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Lou Reed (born March 2, 1942) 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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academyofrock wrote:
You might enjoy this blog on The Factory and Innovation http://humandynamics.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/andy-warhol-the-velvet-underground-and-the-innovation-factory/
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scrmnbloodymrdr wrote:
drink sangria in the park ...
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Sentenzia22 wrote:
perfect day, the perfect song
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OrkoOnDoomsday wrote:
I love Lou, but his performance at the Tibet House benefit really showed his age.
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Jon_Biedron wrote:
why is this not the default http://www.last.fm/music/Lou+Reed/+images/43651071
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schism66 wrote:
Id like to think I have an open mind, and listen to a lot of musick genres, but in my opinion Lou reed with metallica dosnt mix, like oil and water.
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MikeySchenker wrote:
Truly, if one has nothing possitive to say about an artist, why bother coming to their shoutbox. Some shoutboxes are just polluted once an artist makes the news. Annyoing shite kids, fuck 'm... Anyway, listening to Magic and Loss again after many, years... magic it is!
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baslisten2rock wrote:
Lulu > most music reviewed by pitchfork
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AffectingShades wrote:
Holli Would
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lizardking-0 wrote:
perfect day is fucking awesome
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caroline_soares wrote:
♥
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Metalraw wrote:
THE CULT Frontman Says 'Lulu' Contains 'Some Phenomenal Moments' ....the most phenomenal moment to me is when the album ended xD.
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gregcobra wrote:
Rock 'N' Roll Animal is the best !!!!
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CigarFire wrote:
Phenomenal song writer.
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sixty-forty wrote:
People arguing over their favorite musicians superiority. I thought I was on YouTube for a second. Come on, last.fm, you're better than this. Next thing you know, people will start going on about Lady Gaga or something. Snore.
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Slamic4 wrote:
LULU? :D
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Jaanisk wrote:
New York Telephone Conversation
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Nakkinak wrote:
Lou Reed was a hardcore underground metalhead before you even had been born
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Real_Life_Sucks wrote:
go away fucking metalheadz. And stop vomit on this shout.
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baslisten2rock wrote:
on youtube there's footage of him playing with marc ribot, good stuff that is
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Lou & Metallica perform White Light/White Heat on 1Live (Cologne, Germany)
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