Lou Reed 1942-2013 R.I.P.

[maxpower]

Another legend of rock and roll has passed. It's a sad day.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4167976.html

[TempestTS]

wow - what a loss

Lou Reed, a massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock music, died today. The cause of his death has not yet been released, but Reed underwent a liver transplant in May.

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[nysprod]

OMG, that is friggin' terrible, one of my favs, can't believe it, hard to take...

RIP Transformer.

[Stavros]

I remember John Peel playing a Velvet Underground track on his radio show in the 60s after midnight, and I kept drifting in and out of sleep as Lou Reed's voice floated in the ether, it was like being high without inhaling. Guess he's taking a walk on the wild side now...

[ed_jaxon]

RIP Lou.

[Merkurie]

Sad to hear.
Rest in Peace.

[Prospero]

Good grief. This is terrible. Lou was a giant. Terrible loss. Rip

[Prospero]

In 1982 he released an album called "Magic And Loss" about a friend's losing battle with cancer. A haunting and sad collection of songs.

This was the closing song. Seems fitting today.

Give it a listen.

[Odelay]

Wow, what a punch in the gut. Prospero I remember well listening to Magic & Loss, over and over upon its release. And it did seem Lou was writing his own epitaph in addition to a memorial for his friend. I loved his cameo, as himself playing in a Berlin club, in Wim Wenders' Faraway So Close. God, so many memories of the man, his life and his music.

[Prospero]

I saw him on stage a few years back with his wife Laurie Anderson. It was an interesting concert. Sadly never saw the Velvet Underground live.

BBC saying it was liver failure.