The interview, originally conducted by journalist Joe Smith in 1987, was unearthed and animated for PBS' 'Blank on Blank' series.
- Feb 18, 2015
AceShowbiz - Lou Reed never liked The Beatles. The rocker admitted he's never a fan of the British group and shared what he really thought about the Fab Four in an old interview that finally saw the light of day thanks to PBS.
In the interview with journalist Joe Smith recorded in 1987, the leader of The Velvet Underground first explained that his goal with the band was to "elevate the rock & roll song and take it where it hadn't been taken before."
"From my point of view ... the other stuff couldn't come up to our ankles, not up to my kneecap, not up to my ankles, the level we were on, compared to everyone else. I mean they were just painfully stupid and pretentious, and when they did try to get, in quotes, 'arty,' it was worse than stupid rock & roll," he said of the group's contemporaries before trashing fellow '60s band the Doors, "What I mean by 'stupid,' I mean, like, The Doors."
Asked about John Lennon and The Beatles, he said without holding back, "I never liked the Beatles. I thought they were garbage. If you say, 'Who did you like?' I liked nobody."
Reed passed away in late 2013. This old interview was unearthed and animated for the latest installment of PBS' "Blank on Blank" series. Other musicians whose interviews have previously been animated include Robin Williams, David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, Wayne Coyne and Michael Jackson as well as Lennon and The Door's own Jim Morrison.
