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In , The New York Times observed that in the s, Reed had a distinctive persona: "Back then he was publicly gay, pretended to shoot heroin onstage, and cultivated a 'Dachau panda' look, with cropped peroxide hair and black circles painted under his eyes. In the same year, he joined Amnesty International 's A Conspiracy of Hope short tour and was outspoken about New York City's political issues and personalities.
Reed met John Cale for the first time in several years at Warhol's funeral in They worked together on the album Songs for Drella April , a song cycle about Warhol. In , the first Velvet Underground lineup reformed for a Fondation Cartier benefit show in France. Reed had released his sixteenth solo album, Magic and Loss , in January The album is focused on mortality, inspired by the death of two close friends from cancer.
In the same year, he and Morales were divorced. If the player selects the "impossible" difficulty setting, Reed appears shortly after the game begins as an unbeatable boss who murders the player with his laser beam eyes. Reed then pops up on the screen and says to the player, "This is the impossible level, boys. Impossible doesn't mean very difficult, very difficult is winning the Nobel Prize , impossible is eating the sun. From , Reed was romantically linked to avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson , and the two worked together on several recordings.
They married on April 12, In April , Reed released Ecstasy. The album consists of songs written by Reed and spoken-word performances of reworked and rewritten texts of Edgar Allan Poe by actors, set to electronic music composed by Reed. In , Reed released a book of photographs, Emotions in Action. This comprised an A4 -sized book called Emotions and a smaller one called Actions laid into its hard cover.
In , a Groovefinder remix of his song " Satellite of Love ", called "Satellite of Love '04", was released. It peaked at No. He played a heavy metal version of Cohen's "The Stranger Song". In December that year, Reed played a series of shows at St. Ann's Warehouse , Brooklyn, based on Berlin. Reed played with guitarist Steve Hunter , who played on the original album and Rock 'n' Roll Animal , and was joined by singers Anohni and Sharon Jones.
The show was produced by Bob Ezrin , who also produced the original album, and Hal Willner. The album version of the concert, entitled Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse , and a live film recording of these concerts were both released in It was released on the Sounds True record label.
In June , he performed at the Traffic Festival in Turin , Italy, a five-day free event organized by the city. The trio featured Ulrich Krieger saxophone and Sarth Calhoun electronics , and played improvised instrumental music inspired by Metal Machine Music.
Recordings of the concerts were released under the title The Creation of the Universe. The album received mixed and mainly negative reviews from music critics. In , Reed collaborated with indie rock band Metric on "The Wanderlust", the tenth track on their fifth studio album Synthetica.
This was to be the last original composition he worked on. Reed had suffered from hepatitis and diabetes for several years. He practiced tai chi during the last part of his life. He was cremated and the ashes were given to his family.
His widow Laurie Anderson said his last days were peaceful, and described him as a "prince and a fighter". He left everything to his wife and his sister. Reed's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist was announced on December 16, Asteroid Loureed , discovered by Maik Meyer at Palomar Observatory in , was named in his honor. An archive of his letters and other personal effects was donated to The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, where it can be viewed by members of the public.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. American musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter. For the Welsh rugby player, see Lou Reed rugby player. For the St. Louis alderman, see Lewis E. Rock experimental proto-punk glam rock art rock noise rock. Musician singer songwriter composer photographer. The message is that urban life is tough stuff—it will kill you; Reed, the poet of destruction, knows it but never looks away and somehow finds holiness as well as perversity in both his sinners and his quest.
Lou Reed doesn't just write about squalid characters, he allows them to leer and breathe in their own voices, and he colors familiar landscapes through their own eyes. In the process, Reed has created a body of music that comes as close to disclosing the parameters of human loss and recovery as we're likely to find. Main article: Lou Reed discography. Bloomberg L. Retrieved October 28, Retrieved December 24, Archived from the original on October 31, Retrieved October 27, The Times of Israel.
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He stayed and he graduated. National Recording Registry. Library of Congress. March 6, For decades this album has cast a huge shadow over nearly every sub-variety of avant-garde rock, from s art-rock to No Wave, New Wave and Punk. Referring to their sway over the rock music of the '70s and '80s, critic Lester Bangs stated, 'Modern music starts with the Velvets, and the implications and influence of what they did seem to go on forever. The influence of the Velvet Underground on rock greatly exceeds their sales figures and chart numbers.
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