starlight7 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 A legend has passed on. Very influential man in a lot of ways and I feel sad he has gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slean Wolfhead Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 What has he influenced you to do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Nothing- what do you think smarty? But his music has influenced many and he had a definite and unique sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slean Wolfhead Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 So does a kid hitting a saucepan with a wooden spoon. It was a fair question. 30 years a heroin addict, miserable as sin, total asshole, mean to a fault. But he wrote a handful of good songs in 50 years? Why would it make anybody sad, you didn't know him did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfustu Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 A legend has passed on. Very influential man in a lot of ways and I feel sad he has gone. yeh my favourite was "metal machine music".....a real classic. [video=youtube_share;dYtzNl48F60] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy1 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 So does a kid hitting a saucepan with a wooden spoon.It was a fair question. 30 years a heroin addict, miserable as sin, total asshole, mean to a fault. But he wrote a handful of good songs in 50 years? Why would it make anybody sad, you didn't know him did you? A famous person, though often personally unkown, can evoke memories in many of a distant past, love lost,friends made and a life lived. I would say that Starlight is allowed to have some feeling and emotions regarding his passing, wouldn't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I like that track on the second? album - the one about the bloke who packs himself in a crate and sends it to his girlfriend?? I used to play 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' non stop for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slean Wolfhead Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 A famous person, though often personally unkown, can evoke memories in many of a distant past, love lost,friends made and a life lived. I would say that Starlight is allowed to have some feeling and emotions regarding his passing, wouldn't you? Of course, but it's a bit weird how people get melancholic over stranger's deaths. Worth asking why he's described as influential when he's inspired pretty much nothing except sexual perversion and drug taking, although each to their own. Just a bugbear, the #RIP brigade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 :daydreaming: I am not a member of the RIP brigade, thank you. Not am I a coffin chaser. If you really want to know I associate Lou Reed's music with one of my children when they were a teenager and it evokes heaps of memories. I haven't met him but I do know a couple of people who have . Did you know he was also into tai chi - which I don't actually like but interesting side to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Of course, but it's a bit weird how people get melancholic over stranger's deaths. Worth asking why he's described as influential when he's inspired pretty much nothing except sexual perversion and drug taking, although each to their own.Just a bugbear, the #RIP brigade. You might be surprised who was influenced by his music. You might be a bit young to remember him and how influential he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 What has he influenced you to do ? To take a walk on the wild side, naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 So does a kid hitting a saucepan with a wooden spoon.It was a fair question. 30 years a heroin addict, miserable as sin, total asshole, mean to a fault. But he wrote a handful of good songs in 50 years? Why would it make anybody sad, you didn't know him did you? The entire music scene of the time was into drugs to one degree or another. Very few I can think of were pure. Just how it was. The times were different. Youth was out there and I supposed self absorbed in a worldly sort of way. He was an icon of all that. Not so much the passing of the man but the era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Can't say I know any of his music. A name I had certainly vaguely heard of but could not name any song of his. Which is either a reflection on me or that he wasn't much of a musician really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 :daydreaming: I am not a member of the RIP brigade, thank you. Not am I a coffin chaser.If you really want to know I associate Lou Reed's music with one of my children when they were a teenager and it evokes heaps of memories. I haven't met him but I do know a couple of people who have . Did you know he was also into tai chi - which I don't actually like but interesting side to him. My understanding is he was a man of many dimensions. He contributed a lot towards music and lived his life his way. He had I'd say a very interesting side. Not a carbon cut out as some that followed gave appearances of being... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Can't say I know any of his music. A name I had certainly vaguely heard of but could not name any song of his. Which is either a reflection on me or that he wasn't much of a musician really. I'd go with the former, if I was forced to chose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I was 15 when I was introduced to his music and I've loved it ever since. I was already hooked to David Bowie and Iggy Pop. Almost all musicians at that time were into 'drugs, drink and loose living', it doesn't detract from their music. Parleycross you must have heard Perfect Day at the very least! :wink: No one could have spent their life not having heard it once! Especially when it was covered by this lot for Children in Need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambethlad Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 My fav Lou Reed album is "Berlin". Largely disparaged and ignored when first released, I think it is a lost classic. Yes it is very dark in its subject matter but life isn't all a bed of roses. Go out and get a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I was 15 when I was introduced to his music and I've loved it ever since. I was already hooked to David Bowie and Iggy Pop. Almost all musicians at that time were into 'drugs, drink and loose living', it doesn't detract from their music. Parleycross you must have heard Perfect Day at the very least! :wink: No one could have spent their life not having heard it once! Especially when it was covered by this lot for Children in Need Thank you caramac, actually I take it back I have of course heard and like the song "Take a walk on the wild side". That is a good track. But I don't know the other song Perfect Day, or any others, so he is a one hit wonder to me I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest littlesarah Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 He wasn't my favourite artist, but at least he was of a time before the auto-tuned, hyper-managed, mad-produced cash cows that seem to dominate the music industry now. As for the drugs thing, people make poor choices, good luck to anyone who gets hooked on heroin - they'll need it. Many composers were users of opium & had syphilis - doesn't mean they didn't write great works, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Mick Jagger and Keith Richard were heavily into heroin and The Beatles into LSD and other stuff. All the bands in the 60s would have been heavily into drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 The wild side song was on the other day, we all had a bit of a singalong in the warehouse to it. Im quite open minded about the whole sex drugs and rock n roll type thing but the thought of heroin really is horrible imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Thank you caramac, actually I take it back I have of course heard and like the song "Take a walk on the wild side". That is a good track. But I don't know the other song Perfect Day, or any others, so he is a one hit wonder to me I'm afraid. Time for a bit of self education perhaps? :wink:. I understand his music isn't for everyone, but worth a listen and so much better than a lot of what was around in the 70s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Time for a bit of self education perhaps? :wink:. I understand his music isn't for everyone, but worth a listen and so much better than a lot of what was around in the 70s! I'm ashamed to say that in the 70's, I was too busy listening to Gary Glitter, Sweet and Suzy Quatro. I was a young teenager and probably not sophisticated enough for Lou Reed back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Mick Jagger and Keith Richard were heavily into heroin and The Beatles into LSD and other stuff.All the bands in the 60s would have been heavily into drugs. The 70s far more so. Drugs saw the end of innocence of those enlightened times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I'm ashamed to say that in the 70's, I was too busy listening to Gary Glitter, Sweet and Suzy Quatro.I was a young teenager and probably not sophisticated enough for Lou Reed back then. Glam rock? All cred out the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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