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ITOW [In Their Own Words Live at the Bottom Line] - 2nd 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] - 2nd Show

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Title
ITOW [In Their Own Words Live at the Bottom Line] - 2nd Show
Names
Reed, Lou (Creator)
Williams, Victoria, 1958- (Performer)
Kristofferson, Kris (Performer)
Scelsa, Vin (Host)
Vega, Suzanne (Performer)
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
Topics
Schwartz, Delmore, 1913-1966
Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987
Wenders, Wim
Genres
Live sound recordings
Music
Notes
Performers: Hosted by Vin Scelsa and featuring performances and interviews with Lou Reed, Victoria Williams, Kris Kristofferson, Suzanne Vega.
Content: Lou Reed introduction starts (00:08:57) ; Lou Reed on being in "Faraway, So Close!" "It's a real stretch, I play myself", Lou Reed on writing on commission, "I love when someone wants me to write a song and tells me exactly what it's all about. [you can do that] if you have the money, sure", "I can't keep getting away with these art songs", on writing song "Why Can't I Be Good" (00:29:18) ; about interpreting his music as autobiographical, "I know how to be good", "Some songs seem more powerful in the first person...", "when I get blessed with all this 'I believe you did this', that's kind of a great compliment (00:34:49) ; Lou Reed on what "between thought and expression lies a lifetime" means, about writing inspiration, Velvet Underground music vs. Lou Reed music, "They were in my head and they were played by that particular combination of people. From my point of view they turned out great but they could have been played by others too" (00:56:17) ; Lou Reed on Andy Warhol as producer, "He was great protection...", "no one would change anything because Andy would say 'it was great'...", "[engineers] knew they name [Andy Warhol] was famous, they didn't know why", "to not be tampered with, first time out, was a great experience... but later on there would be problems like 'where's the single'...", on working with Tom Wilson, "Tom was considered the guy would get along with outside people..." (00:58:50) ; "Oh, no harmonica Kris!" (01:04:00) ; LR on Victoria Williams music, "the lyrics are really interesting so when you do one of Vic's songs a lot of doors open up..." (01:08:38) ; LR on writing prose, "I'm two chapters into a novel", "I've toyed with it before but they always ended up turning into songs but I got serious about it this time...", working on a computer (01:27:29) ; LR on Delmore Schwartz, "He was very very educated, very very funny, very very depressed but at the time I didn't realize paranoid to the point of delusion... and I believed him", "I didn't enjoy his poetry... as much as I enjoyed his short stories...", on what his worst nightmare is "being asked a question like that" (01:29:06) ;
Content: "Betrayed" (00:10:03) ; "Why Can't I be Good" (00:31:42) ; "Sweet Jane" w/ Victoria Williams, Kris Kristofferson (01:01:33) ; "Romeo Had Juliette" (01:31:39) ;
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (DAT) (120 min.)
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
MSS Unit ID: 24078
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21759149
AMI Identifier: myd_561813_v01f01_em
Archives EAD ID: 3136601
Barcode: 33433121094134
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 86e0c350-0ae8-0137-86ab-73daea9ce87d
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  • 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] - 2nd Show" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd2b4b7a-f302-436d-bf75-ded092463665

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "ITOW [In Their Own Words Live at the Bottom Line] - 2nd Show" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd2b4b7a-f302-436d-bf75-ded092463665

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1994). ITOW [In Their Own Words Live at the Bottom Line] - 2nd Show Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd2b4b7a-f302-436d-bf75-ded092463665

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ITOW [In Their Own Words Live at the Bottom Line] - 2nd Show