Though we once did a perfectly congenial interview about his ‘Raven’ project, Lou Reed was never less (or is it more?) than unfriendly to me in social situations, maybe because they usually involved Laurie Anderson and I’d known her somewhat before they met. But at one gathering, a dinner party to see a new video by Malcolm McLaren, who I’d come to know over the years, I was able to see different side to Reed. I have never witnessed a more unfiltered expression of affection than when Malcolm walked into the room and Lou leaped to his feet to embrace him like a brother, a confidant, a light, all defenses gone, only a feeling of his privilege to be in the same time and space with someone who he so unreservedly admired, or loved. I don’t know their history. But it was there.
Ah yes, I remember this performance well!
Though we once did a perfectly congenial interview about his ‘Raven’ project, Lou Reed was never less (or is it more?) than unfriendly to me in social situations, maybe because they usually involved Laurie Anderson and I’d known her somewhat before they met. But at one gathering, a dinner party to see a new video by Malcolm McLaren, who I’d come to know over the years, I was able to see different side to Reed. I have never witnessed a more unfiltered expression of affection than when Malcolm walked into the room and Lou leaped to his feet to embrace him like a brother, a confidant, a light, all defenses gone, only a feeling of his privilege to be in the same time and space with someone who he so unreservedly admired, or loved. I don’t know their history. But it was there.