1) Lou Reed - Sweet Jane - live in Paris, 1974

Paris 1974.

[@seanod7157]

That is the coolest bass player ever, scowling, chewing gum, looking side to side and GETTING DOWN.

[@BobHatcher]

+Konig Corvus his name Prakash John he lives in Toronto has played with Bush Edgar Winter George Clinton, James Brown. Check out his bio the man is amazingly great. Needless to say a fantastic bass player.

[@michaelholderfield4123]

+Konig Corvus hell yeah badass on that bass

[@craiglove]

+Bob Hatcher Good call! I looked him up and he played bass on the Rock and Roll Animal album and the like. He looked familiar for sure. He is actually my age. Crazy times back then! I only saw Lou once and he was acoustic in SF, maybe about 1980...

[@BobHatcher]

Craig Love. Saw Prakash with Bush in Toronto George Oliver and Domenic Trioano. Back in the sixties.

[@BobHatcher]

Craig Love singer Roy Kenner in Bush not George Oliver he was in Mandala with Domenic. George is 70 still singing.

[@ElMarkster]

1974 I just turned 14. bought rock and roll animal. my life has never been the same !

[@timhoovermusicman]

I was 12,I hadn't figured it out yet.

[@TXranger55]

I was 23 in 1974 and just got out of the Navy the previous year. This album blew me away. Especially the song "Heroin". I still have this recording in my pickup truck and listen to it often.

[@montgomerydenzer8805]

Meet The Beatles

[@awabrams]

you could tow a dump truck out of the mud with that base line

[@therottenrook]

Bass line from the depths of hell.

[@dbflip]

yep..lol

[@mymusicvideosx]

Rickenbacher bass... super phat.

[@frankburns8871]

That's one torquey ass bass line, no doubt.

[@whitetigress7448]

AA: Folks are inventing new words-- adjectives, yes, but it's a start. Fascinating thread.

[@Gr13fKvlt]

Coke, aspiring session musicians, Lou Reed and the 70’s proves that music once existed.

[@montgomerydenzer8805]

Yeah, we got Talking Heads

[@mattharper588]

Heroin

[@roxannegreen1181]

I totally concur with that statement!!💜

[@rantingsw3de]

You know shit gets real when the guy busts out the tambourine

[@mozdickson]

yeah - lack of cow bell sucks though!

[@AbbyNormal777]

Truth

[@SheriChampagne]

The man on Keyboards & Tambourine is The Great-Late SENSATIONAL LEGEND MICHAEL FONFARA! XO Miss Ya, My Friend!

[@olivierlionellitvine3398]

Was there. Utterly far out. Lou was our hero!

[@roxannegreen1181]

When music wasn't sold out & still played with emotion!! Before cross dressing had an effin label!! 😂 LOVE this!!!❤

[@AbbyNormal777]

Lou Reed couldn't Hola tune in a bucket but he always had the best bands.

[@kauphaart0]

Here I am in 2023, half-way through my 7th decade on this planet and I HAVE to say this was PEAK Lou Reed right here. I hope the truly discerning appreciate it for what it is!

[@garyzimmerman5481]

Ditto

[@thomasdupont7186]

I give more valor to the VU

[@brendanmcmahon1162]

We do

[@mwild2198]

Can’t not love it

[@rosasanchezgonzalez3879]

Gracias humano, jejejeee😝🥃🇪🇸🇦🇨

[@cbcb2828]

I wanted that first part of the jam to last forever!!! Badass bass rift!!!!😎

[@jenniferlove688]

Amen you just don’t get that anymore.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Funky Groooove!! 😂

[@54WMD]

First time I've seen this, and did not know it even existed. Just incredible.

[@robertmiczke7337]

the rock & roll attitude on the bass player the best

[@doosworld1901]

Amazing bassline Prakash...seriously, that is killer bass!

[@bruceallen6485]

I play this video at least 4 times a week. That bass player personifies the 70's. He is "IN THE GROOVE"

[@timhoovermusicman]

Go and find the version off rock and roll animals a year before,Steve hunter and Dick Wagoner killing it on guitar

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

@@timhoovermusicman I think you mean a year after, not sure.

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

Look up Prakash John on youtube. He's still doing it.

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@SmeeUncleJoe no,I ment '73 but I just looked up the release date and it came out Feb '74. So it was probably recorded in '73 to get it out by Feb '74. I was only 12 then so I wasn't rockin' yet😅

[@richardhincemon9423]

@@timhoovermusicman Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner recorded the studio album Berlin with Lou Reed. They toured with him in 1973 and recorded the famous rock and roll animal at Howard Stein Academy in December of 1973 that was released in February 1974. The show that you're watching here was recorded in Brussels Belgium, not in Paris featuring dangerous Danny Weiss from Iron Butterfly on guitar. This is 1974 Sally Can't Dance Tour. I told you I was old rock and roller! Cheers

[@tednugent82]

Prakash John is the man.

[@robertgraham9722]

Coolest bass player I've ever seen...

[@albiss74]

RIP Lou. What would the world be like without your influence? You left your mark and you will be missed!

[@jasonknotts2061]

Just "Lou" It!

[@montgomerydenzer8805]

Speed freak from Warhol's Factory- NEW YORK was a masterpiece "last"album

[@kurtp8833]

Why are you leaving comments to a dead person?

[@silentp9933]

The intro on the Rock n Roll Animal album is an incredible piece with Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner on guitars!!!! One of the best live albums EVER!!!

[@michaelwayne2995]

Rock and roll animal is a great album and I don't even like Lou Reed

[@johnblais2065]

Really

[@rayward54]

It would be nothing without Prakash John on bass

[@kachmantv6559]

I didn't know Dick Wagner was with LR. He sure got around. Saw him with Alice Cooper in Detroit around '76. (According to Gene Simmons, he played uncredited on a Kiss LP when A Frehley wasn't showing up)

[@pse888]

Rock and Roll Animal, Ziggy Stardust and Exile on Mail street was my world in Montreal.

[@shuvelhed73]

That opening bass line is just BAD ASS!!!! I wanna jam now;)

[@TerrenceHewittCMA]

Lou Reed, a real American rock n roll hero, RIP.

[@alaneinson5939]

Terrance Hewitt good song

[@KurtKnutsen]

Meet Lou in nyc,he is missed!

[@alaneinson5939]

Kurt Knutsen ya know I was watching a movie tonight called cbgb they had some young dude with a little walk on role he was playing the part of lou reed

[@ledaleda8615]

He is missed in Paris too.

[@abegohr2576]

Terrence Hewitt well, also a jewish one

[@Bluesmagic55]

Back when Lou Reed was the epitome of Rock & Roll, and the coolest man on the planet.

[@chocho8036]

dead or alive still is

[@stephennewcombe452]

Right on ! Cool as

[@AbbyNormal777]

He couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, but he was a soulful artist that had that thing which makes the room change when you enter it. The French calll it "je ne sai qui". Or that certain something you can't explain. The It Factor

[@stephennewcombe452]

@@AbbyNormal777 I wonder if they were smoking the French poison hay 😄

[@pena.3302]

And still is...

[@GrootsieTheDog]

When the video starts it looks super seventies and dated - then Lou walks on stage and looks timeless.

[@gonzalodotrasrodriguez2470]

Rotunda y exata frase. eso es..Lou Reed parece de otra epoca posterior..tan tan moderno.Divino.

[@mauriziogozzelino4632]

Lou best look ever

[@TheMLMGold]

Yeah Lou added a timeless 5th dimension

[@jonathansparacio7279]

Man this was back in '74 The last of good rock.

[@davidzieglmeier1020]

One of the best songs ever, in maybe the greatest Performance

[@taimeuppe6174]

Got to see Lou live back then..nodded out during the show

[@byroncallas8953]

I still love this extraordinary performance after countless viewings.

[@benjaminacargen7799]

the great Prakash John on bass!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Thanks for naming him, just discovered this performance and am blown away by his playing 😮

[@kadiebeex]

what I like best about seeing him play live is that every shot of him is a picture, he has such a strong bold image, how he wears those shades and his facial expressions, every move is a picture.

[@victormorgado2158]

he has? you mean he had..he for sure was not this hot soon after..

[@NolalanD]

He is a rock n roll star and does not just play one on tv. He lived it. They electrocuted him for christs sake!

[@AbbyNormal777]

The bass player looks like an Italian statue.

[@rosasanchezgonzalez3879]

De LO me Jor del rock. 💋😝🥃😝

[@moondawg3693]

Drivers License and Insurance please !

[@user-zg5jj5kv9k]

A classic since I was a kid and it never gets old .....

[@laurasimon-sulzer7966]

Lou Reed’s concerts in Paris were the best. The public loved him and he was inspired.

[@bistredehomard2123]

Totally agree. Remember the 1972 Ba-Ta-Clan concert

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Americans are so very prudish, I can see this

[@evrynervousblink]

My Mom grew up listening to Lou reed..take a walk on the wild side, she never knew that all her kids loved the same man in The Velvet Underground..We will miss this amazing man! Lou Reed we love you!

[@ashleyjudecollie]

My pal Prakash on bass, still playing R&B with his son in TO...oh sweet Jane! Prakash born in Mumbai, a child of the Raj!

[@Amhlair]

You say that like it's a good thing.

[@briansmolik4653]

He is a fantastic bass player!

[@BobbyGeneric145]

How did your friend end up playing with the velvets?

[@JamesSmith-wf7vz]

In reference to qualifying the comment from dwightfartschrute above, was Prakash a porn star too?

[@cheapthrilll6323]

Cool!

[@willthacker5182]

Focking great version here! RIP Lou Reed- The original rock n' roll animal!

[@mikes6970]

The original rock n roll animal ... long live his music ... RIP ...

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

Michael Fonfara keyboards has passed away today in Toronto. RIP.

[@KevinHallSurfing]

Damn. Did not know. RIP 🙁

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

@@KevinHallSurfing Mike lost to prostate cancer. Penti "Whitey" Glan the drummer also passed away, lung cancer, about 4 years ago, I think now, in Barrie Ontario. Prakash John , bass is still alive and well in Toronto area and Danny Weiss retired somewhere in the Collingwood area, an hour north of Toronto, despite being from California. Danny, who was also a founding member of Iron Butterfly looks to be a vision of health as does Prakash.

[@KevinHallSurfing]

@@SmeeUncleJoe Whitey was the drummer on the tour in '74. Again didn't know. RIP Who didn't buy "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" when it came out! At least that's good news. Thanks

[@SmeeUncleJoe]

@@KevinHallSurfing Whitey was also the drummer on Rock & Roll Animal so I think he was with Lou for more than 1 tour. I'm not sure but I believe this Sally Can't Dance tour preceded the R&R Animal tour and Danny was not on it but replaced by Hunter et al. Most of these guys went on to play and tour with Alice Cooper. Danny also had left Iron Butterfly before their Gadda-Da-vita hit. By the way, hilariously, Gadda Da Vida was born of a member's drunken attempt at singing "Garden of Eden".

[@KevinHallSurfing]

@@SmeeUncleJoe Haha wouldn't surprise me. I Saw the tour ticketed as "Sally Can't Dance" here in Sydney in August '74 on the back of the album "Rock 'n' Roll Animal" released earlier that year. This is after the '73 Rock 'n' Roll Animal tour. But that's Australia LOL

[@etoirelav]

No offence to Lou, but the best part of this is that incredible groove before he comes on, that is fantastic stuff! Good ole Canadian boys.

[@Zokraytz]

I agree, I listen to the first 2:30 and wish there was more. Not that Lou's Jane is bad, but this isn't the best recording.. but best intro for sure. Wish there was more music like the intro though.

[@accuser_of_the_brethren7816]

The bass player is out of this world with that funk rocket. He's high as balls too though but the intro is the reason I have so many views on this

[@amallulla2000]

The intro is awesome indeed.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

@@accuser_of_the_brethren7816 Prakash John on bass and from what he says he was stone cold sober all the years with Lou Reed and Alice Cooper etc.

[@feedbak007]

@@buckodonnghaile4309 Yup.

[@nevigo5519]

Love the cool bass player.

[@ugmodude]

Prakash John en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakash_John

[@nevigo5519]

Yup.

[@jjrr1151]

Nevigo

[@delhidelirium9091]

Prakash eats basses for bre3akfast

[@markraker3723]

Love his porno stash, still wear mine with pride.

[@CaesarCapone]

"My tambourine sounds weird!? Oh wait, I forgot to pick it up."

[@jeffgross9336]

outstanding!

[@flukedoos]

Hilarious!

[@MarkS-bi9bl]

ROFLMAO!!!

[@esmeralda.h.3486]

Eyyyyy aquí louuuuuuu......por haber estado allí! 🎖️🏖️🏜️🏖️🏝️🏗️🏘️🏙️🗼🏭🏦🏪🗽🌁🎡🌌🎪🌇🎭🎰🎨🚞🚏🚲🎆🎉✨🎈🎄🎃🔇🔊📣

[@jeromeswanson9265]

I love Prakash John!! Amazing bassist... still going strong.

[@rmdrummer87]

WoW. Now that's a tight groove. The bass just melted my face off. Great band.

[@pressycabrera8309]

So what you been up to the last 10yrs

[@JonHughes-un5oy]

thats Prackash John

[@f1refall]

one of the most underated bassists ever, it mystified me at the time that he never made any of those best-x-player lists

[@paulgeorge8968]

As a kid growing up in Liverpool - I was always a fan and remain so - This piece is pure as its gets in terms of a tight band - and R&R ...That base could pull me out of bed on a Sat morning -

[@michaelcallahan6488]

The show at the academy changed my idea of what rock and roll could be, for the better!

[@SnapCracklePapa]

That was amazing, I can only imagine how good it would have been if his mic was plugged in.

[@SuperStrik9]

RIP Lou. An artistic genius. He will live on forever.

[@davefitzgerald5334]

" Walk on the Wild Side " is a classic. Very subtle performer.

[@juno4494]

Legend has it that the bassist had to play a new bass every night because each instrument needed 6 weeks rehab in the country to recover....

[@AnthonyFletcher]

How on earth have so many downvoted this video? This is epic.

[@francie2915]

Because he needed his mike turned up. Sorry I really was grooving with the tight band and wanted to hear him, like hear the words

[@lesilluminations1]

Lou so far ahead of his time.

[@lisac996]

Lou Reed...man! The coolest of the cool😎🔥💖💫

[@rjjstephan]

loved it again 5 years later.... nice

[@andywason3414]

Saw him in Glasgow around that time...amazing!

[@wuckle]

What an awesome band - how can you dislike this?

[@jtruong520]

Rest in peace Lou! You will be missed.♡ your music will live on

[@anniechristian5539]

Luv to return to this dazzling intro. 70s Porn staches, low down bass, riveting build up and Lou in his glorious bad 70s self! All heavenly wine and roses. RIP

[@mattharcla]

Prakash John. Mother Loving Bass Legend.

[@myway3343]

1974. I was a junior in HS. Lou Reed was kool to me then. Nothing has changed>>>

[@jean-marcknight8816]

74 was a good millésime for Lou Reed and Frank Zappa

[@mjzkar]

There is NOBODY like Lou Reed. Have seen him live and he's not like any other rock performer (except maybe David Bowie). He was amazing in concert !

[@user-ue4lj6wy2m]

I'm french l love this music l was born a year later ❤

[@michaelburr8780]

I first got the LP in about 1985 or 86 when Lou Reed was on the spoken words tour. I was mostly into The Doors, the Stones , early Led Zep , Sabbath and heavy rock. Somehow this got placed on the player when the parents went out ! It was the music of The Outsider -- dark & raw macbre soulful bleak ~ and Lou was a sort of 70s Jim Morrison -- yet somehow far more real and more more urgent He didnt just want to Break on Through ; he actually lived in the Other Side and ... called it HOME ! Lou was tough minded, street smart ; cranky as Hell .... and brutally honest in his assessment of the grubby world around him filled with Lost Souls . This was actual poetry from the Streets; not some idealistic Love Street ! Today its a classic live LP and Lou is RIP.😢 The intro is mind boggling thanks to Steve Hunter who wrote it. I guess he is finally happy and at peace.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Wow Man,,,sooo H E A V Y Love to watch bassists fingers strum those heavy gauge strings, 💋

[@prisonersforprofit]

great band.

[@henryvegter8773]

Introduced to Lou Reeds music early 80’s in US Navy. Still blown away!

[@GuyjKite]

I love this music. I was in 9th grade .

[@LarryNeie-lj7zc]

Rock & Roll charisma. That great intro from the band and then...Lou struts out and just takes Control!

[@pumpupthevolume4775]

What an amazing jam. The extended intro amazing. I guess these types of jams went out with the 70s.

[@ruseter84]

I think they are comparing the intro to SJ on Rock $ Roll Animal. I think both intros are awesome. And this performance once he comes on stage is better. Non the less I like both versions. But this one makes wants dance. Dunno, He was like Bowie. Always changing like a chameleon on a multi colored carpet.

[@jeffreyday2414]

thank god.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@ruseter84 he definitely makes me want to 💃

[@infoscholar5221]

That was the real thing, back then...Love the analog days, lads...

[@LylaDjCbgbDjsLovePeace]

ThAnks!!! Greatings From Barcelona Spain, North California and Caracas ThAnks 🔊🎶🎵😋😋😋👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤝🏻💃🕺🏼🕴️🐾🐾🔥

[@metaphyzikal1]

I didn't know Lou Reed was ever that young!!! What a blast from the past! Fabulous clip.

[@CherzieBear]

When you got a tune you can listen to over & over again, you got something you want to hear, like again & again. I could listen to this one over + over, many times - for real - it's killer. I dig it !!!!

[@djchristafari7328]

Like that with another girl another planet. If, ms. plumleigh, u r unfamiliar avec said track give it a spin 3 times in a row & then decide whether or not it is the best tune ever in the history of the world...ever! If however, ms. plumleigh, u r familiar avec said track u will know exactly wot i mean...xx

[@jackjohnson3525]

Lou has the coolest entrance of all time...the band plays this epic intro and then he just prowls right up to the mic...a true RockN'Roll god...

[@1bls]

Yea man, and you can see him hanging before he comes out, clapping and moving. He dug this wicked bassline like all of us do

[@gontierfrancois8115]

Yes

[@ericwelsh4853]

Yes, but with such a long intro what else could he have done? It would have been awkward for him to just dance in front of the mic without singing.

[@sharpdressedvan]

The term "RockN'Roll god" has been so watered down by amateur groupies that it's basically now meaningless.

[@doorguru168888]

@@sharpdressedvan where?

[@sclogse1]

Totally agree. really great band...and that funk! Lou never knocked me out, as he always sounded like they pulled someone up from the audience...but what a great band, and he put his time in working his moves.

[@boblstclair4023]

Danny Weis combining his funky rhythms with chicken pickin fills. Vey few guys on the planet can pull that off. Back then nobody was doing that. Killer!!

[@politepeppermint]

Lou Reed March 2, 1942 - October 27, 2013 💐

[@AbbyNormal777]

Best intro ever and Lou Reed always had the best bands.

[@enzopantosti]

Sei stato e resterai il più Grande... Buon Viaggio Lou...

[@tsilis70]

Overall, EXCELLENT! Great Bass Player too...

[@timoakes450]

THE "HOOD"-THE INTRO TO THIS number on "Rock'n'Roll Animal" is the VERY best intro ever bar non-dont argue-ha ha

[@dereklaidlaw6445]

Started listening to them at fourteen years old still Liston to it now am 51pure legands R.I.P. amazin lyrics

[@mcdsplace9902]

Never had the pleasure of seeing this one!! I love it!! Lou's RNR Animal has to be in my top ten of ROCK N ROLL LPs ever! Thanks for sharing this!!!

[@bjwnashe5589]

Badass groove. Love the sleazy after-hours vibe. Lou flying on speed.

[@missdee4927]

Lou just seemed like he was born to be a rock star.

[@Lamew]

Can't get enough!! Love it! Takes me way back! RIP MAN!

[@Lamew]

Morning coffee!!

[@normantaylor4430]

According to the notes on a DVD, the band is: Bass - Prakash John Drums - Pentti "Whitey" Glan* Guitar - Danny Weis Keyboards - Michael Fonfara Vocals, Written-By - Lou Reed

[@MrCherryJuice]

Glann and John came from Toronto band Mandala, which evolved into Bush (long before the British band of that name). Domenic Troiano (RIP) (gtr./voc.) and Roy Kenner (voc.) were also in those bands. When Bush split, Troiano and Kenner took Joe Walsh's place in the James Gang, while Whitey and Prakash did Lou Reed and Alice Cooper ('Welcome to My Nightmare' era). Whitey (RIP) is also the drummer seen in Bette Midler's movie, 'The Rose'. Weis, originally with early Iron Butterfly, and Fonfara came from the Electra label supergroup Rhinosceros, best known for their hit instrumental 'Apricot Brandy'. Rhinosceros was a killer band!

[@feedbak007]

@@MrCherryJuice Absolutely correct ! and the drum solo in "Department of Youth" from the "Welcome To My Nightmare" live concert DVD is jaw dropping...."Later..Hozen" :-)

[@stephenchase3352]

if that was the only song of the night that Lou played, that show was the best rock concert of the year.

[@lorettastatton5729]

This is my morning coffee!

[@PureNRG2]

I had completely forgot the LR was a blond for a minute. What a great musician and performer he was.

[@saturnjill]

Prakash lays it down deep and hard. I think he may still be active. Putting it on bucket list. This band was tight.

[@daryllmccormick2138]

Jill Houseworth he is

[@stevenbaldwick180]

Prakash John lives in Oakville, ON

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

@@stevenbaldwick180 saw him perform at the Oakville Centre years ago. Nice guy.

[@randomtruths3400]

He often plays with his son Jordan, who's an amazing musician in his own right.

[@MultiAmbivalent]

I was born 20 years too late. These guys are just playin' nasty. Prakash John's bass is a tank.

[@lawrencedewan9838]

I used to half as Beautiful...then dimensions collided .... The star that hit My face... Wormwood Sweet Janus!

[@rdehn5799]

damn that intro cooks

[@ericschuster7293]

I watch this a bunch of times and keep coming back. That band just kicks ass!

[@gonufc]

As someone way too young to have been there- these truly were the times of the moustache!

[@furself114]

best video on KZbin

[@jbow68]

Lord he is young. Unmistakeable great voice though! On his way up!!!

[@petertasse2084]

lou reed is the man

[@bergejean-charles1568]

i drunk to celebrate THE departure of this man. what we get today is something else from him. so long dude

[@brandycat8513]

Standing on the corner, guitar case in my hand; Hey honey I'm a rock & roll man.

[@peterbaird5312]

I LOVE Lou's style

[@carolwolf9614]

Good Lord. What an awesome band.