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Post by Craig Herbertson on Oct 28, 2013 9:02:01 GMT
"There's a bit of magic in everything, and there's loss to even things out." Rest in Peace, Lou dem/ glampunk Was playing Walk on the Wild Side on Saturday. Like to do a few of Lou Reed's songs when I get the chance. Used to carry his albums to school and all that. Berlin. Coney Island Baby and the lightweight but catchy Transformer. Charley's Girl was the favourite of my ex. I always regarded him as the urban folk musician. The simplicity of his lyrics was incredible. Dylan asked questions and Reed simply made statements. RIP
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Post by dem bones on Oct 28, 2013 16:29:08 GMT
detail from cover of today's MetroThat's lovely, Craig. First i ever became aware of him was as a kid when Walk On the Wild Side made the charts. Pans People provided one of their most funereal routines, dancing around these huge pillars decorated with posters of Lou. I genuinely believed he must be some great singer who had just died. Bought the single out of my paper-round money - my mother absolutely detested it. She was even less thrilled when I came home with his new album ( Berlin), but that was nothing to what happened when a copy of the Velvets' White Light/ White Heat hit the den of dem. Somehow, for the ensuing flat-sharings, squatting and periods of homelessness, I always managed to hang onto Nigel Trevena's ground-breaking book(let), (Bantam, undated, but circa 1974), even when everything else was nicked or lost.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Oct 28, 2013 20:28:41 GMT
That's lovely, Craig. First i ever became aware of him was as a kid when Walk On the Wild Side made the charts. Pans People provided one of their most funereal routines, dancing around these huge pillars decorated with posters of Lou. I genuinely believed he must be some great singer who had just died. Bought the single out of my paper-round money - my mother absolutely detested it. She was even less thrilled when I came home with his new album ( Berlin), but that was nothing to what happened when a copy of the Velvets' White Light/ White Heat hit the den of dem. Somehow, for the ensuing flat-sharings, squatting and periods of homelessness, I always managed to hang onto Nigel Trevena's ground-breaking book(let), (Bantam, undated, but circa 1974), even when everything else was nicked or lost. Those were the days. But I guess Lou Reed would sing 'This is the day' as he always seemed to hammer the nail on the head with whatever was happening. Transformer was kind of dismissed as soon as you heard the heavy stuff - Waiting for My Man - Wished I'd written the line ' Shiny, Shiny boots of leather' It's that doubled 'shiny' that does it. However I always had a soft spot for the whole Transformer album really. Who could write the lyric 'Satellite of Love' for pure commercialism without actually being naff.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Nov 2, 2013 12:26:55 GMT
Such a variety of stuff. "I'm Waiting For The Man" was the first time I encountered epic urban sleaze and" We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together" from The Velvets' live album "1969" completely changed my idea of what rhythm guitar was all about (years before Eno & Manzanera's "Third Uncle").
RIP Lou.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Jan 18, 2017 20:46:45 GMT
Currently also enjoying Victor Bockris' Lou Reed - The Biography (later updated as Transformer when Lewis shuffled off this mortal coil). The Velvet Underground have just booted out Cale, recruited Yule and are working on the difficult third album. Bet they're stuck for a title.
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