I am not ashamed to admit I have no idea to where this is from.
Please enlighten me.
Interesting text, but I certainly could tell Lou Reed from Doug Yule.
It never occurred to me it was Doug Yule at the stage when I saw him live in Amsterdam, so many years ago.
It was at a hight of his heroin use and although his stage show was influenced by it and had a negative effect on it, it was a dazzling show and experience. I had never seen and heard a more charismatic, strange and impressive pop/rocksimger. He had a great band, hard hitting and full of energy, but the more softer, introspective songs were played too.
It was at the time of Rock and Roll Animal and that album raised a lot of criticism. He didn't do that whole album. There were some songs from Transformer and Berlin too.
Lou didn't really sing at that time, it was more a declamation, ha. Like a poet reading his poems but at a somewhat higher volume. Supprisingly, it worked very well with the music accompaning him. At least for me.
After the show it was known he had to be transported to the hospital urgently, in fear of having an OD.
I had the albums Transformer and Berlin and than bought everything available from him. Everything from the Velvet Underground and after that.
If it wasn't Moz, it was Lou for me.