Lou Reed Commerical for Sally Can't Dance LP

4,825 views · Published 12 November 2012 · 0:42 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: M · 2012 · Music

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After the success of 1972's Transformer, Lou released his masterpiece, Berlin, to a completely unreceptive American market, both critically and commercially.  So, RCA in 1974 rolled Lou into the studio to cut some half-assed Scuzz Rock that capitalized on his growing status as a degenerate Rock Star - and ended up making this the only Top Ten LP he would ever release.  

RCA put a relatively large amount of money into the promotional campaign, of which this commercial was part of.  You can see how Lou put everything he had into the promotional machine!

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