He's hanging out with Bimble and Doc Pomus now.
― Waiting For The Ufas (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
i was lucky enough to see the Velvets at Glastonbury 1993, first band i ever saw on the Pyramid Stage. it was a scorchingly hot sunny day, Lou was in a bad mood, it was brilliant.
― piscesx, Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
he's in that Pomus documentary, tot worth seeing btw
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
Damn, I am really sad. rip Lou, you were the best.
― tylerw, Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link
My favourite Lou interview:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/may/19/artsfeatures.popandrock
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
Been meaning to see that documentary, I believe Lou is the one who reads from Doc's journals. Would be kind of extra-emotional to watch it now, I guess.
― Waiting For The Ufas (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:23 (ten years ago) link
Damn, this is really sad news.
― doug watson, Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
If you like that kind of interview you should read the book in which Luis Buñuel is interviewed by two Mexican film professors, Objects of Desire.
― Waiting For The Ufas (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
Major loss. RIP Lou. This is a sad sad day for music
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
how is this not a new thread?
RIP
― Bee OK, Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
See ILE
― nostormo, Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPuF-CYuic
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
Times obit
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Wow. I never think death when I see a thread at the top. But I just went on Facebook, saw two Reed-related posts, and there it is. I will be checking network newscasts tonight and tomorrow to see if they lead with this. Yes, I count him as that important.
― clemenza, Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
(By "him," I really mean the Velvet Underground.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
BBChttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24697765
― not a lunch that is hot (snoball), Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
A liver transplant is never a good sign, but I was still surprised by the news and surprised how sad it's made me. RIP Lou.
― Brad C., Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link
RIP. Never really thought he was gonna die
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, October 27, 2013 6:
Was just watching a press copy of this the other night (it's gonna show in W. D.C. one night only November 5th at the DC JCC. Lou does read Pomus' journals in it, and he's seen hanging out with him. Two quintessential New Yorkers
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
Banner headline on CNN.com right now; sub-head is "Founded the Velvet Underground."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:58 (ten years ago) link
The Velvets tackled taboo topics like drug addiction, paranoia and sexual deviancy, according to their bio page on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame site.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
Rock mythology has it that even though they were around only for a few years, everyone who went to a Velvet Underground concert went out and started a band.
this is not even the right version of the myth
― (emphasis Treeship's) (Treeship), Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
Funny, I pulled out Coney Island Baby last night to play this afternoon.
Now that album sounds terribly depressing.
Rest well, Lou.
― Austin, Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
oh, holy shit. poor laurie anderson.
listening to the so-straightforward-it's-unsettling "the mask" LP right now.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xduERw9BSns
― schlump, Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
"the blue mask" i mean.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
love when Quine steps back and lets Reed solo in "The Blue Mask."
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UxTHXyL0vg
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
damn
― this quart of slaw is out of odor (brownie), Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
I really love the idea of Bimblw finally getting to meet Lou; thx James Redd
― they're not chanting Lou, they're calling you 'boo' (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 27 October 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link
!
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Sunday, 27 October 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
White against white, Black against Jewit seems like it's 1942the baby sits in front of MTVwatching violent fantasiesWhile Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sportonly to find his heroes are all coked upclassic, original, the same old storythe politics of hate in a new surroundingHate if it's good and hate if it's badand if this all don't make you madI'll keep yours and I'll keep minenothing sacred and nothing divineFather, bless me, we're at full throttlebetter check that sausage, before you put it in the waffleand while you're at it better check that battermake sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper
gutted, RIP
― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Sunday, 27 October 2013 21:13 (ten years ago) link
Too soon. So apt he left us on a Sunday morning.
― Moka, Sunday, 27 October 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
Was Lulu the last thing he recorded? I hope not.
― Moka, Sunday, 27 October 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
I'm happy it is! Bowing out with a middle finger.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 27 October 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
he liked lulu, by all accounts. i think that's enough.
― (emphasis Treeship's) (Treeship), Sunday, 27 October 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
Lulu is great. I can't really express what meant to me, as a songwriter and just as a figure....RIP. I thought you were enough of an ornery bastard to live forever.
BTW the tai chi meditation album he did a couple years ago is kind of a coo ambient drone record
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 27 October 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
His death was the second story on ABC news tonight, with a seemingly random assemblage of non-peak footage.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 27 October 2013 22:37 (ten years ago) link
Has christgau weighed in?
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 27 October 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
i wanne be a singer like lou reedi like lou reed
― nostormo, Sunday, 27 October 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
i had a sudden urge to put on 'Pale Blue Eyes' last night. spooky. RIP. hitting me in waves
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Sunday, 27 October 2013 23:43 (ten years ago) link
I Heard Her Call My Name - just played this LOUD and it was the greatest thing. Rest well you glorious grumpy bastard.
― kraudive, Monday, 28 October 2013 00:04 (ten years ago) link
lolVH1, but I really like this version without drums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZRxjpxccF0
thefish649Aug 11, 2010Lou Reed wanted seinfeld's hair, seinfeld's hair wanted Lou reed.
― Bailey (Collins) Lover (Eazy), Monday, 28 October 2013 00:14 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0isUxJaA0G4
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 October 2013 00:45 (ten years ago) link
this is killing me
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 28 October 2013 00:48 (ten years ago) link
btw the cool wow can you believe how shitty it is that lulu was his last album wow comments are so terrible and beside the point, can you imagine dying thinking you had recently performed your best work lyrically? that's the ideal imo
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 28 October 2013 00:56 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yQC4XTVdHw
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 28 October 2013 01:00 (ten years ago) link
I'm in the middle of writing an obit so I've said little but a remark: did anyone else come out thanks to "Some Kinda Love"? I have him to thank.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 October 2013 01:06 (ten years ago) link
I wonder if/when we'll hear from Mo, Cale, and Bowie?
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 28 October 2013 01:09 (ten years ago) link