I know that from seeing the Velvet Underground documentary my feeling on Lou Reed was left being quite….disparaging. There was little positivity to be gained from how he was portrayed in that. A remarkable writer and intellect, yes…but not a person you could imagine yourself wanting to spend much time with.
Jim talking about the paradox within the construct of time – a minute feeling like an hour, and vice versa? I could imagine a minute in the presence of a “not in the mood” Lou Reed would feel like hours.
Then I watched this this morning. And yes, he is being a sardonic asshat but he is also being very humorous in a good way. He’s incredulous at the amateurish nature of the interviewer. Poor guy! I feel for him. But unless he got this interview right at the very last minute – WHY hadn’t he done his research?!
It left me feeling … and I feel awful almost for saying it – because there is a sense of schadenfreude watching it – warming to Lou. That he obviously did mellow somewhat over time. That is very apparent to me watching this clip.
The title of the video is slightly misleading…