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    • October 27, 2013 2:04 PM CDT
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      At 6:30PM, BBC Radio 6 Music broke the sad news that Lou Reed died today. When I heard this, I was shocked that one of the most super-talented and seminal musicians in rock'n'roll had just left the building. To think that this man had influenced my record collection, from the Stonesy garage of I'm Just Waiting For The Man, the icily exotic Venus in Furs to the frat rock of White Light White Heat and the stripped down and  optimistic R&B of There She Goes, Reed ran the gammut that appears in my record collection from countless other bands. Without Venus in Furs, there would be no gothic rock or heavy metal. Without the mix of Chuck Berry riffs and feedback, there would be no Sex Pistols. Without the dreamy Kinks meets Beach Boys pop of Sunday Morning, there would be no Cocteau Twins or Mazzy Star. Whether we were play music or just listen to it, we owe this man everything.

       

      Thanks Lou.

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    • October 27, 2013 2:47 PM CDT
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      Music won't be the same without him. Legend. :(

       

      Listening to the Velvet Underground & Nico for the first time was a life changing experience for me.  It changed how I viewed music.  God knows what I'd be listening today if I didn't come across that album...

       

      Thanks for the music Lou

       

       

    • October 27, 2013 3:13 PM CDT
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      I was shocked too at this very sad news!
      He (and his Velvet Underground) was truly probably THE most important musician for my generation. Or at least to me..
      One of the very first LPs i bought o my own as a kid about 12, was "Rock´n´Roll Animal". That album that day changed my life.

      I owe this awesome musician very much too...

       

      Goodbye Lou and thank you for everything!

       

       

       

       

    • October 27, 2013 4:55 PM CDT
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      Sorry, i can´t stop to hear to this stuff tonight.

       

    • October 27, 2013 8:51 PM CDT
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      He was a genius.  R.I.P.

       

    • October 27, 2013 8:55 PM CDT
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      • October 28, 2013 3:22 AM CDT
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        Love him or hate him, Lou influenced all of us.

        I know I'll miss him.
      • October 28, 2013 7:31 AM CDT
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        Vicious :(

      • October 28, 2013 7:55 AM CDT
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        Yeah, this sucks. RIP, Lou.

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      • October 28, 2013 9:24 AM CDT
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        Smile on, Lou...

      • October 28, 2013 10:07 AM CDT
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        Here are some pictures I took of Reed when he was at the Warhol Museum here in Pittsburgh back in 2007.

      • October 28, 2013 10:08 AM CDT
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        Try that again.

      • October 28, 2013 10:09 AM CDT
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        OK, for some reason, I can't attach the photos to my post.  Nevermind.

      • October 28, 2013 11:08 AM CDT
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        MikeL said:

        OK, for some reason, I can't attach the photos to my post.  Nevermind.

        Everytime I visit the Warhol museum I go in with an MP3 player and headphones to be sure I listen to Bowie's Andy Warhol, and side one of the 1969 VU live album so I get "What Goes On".  

      • October 30, 2013 2:21 PM CDT
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        MIKE l.   It could be spiritual intervention.

      • October 30, 2013 2:32 PM CDT
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        Wipeout ! Not much is ever said about Lou and John's Pickwick Record days. There's probably a book , there.

        I still like The Downliners Sect's version , better , but both versions are historical....

        When I first saw The Sect , they said they just lucked onto a demo of "Smile" and decided to cover it.

      • November 6, 2013 10:12 AM CST
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        My Friend and fellow Santa Fe resident Ronn Spencer hosted an episode of Open Mynd Excursion on Radio Luxuria for this Lou Reed tribute. Doenload the podcast here:  

         

        http://www.mediafire.com/?b7jz7o8iytknnts


      • November 6, 2013 10:17 AM CST
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        Here's the song "I Dreamed I Met Lou Reed" by my pal, ex Angry Samoan Gregg Turner with Billy Bill Miller on electric autoharp

         

      • November 6, 2013 5:44 PM CST
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        Gregg Turner or Howie " We Own The Air" Klein: Do you like Lou Reed , Roky?

        Roky : Sure , I'm the only one that can hold him in his hand , sure.

         

        Thanks for posting. I was just talking about Bill "Billy Angel" Miller with a friend the other day. I like this , tho' the feedback's killin' me. I KNOW , THAT'S THE IDEA.

      • November 7, 2013 3:25 AM CST
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        Billy's great. He comes to Santa Fe ever so often to do gigs with Turner. He posts a lot of interesting stuff on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/bb555m512

         

         

      • November 7, 2013 8:01 AM CST
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        SWT, thanks for the song, thats VERY Lou especially the screeching autoharp, very cool!

      • November 7, 2013 3:50 PM CST
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        I READ , IN UGLY THINGS , THAT MILLER HAD REFORMED COLD SUN , AND EVEN THE ALIENS , WITH POWELL ST. JOHN , BUT , THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO, NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT HIS CURRENT ACTIVITIES , OTHERWISE. I'LL HAVE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.

        I DID'NT REALLY KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE , NOW , BUT HE STILL LOOKS LIKE HE BELONGS TO ROKY'S TRIBE OF ALIENS.

      • November 7, 2013 3:50 PM CST
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        I READ , IN UGLY THINGS , THAT MILLER HAD REFORMED COLD SUN , AND EVEN THE ALIENS , WITH POWELL ST. JOHN , BUT , THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO, NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT HIS CURRENT ACTIVITIES , OTHERWISE. I'LL HAVE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.

        I DID'NT REALLY KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE , NOW , BUT HE STILL LOOKS LIKE HE BELONGS TO ROKY'S TRIBE OF ALIENS.

      • November 7, 2013 3:50 PM CST
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        I READ , IN UGLY THINGS , THAT MILLER HAD REFORMED COLD SUN , AND EVEN THE ALIENS , WITH POWELL ST. JOHN , BUT , THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO, NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT HIS CURRENT ACTIVITIES , OTHERWISE. I'LL HAVE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.

        I DID'NT REALLY KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE , NOW , BUT HE STILL LOOKS LIKE HE BELONGS TO ROKY'S TRIBE OF ALIENS.

      • November 7, 2013 3:59 PM CST
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        btw , I did delete the two extra messages, It may take a while for them to go away ?

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