RIP Lou Reed

[huckbucket]

Or, as Lou Reed said himself, I spend a year slaving over an album and I get a B minus form some asshole at the Village Voice.

Hard to believe he cared about something like an album review. After all, didn't he make some really, really, almost purposefully shitty music too?

[Benny Profane]

Hard Day's Night was infinitely more influential than anything he did. C'mon. Maybe he inspired a lot of white middle class kids to be junkies for a little "phase", and maybe Michael Stipe or some other outliers will sing his praises for a few days, but, let's get some perspective here.

[Benny Profane]

Hard to believe he cared about something like an album review. After all, didn't he make some really, really, almost purposefully shitty music too?

I once was dared to sit and listen to one side of Metal Machine Music. Couldn't last five minutes.

[stfu&gbtw]

Hard Day's Night was infinitely more influential than anything he did. C'mon. Maybe he inspired a lot of white middle class kids to be junkies for a little "phase", and maybe Michael Stipe or some other outliers will sing his praises for a few days, but, let's get some perspective here.

I think the point was that Lou was Lou, way before he became the mascot for the LES... Whether that's a good thing is open to interpretation...

[iceman]

Hard Day's Night was infinitely more influential than anything he did. C'mon. Maybe he inspired a lot of white middle class kids to be junkies for a little "phase", and maybe Michael Stipe or some other outliers will sing his praises for a few days, but, let's get some perspective here.

This is like listening to an elephant talk about flying.

[TheMessenger]

Hard Day's Night was infinitely more influential than anything he did. C'mon. Maybe he inspired a lot of white middle class kids to be junkies for a little "phase", and maybe Michael Stipe or some other outliers will sing his praises for a few days, but, let's get some perspective here.

Ignorance right there....

[Art Shirk]

“Only a thousand people bought the Velvet Underground’s debut, but they all started bands” - Brian Eno

[frorider]

Benny, just stop. It's embarrassing to watch.

[Alaskan Rover]

I sorta like this little cover of Velvet Underground "After Hours" by this girl.

I think it is a fitting tribute to one of the guys who seem perpetually "cool". RIP, Lou!!





Here is amother cover by her that I like even more. She has talent and soul!!

[Jer]

Wow. Benny doesn't get Lou Reed or the VU. I'm shocked...

[Alaskan Rover]

I think maybe Benny forgets that it isn't just about how music sounds......but how it FEELS.

[Jer]

Lou Reed collaborated with Metallica? Maybe it was great, but pardon me for not even giving it a chance. To this day I still have not seen Eyes Wide Shut because I hate Tom Cruise so very much that I'm convinced even Kubrick couldn't have gotten anything of any worth from him. It's bad enough that Playstation is using Perfect Day in their ads.

[The Suit]

If I ever bought a Honda Scooter, it would have been because of Lou.

"Don't settle for walking."

[Danno]

Interesting response. The VU was so incredibly groundbreaking...oh, here, just read this and get back to us if you have any questions:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/ar...t-71.html?_r=0

I had a girlfriend some twenty years ago who had that attitude (that is now called hipster I think) where she didn't like any music if it sounded like it had been done before. I remember playing some Velvet Underground for her, and she was like "eh, it's ok, but it sounds like a lot of different bands I've heard". It didn't matter to her that all of those bands sounded that way because of VU.

[hortence]

Everything said above AND he got better with age. His older songs held up, and many are classics. His latter material was just as engaging.

I often fell asleep to late night AM radio in the 70s, out of NYC. Often is was the VU.

Eno was right.

"What Goes On" is the best soundtrack for skiing tight trees evah!

[mud]

Any fan of Lou's should pick up this book.





Lester was a big fan and really knew how to relay Lou's sound.

[iceman]

I took my GPz out for a ride, the engine felt good between my thighs
The air felt cool, it was 40 degrees outside.
I rode to Pennsylvania near the Delaware Gap, sometimes I got lost and had to check the map
I stopped at a roadside diner, for a burger and a coke

There were some country folk and some hunters inside,
Somebody got themselves married, and somebody died
I went to the jukebox and played a hillbilly song

They was arguing about football as I waved and went outside
And I headed for the mountains feeling warm inside
I love that GPz so much you know I could kiss her.

I feel like that about the boat. I do.

[Mr. Multiglisse]

There are likely few people better to cover Lou Reed than Tom Wilson (if you don't know him, check out Junkhouse, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Lee Harvey Osmond). Recorded yesterday:

[BigDaddy]

To this day I still have not seen Eyes Wide Shut because I hate Tom Cruise so very much that I'm convinced even Kubrick couldn't have gotten anything of any worth from him.

Ha, ha... you're not missing anything... painful experience just trying to my eyes wide open.

[Benny Profane]

Hey, that's OK. The scenes with Nicole Kidman walking around naked would just, uh, confuse Jer.

[Benny Profane]

Like I said, fucking rock critics:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/ar...or-heaven.html

"He wrote about hustlers, drag queens and speed freaks, and about the ordinary dreamers, misfits and down-and-outers who populated the hotels and nighttime streets of New York City — native-born New Yorkers like himself, and all the lost or marginal seekers who came to the city to become somebody else or take a walk on the wild side."

Lou was bridge and tunnel. He grew up in fucking Freeport, L.I.. jezuz.

[iceman]

[mobygrape]

I like a lot of lou's music, sorry to hear he passed.

but once in a while, he'd come out with something really "special"

[Tye 1on]

Not the most handsome couple but it seems they made it work. Good for them and much respect for both of their work.

great piece by Laurie on them in Rolling Stone here

[Benny Profane]

great piece by Laurie on them in Rolling Stone here

Ha. New sig.

I love Laurie. Lucky man.