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		List Price: $19.99		Label: Image Entertainment Salesrank: 104352 Released: January 12, 1999
		Our Price: $49.28
		Used Price: $21.95
		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
A Night with Lou Reed is an intimate visual record of Reed's legendary 1983 sold-out engagement at The Bottom Line in New York City. Fronting the most musically articulate band he had ever assembled--Reed and Robert Quine on guitar, Fernando Saunders on bass and Fred Maher on drums--Reed performs a treasure trove of his best hits. The energy and interplay on stage is so intense that it grabs the raw nerve of rock 'n' roll urgency. Songs: Sweet Jane, I'm Waiting for the Man, Martial Law, Don't Talk to Me About Work, Women, Waves of Fear, Walk on the Wild Side, Turn Out the Lights, New Age, Kill Your Sons, Satellite of Love, White Light White Heat, Rock and Roll.

Description of A Night With Lou Reed:
This 1983 concert film was shot during Lou Reed's legendary stand at the Bottom Line in New York City. Reed got his start in Greenwich Village, and indeed this show has a strong air of a hero's return. The former Velvet Underground frontman greets the crowd with a tidy-but-tough "Sweet Jane," then smoothly skips through his then-catalogue of pre- and post-solo career records. "I'm Waiting for the Man" takes us back to the well, while "Wild Side," "Don't Talk to Me About Work," "Waves of Fear," and a stunning version of "Kill Your Sons" reflects something of the scope of Reed's development. A blistering "White Light/White Heat" reminds one of the Velvets' magnificent sting, and the show closes out with an epic take on "Rock 'n' Roll." Reed is backed by a spare ensemble, including the outstanding Robert Quine on guitar, Fred Maher on drums, and Fernando Saunders on bass. Clearly and cleanly photographed, this performance is riveting to see and hear. Keep watching after Reed leaves the stage; his post-show comments about some special moments in front of the audience are well worth catching. --Tom Keogh

A Night With Lou Reed Reviews:
Aces High Electric Sparks Fly
2008-12-05 - I just got this dvd and being a huge lou/vu fan added to the excitement of poppin this baby in.
Lou comes on stage and doesn't say a work then starts to crank out a tough version of sweet jane then kicks right into one of the best versions of "i'm waiting for the man" highlighted by incendiary guitar solos by robert quine matched by some muscular rhythm playing by Lou who's obviously inspired and having a good time.
This is definately one of the best moments as lou's vocals are melodic and disciplined and the whole band is totally in the zone rockin' it.
"New age" is tender and beautiful and capped off by an extremely melodic bass solo by fernando saunders and "kill your sons" is vicious to the core with reed lashing out a blazing solo drenched in distortion and fury which finds the audience on their feet at the conclusion.
I also liked the version of satellite of love with it's leisurely pace capped off by lou playing solo then joined by quine as the band kicks into an inspired rock groove fest.
it's really refreshing and most of all fun to see reed smiling and enjoying himself and he is clearly happy to be back.
other great moments include a frenzied electrifying take on "white light white heat" with robert quine unleashing some crackling savage solos at the end and a smoking version of "waves of fear" with reed's raging vocals and quine's outbursts of guitar madness.
The show concludes with a fine version of "rock n' roll" which is highlighted by lou dishing out a guitar showcase spiked with some incendiary chuck berry style solos which i've never heard lou tackle before and it comes off in a smashing way.
the audience is into it with the people standing in front of the stage really groovin' it and for a moment you can see andy warhol sitting in the back.
lou in the end briefly says thank you to the crowd in a dead pan voice then stands there for one second just staring at the crowd in total seriousness then walks off.
it's as if he was lovin'the vibe but was trying the keep his cool or his prince of darkness image.
either way this show is short at only one hour but it really rocks and finds lou loose,inspired and revived.
lou's having a good time and is feeling the rock n' roll vibe and the audience felt it too and you will also.
as lou said "my life was saved by rock n' roll, yeah rock n' roll"

R.I.P. The GREAT Robert Quine

Lou Reed
2008-06-15 - This has all my Reed favorites. Incredible performance. At one point between songs, the camera settles on who I believe is Andy Warhol in the crowd.

Robert Quine, the guy who revitalized Lou's career
2007-05-21 - A relic from the Robert Quine days of Lou's career, and...along with the excellent "Live In Italy" CD...the only other "official" concert release. Quine is rightfully credited as the man who got Lou to pick up the guitar again, and that revived interest produced some pretty entertaining "right channel, left channel" battles. 4 stars instead of 5 because Lou never really cuts loose here like he did on the "Live In Italy" 17-minute medley of "Some Kinda Love / Sister Ray." You do get Lou "floating" (as he describes it backstage after the show) during the guitar solo to "Kill Your Sons." Like Ringo Starr said in a recent issue of Rolling Stone, in regard to seeing Bob Dylan in concert, "You go to Bob's gig, and you get what Bob wants to give you." Same holds true for Lou. On some nights the genius comes out. On other nights, the genius phones it in. On the "Night With Lou Reed" DVD, you'll see about 4/5ths of the genius...not bad, not definitive, just Lou on one New York night, and worth every penny of the $13.49 that Amazon is charging. LOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

sad
2006-03-07 - a long time lou reed fan was so looking forward to recieving this dvd. if you are entrenched into the talent and feeling and soul of the lou reed album rocknroll animal, you will be so disapointed with this dvd. sweet jane and rocknroll i swear could be played better by a holiday inn cover band. save your money.

Sheer perfection
2005-03-03 - What we have here is simply the greatest band that Reed has ever assembled in his entire solo career , playing some of his strongest material in an outstanding fiery way. Alongside Reed's ever charimastic performance, mr. Robert 'Voidoid' Quine is in IMHO really the main force at this concert, delivering his trademark blistering guitar solos all over the place, backed by the solid rhythm section of Saunders and Maher. The song selection is very good, ranging from VU to "Blue Mask", the sound quality is nice and the shooting have an adequate sparse elegance.


Well, folks, this is SHEER PERFECTION for Lou Reed's fans!!!