2) Lou Reed - I'm Waiting for the Man - live in Paris, 1974 

Lou Reed makes everything cool. He makes being a jerk cool, he makes bisexuality cool, he makes me cool for listening to him, he makes Coke cool for drinking it, he makes Andy Warhol cool, he makes Earth cool, he makes transexuals and heroin cool, he makes sunglasses cool. Cool.

This is my favorite performance of this song.

cant say how many times id be out waiting to copp somethin w this song ringin in my head

He's not stealling moves from Jagger, he's on heroin and he's letting himself go. This man was genius

I love Lou Reed and I love, love every second this performance . . Absolutely beautiful, beautiful performance from Lou. - Oh I hope the same . . I hope that you've now found the man . .

This song and the whole concert confirms the old Duke Elklington's motto : "the value of an Orchestr is the value of its bassist". Great Prakash John !

this is why a love lou reed

I miss this guy, he was the best !

"Take me to the river" was written in 1974 ... the same year as this performance and probably was not a quote that very many people recognized then.

I am very sorry to hear this. My deepest condolences, I am a mum as well, I cannot imagine the pain. I wish you strength. Martine

straordinario

Glam? Punk? Whatever you wanna call him,Lou's a Rock N Roll God.

Omg I love the guitar on this!

Encore une superbe version, j'adore

This one is the best version. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️

he's so fucking loaded what an awesome video

My son, Christopher William Atwood, waited for the man many times. The last time cost him his life this year 2013 at the tender age of 21. I miss him every freakin' second.

What you doing UPTOWN?! UPTOWN!!

This song appeared 1967 on the first VU album...

I hope that your find the man. Rest in peace

Rest in peace, big one.

Lou in his full-funky-sally-can't-dance phase! Surely 'smacked' to the tilt!

4:39 "I'm feeling good, I'm feeling so fine," but his hands are visibly shaking. Heart-wrenching.

I like this funky version of waiting for the man, its interesting.

Aww it's Lou the Lead Singer, still cool as usual.

That was his funky period. Check out all his 74 live footage.

Theres only one lou reed! The greatest!!!

get funky lou! you're the man!!!

Only 38 years ago

the one.the only. thanks,Lou

Far out I love the music for this number!

Love to lou xxxxxx

INCREDIBLE!

@ovomusic Steve Hunter on lead and Prakash John on bass

He was so beautiful & genius

LOVE THE SHADES!

He found him long ago on that dirty corner on Lexington, Nice comment. I agree Lou is watching over us.

SO HIGH. From every point of view.

WOW I love this version. it trumps the demo version

Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads was in The Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman too. Richman was hugely influenced by Reed and VU and the Lovers' early music showed it. Another Talking Heads-Lou Reed connection!

mitico

what a genius

FAB !

@Bobjb999 Thanks for putting a sensible perspective on this.

re: the speed comment to hehhe then bowies legs must have been the only thing on coke hahah lou is god thank you for posting this .. you are so cool

and that too is cool

YEAH!!

BlueO - if that is the May 1974 concert, then I would be interested to record it if possible

@visionfirst1970 Don't give me a lesson in Lou Reed's music, i know exactly what he's singing about. He's just singing it in an over camp way, he never did that when he performed later on. Anyway, as i've said, i love his music.

exactly

This song first appeared on an album in 1966.

too fucking cool!

Master

Twenty-Six Dollars in my hand bought a big bag of smack back in '67 when he wrote this.

I agree with kappser

FUCKING. EPIC.

@82rondo Try and find a copy of the bootleg from a concert he did in Sydney in 1975 called Blondes Have More Fun... he slows the tempo right down resulting in a 10 minute+ version of this song... it's a killer!

The extraneous arm movements indicate high quality amphetamine.

anyone know how i can get this exact live version on cd?

nope. by 1974 all of the original punk bands had disbanded.

Who is killing it on guitar???

hes ma man

@rockmeamadeus23 yeah type in ride paris ride torrent on google and they give you a bunch of options to download from

Wow...the Talking Heads aped this one for 'Take Me to the River.

wow so do they did, how blind I am!!!!

This cat has pushed the envelope in a big way.

Mule sez ' leave Lou alone -pry the best rocker of the time

can you upload "walk on the wild side" of this concert? please¡

I'm raising my hand.

You mean "Take Me to the River" sounds like "I'm Waiting For the Man" written a few years prior to Byrnes' tune.

jittery dance and gurning

Let's go church!

j étais à ce concert à l olympia on pouvait à cette époque fumer le tarpé devant la scène !et on en est pas morts!

Ever hear of the song " COOL JERK " ?

When i got into Lou Reed in the late 80's i never realised he was a fairy, anyway, i love his music.

That guy is right VU Dolls Stooges and Dictators predicted punk, and the Ramones gave the sound the blueprint. the Pistols establishes the "cliche" image, but with their media presence also made it a trend. And all of these bands are great!

Ladies and Gentlemen, here comes Glam Rock...

@visionfirst1970 It was simply a 'tongue in cheek' comment based on the way he was moving. No offence taken, suitably peaced out, cheers.

walk on the wild side

Speed and cocaine alcohol and rock and roll

I beg to differ.

@indio77777 Well, you did call him a fairy so I did not see it as anything other than a lack of understanding of the lyrics. Meant no offense, never really do when I comment on music related vids. Peace out homie

The Clash weren't punk at all until they heard the Sex Pistols. They actually had a meeting and decided to 'be like the Pistols'. The New York scene was great and a forerunner to punk, but I maintain, punk began with the Pistols.

@badgersQ or not ;0

hey there. I always considered bands like The Godz, The Stooges and VU to be the orignal punks. Maybe proto-punk, and if yes aren't The Undertones the original punk band? Hell, what about the first Swell Maps single?

@indio77777 Hes not singing about "his man" that way... the song is about his heroin dealer... The man

his man is his dealer and the 26 dollars is for a wrap mate

I have $26 in my hand. 6 people did not.

nobody is cooler than Lou Reed in this period...not even Lennon

Pretty sure Lou got a bump just before he went on....lol.

@nikaye1 t'es malade ou quoi???

Punk began with the Sex Pistols. Before that there was New York,...and Hawkwind!

This is post VU

This straight boy thinks that Lou was one sexy man - and a great singer.

look at what David Bowie does to people, the exact same thing happened to iggy

Shut up pope! I yelled, not because Larry Mullins is Toby Dammit nor because anyone easing gently is better than one who will ram it nor for reasons that differentiate the taste of mutton from lamb bit

Took his moves from Jagger.

Being a jerk is never cool.

@ledivo59 more like speed

I dry my undies by holding them out the window of my car while I speed through school zones. Dry undies are more important than the lives of a few dozen brats.