Lou Reed RIP

Joel Meyerowitz ‏@joelmeyerowitz 10 Nov

In 1968 I took this casual shot of an interesting looking guy, only to discover later it was Lou Reed & John Cale.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BYwn8feCcAA7kdR.png

haha yeah, i've spent wayyyy too long staring at that picture in the last couple of days

Florsheim Shoes!

oh man they both look so cute!

that is such a fantastic pic

They're like a couple. Check out the body language.

They look nothing like a couple. You're insane.

deeply nerdy/obsessive observation but it seems as though it's the same day as this pic
http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/img/cale_reed_wilson.jpg

i just gis'ed all of john cale's hairdos so hey you're not alone

are you going to do a poll?

no because i think it would give me a heart attack

Tom Wilson in that photo?

First photo looks like Kirk and Spock.

Tom Wilson in that photo?
yeah they're recording this classic interview. what a well-documented day for lou and john!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Cyw9yhkMs

Thanks. Have you guys seen the recent Tom Wilson website?

http://www.producertomwilson.com

yeahhhh, it is great! what an amazing guy.

Seriously, I mean, he was there for the recording debuts of Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, and the Velvets; in other words, the seeds of maybe 2/3rds of late-20th century Western music history.

..on the phone to his gf

he worked with a singer songwriter by the name of dylan too!

every picture of tom wilson i've ever seen he looks like the coolest dude ever

Believe he worked with that one guy with the soul patch too.

that little folk-singing duo with the short dude and the one with the funny name.

I love that he grafted electric guitars and drums onto "The Sounds of Silence" without consulting S&G. Dude knew better.

Also, somewhat mind-blowingly, he did the overdubs on the same day as the "Like A Rolling Stone" session:

On June 15, 1965, immediately after the recording session of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", Wilson took the original acoustically instrumented track of Simon & Garfunkel's 1964 version, and overdubbed the recording with electric guitar (played by Al Gorgoni and Vinnie Bell), electric bass (Joe Mack), and drums (Buddy Salzman), and released it as a single without consulting Simon or Garfunkel.

haha, is that right? dude could've retired right then and there.

Awesome

Wow... that makes the song esp the drums

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

Ah crap I forgot to include "Families" from "The Bells".

Poll fail

Actually I was a poll faulter.

I'm curious why Lou Reed is carrying a Qantas flight bag (in the Meyerowitz photo)

they were all the rage

Dunno. But just realized there is a parallel between the way the VU songwriting team met and the way the creative principals of Steely Dan met, working in some kind of hit factory and then deciding they had other material they wanted to share with the world.

Then when I searched for Donald Fagen and Lou

Found out about some bizarre but believable and touching anecdote that Donald has been telling. Someone posted it in the comments to Alex in NYCs blog among other places.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U5s7yVD6aAc/UCvtQRKtNrI/AAAAAAAAACc/Hz8BEMgr3Po/s1600/smails.jpg

donald fagen went to see a matinee of terms of endearment on a wednesday. lou reed walks in sits in the row in front of him. death scene comes lou reed starts bawling. fagen thinks 'wtf'. he tells it better.

It's a pretty good story although I think I prefer his reminiscences of watching Levon Helm play.

It sounds like an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Reminds me a wee bit of a certain Delmore Schwartz story.

Great thread. The only Delmore Schwartz story I've read (by him, though it may also be about him) is "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities." Hope a Lou song with that title comes to light (according to Rolling Stone, he'd been playing with something called the Metal Machine Trio, and another one which included Laurie Anderson and John Zorn---let the box sets continue, and Bootleg Series begin). Anyway, I liked the story. Lots of good LR comments, memoirs etc. linked from rockcritics.com. Here's one such: "Lou Velvet(Or, Longtime Companion)(Kinda)" http://thefreelancementalists.blogspot.com/2013_11_01_archive.html

Found out about some bizarre but believable and touching anecdote that Donald has been telling. Someone posted it in the comments to Alex in NYCs blog among other places.
― Into The Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, November 16, 2013 1:43 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what's the name of Alex's blog?

Flaming Pablum

thanks

Thanks for the link, dow. That guy is a great writer, I wonder if he posts on ilx?

The only Delmore Schwartz story I've read (by him, though it may also be about him) is "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities."

Thanks for the link, dow. That guy is a great writer, I wonder if he posts on ilx?

― Into The Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, November 16, 2013 5:56 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is joek?

greg proops did a long bit dedicated to Lou Reed in the new episode of his podcast, goddamn it got me teary all over again

this is joek
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Sorry link I meant to post was Defend The Indefensible: Elvis Costello's "No Action"