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Lou Reed Has Passed....... :(

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Echo Echoplex
#21 - 2013-10-30 15:59:08 UTC
I heard the news at 4:15pm on Sunday and was devastated. The Velvets are my favorite band, and comprise in large part the soundtrack of my life. And Lou's made many fantastic albums as a soloist that are now classics.

It's just been confirmed that his liver disease was the cause of death. I do know he first contracted it while at Syracuse U. (my alma mater). There was an appearance by him about a month ago where he's so jaundiced that it doesn't even look real, and it was obvious that he wasn't long for this world. Still when I heard it, it hit me like a freight train. Still getting over it.

There's a famous quote by Brian Eno to the effect that while only a few thousand people (then) bought the first album, every one of them went out and formed a band after hearing it. They've been called the single most influential band in rock history, with the exception of The Beatles. Googling his name shows the first 11 pages devoted to news of his passing.

Here are a couple of my faves:

Perfect Day

Sweet Jane

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets. Gen. George S. Patton
cpt Kelmon
Khanid Intelligence Office
#22 - 2013-10-30 16:34:55 UTC
Fly safe Lou ... O7

" To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." - Lao Tzu

Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#23 - 2013-10-30 21:57:40 UTC
Ila Dace wrote:

Witness Myley Cyrus.


In her case I think everything she does is calculated. She is not as dumb as the media thinks she is. Her father is still on some board for decency and children at Disney. If what she was doing was not planned and accepted then I don't think Disney would keep Billy Ray on the board. She is the new Modonna and Britney Spears. Time will tell whose path she ultimately follows as it could still go either way. I am thinking Madonna myself. Her father is not a bad strategist.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#24 - 2013-10-30 22:04:38 UTC
Slade Trillgon wrote:
Ila Dace wrote:

Witness Myley Cyrus.


In her case I think everything she does is calculated. She is not as dumb as the media thinks she is. Her father is still on some board for decency and children at Disney. If what she was doing was not planned and accepted then I don't think Disney would keep Billy Ray on the board. She is the new Modonna and Britney Spears. Time will tell whose path she ultimately follows as it could still go either way. I am thinking Madonna myself. Her father is not a bad strategist.



He's also out of his freaking mind. Lol

Billy Ray Cyrus says the devil and David Lynch destroyed his family

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#25 - 2013-10-30 23:11:22 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Slade Trillgon wrote:
Ila Dace wrote:

Witness Myley Cyrus.


In her case I think everything she does is calculated. She is not as dumb as the media thinks she is. Her father is still on some board for decency and children at Disney. If what she was doing was not planned and accepted then I don't think Disney would keep Billy Ray on the board. She is the new Modonna and Britney Spears. Time will tell whose path she ultimately follows as it could still go either way. I am thinking Madonna myself. Her father is not a bad strategist.



He's also out of his freaking mind. Lol

Billy Ray Cyrus says the devil and David Lynch destroyed his family


LOL!!! That author has a way with words. I will reiterate what I said above, calculated Cool
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#26 - 2013-10-31 20:21:48 UTC
Laurie Anderson: 'Lou Reed died looking at the trees and doing tai chi with his hands'

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#27 - 2013-11-05 16:44:23 UTC
Patti Smith Herself recounts Lou Reed for The New Yorker.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#28 - 2013-11-06 15:21:07 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Laurie Anderson: 'Lou Reed died looking at the trees and doing tai chi with his hands'

It sounds like Lou mellowed out and became a nice guy in the end. If you read about him in his prime during the Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol years.... Well, let's just say that I didn't listen to much of his music for a while after reading about some fairly repulsive stuff (even by rock and roll/punk standards). But no matter, all's well that ends well.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#29 - 2013-11-07 12:16:21 UTC
Laurie Anderson's exclusive letter to Rolling Stone

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
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