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Lou Reed (born March 2, 1942, married to musician-artist Laurie Anderson) is an American rock artist originally from Brooklyn, New York. Especially while a member of the The Velvet Underground in the 1960s, Reed broke new ground for the rock genre in several important dimensions, introducing more mature and intellectual themes to what was then considered a largely simplistic genre of music.
Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground. The band, which lasted from 1965 until 1973 (with Reed departing in late 1970 after the Loaded sessions), gained relatively little notice during its life but is often considered the seed from which most alternative and underground traditions of rock music sprang. As the Velvet’s songwriter, Reed wrote about such taboo subjects as S&M (
Venus In Furs), transvestites and transsexuals (Sister Ray, and Lady Godiva’s Operation), prostitution (There She Goes Again), and drug addiction (I’m Waiting For The Man, White Light/White Heat, Heroin).
As a guitarist, he made innovative use of abrasive distortion, volume-driven feedback, and nonstandard tunings. Reed’s flat, New York voice, stripped of superficial emotions and, like Bob Dylan’s, flaunting its lack of conventional training, was no less important to the music’s radical effect.
Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground. The band, which lasted from 1965 until 1973 (with Reed departing in late 1970 after the Loaded sessions), gained relatively little notice during its life but is often considered the seed from which most alternative and underground traditions of rock music sprang. As the Velvet’s songwriter, Reed wrote about such taboo subjects as S&M (
Venus In Furs), transvestites and transsexuals (Sister Ray, and Lady Godiva’s Operation), prostitution (There She Goes Again), and drug addiction (I’m Waiting For The Man, White Light/White Heat, Heroin). As a guitarist, he made innovative use of abrasive distortion, volume-driven feedback, and nonstandard tunings. Reed’s flat, New York voice, stripped of superficial emotions and, like Bob Dylan’s, flaunting its lack of conventional training, was no less important to the music’s radical effect.
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Berlin
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Shoutbox
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Appers wrote:
There's definitely too much Transformer in the top of the charts but Berlin's pretty great ranking kinda makes up for it. Magic & Loss is such an underplayed Lou Reed album over here, though.
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Fareday wrote:
fuck punk, he's the godfather of 'awesomeness'
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schoenburger wrote:
Metal Machine Music remains to this day the sexiest album ever recorded.
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fapizzano wrote:
Hey girl, take a walk on the wild side...
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Waes-GOD wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Fans+of+the+old+music
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schoenburger wrote:
I'd like Iggy Pop more if he'd made more than two good solo albums.
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janco7 wrote:
Lou KIng.
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sambedford wrote:
The banter on Take No Prisoners is fucking awesome. "A BOYFRIEND. Can't you fucking hear? What's wrong with you?".
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Rooster____ wrote:
He still isn't the Godfather of Punk. That's Iggy, in fact, if you look up the 85' interview with Lou, he calls Iggy 'The Godfather of Punk.' Not that Lou isn't absolutly awesome too.
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WI800 wrote:
Coolest human ever.
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palgia wrote:
AWESOME<3
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theansweris42x wrote:
psh, what isn't punk about white light/white heat?
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retardedcore wrote:
lol @ Rooser___ for asking "whats punk rock about Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground".... that's just hilarious!!!
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PitaDauphin wrote:
Classic Rock tag is ridiculous
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ChaosUkDk wrote:
hello Lou!
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prettyskinny wrote:
My dad had no clue who the velvet underground were, but he had Lou Reed's LPs...
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drkellog wrote:
Love him!
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Waes-GOD wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Fans+of+the+old+music
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sambedford wrote:
HotRat, or Roger, its always right, right Roger?
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rottmadgers wrote:
Has anyone heard the interview on "American Poet" where the DJ asks Lou where Doug Yule is and Lou replies, "Dead, I hope..." That is so money.
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