This came out in 2005 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Believe it or not, there was a time when Lou Reed was one of the most provocative and engaging artists in rock.
Sadly, you’d never know it from his tepid new live DVD Spanish Fly: Live In Spain. Filmed in 2004, this 11-song set from an outdoor festival captures the increasingly cadaverous Velvet Underground overlord turning in yet another perfunctory, detached performance with his crack backing band. On the one hand, I can understand how boring it must be to crank out Satellite Of Love, Sweet Jane, Venus In Furs and Walk On The Wild Side for the 10,000th time. But on the other, if he’s too bored to summon up any enthusiasm, why should we?
