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There will never be another Lou Reed. From his work with the Velvet Underground and his solo work. The man is truly the King of New York. Not Jay-Z. He's not even worthy to kiss Lou's shoes.
I hope Bowie does a tribute to the man since Bowie covered his songs and even co-produced one of his great albums in Transformer though I think Berlin is his best work.
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Btw, Lou Reed was Jewish, and this is an interesting book for those who want to delve into a fascinating and somewhat unknown topic. Some of it is crap, but nevertheless ...
Last edited by allegro; 10-27-2013 at 06:04 PM.
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You are correct, the past gets cloudy at times, love the pic with creem magazine "boy howdy"Originally Posted by allegro
Lou's wife, Laurie Anderson, said recently that Lou didn't have very long to live, he was near death before he had the liver transplant but was then seemingly improving. RIP, Lou.
Well, not to nitpick but the Stooges were from Ann Arbor and weren't a part of the NY scene. :-) The Velvets were related to the old Andy Warhol scene while CBGB was the opposite of that. Max's was more Warhol.
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Heh, I wonder if he's reading this.
That's Angie Bowie on the upper-left in that photo, btw.
Last edited by allegro; 10-27-2013 at 06:09 PM.
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Wow, where did you find that photo Allegro? You are a peach! Just saying, tell Mr. A not to worry, you just brought back some very fond memories!
-Louie
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I really enjoyed the LuLu album. Most people who bought it were expecting to hear a Metallica album and just didn't "get" it.
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No... I mean, it's great if you liked it. Some people did. Apparently Fourtet thought it was brilliant.
I hate Metallica, love Lou Reed, and I'm not sure what my expectations were. It actually bugs me that we're going over this, because I don't want to gear up to say something negative about a hero of mine that has just died yesterday.... but that album was terrible. I "got" it. I just hated it because it was ridiculous.
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If you don't like an album that Lou Reed made, saying so isn't disrespectful to the dead. At least you gave it a chance. It's still a lot better than Metal Machine Music and St. Anger, IMHO.
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Metal Machine Music is awesome... and St Anger is another shitty album by that Metallica band that I don't give a fuck about.
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De gustibus non est disputandum
I try to be open-minded and try to see the qualities in even so-called "bad" albums, i.e, Van Halen 3, but I really have to draw the line at Metal Machine Music. I can't get past more than a minute of it. Even Lou Reed said ""Well, anyone who gets to side four is dumber than I am." I'm not calling you dumb, btw.
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i'm a fan of both dark ambient and drone/noise music music, so Metal Machine Music was a great addition to my collection. i remember listening to it from start to finish one day and trying to pick out specific melodies from the miasma. good times.
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I'll have to give it another listen. Next up though is Coney Island Baby. Haven't listened to it in ages.
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Metal Machine Music is definitely a difficult listen, no question. i'm not so into drone that i'd spin it once a month, probably not even once a year. but sometimes you just want something that can't be matched by anything else, and you want it to sonically drill it's way into your brain and back out again. only in moderation though, heh. i'm going to be listening to Transformer and Berlin more over the next few weeks.
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As we're all bummed about Lou's passing, there is however some good news.... The Jonas Brothers have called it quits.
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Famed chef and celebrity Chicago resident Charlie Trotter died today. He was 54. Cause of death currently unknown, autopsy to be conducted tomorrow.
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Behold the morning star
Oh boy lol. How would the public react if he came out of nowhere?
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It can be seen as good news, but isn't there three of them in that band? That just means each of them will be pumping three times the shit in solo projects. Its like space debris its better if it stays together because one cluster of shit is better than several.
I think I would rather be bummed about Lou I have been playing his albums.
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Ian Watkins pleads guilty: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wa...singer-6343182
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Holy shit. Man that's really fucked up. Idk maybe that shit really is some kind of psychosis. I mean how else would anything like that even remotely sound plausible? Terribly sad set of events.
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I saw them perform at some radio festival in 2007, everybody was nice, but Ian was nowhere to be found, they chatted with everybody and took pictures and signed autographs, then my best friend at the time who was doing a backstage assignment said that Watkins and several members of Staind were in the back waiting for a heroin dealer. This darkened my perception of Lostprophets and I had no idea they were still around till this day, then I see this. Sickening, unexplainable, really.
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Allegedly South Wales Police had lots of tip offs on his behaviour but did nothing for long time..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...medium=twitter
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Happy 71st James Marshall Hendrix, Jimi you not only changed music you changed the world, God only knows what sonic vibrations you would be blessing us with today.
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world can be a truly peaceful place"
-Jimi Hendrix
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Ew God, Jesus Christ that's some fucked-up shit, there. Wtf.
Evidently, when you're a cute rock star with women fawning over you, the only thing left is baby-raping.
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eonline made a big mistake.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25135629
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Hope he sues, because he'll get part of the inevitable backlash the real guy is getting now.
Did Lostprophets ever have a hit in the U.S., or were they just big in Europe?
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Apparently the alias under which he worked as an escort was "Trent."
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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...arges-20131118
Weird timing with this story as well. A sad coincidence, regardless if Roy is actually guilty or innocent, is that Pete Townshend played guitar on the album of his that came out this year.
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The weird (awful?) thing is that back in the 70s, pre-teen and early-teen groupies were deemed perfectly "acceptable" and nobody seemed to question it. Jimmy Page was famously bonking a 14-year-old, Lori Maddox. It was absolutely illegal but the rock stars didn't seem to give a shit about any Ew factor.
Here, this article is fairly accurate.
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