Here's a video of Lou Reed performing at Web 2.0 last night. And here's a review of the performance.
So Lou Reed gets on stage with two accompanying musicians, flanked by large video screens zoomed in directly on his weathered face. He begins playing a song to the buttoned down and sitting down Web 2.0 crowd. Meanwhile there's an audible drone of people talking in the back of the large room.
Between songs Lou looks pissed, but I think that's normal. He tells the crowd, "You can keep on talking, I've only got 20 minutes. Or I can turn up the music. I can turn it up so loud it will hurt. Do you want me to turn it up? Do you want me to make it hurt?" (rough paraphrase). How awkward.
He's met with some faint cheering/clapping to turn it up, so over the mike to his sound guy, he growls, "Frank turn it up!" Frank probably thought he was joking. Lou repeats himself once or twice: "Frank, turn it up, Frank turn up the sound!"
