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Remembering Lou Reed

Can’t believe it’s been six years. I miss Lou Reed. I loved Lou Reed. I loved both the good and bad Lou Reed. I love some of his crappiest albums (Mistrial anyone; The Original Wrapper). 

We used to party with Sweet Mary Jane in the high school parking lot listening to Rock And Roll Animal. I don’t know how many copies of Loaded I’ve worn out. His string of early eighties albums had the most resonance for me. The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts and New Sensations get played regularly to this day. Saw him live a couple times during this time frame. “Live In Italy” sums it all up for me. Great band, great sound, great setlist.

To Laurie A and the rest of Lou’s circle of family and friends; the love of Lou is carried by many of us and hopefully will be passed along to another generation so the light of Lou will never be extinguished. 

Continue to R.I.P Lou Reed (3/2/1942 - 10/27/2013)



lmnop
boxer12
8,655 posts
 
I agree he was one of the greats & his music (both with & without the velvet underground) influenced many other musicians. He will be remembered fondly for generations to come.   
edcyn
1,876 posts
 
I've been a Lou Reed fan since the first Velvet Underground album came out. During the hippie era, I'd get dirty looks whenever I sneaked a Lou Reed album onto the stereo I shared with my college roommates. It didn't matter that, at the time, my hair was just as long as theirs. It was the live album Rock and Roll Animal that finally got  a couple of my buddies to lighten up on poor Lou. What a band! I'm pretty sure I saw him live once, at something like the Universal Amphitheater, but I might just be putting two & two together to make 6,000.
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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
Lou Reed interview, Australia 1974. 

https://youtu.be/RbE2zNoWPFw
russellrcncom
305 posts
 
It would have been nice to see him capture some of the magic that was evident in the early velvet underground years (songs like pale blue eyes, venus in furs) but he still had his moments later in his career.   He had a very difficult childhood if I'm not mistaken.  I'm not a psychologist but I wonder if that took its toll in later life.  

One of the things I will remember is that he always seemed to surround himself with really good musicians (like the guitarist on the intro lead to sweet jane - I can't remember his name).  His bass guitar player was with him a long time (Fernando?).


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