The “single most untalented” person in music, according to Lou Reed Don’t hold back, Lou. Tom Taylor Oct 21, 2025
The album Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz fell in love with “from the first listen” “Marvellous.” Kelly Murphy Oct 20, 2025
Mark Ruffalo’s five favourite songs of all time Featuring plenty of angst-ridden male singers Tim Bradley Oct 20, 2025
The artists Lou Reed called musical heroes: “I love the way those guys play” “Just my God!” Ben Forrest Oct 16, 2025
The bands Lou Reed said were making nothing new: “It’s very hard to understand the words” A misunderstanding. Callum MacHattie Oct 14, 2025
The one Velvet Underground song that Frank Zappa actually liked “…he can’t play rock ‘n’ roll, because he’s a loser”. Tom Phelan Oct 11, 2025
“Painfully stupid”: The band that represented everything Lou Reed hated about classic rock Bitter or believable? Tom Taylor Oct 10, 2025
The four people Lou Reed wanted to go down in history with: “Feels like the truth” Simple but effective. Dale Maplethorpe Oct 8, 2025
The Neil Young song so good it made Lou Reed cry: “The best I have heard” Brilliant. Arun Starkey Oct 7, 2025
The Velvet Underground song that became Lou Reed’s musical albatross: “I would never be as good” The pinnacle? Dale Maplethorpe Oct 6, 2025
Lou Reed felt “lucky to be alive” to witness Leonard Cohen Two of the all time greats. Ben Forrest Oct 3, 2025