The Bells is a masterpiece album.It's release came at a time when my experimenting was the furtherest out of all. I was soaking up every band from the US, UK and Europe. I was 20yrs old when it came out. I thought i had heard the heaviest of all music until this album arrived. When I heard the first seconds of Disco Mystic it shuddered me and belted me. If u think youv'e heard heavy, try again.Utter brilliant heaviness. There was no song in the universe like it.
Perfect closer for a perfect album. Dark, defiant, and unlike Metal Machine Music rewards a lifetime of listening. Even the supper abrupt fadeout is great.
Great piece of music, where Don Cherry, one of Lou's heroes, makes the connection with Rock Bottom indeed. Without this single song, would the album be that great? I doubt it, as for Street Hassle. His glam or decadent or depressing period before, and his upbeat and literate and even political period after, were imho way better. Anyway, Lou's one of the very few geniuses of rock music.
And the actresses relate To the actor who comes home late After the plays have gone down And the crowds have scattered around Though the city lights and the streets No ticket could be beat For the beautiful show of shows Ah, broadway only knows The great white milky way It had something to say When he fell down on his knees After soaring through the air With nothing to hold him there It was really not so cute To play without a parachute As he stood upon the ledge Looking out, he thought he saw a brook And he hollered, look, there are the bells And he sang out, here come the bells Here come the bells, here come the bells Here come the bells Here come the bells Here come the bells Here come the bells Here come the bells
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I had to write a critical essay on this poem in college. I made it as loud and annoying as words can get on paper. Thankfully, I was called out to read my paper aloud. I remember reading each line of Bells, Bells, Bells, raising my voice, grinding my voice, and pissing off everyone. Goddamn that was fun. Lou got the music right; wonderfully annoying. Does anyone know why he set out on his epic journey through E.A.P.? I always linked him with Jack Kerouac.
Listening to my fair share of Doom, Dark , DSBM etc ( all those styles , and others , are connected . Metal people know what I´m on about anyways ) , there´s something in this song which is highly inspiring in that department . Kind of , I imagine bands like Monumentum , Fleurity or Bethlehem ( to name just a few ) striving hard to reach this level of brilliancy . yet again , i´m known to have a pretty fertile imagination :-)
en France, les critiques ont considéré que l'album arrivait trop tard pour en faire l'album de l'année. ils ont préféré cette merde de "Lodger" Le problème, c'est qu'en 2022, ce Lou-là est toujours au-dessus du lot dans la discographie de Reed et que l'autre, çui-là de bowie, est toujours à vomir
when I came home there was puke on the phone and I scraped it all alon up putit in a pan rubbing my hand all across my lan and shit out some san. Sony executive ate it. just knowing Lou is in the background .... glad he is gone/
Agree. This came out when I was in highschool and I was like....this is three times better than Street Hassle. Heartfelt, adventurous, funny, scary, it rocks.....all of these things.
@@federicogasparino I'll have to give it another listen. I remember how Creem magazine panned it and called it an absolute stinker and Lous worst ever. I know now critics are full of shit anyway
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The Bells is a masterpiece album.It's release came at a time when my experimenting was the furtherest out of all. I was soaking up every band from the US, UK and Europe. I was 20yrs old when it came out. I thought i had heard the heaviest of all music until this album arrived. When I heard the first seconds of Disco Mystic it shuddered me and belted me. If u think youv'e heard heavy, try again.Utter brilliant heaviness. There was no song in the universe like it.
we used to listen to this at night after disco and get high
This is a very underrated song, one of my favorite Lou Reed songs
Mine too.
Agreed. I remember sitting on the roof landing of my apartment in 1980. The bells was so moving. Still is.
so as ""Here comen the Bride "" !!
Lou at his best, dark & black & prophetic
LO REED is the most important artist of all times
VERY VERY good version! thank you!
Masterpiece of masterpiece
Love this song and album. It takes time to grow on you. Probably why it is underrated.
its still growing man
100% agree
Just picked up a copy, got it for $6 and the record is in great shape!
Just finished it for the first time and loved all of it. Better than transformer imo
What a track.so powerful ❤
If you like this you would love the B side of Bowie's "Low" album.
Sounds more like The Idiot than Low
Beautiful
sublime as ever .
Masterpice like Street Hassle and Coney Island Baby and Sad Song and Walk on the Wildside...
Perfect closer for a perfect album. Dark, defiant, and unlike Metal Machine Music rewards a lifetime of listening. Even the supper abrupt fadeout is great.
Pure atmosphere. Definitely feeling some inspiration from Eno on this one.
Nice comparison. Eno in turn influenced heavily by him and the VU.
Be a great theme tune to a hunch back of Notre Damme movie or opera
All I am saying, is give peace a chance.
Score. Using this in my new film. Genius.
Tsunami Mountain of a song.
here again... (and forever)
Masterpiece
A wonderful album !!!
Lester Bangs reviewed it for Rolling Stone and said it was Lou's best album ever.
and
and he’s not wrong
Great piece of music, where Don Cherry, one of Lou's heroes, makes the connection with Rock Bottom indeed. Without this single song, would the album be that great? I doubt it, as for Street Hassle. His glam or decadent or depressing period before, and his upbeat and literate and even political period after, were imho way better. Anyway, Lou's one of the very few geniuses of rock music.
Together with Rock Bottom of Robert Wyatt...profound
Fantastic. Thanks
the genious
This song could easily be the tragic, final send off of Dr. Frank N Furter from Rocky Horror.
Amazing
YES!
Please give this a listen its worth it 😂 ❤
Hipnotic...
And the actresses relate
To the actor who comes home late
After the plays have gone down
And the crowds have scattered around
Though the city lights and the streets
No ticket could be beat
For the beautiful show of shows
Ah, broadway only knows
The great white milky way
It had something to say
When he fell down on his knees
After soaring through the air
With nothing to hold him there
It was really not so cute
To play without a parachute
As he stood upon the ledge
Looking out, he thought he saw a brook
And he hollered, look, there are the bells
And he sang out, here come the bells
Here come the bells, here come the bells
Here come the bells
Here come the bells
Here come the bells
Here come the bells
Here come the bells
perfect for my funeral
Are u still alive? Say yes.
@@federicogasparino Oh, yes, thank you, I'm still alive and I wasn't sick 3 years ago. I've not imagined that my comm could be seen this way. I'm 18, I'm healthy as far as I know and I hope to travel around the sun several times more. See me here ruclips.net/video/ghy37NiFf-8/видео.html
that's the same thought I had the first time I heard this
This song is beatiful for my soul and my brain ***
this is trippy!
I had to write a critical essay on this poem in college. I made it as loud and annoying as words can get on paper. Thankfully, I was called out to read my paper aloud. I remember reading each line of Bells, Bells, Bells, raising my voice, grinding my voice, and pissing off everyone. Goddamn that was fun. Lou got the music right; wonderfully annoying. Does anyone know why he set out on his epic journey through E.A.P.? I always linked him with Jack Kerouac.
Pretty damn haunting.
Listening to my fair share of Doom, Dark , DSBM etc ( all those styles , and others , are connected . Metal people know what I´m on about anyways ) , there´s something in this song which is highly inspiring in that department .
Kind of , I imagine bands like Monumentum , Fleurity or Bethlehem ( to name just a few ) striving hard to reach this level of brilliancy . yet again , i´m known to have a pretty fertile imagination :-)
great
😢💜
when the Beatles meet free-jazz in the Robert Wyatt 's kitchen!
A masterpiece 😂colin.
❤😢
I wasen't know - Lou Reed experimented Serial music
No one seems to be buying any of these "I Survived a Mok Concert" t-shirts...
Big genius of a mess... chord progression at track's finale is pure bliss, Reed singing as only he could
DON CHERRY
Absolutely. The song is already great and he doubles that greatness.
more cowbell please.
'you can never have too much cowbell' - Gustav Mahler
supposedly influenced by both ornette coleman and edgar allan poe (there's arty).
Like a miles davis nightmare.
It's a mess
@@TomFazzini You're probably right
en France, les critiques ont considéré que l'album arrivait trop tard pour en faire l'album de l'année.
ils ont préféré cette merde de "Lodger"
Le problème, c'est qu'en 2022, ce Lou-là est toujours au-dessus du lot dans la discographie de Reed et que l'autre, çui-là de bowie, est toujours à vomir
"Merde de 'Lodger'"? "Lodger" est phantastique.
6/2 spire x 2. Why ring the bells?
6/23 Lorna x 2.😊
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A little to complicated for the average listener##??#@??
when I came home there was puke on the phone and I scraped it all alon up putit in a pan rubbing my hand all across my lan and shit out some san. Sony executive ate it. just knowing Lou is in the background .... glad he is gone/
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How sad for you Joe!
This is a nightmare.
Thanks you gave me a stroke
jeez ma, you promised you wouldn't get drunk and text anymore
Horrible.
Not his best work...for certain
Really? It's my favourite Lou Reed album and I own them all, love quite a few of them.
Diminish a work of beauty all you want, it's your limitation, not Lou's.
Agree. This came out when I was in highschool and I was like....this is three times better than Street Hassle. Heartfelt, adventurous, funny, scary, it rocks.....all of these things.
The best after Berlin. Love both
@@federicogasparino I'll have to give it another listen. I remember how Creem magazine panned it and called it an absolute stinker and Lous worst ever. I know now critics are full of shit anyway
mercilous crap