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What can I say, us night guards work at this hour...

Thank you, Grass!

...David Bowie was at his wits' end (and human resurrection will be slow; in a recent interview he stated that between the late '70s and early '80s he was so addicted to cocaine that he nearly died multiple times). Clearly, it was a dark time for many established rockstars.

It was probably a time of confusion that affected a good part of rock stars during that period: Neil Young in the midst of an existential crisis due to the drug-related deaths of two of his best friends, who were also his collaborators in Crazy Horse; David Crosby sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss from which, with great difficulty, he would later be rescued by his friends Young, Stills, and Nash; Eric Clapton pulled out of heroin by George Harrison; Bob Dylan & friends helping him regain his self-confidence; John Lennon lost in his long "lost weekend" (for those who don’t know, 15 months separated from Yoko Ono, in Los Angeles with friends who could be described as "wild" like Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, Phil Spector, etc. One of the "highlights" of John Lennon during that time was getting thrown out of the Troubadour in L.A. for, in order: repeatedly disrupting the Smothers Brothers concert that was taking place that evening; fighting with their manager; throwing glasses against a wall, injuring some audience members; exiting a bathroom with a Kotex on his head; hitting a waitress; shouting obscenities of various sorts at the stage; and at the entrance, having a furious altercation with a photographer); Lou Reed in the midst of mental void for a whole series of reasons (drugs, issues with the record label, impending separation from his boyfriend/girlfriend, etc.); Iggy Pop completely out of his mind...

For Grasshopper: yes, it's little. Regarding Creedence, I advise you NOT to buy just "Mardi gras" from 1972, a half-hearted country flop recorded by the three surviving members without the slightest desire or conviction. The only saving grace of that album is a good version of "Hello Mary Lou." The rest is absolutely essential, even "Pendulum" from 1971, although the first signs of decline were already noticeable. In the end, there are only six CDs, all in an affordable series and easily found, so go for it!

The most serious issue with this album, which I don’t see highlighted in the review, is that it was recorded with people who had absolutely NOTHING to do with Lou Reed's music. Can you imagine anyone further from the loureedian sensibility than Rick Wakeman or Steve Howe??? Like hell in a handbasket!!

In my opinion, it's a good album, maybe not exceptional, but a good album. Definitely better than its predecessor, "Growing up in public."

I have all of Lou Reed's albums, this is the one I listen to the least, I even prefer an album that almost everyone considers weak like "Mistrial".

Speaking of Gaber: their genius is very similar, so much so that they have always gotten along (I Due Corsari, "La strana famiglia", etc. etc.).

I know very well that it seems like talking to the wind when saying that these records NEED to be reprinted (and not "should be"), but it’s always better to talk to the wind (even about things that could be defined as "frivolous" like these) than to never talk at all.