Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

Starring:Lou Reed, Suzanne Vega, Holly Woodlawn, Nico, Patti Smith, Maureen Tucker, Penn Jillette, David A. Stewart, Thurston Moore, David Byrne, David Bowie, John Cale, Andy Warhol, Joe Dallesandro, Sterling Morrison, VÃ¡clav Havel
Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Studio: Winstar
Product Type: DVD

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An incredible retracing of the evolution of Reed's remarkable career over three decades. Filled with interviews with Reed, his friends and some of the major artists influenced by Reed including David Bowie, David Byrne, Patti Smith, Suzanne Vega, Dave Stewart, Philip Glass and more. Production Notes, Biographies, Discography, Scene Access, Screen Test, Rare Velvet Footage

American Masters - The Musicians (Ella Fitzgerald Something to Live For / Quincy Jones In the Pocket / Lou Reed Rock & Roll Heart)
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If It Weren't for Lou Reed, This Would have Been Perfect

American Masters - The Musicians (Ella Fitzgerald Something to Live For / Quincy Jones In the Pocket / Lou Reed Rock & Roll Heart)
Starring: Ella Fitzgerald , Quincy Jones , and Lou Reed
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Release Date: 2004-10-05

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This gorgeously packaged collector's set features three profiles of American musicians whose work has redefined jazz, rhythm & blues, and rock & roll from the award-winning, critically acclaimed PBS biography series. Includes: Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For; Quincy Jones: In The Pocket; Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart

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If It Weren't for Lou Reed, This Would have Been Perfect.......2005-11-20

I love the American Masters series. I have a lot of them taped from TV. In my opinion, this boxed set of American Masters would have been perfect had they put somebody besides Lou Reed in the mix. After all, we're showcasing some of the finest African-American musicians here! There were American Masters programs done on Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, even Jessye Norman. It's as if PBS put together two shows people are going to want and added one that they couldn't get rid of otherwise. I took two stars away for that. I have both the Quincy Jones and the Ella Fitzgerald series on tape. I won't be upgrading to DVD just to get Lou Reed. In this case, it's best to buy separately, and buy used to save money.

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Lou Reed
Split the Veins and Rip thru the Blood
Lou the Artist
should have concentrated on his early career
The Icon In Context

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Starring: Lou Reed , Suzanne Vega , Holly Woodlawn , Nico , and Patti Smith
Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
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ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: 6305037248
Release Date: 1998-08-12

Description

An incredible retracing of the evolution of Reed's remarkable career over three decades. Filled with interviews with Reed, his friends and some of the major artists influenced by Reed including David Bowie, David Byrne, Patti Smith, Suzanne Vega, Dave Stewart, Philip Glass and more. Production Notes, Biographies, Discography, Scene Access, Screen Test, Rare Velvet Footage

Customer Reviews:

Lou Reed.......2005-09-20

I really enjoyed this DVD, I have always liked Lou Reed's music but did not have much of an understanding of his history. This is a good documentary style DVD that gives you a feel for the man, the times and what influenced his music. Interviews with friends, colleagues and other artists give you a good feel for what he is about. If you like his music and want to know more about the most difficult person to ever interview this is well worth while.

Split the Veins and Rip thru the Blood.......2005-08-27

Lou Reed's Rock n' roll Heart documentary is a sensitive and revealing look into the prince of darkness.
We get incredible live footage of Lou doing "Kicks" and a sample of Lou and his rock n' roll animal band tearing thru "Sweet Jane" with Lou dressed all in black with collar entering the stage as someone screams out "play Heroin" and he screams back "shut the f##k up".
We also get to hear an acoustic take of "Heroin" live from Italy which is pretty terrific and a hard edged rendition of "dirty blvd" is included as well, so from a performance standpoint this program delivers.
The basis of the program covers how Lou got started in music from his first guitar lessons to his high school bands to his songwriting job for a company that catered to whatever fads were happening at the time.
Lou also discusses his joy of meeting one of his mentors by the name of Delmore Schwartz in college and how his poetic genius helped shape Lou's art.
The program then goes into the beginnings of the Velvet Underground which obviously follows the band's acceptance into the Andy Warhol factory.
Here we get to see that whole wild scene where art,dancing,film, and music all came together thru Andy Warhol's artistic eye with revealing interviews from people who worked in the factory and performance footage.
One of the best bits of the program is where 2 of the original characters who make up the "Walk on the Wild Side" classic discuss the song then sing the song with such touching adoration and nostalgia.
A segment about Lou's insane "Metal machine Music" project follows then they touch lightly on a few other ventures then discuss in length the "New York" album and so on.
Interviews from Patti Smith,Thurston Moore,David Bowie,David Byrne, and Jim Carroll are all entertaining and informative as they tell us what part of Lou Reed influenced and touched their life.
The video ends in a most special way as the camera focuses on each individual who participated in the program.
The individual has to stare at the camera without moving just like Andy Warhol used to do in his screen tests and it's a hoot to see people like Jim Carroll and David Bowie just crack up in the middle of their pose.
There's other goodies that make up the program but i don't want to give it all away because it's truly a wonderful and heartwarming documentary.
I've seen it many times and it's always fresh and sincerely moving so if you love Lou then you will love his rock n' roll heart.
As Lou said "My life was saved by Rock n' roll!!! Rock n'Roll!!!" and i hope your life can also find the salvation...

Oscar F.

Lou the Artist.......2000-06-02

This PBS video makes the case that Lou Reed is not just a guy who makes thrilling rock music. He is an Artist (with a capitol A) in the great modernist tradition who experiments with his life in order to test the limits. This sounds forbidding, but this documentary is fun and unpretentious and exhilarating.

should have concentrated on his early career.......2000-05-03

Lou Reed, like many artists, peaked early. He put out a few interesting solo albums, but by the mid seventies, his creativity had dried up. It would have been better to have spent more time on the early Velvet years, and skimmed over the years following 1975. It's amazing, though, to see that the film makers could line people up to heap praise on Reed's arid, barren pieces of his later period. Just shows how bogus the art and music world is. The filmmakers should have sought out impartial commentators, at least that would have rung true.

The Icon In Context.......1999-09-29

The strong use of vintage footage, and interviews of contemporaries places Lou Reed in his proper cultural context.

Iconic Isolation

Lou Reed's lack of need to fit himself into a readily commercially exploitable groove, and stay there for more than a minute, his keeping away from a recognizable group aside from the Velvet Underground places him in niche by himself. The information provided about Reed, his music and the influences on him removes him from that isolation.

Interesting On Many Levels

This video is intellectualy, musically and photographically interesting.

Intellectual and Artistic Roots

The examination of Reed's poetic roots dating back to Reed's time at Syracuse helps to explain the literacy of his lyrics. The material covering his interaction with the Warhol Factory also gives some depth to what Reed was doing with the Velvet Underground. How he fit into the New York art scene, and how he didn't fit into the San Francsico art scene, provides some insight into his personality.

Musical Development

The roots of Reed's music, its development, its changes are fairly well covered. This video is somewhat lacking in covering the period after "Rock and Roll Animal" and before "New York". This is one of it's few failings.

Eye Candy +

Album Description

DVD documentary featuring David Bowie, John Cale & Andy Warhol. Includes tracks such as 'I'm Waiting For The Man', 'Heroin', Venus In Furs', 'Pale Blue Eyes' and more. Details TBA. Softmachine. 2004.

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