Lou Reed Takes A Walk On The Corporate Side

noah | November 9, 2006 4:50 am
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In case you were wondering what, exactly, you were missing when you heard about all those industry parties featuring big-name musical guests, Lou Reed is here to let you know that the answer is “Not much, except for that drained-soul feeling.” From a report on a Web 2.0 party with a Blackberry-wielding crowd:

Lou looked miserable. He ended a song, looked out and, in that distinctive Lou Reed voice, said to the crowd: “Maybe you can talk louder.”

He continued: “I can turn the sound up and hurt you.”

Some people cheered.

Lou gave the order to the sound guy: “Turn it up.”

He strummed a blaring chord, then spoke some more, turning up the irony.

“This is the moment I’ve waited for my whole life. When I was on St. Marks Place I thought, someday there’ll be a cyberspace and I’ll be playing for AOL.” (There was a big AOL banner behind the band.)

Hey, it could have been worse, Lou. You could have been opening for the Bank of America guy.

UPDATE: Valleywag has video of Reed’s performance, as well as estimates of his take-home.

Lou Reed Meets Web 2.0 [The Key] Hello bubble: Lou Reed plays “What’s Good” at Web 2.0 dinner (with video) [Valleywag]

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