Chords for Lou Reed - London 2003 interview HD
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Please let's hear it for the fabulous Lou Reed!
Very good to have you back on the show.
[Gm] I mean, I think the first [Em] thing I've got to say is how incredibly healthy you're looking.
You don't want to ruin [G] my career, do you?
No.
I've never seen you looking so well.
What is your secret?
[N] I study with Master Ren Guang Yi, Chen Tai Chi.
He's right in back there.
There he is. Ah.
[Eb] I'm from Shanghai.
[C] That's a deep bass player you've got, Stephanie.
Woah!
You're good.
[Cm] She sounds good, doesn't she?
[Eb] She was really good.
[D] Yeah, she was here last time when we were here.
Yeah, but singing with the backing vocals.
Yeah.
And then people come to the front.
[Eb] Isn't that the way of the world?
[Gm] Yeah, exactly.
Always the way.
Boy, if he lives long enough, [G] it'll be great.
He's perfectly right.
[D] That, fighting with a drum kit, that really is a thing, [G] isn't it?
Hey, I want them to do it ten times in a row.
Yeah.
I want them to do a solo, and that drum solo, and that together.
That'd be good, wouldn't it?
That would be [Eb] good.
It warmed the cockles of my [Bb] heart when I saw that.
It made [G] me feel good to see that.
The spirit lives.
Exactly.
What was the, let's go back if I can, through the mist of time.
What was the first music?
Don't expect me to go with you.
Oh, I'm afraid I'm going to go with you.
I don't know where I was last week.
What about the first music you heard?
Can you remember the first music you heard?
Heavy R&B.
I was listening to the Sound of the Hound, New York Magnificent Montague, things like that.
Eddie and Ernie out of L.A., Outkast, Lillian Leach and the Mellows, Smoke From Your Cigarette.
That's the stuff I was listening to.
That was your first, you got your fire up.
We've got a very good clip of you, and it's, in fact, Squeeze used to do this song.
We used to do this song in pubs.
And people used to do that to the drums.
They used to, yeah.
I believe [B] you.
Let's have a look.
I'm a fan of [A] Squeeze.
[N]
A lot [G]
of people have been inspired by all those songs, haven't they?
When you hear people doing covers of the songs, what do you make of them?
I'm very, very flattered and happy.
I love when they do it.
Except when they had this German opera singer, 80-year-old opera singer, do Walking the Wild Side.
That was a little hard to handle.
We're going to book her.
There you go.
Hey, there's room for everybody.
[D] Now, you have a very good record out, which [G] you've put together very carefully yourself, New York City Man.
[Gm] Now, do you live in New York all the time now?
Is that your home?
All the time.
Born and bred, I'm a native.
So what is [Gb] your day in New York, when you're at home in New York?
What is your day?
I get up around three in the afternoon.
[G]
I have a little breakfast, then I go out and I think about what I'm going to do at night.
And what happens at night?
I can't tell you, so some things should be secret.
Now, the last album was called The Raven.
Are you inspired by writings and poetry and that sort of thing a lot?
I was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, and I decided to make a CD out of the works of Edgar Allan Poe
and turn it into a bunch of songs, hopefully, that people would really like and that might move them.
We're going to do one of them tonight.
What else are you going to do tonight?
Tell us what you are going to do tonight.
We're going to do from The Raven, Who Am I?
And then we're going to do a song called Perfect Day.
Ooh!
[E]
Fine, that's fine, because the question must be, [Eb]
what [G] was the perfect day you were writing about in that song?
That's what everybody wants to know.
If I had had a perfect day, I never would have written about one.
[E] I wouldn't know a perfect day if it bit me.
[Em] Well, you wrote very well about it.
Lou Reed, thank you [N] very much.
Ah, we'll see you in a moment.
Wouldn't know a perfect day if it bit me.
You alright there, over there now?
Everything okay?
Yeah.
Beautiful with the drums.
The drums are back together now.
Nice.
Good.
You've got to check on all these things, you know.
It's not just interviewing people and introducing the bands.
You want to make sure everything's safe and where it's supposed to be.
Now, a fantastic musical family from Tennessee, Memphis, Kings of Leon!
Very good to have you back on the show.
[Gm] I mean, I think the first [Em] thing I've got to say is how incredibly healthy you're looking.
You don't want to ruin [G] my career, do you?
No.
I've never seen you looking so well.
What is your secret?
[N] I study with Master Ren Guang Yi, Chen Tai Chi.
He's right in back there.
There he is. Ah.
[Eb] I'm from Shanghai.
[C] That's a deep bass player you've got, Stephanie.
Woah!
You're good.
[Cm] She sounds good, doesn't she?
[Eb] She was really good.
[D] Yeah, she was here last time when we were here.
Yeah, but singing with the backing vocals.
Yeah.
And then people come to the front.
[Eb] Isn't that the way of the world?
[Gm] Yeah, exactly.
Always the way.
Boy, if he lives long enough, [G] it'll be great.
He's perfectly right.
[D] That, fighting with a drum kit, that really is a thing, [G] isn't it?
Hey, I want them to do it ten times in a row.
Yeah.
I want them to do a solo, and that drum solo, and that together.
That'd be good, wouldn't it?
That would be [Eb] good.
It warmed the cockles of my [Bb] heart when I saw that.
It made [G] me feel good to see that.
The spirit lives.
Exactly.
What was the, let's go back if I can, through the mist of time.
What was the first music?
Don't expect me to go with you.
Oh, I'm afraid I'm going to go with you.
I don't know where I was last week.
What about the first music you heard?
Can you remember the first music you heard?
Heavy R&B.
I was listening to the Sound of the Hound, New York Magnificent Montague, things like that.
Eddie and Ernie out of L.A., Outkast, Lillian Leach and the Mellows, Smoke From Your Cigarette.
That's the stuff I was listening to.
That was your first, you got your fire up.
We've got a very good clip of you, and it's, in fact, Squeeze used to do this song.
We used to do this song in pubs.
And people used to do that to the drums.
They used to, yeah.
I believe [B] you.
Let's have a look.
I'm a fan of [A] Squeeze.
[N]
A lot [G]
of people have been inspired by all those songs, haven't they?
When you hear people doing covers of the songs, what do you make of them?
I'm very, very flattered and happy.
I love when they do it.
Except when they had this German opera singer, 80-year-old opera singer, do Walking the Wild Side.
That was a little hard to handle.
We're going to book her.
There you go.
Hey, there's room for everybody.
[D] Now, you have a very good record out, which [G] you've put together very carefully yourself, New York City Man.
[Gm] Now, do you live in New York all the time now?
Is that your home?
All the time.
Born and bred, I'm a native.
So what is [Gb] your day in New York, when you're at home in New York?
What is your day?
I get up around three in the afternoon.
[G]
I have a little breakfast, then I go out and I think about what I'm going to do at night.
And what happens at night?
I can't tell you, so some things should be secret.
Now, the last album was called The Raven.
Are you inspired by writings and poetry and that sort of thing a lot?
I was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, and I decided to make a CD out of the works of Edgar Allan Poe
and turn it into a bunch of songs, hopefully, that people would really like and that might move them.
We're going to do one of them tonight.
What else are you going to do tonight?
Tell us what you are going to do tonight.
We're going to do from The Raven, Who Am I?
And then we're going to do a song called Perfect Day.
Ooh!
[E]
Fine, that's fine, because the question must be, [Eb]
what [G] was the perfect day you were writing about in that song?
That's what everybody wants to know.
If I had had a perfect day, I never would have written about one.
[E] I wouldn't know a perfect day if it bit me.
[Em] Well, you wrote very well about it.
Lou Reed, thank you [N] very much.
Ah, we'll see you in a moment.
Wouldn't know a perfect day if it bit me.
You alright there, over there now?
Everything okay?
Yeah.
Beautiful with the drums.
The drums are back together now.
Nice.
Good.
You've got to check on all these things, you know.
It's not just interviewing people and introducing the bands.
You want to make sure everything's safe and where it's supposed to be.
Now, a fantastic musical family from Tennessee, Memphis, Kings of Leon!
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Please let's hear it for the fabulous Lou Reed! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Very good to _ _ _ _ _ have you back on the show.
_ [Gm] I mean, I think the first [Em] thing I've got to say is how incredibly healthy you're looking.
You don't want to ruin [G] my career, do you?
No.
I've never seen you looking so well.
What is your secret? _ _
[N] I study with Master Ren Guang Yi, Chen Tai Chi.
He's right in back there.
There he is. Ah. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I'm from Shanghai.
_ _ [C] _ That's a deep bass player you've got, Stephanie.
_ Woah!
You're good.
[Cm] She sounds good, doesn't she?
[Eb] She was really good.
[D] Yeah, she was here last time when we were here.
Yeah, but singing with the backing vocals.
Yeah.
And then people come to the front.
[Eb] Isn't that the way of the world?
[Gm] Yeah, exactly.
Always the way.
Boy, if he lives long enough, [G] it'll be great.
He's perfectly right.
[D] That, fighting with a drum kit, that really is a thing, [G] isn't it?
Hey, I want them to do it ten times in a row.
Yeah.
I want them to do a solo, and that drum solo, and that together.
That'd be good, wouldn't it?
That would be [Eb] good.
It warmed the cockles of my [Bb] heart when I saw that.
It made [G] me feel good to see that.
The spirit lives.
Exactly.
What was the, let's go back if I can, through the mist of time.
What was the first music?
Don't expect me to go with you.
Oh, I'm afraid I'm going to go with you.
I don't know where I was last week.
What about the first music you heard?
Can you remember the first music you heard?
Heavy R&B.
I was listening to the Sound of the Hound, New York Magnificent Montague, things like _ that.
_ _ Eddie and Ernie out of L.A., Outkast, Lillian Leach and the Mellows, Smoke From Your Cigarette.
_ That's the stuff I was listening to.
That was your first, you got your fire up.
We've got a very good clip of you, and it's, in fact, Squeeze used to do this song.
We used to do this song in pubs.
And people used to do that to the drums.
They used to, yeah.
I _ _ _ believe [B] you.
Let's have a look.
I'm a fan of [A] Squeeze. _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ A lot _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ of people have been inspired by all those songs, haven't they?
When you hear people doing covers of the songs, what do you make of them?
_ I'm very, very flattered and happy.
I love when they do it.
Except when they had this German opera singer, 80-year-old opera singer, do Walking the Wild Side. _
That was a little hard to handle.
We're going to book her.
There you go.
Hey, there's room for everybody.
_ [D] Now, you have a very good record out, which [G] you've put together very carefully yourself, _ New York City Man.
[Gm] Now, _ do you live in New York all the time now?
Is that your home?
All the time.
Born and bred, I'm a native.
So what is [Gb] _ your day in New York, when you're at home in New York?
What is your day?
I get up around three in the afternoon.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ I have a little breakfast, then I go out and I think about what I'm going to do at night.
_ And what happens at night?
_ I can't tell you, so some things should be secret.
Now, the _ last album was called The Raven.
Are you inspired by writings and poetry and that sort of thing a lot?
_ I was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, and I decided to make a CD out of the works of Edgar Allan Poe
and turn it into a bunch of songs, hopefully, that people would really like and that might _ move them.
We're going to do one of them tonight.
What else are you going to do tonight?
Tell us what you are going to do tonight.
We're going to do from The Raven, Who Am I?
And then we're going to do a song called Perfect Day.
Ooh!
_ _ [E] _
Fine, that's fine, because the question must be, [Eb] _ _
what [G] was the perfect day you were writing about in that song?
That's what everybody wants to know.
If I had had a perfect day, I never would have written about one.
_ _ _ [E] I wouldn't know a perfect day if it bit me.
_ [Em] _ Well, you wrote very well about it.
Lou Reed, thank you [N] very much. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Ah, we'll see you in a moment. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Wouldn't know a perfect day if it bit me.
_ _ You alright there, over there now?
Everything okay?
Yeah.
Beautiful with the drums.
The drums are back together now. _
Nice.
_ _ Good.
You've got to check on all these things, you know.
It's not just interviewing people and introducing the bands.
You want to make sure everything's safe and where it's supposed to be.
Now, a fantastic musical family from Tennessee, Memphis, Kings of Leon! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Very good to _ _ _ _ _ have you back on the show.
_ [Gm] I mean, I think the first [Em] thing I've got to say is how incredibly healthy you're looking.
You don't want to ruin [G] my career, do you?
No.
I've never seen you looking so well.
What is your secret? _ _
[N] I study with Master Ren Guang Yi, Chen Tai Chi.
He's right in back there.
There he is. Ah. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I'm from Shanghai.
_ _ [C] _ That's a deep bass player you've got, Stephanie.
_ Woah!
You're good.
[Cm] She sounds good, doesn't she?
[Eb] She was really good.
[D] Yeah, she was here last time when we were here.
Yeah, but singing with the backing vocals.
Yeah.
And then people come to the front.
[Eb] Isn't that the way of the world?
[Gm] Yeah, exactly.
Always the way.
Boy, if he lives long enough, [G] it'll be great.
He's perfectly right.
[D] That, fighting with a drum kit, that really is a thing, [G] isn't it?
Hey, I want them to do it ten times in a row.
Yeah.
I want them to do a solo, and that drum solo, and that together.
That'd be good, wouldn't it?
That would be [Eb] good.
It warmed the cockles of my [Bb] heart when I saw that.
It made [G] me feel good to see that.
The spirit lives.
Exactly.
What was the, let's go back if I can, through the mist of time.
What was the first music?
Don't expect me to go with you.
Oh, I'm afraid I'm going to go with you.
I don't know where I was last week.
What about the first music you heard?
Can you remember the first music you heard?
Heavy R&B.
I was listening to the Sound of the Hound, New York Magnificent Montague, things like _ that.
_ _ Eddie and Ernie out of L.A., Outkast, Lillian Leach and the Mellows, Smoke From Your Cigarette.
_ That's the stuff I was listening to.
That was your first, you got your fire up.
We've got a very good clip of you, and it's, in fact, Squeeze used to do this song.
We used to do this song in pubs.
And people used to do that to the drums.
They used to, yeah.
I _ _ _ believe [B] you.
Let's have a look.
I'm a fan of [A] Squeeze. _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ A lot _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ of people have been inspired by all those songs, haven't they?
When you hear people doing covers of the songs, what do you make of them?
_ I'm very, very flattered and happy.
I love when they do it.
Except when they had this German opera singer, 80-year-old opera singer, do Walking the Wild Side. _
That was a little hard to handle.
We're going to book her.
There you go.
Hey, there's room for everybody.
_ [D] Now, you have a very good record out, which [G] you've put together very carefully yourself, _ New York City Man.
[Gm] Now, _ do you live in New York all the time now?
Is that your home?
All the time.
Born and bred, I'm a native.
So what is [Gb] _ your day in New York, when you're at home in New York?
What is your day?
I get up around three in the afternoon.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ I have a little breakfast, then I go out and I think about what I'm going to do at night.
_ And what happens at night?
_ I can't tell you, so some things should be secret.
Now, the _ last album was called The Raven.
Are you inspired by writings and poetry and that sort of thing a lot?
_ I was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, and I decided to make a CD out of the works of Edgar Allan Poe
and turn it into a bunch of songs, hopefully, that people would really like and that might _ move them.
We're going to do one of them tonight.
What else are you going to do tonight?
Tell us what you are going to do tonight.
We're going to do from The Raven, Who Am I?
And then we're going to do a song called Perfect Day.
Ooh!
_ _ [E] _
Fine, that's fine, because the question must be, [Eb] _ _
what [G] was the perfect day you were writing about in that song?
That's what everybody wants to know.
If I had had a perfect day, I never would have written about one.
_ _ _ [E] I wouldn't know a perfect day if it bit me.
_ [Em] _ Well, you wrote very well about it.
Lou Reed, thank you [N] very much. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Ah, we'll see you in a moment. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Wouldn't know a perfect day if it bit me.
_ _ You alright there, over there now?
Everything okay?
Yeah.
Beautiful with the drums.
The drums are back together now. _
Nice.
_ _ Good.
You've got to check on all these things, you know.
It's not just interviewing people and introducing the bands.
You want to make sure everything's safe and where it's supposed to be.
Now, a fantastic musical family from Tennessee, Memphis, Kings of Leon! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _