THE BEAT GOES ON
NEW YORK—He wore his trademark black leather jacket, and he opened with a fiery “Sweet Jane,” but it was a different Lou Reed who performed eight sold-out shows at the Bottom Line in late February, his first live appearances in over two years and his only planned gigs for 1983.
THE BEAT GOES ON
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NEW YORK—He wore his trademark black leather jacket, and he opened with a fiery “Sweet Jane,” but it was a different Lou Reed who performed eight sold-out shows at the Bottom Line in late February, his first live appearances in over two years and his only planned gigs for 1983. (Reed has stressed that he will never tour again-, so his February 28th shows were taped for an RCA videodisc to be released this spring.) There was none of the frenetic dancing that made his early 70s tours such a joy. And with the exception of a “Hi, good to see you, here we go” intro, $ few “thank you”s and a mention that “Martial Law” is a new song, he didn’t speak at all, so there was none of the humorous repartee that has been a part of his act since the Velvet Underground.