sfpcc2 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Music icon Lou Reed has died at the age of 71. I've seen him in a couple of movies, Blue In The Face and Get Crazy. I searched my local radio to see if anyone was playing his music but they weren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisSteele Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Sorry to hear that. I'm not too surprised that there isn't much on the radio. Lou was never exactly a big seller. I'd guess that his biggest hit was Walk on the Wild Side, and that was, well, a little while back. R.I.P. Lou Reed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO5reyuzXis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfpcc2 Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Nice Choice MR Steele. VH1 Classic is showing a 2004 concert featuring his album Berlin, (One am EST.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 "One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." R.I.P. , man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Can you hear me Major Tom? This is Major Tom to Ground Control I?m stepping through the door And I?m floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today Although he acted in a number of films, his best role was one of his earliest in The Man Who Fell to Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewrite Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 KEXP Seattle is playing Lou Reed today. Man Who Fell to Earth was Bowie, not Reed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I have a dozen Lou Reed albums (cd's). Truly great artist. @ slaytonf - are you kidding with that David Bowie stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Can you hear me Major Tom? This is Major Tom to Ground Control I?m stepping through the door And I?m floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today Although he acted in a number of films, his best role was one of his earliest in The Man Who Fell to Earth. Is this some sort of joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisSteele Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I was thinking of posting Perfect Day, and though Lou might have appreciated the irony, I decided not to. I was rather disappointed in Berlin. I like Transformer much more, but to each their own. Before you can take a walk on the wild side, you have to cross over from the mild side. Those high school yearbook photos will get you every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisSteele Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I remember a photo of Bowie sitting at a table with pen about to write on paper and the caption read 'Major Fred..... Major Bill..... Major Ralph......?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 No, I was wrong. I don't know why I conflated the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralddddd Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Bowie along with Mick Ronson produced "Transformer" for Reed which is considered a great and influential album. They did work together in other things so Its understandable for the mix up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The Velvet Underground's "Rock and Roll" (1973) is one of the greatest rock songs ever, and one of the earliest songs to have the "new wave" sound which exploded on the scene 5 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisSteele Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 From the sources I've seen, Lou was born in 1942, not that it matters much now. Actually, Rock and Roll is from the VU's 1970 album Loaded. Nico & Lou Reed, R.I.P. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjjDmX9Tkss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Sorry for the wrong year. I'm trusting my memory, which fails me at times.... I saw a great quote today about the influence of the Velvets. "The Velvet Underground and Nico" only sold 5,000 copies, but every one of those 5,000 buyers started a band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 WOW. Hadnt heard this. Didnt realize he was that old. Too bad. I remember Walk On the Wild Side........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewrite Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 That quote was in the morning paper here, attributed to Bryan Ferry, who said he was one of the 5,000 (started Roxy Music). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I was watching PBS Newshour this evening, they had a man (didn't catch his name) who knew Lou and was being questioned by the commentator. He said the quote was from Brian Eno and it was 30,000 copies. I guess Brian and Bryan can fight over this one Here's an American Masters documentary you may enjoy. From 1998 it also has Bowie, Patti Smith and others. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2013/10/lou-reeds-rock-and-roll-heart-watch-this-american-masters-documentary.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisSteele Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 No biggie. For years I've heard that thing about everybody who bought the first VU album formed a band. In one of the articles yesterday it had Eno as the one who said it, except the number of albums sold was 10,000. Who knows? Brian or Bryan. Either way, there won't be a Roxy Music reunion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfpcc2 Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Though they haven't released an album since 1982's Avalon, Roxy Music got back together in 2001 to play some dates. I think they played some more after that. I saw them on the Avalon tour in May of 1983 at Cobo Hall. Great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 If many of the 5,000 buyers were of the stature of Bryan Ferry, then the Velvets certainly WERE influential....... Incidentally, Roxy Music's "Love is the Drug" (1975) was another forerunner of the new wave sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 What does this have to do with classic movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfpcc2 Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 I'm kind of surprised Andy Warhol wasn't mentioned? However, Lou Reed did not have much to do with his films. I did put an OT (Off Topic) in the thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 But Warhol was a fan, and somewhat of a friend of Reed. All this "New Wave", "Punk", "Alternative" and "Indie rock" nonsense must make Lou turn in his grave. While it can't be argued that he may have influenced much of each of those genres, Reed himself couldn't be pidgeonholed so easily. He did HIS music HIS way. If anyone NEEDS to put a label on it, it's THEIR problem. One obit I read claimed, "Reed pushed the envelope of popular music". What malarkey! You can't push an envelope you never bothered to get INTO. The music world has lost an individual. And individuals are getting hard to come by in music these days. RIP Lou. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 After eight years on these boards, you should realize that there are many posts that have nothing to do with classic movies. As classic movie fans, many of us tend to be interested in retro-entertainment in general, including retro music, which is what we are discussing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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