RIP Lou Reed or 'Good Riddance you Old b*****d'

NY is a kind of love or hate it kinda place. It's hard to ignore its arts, as they might sell so much, that the rest of the country ends up feeling guilty they haven't heard it, but in the end, and Patti Smith talks about it in her book, NY has its heroes, gods and godfathers, and that's it.

 

In this day and age, when everyone tells you that everything is wrong, and you can not do anything on your own, and different, one has to learn to appreciate his attitude, as just being independent and not giving in to the 'social" and "public" ideas of this and that.

 

There were just as many people that were glad when Any Warhol was gone, too! Because now it gave a chance to other artists that were doing even better and more interesting work, than the "no-work" that Andy was producing, which was just a commercial joke and front! Andy was the anti-thesis of the NY scene in all the other arts -- and a joke for many people, who could not say anything, as all the money went that way!

 

Transformer and Berlin were great albums.   Rock and Roll Animal and Lou Reed Live were some of best live recordings I have heard, his band was very tight then.  All were a part of my youth.  Fond memories...

 

I have not heard much of his later stuff however.