Lou Reed's 1984 Night Flight Interview covers poetry in pop music, his appreciation for Hip-Hop, and The Velvet Underground's legacy. "Adults always reject Rock 'n' Roll."
Track Listing
- Night Flight Theme
- Do people actually listen to lyrics?
- The Velvet Underground's influence
- What was missing in '60s pop?
- "What if Raymond Chandler wrote a Rock 'n' Roll Song'"
- Making serious pop music
- Listening to the radio growing up
- "Adults always reject Rock 'n' Roll"
- Hip Hop and Rap music
- Synthesizer music
- Vocoders and Doo-wop
- Success of "Walk on the Wild Side"
- Berlin
- Metal Machine Music
- Lou Reed's influence
- Lou Reed covers
- Vocal range
- "There was never any Rock 'n' Roll that did what I wanted to do"
- The Velvet Underground's legacy
- His singular vision for rock
- Balancing rock with the literary
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- New Sensations
- Are songs about specific people'
- Writing a novel vs. writing a song
- Writing a memoir
- Studying creative writing
- Looking back: "I hope he was having a good time"
- Writing after The Velvet Underground
- Advantages to not being a trained musician
- "This is what I wanted to do"
- Thinking ahead
- "I'm addicted to performing"
- Why aren't you going to tour in the US?
- Working with bassist Fernando Saunders
- Drummer in architecture school
- Recording at Skyline Studios
- Recording all over the world
- Recording the band's first take
- Playing all the guitars
- "In the Velvet Underground, I told them what to play"
- Refining his guitar sound
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