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Thread #152635 Message #3570840
Posted By: GUEST,Stim
28-Oct-13 - 03:52 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Lou Reed (1942-2013)
Subject: RE: Obit: Lou Reed (1942-2013)
Brian Eno said about the Velvet Underground, "Their first album sold only 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band." I was one of those, and for all those years since, there have always been a few Lou Reed tunes in my set lists.
His music was a lot more sophisticated than it seemed, and he could write any kind of song. People associate him with minimalist/grunge music, and he certainly did that, but he wrote wonderful melodies, "Like All Tomorrow's Parties" as well, and, though he showed a lot of the dark, raw, and ugly parts of life, in
"I'll Be Your Mirror" he said:
When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside you're twisted and unkind
Let me stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands
'Cause I see you
So sorry that he's gone, but his music will stay with us forever.