While we're at it, another great intro - 'Dorita' from Magic and loss.
I'm really a sucker for this instrumental pieces:

Cale was certainly a troubled, hard-drinking drugging gent back in the day, (tho he's mellowed quite a bit with age) but I've never heard anyone call him an asshole (like pablo picasso), while on the other hand Mr. Lou Reed is known far and wide for his douchebaggery. Not that it matters.

One thing I was surprised at in Cale's book is that he came off a little petty at times. Considering he's worked with Eno on and off since for 35 years, it's a bit odd that the most memorable thing Cale has to say about Eno is that he is a foul-tempered control freak who threatens others in the studio with pencils (probably not to Bono tho) and forces poor John to walk in on Eno having sex at the Woodbridge home studio.

I don't think there's many people going to argue against Lou Reed's douchebaggery.

It is something that lives a live on it's own I think though: I have seen interviews in which Lou was very much cooperating but still the journalist has to say at some point that interviewing Lou is a bit like going to hell.
On the other hand, Lou often seems to 'act' being mad rather than actually be it.

In the end I don't really care.
I've never met the man Lou Reed an most likely never will.
I have encoutered the musician Lou Reed and love him madly.

Addendum: queen jane was in a band that opened for John Cale in late 1970s New York, and she maintains that even during this manic period in his career he was a fine fellow, and an all around swell guy.

Do the Ostrich.

All in all the Lou Reed - John Cale team-up covers basically 3 studio album - The Velvet Underground & Nico, White light / White heat and Songs for Drella - and a bit of touring in the mid-60s and early 90s.
They are nothing like Lennon/McCartney or Jagger/Richards.

Angus MacLise.

Henry Flynt.

YUCK!!!

source: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=129382


Alan Cross of ExploreMusic.com conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett yesterday (Monday, October 26) prior to the band's concert at at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Watch the chat in two parts below. A couple of excerpts follow.

On METALLICA's October 30, 2009 performance at Madison Square Garden as part of the 25th-anniversary celebration of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame:

Hammett: "The people behind the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame were so impressed by our induction and our attitude toward the induction and all the good, positive things we had to say about the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame that they actually asked us back to participate in this benefit. And I'm all for it, because I'm a big supporter of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and keeping the memory of rock and roll through the years alive. Being acknowledged by the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame means a lot to me, so when they asked us to do this, we said, 'Oh, yeah. Absolutely.' So exactly what we're gonna do is... it's gonna span the history of rock and roll and what it's attempting to do — this benefit — is to put together current artists with Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees from past years. And so there's these collaborations that are gonna be [taking place]. We're gonna be playing with Ray Davies [from THE KINKS] — we're gonna be playing 'You Really Got Me' with him; we're gonna be playing with Lou Reed, we're gonna be playing a Lou Reed song; and then we're gonna be playing with Ozzy, we're gonna be playing a BLACK SABBATH song. And it should be a lot of fun. It's a two-day thing. On our day, it's ARETHA FRANKLIN, JEFF BECK, us and U2. So it's gonna be a pretty interesting show altogether, as far as the audience is concerned. It's gonna be a big mash-up of talent."