Liver transplant a while back. No longer. Waifng for the man.
Never really a fan.
Love Lou Reed. Sad to see him go. He's one of those guys you reckon would have been dead years ago, but now figured is immortal. Kinda like Keith Richards.
I expected this at any moment to be honest, compared to the junkie musicians of the modern jazz era, who had had hepatitis like Reed, he had outlived them all age wise. It was surprising he qualified for a liver transplant, in fact he didn't, the money came into it.
Another great gone, RIP Reed, always digged this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7SxQIkH8Mk
And this one of course, with Bruce Springsteen making a guest appearance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2532gJcCsA
Even Simple Minds version is good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY9_0oFrP10
He gave us a shot of the street, some of us have been living it ever since, either in stealth or in a peacock suit.
He was the Last Great American Whale:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTlsSXNT2bg
He knew the value of work too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQNPbv_1YM
And rock 'n' roll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs0BxTmQXA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z3TPwOT31g
I'm a kinda' fan, but the Velvet Underground re-editions are too much and marketing as the band that nobody listened to, except those who went on to form punk bands is over played and false.
He also chastised The Talking Heads in the mid-70s for dressing all Preppy and instigated a photo-shoot with them in leopard skins. Still, I forgive him, as he was doing this at the same time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwLlvcDi4PQ
He's up there now, with all my jazz, soul and country heroes, they'll be making good music I bet.
Hopefully, they'll be looking for a new tour manager by the time I get called up there.
Metal Machine Music has to be one of the worst records ever conceived.
Fuckin terrible.
Too much of a smack head for me, he did records some gems though, as said.
I know that, but what's the connection to Lou Reed and Metal Machine Music?
And the colored girls go
"Doo do doo do doo do do doo ..."