Search And Destroy: Lou Reed

"the blue mask" i mean.

love when Quine steps back and lets Reed solo in "The Blue Mask."

and this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UxTHXyL0vg

damn

I really love the idea of Bimblw finally getting to meet Lou; thx James Redd

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White against white, Black against Jew
it seems like it's 1942
the baby sits in front of MTV
watching violent fantasies
While Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport
only to find his heroes are all coked up
classic, original, the same old story
the politics of hate in a new surrounding
Hate if it's good and hate if it's bad
and if this all don't make you mad
I'll keep yours and I'll keep mine
nothing sacred and nothing divine
Father, bless me, we're at full throttle
better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle
and while you're at it better check that batter
make sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper

gutted, RIP

Too soon. So apt he left us on a Sunday morning.

Was Lulu the last thing he recorded? I hope not.

I'm happy it is! Bowing out with a middle finger.

he liked lulu, by all accounts. i think that's enough.

Lulu is great. I can't really express what meant to me, as a songwriter and just as a figure....RIP. I thought you were enough of an ornery bastard to live forever.

BTW the tai chi meditation album he did a couple years ago is kind of a coo ambient drone record

His death was the second story on ABC news tonight, with a seemingly random assemblage of non-peak footage.

Has christgau weighed in?

Has christgau weighed in?

i wanne be a singer like lou reed
i like lou reed

i had a sudden urge to put on 'Pale Blue Eyes' last night. spooky. RIP. hitting me in waves

I Heard Her Call My Name - just played this LOUD and it was the greatest thing. Rest well you glorious grumpy bastard.

lolVH1, but I really like this version without drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZRxjpxccF0

thefish649Aug 11, 2010
Lou Reed wanted seinfeld's hair, seinfeld's hair wanted Lou reed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0isUxJaA0G4

this is killing me

btw the cool wow can you believe how shitty it is that lulu was his last album wow comments are so terrible and beside the point, can you imagine dying thinking you had recently performed your best work lyrically? that's the ideal imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yQC4XTVdHw

I'm in the middle of writing an obit so I've said little but a remark: did anyone else come out thanks to "Some Kinda Love"? I have him to thank.

I wonder if/when we'll hear from Mo, Cale, and Bowie?

best part in please kill me

You see, Lou and Nico had some kind of affair, both consummated and constipated, during the time he wrote these psychological love songs for her like "I'll Be Your Mirror" and "Femme Fatale." When it fell apart, we really learnt how Nico could be the mistress of the destructive one-liner. I remember one morning we had gathered at the Factory for a rehearsal. Nico came in late, as usual. Lou said hello to her in a rather cold way. Nico simply stood there. You could see she was waiting to reply, in her own time. Ages later, out of the blue, came her first words: "I cannot make love to Jews anymore."

ok this one maybe more apt:

Lou Reed: Rock & roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back your beat so you could dream. A whole generation running with a Fender bass... The people just have to die for the music. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? Die for it. Isn't it pretty? Wouldn't you die for something pretty? Perhaps I should die. After all, all the great blues singers did die. But life is getting better now. I don't want to die. Do I?

huge RIP. was very shook when i found out. they were playing Loaded at a record store today and i didn't even know why but i had a real moment listening to new age. loved this guy on so many levels: as a songwriter & vocalist, punk icon, also as like a mythical character; the electroshock therapy, how he's always said to be this crabby mean prick... so cool

i hope all the jamokes who called 'lulu' unlistenable feel sorry now

ecstasy is the best fucking record, jesus

maaaaaaaad
you just make me maaaaad

did anyone else come out thanks to "Some Kinda Love"? I have him to thank.

Not exactly but a young me got turned on by this misheard lyric:

For a bore is a straight line
That finds a wealth in division
And some kinds of love
Are mistaken for fission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeM6UqtGBdM

xgau: http://www.spin.com/articles/lou-reed-robert-christgau-toesucker-blues/

I wonder if/when we'll hear from Mo, Cale, and Bowie?

CNN was talking to Mo by phone

http://jcofficialnews.tumblr.com/

RIP. I can still remember the first time I ever heard "Sunday Morning". It was like being transported to a cosmic womb.

Wonder how Jonathan Richman is taking this?

Listening to this Satellite of Love Live album which is pretty good but can't find any info about who is playing on it or when and where it was recorded. Just cheesy cover art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-c8brLf2HQ

fave krautrock lou:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdkG3zMf19A

Wonder how Jonathan Richman is taking this?

Crossed my mind too.

Alfred does the business:

http://thequietus.com/articles/13708-lou-reed-obituary

Lou Reed is not dead.

short but sweet from John Cale

http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/index.html

if anyone fancies seeing the 'Transformer' episode of Classic Albums it's here and is amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ilcorvojoe/search?query=lou

Was meaning to recommend that.

Alfred does the business:

http://thequietus.com/articles/13708-lou-reed-obituary

― Ned Raggett, Monday, October 28, 2013 6:57 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Beautiful piece.

who tells that Nico story in Please Kill Me?

https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1385415_10152603133192137_768662356_n.jpg