I never really had a chance to jump into much of the music he was involved in, but I knew just how influential he was to most of the music I listen to. Still really sad to hear about this though.
Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek passed away just this year, as did Storm Thorgerson, legendary cover artist of Dark Side of the Moon and other masterpieces, as well as Ravi Shankar late last year.
All these icons, from a period in history I wish I had been born to.
Not sure what to say here, other than offer my internet condolences to those around him suffering from this loss.
In all seriousness, though, I appreciated and respected what he offered to music as a whole. I didn't really care for the music, but his influence is present in so many genres.
This is super depressing, I thought for sure he'd have a couple of great albums left in him. I fucking love the Velvet Underground, one of my favourite bands ever and some of his solo stuff was great too.
He was one of the greatest musicians ever. This is tragic and the people posting comments under news stories like, "This wasn't a perfect day after all" and "Guess he went to take a walk on the wild side" are only making it worse.
Andy's Chest was stuck in my head all day, and then I heard the news from my friend who first introduced me to Lou Reed. Bums me out, man. Lou Reed was great.
In all seriousness, though, I appreciated and respected what he offered to music as a whole. I didn't really care for the music, but his influence is present in so many genres.
Incredible loss. The Velvet Underground is one of those bands - like The Beatles, The Cure or My Bloody Valentine - whose influence you can hear in almost all of contemporary music. Even if Reed's antics in recent years, like that disaster with Metallica, were a bit eyeroll-inducing, there's no denying that rock and alternative music lost one of its greatest composers and poets. Fucking hell, all of my icons are dying like flies.
@ghostiet: I'm going to assume you caught the duplicate comment that posted for some reason and not the previous one that mentioned how I respect what he did, the influence that he had on multiple genres of music, and that music lost a good one today.
Moreover, Lou was a guy that believed in honesty and integrity in everything he said, and so I'm not going to short change him by cutting my comments to a bunch of masturbatory bukaki of congratulations and sadness when there's more that I'd want to say, such as the fact that Lulu was a steaming pile of shit on top of Shit Mountain covered in shit sauce and served with shit water. Honesty and integrity, and I spoke it.
However, going around on the forums and spouting off insults to someone such as "moron" when you literally know nothing about someone? Last I remember, that's not something that we do around here...or at least for as long as I've been here.
@spaceinsomniac: No clue what happened there. I only hit the post button once.
No but really, Metal Machine Music may have been real bad but his music on the whole was real good and I'll miss the old lug.
That's crazy, Metal Machine Music is by far my favorite album of his. While not the first in the genre, it was really influential for noise and industrial musicians.
@ghostiet: I'm going to assume you caught the duplicate comment that posted for some reason and not the previous one that mentioned how I respect what he did, the influence that he had on multiple genres of music, and that music lost a good one today.
Moreover, Lou was a guy that believed in honesty and integrity in everything he said, and so I'm not going to short change him by cutting my comments to a bunch of masturbatory bukaki of congratulations and sadness when there's more that I'd want to say, such as the fact that Lulu was a steaming pile of shit on top of Shit Mountain covered in shit sauce and served with shit water. Honesty and integrity, and I spoke it.
However, going around on the forums and spouting off insults to someone such as "moron" when you literally know nothing about someone? Last I remember, that's not something that we do around here...or at least for as long as I've been here.
@spaceinsomniac: No clue what happened there. I only hit the post button once.
I believe lulu was intentionally designed to be painful to listen to. And I mean that literally, like a movie that is very sad or depressing. It's not meant to be enjoyable.
Moreover, Lou was a guy that believed in honesty and integrity in everything he said, and so I'm not going to short change him by cutting my comments to a bunch of masturbatory bukaki of congratulations and sadness when there's more that I'd want to say, such as the fact that Lulu was a steaming pile of shit on top of Shit Mountain covered in shit sauce and served with shit water. Honesty and integrity, and I spoke it.
However, going around on the forums and spouting off insults to someone such as "moron" when you literally know nothing about someone? Last I remember, that's not something that we do around here...or at least for as long as I've been here.
You essentially said that him dying was deserved for releasing a shitty album. I rest my case.
A long time ago, I had to work overnight at work, and I took a handful of albums to listen to for the first time. Included was the first Velvet Underground album, the first Leonard Cohen album, and The Hounds of Love by Kate Bush.
That was an amazing night of musical discovery.
But as much as I enjoy their debut, Loaded eventually became my favorite of their albums.
Moreover, Lou was a guy that believed in honesty and integrity in everything he said, and so I'm not going to short change him by cutting my comments to a bunch of masturbatory bukaki of congratulations and sadness when there's more that I'd want to say, such as the fact that Lulu was a steaming pile of shit on top of Shit Mountain covered in shit sauce and served with shit water. Honesty and integrity, and I spoke it.
However, going around on the forums and spouting off insults to someone such as "moron" when you literally know nothing about someone? Last I remember, that's not something that we do around here...or at least for as long as I've been here.
You essentially said that him dying was deserved for releasing a shitty album. I rest my case.
It was a dumb joke. That's all. Can't help that you were offended.
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