Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Velvet Underground, and his solo career spanned five decades.
The Velvet Underground was a commercial failure in the late 1960s, but the group gained a considerable cult following in the years since its demise and has gone on to become one of the most widely cited and influential bands of the era.Brian Eno famously stated that, while the Velvet Underground's debut album sold only 30,000 copies, "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band."
Reed began a solo career in 1972. He had a hit the following year with "Walk on the Wild Side", but this level of mainstream commercial success was not repeated. Reed was known for his distinctive deadpan voice and poetic lyrics, and for pioneering and coining the term ostrich guitar tuning.
Rolling Stone magazine voted Reed's 1989 New York album the 19th best of the 1980s. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included two albums by Reed as a solo artist: Transformer and Berlin.
Lou Reed (album)
Lou Reed is the debut solo album by musician Lou Reed, released in 1972 by RCA Records two years after he left The Velvet Underground. The album comprises eight new recordings of then-unreleased Velvet Underground songs, plus two new songs, "Going Down" and "Berlin" (the latter was re-recorded by Reed as the title track for his 1973 album Berlin). Reed was backed by London session musicians, two of whom, Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe, were from the progressive rock band Yes.
With increasing interest in the Velvet Underground, Reed's debut album was highly anticipated, but the result was a commercial and relative critical disappointment, peaking at only number 189 on the Billboard 200.
Track listing
All tracks written by Lou Reed except where noted.
Lou Reed (rugby player)
Lou Reed (born 10 September 1987) is a Wales international rugby union footballer. He currently plays as a lock for the Cardiff Blues in the Pro12 league.
Reed signed for the Scarlets on a professional development contract in March 2006, but only made five appearances in the 2006–07 season. In order to gain some experience of first-team rugby, Reed was loaned to Rotherham for a month in December 2007.
In May 2012 the press announced that Reed would join Cardiff Blues, and the move was confirmed on 8 June.
International
In June 2011 he was named the Wales national rugby union team 45 man training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Reed made his full international debut for Wales versus Scotland on 12 February 2012 as a second-half replacement.
References
External links
'Lou Reed' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
CBGB (2013)
Actors: Bronson Adams (actor), Justin Bartha (actor), Dominic Bogart (actor), Arthur Bridgers (actor), Jared Carter (actor), Cheetah Chrome (actor), Evan Alex Cole (actor), Danilo Cordani (actor), Richard de Klerk (actor), Wayne Degan (actor), Teddy the Dog (actor), Luke Dressler (actor), James Edwards (actor), Johnny Galecki (actor), Julian Acosta (actor),
Plot: CBGB follows the story of Hilly Kristal's New York club from its conceit as a venue for Country, Bluegrass and Blues (CBGB) to what it ultimately became: the birthplace of underground rock 'n roll and punk. When Kristal had difficulty booking country bands in his club on the Bowery he opened his doors to other kinds of rock music. Kristal had one demand of the acts he booked; they could only play original music. No top 40's, no covers. It was the credo he lived by, support the artist at whatever the cost. Hilly Kristal ironically became known as the godfather of punk giving a chance to such bands as Blondie, Television, Ramones, Talking Heads, Dead Boys and The Police.
Genres: Drama, Music,Taglines: 50,000 bands and 1 disgusting bathroom.
Quotes:
Legs McNeil: [Talking about a new magazine] Cool, I can be like the editor, or something.::John Holmstrom: No. I'm the editor and the illustrator.::Legs McNeil: Whoa... what does that leave me?::John Holmstrom: You're just a punk.Hilly Kristal: What kind of music do you play?::Terry Ork: Ohmmmm... new music.
Hilly Kristal: [Being introduced to the Ramones] What do you guys have for me?::Joey Ramone: We got four songs. I don't wanna walk around with you, I don't wanna be learned, I don't wanna be tamed and I don't wanna go down to the basement.::Hilly Kristal: Lot of things you don't wanna do.
Hilly Kristal: [Talking to The Ramones] Nobody will like you!
Genya Ravan: What the fuck it's that?::Cheetah Chrome: What?::Genya Ravan: Get rid of those fucking things.::Stiv Bators: They just stickers.::Genya Ravan: Hilly, your manager, the guy who is footing the bill for this, is jewish. Me your producer, I'm jewish. And the guy who owns this studio, who is doing us a favor by leting us recording at this ridiculous prices, he's got numbers tatooed in his arm. Do you know what that means?::Cheetah Chrome: Not really.::Genya Ravan: Auschwitz. Hitler. Nazis. Now get rid of those fucking svasticas.
Factory Girl (2006)
Actors: Peter Barnes (actor), Morris Bart (actor), Brian Bell (actor), Kent Jude Bernard (actor), Will Carter (actor), Trace Cheramie (actor), Hayden Christensen (actor), Jim Coope (actor), Stephen Cox (actor), Josh Durham (actor), Jon E. Edwards (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), Brendan Faddis (actor), Jimmy Fallon (actor), Armin Amiri (actor),
Plot: A beautiful, wealthy young party girl drops out of Radcliffe in 1965 and heads to New York to become Holly Golightly. When she meets a hungry young artist named Andy Warhol, he promises to make her the star she always wanted to be. And like a super nova she explodes on the New York scene only to find herself slowly lose grip on reality...
Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, accidental-fire, accountant, actor's-life, actress, adultery, aires, airplane, alice-in-wonderland-statueGenres: Biography, Drama,
Taglines: When Andy met Edie, life imitated art. The Fame. The Spotlight. The Scandal. The Party's About To Begin. Sexy. Uncut. Unrated.
Quotes:
Andy Warhol: [to Edie] You're the boss, applesauce!Billy Quinn: I sing about what I see.
Andy Warhol: I think I'll quit my painting and, just make Edie a big star.
Edie Sedgwick: Don't be jealous, Andy. He's nothing like you.
Edie Sedgwick: I can't hate him!
Billy Quinn: Lady, you don't know shit about shit.
Syd Pepperman: [regarding Edie] What do you want me to do?::Billy Quinn: I dunno. See if she needs anything... [walks away] I'd help her if I could.
Andy Warhol: I wonder if people are going to remember us?::Edie Sedgwick: What, when we're dead?::Andy Warhol: Yeah.::Edie Sedgwick: Well I think people will talk about how you changed the world.::Andy Warhol: I wonder what they'll say about you... in your obituary. I like that word.::Edie Sedgwick: Nothing nice, I don't think.::Andy Warhol: No no, come on. They'd say, "Edith Minturn Sedgwick: beautiful artist and actress...::Edie Sedgwick: ...and all around loon.::Andy Warhol: ...Remembered for setting the world on fire...::Edie Sedgwick: ...and escaping the clutches of her terrifying family...::Andy Warhol: ...Made friends with eeeeverybody, and anybody...::Edie Sedgwick: ...creating chaos and uproar wherever she went. Divorced as many times as she married, she leaves only good wishes behind. [laughs] That's nice, isn't it?
Edie Sedgwick: I went to a party once, and there was a palm reader there and when she looked at my hand, she just froze. And I said to her "I know. My lifeline is broken. I know I won't live past thirty.
Edie Sedgwick: And what would I have to do in one of your movies?::Andy Warhol: Just be yourself.::Edie Sedgwick: Well which one?::James Townsend: You're going to be bankrupt soon.::Edie Sedgwick: James, you take life too seriously. How could I possibly be bankrupt? My grandfather invented the elevator.::James Townsend: Then you should be familiar with the concept of up and down.
Prozac Nation (2001)
Actors: Stephen Basilone (actor), Jason Biggs (actor), Nicholas Campbell (actor), Claude De Martino (actor), Jack Fleischer (actor), Rob Freeman (actor), Paul Hoover (actor), Colby Johannson (actor), Tom Kent (actor), Bill Marchant (actor), Josh Mead (actor), Mike Mitchell (actor), Jesse Moss (actor), Todd Poudrier (actor), Charles Andre (actor),
Plot: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wurtzel is a teenager accepted into Harvard with a scholarship in journalism. She has been raised by her divorced mother Mrs. Wurtzel since she was two years old, but she misses her father and feels needy and depressive. When she joins the university, she lives with a roommate Ruby and has her sexual initiation with Noah. Her article for the local column in Crimson newspaper is awarded by Rolling Stone magazine. Lizzie becomes abusive in sex and drugs, and her existential crisis and depression increases and she hurts her friends and her mother that love her, while dating Rafe. Mrs. Wurtzel sends her to an expensive psychiatric treatment with Dr. Sterling, in spite of having difficulties paying for her medical bills and therapy sessions. After a long period of treatment under medication, and suicide attempt, Lizzie stabilizes and adjusts to the real world.
Keywords: acting-out, airplane, airport, all-nighter, anger, anti-depressant, anxiety, apology, argument, austin-texasGenres: Drama,
Taglines: Pledge allegiance. Life's a drag. Based On The New York Times Best-Selling Book! Young and depressed in America
Quotes:
[opening narration]::Elizabeth: Back, back, back. How fucking far back do you go? My mom and dad were divorced before I was two, and from that on my father was almost uninvolved in my life, and my mother much too involved. She wanted to make up for all her mistakes through me.Elizabeth: One night there was something in my pants, like blood. My mom said, oh, hell, your period. This is where all the trouble starts. She was right.
Elizabeth: Now mom and dad really had something to fight over: me. Then one day my dad disappeared. No numbers, no letters - just gone. I wrote to seventeen magazine, a long letter about us. They wanted to publish it as an article, but kept asking, your dad going away, does he come back? Does it have a happy ending? In reality it didn't, but I thought, what the hell, I'll give them what they want.
Mrs. Wurtzel: Come on, this is the most important day of your life!::Elizabeth: I thought that's when you get married.::Mrs. Wurtzel: Huh, no honey, that's the worst day of your life.
Mrs. Wurtzel: [on the phone] Mom, she looks beautiful.::Elizabeth: Pity, I was aiming for psychotic.
Elizabeth: Ever since I was a little kid, my mum and I hang out together. I didn't fit in with most kids at schools. They thought I was strange, so they made me feel like a stranger. And my mother took advantage of it from an early age, throwing me into plays, spelling bees, studying, writing, museums, concerts, and even more writing. She convinced me this would lead to the Holy Grail: Harvard. A place where I would finally be surrounded by people I had something in common with.
Elizabeth: [to Ruby] We'll be like this beautiful literary freaks. Being brilliant, and dark. Sexy. [both laugh]::Elizabeth: [to herself] Trouble is, I'm deadly serious.
Elizabeth: He told me afterwards in terms of absolute value, sex and drugs were equally meaningless to him. Just two different ways to have fun. Which is all well and good, until a girl tries out the same approach.
Elizabeth: You know, if you're going to suggest therapy, don't. I'm living proof it doesn't work.
Elizabeth: You don't understand. You don't understand, it was an accident.::Ruby: An accident? You call that a fucking accident?::Elizabeth: It was, uh, it was sort of, you know...::Ruby: Come on, what?::Elizabeth: An accidental blowjob?
Reed, Lou Filmography
-
2014, role: actor , character name: Himself - Singer
-
2014, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2014, role: actor , character name: Musician, Velvet Underground
-
2014, role: actor , character name: Songwriter
-
2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2012, role: actor , character name: Backup vocals
-
2012, role: actor
-
2010, role: actor , character name: The Holder
-
2010, role: producer
-
2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2010, role: actor , character name: Narrator
-
2010, role: actor , character name: Maltazard
-
2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2010, role: actor
-
2010, role: director
-
2010, role: composer
-
2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2009, role: composer
-
2009, role: actor , character name: Emperor Maltazard
-
2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2007, role: actor
-
2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2007, role: composer
-
2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Performer & Presenter
-
2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2004, role: miscellaneous crew
-
2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2003, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
-
2003, role: actor , character name: Featured Performer
-
2002, role: actor , character name: Guest Performer
-
2001, role: actor , character name: Lou Reed
-
2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
2000, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
-
2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
-
1998, role: actor , character name: Not Lou Reed
Famous quotes by Lou Reed:
Lou Reed
ALBUMS
- Le Bataclan '72 released: 2014
- Milestones released: 2013
- Original Album Series released: 2013
- Lulu released: 2011
- Perfect Day the Best of Lou Reed released: 2009
- Original Album Classics released: 2009
- Walk on the Wild Side: Live in New York 1972 released: 2009
- The Best of Lou Reed released: 2009
- Legendary Hearts released: 2009
- Playlist: the Very Best of Lou Reed released: 2008
- Berlin: Live at St Ann's Warehouse released: 2008
- Greatest Hits: Steel Box Collection released: 2008
- Metal Machine Music released: 2007
- Hudson River Wind Meditations released: 2007
- Coney Island Baby released: 2006
- Platinum & Gold Collection released: 2004
- Greatest Hits: NYC Man released: 2004
- Animal Serenade released: 2004
- NYC Man: The Collection released: 2003
- American Poet released: 2001
- Sally Can’t Dance released: 2001
- Metal Machine Music released: 2000
- Rock and Roll Heart released: 2000
- Ecstasy released: 2000
- The Very Best Of released: 1999
- The Definitive Collection released: 1999
- Sessions at West 54th Street released: 1998
- Perfect Night: Live in London released: 1998
- Leave Me Alone released: 1997
- The Masters released: 1997
- 1972-01-29: Le Bataclan, Paris, France released: 1997
- Perfect Day released: 1997
- Live in Italy released: 1996
- Set the Twilight Reeling released: 1996
- Different Times: Lou Reed in the 70s released: 1996
- Live USA released: 1994
- A Retrospective released: 1993
- Small Club in N.Y. released: 1992
- Street Hassle released: 1992
- Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology released: 1992
- Magic and Loss released: 1992
- The Blue Mask released: 1990
- Lou Reed Live released: 1990
- Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed released: 1990
- Retro: Best of Lou Reed released: 1989
- Berlin released: 1989
- New York released: 1989
- Mistrial released: 1986
- Transformer released: 1986
- Historia de la música rock - 27 released: 1982
- Growing Up in Public released: 1980
- The Bells released: 1979
- 1977-05-11: Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA released: 1977
- Walk on the Wild Side & Other Hits released: 1975
- Lou Reed released: 1972
- 2000-04-24: Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany released:
- The Phantom of Rock & Roll released:
- Méér dan het beste van 1972–1986 released:
- Pop Classics released:
- Live Stockholm 1974 released:
- A Vicious Man in Philadelphia Music Centre 1986 released:
- Older Than Yesterday released:
- Century Sessions: Best Of released:
- Legendary released:
- Rock and Roll Diary 1967–1980 released:
- Essential Lou Reed released:
- The Bedroom Tape released:
- The Wild Side released:
- New Sensations released:
- The Raven released:
- Wild Child released:
- Live: Take No Prisoners released:
- Songs for Drella released:
Le Bataclan '72
Released 2014- Waiting for the Man
- Berlin
- Black Angel's Death Song
- Wild Child
- Heroin
- Ghost Story
- The Biggest, Loudest, Hairiest Group of All
- Empty Bottles
- Femme Fatale
- No One Is There
- Frozen Warnings
- Janitor of Lunacy
- I'll Be Your Mirror
- All Tomorrow's Parties (encore)
- Pale Blue Eyes (rehearsal)
- Candy Says (rehearsal)
Greatest Hits: NYC Man
Released 2004- I'm Waiting for the Man
- White Light / White Heat
- Pale Blue Eyes
- Sweet Jane
- Satellite of Love
- Walk on the Wild Side
- Perfect Day
- Berlin
- Coney Island Baby
- The Blue Mask
- Legendary Hearts
- Dirty Blvd.
- Magic and Loss - The Summation (feat. Mike Rathke)
- NYC Man
- Ecstacy
- Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
- Satellite of Love 2004
- Walk on the Wild Side (Bertallot radio remix)
Magic and Loss
Released 1992- Dorita (The Spirit)
- What’s Good (The Thesis)
- Power and Glory (The Situation)
- Magician (Internally)
- Sword of Damocles (Externally)
- Goodby Mass (In a Chapel Bodily Termination)
- Cremation (Ashes to Ashes)
- Dreamin’ (Escape)
- No Chance (Regret)
- Warrior King (Revenge)
- Harry’s Circumcision (Reverie Gone Astray)
- Gassed and Stoked (Loss)
- Power and Glory, Part II (Magic Transformation)
- Magic and Loss (The Summation)
Older Than Yesterday
- Sweet Jane
- Waiting for the Man
- High in the City
- Down at the Arcade
- Legendary Love
- Fly the Sun
- Turn Out the Light
- My Red Joystick
- Average Guy
- Walk on the Wild Side
- Satellite of Love
- New Sensations
- Sunday Morning
- Doin' the Things That We Want To
- Wave of Fear
- I Love You, Suzanne
- White Light/White Heat
- Introduction / Some Kind of Love
- Rock'n Roll Music
- Kill Your Sons
Essential Lou Reed
- Love Makes You Feel
- Walk on the Wild Side
- Vicious
- Satellite of Love
- How Do You Think It Feels
- Bangin' on My Drum
- Sally Can't Dance
- Kill Your Sons
- A Gift
- Charley's Girl
- You Wear It So Well
- Rock and Roll Heart
- Real Good Time Together
- I Want to Boogie With You
- Women
- Waves of Fear
- Keep Away
- Legendary Hearts
- The Last Shot
- I Love You Suzanne
- My Red Joystick
- No Money Down
The Bedroom Tape
- [conversation]
- [unknown]
- [conversation]
- These Days
- [conversation]
- [conversation]
- Secret Side (a capella)
- All Tomorrow's Parties
- All Tomorrow's Parties
- [conversation]
- [Lou tuning]
- [more tuning]
- All Tomorrow's Parties
- [conversation] / [Lou runs through All Tomorrow's Parties]
- All Tomorrow's Parties / [conversation]
- These Days
- [conversation]
- These Days
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- [conversation]
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- [conversation]
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- [conversation] / [playback of the tape Nico's been recording]
- Little Sister
- [conversation]
- Little Sister
- Little Sister
- [conversation]
- All Tomorrow's Parties
- I'll Be Your Mirror
- Femme Fatale
- [conversation]
- [conversation]
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- [conversation]
- I'll Keep It With Mine (false start)
- I'll Keep It With Mine
- [conversation] / [playback of the tape Nico's been recording]
- [Jesse James and other folk songs]
- Little Queenie
- Little Sister
- Little Sister
- [conversation]
- [playback of the tape Nico's been recording] / [conversation]
- All Tomorrow's Parties
- [conversation] / [playback of the tape Nico's been recording]
- All Tomorrow's Parties / Somebody / [conversation]
Wild Child
- Vicious
- Satellite of Love
- Wild Child
- Walk on the Wild Side
- Perfect Day
- New York Telephone Conversation
- White Light/White Heat
- How Do You Think It Feels
- Oh Jim
- Caroline Says II
- Sad Song
- Lady Day
- Metal Machine Music
- Berlin
- Sally Can't Dance
- I Love You Suzanne
- Mistrial
- Legendary Hearts
- Coney Island Baby
Born: 1942-03-02
Died: 2013-10-27
Kill Your Sons
All your two-bit psychiatrists are giving you electro shock
They say, they let you live at home, with mom and dad
Instead of mental hospital
But everytime you tried to read a book
You couldn't get to page 17
'Cause you forgot, where you were
So you couldn't even read
Don't you know, they're gonna kill your sons
Don't you know, they're gonna kill, kill your sons
They're gonna kill, kill your sons
Until they run run run run run run run run away
Mom informed me on the phone
She didn't know what to do about dad
Took an axe and broke the table
Aren't you glad you're married
And sister, she got married on the island
And her husband takes the train
He's big and he's fat and he doesn't even have a brain
They're gonna kill your sons
Don't you know, they're gonna kill, kill your sons
Don't you know, they're gonna kill, kill your sons
Until they run away
Creedmore treated me very good
But Paine Whitney was even better
And when I flipped on PHC
I was so sad I didn't even get a letter
All of the drugs, that we took, it really was lots of fun
But when they shoot you up with thorizene on crystal smoke
You choke like a son of a gun
Don't you know, they're gonna kill your sons
Don't you know, they're gonna kill, kill your sons
They're gonna kill, kill your sons
Latest News for: Lou Reed
‘The Velvet Underground’ Film Review: Todd Haynes Makes an Immersive and Essential Rock Doc
’The Velvet Underground’: Cannes Review
The Velvet Underground review – Todd Haynes doc gets under the art-rockers’ skin
Todd Haynes’ ‘The Velvet Underground’: Film Review | Cannes 2021
The 100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was A Thing
Cannes film-makers celebrate musical heroes
Books of the month: From Lucy Ellmann’s Things Are Against Us to Olivia Petter’s Millennial Love
The 50 Best Live Albums of the 1970s
She’ll be your mirror: Who was the real Nico?
Primavera Sound festival postpones U.S. debut again, Los Angeles event now set for 2022
Coffee County Arts Alliance making a comeback after COVID
Dothan Eagle
02 Jul 2021
lou reed - documentary..before the velvets & why lou is lou
BAM honors three art-lovers at June 10 fundraiser
Acclaimed documentary-maker Julie Goldman to share wisdom in master class
What’s new from NJ’s Maravines, Commons 2 and Jack and Eddie Skuller | Testa
- 1
- 2
- Next page »
Article Search
Most Viewed
Independent online (SA) | 07 Jul 2021
The Jerusalem Post | 07 Jul 2021
Irish Independent | 07 Jul 2021
South China Morning Post | 07 Jul 2021
South China Morning Post | 07 Jul 2021
