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Lou Reed is dead.

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Sad news. Read this.

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7 comments

1 rbj   ~  Oct 27, 2013 2:17 pm

Letting Wagner & Hunter open Sweet Jane on Rock and Roll Animal was amazing. He wasn't so insecure to let others shine like that and produce amazing music.

2 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Oct 27, 2013 2:55 pm

Just sad. An original, an iconoclast, his talent seemed to never satisfy him as if he had to keep running so no one could view his insecurity. The swagger of a young man, something else as an older man. RIP

Selfishly, I feel older and profoundly sad. It seems that the originators are all going, some too soon. Who will remember all the nuance once we're gone?

3 Matt Blankman   ~  Oct 27, 2013 5:52 pm

Lou is a big one for me. I spent a lot of time in my formative years listening to Lou Reed. A remarkable artist, even when he was swinging and missing.

4 Matt Blankman   ~  Oct 27, 2013 6:02 pm

Alex, do you know his song "Doing the Things That We Want To?" It's all about Scorsese and Sam Shepard.

5 Alex Belth   ~  Oct 27, 2013 7:10 pm

4) No, you got a You Tube link?

6 Matt Blankman   ~  Oct 27, 2013 7:17 pm
7 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 28, 2013 5:13 am

Legend. Nothing ever topped prime VU.

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