And now we are forced to reckon with the fact that some of the stuff Lou Reed was involved in at Pickwick Records was just plain schlock. “This Rose” is followed immediately on Swingin’ Teen Sounds by “Flowers for the Lady,” a leaden piece of dross on which Terry Philips sounds for all the world like Jerry Lewis, and not in a good way.
Maybe this was one of the days when Lou was passed out, or in the ER. More on that next time.
Great reverb on vocals, though.
You are right about him sounding like Jerry Lewis. Jeez, I’d forgotten they had ever existed.
I listened to the whole song. It was painful.