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Who's best: Lou Reed or John Cale?
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Edited Apr 28, 2010, 14:22
Re: Who's best: Lou Reed or John Cale?
Apr 28, 2010, 12:28
Lonesome Cowboy Bill wrote:
Where to begin and what is his style?


Grumpy Welshman from the avant-garde end of the street marries Peter Hammill's angsty, Poe-influenced tales of psychological horror and relationship misery to a rag bag of rock styles in the manner of the good Kevin Ayers records and "Nadir's Big Chance". Allegedly often under the considerable influence of artificial stimulants. Sprinkle a little NYC art-rock angularity over the top ... et voila. He's funnier than Hammill and has better melodies but is not as good a writer.

Funnily enough it works really well a lot of the time. He just isn't Lou (which was the original question).

"Helen of Troy" is where I would start and if you want a broader taster then I am sure you can get the "Guts" compilation on cd for nuppence these days.
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