Metal Machine Music is famously unlistenable. It has its defenders — maybe some of you like it, too — but it’s an hour of guitar feedback, and even Rorschach blots only take a few seconds to look at. He supposedly released it either as a joke or as an aggressive flipping of the bird to his record company, as a way of fulfilling an album deal.
The only difference between that and the 2015 Braves is that we definitely know that Lou Reed had talent.
04 Sep
Metal Machine Music is famously unlistenable.