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Remembering Lou Reed

Can’t believe it’s been six years. I miss Lou Reed. I loved Lou Reed. I loved both the good and bad Lou Reed. I love some of his crappiest albums (Mistrial anyone; The Original Wrapper). 

We used to party with Sweet Mary Jane in the high school parking lot listening to Rock And Roll Animal. I don’t know how many copies of Loaded I’ve worn out. His string of early eighties albums had the most resonance for me. The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts and New Sensations get played regularly to this day. Saw him live a couple times during this time frame. “Live In Italy” sums it all up for me. Great band, great sound, great setlist.

To Laurie A and the rest of Lou’s circle of family and friends; the love of Lou is carried by many of us and hopefully will be passed along to another generation so the light of Lou will never be extinguished. 

Continue to R.I.P Lou Reed (3/2/1942 - 10/27/2013)



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snackeyp
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I was fortunate to have seen him play twice in the 80's.  I even recorded both of these shows on my Walkman Recorder and still have the master tapes.  He was really great!  I lost appreciation for him later on as he released some real turds and became more and more self-absorbed, but now I see it more clearly.  I also miss him.  
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mijostyn
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Radio Free Brooklyn!  "Give me an issue I'll give you a tissue, you can wipe my ass with it." 

Berlin stands as one of the great records of all time. Not bad for someone who only wanted to do a Dodge commercial.  
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I always liked Lou Reed, but was not a huge fan.  Then I went to see him
at the Bottom Line in NYC and was blown away.  It was the late show, starting around 1 A.M. so the audience was extremely happy let's say.

The Bottom line is a small place and it was standing room only, so I'm standing at the bar maybe 15 feet from the stage halfway back and on the left.  There is an empty table in front of me with "reserved" on it.
Anyway, just before the show starts Andy Warhol comes walkin' out and
sits at that table with some outrageous female company.

Lou was playing to Andy at times. Essentially playing to me as well.
Great evening, great memory.
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mijostyn
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Very cool Barts! Very jealous:)
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"The first Velvet Underground LP only sold a thousand copies. But everyone who bought it went out and started a band." - a quote from Jim and Greg of the Sound Opinions radio show on PBS. 

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