LOU REED - REED: 'FANS SHOULD DEMAND BETTER QUALITY DOWNLOADS'

REED: 'FANS SHOULD DEMAND BETTER QUALITY DOWNLOADS'

LOU REED is urging all music fans to demand better quality sound from downloads because he fears modern technology is "taking us backwards". In a keynote address at the South By Southwest Festival in Texas on Thursday (13Mar08), Reed insisted Internet technology is not good for music. He said, "You have a lot available to you and it sounds bad. People have got to demand a higher standard. "People who like good sound are gonna be looked at like some kind of zoo animal. It's like technology is taking us backwards." Reed kicked off the 22nd annual SXSW festival with his speech. He is also screening concert movie Lou Reed's Berlin, which was directed by 2008 Oscar nominee Julian Schnabel.