Lou Reed / Berlin (RCA Victor, APL1-0207) <July 1973>

Lou Reed / Berlin (RCA Victor, APL1-0207) <July 1973>
未開封のためマトリクス不明です

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo9nZEalABQ&list=PLOJWuc3CN301CWed3u99k4USLlKWcNUDE&index=1

ベルリンを舞台としたジムとキャロラインのラブ・ストーリー、いわゆるコンセプト・アルバム、ロック・オペラになります。「麻薬」「売春」「DV」「自殺」などを背景にしているところが非常にルー・リードらしいですが、大ヒットした前作「トランスフォーマー」と全く異なるルー・リードらしくない音で、発表当時にローリング・ストーン誌に「disaster」とまで酷評されました（30年後の2003年の「ローリング・ストーン誌が選ぶ500枚」の344位に選ばれました）。

とにかくレコードから伝わってくる世界観に圧倒されます。ブックレットのおかげもありますが「映像」が見えるようで、歌詞も腐臭がするような病的な生々しさがあり、ヨーロッパの大作映画を見たような疲労感を覚えます。

ルー・リードの遺作になった「ルル」も毀誉褒貶があり、ローリング・ストーン誌やAllMusic・The Daily Telegraphで★3つ（5点中）と中途半端な扱いになっていますが、デヴィッド・ボウイが「"ベルリン"と同じように30年後には傑作と言われるだろう」とコメントしていたのが印象的でした。

"Berlin"

In Berlin, by the wall
you were five foot ten inches tall
It was very nice
candlelight and Dubonnet on ice

We were in a small cafe
you could hear the guitars play
It was very nice
it was paradise

You're right and I'm wrong
hey babe, I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone
One sweet day

Oh, you're right and I'm wrong
you know I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone
One sweet day
One sweet day

In a small, small cafe
we could hear the guitars play
It was very nice
candlelight and Dubonnet on ice

Don't forget, hire a vet
he hasn't had that much fun yet
It was very nice
hey honey, it was paradise

You're right and I'm wrong
oh babe, I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone
One sweet day
You're right, oh, and I'm wrong
you know I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone
One sweet day
One sweet day

One sweet day, one sweet day
oh, one sweet day
One sweet day, baby-baby, one sweet day
one sweet day, one sweet day

"Lady Day"

When she walked on down the street
She was like a child staring at her feet

But when she passed the bar
and she heard the music play
She had to go in and sing
it had to be that way
She had to go in and sing
it had to be that way

And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day

After the applause had died down
And the people drifted away

She climbed down off the bar
and went out the door
To the hotel
that she called home
It had greenish walls
a bathroom in the hall

And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day