Night Flight Interview: Lou Reed

26 SONGS • 30 MINUTES • SEP 11 2020

1

Night Flight Theme

01:03

2

Do people actually listen to lyrics'

01:13

3

The Velvet Underground's influence

01:36

4

"What if Raymond Chandler wrote a Rock 'n' Roll Song'"

01:04

5

Listening to the radio growing up

01:01

6

Hip Hop and Rap music

00:46

7

Synthesizer music

00:53

8

Success of "Walk on the Wild Side"

01:12

9

Metal Machine Music

00:51

10

Lou Reed covers

00:48

11

"There was never any Rock 'n' Roll that did what I wanted to do"

01:03

12

The Velvet Underground's legacy

00:46

13

His singular vision for rock

01:44

14

01:48

15

Writing a novel vs. writing a song

01:44

16

Writing a memoir

00:50

17

Writing after The Velvet Underground

00:48

18

Advantages to not being a trained musician

00:52

19

"This is what I wanted to do"

00:49

20

"I'm addicted to performing"

01:23

21

Why aren't you going to tour in the US'

01:49

22

Working with bassist Fernando Saunders

01:06

23

Recording at Skyline Studios

01:01

24

Recording all over the world

01:54

25

Recording the band's first take

00:43

26

Refining his guitar sound

01:33

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