RIP Lou Reed or 'Good Riddance you Old b*****d'
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Topic: RIP Lou Reed or 'Good Riddance you Old b*****d'
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Subject: RIP Lou Reed or 'Good Riddance you Old b*****d'
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 12:33
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According to Rolling Stone Magazine Lou Reed has died aged 71.
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 13:04
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I just saw it. Very sad indeed.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 13:17
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Requiescat in pace, Lou. -------------   
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 13:19
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Massive RIP -------------  |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 13:20
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Just heard from a friend who called..............RIP Mr Reed. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 13:21
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Heard just now on TV. A thought goes to Laurie Anderson. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 13:26
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Just read the news, very sad news.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 14:06
| Quite shocking news! RIP! |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 14:30
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Just saw this on yahoo news...Walk on the Wild Side was one of my favourite radio songs when I was a kid...RIP Lou! ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 14:50
Very sad news indeed. 
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 15:09
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This can't be happening. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 15:18
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RIP Lou Reed http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027" rel="nofollow - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027 Beautiful tribute here too http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/20-essential-lou-reed-tracks-20131027" rel="nofollow - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/20-essential-lou-reed-tracks-20131027 ------------- 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 15:21
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The.Crimson.King wrote:Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 15:23
I wonder if Metallica's Lulu is the last time Lou Reed recorded... what a legacy the man had - Transformer is still an enigma all these years later http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH2EgYq_NCY#t=181" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH2EgYq_NCY#t=181
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 15:32
Oooh  - never was a fan of his but this news will hit many really hard. R.I.P. Lou.
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Posted By: Neelus
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 15:35
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 15:50
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Hugely influential. RIP ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 17:03
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RIP ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 17:12
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Don't really know the VU well or his solo stuff (guess I should remedy this) but a legend needless to say RIP |
Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 18:44
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How sad. An absolute legend in terms of influencing rock music. RIP. ------------- 
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Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 02:49
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RIP. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 03:25
Only found out yesterday at a Nick Cave gig in London when NC dedicated 'Into My Arms' to his memory - bit of a shocker 
One of the few who can genuinely be referred to as an icon of modern music 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 04:02
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Sad news indeed. He has ginven us some classics. RIP. ------------- 
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 04:43
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RIP
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 05:33
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Sad news. I don't have any of his albums but I am a huge Laurie Anderson fan, so I have some Lou in my collection in a round about way. I'm going to give Homeland,which he co produced, a spin this morning. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 07:30
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Wow... Never really knew his music but... R.I.P. to the legend! ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 07:32
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There was a great quote from Brian Eno effectively saying not many people bought the first Velvet Underground album, but all of the ones who did formed bands of their own.
Was never his biggest fan but even I can see the huge influence Lou Reed had on modern music. -------------
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Posted By: Ady Cardiac
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 07:47
| very sad......was lucky to have seen VU at glastonbury festival in 93.......i am more of a VU fan than Lou's solo stuff......still.........sad day for music. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 08:41
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Hi,
I still think that lyrics, like the ones that Lou Reed wrote, became something that helped "progressive" music come up and alive.
I just think NY, London, Paris, Tokyo had their own versions of "progressive", and while it could be said that the lyrics by Lou were very "reactive", they were also philosophical and wondering, and it was a writing style that deserves to be mentioned with many other known writers at the time and place.
I still think that London may have had the Sex Pistols ... but we had Lou Reed! One group was just kids, and the other was a man! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 15:19
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edit: Reed Is Pushing up daisies...A "Sad Song" indeed. A great influence to many a artist!
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.
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 15:28
| ladies and gentlemen, the cause of this death has been confirmed by his doctor that it was an ailment that stemmed from his recent liver transplant |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 15:34
^ That's the first time I hear of something like this - an ailment from transplant. 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 17:17
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 17:34
Ah yes, I saw that too! Ho hum! Perhaps I should change the thread to 'Good Riddance you Old b*****d' ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 17:35
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------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 18:03
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Never was a fan, but all passings are sad to those that loved the deceased. I am sure New York rock critics are wearing black arm bands and bemoaning the loss of a cultural giant, or at least that is their opinion. Personally, I thought Reed's singing made Bob Dylan sound operatic, and his songs were done better by others, such as the Cowboy Junkies, Mott the Hoople and Mitch Ryder. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 03:34
And I dare say if you did, LR would nod sagely from his cloud in approval. -------------
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 09:43
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! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 10:53
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See you at tomorrow's parties Lou.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 11:40
Done. Yes I think he would approve. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 18:23
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Goodbye Lou! ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 19:09
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If nothing else changing the title to "Good Riddance..." got me to read it! I rarely look at the RIP threads. I'm not a fan of Lou's but I do recognize and appreciate his contributions to the DIY aspect of music. VU proved that you don't have to be a stellar musician to make an impact. |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: October 30 2013 at 00:07
I don't like his music, but the guy definitely had a large influence on the rock n' roll, so he definitely gets my respect for that. Good to know all musicians don't die at 27. 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 30 2013 at 03:44
| RIP, Lou! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 01 2013 at 05:31
 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 ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 01 2013 at 05:54
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A great way to leave. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: November 01 2013 at 06:27
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Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: November 01 2013 at 08:46
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I don't watch TV as much as I used to, so his death came as a surprise to me. A shame he had to go out on a low note like Lulu, though knowing Reed, he would have found the idea amusing. RIP ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 02 2013 at 15:16
Just get the album "Rock'n'Roll Animal", and then you can see that those lyrics are not fake pop music crap. And that is the main difference, between work like this and just flighty old pop crap that so many "progressive" bands love to use! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 02 2013 at 23:25
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41dY0nrOOz8 ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: November 03 2013 at 15:14
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Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: November 04 2013 at 09:42
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Have been a Lou Reed fan for as long as I can remember.....he was brought up in my hometown, just a few blocks away. Yeah, LR was an a****le, but he was honest. If you came across as pretentious, he'd tell you in no uncertain terms. I'll miss his music....a new LR album was always an event, something to run to the record store for. Even Lulu has its moments, but I put on Ecstasy when I heard of his death....just a great album of Lou doing what he does best.....Rock Minuet and Like a Possum were revelations! f**k, I wish Lou was still around. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 05 2013 at 07:44
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i saw a really nice docu of Lou Reed on NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Channel), interviews with people who were close to him artisticly and privatly and comercially also this one is very good portrait of him in a section of his carear i really admire his sence of humor and comentary, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J629FITNEU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J629FITNEU -------------  
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: November 05 2013 at 07:58
Well it made me shed a tear or two. Very beautiful and thoughtful writing of Laurie, and she is, of course, so right that it hurts. I'm not sure this piece of "news" has yet fully crystallised in my head.... He seems right there, when I pop on Transformer or Berlin or some Velvet Underground. I guess Lou will always be here with me in some form or another. Used up a lot of my weekend talking to my old friend about music in general and got to talking about our good friend Lou. We were and still are so big fans of his that his recent passing almost feels unfathomable. Here's a guy that you've never met in your life, yet still he's had a remarkable influence on your youth, your musical adventures and just the way he wrapped his lips around words was also something of a revelation to a young and impressionable David. I'm not sure what else to say, other than I love his music and words. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: November 05 2013 at 12:04
I have tried, and occasionally continue to do so, though not with that album. I do have his recent album "Lulu", and I don't disagree with you about his lyrics. The album is a neat idea and executed well, but his voice hurts my head somewhere on the inside. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 05 2013 at 17:38
Rock n Roll Animal is probably one of the more accessible Reed albums and the guitarists on it eventually ended up with Alice Cooper a few years later. It's my personal favorite though I also like Transformer quite a bit which is accesible imo.
But even so Reed and VU can be acquired tastes and not everyone's cup of tea. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 06 2013 at 09:42
that almost made me cry
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 06 2013 at 12:08
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I was listening to Lou Reed's album "Set the Twilight Reeling" (1996) last night, and this bit of lyric from the song "Trade In" struck me: "Take me over to the window", my heart said to my head Just thought I'd share that. Why'd you have to die, Lou.... ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |