“The beauty you are”: Five emotional lyrics that prove Lou Reed was a true poet
True genius.
The Velvet Underground
The classic rock song Lou Reed loved playing: “You gotta hear this”
“I still get a kick out of that.”
The erotic Velvet Underground song Lou Reed never understood: “I listened to the record and I realised”
An ertoic misunderstanding…
The “great” guitarist Lou Reed said everyone should copy: “It’s not all about soloing”
“It’s not all about soloing.”
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.
The one Velvet Underground song that Frank Zappa actually liked
“…he can’t play rock ‘n’ roll, because he’s a loser”.
The four people Lou Reed wanted to go down in history with: “Feels like the truth”
Simple but effective.
The album Lou Reed called the best live record ever: “I can’t play that way”
An unforgettable album.
The Velvet Underground album that their producer walked out of: “I don’t have to listen to this shit”
The sound of experimentation.