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

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COLLECTION
Lou Reed papers

SUB-COLLECTION
Series I: Recordings

SUB-COLLECTION
Subseries I. C. Live

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

Lou Reed papers

Series I: Recordings

Subseries I. C. Live

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1994-02-02
Place: The Bottom Line, New York, NY
Library locations
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
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (DAT) (116 min.)
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
MSS Unit ID: 24078
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21759149
AMI Identifier: myd_561812_v01f01_em
Archives EAD ID: 3136602
Barcode: 33433121093847
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 863daa50-0ae8-0137-45a6-79838e7ff554
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  • 1994: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
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MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "ITOW [In Their Own Words Live at the Bottom Line] - 1st Show" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95456b42-b044-4dac-a8f6-8cbb368c5342

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "ITOW [In Their Own Words Live at the Bottom Line] - 1st Show" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95456b42-b044-4dac-a8f6-8cbb368c5342

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1994). ITOW [In Their Own Words Live at the Bottom Line] - 1st Show Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95456b42-b044-4dac-a8f6-8cbb368c5342

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