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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 38, No. 18. July 23rd 1975

Long live free enterprise!

Long live free enterprise!

Dear Bruce,

Re your comment at the foot of my review of 'Lou Reed Live, I feel a few points need clearing up:
1.Given the choice of songs on this album, there is no way that the originals could be bettered, no matter how well they were done live - and here they are done very well. The 'Berlin' tracks especially, when taken out of context, lose some of their impact, and this goes for the originals as well as these live versions.
2.You will note that while I say that the songs aren't quite up to the originals, nowhere do I say that they are bad treatments. As I said (and still maintain), 'a great album from a great artist'. Your comment seemed to suggest that I did not think they were good versions, yet still recommended people 'to spend good money' on the album.
3.In all fairness, I suppose, in retrospect, that I should have laid more emphasis on the fact that the versions were different, and that though in my opinion the originals had the edge on the live cuts, others may think otherwise.
4.Lastly, I still say its a bloody shit-hot album, and well worth $7.50 of anyone's bread!

David Macdennan