pinkstones Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027 He'd just undergone a liver transplant earlier this year, too. Such a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Very sad news... RIP Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 One of the greatest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 One of the greatest... A Perfect Rocker Influential beyond agenda. Talented beyond manipulation. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 This is really terrible news. Great songwriter and singer. I have a great memory of seeing him live on his Transformer tour. RIP Lou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 A terrible loss. In a weird bit of serendipity, I was editing an interview with Dick Wagner, who played guitar on Rock N' Roll Animals, when I heard the news. This quote from Dick sums it up: "I loved Lou's songs and I loved Lou, but he's not an easy character to understand." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Funny... No, he wasn't really the lovely sort of guy... but he was BIG. I saw him live in the 70s and 80s... maybe six or seven times, I don't remember. In Madrid, in London, in Paris. Never deceiving... And a fantastic songwriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 When I read about his passing yesterday, my heart was sad...such a big part of my music growing up was listening to Lou Reed. A great talent in the music world, he was a creative leader in the 60's...gifted songwriter...a terrible loss....rest in peace Lou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Devastating. I was at the Bridge School Benefit on Sunday (Amazing. More on that later.) and My Morning Jacket played Oh Sweet Nuthin' in tribute with Neil Young, Elvis Costello, and Jenny Lewis. I broke down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 RIP Mr. Reed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyteen Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) When I was 11, my Dad took me and Grandma Dorcas to Luray Caverns in Virginia, and while we were there, My Dad claims Grandma Dorcas sang "Walk On The Wild Side" while bumbling the tune on the organ there. It's ironic because the woman couldn't carry a tune in a bucket if she tried, nor could she tell the difference between an instrument that was in tune and one that was out of tune. Even worse, she couldn't keep time with the rhythm of a song, as she was always a few steps behind time or even a few steps ahead of time. To make matters worse, he claims that I, along with my sister Amber and my cousins Andrea and Carolyn sang background vocals with her. My Dad was the biggest fibberooski I've ever met. But you've gotta admit he was a nice guy! My Grandma, on the other hand, wasn't so sweet. Sure, people said she was sweet on the outside, but I knew deep down she was the opposite. When she sang, it was torture! And, the spankings, oh the spankings! Spankings and soap were all she knew when it came to discipline. She was a devout Presbyterian, and she wasn't playing when she said we couldn't say any profanity. She even fooled me into believing that "ain't" is considered profanity. She was a grammarian pedant, which I strongly despise. I made a vow that when I have children and grandchildren, I will never subject them to the horrible monster that is my Grandma. Edited November 2, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) That's a really touching picture... 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 Edited November 2, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Beautiful, thanks for sharing this, Edna... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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