ITOW [In Their Own Words Live at the Bottom Line] - 1st Show

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Title

ITOW [In Their Own Words Live at the Bottom Line] - 1st Show

Collection

Lou Reed papers
Series I: Recordings
Subseries I. C. Live

Names

Reed, Lou (Creator)
Vega, Suzanne (Performer)
Williams, Victoria, 1958- (Performer)
Kristofferson, Kris (Performer)
Scelsa, Vin (Host)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1994-02-02
Place: The Bottom Line, New York, NY

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: JPB 18-01

Genres

Live Sound Recordings
Music

Notes

Performers: Hosted by Vin Scelsa and featuring performances and interviews with Suzanne Vega, Lou Reed, Victoria Williams, and Kris Kristofferson.
Content: Lou Reed introduction starts (00:09:08) ; Lou Reed on when he first wanted to become a songwriter, jokes, on working at Pickwick Records, "I'm not proud of this", "We'd write ten, twelve surfing songs and go record them in about an hour or two and we'd say we were the Surf Nuts or the Beach Bums or something and they'd sell it in Woolworths in the 99 cents bin", "I learned how to write a 99 cent song. I learned how to move fast in the studio", "We wrote 'Johnny Can't Surf No More" ... there was the immortal 'Let the Wedding Bells Ring', about the guy in high school, wants to marry the girl, doesn't have any money, has a car, enters the race, the final turn, boom that's it.", about the song "The Ostrich", "I figured if I created a dance around Ostrich feathers that fame and fortune were a heartbeat away", "The line I had was 'put your head on the floor and step on it' ... I thought I was a little off", on writing for himself while working at Pickwick (00:34:50) ; Suzanne Vega on being influenced by Lou Reed, on Lou flicking lit cigarettes at his audience (01:01:47) ; LR on creating elsewhere, "I like recording in New York because just getting the studio's an adventure...", on writing in the studio (01:10:59) ; Kris Kristofferson on listening to album "New York" (01:18:08) ;
Content: "Betrayed" (00:11:07) ; "Legendary Heart" (00:39:03) ; "Strawman" w/ Kris Kristofferson and Victoria Williams (01:13:24) ; "Endless Cycle" (01:43:51) ;

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audiocassette (DAT) (116 min.)

Languages

English

Identifiers

Archives ID: 24078
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21759149
AMI Identifier: myd_561812_v01f01_em
Archives EAD ID: 3136602
Archives Components ID: 1535392
AMI Primary Identifier: 561812
Barcode: 33433121093847
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 863daa50-0ae8-0137-45a6-79838e7ff554

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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