Lou Reed - Live at Montreux, 2000

Of the three Lou Reed concerts available on Amazon Prime and Qello, this is by far the best. The coolness just rolls off the screen and wraps around you. Drawing mostly from his 2000 album "Ecstasy", Lou and his three parners in crime go through a roaring set. In between some songs and teasing the long-suffering drummer, Lou smokes and uses a lit cigarette as an effective stage prop. Includes the best version of "Smalltown" I've heard. The bassist is really smokin, too -- in the metaphorical sense.

To experience the passion an artist has for their newest material - also none of overdone 70s tracks on other vids. PERFECT DAY is the only one that comes close to fitting that category but i dont see it as common as -w. for my man or -s. jane or -r n roll or -wild side or -satellite. u get 3 from the great n.y. album & -smalltown from the DRELLA LP. The focus is the ECSTASY LP i believe. Montreux 7/2000 -2hrs.

Item was perfect except for one tiny nick you can barely hear. Although I had 100% positive of over 400, I had not purchased for a long while, so it is taking me a while to get the hang of buying & ESPECIALLY leaving feedback. In any event, I'll continue to buy from Amazon. Thank you you for the good service & fine product.Cheryl Plumleigh (aka: Cheri Stewart)

I agree with the one reviewer that this one surpasses "Spanish Fly" by miles, the production was First Class, sound was perfect, and again his band filled in all the Right spots throughout the show, especially Tony "Thunder" Smith who simply captivated me, and without a doubt, one of the BEST drummers ive heard in years. Along with Mike Rathke, and the one and only Fernando Saunders, Lou was in top notch form. One of the more enjoyable dvds ive bought in a long time. Highly recommend this performance to all.

Oh man...this is awesome! A good snapshot of a live Lou concert around that time. Having never seen him live (sigh, tear), this is what I have to fall back on. It's intense, and the set-list can't be beat.

I knew much of what I know about Lou Reed's music from his New York CD, which was my first introduction to his music. I find that album as one of the best CD's of 80's; certainly the best in terms of its lyrical content from top to bottom. I had really no idea about Lou Reed the Guitar player, who, in this DVD is just beyond phenomenal. As a fan of some of the "greatest" guitar players of the last 30-40 years such as Hendrix, Page, Clapton and alike, I could wholeheartedly say that I felt he is second to none of the guitar players known as guitar greats. This DVD is a great selection of Reed's songs with great video imagery of his guitar work, very quality sound with crisp lyrical content from one the greatest poets of rock, and real quality of musicianship on the part of the whole band. Having just re-visited some of Lou Reed's songs on youtube and this DVD after his passing about 10 days ago, I felt almost like a duty to write this review and urge those of you out there to grab it when you can, because you'll not regret it!

I own a lot of music by the great Lou Reed. Have most of the dvd's that he has put out. This one ranks high on my list. Great recording. Concert Flows and I love the selection of songs. It's not the same braindead Lou songs that I'm tired of hearing as well as other Lou fans. Should be owned by every Lou fan out there... Buy It NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been studying the works of Lou Reed for a long Time and I have seen almost his available material on DVD, CDs and what it's possible to have about him. For sure this is the Best show live of him, far better than Spanish Fly. Just The DVD Berlin can be compared to this DVD. But this DVD is still far better. Lou is ok and the band is great. I wish he played everytime like this. Lou Reed is a singer with a very potencial on lyrics, but he fails when the subject is melody. Sometimes even his voice make the song worst.But let's forget this detail. He is a poet and he must be evaluated by his lyrics. But what I want to say is that in this DVD he is perfect in both aspects as musician, as composer and also he and the band plays in a melodic way and it's such good to listen to. If you are a fan of Lou reed this DVD must be seem. The best DVD ever!

El DVD està bien, el concierto, no tanto...

Ein mE sehr guter Mitschnitt des Konzerts, ein must have für jeden Lou Reed-Fan oder für jeden Fan guter , handgemachter Rockmusic

I love everything from Lou Reed. A keeper.

Lou at his very best. A top quality performance and recording.

Una settimana dopo la registrazione di questo DVD, ho avuto la fortuna di poter assistere ad un concerto di Lou Reed molto ma molto migliore di quanto potrete apprezzare in questa registrazione.Questo solo per dirVi che Mr. Reed ed i suoi musicisti alla bisogna sono anche in grado di fornire prestazioni migliori della già ottima performance qui immortalata.la scaletta dei brani potrebbe forse deluderVi, non ci sono grandi classici tranne "Dirty Blvd." e "Perfect Day" relegate nel finale in esecuzioni un pò sommarrie.Ma nonostante la scelta dei brani di non immediato ascolto, la band suona da incanto la regia è puntuale ed ottima nella scelta tra primi piani e campi lunghi e poi "Fernando Saunders" Vi farà apprezzare dei virtuosismi col suo basso che forse non avreste potuto credere possibili.