On Lou Reed; Interview With My Aunt Matilde
It's Passover dinner and my Aunt Matilde is coming on 80.
She lives on the water on the Upper East Side in the 80s, but refuses to take cabs. She doesn't recognize the words 'Bob' and 'Dylan' in concert, claiming "I'm so out of it, with all these singers. " She colors her hair red. She is 4'10
Matilde's husband owned an accounting firm on Long Island. Her husband's business partner was none other than the father of Lou Reed.
How was Lou as a child? He was weird, and quiet. Always in his room, picking at that guitar of his. He had certain problems, you know. But I even worked with him, once, after he'd graduated from...Syracuse. He only stayed on for six months, of course.
And it's so funny, I say, because his parents were so straight: they were squares. God knows what they thought of it at the time.
But now? Oh, well you know, that's a whole other story...[chuckles] He was just a weird kid, and his parents didn't know what to do [aside from electroshock therapy] And I still don't get it...
You know he'll be remembered better than some presidents... Well I don't know was it's all about. I'm not hip. But my son went to a show, and he was about your age then, and Lou came out in all leather, all black, and he had no connection to the audience. My son, Arthur, just walked out! But then, I was in an airport and this young kid next to me was reading something, and I caught the words 'Velvet Underground' and then I caught 'Lou Reed'. So I turn to the kid an I was like, "You know Lou?" And the kid said yes, and I said "My husband used to work with his family. I knew him as a kid!" And the kid got all excited and said "He created rock 'n roll!" Well I knew him. He created rock 'n roll.
She lives on the water on the Upper East Side in the 80s, but refuses to take cabs. She doesn't recognize the words 'Bob' and 'Dylan' in concert, claiming "I'm so out of it, with all these singers. " She colors her hair red. She is 4'10
Matilde's husband owned an accounting firm on Long Island. Her husband's business partner was none other than the father of Lou Reed.
How was Lou as a child? He was weird, and quiet. Always in his room, picking at that guitar of his. He had certain problems, you know. But I even worked with him, once, after he'd graduated from...Syracuse. He only stayed on for six months, of course.
And it's so funny, I say, because his parents were so straight: they were squares. God knows what they thought of it at the time.
But now? Oh, well you know, that's a whole other story...[chuckles] He was just a weird kid, and his parents didn't know what to do [aside from electroshock therapy] And I still don't get it...
You know he'll be remembered better than some presidents... Well I don't know was it's all about. I'm not hip. But my son went to a show, and he was about your age then, and Lou came out in all leather, all black, and he had no connection to the audience. My son, Arthur, just walked out! But then, I was in an airport and this young kid next to me was reading something, and I caught the words 'Velvet Underground' and then I caught 'Lou Reed'. So I turn to the kid an I was like, "You know Lou?" And the kid said yes, and I said "My husband used to work with his family. I knew him as a kid!" And the kid got all excited and said "He created rock 'n roll!" Well I knew him. He created rock 'n roll.
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