lapelazzuli's Full Review: Berlin [Remaster] by Lou Reed
It happened in 1973...
It happened when none expected...
It happened suddenly...
I must tell...
It was in 1972, one year before, when TRANSFORMER (the second Lou solo album) had given to the whole World a complete and clear 'glam' and liberated imagine of Lou.
Liberated from the dirty sounds of the first Velvet albums, liberated from a viola gone crazy, liberated from the hammering bongos...
So free, so far from a tragedy, so clear in our ears with simple tunes and sweet melodies, so direct and childish with lyrics and chords...and at the same time...so wild.
And the World (and I) screamed in an orgasmic excitement: 'Rock'n'Roll has been naked!'...'Rock'n'Roll is on its top!'
And we were true...
But then, so suddenly...BERLIN!
A dive deep to his soul! A dive deep to our souls and consciences! Deep into my eyes!
Lou Reed crashed on the Rock arena of that time revealing his real essence, the mood and the voice he'll practice all the years following and that marked forever the image of the American Poet.
All the song contained in BERLIN were one thing, one piece of heart, an unique sip of mind, an unique rush of blood.
A long trip between his conscience and fears, with strings, piano, guitars.....and the Lou's evocative voice in a low tone and volume expressionism mode.
Without any complication, without any musical twist, with no instrumental virtuosity or originality Lou Reed dashed naked in somebody's else room, naked with no satin dress...but full, full, full of strength and love and sadness.
And this was Lou Reed, and this would have been Lou Reed...delivered to an astonished World.
When you meet someone you like so much...this is TRANSFORMER.
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