NEW Lou Reed book Makes the Case For ‘Metal Machine Music’
In this interview with author and ‘Lou Reed obsessive’ David Holzer, a case is made for this stangest of albums. You can buy David’s new book ‘Metal Machine Mystic’ using the links below:
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Time Stamps
00:00 – intro
00:46 – Coming to ‘MMM’
01:47 – Lou Reed obsessive
03:23 – The Greatest album ever
04:42 – Sally Can’t Dance
06:26 – The VU
07:23 – Contractual obligation record?
08:36 – Pure Rock n Roll
10:30 – Misunderstood artist
12:27 – Frank Zappa
14:49 – The Case for MMM
16:34 – Lulu
20:26 – Hatred of The Beatles
24:42 – Drugs and MMM
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@NicholasPlissken
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
Lou Reed is my favorite ARTIST and biggest personal influence of all time. He/his work (One and the same.) relates to you or not. There's nothing in between. Miss him every day. Thanks a lot for sharing and keep on rockin' 🤘🎸
@jawaka1000
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
Everytime I hear Coldplay on the radio I get the urge to play Metal machine music real loud!!
@maltesetony9030
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
MMM is just an electronic burp.
@WilliamAlanWebb
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
Metal Machine Music is the best unliistenable album of all time.
@markkemp7608
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
He has more than one?
@lumpygravy52
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
It would be shit without Lou's name on it. That's what makes it art.
@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
Before cds replaced albums, I bought MMM 3 times because I wore out the first two.
@QuesoWatt
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
If you haven't listened to Metal Machine Music, start with Side 4 and the rest will soon start to make sense.
@dirkbogarde44
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
I'm a big Lou Reed fan but I have no interest in ever listening to this album in full. A book about Berlin……..maybe. Not this. To say this is the greatest Lou Reed album is bullshit. Reed recorded this to piss off the record company……….nothing more.
@MIB_63
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
I have been a fan of Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground for more than 50 years, but I have never made it through listening to MMM. I do like Hudson River Meditations though.
@spiritualarchitect4276
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
MMM: One of THEE WORST albums ever made.
@sensorian1709
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
Transformer, Berlin, and New York are all 5 stars. The 3rd Velvets album is an absolute gem and showcases his songwriting. Lou was utterly authentic and not many other rock musicians can make that claim.
@RickyBolton-i3n
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
no i would not metal machine sounds dated
@a.k.1740
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
Rock 'n' Roll Animal and Lou Reed Live—which together make up the entire concert from December 21, 1973 at Howard Stein's Academy of Music in NYC—are all I need from Lou Reed! .-))
@joelsislak8031
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
Lou going against the grain. It’s unlistenable shit. Nuff said.
@martinmathieu6098
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
Nobody care about Lou Reed.
@tralfaz-o2z
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
The shaggs, Philosophy of the World (1969) another horrible album. I heard MMM was thrown together to fulfill contracts with the record label….
@dinsky-o3z
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
I love it as an artistic idea and statement. A decision of the moment. John Lennon did something similar I guess with the Two Virgins album a few years earlier but it was independently released and Metal Machine Music was the commercial followup to a series of popular albums when Lou Reed was at the peak of being a rock star.
@mrmustard007
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
I’m a devout Lou fan, I hate MMM , give me a migraine.🤮
@kevinclark9715
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
Electronic beep and fart !
@chrisboerger465
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
I'm a huge Lou Reed fan, I enjoy most of his albums, but I have never made it through Metal Machine Music. I don't doubt Mr. Holzer's sincerity in praising the record, it takes passion to write a whole tome about an album that nobody listens to and that will probably sell less copies than the album itself. Apparently he hears something that I, and most others, don't. I find it amusing that one of his other recommendations, Coney Island Baby, is maybe Reed's most melodic album. I guess if you want to experience a study in contrasts, it might be interesting to listen to both albums back to back. But I have to admit, despite the writer's impassioned case for the album, I don't think I have the patience to give it another try. I'll listen to Coney Island Baby, or Magic and Loss, instead. Or maybe just the song The Blue Mask, which is five minutes of martial noise but uplifted by some of Lou's most brilliant poetry. Angry rock and roll at its finest. I appreciate you doing the interview, Barry, there were a lot of Lou facts in there that I wasn't previously aware of. Well done, sir.
@martins.7060
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
More people returned the original double Lp than people who purchased it.
@carlomatthews6676
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
"if you love r&r, or music, or interested in music of any kind" Really? That's his pitch to get others to listen to MMM. Pretty feeble. Think I'll pass on the bk.
@martiansunrise7168
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
Metal Machine is more than an audio experience. In that context it has both highs and lows. Once heard surprisingly hard to dismiss.
@michaelmouse4024
October 10, 2026 at 10:34 am
The great Scott Walker made a couple of somewhat unlistenable albums (Drift & Tilt)… & don't forget Frank Zappa & Yoko. Trout Mask Replica anyone? It's definitely a 'thing'.