There is no question about the influence that Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground had upon The Stranglers. The triumvirate of David, Iggy and Lou are widely accepted to be musicians that resulted in punk. More recently, Hugh wrote his own homage to Lou in the form of 'Mr Leather'.
I recently noticed this particular soundboard recording on from 1989 on Dime. It is from the tour that he did to promote the release of the 'New York' album. At the time of its release I was in my first term of university. Listening to this live recording of 'New York' album material, I was taken back into a Hall of Residence (Urgggh!!) and sitting around on Friday and Saturday evenings listening to music as others got stoned. Not being puritanical at all here, but I never really got on with cannabis so I rarely partook myself... so I was just left with thoughts of being in a pub as the music played. I endured endless hours of Pink Floyd, The Doors (I still can't listen to 'The Crystal Ship to this day!) and Lou Reed's 'New York', whilst my stoner companions went off in their own reveries!
I am not especially a fan of Lou Reed, I have 'Transformer' of course and I am partial to some VU stuff, but parts of the 'New York' album were very good, the single 'Dirty Blvd' especially so. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album the 19th best album of the '80s (out of 100).
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