Today's not a perfect day
RIP Lou Reed
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So far Rolling Stone is the only source of that news, so i hope it's 'just' a hoax. 
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The breaking news line at the top of the Guardian says it has been confirmed by his agent
http://www.theguardian.com/uk
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk
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http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/o ... round-diesThe news was confirmed on Sunday evening by his UK music agent. "Yes I'm afraid it's true," Andy Woolliscroft told the Guardian. "I'm very upset."
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That has certainly hit me sideways
Very sad news indeed
Very sad news indeed
Well you must know something
'Cos we're dying of admiration here
Mastering obscure alternatives
'Cos we're dying of admiration here
Mastering obscure alternatives
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Just broke on the BBC website too. Sad news indeed.
We forgive as we forget
As the day is long.
As the day is long.
now now NYT also confiremd. seems that sadly it's true.
Farewell Lou
Farewell Lou
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I first heard the Velvet Underground when I was about 16 - I got a copy of White Light/White Heat from Coventry Library (back in the day when you could borrow vinyl records from libraries because you couldn't afford to buy all the records you wanted to hear).
It sounded like nothing I had ever heard before, especially the 17+ minute Sister Ray. I was hooked immediately on the wonderful cacophony.
RIP Lou Reed.
It sounded like nothing I had ever heard before, especially the 17+ minute Sister Ray. I was hooked immediately on the wonderful cacophony.
RIP Lou Reed.
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Ever since I found him via The Velvet's as a teenager in the 80's, Lou has been with me, sound-tracking every step of my adult life. To paraphrase his quote about the Velvets albums - his songs are like letters from a friend. They take you on a journey - offering no easy way out - through some of the darkest part of human emotions and relationships... Yet, there is always light, there is always hope and there was always the belief, that for all the darkness, just like Ginny, when she was only 5 years old, you could turn on music and y'know, it was alright...
I love you Lou and I miss you terribly right now...
I love you Lou and I miss you terribly right now...
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I had the same intro to them myself, again around the age of 16. A tape of White Light/White Heat. Just listened to it over and over. Then I heard the banana album and it made even more sense. It's hard to express what a massive influence they made on every thing I listened to after.lazarus corporation wrote:I first heard the Velvet Underground when I was about 16 - I got a copy of White Light/White Heat from Coventry Library (back in the day when you could borrow vinyl records from libraries because you couldn't afford to buy all the records you wanted to hear).
It sounded like nothing I had ever heard before, especially the 17+ minute Sister Ray. I was hooked immediately on the wonderful cacophony.
RIP Lou Reed.
We forgive as we forget
As the day is long.
As the day is long.
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The man made so much difference to music. Lloyd Cole put it well: something like "Without Lou Reed there's no David Bowie, and without Bowie I'd probably be a maths teacher."
Without Lou Reed and his influence, an obscure diplomat in the Chinese office called Andy Taylor would probably be sitting somewhere wishing he'd made that record back in the 80s.
I'm absolutely distraught. Coincidentally I was listening to Transformer yesterday just before I heard the news.
You were supposed to be immortal Lou.
Without Lou Reed and his influence, an obscure diplomat in the Chinese office called Andy Taylor would probably be sitting somewhere wishing he'd made that record back in the 80s.
I'm absolutely distraught. Coincidentally I was listening to Transformer yesterday just before I heard the news.
You were supposed to be immortal Lou.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell
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to all of the above.Also, We walked down the isle to She's My Best Friend so he will always have a place in my heart.
We forgive as we forget
As the day is long.
As the day is long.
Mr. New York, every time i was listening to "Dirty Blvd". or "Walk on the Wild Side" i got picture of NYC from Scorsese movies or other '70 and '80 movies. Mr. New York.
not long time ago i was listening the only two solo albums of his that i have ( "Transformer", and "New York"). I really like that stories, his lyrics were/are like short stories, you can see it all, picutre in your head, all what he was singing.
and i have to say that i liked (second) half of "Lulu".
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not long time ago i was listening the only two solo albums of his that i have ( "Transformer", and "New York"). I really like that stories, his lyrics were/are like short stories, you can see it all, picutre in your head, all what he was singing.
and i have to say that i liked (second) half of "Lulu".
once again:
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Sweet dreams, Lou... I will always remember Lou's views
in dub we trust
Sad news
Rip
Rip
'Are we the Baddies?'...
"Someday! Someday, everything you need, is just gonna fall out of the sky..." -A.E. Reading 1991
"Don't forget that most of the judges in witches trials had harvard degrees."
"Someday! Someday, everything you need, is just gonna fall out of the sky..." -A.E. Reading 1991
"Don't forget that most of the judges in witches trials had harvard degrees."
I'm still hugely saddened by this, and reading the obituaries in today's papers doesn't make it any easier. He was our Elvis.
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
That's exactly how I felt when I heard the news.markfiend wrote:
I'm absolutely distraught.
Still reeling really
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he played once here in town in the 2005/06
RIP
RIP
thanks...my Lord...i'm unbeliver
tear up your pants for psicho...and jump on him
tear up your pants for psicho...and jump on him
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Been playing Songs For Drella and New York to and from work. Great albums. Take the eternal walk on the wild side.
Like pushing a marsmallow into a piggy bank