Listen: Lou Reed and Metallica release 'The View' preview ahead of album
Is Loutallica ill-fated?
Metallica and Lou Reed
News continues to trickle out about the new Lou Reed and Metallica collaboration album "Lulu," and today brings with it the first listen.
Loutallica provide a 30-second, erm, preview into "The View," with the Velvets legend doing some spoken-word over Metallica just doing what Metallica does. It sounds like your drunk uncle talking about sex over a blasting radio and then everyone improvising a refrain when it looks like he's lost your interest.
Granted, the audio is ridiculously overly compressed, and it's only 30 seconds of verse with an inch of chorus. But my personal initial reaction: uh oh.
"Lulu" is out on Nov. 1. Check out the album art -- made for $5 and an ounce of blood -- here; as previously reported, the concept album is based on German expressionist writer Frank Wededkind's plays "Earth Spirit" and "Pandora's Box," aka the "Lulu Plays."
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Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupDustin Hiser
September 19, 2011 at 5:35PM EST Reply to CommentUh, hmm.
Hard to judge based on a low bit rate 30 seconds, but, yeah. This could be cool, or it could be one of the worst albums of all time.
I'm pretty sure that's Hetfield on the chorus bit at the end.
Jethro
September 19, 2011 at 7:24PM EST Reply to CommentHuh? I hope this is really bad context because that 30-second clip made me feel confused.