Search And Destroy: Lou Reed

Damn, I am really sad. rip Lou, you were the best.

My favourite Lou interview:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/may/19/artsfeatures.popandrock

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.

Damn, this is really sad news.

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.

Major loss. RIP Lou. This is a sad sad day for music

how is this not a new thread?

RIP

See ILE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPuF-CYuic

Times obit

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.

(By "him," I really mean the Velvet Underground.)

BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24697765

RIP

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.

RIP. Never really thought he was gonna die

he's in that Pomus documentary, tot worth seeing btw

― 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

Banner headline on CNN.com right now; sub-head is "Founded the Velvet Underground."

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.

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

Funny, I pulled out Coney Island Baby last night to play this afternoon.

Now that album sounds terribly depressing.

Rest well, Lou.

oh, holy shit. poor laurie anderson.

listening to the so-straightforward-it's-unsettling "the mask" LP right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xduERw9BSns

"the blue mask" i mean.

love when Quine steps back and lets Reed solo in "The Blue Mask."

and this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UxTHXyL0vg

damn

I really love the idea of Bimblw finally getting to meet Lou; thx James Redd

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White against white, Black against Jew
it seems like it's 1942
the baby sits in front of MTV
watching violent fantasies
While Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport
only to find his heroes are all coked up
classic, original, the same old story
the politics of hate in a new surrounding
Hate if it's good and hate if it's bad
and if this all don't make you mad
I'll keep yours and I'll keep mine
nothing sacred and nothing divine
Father, bless me, we're at full throttle
better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle
and while you're at it better check that batter
make sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper

gutted, RIP

Too soon. So apt he left us on a Sunday morning.

Was Lulu the last thing he recorded? I hope not.

I'm happy it is! Bowing out with a middle finger.

he liked lulu, by all accounts. i think that's enough.

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

His death was the second story on ABC news tonight, with a seemingly random assemblage of non-peak footage.

Has christgau weighed in?

Has christgau weighed in?

i wanne be a singer like lou reed
i like lou reed

i had a sudden urge to put on 'Pale Blue Eyes' last night. spooky. RIP. hitting me in waves

I Heard Her Call My Name - just played this LOUD and it was the greatest thing. Rest well you glorious grumpy bastard.

lolVH1, but I really like this version without drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZRxjpxccF0

thefish649Aug 11, 2010
Lou Reed wanted seinfeld's hair, seinfeld's hair wanted Lou reed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0isUxJaA0G4

this is killing me

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yQC4XTVdHw

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.

I wonder if/when we'll hear from Mo, Cale, and Bowie?

best part in please kill me

You see, Lou and Nico had some kind of affair, both consummated and constipated, during the time he wrote these psychological love songs for her like "I'll Be Your Mirror" and "Femme Fatale." When it fell apart, we really learnt how Nico could be the mistress of the destructive one-liner. I remember one morning we had gathered at the Factory for a rehearsal. Nico came in late, as usual. Lou said hello to her in a rather cold way. Nico simply stood there. You could see she was waiting to reply, in her own time. Ages later, out of the blue, came her first words: "I cannot make love to Jews anymore."

ok this one maybe more apt:

Lou Reed: Rock & roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back your beat so you could dream. A whole generation running with a Fender bass... The people just have to die for the music. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? Die for it. Isn't it pretty? Wouldn't you die for something pretty? Perhaps I should die. After all, all the great blues singers did die. But life is getting better now. I don't want to die. Do I?

huge RIP. was very shook when i found out. they were playing Loaded at a record store today and i didn't even know why but i had a real moment listening to new age. loved this guy on so many levels: as a songwriter & vocalist, punk icon, also as like a mythical character; the electroshock therapy, how he's always said to be this crabby mean prick... so cool