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Title: Walk on the wild side, Lou Reed
Post by: Lover on October 28, 2013, 09:38:40 AM

Lou Reed, American singer, died yesterday. He was 71 years old. He is most known bc of his song "Walk on the wild side"

RIP Lou Reed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed

Title: Re: Walk on the wild side, Lou Reed
Post by: mrsexlover on October 28, 2013, 09:41:12 AM

I payed my tribute to this great artist by singing one of his songs with our band in the AB&G  bar on this forum.

Title: Re: Walk on the wild side, Lou Reed
Post by: hentaiboy69 on October 28, 2013, 09:47:51 AM

The news ha immidiatly run all around the world.....it's always sad to loose a great artist, but most is for his family and all the people who care of him!

Title: Re: Walk on the wild side, Lou Reed
Post by: jayc on October 28, 2013, 10:23:36 AM

Lou Reed never had the commercial success of his peers but was a respected poet and song writer with a long career. as Lover has said he is best know for Walk on the wild side. but give this song a listen, from his live album "rock & roll  animal  1973

Rock &  Roll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSLid-0cUcI   

R.I.P. Lou Reed

Title: Re: Walk on the wild side, Lou Reed
Post by: Covems on October 28, 2013, 10:46:07 AM

Lou Reed was bisexual and received electroconvulsive therapy as a teenager, which was intended to cure his bisexuality; he wrote about the experience in his 1974 song, "Kill Your Sons."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvECLtFwNmM

In an interview, Reed said of the experience:

    "They put the thing down your throat so you don't swallow your tongue, and they put electrodes on your head. That's what was recommended in Rockland County to discourage homosexual feelings. The effect is that you lose your memory and become a vegetable. You can't read a book because you get to page 17 and have to go right back to page one again."

    —Lou Reed quoted in Please Kill Me -1996

More influential than most folks realize, his music will be missed.

Title: Re: Walk on the wild side, Lou Reed
Post by: Brandybee on October 29, 2013, 04:45:45 AM

This is the perfect epitaph

Lou Reed & various artists - Perfect Day  ... God Bless him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2JXy1Z9ovs


This was released and raised a lot of money for " Children in Need " around the world.

Title: Re: Walk on the wild side, Lou Reed
Post by: Marilyn on October 29, 2013, 06:11:09 AM

RIP Lou Reed

God bless him.