Lou reed dead at 71
brgman
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Rip lou
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I’M OFFENDED!!!!
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I’M OFFENDED!!!!
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Seems to me people should have better things to do with their time.If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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Well crap, Rolling Stone says it's true! My apologies:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027 -
It's a heck of a hoax then cuz everyone is covering it as true.Main Rig-Realistic AM/FM Record player 8 track boasting 4 WPC
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Yeah I guess the Hoax was a Hoax? Oh internets.
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so - is he or isn't he?
one is reminded of Generalissimo Francisco Franco (who is, at least according to Internet hearsay, still dead). -
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Yeah the website I posted apparently isn't legit at all, someone posted it on Buzzfeed's article and I fell for it. My bad, looks like he's really gone.
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Who is "everyone?"
http://variety.com/2013/music/news/lou-reed-dies-at-71-1200768637/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/27/lou-reed-dead_n_4167976.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/report-legendary-rock-pioneer-lou-reed-dead-at-71-2013-10
http://www.tmz.com/2013/10/27/lou-reed-velvet-underground-dead/
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/27/5034922/rock-legend-lou-reed-dead-at-71
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/rock-legend-lou-reed-dead-2647398
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I don't see it on the AP wire or Reuters. Which "major news wire" are you referring to?“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
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Found the Reuters piece, but it and everything else seems to be attributing Rolling Stone, which itself gives no sources.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/10/27/arts/27reuters-usa-loureed.html?ref=reuters
If it's true it definitely sucks.“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
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Just a perfect day
drink Sangria in the park
And then later
when it gets dark, we go home
RIP, Lou>
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Well he's posted on both Facebook and Twitter today about 8 hours ago. Who knows.
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Passed this morning......another one gone! Going to put on Berlin.....
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Saw the Velvet Underground many times. What a trip those concerts were. You will never hear Heroin or Wait' in For My Man on the radio.
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Who knows, I'm still wondering if the Tom Clancy death wasn't a hoax too.
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Astounded and encouraged he made it to 71
rip louhumpty dumpty was pushed -
scottyboy76 wrote: »Astounded and encouraged he made it to 71
rip lou
Me to. -
scottyboy76 wrote: »Astounded and encouraged he made it to 71
rip lou
Have to agree. I had one of my Thesis advisers check out on me at 69, and he was just a heavy drinker-his liver was shot! I can't even imagine how Lou lasted two more years with everything else he "did"!
RIP!
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RIP Lou!, i just did a round of youtube vids of his. He always seemed like a really cool guy.
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My son the mathematician/photographer sent me this link; a side of Lou Reed of which I was unaware...
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/lou-reed-photographer-1817676.html -
When the smack begins to flow
Then I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jims in this town
And everybody putting everybody else down
And all of the politicians makin' crazy sounds
All the dead bodies piled up in mounds, yeah
Wow, that heroin is in my blood
And the blood is in my head
Yeah, thank God that I'm good as dead
Ooohhh, thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess I just don't know
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Will he be wearing velvet underground?
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I went to see the Cowboy Junkies last night and they opened the show with "Sweet Jane", which is not normally when they play that song. Nothing else was said, I thought that was a classy way to pay homage.
Mike Timmons writes a blog on the road and I thought this was a nice piece about Lou http://latentrecordings.com/cowboyjunkies/
Check out the link.
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Saw the Velvet Underground many times. What a trip those concerts were. You will never hear Heroin or Wait' in For My Man on the radio.
Well I was wrong I just heard NPR play 5 seconds of both songs. NPR of all FM stations. -
Yeah, I noticed that yesterday on Weekend Edition - I was sensitized by this thread! ;-)
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Besides Lou Reed it's been a very bad year for losing famous and some iconic rock stars.Alvin Lee, Ray Manzarek,JJ Cale, Bobby Blue Bland , Jackie Lomax, for the older crowd Patti Page and this is from memory. The memorial part of the Emmys might be as long as the show itself. Getting old certainly sucks.One more tragic piece of already reported news is that Linda Ronstadt reported she's suffering from the onset of Parkinsons diease and will never sing in puplic again.What a shame....2chl- Adcom GFA- 555-Onkyo P-3150v pre/amp- JVC-QL-A200 tt- Denon 1940 ci cdp- Adcom GFS-6 -Modded '87 SDA 2Bs - Dynamat Ext.- BH-5- X-Overs VR-3, RDO-194 tweeters, Larry's Rings, Speakon/Neutrik I/C- Cherry stain tops Advent Maestros,Ohm model E
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H-9, I always wanted to see the Cowboy Junkies but never came around the Bay Area that I can remember..I think Margo has one of the most hauntingly beautiful voices in rock.I know it's a family affair and I have a few of their albums which to me are produced very well. With mutiple different instruments being played while live to they augment their band w/ other players?See no ramble just straight on informational question to be asked here.2chl- Adcom GFA- 555-Onkyo P-3150v pre/amp- JVC-QL-A200 tt- Denon 1940 ci cdp- Adcom GFS-6 -Modded '87 SDA 2Bs - Dynamat Ext.- BH-5- X-Overs VR-3, RDO-194 tweeters, Larry's Rings, Speakon/Neutrik I/C- Cherry stain tops Advent Maestros,Ohm model E
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