midnightmover said:

Still only two pages to this thread? Ladies and gentleman, I present definitive proof that the org is truly Philistine Central.

A bloody Latoya Jackson reissue thread got more commentary than this. Pathetic.

Let me see if I can get the ball rolling. I think Transformer is one of the best albums ever made and the Velvet Underground did about half a dozen essential tracks. After that Reed did more bad stuff than good. I'm taking it most of you will disagree with this assessment and that's fine. Tell me why I'm wrong.

I prefer his later work (especially the triptych of New York, Magic and Loss and Set the Twilight Reeling).

I felt he became a better writer and I really liked the production (on New York, in particular).

[Edited 10/30/13 18:05pm]

lazycrockett said:

Love this track. Been listening to it a lot, over the past few days.

If you want to read Reed in a less combative interview (admittedly conducted by an interviewer who nearly worships the man), here's one from 1992, with Neil Gaiman, originally published in Reflex:

http://neilgaiman.com/p/C...-_Lou_Reed

I liked this interview from The Guardian

EddieC said:

1998 Lou Reed Documentary to Air on PBS

October 31, 2013


USA Today article

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
Severin, Severin awaits you there

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears

Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now plead for me

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Severin, your servant comes in bells, please don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Laurie Anderson has written and published a brief obit for her husband, Lou Reed, in The East Hampton Star. The full text of what she wrote is below, but she notes that Reed had been in the hospital recently, but came home toward the end of his life. He spent his last days enjoying his surroundings, and died Sunday while lying in bed doing Tai Chi.

He was 71.

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 Andersonhis loving wife and eternal friend

this is affecting more than I could have imagined

listened to Transformer 4 times in a row yesterday...

Laurie Anderson, Pays Homage to Lou
Nov 1, 2013
Link

In the wake of Lou Reed's death this past Sunday, stars from across the musical spectrum came forward with a variety of heartfelt tributes to the influential and acclaimed rocker. Now, Reed's wife, avant-garde musician Laurie Anderson, has published a letter in the obituary section of New York newspaper The East Hampton Star that reveals some details about Lou's last days.

In the message, which addresses her and Reed's neighbors in their part-time home of Springs, New York, Anderson notes, "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."

She continues, "Last week I promised Lou to get him out of the hospital and come home to Springs. And we made it!"

Acknowledging Reed's affinity for the Chinese martial art of tai chi, Anderson notes that he "spent his last days here being happy and dazzled by the beauty and power and softness of nature."

She adds: "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."

Lastly, Anderson describes her husband as "a prince and a fighter," adding, "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."

Reed died from complications of liver disease. He was 71.

For Lou Reed

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

"I'd like to leave this body and be free"

This song always came off to me as being Lou'd admission that he was getting old, wasn't in that good health and that he was accepting that he wouldn't have much time left. It's his last "Perfect Day" style rock ballad anthem as well (after this he didn't record too much anymore).

[Edited 11/2/13 2:15am]

novabrkr said:

This song always came off to me as being Lou'd admission that he was getting old, wasn't in that good health and that he was accepting that he wouldn't have much time left. It's his last "Perfect Day" style rock ballad anthem as well (after this he didn't record too much anymore).

well, we'll always have Lulu

yes, I'm one of the few individuals who actually liked that record, it was Lou finally releasing a metal album; and James Hetzfield's pathetic post-80s vocals are nowhere to be heard so that's a BIG PLUS...

May 1989







Reed and John Cale, Musician Magazine April 1989 .

Lou Reed Willed His Estate to His Wife and Sister

Maybe it's appropriate enough to laugh at it at this point - I love the word choice, "had no known children".

Rolling Stone pays tribute to Lou Reed on its latest cover.

is it just me or does this guy remind you of somebody?

noimageatall said:

Rock in peace Lou...

[Edited 11/7/13 13:35pm]

Identity said:

Rolling Stone pays tribute to Lou Reed on its latest cover.

This is nice. Maybe I'll finally forgive Rolling Stone for not putting Joey Ramone on the cover when he died.

Morrissey performs in Davis, California.

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images

By Mike Ayers

November 11, 2013 10:55 AM ET

Morrissey has had a lot on his mind these days, with his autobiography Morrissey due out in December in the U.S. and the death last month of Lou Reed. Now he's melding those two. In conjunction with the audio book of Morrissey, he's releasing a digital and seven-inch version of him covering Reed's classic song "Satellite of Love." The version was captured at the Chelsea Ballroom in Las Vegas on November 25th, 2011. There will be other live tracks to round out the mini set, but those are still unknown at the time. The digital release is set for November 29th, with the 12-inch version due on December 2nd.

Morrissey's last offiical release was 2009's Swords, although a greatest hits compilation, The Best of Morrissey, came out in 2011. He's been touring over the past few years, but health concerns prompted him to cancel a number of gigs. Earlier this year, he successfull got L.A.'s Staple Center to stop serving meat the night of his concert. Last month, he opened up about his sexuality, declaring that he's not homosexual, but in fact "humasexual."

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/morrissey-to-release-cover-of-lou-reeds-satellite-of-love-20131111#ixzz2kMuaqJjY

lazycrockett said:

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
Severin, Severin awaits you there

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears

Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now plead for me

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Severin, your servant comes in bells, please don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

perhaps one of the best tracks ever made.

So eerie, it scares the hell out of me - but in a good way