RIP Lou Reed

[Doc Spratley]

RIP

 

[theophile]

I'm not crying. My eyes are sweating.......

Thanks a heap for the music Lou. :thmbsp:

 

[RichPA]

Wow. Sad news indeed. Gonna have to spin some VU this evening.

 

[68custom]

RIP! I posted in back alley.
NY spent a lot of time in my CD player!

 

[Nick Danger]

Just listened to Transformer last week- Go easy, Lou.

 

[tubed]

Sad Day!

Perfect Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYEC4TZsy-Y

 

[MichaelJ]

very sad news. A pioneer, a legend and for me, the personification of cool. Thank you Mr. Reed for all the music.

 

[timofred]

Vicious,
hit me with a flower.

Thanks Lou.
Truly one of a kind.

 

[PastTechFan]

A Good Life

Sad but, many past years, I expected to hear he had gone. All I mean is, Lou survived to 71. He wasn't a member of the 27 club (coulda been), or 37, or 47 etc. He got his **** together. Saw a lot, spoke the truth, found some peace. Made some real difference in music.

Thanks for all the truth and joy Lou.

"there's even some evil mothers
Well they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt
you know that women never really faint
and that villains always blink their eyes
that children are the only ones who blush
and that life is just to die
But anyone who ever had a heart
they wouldn't turn around and break it
and anyone who ever played a part
They wouldn't turn around and hate it"

 

[jcamero]

God gave us some of the greatest talents in music, now he's calling them home.

 

[LordOfTRings]

-- R.I.P. Lou

____________

Walk on through .. => http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wNknGIKkoA

Hero.. ==> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5eXSPKHlso

 

[bigaltx24]

Hard too believe he was 71 years old.

 

[jdwk]

I am a huge fan of all things Lou Reed. I'm glad I got to see him live.....when he had the liver transplant I knew he was in a bad way......

 

[Bogframe]

I got to meet him a couple years ago at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. We lost him too soon. RIP

 

[Jenkster]

Listening to Pale Blue Eyes as I type this, my favorite Lou Reed composition. RIP Lou:tears:

 

[ReliefAshama]

The only song to ever prompt me to drop everything and run out to buy the album was 'Sweet Jane'. Of course there have been other songs that have made me googly, too, but nothing effected me like that one. I was, what, 13 maybe. Had the album about 2 hours after I heard it on 'aaf.

Hey, man, who was that? That was Lou fu*&in' Reed, man. RIP

 

[Jack Lord]

One of the giants of rock & roll history and an American original has left us.

RIP Lou

Thank you for providing a huge chunk of the soundtrack of my life, especially my New York years.

 

[Raynie]

Loved Coney Island Baby, 1969. I was very young when Wild Side was getting constant airplay in pop radio, even the AM stations were playing it uncensored - I remember parents discouraging kids from singing it. He had tremendous respect in the music industry. The public never received him as warmly, he was truly too risque for the popular culture of that time.

One of the best storytellers in rock. R.I.P. Lou

 

[fiddlefye]

Funny how things co-incide. We had a party at home last night and I ended up playing several VU albums in the course of the evening to the delight of many. Today he is gone.....

 

[grillebilly]

RIP.
I remember my high school years of playing Rock and Roll Animal over and over. He definitely left his mark, not too many artists have been as influential.