A Case of Metal Fatigue ; Answers to Correspondents [Eire Region]
Daily Mail › September 30, 2009
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QUESTION Can anyone claim to have listened to Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music in its entirety? Did they enjoy the experience? THIS question inspired me to dig out my double LP of this album. The discs were in perfect condition because I managed to listen to it for only about five minutes back in 1975 - before I ran screaming from the room.
The album consists of nothing but endless drones and shrieks of guitar feedback piled on top of each other; a 64-minute aural assault.See the full content of this document
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A Case of Metal Fatigue ; Answers to Correspondents [Eire Region]
In his introduction to the liner notes, David Fricke, editor of Rolling Stone magazine, summed up the album thus: 'Quite possibly the biggest "f*** you" album of all time. No songs, no words, no hooks, it's so pure that it's kind of beyond rock 'n' roll.
'If you can stand to listen to the entire album in one sitting, you are truly a unique human being... maybe not even human. Myself, I've only lis...See the full content of this document
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