Reed giviss listeners sarcasm and wit? ©n ‘Ecstasy’
By Josh Krauter
Senior editor
It happens about a third of the way
into “Ecstasy,” Lou Reed’s suiprisingly
good new album. ■ ’ *
I say “it” because I doq’t |cnow
what else to call it “It” is the 18-minute
song “Like a Possum.” “It” is also most
definitely the wobt song Reed ever has
recorded, ever will record, ever will lis
ten to, ever will be within 100 feet of.
It is long. It is boring. It is preten
1 tious. It is interminable. It would be
unintentionally funny if it weren’t so
long, pretentious and interminable.
The musical backing is just one
long guitar drone, with occasional
drum thwacks and bass thumps too
infrequent to matter. Over this sym
phony of boredom, Reed intones such
lyrics as, “Good morning, it’s Possum
Day/Feel like a possum in every
way/Like a possum/Possum whiskers
possum face/Possum breath and a pos
sum taste/Like a possum.”
So, letfs play devil’s advocate for a
moment and assume Reed is aware of
all this and is, in fact, in on the joke. It’s
not the first time, and certainly won’t
be the last time, that Reed has toyed
with his audience.
Like Andy Kaufman, Reed loves to
confuse, manipulate and provoke his
fans. In 1975, Reed was riding a wave
of near-mainstream popularity. To cap
italize, he released “Metal Machine
Music,” a double album that contained
no songs, just feedback from ampli
fiers.
There are numerous other exam
ples, and maybe “Like a Possum” is
one of them. Maybe it’s a deliberate,
Andy Kaufman-esque move.
But maybe it’s not. Once, on an
episode of ABC’s “In Concert,” Reed
referred to himself as Lou “The
Inimitable” Reed. He wasn’t joking.
But maybe he was. He doesn’t sound as
though he’s joking on “Like a Possum.”
But maybe that’s ’why I like Reed.
Kaufman forced the audience to
become a participant, whether it liked
it or not. Reed does the same. Whether
he’s soothing, taunting, rocking or
enraging the listener, at least he’s get
ting a response, which is more than
most current pop and rock music aims
for.
And by including one of the
world’s worst songs on an otherwise
solid rock album, Reed will get a
response.
Except for that pesky possum, £
what an album it is. It’s the best band
Reed’s had since 1982’s “The Blue
Mask,” and includes that band’s
bassist, Fernando Saunders, his latest
long-time crony, the inventive guitarist
Mike Rathke and drummer Tony )
“Thunder” Smith.
These guys are a crack band, mak
ing frightening and beautiful music
that veers as far away from cliche as a
guitar-rock band possibly could.
And occasionally, a biting and hon
est lyric pokes through. On “Baton
Rouge,” Reed sings, “Well, I once had
a car/Lost it in a divorce/The judge was
a woman of course/She said give her
the car, her house and your taste/Or
else I set a trial date.”
This lyric is sexist, bitter and offen
sive. It’s also honest, funny and power-- .
Lou Reed
TITLE: Ecstasy
; " LABEL: Reprise
Records
GRADE: B+
FIVE WORDS: Good,
except for pesky possum,
fill in its simplicity.
“Ecstasy” only has a few moments
of lyrical honesty, but there’s lots to
like. “Turning Time Around” is a good
soul ballad, the title track has an ethere
al, jazzy feel and Reed’s and Rathke’s
guitars wind around each other like
mating snakes on “Big Sky.” And
there’s a lot more than that, too.
If you don’t mind eating a little
possum with your steak, “Ecstasy” is a
great rock album.
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