Coney Island Baby Music Cd

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby

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Coney Island Baby      Artist : Lou Reed      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $10.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2006-09-19      Studio : RCA      Label : RCA      Avg. Customer Rating : (8 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Coney Island Baby      Want to play football for the coach...      Rating:      One aspect of Lou Reed that some of us love best is his economy of style, encompassing everything from the lyrics to the music to his very voice... And we also love the stories, sometimes told between the lines. The Velvet Underground was a warmup act, although the best of that era stands with the best of it all. Still... there is an element of youthful "showing off" in the Velvets, which is excusable because the artist was, after all, young. When a little bit older, and at the other extreme of the repertory, there was Berlin, into which Reed infused all of the seriousness the Velvets left out, and many have argued that there was too much seriousness in that one. Coney Island Baby strikes a balance, and gives us the grown-up artist, with his economy, his storytelling, his compassion and sardonic humor, touched with a smattering of melancholy. Looking closely, one may also catch a glimpse of Hubert Selby passing through.     Customer Reviews for Coney Island Baby Cd      If not his best, then easily his most accessible      Rating:      CONEY ISLAND BABY recorded after the debacle that was METAL MACHINE MUSIC, is Reed at his most accessible. Songs full of melody with real hooks to them, lyrics that are funny, poignant, and personal sung in a tone that varies from jaunty to haunting, this is Reed for people who are afraid of the Lou Reed they've heard about. There's still challenge here for one who listens closely, but it is covered by a veneer of polish and nostalgia. This is a nice entry into Reed's long and eclectic career, and can be enjoyed by the casual or long time fan. The extras are interesting add-ons, but the original 8 songs from the happy-go-lucky "Crazy Feeling" to the evocative title track hold together as well as anything Reed has ever done.