwee

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

WendyKroy — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:47:32 EST

Here's my Lou Reed Moment: BITD, I saw a sneak preview of Analyze This at Union Square. I left the theatre behind Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson; they lived nearby, and as Reed was fumbling with the keys to his apartment he grumpily intoned, "Well, THAT was a waste of time." He was kinda right, but that's besides the point - I was just kinda tickled by the idea that Reed and Anderson would spend their Saturday night at a Billy Crystal movie.

WendyKroy

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

PimpMyCouch — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:46:23 EST

@mathnet: You made me snort with laughter. Such a perfect day...

PimpMyCouch

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

Colonel Mustard — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:40:14 EST

@mathnet: Sub 'panties' for 'parties' and...I've had too much coffee.

Colonel Mustard

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

NinaHagen — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:38:48 EST

@Dusty in the Wind: Ah, someone else who remembers Lou and "Rachel" on the cover of Rolling Stone.

NinaHagen

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

rosehobart — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:33:23 EST

@CoachHogan: Awesome.
Also, as Momo so aptly said in another post: Fuck nice. I'm absolutely positive it was nothing personal, Mr. Josh.

rosehobart

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

Dusty in the Wind — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:29:35 EST

Lou was a lot nicer before returning to the closet.

Dusty in the Wind

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

ninety_nine — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:20:25 EST

Does Josh get a free month every time he works the name of his gym into a post? Or was he just worried we thought Lou Reed was a Dolphin guy.

If this applied to commenters, I just got back from the NYSC (Mercer St). I want to reup at Dolphin on B, cause it's getting too cold outside to run. That's only like a buck fiddy for a year, so if I had my druthers, send the check that way.

ninety_nine

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

violettefay — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:19:30 EST

@City_Dater: Yeah, ditto. They used to come to breakfast at this place I worked, and it was always a treat to wait on him! (treat meaning being treated like a maroon for not having his cappuccino ready NOW, of course.)

violettefay

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

BeRightBack — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:12:21 EST

@atipofthehat: Also, she didn't just release a horrific collaboration with the guy from The Killers.

BeRightBack

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

Fly Life — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:11:55 EST

Lou Reed is a sorry excuse for a human being. He was the single meanest person I ever dealt with for FLY LIFE. I watched him yell at the staff photographer hired by the Anthology Film Archives while he read an intro to the film being shown. The guy snapped maybe five shots, one or two which used flash because the theatre was so dark, and Reed went ballistic. The only comfort I can take is that he was shusshing the photographer for interrupting his self important essay about esteemed author JT Leroy.

Fly Life

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

artynimue1 — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:06:15 EST

This has always been the role of BAM, a place where wealthy twits can convince themselves they are part of the "avant garde" and their drivers can still find a place to idle at the curb.
Anderson and Reed are just the mascots.

artynimue1

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

mathnet — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:57:36 EST

@mathnet: And Nikola.

mathnet

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

mathnet — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:57:23 EST

I really love your parties, Josh.

mathnet

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

lululemming — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:56:24 EST

@CoachHogan: I heard if you catch him, he grants you three wishes. If your wishes are like, "trannies", "unmasked hostility" and "sitting in close proximity to someone with skin like a professor's handbag".

lululemming

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

atipofthehat — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:53:06 EST

PS, Josh:
"Chairman"!

atipofthehat

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

atipofthehat — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:52:09 EST

Laurie Anderson is nice enough for both of them, didn't you find?

atipofthehat

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

City_Dater — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:50:48 EST

I've seen Mr. Reed and Ms. Anderson at brunch -- he snarls at her and behaves like a grouchy old ass, while she flutters around and tries to laugh it off.
It hurts me to see one of my teen feminist icons placating her rude boyfriend when what he clearly needs is a smack to the head.

City_Dater

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

mathnet — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:48:00 EST

Hope he wasn't Chairman of the Bored!!

mathnet

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

CoachHogan — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:47:11 EST

This is all part of being a New Yorker: the first three times you meet Lou Reed he's a dick. The fourth time, he invites you over, cooks you a nice dinner, listens to all your stories about how his songs changed your life, and then sings you a personalized version of "[Your Name Here] Says."

CoachHogan

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

so5minutesago — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:46:31 EST

Screw Lou Reed. The ladies at 68 looked MUCH more fun, music god(esse)s or no.

so5minutesago

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

plasticene — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:41:50 EST

Lou's been a prick forever. He's talented, but short. Get over it.

plasticene

You Know What? Lou Reed Is A Jerk

LolCait — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:40:59 EST

I can't wait to see Fiona Shaw in 'Happy Days.' (Emily? Beckett?)

Related: I used to be a Stair Master until I fell down them.

LolCait