Lou Reed Live Olympia 1973 3 Tracks

[@chobber]

Saw this tour at the Finsbury Park Rainbow. He only said two words to the audience. 'Shut up'. Legend

[@clc-gl4jn]

Wise words everyone could learn from the legend himself

[@StuartHarrisSpeaker]

Saw him doing this at the Glasgow Apollo (I was 12yo)

[@masonparadis4237]

Saw him at the Free Trade Hall the next year? He said nothin’ at all!

[@warrensaccente4371]

Saw this tour in Capital Theater in Passaic, NJ. He said 6 words to the audience "Fuck you" and "Shut the fuck up"

[@warrensaccente4371]

Actually it was the following tour, with Hunter and Wagner.

[@patm5086]

Dick Wagner on acoustic. I worked with him a year before he hooked up with Lou. Dick was in Ursa Major at that time in 72. They played for a month at The Flying Machine in ft Lauderdale. Ursa Major were awesome and Dick was a nice guy. I like his work with Alice Cooper

[@kurtfinguerra1712]

LOVE Lou paired with Dick Wagner. Wish he stuck with him, because no one accompanies a vocal performer like Wagner But then again we might not have had Alice Cooper's classics as well. That i listen to basically to feel Wagner's playing. Working with Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner constructed nis very signature riffs to always accompany but never out shine the Lead. Alice Cooper is a very vocal centered band, with his sinewy pipes for sure the center of the band's music. Wagner actually started working with AC on Love it to Death. I'm coming off of a deep dive of Alice Cooper and am infatuated with Dick Wagner, and Steve Hunter, though i think that Wagner is the main arranger So naturally I'm onto Berlin, and the live albums after. Amazing stuff. The exlamitive and bashing piano chords on lady day were for sure written on a guitar I would love hear that one with all those intense chords done on Guitar.. Anyway, i found a Wagner Nugget, an Italian band that he basically joined and wrote an amazing album for, is The Mugshots, the album i Know he is on is called Love Lust and Revenge Just thought id pass on These tidbits and this deep cut. From 2011 btw. But Wagner still sounds like Wagner

[@rjlchristie]

I have an Ursa Major LP. It's quite mediocre, tbh.

[@aleagalan6869]

This Reed song is it ! When I was a kid it tore me at heart and soul..w my black lite on.. can't get enough of this kind. Sheridan. Thnx. Lou. Eternally Rocks.

[@billalbritton4972]

Lou’s cutting some serious river dance moves.

[@MrOswald]

The legendary 'Rock n Roll Animal' band. I love Lou Reed's "dark" style in this brief 72-73 period. I looked for the full concert, but never found any favorable results. It's a shame, but at least we have this cool fragment. Thanks for sharing!

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

My whole life I just wanted to see film footage of RNRA, and this is pretty damn close.

[@johanpool9946]

RNRA? whtas that?

[@jessemullen9083]

@@johanpool9946 Rock n Roll Animal

[@clc-gl4jn]

This is a pure gem of footage..

[@albertoracaj2718]

The Phantom of Rock.

[@rubenantaglez8641]

Suenan fenomenal, que buen grupo y Lou como siempre, inconmensurable

[@christianmourlon4824]

This is the first show in Paris as a solo singer in september 1973. Journalists used to say Lou looked like a big panda because of the black eyed make up. Rock and roll animal show was later in december with Lou with a short hait cut before the next spring he came back with the peroxided haircut and the thin speedfreak body.

[@JimDiBattista]

Christian is there any video that exists of the GREAT Rock n roll Animal band that you cited and the names susan Michelson gave above here? That is perhaps the greatest Live album in the Rock n Roll era-just as good as Get Yer Ya ya's Out. I saw the Sally Can't Dance show and it was nowhere as good as that band and show.

[@stevebory4693]

By far, this is not Lou's first solo show. His first solo show was in Buffalo, New York in April, 1972 with The Tots as his supporting band.

[@teddysoulpunk3]

I was wondering and your comment just answered all my questions! Thank you!

[@borninparis]

@@stevebory4693 he said first in Paris as a solo singer. A year before, he had played acoustic (years before any "unplugged" appearances) with John Cale and Nico. KZbin has that too.

[@urrrccckostan]

The REAL Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein. (Not to knock the movie-I love it!)

[@Quadrant14]

love this, Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner's magic guitar work

[@susanmichelson]

Amazing live band. Precision and soul. The Rock n Roll Animal Band: Dick Wagner, Steve Hunter, Prakash John, Roy Colcord, Pentti "Whitey" Glan.

[@d_walsh]

peter Walsh here in Paris. prakish replaces him later in this month of September to continue tour

[@theodh1960]

that was after the fiasco in Bruxelles right? Where Peter used his guitar to fight their way out of a theatre lobby filled with angry fans.....

[@okthomasacito2051]

Wish there was footage of the rock and roll animal show. Some of the best guitar duos next to the Allman Brothers. Amazing show.

[@Methilde]

I was there, it was not Rock&roll Animal formation, Lou Reed was to high and in a bad shape, i was quite disappointed.

[@Godloveszaza]

​@@okthomasacito2051we all wish my friend. At least we can imagine

[@toddst.george6511]

This is like brilliant stuff, I didn't know that there was actual footage of Lou's early solo stuff, thanks for posting.

[@trevorbryant5081]

Thanks for finding that. Lou was a visionary, a prophet and now a legend,

[@michelditsch2287]

J'y étais !! Et malgré 2 heures de retard et passablement défoncé, Lou a livré un concert d'anthologie !!!

[@gerardduchemin2913]

Veinard ! Je l'ai vu 2 fois et ce n'étais pas terrible terrible... mais bien plus tard

[@llaurita2]

Wonderful.

[@borninparis]

I was there!

[@Iperbolico1207]

borninparis wooow!!!

[@pensvolwaark]

I wasn't kut

[@narvul]

@@pensvolwaark Da's kut ja.

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

Of course this band was touring, making their way to New York City to make Rock N Roll Animal, 4 days before Christmas, 1973.

[@Buelligan88]

Wow... I've never seen this Lou persona. The Panda look.

[@jameslujack2034]

Disguoseaybe,

[@johanpool9946]

Maybe his makeup was the inspiration for Kiss? They started in 1973. Maybe they were on this concert

[@anthonyitzie4652]

I believe it was the Bowie influence. He produced the Transformer Album.

[@II-xl7lj]

@@anthonyitzie4652 Influence? Nice joke

[@II-xl7lj]

@@anthonyitzie4652 Seriously speaking, the Velvet Underground had almost the same makeup, not counting the hairstyle, back in 1965, when bowie was probably still a schoolboy

[@cescorosa61]

Una grandezza vera e inimmaginabile con le - finte - rock band odierne. Tempi ormai andati

[@marimarkkanen9427]

So love this.

[@ailuros]

this is amazing ty for the upload!

[@mikebarker5774]

the amazing Dick Wagner on guitar

[@machoninny2960]

Great footage

[@racializedkanadian]

WOW. This is priceless. THANK YOU!

[@riseuplight]

0:00 Walk on the Wild Side, 3:22 Heroin, 7:00 White Light / White Heat

[@Nowheremt]

Thank you.

[@alicefreefans]

RIP Dick Wagner...

[@albertoracaj2718]

European Tour Berlin 1973. Peter Walsh on bass.

[@josephgurzynski1053]

This is some cool stuff. Thanks for posting. Cheers.

[@tonebenderx]

Lou looks like Frankenstein here, but sounds great. Thanks for uploading this.

[@albertoracaj2718]

No, it's like a panda bear

[@drychaf]

Wow. Really different to the live album, but same vibe. Great stuff.

[@ifn_media]

From 7:00 mins in he dances like Max Wall !!

[@AndersDaugaard]

Maybe Sally can't dance, but Lou surely can

[@johanpool9946]

Without drugs he can't get himself over the floor...

[@rjlchristie]

@ 4:39, rare shot of Wagner, Reed and Hunter in the same frame.

[@ALivelyTree]

Thank you for posting ! I’ve never seen him perform during this phase of his life. So glad you had access to it. The make-up somehow helps me see his basic humanity somehow. Instead of consummate coolness up on a pedestal. 🦎

[@alvesmonteiro5022]

Ate Sempre Lou e obrg Por Tudo

[@berry541]

Fantastic! I wish that this show rather than the Academy of Music show had been recorded for Rock and Roll Animal. The Hunter/Wagner band is much less boogiecentric here and Lou is singing beautifully.

[@philipcohen5659]

Love this band and their work with Lou, but it certainly is not Prakash John playing bass. I don't know who it is, but his playing would never be confused with John's. Prakash John is a master who brought this band to another level.

[@murphymcmanus7445]

Yes Prakish John would have put this show in the all-time status, He is missed dearly.

[@d_walsh]

peter Walsh - bass

[@vincetornado5611]

John Prakash joined the band a week before rock’n roll animal's rehearsal in NY

[@bengehler4163]

Other than this little beauty; I would love to know about any other video that exists featuring the Wagner/Hunter duo in Lou's "Animal " era. Thanks.

[@paolomarinelli2294]

Grandioso!

[@bengehler4163]

Giving a pre-listen to RNRA's "Heroin" helps one to appreciate actually seeing Wagner/Hunter at 5:00.

[@smidon]

Thank the world for small mercies ... now where's RnRA?

[@johnnygyno3361]

I'm sure this question was asked before, but is the full version of this video available somewhere? I love Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner's guitar playing, and I'd love to see it on video from this period in Rock and Roll history.

[@eddiecoyle9152]

I'd love to see some footage of the band "DETROIT" Live in concert,Lou himself said they did the best ever cover version of V.Us" Rock and Roll"

[@urrrccckostan]

Which guitarist is which? I love the Berlin concert movie where Steve Hunter plays from 15 years ago or something.

[@johnnygyno3361]

@@urrrccckostan Dick Wagner is the one without the glasses. I think Steve is playing his white Les Paul Junior in this video.

[@gildad2000]

LOUUUU!!!!!

[@alvesmonteiro5022]

Ate Sempre Lou

[@Wondertopic]

❤❤❤

[@toddwhite1036]

No more video from this show??

[@omegajrz1269]

He had some very Rocky Horror Picture Show vibes

[@VivaldifanXxxxxrrr6464]

On 55 crip this good

[@billmay7364]

Lou modified his look by cropping his hair and full Dog Collar look. But Rock n Roll Animal was Legendary. I wish a full concert Box with Video would see the light of day. Great period.

[@advancedwatcher]

I saw this in Manchester. He was falling about. The support band said Manchester women had 'Big legs and bad asses,' and tried to tell Manchester people we weren't cool, they were from New York. Hahaha.

[@Iperbolico1207]

most likely they were right! .. 😂

[@lukeheywood7334]

Love this lou dancinge is brilliant smack into heroin then joggy fucn white light white heat priceless

[@lewis_spangler]

Am I the only person who thinks Lou is so damn high there?

[@oliverkalamata2753]

You can see his tounge dancing around every once in a while. 😄

[@ketaminsk]

You think ?!!

[@benjaminliemer9338]

twitching like a speed freak for sure!

[@fersoriacastrofoto]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@christianeroubert5454]

Une époque fus une époque son ira

[@cuchopenaloza3725]

They put them on stage , he was to wasted that show

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

"They'll put you on the stage...they thought it's good for a laugh"

[@doubleslit3389]

Wrong

[@ifn_media]

Something also of the Russel Mael in how he dances, poor lad had classic songs but zero stage presence through lack of consideration to his stage craft but it has to be said that Transformer was brilliant, he is very much missed for his music and verse.

[@doubleslit3389]

Wrong

[@lukeheywood7334]

@@ifn_media zero stage presence no surely a lot more

[@TheMajesticalAncient]

He looks and sounds cooked on opiates.

[@Iperbolico1207]

and even if it were??

[@nullvoid244]

He basically made no good music during the 70s, what a waste of good talent