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On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

According To Rolling Stone

Other than that, I'll just post a link to my favorite Velvet Underground song.

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/lou-reed-000000422.html

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

Hm. Like so many other SNL skits, that one just doesn't quite come together.

Underwaterbob · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito

I didn't know he was still alive...

The Cosmic Hum · Joined: 09 May 2003 Location: Sonic Space

Hope he is enjoying his walk on the wild side.
Had some great tunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KaWSOlASWc

Unposter · Joined: 04 Jun 2006

Thanks On the Other Hand including for the Rolling Stone link. That was a nice.

Sad to see Lou Reed go.

falco · Joined: 26 Nov 2005

I never really could get into The Velvets or Lou Reed. Dunno why. I remember buying a couple of Velvet Underground albums back in the day and REALLY trying hard but I just didnt feel the love.....unlike the manic passion I experienced when I listened to the other 2 great 'lost' bands of the 60s - the Stooges and the MC5. There was a kind of sleaziness in Reeds music that I always found offputting. Call me a prude or geek or whatever but I just didnt get it. Nonetheless Reed was a HUGE influence and modern music wouldnt have been the same without him. A sad day to lose such a musical giant.

yodanole · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: La Florida

Sweet Jane from Rock and Roll Animal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FdWPeHFAMk

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

Yodanole:

Thanks. Been a long time since I had heard that version of Sweet Jane, or indeed any version besides the Cowboy Junkies.

I wonder if he ever got the idea to sue Boston over More Than A Feeling.

augustine · Joined: 08 Sep 2012 Location: México

I haven't thought about this in years and it's so funny to me now that I think about it, but during my last semester in high school I did a work program thing as I'd fulfilled pretty much all of my requirements and it allowed me to leave school at noon. Worked in a boring office after school for a few hours, nothing special. But I found out that my boss, who was an all around good guy, had been in a band that used to open for the Velvet Underground, or was associated with them in some way in the early 70s. Wish I could remember their name now, but he was open with the office about a claim to fame where Lou Reed asked if he could give him a bj one night back in the day. He claimed he declined.

The Cosmic Hum · Joined: 09 May 2003 Location: Sonic Space

augustine · Joined: 08 Sep 2012 Location: México

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

I'm Sick Of You

Somehow, the late 80s now seem even tackier than the 70s. I'm referring to the things the song spoofs, not the song itself, though the two kinda do overlap into one another.

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

I bought The Velvet Underground and Nico album when it first came out and was very impressed by its dark artistic energy. The Wiki article's three song samples - written by Lou Reed and produced by Andy Warhol - are still pretty impressive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground_%26_Nico

This YouTube version of "I'm Waiting For the Man" features Warhol's filming of a recording session:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugY9CwhfzE

Wikipedia's Lou Reed page gives interesting biographical info, including a list of recording artists who have paid tribute to him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed

Last (and least) is a karaoke version of "Sweet Jane" that I happened to record a couple weeks ago - and added some harmony to today:
http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/r/c59fe88d2