Re: Lou Reed to Web 2.0 Conference: Do you want me to make it hurt?
On Nov 9, 2006, at 4:43 PM, John Adams wrote:
Between songs Lou looks pissed, but I think that’s normal. He tells
the crowd, “You can keep on talking, I’ve only got 20 minutes. Or I can turn up the
music. I can turn it up so loud it will hurt. Do you want me to turn it up? Do
you want me to make it hurt?” (rough paraphrase). How awkward.
I love Lou Reed. I saw him at Columbia around 1980. Someone in the
audience shouted, “turn it up!” Lou replied “listen harder!”
Doug