Lou Reed Inducts Frank Zappa at the 1995 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 

I know. Ringo gets in for his shabby solo career.

consider this, he wrote all the music and songs they sang and played. they also were paid for the privilege. they are now making their living off the shirt tails of Frank Zappa.

Nothing classy about this disingenuous, selfserving waffle.

Search for Dweezil Zappa Lou Reed Dweezil really gives it to Lou Says this whole speech was BS

none of you think it's possible he might have changed his mind about Zappa over the years?

The issue between them in the '60s and '70s was more of an interpersonal beef, as well as the narcissism of small differences... stepping back from that there was plenty of common ground

So it's not surprising Reed came around on this

LOL

Looks like Lou Reed to me. Questionable hair, okay, but simply Lou Reed

" Help, I'm a Rock ! ".

And possibly Frank's most singly influential album - a milestone in concept albums and an influence on Sgt. Pepper.

Lou spent years badmouthing Zappa, and actually made a point of rescheduling one his gigs from the Odeon to the Rainbow because he wanted to be able to look down on where Zappa was almost killed. "I know Frank admired me" is Lou being a dick.

@@surfdigby lol

@@surfdigby I think it was Lou's ego comparing himself erroneously as a favorably comparative musician to Frank. Sorry Lou. Not even close.

@@williamrice1955 You do realize that Frank was a fan of VU right?

@@ryanhernandez8540 He was certainly not

My pops is still rocking it like it's 1988. Except fatter and greyer.

I don't get it either, Reed has actually said Frank Zappa is the most untalented musician ever. Which is ironic because Lou Reed as a musician has no talent at all.

Dweezil can answer that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3wbZWDdU4tk.html

There is an interview with Dweezil Zappa about this. The family asked for Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson to induct Frank, the RnR Hall of Fame said no as “he’s a drug addict”, so they suggested Joe Perry and Steven Tyler as a backup, that was also turned down “we’re thinking Lou Reed”. After a phone call with Gail Zappa where Lou Reed had to apologise for his past comments it was arranged that he would read this speech which the family felt was phoney and bogus. Who knows? The rock and roll hall of fame does have a strange history with back room politics.

@@doggity5149 You'd have to not be a musician to think such stupid thoughts about Lou Reed.

@@jethrorae1632 I am a musician, please show me where Lou Reed show his expert skills on the guitar. I dare you.

Was wondering the same.

Google glasses prototype

"Lou's Views" he actually designed them, so that you dont' have to keep switching glasses on and off for different tasks. They were produced in a limited run in 2003.

Even Though I Liked Twisted Sister I'd Have Say many more Deserving it more than Dee Snider!

Source ?

Probably not, but one of Zappa’s favorite records ever was Philosophy of the World by The Shaggs, which makes Lou Reed sound like Beethoven.

Lou Reed had the musical talent and ability of an empty trash can. Drugs turn shit to gold……. At least for a moment

Although it has to be said that Fr∆nk was years ahead of the rest of his peers, and the generations that followed, it must be concluded that a lot of very interesting music has been made by people who wouldn't know where to start with some of Fr∆nk's most complicated manipulations of air molecules.

Respect to Eddie if this is indeed true.

A lot can change in 21 years my guy

There were reasons for that. First of all, Reed wasn't an easy person to deal with (he attacked Andy Warhol too at a point, and The Velvet underground could have not existed without Warhol), and Zappa (who hated junkies) even mocked them during a concert were they were together. But then Zappa appreciated the music of the Velvet and Reed was able to recognize Zappa's talent too.

Sounds from this he got over it in a big way. It's time we did, too. From the speech pattern and the bitter negativity, if I didn't know this was Lou Reed I would say it's Donald Trump. Because that's exactly the way this guy talks. But I do appreciate you posting that if it's just for the sake of history.

@@ptose i doubt that zappa could afford to mock them, he looked pathetic against their background

@@II-xl7lj even if you doubt it, that's what happened. If I recall it right, after a piece with Nico singing and playing the organ, he went on stage on the same organ playing a funereal tune singing stuff like some italian recipe in a german accent imitating her voice... but you can find the story easily

Wow man, when and where was that said?

@@thechief5670 In a magazine interview in 1973 when he was asked what we felt about other musicians. Apparently their tiff goes back to 1966 when they were both starting out. It was published in a 36 page booklet by Nigel Trevena titled " Lou Reed & The Velvets". BUT VU's lead guitarist Sterling M guitarist really disliked Zappa , quote " Sterling Morrison held a serious grudge against Zappa for the rest of his life, making no effort to hide his contempt in interviews. “Zappa is incapable of writing lyrics. He is shielding his musical deficiencies by proselytizing all these sundry groups that he appeals to,” he told Fusion in 1970. “He just throws enough dribble into those songs. I don’t know, I don’t like their music. … I think that album Freak Out was such a shuck.” He was even more blunt a decade later when speaking to Sluggo! magazine. “Oh, I hate Frank Zappa. He’s really horrible, but he’s a good guitar player. … If you told Frank Zappa to eat sh*t in public, he’d do it if it sold records.” John Cale was not a fan either.

Not boo's they were saying Lou

@@toddgilbert They're saying Boo-urns...Boo-urns... Excellent.

Lou was known for being a nasty fellow in real life

The hatred goes both ways.There's a hidden lyric on WOIIFTM saying "I get to work with The Velvet Underground which is as shitty a group as Frank Zappa's group"

later on though, they began to agree

ZAPPA WS A MUSICAL GENIUS

Frank would have agreed, but still it needed to be done. Frank is one of rock's most influential persons.

They were chanting "Lou"

@@henrys5291 have a close listen, it is BOO!

There saying louuuuu

Reed dijo que no le gustaba Zappa y se le hacia un tipo sin talento, eso fue muchos años antes checa los comentarios ↓

@@toshinokyokosenpai9239 Solo por que lo menciono en el pasado? :/

Estaban diciendo “Louuuu” pero si se oye como abucheo

It wasnt a boo

Lou and the Velvet Underground were admited to the Hall the very next year.

Do some research dude before posting crap. They resolved stuff and Reed acknowledged he had been a dick. So weird , yet typical another comment gets made on youtube by a MrkNOWITALL who knowS fck all.

clearly that was no longer the case by the time of the induction

@@TCA17 still, weird, there are so many people you can select to induct, why select someone that hated this artist? Why not select someone who was influenced by him? Or adored him? Or even appreciated him? It almost seems like they purposefully wanted Reed to induct, just for the irony.

@@seanpanigel5494 you are actually right on that point SP it was a bit weird but I very much doubt Lou Reed would have done the speech for any other reason than to get chance to right the wrong he had made decades ago when he was undeniably brilliant and equally as undeniably an insecure dick.. He came out with load of crap about Beatles and others at time also.. Probably was more about Lou Reed covering his own back than huge mutual respect for Zappa found in 30 years since sixties though.. This explains things somewhat though.. Zappa Honors The Hall Of Fame By Bill Holdship If anyone out there is wondering why Lou Reed (who never had a good word to say about Frank Zappa during Zappa's lifetime) was chosen to induct Frank into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame ... well, so is the late rock musician's family. Says his widow Gail Zappa: 'Ten days before the actual ceremony, we still hadn't received invitations; the producer said, "Oh, that's unconscionable! We can give you two free tickets and arrange for two of you to fly from LA to New York." Well, there's five of us, of course ... He said, "Well, we can sell you additional tickets at $1,500 a piece ... but you can't sit together." I just laughed. He said something about non-profit organizations, but they can kiss my ass about non-profit organizations, especially when they were going to exploit it this year as a TV show! 'But Moon had expressed interest in going, so we decided she'd accept the award. A week before the ceremony, they called me and said Edward Van Halen - who would have been perfect - had turned down their offer to induct Frank because he doesn't do these things. So, I suggested Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, who Frank knew, loved, and had worked with. They said, "No." I won't say why, because I don't want to hurt Johnny, but I did tell them that Johnny was one of the most lucid and articulate people I've ever heard interviewed. 'I suggested Aerosmith, but was told they were going to induct Led Zeppelin. So, I suggested Led Zeppelin. Again, they said no. 'I asked them who chooses these things, and I was told "the Board." I asked if there were any musicians on the board, and, more importantly, are there any black musicians? They had to call me back, and they replied: "Yes. One. Berry Gordy." 'They called back, and said "We've invited Lou Reed to do it!" I was laughing. It was just so ironic. I said I'd talk to my kids, and they were against it; they believed Lou had millions of chances to make up with Frank. So Lou called; I told him, "Listen, you said lots of shitty things about Frank." We discussed it, and he finally said, "If I said anything flip that was meant to be funny, I'm sorry." Actually Frank admired him as a songwriter; Femme Fatale and All Tomorrow's Parties were two of Frank's favorites. 'We asked for a car to take Moon to the ceremony. The producer told Moon that I said she'd be the one giving clearance to use the Frank footage on MTV, which was totally not true! He said, "That's OK, the show's running long, so we'll just cut Frank." Moon called him back, and made him apologize for making her father sound insignificant. A limo did take her to the show, but there was no one to pick her up! I have this vision of her standing in the rain, flagging down a cab, with the award in her hand! 'I watched the broadcast, and they didn't play any of his music, although they played at least one song by every other artist. And then I heard Joe Perry say that Led Zeppelin had asked Aerosmith to induct them months before, so how come we got word a week before? This is a man who went to Capitol Hill for these people! When Moon said Frank would've enjoyed it, she meant the musicians. 'As Lou said, it honored the Hall to induct Frank, not the other way around. It was stupid, insensitive, and just thoughtless.' Originally published in the SoCal music ragmag BAM (Feb. 10th, 1995 - Issue 452). Transcribed: R Perkins Text Editing & HTML: Andy Murkin

@@seanpanigel5494 I don't know the details, but if what Lou Reed said it's honest, it looks like an amazing choice to pick someone that didn't like him and ended up realizing he was wrong

my condolences

I actually like them both..... But definitely Lou Reed over Zappa

@@visionaerie lol screw lou reed

The best Frank Zappa isn't near the worst Lou Reed.

Lol Zappa's music is pretentious af. Hot Rats is the only good work from him.

R. Jay stewart beautiful speech. Youre just an idiot

He obviously didn't write it all.

Musicians can't speak, so they communicate through their music.

You should get some treatment, complications have already started

Lou even mentioned his reading problems in his early '70s song " Kill You Sons " about when his brain was fried from electric shock therapy.

No he fckin didn't , he played Velvet Underground songs when guesting as Radio DJ. At no point ever did he say he hated Lou Reed as person , Warhol and 'factory' drug influence on Velvets he detested . By the way Zappa himself did a fine job of dishonoring his wife in the years they were married many many many times