The Lou Reed Appreciation Thread

[i am gay and i like cats]

i bet lou and andy . . . are bitching at each other, already.

This makes me think of Songs for Drella's Open House.

yes, ill say it . . . one of the best things lou did, was that songs for drella album

[ggw]

I love that this thread brought Thirsty Moore out of hiding.

[shemptiness]

This from a friend of mine who created it - the Lou Reed Memorial Pumpkin:

[StoneTheCrow]

Awesome!

[hutch]

way cool!

[chaz]

i bet lou and andy . . . are bitching at each other, already.

This makes me think of Songs for Drella's Open House.

yes, ill say it . . . one of the best things lou did, was that songs for drella album

I love this record as well

[RatBastard]

[azaghal1981]

Also like Metal Machine Music. But that should come as no surprise to any regulars 'round these parts.

Love this on Lou/Occupy Wall St.

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[Brian_Wallace]

"Fucking good riddance to bad rubbish. I don't give a fucking shit and nobody else does either. It's just fun to fake sympathy, that's all they're doing."




?The Velvet Underground won?t replace anything . . . except maybe suicide.?



Boring songs.  Total a-hole as a person.  Begat 30,000 shitty bands.  Deep down did Lou Reed REALLY "change your life?"  You like him in theory but given the choice your mind is telling you George Michael is a much greater artist in every respect.  He's the Arcade Fire of his time.   But no, please keep jerking off and telling yourself how deeply touched you were by "Pale Blues Eyes."  Where shall I send the Tampax? 

Brian

[kosmo vinyl]

oh great somebody spoke your name didn't they....

[grateful]

To our neighbors:

What a beautiful fall! Everything shimmering and golden and all that incredible soft light. Water surrounding us.

Lou and I have spent a lot of time here in the past few years, and even though we?re city people this is our spiritual home.

Last week I promised Lou to get him out of the hospital and come home to Springs. And we made it!
Lou was a tai chi master and spent his last days here being happy and dazzled by the beauty and power and softness of nature. He died on Sunday morning looking at the trees and doing the famous 21 form of tai chi with just his musician hands moving through the air.

Lou was a prince and a fighter and I know his songs of the pain and beauty in the world will fill many people with the incredible joy he felt for life. Long live the beauty that comes down and through and onto all of us.

? Laurie Anderson
his loving wife and eternal friend

[killsaly]

Never forget...

[hutch]

i have a tough time reconciling the drug fiending asshole lou reed with the nature loving taichi lou reed

unfortunately i much prefer the former..in any case they are both dead.

[grateful]

I just don't know.
http://youtu.be/QaMii34d044

[Got Haggis?]

went to the ottobar haunted house last night....they take you through in groups...in our group was a dude with a sheet over his head and wearing mirroshades with the andy warhol banana attached...his costume was "Boo Reed" (turned out it was Nolan from Double Dagger / Pure Junk, etc)