Walk on the Wildside, no more

[Jim]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/27/showbiz/lou-reed-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

 

Certainly one-of-a-kind. First time I saw him was in the basement of some ratty bar on McDougal in the Village. The last time was at the Paramount in Seattle, I dunno, 10 years ago? He had just come out with an album and was playing a variety of songs from that. There was and asshole in the balcony who kept yelling "how about playing some rock-and-roll"--- over and over, almost ruining one of the songs.

 

Finally LR had enough. He stopped after the song pointed a finger towards the heckler and said "this is rock-and-roll, it's my rock-and-roll and if you don't like it mother fucker than get your ass outta here and get a refund" The crowd cheered, heckler silenced.

 

From various cicumstances I got to be friends with DY of the Velvet Undergound when he was in NYC, but now out here. LR would pop in once in a while - the take was always that he was a smart as a whip, good writer, so-so muscian, but always surrounded himself with great ones.

[bstach]

Jebus, I thought the classic climb at J-Tree had collapsed.

[Kimmo]

vu and reed's solo stuff were pretty basic ingredients in the sound track of my life in the 80's.

 

I hope he died as happy as one can.

[ivan]

wise sir, do not grieve

for every one of us living in this world

means waiting for our end

let he who can achieve glory before death

when a warrior is gone

that will be his best and only bulwark

[Crux]

 

You want it. We all want it.

 

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