A miserable bugger but did make some interesting music. RIP

I like lou reed’s music. rip.

Not a perfect day rip.

What! Oh, crap, that’s terrible news. I knew he’d been unwell recently, but thought he had got better. Very sad. 🙁

Wow, that’s a shocker. Velvet Underground were one of those amazing originals that influenced a generation of musicians.
RIP Lou.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwzaifhSw2c[/video]

He did walk on the wild side though..

71? Surprised he made it past 60!

RIP.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p_cXfdz8Hw[/video]

Bugger, another hero gone.
May have to put Transformer on loop driving south tomorrow.
RIP Lou and thanks for some great music.

Bit weird that this isn’t on any news websites…

Rolling Stone cover it
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027

His legacy is far far wider than a lot of people know.
RIP to a genuine talent and someone who had something meaningful to say

Bit weird that this isn’t on any news websites…

Huff Post and Rolling Stone carrying it

(stealth edited)

His legacy is far far wider than a lot of people know.

Indeed

RIP

Oh, just like Sister Ray said
Play on

RIP Lou

Renowned as a miserable, arsey, cantankerous and generally awkward sod, with a chip on his shoulder a mile wide.

Something we surely all aspire too. A true role model. RIP indeed 🙁

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d69mDT11yI[/video]

Makes me want to get the bong out, play it loud

Not a perfect day rip

Surely viewpoint dependent; he may have been waiting all his life for this very day.

Great songwriter

One of his, but a cover.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o[/video]

Damn, that is sad.

Not that old really 🙁

Posting this as ‘Walk On the Wild Side’ is playing. Cheers for the music, Mr Reed. Sad news.

What a shame
RIP

71, thats a fine effort given his lifestyle, gowing old disgracefully ! Love it.

RIP,listening to the tribute on 6 music, lots of memories.

Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight.

RIP
I’ll have to get the turntable going & stick on Take No Prisoners.

Wishing I’d not sold my turntable now. Still got his stuff in vinyl though.

Sad day.

He was brilliant in gladiator and that fight scene with Alan Bates in women in love. RIP.

He wasn’t very well when I went to see him live in 1974/5..ish. So unwell he never turned up and we got George Melley and his jazzmen instead….who were not the sort of act I would ever have gone to see…but they were brilliant.

Who has touched and who has dabbled, here in the City of shows
openings, closings, bad reparteee, everybody knows

Some lovely lines in that life…thanx Lou

A truely original composer and musician , and a genuine maverick. ..nobody’s man but his own.

Off to play some Lou and some velvets

Just got this news. I am shocked and sad. Thanks for the music, Mr Reed.

MrSmith – Member
He was brilliant in gladiator and that fight scene with Alan Bates in women in love. RIP.

Anyway back to the real world Lou Reed

🙁

41 years ago, I bought an album with a banana on it and was spellbound. None of the other kids at school could work out why the f*ck I was so excited about Venus in Furs. Saw him at The Rainbow in ’74 (?) A sad loss, but at least he made it to 70 – I felt worse when the news broke about Hendrix.

sad news RIP

memories brought back listening to the banana album,one of the best albums ever for me
growing up taking acid etc ahhhh

Sad he died I guess… but i couldnt stand the music….he apparently inspired a load of people to form bands. Probably after listening and thinking.. christ! we can play better than this drivel.

– Berlin –

What the hell is wrong with the BBC? Just caught the end of one show & rather than show any Lou Reed video as a tribute they decide to show the goppingly awful BBC Children in Need version of Perfect Day – seems more like an insult than a tribute…