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Lou Reed

The comical story of pop music’s greatest sax solo I got £9 for that

The comical story of pop music’s greatest sax solo: “I got £9 for that”

A kick in the teeth.

Lauren Hunter
Nov 13, 2025
Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground - Guitar

The erotic Velvet Underground song Lou Reed never understood: “I listened to the record and I realised”

An ertoic misunderstanding…

Ben Forrest
Nov 11, 2025
Lou Reed - Musician - 1997

The songwriter nobody can match, according to Lou Reed

“It doesn’t get any better than that”.

Tom Phelan
Nov 9, 2025
The Velvet Underground - 1970 - Loaded

The true meaning behind The Velvet Underground song ‘Sweet Jane’

A mysterious song.

Reuben Cross
Nov 6, 2025
Lou Reed - 1970s - The Velvet Underground

The “great” guitarist Lou Reed said everyone should copy: “It’s not all about soloing”

“It’s not all about soloing.”

Ben Forrest
Nov 5, 2025
Patti Smith - Musician - 1978

The one band that Patti Smith studied

The blueprint.

Lucy Harbron
Nov 5, 2025
Lou Reed - Musician - 1975 - Sydney

Why did Lou Reed call the counterculture a joke?

“A nice idea but not a very realistic one.”

Ben Forrest
Nov 4, 2025
Lou Reed - 1997 - Musician

The musician Lou Reed called the son of a God he doesn’t believe in: “The cult of the celestial choir”

Lou Reed espouses admiration in a classic review.

Eoghan Lyng
Nov 3, 2025
Frank Zappa - The Mothers of Invention - 1968

The band that split opinions among Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention

Zappa “just couldn’t tolerate” these unwelcome visitors from back East.

Andrew Clayman
Oct 30, 2025
Lou Reed - 1997 - Musician

The legendary guitarist and songwriter Lou Reed called “profoundly untalented”

Not mincing his words.

Lauren Hunter
Oct 29, 2025
The one question that made The Velvet Underground fire Andy Warhol on the spot

The one question that made The Velvet Underground fire Andy Warhol on the spot

“I fired him.”

Dale Maplethorpe
Oct 27, 2025
Leonard Cohen - 1968 - Singer - Musician - Poet

“Complete support”: The bassist who made Leonard Cohen’s musical dream a reality

From the page to the stage.

Jordan Potter
Oct 27, 2025

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