RIP Lou Reed
Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 18:59
RIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d69mDT11yI
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Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 19:04
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Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 19:28
Sad news indeed ...
Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 19:33
So far Rolling Stone is the only source of that news, so i hope it's 'just' a hoax. 
Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 19:37
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."
Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 19:37
That has certainly hit me sideways
Very sad news indeed
Very sad news indeed
Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 19:41
Just broke on the BBC website too. Sad news indeed.
Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 19:59
now now NYT also confiremd. seems that sadly it's true.
Farewell Lou
Farewell Lou
Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 20:06
Oh. ... 
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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.
Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 00:48
Sad times when our musical heroes begin to drop. RIP Mr Reed.
Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 01:20
Aw man, I've no idea what to say to this, it just seems wrong.
Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 01:37
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...
Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 09:33
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.
Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 10:11
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.
Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 12:47
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.
Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 15:39
RIP, Lou. 
Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 16:04
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".
once again:
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:
Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 19:23
Sweet dreams, Lou... I will always remember Lou's views
Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 19:27
Sad news
Rip
Rip
Posted: 29 Oct 2013, 01:02
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.
Posted: 29 Oct 2013, 04:02
That's exactly how I felt when I heard the news.markfiend wrote:
I'm absolutely distraught.
Still reeling really
Posted: 29 Oct 2013, 11:16
he played once here in town in the 2005/06
RIP
RIP
Posted: 29 Oct 2013, 23:06
Been playing Songs For Drella and New York to and from work. Great albums. Take the eternal walk on the wild side.