Lou Reed Idiot's Delight 14 March 1993 WXRK FM broadcast NO MUSIC CONTENT

"....Metal Machine Music was a joke, now come on, Lou......"

"Idiot's Delight"
WXRK FM New York
14 March 1993

Lou interviewed on air by Vin Scelsa
(OFFICIALLY RELEASED TRACKS REMOVED - SEE BELOW)

01: the Pickwick days, the songwriting method, working with Vim Wenders 8.36
02: riding motorcycles, the recording process, recording studios 10.27
03: Dorita 0.51
04: New Sensations, remixing/remastering, VU outtakes, bootlegs, VU reunion rehearsal/tour plans 8.36
05: leaving the VU 1.49
06: technology, Jimmy Scott 5.48
07: Jimmy Scott 3.37
08: Jimmy Scott, Doc Pomus, Songwriter's Forum 5.59
09: Magic And Loss, Ornette Coleman 7.51
10: The Bells, Don Cherry, binaural sound, Lou recites "The Bells" 7.29
11: Metal Machine Music 5.34
12: future plans, outro 1.48

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uploaded to dime October 2008 by lurid_uk

This is a really really good interview - Lou obviously feels very relaxed talking with Vin and opens up in a way that seems unimaginable now. He appeared on the show again in 1998, and was similarly expansive.

For those of you who want to recreate the original broadcast, here are the "officially released" songs I removed:

(Bobby Marchan: "Something On My Mind")
01
02
(Lou Reed: "What's Good")
(Lou Reed: "Dorita")
03
(Lou Reed: "New Sensations")
04
(Lou Reed: "Fly Into The Sun")
(Velvet Underground: "I Found A Reason")
05
06
07
(Jimmy Scott: "Motherless Child")
(Lou Reed: "Power And Glory")
08
09
10
(Lou Reed: "The Bells")
11
(Ornette Coleman: "Lonely Woman")
12
(Lou Reed: "One For My Baby")
(Lou Reed: "Last Great American Whale")
(Lou Reed/John Cale: "Hello It's Me")

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