Ship of Fools: Remembering Lou Reed

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Posted by Squirrel (# 3040) on :

Anyone else have fond memories of the Rock and Roll Animal?

I saw Reed at the Beacon Theater in New York City back in 1984, and it was the best rock show I've ever heard. Introduced as "New York's own Lou Reed!" he did a version of "White Light, White Heat" that I'll never forget.

Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :

Memorial threads customarily go to All Saints.

Damp hankies thither.

Firenze
Heaven Host

Posted by Plain Jane (# 3988) on :

This one certainly hit hard for me. I was too young to be part of the hippie generation and found that era's music made me sad for dreams unrealized. Then I discovered Lou and the VU, and like Dylan, finally heard lyrics that were sometimes grim, sometimes harsh, but totally real.

I was thrilled to have seen him and John Cale at St. Anne's in Brooklyn when they debuted Songs for Drella.

Thanks Lou, you were my favorite crabby old rocker.

Posted by quetzalcoatl (# 16740) on :

Very sad feelings. For my generation, he was part of that overlap of pop, rock, art, literature, which seemed sometimes inspiring, and sometimes not, but which seemed to promise so much. God, I'm getting old.

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

It's terrifying to think that Walk on the Wild Side is 40 years old this year - for anyone of my generation [at least] who grew up "different" it was an amazing revelation.

Lou Reed was far more than that - amazing musician, amazing talent.

Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on :

Lou Reed, a true satellite of love . Bizarre but fitting tribute.

Posted by quetzalcoatl (# 16740) on :

Farewell, Lou, stromae. The last great American whale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xTlsSXNT2bg

Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on :

I've just been playing 'Pale Blue Eyes' one of my favourite Reed songs. He was very much the soundtrack to one part of my life "Walk on the Wild Side' always remidns me of my first year at university.

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