Lou's first ever recording.
THE PRIMITIVES (LOU REED)- The Ostrich - YouTube
Printable View
Lou's first ever recording.
THE PRIMITIVES (LOU REED)- The Ostrich - YouTube
Some songs from Lou's second and most famous solo album, Transformer.
Lou Reed ''Vicious'' - YouTube
Lou Reed Andy's Chest (HQ) - YouTube
Lou Reed Hangin' 'Round (HQ) - YouTube
Lou Reed Satellite Of Love (HQ) - YouTube
Lou Reed I'm So Free (HQ) - YouTube
Genuinely puzzled as I lived through the period and don't recall any acts that sounded like the Beach Boys other than the Beach Boys whereas many aped the Beatles or the Stones; unless there is a link to Phil Spectre through that music-recorded-in-a-tunnel effect. Pet Sounds was the favourite album of my best friend and it drove me up the wall; our tastes converged on everything else. I must have missed something, or it depends on how you trace the influence, which is more obvious with the Beatles than the Beach Boys, and for that matter Lou Reed, whose influence may not be obvious from this vantage point but was felt in songwriting as much if not more than actual performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanchai
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
Paul McCartney has acknowledged that Pet Sounds was a direct influence on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and "Back in the U.S.S.R." is certainly an homage to the Beach Boys sound.
No doubt Lou was an influence on music as was the Velvet Underground but how much of an influence was he on what we do here on HA?
He and his cast of characters including Andy Warhol and others influenced the avant garde club scene of the sixties which still lives on in some ways in the transparties of NYC. Creativity, music and acceptance.
Maybe I am out of my gourd.
Candy says, I've come to hate my body.....
candy darling tribute - YouTube
Yes he was! In fact, here is an article that says Reed had a longterm trans girlfriend he lived with named Rachel in the '70s. http://dangerousminds.net/comments/r...anssexual_museQuote:
Originally Posted by seanchai
From last night's Bridge School benefit concert that Neil Young organizes annually. Members of My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Jenny Lewis, and more performing a cover of "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" from The Velvet Underground's Loaded.
Neil Young & Friends - Tribute to Lou Reed at 2013 Bridge School Benefit Concert (HD) - YouTube
Lou Reed and transgender women
http://www.channel4.com/news/lou-ree...sexual-pioneer
R.I.P.
A few from Lou's 1974 album, Sally Can't Dance. "NY Stars" is Lou's middle finger to imitators who copied his style. "Kill Your Sons" was written about Lou's own experiences at a mental hospital when he was a teenager. His parents sent him there to receive electro-shock therapy in an attempt to "cure" him of his bisexuality.
Lou Reed N.Y. Stars (HQ) - YouTube
Lou Reed Kill Your Sons (HQ) - YouTube
Lou Reed Sally Can't Dance (HQ) - YouTube
Possibly my favorite Lou Reed album is 1984's New Sensations. I think it was the first Lou Reed album I had heard. I was 17 and had not yet experienced The Velvet Underground, although I was aware of them. It is a very pop-oriented album, and it had a minor hit with "I Love You, Suzanne." Lyrically, Lou almost seemed...content? Happy?
Lou Reed - I Love You Suzanne - YouTube
Lou Reed - Turn To Me (HQ) - YouTube
Lou Reed - New Sensations (HQ) - YouTube
Lou Reed - Doin' The Things We Want To (HQ) - YouTube
Nice piece about how Tom Stoppard was inspired by Lou Reed's influence on dissidents in Prague - inspiring the revolt there to be called the Velvet Revolution.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...n-8911290.html
As a young Transvestite All Tomorrows Parties had a very special meaning for me .
I felt the Velvet Underground and Lou were My Band !
I became aware of Candy Darling through them.
Saw Lou in Manchester twice !l
Never met Nico though (She lived here for a while)
Christine .