Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Songs that always make me cry, part 2

"Perfect Day". But only Glenn Gregory's recording of it on B.E.F.'s "Music of Quality and Distinction", not the Lou Reed version. The only time Lou Reed makes me cry is when I think about how he sabotaged  the Velvet Underground reunion concerts all those years ago. It still makes me mad. (At least, he sabotaged the show that was recorded and turned into the CD and DVD. An archivist friend-of-a-friend once told me that he has recordings of all the concerts and every other time Reed stuck closely to the script. Which, if it's true, well, sheesh.)